FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13508, 5 August 1907, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

SW:'V;r- " (AUCKLAND V. NORTHERN WAIROA. ■I 5 \' ' - - • i i i ; --77^ ; '. .•''■■■ ■ ;".: : ■' : ■ :..:7 V EASY WIN FOR HOME TEAM. ■ 1 The 15 Auckland representatives selected to uphold tho city's reputation against NorthV 'cm Wairoa at Alexandra Park on Satur- . day easily succeeded m discharging tho task fJ, \ imposed on them, coming off victors by the substantial lead of 24 points to five. Though • the gamo was in a measure one-sided, as 1 the score indicates, it. was not wholly devoid V- v 'of - interest or merit. While it cannot be ; said operations wero carried out on both 77— sides with clockwork movement, somo. passing runs which wero indulged in by.: tho Auckland backs wero magnificent, tho handling of the ball at times being precise and i/. w; clever. The. play in general was open and Jf,fast, but thero was a good deal of disorganisation and fumbling which mado re'.isults uncertain. A : noteworthy feature was •' the tricky play of a trio of natives in the ; visitors'' back division, and ;the fine defensive work of tho fullback, Lowrie. The teams wero constituted as follows:-— 77-' -Northern Wairoa; Fullback, G. Lowrie; •} f.breequarters, J. To Paa, W. Harrison, G. S' Martin; five-eighths, M. Waiti; halfback, •%. ' ,L. Bassett; wings, E. Rope, L. Brockliss; forwards, W. -Wright, J. ''Henderson, W. Williams, B/Rope, N. Olson, G. Keane, and . . P. Jones.""" sAuokland B: Fullback, S. Magee; threej' -v quarters, Woodward,' Wilson, Hogan; five- / ■ eighths, Stuckcy and Redwood; halfback, v' Farrant; wing-forward, Mcllhone; for- .; wards, Todd, Hall, Pople, Eaton, Walsh, Hooper, aud Muir. , Shortly after starting, Wairoa, who do- , - fended tho western goal, and had to faco , ' the sun, wore called upon to resist a sharp attack brought about by a forward rush. /They were not equal , to tho occasion, -'for, : / Wilson, accepting a pass from Stuckey, darted over the lino, placing the ball behind the uprights. Eaton added tho major points: Auckland, 5; Wairoa nil. During the next : ten . minutes operations were almost con--7 lined to Wairoa territory, although they got ' . temporary relief at intervals. Magee got in a long (kick from halfway,. and the for- . wards following up briskly, Walsh, who was w in/ tho van, snapped , up tho leather, and -V •. inotchcd second try. .>Eaton failed to >,'i' .convert: Auckland, 8; Wairoa 0. Some /interesting play followed, both To Paa and Harrison 'figuring prominently id elusive tactics,; and keeping tho ball in neutral $$$/ ground.l;. To Paa was galloping off -witb tlio 5; •' ball once when he collided with a comrade, " but, despite this check - to his progress, - baffled several opponents before he was pi-i'.fgrassed. Through somo fumbling Auckland forwards carried play, to near the visitors' 25 flag, .where Eaton whipped the oval out from the ruck to Stuckey, who sent it on to >; Wilson, and the, latter to Woodward, who > ran over the line with it. Wilson was not i; - • successful with : the kick ' Auckland, 11 " 7 'Wairoa,' 0. Lowrie on two occasions in quick I l " succession- prevented Auckland from scoring, getting possession of the ball from right in J • front , of .'forward rushes .with . astonishing; 7^,\ smartness. The homo team's persistent attacks soon boro fruit again. From Wairoa's .f/",25-lino :"Farrant gave a neat pass to Red--7 wood, who transferred to Wilson/ and the , ' latter; putting J on pace ' rail round bis op- • pononts and soored behind the goal" posts. ' < / Eaton converted: r ''Auckland, 16; Wairoa, •' 0. In the succeeding play Auckland con- ,' tinued to be tho aggressors, and had tho visitors busily defending. ,Onco Hall got ts ' over the line, but the ball was brought back 77-;7 for a.breach.. . Another time Mcllhone, who Wyi x took "a: pass,; failed > to send the leather on J to a comrade, who had a clear run in, and , ', thus lost a certain try. Hot skirmishes, in Yr '.''