FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13514, 12 August 1907, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

'■ . ' 4 y• • 1 '• AUCKLAND DEFEATS HAWKE'S 1; BAY. -r. . ' / r ; 4 , 4 i FINE, FAST OPEN game. -. HPtl GOOD FORM BY visitors. |i|| rj-jjg second interprovincial football match lifi? 0 the season was played in Auckland, at li; Alexandra I'ark, on Saturday afternoon, IfiMl'wlien the home team was called upon to defend the Ranfurly shield from a determined challenge by the representatives of the Hawke's Bay Union. The weather, excepting that a shower fell towards the end of the game, was ideal for football. ''flftpThere was a large attendance, about 4000 being present. Auckland, owing to Hip the . absentees in Australia and those not eligible to play through being known to be connected with the professional movement, ggg 'could not put its best team into the field, " while Hawke's Bay, according to their own ' ' 1 statements, had gathered together a team pSK-a good «leal better than the previous coinbinations, or at least the majority of them, ' fteffthat had represented that province. This '•f y was fully borne out on Saturday, for the visitors put up a good game, and tilings looked very bad for Auckland at one stage ■ of the proceedings, and the majority of ■i'P those present thought at the end of the , first spell that Auckland was going to lose the shield. The home team, however, ''. rallied in & remarkable manner, and emerged T' ' victorious by 12 points (four tries) to threo M (one try), while on the .whole the Auck§fp"landers4were a. little better on the day's' play. Mr. Hopkins, of New Plymouth, was \"T,referee, but too much whistle was used, while some of his decisions were hard to understand. '*»- The following wore the teams — f Auckland: Fullback, Miller; thrcequarX tors, Murray, Twiname, Dillamore, fiveeighths. R. Magee (captain) and W. Wyn:i yard; halfback, Ladner; wing-forward, McDonald ; forwards. Dunning, MacCormick, $ ' Kinder, Maguiro (2), Hayward, Hall. Hawke's Bay: Fullback, Symes; three-v-K quarters, Mclntyre, Lewis, Baker; fiveV - eighths, Walsho (captain), Totnlin ; halfback, i Payne; wing, Stevens; forwards, M. McCarthy, Struthers, Evans, Bayloy (lock), Tiiow, Scullion, Caulton. The spin of the coin favoured Auckland, .''and tho homo team defended the western fct'/.goal, with tho sun and a strong wind nt their backs. Tho kick off was returned by : Ladner to tho centre. Tho homo team broke away from tho line-out, but Walsho picked up, and a free kick immediately afterwards • enabled him .to find the lino past half-way, Tho visitors got the leather at their toes from tho throw-in, and then Lyvis secured, and kicked across tho field. The Hawke's Bay backs handled the ball well, and then T' kicked to Miller, who made a good mark, and stopped a rush. Tho homo team retaliated to tho centre, and offside play by . " Thow gave Auckland a further • advantage. |pj Walshe fielded well, and found tho centre flag. ,Evans secured from the ruck after . the throw-in and kicked, arid Miller used the line to advantage. The visitors now attacked hotly, but the fumbling of tho ball by the home team was very bad. Payne secured from a throw-in near the homo, 25, and made a clever run through the opposition to the fullback. A wild pass, however, 'f:~~ spoiled a 'fine chance, and the Aucklanders rallied round and dribbled play to tho centre. fegfltThe visitors immediately returned, but \Dillamore, by marking, saved another omin- . ous rush. Tho kick was fielded by Payne, - and the visiting backs all handled the ball finely, but the home forwards smothered it 1 in time near the line. From a scrum, Lad■zier secured, | but he was slow,; in ,moving,,. *, Stevens "getting on to him. Another scrum •immediately ensued, ' arid tho home team 1 & gained a few yards by '< screwing. Offside ..'