FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 20 August 1917, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

UNDER LEAGUE RULES.

ROOPE'S rooster" final.

PONSONBY THE WINNERS. uS mf! ° f i he Roope 's Rooster competfRu«br ? h ° control of tho Auckland TlT,' Was *> layed between Ponsonby Park *£*!? "' ,aree crowd »* Victoria on« of « u" 3 " 7 af tomoon. The game was earn© thai has been given this season, bub for^?" 10r combi aation of the Ponsonby forwards gavo them a distinct advantage. Points Ito 6 " 110 CDdd iU th ° ir faVOUr Vitk 12 ,teiSfW of! aeainst tlln wind, aDd C»T' immediately commenced to attack. PS 1 led „n «f lr l ° S ?° d V ln , up fiolcl - but was Cltv TV,' BC il a fr ?° lck . w <» awarded to thef; oJl D on9 ? n, i y hacks started from Cross ™j and McClymont. M,? In i" !d , Jpnos made a line run 10? d« ,/ Vi Clns br °«sht down within Oiff ° f - Ul « hno. A little later at LIl hv C v *" an °»* a »n«. *>«<• ,*» attempt co«t?m,^ y w ? 8 nnwcoossful. The reds kirk 1n , , l to atttt< *' an.", *•»» awarded a t<£w fv? m i , ??? position. Asher again X'," Hi ck ' tI L I3 Um ? succeeding in the .uerapt, r Poasonby n *aiu attacked, but anIt iJ°??i UO ?V gavo City another free sen™ by r , xvh,ch 1 Asher. further ftdded to the score. The reds attacked again, but a freo til- «*. Wnßt M'tehell brought winy back to H ir'^o' 11 * • tlm ? sounding almost immePo«ti? V Suorll y af .ter the game restarted LIK y woro 3 a S,nin penalised, and Asher «m i increased City's lead. Ponsonbv now settled down to tho attack, and after a e£ a J£J? 1 V n , ftoat , of tho K McClymont crowed the lino between the r.osts. Cross laS j From tho kick-off the blues attacked. and a minute later were swarded a tree kick from an easy position. Cross addu.j two joints, and pnttinp Ponsonby in the lead, iiio play evened down oiram for some time, but another breach on the part of a. <~tty man cave Cross the opportunity of addinc two more point* from a difficult) fj?s it P v?" uow ,. became fast and interestinc. the blues still having the ndvantaeo. lonscnby secured the ball from the scrum, J."" 1 ,,! 1 was Placed richt across the field. Aiaddi«r.n securing and carryins it across the line. The kick was unsuccessful. Some even pls-v was witnessed duriner the closing stages of the same, but no further poore was added. Xhe result left Pousonby with a lead of six points, the final scores being: Ponsonby .. ... .. 12 Ci:y ... 6 I

THE RUGBY GAME

KING'S V. SACRED HEART.

Kra? s College and Sacred Heart College played n keen and even game as one of the curtain-raisers to the representative match. Tlie first spell was especially even. King's locked very like scoring once, when Steadman reached the line, but he lost the ball and a force resulted. The King's backs threw the ball about with some freedom, but Sacred Heart tackled with determination, and kept them out. neither side scoring. In the second hah" Sacred Heart- attacked more, the play being evenly divided. A number of sorties were made by Kin-"s. along Macky's wing, but ho was well watched.*and none succeeded. The best chance of the match came to Sacred Heart when Hart brilliantly snanped & pass from the opposition backs, and broke right through. His transfer to Graham was weak, and the same ended without a point being scored.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRIAL. The public schools A and B representatives played a trial match at one o'clock. The came was a bright one. and ended in a draw Reward scored for the B's in the first spell, and McChine for the As in the second, the game concluding with the score three all.

THE ASSOCIATION GAME.

GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The grade championships of the Auckland root ball Association were continued on Saturday. In the senior division Everton defeated Richmond by 2 goals 1. Scoring was heavy m tie North Shore-Wild Rose game at Devonport, the home team winning by 7 goals to 4.

NORTH SHORE V. WILD ROSE. ' North Shore quickly took command in tho game with "Wild Rose, scoring two goals be-' .ore the visiting team Mined any score. The first was placed by Perritt, from ft penalty, and the second secured by Allison. Wild Rose then opened with a goal, Williams being the scorer. Before half-time was reached the home team had added two more to the total. Pcrriti and Dacra securing one apiece. After the interval North Shore gained three more goals in succession. Jackson, Innes, and Dacro succeeding in their attacks on the opposing citadel. The ; visitors then rallied considerably. Lornie scored from a penalty kick, and a little later gained another after a, good run. The final successful shot was by Walbran, time being called, with the total,; North Shore .. ... 7 Wild Roea * EVERTON V. RICHMOND. Tho meeting- between Everton and Richmond took place at Victoria Park; After having had two successive wins the secondnamed team met with defeat. The first spell did not turn to the advantage of either sideEverton attacked hotly several times, but the defence proved sound, and half-time cams with no score for either side. Shortly after half-time Hillcoat scored for Everton after ai good effort, repeating the performance almost immediately from an opening mado by Webster. Rain then set in and hampered the players considerably. After a spell of negative play Richmond -attacked for a. time. Lithgow scoring. Tho game ended ehortly after with the total Everton 3 Richmond 1 THIRD GRADE. Y.M.C.A. won from Everton by default. SIXTH GRADE. Northcote, 2 goals, defeated Technical College, 0.