.which Auckland showed to advantage, and which caused a perceptibletiring" of tho • '■ players, made up the first spell. •>. i On resuming Auckland had. the i sun in g'-j their oyes, which militated • against good' play , on - their part. Tho exhibition in the first' Hi'l'/% spell gave. promise , of interesting play in the second, but this was not altogether realisjvx - ed. At times thore ;wero vigorous encoun- , . ters, but too disconnected to be maintained. , A weariness seemed , to have crept, over, some X - '' of the i contestants,, 'and: operations' lacked : sting for most part. Give-and-take play i , resulted, ; both teams being placed .on- tho n ' . defence alternately. , Lowrie, To Paa, and u Harrison continued to put good work in for the losers, .who appeared, to realise thatpyStheiif; chances were hopeless. •; Auckland for¥]>i -wards grafted hard,'.but. there was too much , individual instead of concerted pky : to be 1 effective. ' Wairoa forced once or ,'twicc, and i, on two occasions thoir lino was crossed, but tho ball was 'brought back • for . penalties. % Thero was a fine bit of play while Auckland . / were .putting on the pressure. Lowrio , wriggled through tho pack, and then kicked • oyer the heads - of tho ' backs, ■ but fell in living chaso. : Te Paa pursued, but was just ; . . : beaten for tho ball by * Wilson. Wilson, Hogan, Redwood, and Walsh were associated in a splendid passing run, and though < Walsh crossed tho line no try was awarded. SM, • Shortly after Farrant, who got the ball from mI behind a scrum at tho 25 line, eluded several Wairoa ( players, dodged the fullbjhck by "feinting" a pass, and scored. Eaton added . ' , the extra points: Auckland, 21 Wairoa, I 0. General play followed, and later Rope ' * headed a forward rush, which ended in the ' ' Auckland quarters being invaded. From a ' scramble Harrison tucked the ball under his arm, and by a tricky run scored the visitors' only try. Te Paa converted. Auckland, 21 Wairoa, - 5. f.-Towards the close of the game, while Auckland were attacking, several for- »/, wards j rushed over ; the line with the ball, Hooper succeeding in notching tho. try. Mageo failed with the kick, leaving the re- ■ suit: • Auckland. 24; Wairoa, 5. Mr. A. Campbell held the ivhistlo. • NOTES. Wairoa had a rather light team, and a I number wero young players, some of them :\ only entering senior grade this season. It ...*, can, tbereforo, bo said they mado a creditable showing, as they stood' up against a strong local combination; Of tho local PX players Wilson, Stuckey, and Farrant showed to vantage, while; Eaton, Hall, Hooper, • Pople, and Walsh wero the most prominent ; , of an even lot of forwards. Lowrio, fullback for Wairoa, who is quito a young fel- , low, had a great deal of work to do, and carried t it out splendidly. Only for his pluok and quickness in " handling ,tho ball the visitors would have had a greater score put, C. '-; against them/'/-Harrison,, To Paa, and''\VaitiV >',■ also accounted>for'.-good work,' and:in tho Ufi ' forward division*E." and B. ' Rope; 01scn3 and Williams, wero conspicuous. ' ■ SECONDARY SCHOOLS' RUGBY <(>' UNION. Grammar School: I. v. King's College 1.: V, Grammar School won by 16 to 3. Trios foi the winners wore obtained by Taylor, Mark, ■ Basloy, and-. Cardno, McKenzie converting two. Grammar School halve won all their : ; '■ matches f this season, and again annex the banner. - ' Grammar School 11. v. King's College II.: '. . Grammar School won by 23 to nil. . . VOLUNTEER UNION. • ' College Rifles v. "A" Battery: After a. very . hard and evonly-contcstcd game the College Rifles won by 6 points to 3. For tho winners Baskett kicked a goal and Hesketh -. 