-play, however, gave tho visitors a free kick f.'i'f: in a dangerous position, but Walshe failed s'|piin tho effort. Hall kicked off to Walshe, #j| wbo ran round and kicked down tho line. V' Lewis followed up well, and penned Auckland in its 25, where tho home team was penalised twice in succession, but offside j {yl-play by the visitors milled the advantage. I La dner and Baker exchanged kicks. Payne j then secured, but Twiname took well and j sent across the field. Smart following up by j Dillamore blocked tho visitors' return. Auck- j • land now for the first time invaded the j visitors' territory, the home team commenc- j ing to show some combination. Ladncr | secured from some close play, and handed ■ ji. ' on to Ma gee, and then Wynyard and Mur- ! ray secured, tho latter making a fine run to •, near the line, whore" ho went out. The I , *throw-in gavo Walshe, Mclntyre," and,. Lewis ■ the oval. These carried play to tho centre, i " J where Miller smartly blocked a dangerous j rush. Then Dunning intercepted a pass, j and threw to Wynyard, who kick'a to | SS Symes, but the. latter, did not gain much. i The visitors returned to the homo 25, where j Lewis kicked to Wynyard, who made a fine j fftlrun, and passed to Murray, who kicked. ' Twinamo followed up fast, and prevented the return of Svmes, but. Walshe immedi- j ately headed a Hawke's Bay forward rush i //-to Dillamore. The latter fumbled badly, , and then speculated with success. < -\-£ ."From a throw-in McDonald made a dasii ; along the line, and then kicked across the ; f,V£" field. Twiname, Murray, and Wynyard i ft® made a good passing rally, but Ladner j fumbled, and the ball wont, out- near the j If,'' corner. Hay ward and McDonald took the i ball at their toes from the line out, and tho j former picked up almost on tho line, arid '?>!§ scored the first try. Magee failed with the , kick, but made a fine effort. ! Auckland 3 I Hawke's Bay ... ... 0 |||§!& Play had been in progress half-an-nour. and it was only in tho last 10 minutes that // the home team had showed any combination, 'ip. the visitors having the best of it ' for the first part. From the kick-out Magee mado ;} a fine run, and shortly afterwards he started a passing rally between himself, Wynyard, Twiname, and Murray, which took, play to g|g their opponents' line. Payne then got posWMI session, and ho and Walsho cleared. Then Baker took a hand, but offsido play stopped V. . a good rush. Caulton fielded, and mado a fine dribble. Then Stevens and Walshe • evaded tho opponents, but Miller again J ' saved. The visitors were given a free 'kick m the homo 25, where Symes mado a fair 'y.K effort to convert. Miller ran out, and kick--sed to the centre. Tho home team, headed SgV,by McDonald and Hay ward, carried play to the visitors' line, where the ball was forced. Shortly afterwards half-time sounded. ' !3i§S|f4; ' pgll; •' . THE SECOND SPELL. Theitfiomo team, with tho advantages of sun and wind, had only scored threo points in tho first spell, while the visitors had j V } done most of the attacking. When the change of ends took place things looked anyH", thing but well for the home team, but they .justified tho most sanguine anticipations, ... and showing something like true combina,'Wl tion and decent handling of tho ball, and ,staying better, got the best of their op--ponents, who had tho sun and wind behind £* them. Shortly after tho kick-out. Twinamo ■" fumbled, but recovered, and found the 25 flag. • -Payne secured from a scrum, and running round handed to Lewis, and he and - Baker took play to near tho homo corner. •■Bailey secured from the throw-in, but, the ball was taken from him. MacCormick opf*V - portunely secured, ami booted down the line, and thus saved his side from a hot attack. ■, - Prom the throw-in Magee further used the • f'' line-'. The lino/out enabled Wynyard to • secure, and he dashed down tho field, and"' kicked to the fullback, but ' • "6 ' .was brought. back for offside - Play.' The return was secured by Payne, • w ho passed to Lewis, who handed on to If | Evans, but the ball was lost near tho line, ~ and Magcfi booted out. The home team was called.upon to defend a brief attadk by the visitors, but Millor securing kicked well ri down the field. Mclntyre made a good run, but a knock-on stopped another attack. i'Shortly * afterwards, however, the ball was kicked'• loose• in Auckland's territory, and • Jlclntyre, racing along the lino._ snapped up ~ , an d , scored a good try. Tomlin failed to ®dd the extra points. ' Auckland ... ••• • ' Hawko's Bay ' — 3 |M«With .'tho equalising of the scores Auckland further rallied, and a good deal i - r ,\ &arp v give-and-take : play ■ ensued. Bar walshe and Mclntyre headed ft rush to tho • if,

