Association Football.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 99, 24 May 1902, Page 6

Association Football.

The Rmeis-Queen sPaik Ik at w.<-. tl <■ most mteiestmg or the senior ««»'~«' s »" Satuul.u last Both ehuons hart »I«uccl and won two games The stiuggle between them w a.s theiefroie looked toiwaicl to with much intoicst and the\ wore 'o eienJv matched tli..t neithei .side scoiert and the game u suited m an uniec konc<l draw Queen's Park won the to<-<- and elected to lia\e the wind at thru backs ThcA «civ successful in tlie hist halt in .scoiing thiee goals, whilst Rove is' atteinpt.s to equalise oi notch a w(-ie;hustiated Tin- eaine was a oondo 0 nd one Paiks were picssmg haid and Ro\ois weie defenchns; well The second .spoil resulted m tlu' '■aim iiumbei of goals beins, ciediteO to Ro\eis whilst Paiks leistered no additLona.l score Queen's Paik simple tlnew <\\\<\\ the game t u\(] b\ lesouiceful tactics could ha\e annexod a win Games aie played to be won and with biieli a splendid account of thiee ~oak to thon credit tlie\ luu c fmplo\ed e\ei\ possible means of defence to pie\e,nt thc-ir opponents H'onne especialh when such a furious gale of wind was blowing. The\ nla\ed fiom all apearaiuefi to endeavour to not^h a fuither scoie with tlie leisult that th<backs were neglected of wanted assistance whilst then foiwaid 1 -' efFoits to leach Ro\ei«.' goal weie futile Suppoiteis and footballe-is geneialK t.liouglit it wais a toss up" between Old Boys and Swifts on No 1 ground It was. a very e\en contest but the wind mterfeied with the progiess and propel display of tlie game Old Bo\s pluckiU pla\e<l ten men as on a formei occasion and did remarkably well against last year's champions But time woiks changes and tlie Sw lfts of to-day are not the «arne as of last «-oa.so« Several of the old nla\ers are stall in the club but there was a conspicuous absence of the foimei dash and skill of the whole team An amu.smg saying, ''Can you "" is an expre^n c

<md uoid-suiuu wA \ of instructing one's pl.neis \\ ltat to do Used b\ centie-ioi ward Philips of the Swifts.' < It \ t 11 Salmon, at. one end, and Fitzgeiald at th<' other end of the held, did excellent •woik tor then respectn e ele\ens between the upnghts but there is no companson in tire <-.tvlo and effect of pla\ Salmon mulled a shot which, if followed up In the shootist, must have lesulted in a score. In eudeavouiing to save a penalt\ kick Salmon adopted the style oi tome goa.l-ke< pers in coming out on the \oige of the. ti\ \aids semi-cnclo Ho\\e\ei. lie did not effect his object. ;is McLeod managed lo find the inside of the goa.l-poshs • * « It w <iis oxpec tc- 1 that St John's would romp t>\ it Petone, w lio weie playing at Mira.ni a r in cons>equenct of the hotting meeting beans field on the Reci cation Giound, Petone. Petone achieved a reputation as. a good-goin^ team pievious to the commencement of the Cup fixtures, but that reputation is fading fa.st on account of successive defeats, in two m c\it cilies The pla\er in whom inteie&t again wascentiod nas Mi Asbury, the football coach His, exposition again did not yield the satisfaction anticipated Perhaps too much is expected from him on account of his reputed attachment to the game, but the general remaik of tiioi**? wha ha\e seen him p!a\ is So aiul so is ays good '" Mi Asbuiv is unsupported by his fellow pi avers. His standard of play is adnnttedlv fai snpeiior to theirs, but his taetico and manceiu ies> witli the ball do not command the favourable judgment of ciitics Theie is undoubtedly a. duel sit v of opinion about his dlja as se\eial pLners, and of note too mi ear" b\ him It hah been a&sei ted he makes openings Imt gets away fiom the pla-\ If this is conect he misiudges the standaid of i)la\ of oui plaseis He cannot and will not iwcup the supnort he should fiom his wing men theiefore thy nssponsibiht\ ii|)on which all e\es aie sot rests witli him He has a hard task with the Petone Club, and to succeed he imi't do the lion's share of the work and not reh on lu>s fellow -pla\eis> As a Petone pla\er aptly remaiked He is onl\ a. part of a machine " and it is a tiui-sm which cannot be gainsaid * * * Socken^t " m the "Otaeo Witness. " .sa\B in a loport of the St John's, matcli wtih Ro\eis that Billy" Morrison got somewhat knocked about Unfoitunateh he has no Monty" C'hadw lo'c to she.lteii him from the buffeting up theie (me.anine Wellineton). All the saane, if Billy" can stuke form he'll pne opposing backs a prett^ haul lob to keep up with him

A propos to the mention of ' Monty" Chadw lck's name, I believe he is a sciibeot no mediocre calibre, and, as an authority of "s>oceer" football his description ot tine game should be worth leadmg. He lias made a, study of the game ru ite eveiiv form from a colonial point of view , and an article by him is to appear in the June i.=sue of fhe Young Man's Magazine," issued by theSt. John's Bible Class. How the writer of the football notes, in the "Ot.aeo Witness" arrives at his nom-de-plume is perhaps easily traceable, but Ins orthographical rendering is nevertheless wtong. The abbreviated names for Association and Rugby football at Home are "soccer" and "ruggei" respectively. Consequently, the corlect norn de plume is "Socce:ist " • * • Ihe photogiaph oi Mr. J. Reynolds, the gentleman who was lecently sent out from England bv the English Association to coach and play in New Zealand, appeals in the April number of the Windsor Magazine." The photograph of Johnnie," as he is familiarly known, appear* among the English eleven who defeated Scotland vi 1893. A propos to "Johnnie." His projected visit to the colony was unknow n to us, even if our parent body the NewZeal and Association. He, apparently, must be very unassuming, for he seems to have had no desire to make himself knovwi In a letter to Mr A. E. Gibbs, ho informs him he arrived in Wellington, and remained here some four days, and went oil to Auckland, thinking it to be» the headquarters of Asfootball Fancy such an eminent, exponent of the game walking about in our midst, and no one trettiug wind of his presence amongst us especially when the air was fiill of our Home coach, Mr. A. Asbury. What a chance Wellington has missed. He had no ceremonial or official welcome in Auckland. Came off Ms steamer, found only Mr. Goldie, the hcnoiaiv trtasuier of the Auckland boch , emmeuced practice with the clubs, and has been successful m obtaining employment Johnny's" idea of the dimensions of the colony is not very exalted. In a letter to Mr Gibbs, from Auckland, explaining his arrival there, he says he has now found out his mistake, and regrets- not Sevang him (Mr Gibbs) and Ins lemark asking Mr. Gibbs to 'come up at onoe" caused a chuckle when the letter was read to a gathering of "eoecrnsts " His introductory words were, I am John Reynolds, of the Aston Villa Football Club England." (The fust four words being underlined.) In the course of his letter hf» says "As far as I cm see the v>la\i>rs here have a lot to learn vet "