FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 1449, 3 October 1910, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. INSURANCE DEFEATS LAW. The annual football match between representative Yearns from tho Auckland law and insurance Offices created just as much interest this •Near as in tho past. There is a great deal of sociability in connection with this match, the i circumstances lending- themselves towards making the function one for intercourse not only be.tr een the members of the professions, but also bet*.een Iheir fair friends and relatives. The clashing of 30 representatives of the two professions on the ' Acid also meant incidentally afternoon tea at. Alexandra Park, a dinner for the teams after tho iliateh at Buchanan's Cafe, and later in the evenins' a smoke concert in the Masonic Hall, Princesstreet. The attendance at Alexandra Park to witness the match was about 500. The went her was fine, with a westerly wind blowing. A string band »as in attendance and helped to enliven the proceedings. Good football was shown by both sides, but tho Insurance men made the most of their ■ opportunities and '.von by " six-and-eight (14 points) to nil. The players wore appropriate colours, the policywriters being attired in red jerseys and the legal fraternity in blue. Endean, who stated the case for the " Devil Own," won the first " argument *nd decided to play with the wind. The Insurance 'Hion biased a trail to the Law line, and Marks, getting a good hold, had crossed and scored be- ' lore he was extinguished, and Insurance thus led by 3 points to nil. Law dashed to the attack after this reverse and appeared to have a good ,-ase, but Insurance put up a good defence, and , Law eventually had to accept a nonsuit, the reds . iorcing down. The first quarter ended: Insurance, 3; Law, nil. Gillies, of the Insurance team, retired with an injured knee early in the second quarter, and his place was taken by Brown. The Insurance men ■were out for new business in this quarter, and talker made a great dribbling run right through the blues' defence to their line, lie was just About to drop on the ball when he was prevented 'fcy illegal restraint. For this offence the blues differed the extreme penalty of the Jaw, a try being awarded for obstruction. Gordon kicked a goal, and Insurance were eight points ahead. Shortly after Xisbet ended up a pretty passing run by scoring in the comer, and when the teams adjourned for afternoon tea tho scares were: Insurance, 11 points; Law, nil. The play, which had not been one-sided, still continued interesting after resumption. Aided by the wind. Law attacked for some time, but their efforts to pierce the Insurance defence were of no avail. Before the spell closed Marks ended up a red passing run bv* scoring again, and Insurance • thus led by 14 points. The last quarter saw the lawyers making grrot efforts to score, and one member adopted the lejal iuiv.*iin of "when you have a had case abuse the other side. He was noticed to be engaged in vigorous wordy " argument" with a writer of policies, who had evidently been doing good business in the scrum. yho game ended' without further score, the bearers of the sanguinary jerseys having successfully defied the law, the final total being: Insurance Law ••• 0 Sir. A. Campbell was referee. A junior match was played prior to the " big game, the Law team winning by 24 points to 12. The winners' score comprised six tries (three converted) and the losers four tries (all unconverted). The teams dined together at Buchanan's Cafe, Karangahape Road. after the match. At the conclusion of th? dinner they adjourned to the Masonic Hall, Princes-street, where a smoke.eoncert was held, ever 200 guests being present. Mr. W. Coleman presided at the latter entertainment, which was of a convivial character. An excellent.}rendered programme of varied items was well received. recalls being demanded after every number. Songs were given by Messrs. T. Rowbottom, C. H. Archer, and Guy Pierce, monologues by Mr. A J. Black, violin solo by Mr. K. A. Dennv, dialect sketches by Mr. P. Mason, whistling so.o bv Mr. W. Bishop, crayon sketches by Mr. W. R. Watts, and some exceptionally clever vocal and humorous musical selections by Mr. E. Heaulum. 'An overture and the accompaniments were played bv Mr. A. Bartlett. Supper was handed round at a convenient interval in the proceedings, the " fire-extinguisher" being served with it. Two toasts were honoured The King,' proposed by the chairman, and "The Winners," proposed by 31 r. W. Endean and responded to by Mr. b. Deans. arrangements for-the" day were made by Tlie arrangements for the day were made by a strong combined committee, of which Messrs S. Buttle and C. McKean were joint secretaries and treasurers, while the smoke concert programme was arranged by Mr. James Harrison. At the conclusion of the proceedings on Saturday evening George Kent (president of the Auckland Law Society) proposed a vote of thanks to the committee "and performers. This was car- . Tied demonstratively, and an enjoyable -day concluded. OTHER MATCHES. The end of the football season is at hand, the games new being confined to ft few* enthusiasts and to matches between local institutions. Several matches of this class were played on Saturday, with the following results:—' ' ? „ St. Marv's defeated St. Stephen's Native School 11. by 21 "points to 13. For the winners Erson and A. Otter scored tries, Burns and Handcock kicked pen alt v goals, while 'A. Cliffe potted ' a goal. Burns was the beat back on the ground. Brown, Barrett and Co. beat Bond and Bell, after a very fast game, by 17 points to nil. Tries were scored by Doran (2), Walker. Lepine, and Geddes. The latter also kicked a goal from a try. r WAIHI DEFEATS KARANGAHAKE. ~ [BY TELEGRAM. — CORRESPONDENT.] £; ; Waihi, Saturday. p The Waihi and Karangahake Rugby.football representatives met at Karangahake this afternoon, Waihi winning an interesting-and'well-contestea game by 14 points to 8. T r '" *T •* - ; —■