home lino, where the ball was kicked out of bounds.% From tho kick-ou Ladner and Miller :did serviceable' work, while ; 3 Dillamore just succeeded in blocking Mclntyrc (who had again galloped down the line) from Semiring the ball. Magee assisted in relieving. Tomlin started a passing rally, but . Lewis made a'forward pass. The Auckland' forwards swarmed round, and headed :by MacCormick transferred play to the centre. Maguiro 5 (Grafton),f Kinder, and Murray dribbled the oval into the visitors': territory. Magee took a kick ,at goal. from a mark made by Murray, but the effort was futile. Auckland's return enabled the visitors to transfer the play to neutral territory. Hayward, McDonald, and Mageo retaliated. Walsho secured, but his kick was returned by Miller, the ball going out. Wynyard secured from a line-out, wriggled through the pack, and then gave to Twinamo, who cleverly eluded the backs, and then handed on to Murray, who ran round and scored a fine try. Magee made an excellent though unsuccessful effort to convert: Auckland <- 6 Hawke's Bay 3 The homo team continued the attack from tho kick-out. From some loose play Maguiro (City) dribbled through to Stevens, who snapped up and temporarily cleared. Magee, however, took well and kieked nicely down tho field. Hall followed up finely, and securing forced his way. over in good fashion. The last two trios gave tho crowd an opportunity to relieve their pent-up feel- . ings. Magco failed to add the extra points: Auckland ... • 9 Hawke's Bay 3 The visitors rallied a good deal and invaded the homo ground, whore Tomlin, Payne, and Walsho for a time looked dangerous. The latter, however, failed to hold one of the passes and Twiname gathered up the oval, which was sent down the field. Hall and Hayward headed a vanguard rush to the black and whites' territory. Ladner, and Wynyard then took a hand, but they lost; the ball to Lewis, v/ho with the assistance of Baker relieved. By following up well the Hawko's Bay men forced Miller to smartly kick out in bis own territory. Walshe. , the Hawke's : Bay skipper, had been slightly injured in tho earliet part of the game, and took a rest for some time at fullback, but went up five-eighths later. Mageo at this stage also hurt his shoulder a little, and went fullback. Play remained in Auckland's 25 for some time, but a succession of short dribbling rushes on tho part of Auckland enabled them to set up an attack on tho black and whites' citadel. Wynyard and Murray carried play to the fullback, tho latter being collared and losing the ball. Wynyard, however, immediately gathered up the oval and scored a fine try. Hall failed badly with tho kick. Shortly afterwards the game ended with the scores Auckland 12 Hawke's Bay 3 NOTES ON THE GAME. The game for the most part was fast and open, the close forward play generally so conspicuous in the play of the home team being little in evidence. The visitors started off remarkably well, and showing good combination over-ran the Aucklanders for tho major portion of the first spell. In fact, for the first 20 minutes, Auckland only onco invaded the visitors' territory. The homo team's lack of combination was very conspicuous, while the individual play was poor, an- unusual amount of fumbling being witnessed. The visitors, however, lost a couple/of good chances to score. The last quarter of an hour of tho first spell showed. Auckland in an improved light, and cspeciaally after the first score they more than hold their own with the visitors, The change of form shown by the Aucklanders in the second spell as compared with the opening was somewhat remarkable. When the first spoil ended with Auckland only three points ahead and the visitors apparently in tho test of form and showing plenty of dash, tho chances of Hawko's Bay gaining the shield looked very bright indeed. But with almost heroic dash the home team pulled themselves together, and against the sun and wind, with opponents apparently confident of success, gave a good exposition and uphold the traditions of Auckland football by scoring threo tries, whilst they prevented any further score being registered against them. The Hawke's Bay team may justly be said to have justified the hopes of their selectors and -union, for they undoubtedly put up a hard, keen fight throughout. The visitors wero unfortunate in not annexing a couple of scores in the first spell, while Auckland should have scored > another try in the- so-' cond spell. > Of the visiting backs Walsho, Payne, and Mclntyre were the 'best. The former showed good generalship and initiative, while