5 scored 'a try. • For "A" Battery Barclay scored a try. 7"; ————————————— "> ■ • -OTHER MATCHES, h : No. 3 ■ Natives v. ■ Bond and. Bell: No. 3 'Natives won by 6 points to 3. Private Bennet and Corporal Hogan each scored for . the - winners, S. Sandall scoring for Bond - and V ' Bell -',-77:, :. :'7"'77 ■ Otabuhu v. Waiuku: The Waiuku 'Foot-' ball Club arrived at Onehunga on Saturday -7 by the .launch E'dic, and played the Otahuhu Club in the afternoon, winning after a. hardjY'7 fought and fast game by four points to 7,^,' three. >7 For i the winners Bennett potted a goal, after being thrown to the' ground, while: Martin secured a try for Otahuhu. . J. Horreld captained the ; visitors, and D. Pat. 7 . , ton acted in a similar capacity for Otahuhu. . : Mr. Pelham had charge of the game. HAMILTON RUGBY UNION. [BY TEXiEGEAI'II.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Hamilton, Saturday. ■ 7 ; Matches under the Hamilton Union f; were played at Frankton ground to-day and • . resulted; Suburbs East defeated City by j£ ;7. 30 to nil V,City juniors won by default. At jfcS Steele Park ' No. 1 beat Suburbs West by 32 ■to nil. The No. l juniors beat Suburbs juniors by 20 to 6,

'■;:, /■' "Auckland"v.- THAMES.' {Auckland '8, Thames 3.) ; [FROM OUR OWN'CORRESPONDENT.] <^ ;'-.- Thames, Saturday. ~ - Tho return football match, Anckland ;v. ;j Thames, was played this afternoon at Parawai, and created considerable intorest here, • the general feeling being that the alterations ; made by the selector in the positions of -tho local team would prove:advantageous,-arid .would result in . a close and well-contested ; game. A largo number of visitors arrived ■ from Auckland by the Aupouri, and the attendance at tho grounds was fully 1500. Tho ' Auckland team was captained by R. Magee, i and was somewhat changed from the selected > team, owing to Kiernan, Hall, and Dunning failing to make tho trip, * their places being - fillcd_ by Ladncr, : Sellars, and Harris. R. c Keating captained the, local team. j i The visitors, winning the toss, elected to defend tho, northern goal, and the game! opened with an interchange of kicks between I J the opposing backs, until McDonald, from i ' a mark, sent the ball out. From the throw- ) in Ladnor marked, and sent to Kitching, i who punted up field, and'from'play in Auckland's 25'Twiname secured, and found the lino at' half-way. " From the throw-in Hay- *; ward, Clark, and Smith broke away, but • wero stopped by.Mago'e, who secured', and 1 sent tho leather out near Thames' 25. ;■; A I smart dash by the visiting backs followed, ,; in which Ladnor, Mageo, > Twinamo, and Murray took part,, ending in play ensuing well in Thames' 25. The pressure, how--9 over, was relieved by Autridge and Crawford > carrying play to quarter- when F. Hay- ( ward punted well down the field,-and Miller returned to Thames' side of centre. Dovell marked, and sent to Wynyard, and Maguirc, Kinder, arid McDonald headed a. dangerous ; rush to Thames' 25, where Floyd secured, ■ and kicked to the boundary, from which Autridge, McKeown, Hayward, and Dunlop ' carried play to Auckland's 25. Magee marki ed, and punted to touch., Offside play by ) . McDonald gave Newdick a shot at goal, and I, a good attempt ended in Miller kicking out i '■' at the 25 flag. - ..-- : ;\„ : .- _ Thames kept up the pressure,' and a series " of scrums near Auckland's 25 ended in. Lad- - nor sending the leather to-Magee, who passed to Twiname, but Snowling cutting in in- ' tercoptcd, and punted out well in Auckland's territory, From loose play Murray eluded ' Kitching and Snowling, and sent the ball out at half-way. : From the line-out Mac- . Cormick, McDonald, and Sellars broke away,' , and carried play to Thames' 25. _. Mageo had a shot at goal, which ended in Floyd ' forcing. From the kick-out Auckland again ■ attacked, and Magee, smartly passing the '. Thames backs, scored a neat try, amidst ap- .' plauso. : Tho