FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16556, 4 June 1917, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. NO SENIOR MATCHES PLAYED. The senior grade Rugby Union competitions were suspended on Saturday, games' being played in the junior grades andin the school competitions.- Among the'"secondary schools, Sacred Heart beat Grammar School B, by 18 points to nil. ~: ' .; . *;"' SECOND GRADE.' J University A beat University B-- by nine pomWthW Grammar B Won from Ponffiy by default. Parnell beat Grafton by 21 points to nil. ' - THIRD GRADE. ' • •-• Eonsonby beat Parnell -by 12 points to nil. Parnell Old Boys . defeated Manst Brothers Old Boys by nine to nil. Normal Old Boys beat New Lynn by 14 to 8. FOURTH GRADE . Grafton beat Newton by 11. points to til. SENIOR CADET MATCHES. 68th Company .beat 30th Company by three points to nil. In a practice match, 33rd Company beat 60th Company by three to nil. * . SECONDARY. SCHOOLS UNION. Tho secondary .school senior grade competitions opened on Saturday, .Heart Colleg.- beating Grammar School B by 18 points to nil. The winners proved too strong a combination for their opponents, but the match, nevertheless, was -.ought out to a strenuous finish. . For Socred Heart tries were scored by Finnegan. Foley, Dyer (2), and Graham, while Pilling kicked a goal from* ft mark. SECOND GRADE. . Grammar School A beat Technical College by 9 toO ' Sacred Heart College beat Grammar School B by 8 to 0. ' , THIRD GRADE. Grammar School C beat Sacred Heart College by 3 to>o. Grammar School D beat Technical College. PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCHES. A Mount Eden, 3 points, drew with Mount Albert 3. Normal School, 3 beat Epsom. 0. Te Papapa beat Devonport by 6 to 0. Ponsonby, 13. beat Newmarket. 0. Jtcmuera, 21. beat Vermont Street. 0. • B GRADE. ' Grey Lynn', 9 points, beat Onehunga, 0Point Chevalier beat Mount Roskill. by 33 to 0. Parnell. 19, beat Richmond, 0. ■*;* : i* '•'''■, C GRADE. ' Bayfield. JO. pjoiits, beat Newton East, 0. Ellerslie beat Nelson Street, by 23 to 0. Vermont Street B won from Maungawhau by 18 to 0. - Napier Street. 3. beat Newton West, o."' •"/''•-

UNDER LEAGUE RULES. -i. PONSONBY BEATS NORTH SHORE'. Interest in Auckland Rugby League championship matches on Saturday centred principally upon the Ponsonby-North Shore match. The game was Bhenuously contested throughout, the Ponsonby team proving the .winner by 15 points ,to 6. Individually' there -was not a great deal to choose between, the teams, but. the Ponsonby backs combined better, and " threw the ball about more i freely- .than the North' Shore back .divisions Newton proved too strong a combination for Otahuhu, winning by 28 points to 5. . The City-Grafton match resulted in favour- of the former, team by 20 points t0.3. - ~...,'..; -. ,-, •■■ '/PONSONBY V. NORTH SHORE.