he played a hard, dashing game up to the time he was injured. Payno showed a good deal of cleverness behind the scrum and mad© a number of openings. McIntyro was ; fed remarkably well, and showed i rare pace. His try was the result of a fino burst of speed. Lewis, Baker, and Tomlin ! played soundly, but Symes was only fair, i Stevens on the wing did a lot of work. Of ! the forwards McCarthy and Struthers did j good work as hookers, while Bailey and ; Caulton were the most prominent of the j others, the latter showing good dribbling , powers. The visiting forwards did good i Work ill the open and. on the line-out; in the i earlier portions of the game especially. | The homogeneity so generally shown by ! : the Aucklanders was sadly lacking for the | most part on Saturday. Of the backs Miller i was very fino at full. He had numerous op- ' porturiities in tho initial portion of the I game to show his defensive powers, and ho j acquitted himself remarkably well. His | kicking throughout was well judged. Mur- j ray was -perhaps tho pick of the other hacks. ■ Twinamo and Dillamore mado a number of | mistakes at first, but retrieved themselves ' towards the end.' Magee played solidly and i did a huge amount of work, while W. Wyn- ; yard played trickily in tho second spell, i Taken as a whole Ladner, who replaced i Kiornan at half, did well, though ho was i often slow in getting the ball away. Mc--1 Donald on the wing played one c? his best 1 i games. Ho and Hayward and Hall were j | in the thick of all rushes, and repeatedly re- j | lieved their side. Time after time they . j broke away with the bail at their toes. In i the earlier portion of the game when Dun- | j ning and MacCormick were hookers tho visi- | ! tors repeatedly beat Auckland for the ball, I , but Maguiro (City) was tried with Dunning, | I and an improvement was quickly brought j about. Auckland's screwing of tho scrum in j the second spell repeatedly beat the visitors. MacCormick and Kinder did good work in tho. .open. Tho visitors were taken for a drive to Lake Takapuna yesterday. They wero shown over the pumping station at the lake, while Bishop Lenihan conducted the visitors over tho industrial school at Takapuna. They leave this afternoon via Onehunga and play Horowhenua at Levin on Wednesday. AUCKLAND B V. FRANKLIN. I A WIN FOR (AUCKLAND. The Aucklanders had a double win on Saturday, for the Auckland B team defeated a fifteen from the Franklin Union in a match prior to tho Auckland v. Hawko's Bay contest, by 14- points to 3. Tho home team attacked for a time, then the visitors retaliated. From a throw-in in Auckland's 25 tho ball rebounded to the homo goal, where D. Blako picked up and scored. The attempt at goal failed. Tho visitors continued to attack, and from a free kick Auckland forced. After neutral play tho Auckland forwards rushed tho ball into the opposing 25, and from a scrum on the line the bail was passed out to Farrant, who beat the opposing winger, and scored a good try. Eaton's shot at goal wont wide. Shortly afterwards, from a line-out, Farrant made a nice opening, and passed to Baker, to Hogan, who dived over, under the posts, and scored. Eaton could not convert. .A passing run started among tho forwards, and carried 011 by Farrant, Wilson, and Ilogan, resulted in the last-named beating a couple of opponents on the line, and scoring_ anothoi try. •No goal resulted. The visitors endeavoured to equalise the score, but Walsh removed tho play from Auckland's goal line to the visitors' quarters by clever footwork. Ho kicked past the fullback, and several Aucklanders "followed up, but failed to pickup. Wilson, however, kicked across, and the blacks were compelled to force. Shortly after changing ends Poplc scored from a rush started from a line-out near • centre. Wilson converted. The visitors livened up, and had tho best of the play, and the game was confined to Auckland's end. The blacks had a free, kick iupfront of tho goal, but. the kick at goal wont wide. The visitors kept Auckland in their 25, until Walsh relieved with a dribble. Neutral play followed for a short time. The visiting forwards soon attacked again, penning Auckland on the line, but no further score ensued, Auckland winning by 14- points to 3. WEDNESDAY UNION V. WAIROA. ' The representatives of the Auckland Wednesday Union played the Northern Wairoa fifteen at Dargavillo on Saturday. Ihe game resulted "in a draw, each' side scoring threo points. : - " i