attempt to convert proved a [. failure: Auckland 3, Thames 0. McCollum kicked out to half, and H. Hay ward, securing the leather, dashed up the field, and ' kicked past Miller, who, however,-recovered, • and carried the leather out in Auckland's ; 25. MoCollum and Snowling ihen rushed ; close to Auckland's line, but Murray, secur- . ing his man, found the line at 25. Ancxi change of kicksbetween Wynyard and Snow- ' ling ended. in play at midfield, where Ladner , smartly marked from 'the throw-in, and from , play in Thames' territory Newdick kicked ; out near half-way. The spell ended: Auckland 3, Thames 0. '■ '.",'' Following the kick in again MoDonald, i MacCormick,-and Williams got in some good 1 footwork, v and play followed in Thames' 25 ' for some time, from"- which Newdick got the ', leather ' away to half-way. : Clark, . Smith, [ and McKeown came away from tho line-out, but Twinamo relieved by finding the touch. ; Snowling got iD smartly 'from the line-out, , and fast rushes of the opposing forwards'en-- , sued, Dunlop, Hay ward, and Smith being , prominent amongst the local men. Great applause followed- -when Smith secured and • registered a. try for Thames. McCollum - made a. good attempt at goal: Auckland 3, Thames '3. • Thames kept Auckland's backs • , busy, but the' defence was sound. Dovell ','. -sent to Snowling,' who passed: to Keating.' , The latter failed jto take the leather, and .; Mageo kicked out at half-way. Crawford , got away, but through faulty handling by r Thames, Murray secured, and sent,to Newdick,, who .kicked the ball out near centre. J. Maguire and MacCormick were prominent '. : in an attack by Auckland's forwards to i Thames' 25, but Dovell smartly secured and i punted ; out. The Thames forwards, by a : good rush, in which Autridge and F. Hay- ','• ward were prominent, got play to near Auck-. i land's '25, and,Wynyard getting possession [ kicked to the boundary. Kinder opened up i play by transferring to Maguire (of Grafton), [ who sent the ball to Twiname. Ho punted > to Keating, but the latter failed to secure, and Auckland looked dangerous, but Kitch : tl ing,: cutting in smartly, got the -line clear. r Snowling, dashing up smartly, i spoilt Wynb' yard, and from the following play the ball i went out. McDonald broke away for Auck- . land, and, with " Sellars,' dribbled to Thames - 25, but Floyd ' relieved by a good, drive to ;, the boundary. Auckland kept Thames busy s .for some time, -and;; Magee t and Wynyard tv wero almost over.on a .couple.of. occasions, '■-. but'sound play by -McCollum, Kitching, i Dovell, and Snowling gave the Thames sup- [ porters relief. Auckland, however, were i' not to bo denied, and Magee securing, gave ;- to J. Maguiro, who sent it to Twiname, and • the speedy threequarter got clear and dashi ed over,'«securing Auckland's second try. >' Magee kicked a'nice goal: Auckland 8, 1, Thames 3.: , From the. kick off Miller sent ; the leather out, and MoKeown and H. Hay- ,; ward got away from the throw-in, but Magee 1 relieved, and smart work by Auckland's for- > wards took play, to half-way. The play was I confined for some time to midfield, but a i smart kick by Snowling sent play to Auck- ; land's quarters. • Murray punted well aid , field, Floyd returning, but he failed to find • the lino. Twiname) secured and dashed off, i but was collared in Thames' 25, and Mc- . Collum sent the leather out. --, Give-and-take t" play followed,-and no further score resulting I Auckland again bad a dual win in the same ' season against Thames. I » NOTES. I Amongst- th© visitors, Miller, at fullback, , played safely. . Twinamo and Magee were ' always prominent," and Ladner showed very ; good form at half. McDonald, on the wing played a dashy game, and in a . real, good- - pack the two Maguires, Kinder, and Mac- , Cormick were conspicuous. , • . Newdick was sound at full for the Thames - men, and in the threeq>:arter-lino Floyd and . Kitching played exceedingly well. Snowling and McCollum were in good form, and Dovell also played a. good game. All the Thames forwards worked hard, and it is not. necessary to specialise. r■'■:'. ■ Crawford, .in Ins first representative match, gave promise of 1 being an acquisition to tho Thames.team. _ 1 Mr F. Ladner controlled the ■ game, his ' J decisions giving every satisfaction, r Messrs.; ', J. Laing (Auckland) and J. Cameron f (Thames) were linesmen. ,■■„... iI; ~ " , : - WAHII FOOTBALL. ''•: ' [IST TELEGRAPH.— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ,' • Waiiii, Saturday. The cup competitions under the auspices : of the Waihi Rugby Union wero' continued '• today under ?,■ favourable , weather,.- and I ground: conditions. ; Tho, first;'grade. match • was beuivcen the Mataura,: and Wailu club » fifteens. -In -the early stages the Mataura ? forwards got. on somo powerful loose rushes, and play had not been in progress many minutes before the maroons scored■ from _ a passing rush. •' Dance : sent the ball along to McDermott to Harding to Binns, who got to . within a foot or two of the line, where he was tackled. The maroons, were,, however, all round in support, .md they carried the leather across in-a-good-position, J. Moore scoring. "R. "Vivian converted. About ten minutes before the spell closed Forster, tho i .Waihi five-eighths, intercepted a Mataura pass and got'to the fullback.' When tackled ho kicked the ball, which rent over the, lino, and Hyde (wing-forward) following up fast scored. • McSweency added the extra points: Five points all. In'the second half the maroon forwards wero not going as strongly as early in ~ the . game,. and for '' some time Waihi had the best of the deal. > Towards tho end, however, they rallied 5 again, and a powerful forward rush,- headed I 1 by P. Sullivan, .saved the Mataura men in-.j ' side the Waihi 25. Hero Hamilton picked i; ,up, and beating a couple of men passed to Harding, .who ran round the opposition and scored near the corner flag. Vivian's kick at goal fell short, and the game ended: » Mataura, 8; Waihi, 5. Mr. Moore'was tho •: referee. -''; ■ ■-' ■ p ', ' The second grade match, Waitete v. Waihi, was not played, but was claimed by | the Waitete team, ( who 'kicked off ■ somo time after the hour fixed for play to.start. There appears to have been some misunder- I standing and difficulty in obtaining the ser- j -vices of a referee, and the matter will probably be referred to the Management Committee of the Rugby Union : to •» decide whether the game shall bo allowed to go to Waitete or bo played on, some,future dateShould it bo allowed to go to Waitete the team will win the championship in this grade. ■• . Mataura 111. v. Waihi III.: Mataura won by default, Waihi not'putting in a j team. rotorua v. matata; [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN ..CORRESPONDENT.] ' ■ Rotorua,. Saturday. ;'■ The Rotorua. B team, which visited To ; Puke on Thursday, - and wero defeated by i six points -to nil,.-mot Matata' to-day, and | were again defeated by six' to three. *

•• *: 1 JLXJU "» V PAEROA/FOOTBALL. ■ / [BY ' TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] » ' Paeboa, Saturday. The senior cup match at Paeroa to-day was between Suburbs and West, a hardfought game being Avon, by Suburbs by 14 points-to 3. For the -winners tries wore obtained by Rickett, Young, and Royal, one 1 being converted.by Rickett, who also kicked 1 a penalty goal. - A try was obtained for : West by McGcohin. - For the winners the most prominent were Rickett, Rukutai, and Roto, while of- the West players Tomlinson, Sileock, and F. Whitmore were the pick. 1 Mr. A. E. Fielder was referee. • Suburbs and East are now level for tho senior championship. The junior match between East and West was won by West by 12 points to nil. Parry scored two tries, and Kepa kicked two penalty goals. Mr. 0. Mettam refereed. " SOUTHERN MATCHES. [BY telegraph.