Ponsonby and North Shore mot'on No. 1] ground at Victoria i*ark.' Ponsonby did | not waste time in beginning. After an unsuccessful shot at "goal, followed by a series of scrums, the. -backs got moving, and a pretty piece' of passing, in which five players handled the-ball, . resulted in Jones scoring a try. which was .not converted..;: The kick-off saw Ponsohby again on the attack; but the movement ■ died away into an exchange of kicks. After a j pause, owing •toan . injury to a Shore player,' Ponsonby' again forced through, . and- McClymont scored after ':•»; scrum on the line.' i Cross converted 'the. try. Shore then gripped the situation better, and j though - Ponsonby attacked., 'continuously, | they wdre.staVed off "Several good passing efforts came ltd nothing, ! ; and then from, a. penalty Cross added two more to the.total. Half-lime came; without" further/score. Early in the second half Cross 'again kicked a goal from a mark, and : Ponsonby carried on with the atttwjking. ( ,A rally by. the North Shore forwards saw the ball forced.towards the Ponsonby line, where Boon, secured, j, ana gained first points for the blacks, No '.goal, resulted. Tie : North Shore' forwards; continued to preßs, until a high kicK} well followed up, reversed matters, arid' lilcClymont scored for Ponsonby. ■ The attempt at goal failed: Good play in the' loose showed an advantage to Ponsonby, until Nicholson/with a brilliant solo run, made his way down- and scored North Shore's second try, which was not converted.' This proved the last' score of the match. Attack was shared ,by - the Ponsonby backs and the Shore forwardsPonsonby were- compelled to force, but still North Shore could not score, and the end came with the scores:— Ponsonby ... ...\ ... IS, '.'•; North-Shore ... ... 6 CITY V. GRAFTON. .- . City met Grafton at Victoria Park, the sum opening with the former team on the aggressive from tho very start. A try was scored by Sheeban in the first few minutes, Aghor's kick failing. The red-and-blaoka came back at once, and as, the result of a fine passing rush Clarke scored near the corner, the kick again proving fruitless. Next Davidson secured, and beating the field, touched down near the centre, but the kick airain produced nothing. Grafton came to life at the beginning of the second: spell, and Bull got across, the attempt to add the extra points failing. City now had matters well in hand. E. Asher Kicked a goal from a penalty, while tries were scored by E. Asher. Davidson and R. Clark, none being converted. The final scores wore:— City . M - 20 Grafton '. ... , 3 NEWTON V. OTAHUHU.

The meeting between Newton and Otahuhu resulted in a hard and keenly-contested game, mostly in favour of the formor. Newton commenced with a serios of attacks, nullified by Otahuhu keeping play close. Finally a long kick gave relief, and play working down field, a penalty enabled G. Martin to open for Otahuhu with a goal. Following this, Otahuhu attacked, but the City forwards broke away, a close rush resulting in a try, which Potier converted. Evonts moved quickly after tho kick-off, and Ilea, following up fast, got over, Potier again adding tho major points. The score remained unaltered to half-time. In the second spell a series of scrums marked the opening stages. Williams got ovor twice, Potier converting one try. Then followed a penalty goal by Castles, to be succeeded by strenuously contested close play. Otahuhu worked through, and King scored an unconverted try. Two more tries to Newton, one by Castles, which he himself converted, and one by Farrant, closed the scores, the game concluding:— Newton 28 Otahuhu ... ... ... 5 SECOND GRADE. Thames Old Boys, 5 points, beat City, 0, THIRD GRADE. North Shore beat Pupuke by 6 points to 0. FOURTH GRADE. City, 42 points, defeated Ponsonby, 0. FIFTH GRADE. North Shore, 15 points, beat Post and Telegraph, 5. SIXTH GRADE. North Shore, 6 points, beat Richmond, 2. THE ASSOCIATION GAME.

GRADE COMPETITIONS. Two interesting games eventuated in the Auckland Football Association's senior grade competition on Saturday. North Shore beat Wild Rose by 3 goals to 1, this being the latter team's first reverse. The RichmondEverton match, at the Domain, resulted in a draw, without score on either side. Brotherhood took the bye. 1 NORTH SHORE V. WILD ROSE. North Shore and Wild Rose met at Devonport. The game was even throughout the first spell, both attacking in turn. Wild Rose pressed first, but the home team forced them back, and play centred round the raidfield. Then Shore began to assert them--1 selves and after several fruitless shots I Clarke' secured a goal. Wild Rose immediately retaliated, and Pooch equalised the