f JUNIOR TEAM FOR TARANAKI. [ The following team has been selected to ' represent the Auckland juniors in a match - against Tar&naki juniors at Hawera next ' —Fullback, ■'Donovan three-quar- ' ters, Sprague, Hardwick, H. Wynyard; five- . eighths, Peach • half, Jackson * wings, ; Wright and Linkhorn ; forwards, Moir, McLean, Frieker, Vosner, Warbrick, Shaw, Magee. Emergencies: Stewart and Baker. The team leaves Auckland on Thursday under the management of Mr. D. W. McLean. ' Mr. H. C. Jones, selector, will probably ac- > company the team. ' ' . ~ * OTHER MATCHES. In the volunteer union contests College , Rifles met No. 9 Garrison Artillery Volunteers, the former winning by five points to nil, after a hard game. Both teams were unfortunate in. not being able to place their best teams in the field. For the winners Otterson scored a try, which he converted. A team from Briscoe and Co.'s, Limited, defeated a fifteen from J. Chambers', Limited, by 14- points to nil. For the winners Dick (2) and De Clifton scored tries, one of which W. Dick converted. Dick also kicked 4 penalty goal. The New Zealand Boot Company team defeated a _ Kiverhead team at Riverhead by seven points to three. ?• THE GAME AT PAEROA. [BY TELKGEAI'II.—OWX COBKESI'ONDEXT. J Paeuoa, Saturday. Tho senior football match at Pacroa this afternoon was between East and Suburbs, East winning by 8 points to 3. For the winners Keating obtained two tries, from olio of which Clarke, kicked a goal. For Suburbs Rickit kicked a penalty goal. The ground was in a very sloppy condition, and the display of football therefore was not too good, although East got on a couple of good passing runs, when they scored. Mr. C.< Mettam refereeel satisfactorily. The result of the game gives East the cup. As they have won it 011 two previous occasions, it now becomes their property V THE ROTORUA REPRESENTATIVES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COSroDENT.] Rotohua, Saturday. The result of the A and B match to-day in connection with the selection of thq, Rotorua Rugby Union representatives' tour next week was a win for tho former by 17 points to 6. The following team has been chosen: — Fullback, H. Mitchell; thrcequarters, B. Morse, Tuoro, Pura; five-eighths, Tango, Z. Mitchell; half, Niko; wing, Vcrcoc; forwards, Petene, Tomahou, Hikatareua, Scott, Iharaira, Kira. Emergencies: Wylio and Armor. It is a strong team, but both divisions have been weakened somewhat by tlio absence of Mcßae, who has a broken arm. The team will play Thames on tho 17th inst., Auckland Wednesday Union on the 21st inst., and Auckland B team 011* the 24th inst. WAIHI UNION COMPETITIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] Waihi, Saturday. The cup competitions under tho auspices of tho Waihi Rugby Union were continued this afternoon on the Recreation Ground. The senior matob was between the Mataura and Waitete Club teams, the first-mentioned side having some difficulty in raising a fifteen owing to the inability for various reasons of three or four of the forwards to don the , jersey. Juniors were pressed into service. Mataura played during tho first spell with , a strong wind, amounting almost to half a gale behind them. Assisted by the elements . they kept the play for the greater part of the time in Waitete's ground, and succeeded in scoring six points. The first score followed a scrummage in front of the black and whites' goal nosts. The forwards "rushed the leather over the line, and Truscott made , a dive for it, but missed. One of his comrades (Gordon), however, came to the rescue, and grounded the ball. The attempt to add 1 tho extra points failed. From a scrambling . rush, about 10 minutes before the bell for ] half-time, just inside the Waiteto 25 peg, McDermott picked up, and after a dodgy run passed the ball along to Hamilton, who , was the last to receive it, and he forced his way across. The kick at goal again failed, i Tho spell ended: Mataura 6 points, \\aitete - 0 With tho change of ends it was thought I that Waitete would succeed in putting on < the points necessary to win. This they diet, - but the task proved by no means an easy _ one. the maroons making a stubborn hgnt to bold tfieir lead. ' The first 'try for Waitete was obtained by S. Darby from a passing . rush, the scorer making a fine run. beating : the onosing team's fullback badly. Tho other try was got by the backs, but in neither instance was the shot at goal successful. , Waitete's winning points wore hoisted with a (Toal from a mark, the wind catching the. 1 ball at the right moment, and carrying it in between the' uprights. The match thus ended: Waitete 9 points, Mataura b. POVERTY BAY TEAM'S TOUR CANCELLED. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Gisboexe, Saturday. The tour of a representative team of ! Poverty Bay footballers, who were to have left bv the S.s. Waikare to-morrow, has had to be abandoned, owing, to the impossibility of getting a gooo team together. Manv of those chosen found that they could not make the. trip. The abandonment of | tho tour will be generally regretted. , SOUTHERN RESULTS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Saturday. The football matches were played to-day in wet weather. In the senior matcnes 1< - :SSaarKSI"Ti ! sra'vXMra : (3) beat Old Boys (nil). Athletic (3) de- ! feated Wellington (ml). 1 Dunedin, Saturday. i Otaco University secured a record win in i tho first grade competition to-day by de--1 feating Taieri Rovers oy 45 points to nil. Macl'herson scored six tries. University thus wins tho banner for the second year in succession, Alhambra being second and Southern third. The premier team scored 301 points and had 69 scored against them. • THE AUSTRALIAN GAME. AUSTRAL V. EDEN. The above clubs met on Saturday on the Domain. They had met twice before this • season, each team winning a match, lhis mado Saturday's contest the more inteiestinz. Austral, however, won by 15 points, tne scores being: Austral, five goals nine be- ! hinds (39 points); Eden, three goals eight . belli (24 points). Had Eden won the game would have virtually decided tho premiership for the season in their favour. Iho Australs and tho Imperials have now a chance to secure premiership honours, Loth teams put forward a strong 18. W. Tongue captained the Austral and Clayton the Eden, whilst J. Wilson umpired splendidly. Austral led off. A series of exchanges by Monteitli, Bettis, and Abfaltor brought the oval in front of Eden's posts, where Liversidge, from a free kick, snapped first goal for Austral. The same player kicked two more shortly after. On the change of ends tho ball was forced towards Austral's territory. Marshall and Fletcher played good football. Clayton kicked Eden's first goal. George, by a good long kick, forced the ball well up, where Fletcher marked and kicked Eden s second goal. Eden at this point were having the best of the game. The ball travelled up and clown the ground, Kicly making some splendid marks. Another rush gave Eden their third goal, which was kicked by Harding. Montieth during this half played a fine game, and was ably assisted by Foley, luman, and Liyersidcrc. On resuming after the half-time spell, the ball hovered round Eden's goal. Pratt rushed it out, and by a good kick centred, where George took charge and Austral's goal was in danger, but Callinan came to tho rescue, and passed on to Wells, who forwarded to Kicl.v, who in turn kicked to Tongue, but Nagel, who at this period was showing out. well, returned the sphere to the centre. Abfalter then collared and kicked well towards the centre of the goal, enabling Liveridgo to kick Austral's ( fourth goal. Inman was given a free kick for a sling, and he kicked Austral's fifth « goal. In the last quarter Eden attacked, but Austral repulsed them, and worked the ball along the wing. Yule marking. He then centred. Bettis (kicked along the ground, and tho ball was rushed behind. Pratt kicked off, and George marking ran round the wing, ending up with a good kick. Montieth secured, and passed on to McDonald. who in turn gave to lnman, butWelsh forced back, and Eden got two more behinds. The best players for the winners wore Monteith, Kiely, Inman, Liversidge, Bottis; and Tongue. Eden's most prominent men were George. Fletcher, Marshall, t ~Cairns, Welsh, ana Nagel.

THE ASSOCIATION GAME. : CUP COMPETITION. The competitions for the cup were continned on Saturday. The - recent rams had made the grounds in a very , slipper) - dition, and good football was out of the question. Both V. Ponsonby, and Ivanhoe v. North Shoreended in a draw. ,i„\ iJ Arawa A defeated United (third grade) by two goals to one. Tabernacle and iNortn Shore played a drawn game, one goal eacn. ,