—press association.] Wellington, Saturday. The senior Rugby competitions were continued to-day in splendid weather. The results are:Poneke (3) (try) beat Melrose (nil); Petone (11) beat Oriental: (9); Wellington (5) beat St. James' (3); Athletic (16) beat Old Boys (nil). • Dunedin, Saturday. The first grade football competition was concluded to-day, _ tho matches resulting as follows: —University (19) beat Port Chalmers (5); Alhembra (11) beat Pirates (7); Zingari-Riehmond (12) beat Southern (11); Dunedin (?) beat Ivaikorai (5); Taieri Rovers (11) beat Union, (nil). University and ' Alhambra are loading with 23 points each, but the former have played only 15 matches as against tho latter'a 16, and are regarded as certain to secure the premiership. CANTERBURY Y. ROLLER. [by telegraph.—press association.] Westport, Saturday. Perfect weather prevailed, and there was .a large attendance to-day, when tho Canterbury representative football team played Buller. The visitors took advantage of the ;sun at their, backs in the first-spell, and made good uso of it. The backs also passed splendidly, and found tho line well in this spell- The visitors scored 20 points, and the most of the tries were obtained after fine exhibitions of passing, in which probably the whole of the back division handled tho ball. Bullor's kicking was wretched, and only on a few occasions did they get. into .Canterbury's ground, and then only for a short time, good line kicking and passing by Canterbury hacks bringing needed relief. . In the second spell Buller played with more dash, and for the greater part of the time kept the visitors on their sido of the halfway, and on numerous occasions spoilt good chances of scoring by faulty passing. About the only occasion on which Canterbury in this spell were in Buller' 25 was when one try was obtained by Gray, ■ and the other by Henry, Burns converting the latter. Buller pressed hard again and again, and McNally and Brown each scored one try. Kerr registered a goal from a free kick, the game' ending in a victory for Canterbury by 28 pom's to nine. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. The cup competition was commenced at the various grounds on Saturday in ideal weather. The attendance at the matches was fair, and the contests proved very interesting. Tho following are the results of■ the matches played : — PONSONBY V. OLYMPIC. This match was played on the Domain. At the outset Olympic set up a. Vigorous at- - tack, but owjug-to faulty passing and- bad shooting no score resulted. The forwards time after time sent in a shot, but without success, the leather going well 'outside the posts. . About- - half-way r through the first spell Ponsonby assumed the aggressive, and Odeil and G. Webster each scored_jx goal in quick succession. Ponsonby were still holding the upper hand when the spell ended. _ Upon resuming Ponsonby attacked, and Howie succeeded in-scoring. The ball had only been in play about threo minutes whenOdell registered his second goal,' making the score: Ponsonby, 4 goals;" Olympic, nil. For some time Ponsonby wore attacking without success, then H. Webster beat the Olvmpio custodian, making the score: Ponsonby, 5 goals; Olympic, r nil. . A - few. minutes later , Olympic s goalkeeper stopped a shot, but being rushed threw the leather-through liis own goal: Ponsonby, 6 goals; Olympic, nil. I here was no further score. CORINTHIANS V. NORTH SHORE I. This game was played at Dcvonport, and after a well-contested and even contest resuited in, a. win for Corinthians by three .goals to two. For-Corinthians goals wero obtained by Foreshaw, Sale, and Barber, and for North Shore Daero and Galbraith scored. NORTH SHORE 11. V. EYERTON. This match terminated in a win for North Snore II." by four goals to one.