scores. Then the home team took the upper hand, and from penalty in front of the Wild Rose goal Dacie goaled. Half-time went without further score. The second half was again closely contested. Shore had the major shar<3 of attacking, but the defence of Wild Rose was olever. Variation came when Wild Hose opened up a couple of attacks along tne wings, but failed to put the finishing touches to their movements. Towards the end the homo team pressed heavily. After being staved off a number of times, finally Dacre made an opening, from which Perrett put the ball through. The game ended:— North Shftre ... • 8 Wild Rose ... 1 ' RICHMOND V. EVERTON. The match played on Saturday between •he Richmond and Everton senior teams resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. The ground was somewhat slippery, thus readering fast play difficult. Richmond won the toss, and commenced a dashing offensive. Play continued around Everton's goal for most of the time, th? blue and black goalkeeper saving some tine shots. On several occasions the Everton forwards attacked well, but were defeated by the Richmond backs, who constituted a solid defence, feeding their halves and forwards from time to time with well placed kicks. Give and take play then continued, a free kick for Everton yielding no result. From a melee near Richmond goal Everton made an excellent shot at the net, but Wylie executed a good save, diving tor the ball, and slipping it round the post. •>lftime whistle then sounded. During the last half Richmond resumed their offensive, imposing some fast work on the blue nnd black defendors. After a good deal of give and take play the game terminated without any score. THIRD GRADE. Y.M.C.A. beat Devonport Presbyterian by 2 goals to 0. Everton, 6 goals, defeated Wild Rose, 1. FOURTH GRADE. Richmond beat Everton by 4 goals to 1. FIFTH GRADE. Technical College boat Tabernacle by 1 goal to 0. * * SIXTH GRADE. Technical College, 7 goals, beat North Shore B 1. North Shore A. .4, beat Tabernacle, 0. Devonport Presbyterian, 3, beat Mount Eden. 1. Y.M.C.A. BOYS LEAGUE. The following were the results of Saturday's matches in the Y.M.C.A. Boys League competition:— . . , , _, , , Senior Grade: Swifts defeated Rivals by 6 goals to 5. Celts won from Spurs by 6 goals to 4. «.„„,, , Intermediate Grade: Ramblers were defeated by Rivals by 6 goals to 4. Celts, 4, defeated Spurs, 1. ~ Junior Grade: Rivals, 1, defeated Swifts, nil. Celts won from Spurs by 2 goals to 1. SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT. The, annual seven-a-side tournament of the Y.M.C.A. Boys League will be held at the Domain to-day, King's Birthday, commencing at 10 a.m. The following is the draw: — Senior Grade: G Team— Lucas, Lusty, Gee, Eavestaff, McKee, W. Keesing—versus 0 Team—McCarthy, Leggett, Belchamber, W. Peebles, O'Neill, Darnton, C. Allen; D Team —Jt'airgray (2), Nash, Martin. G. Coltman, Rapson, Kenderdineversus B Team—Entwistlo, M. Wilson, Shenkin, Brown, Irvine, Purdie, Lindblom; A Champtaloup, Ormiston, Roberts. Bay, Driver, Turnbull, Ballard—versus E Team— ' Coltman, Woods, Collins, Bauer, Blfitt, Moir, Grey. F Team—Ross Elsby, Hullten, Lewis. Mason, E. Wilson, L. Avery—versus H Team—J. Allen, Wheatcroft, Bayley, D. Peebles, Keerie, Williams, Howard. Junior Grade: B Team— L. Sommerville, Davis, McGowan, Lott, Sieberto, Vvakeham—versus D .Team—Lewis, Goldstein, Cleave, Sommerville, Baron, Sadler, Hay: H Team—Alkin, Fairgray, Cranch, Scarborough, Drew, Heerdegen, Wilson— versus F FitzGerald. Leonard, Wren, S haw, Mills, McKenzie, Emanuel; E. TeamPriestley, Scott, Barker, Paul, Howie, Cox, Carter— A Team—J. Coltman, Crawford, Avery, Elsby, Beard, Ormiston, Parslow; C Team— Sieb3rt, Riggs, Lundon, Sullivan, Richards, Thorbura, Lucas, Hope —versus G Team—Keesing, Kemp, Hegrcan, Blankley, Wiles, White (2).