ATHLETIC SPORTS,

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16896, 8 July 1918, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS,

FOOTBALL. 1 " THE RUGBY GAME; ' COLLEGE RIFLES BEATS GRAFTON r»«3. " o , ? played on various S£ pl! a K Td l y ' Colleso Rifles beat Urafton..Poßeonby boat Marist Old Boys Old ST 81 * W ° oß3ily again ? Gra ™ winded tfcdvSat Playi ? g v with «» and despite^S.^ 5 «*• «"»> the Grafton (bfacf , down , «° v* na ft r" 811 . m which Hnnsch and «-thAn^ d nl^ lßon ° red - In «he last spell ?«hW Dlay was Macular and open, no furtW score resulted. The final ecorcs College Rifles .» . « Grafton ~ ~ ) j j' S Mr. J. E. Donovan was referee. '

PONSONBY V. MARIST OLD BOYS. «Slh n tS. k ISk i off i and Delffro3B ° ™ nt £S fiJi.S uc a ! ld , commenced a rush. ft.,. ♦ the ?°.? so 5 by twenty-fives Fast play ■te t, l2 e fl. the first > *»<>". butVscTresr* Km *?<s* s ! cond ( uart<jr give and take nil Irk Si 6 .tintil Lane ma de a fine ft d lor i 6 A lB ' 8, However Ponsonby rallied, and M htoa passed to Crawford ffiftiJ !3ft* 8 ? 63 -^ 0 BCOred ' Kelly £,« v v ,he klck -- 0n resuming l'onrW. V«)Vr ay , r J IM - and Rft * r f«t play £r,,m i»l P >, ,l 3?. rald muddled, and from a scrum near th« hue Prentice scored neatly last <L I *^° 6 ?- ¥ «ted. In the filriato The final scores were;— f ot aiansts. The final scores were;— Ponsonby .... g Marist Old Boys .. *.', "3 Mr. A. Hints was referee.

UNIVERSITY V. GRAMMAR OLD BOYS.

.tE?kTSV k,cW .e fl , 4nd kick ffiw U " rd Mnn «- Brmsden's •rt? kft~. paoe . faster, and iSrin, ** 8 * m A°° ntrcl . Beehan joonwr. Again the Dniversty pack • pro> dm the field. BrinsdJn soorSs«ti in T IF' which M <» llo 7 failed to ££££t * n % Becond «»U ™» was » ?Sffl«£ f matters evening a little, but the University, men again broke through, and HrtSRJFSK lfly was - fas{ - Bad <w mar rallied, Cwhmore scoring after a series StlST™*?*. W/.. th % try Wm confarted After half-time Powers and Thomas (8) scored ,or .University, and Marsdin kicked a penalty coal for Grammar. The • final scores were:— University , 82 Grammar Old Boys '~ '~ 8 Mr, B. F. Hayson waß reforee. SECOND GRADE. ote^ 1 n 1 h ***** defMt «d • tt Uemty 13 pol ? te d * f6at6d THIRD GRADE. Marisi Bothers won from Parnell by default! Noma]! Old Boys. 23 points, defeated Newton. 8; Ponscpby, 14 points, defeated ■> Suburbs. 8: Green Lane won from Grammar Old Boys by default FOURTH GRADE. NorrnJ. 35 points, defeated Public Schools .8; Wton, 14 points, defeated Grafton, 8; Manst Brothers, 26 points, defeated t Suburbs. 0. : SECONDARY SCHOOLS' MATCHES. HAMILTON BEATS GRAMMAR B. As a onrtain-raiser to the King'e-Grammar , match Hamilton High School played Gram-.-max B. defeating them by 14 points to 8. For Hamilton the scorers were: O'Connor, , Peebles, and Kirk. Noakes kicked a goal for Grammar. \ SECOND GRADE. > Shur/i College,' 8 points, defeated GramBar C. 0: Grammar A, 6 points, defeated ' Grammar B. 0. THIRD GRADE. • Oranun&r A, 21 points, defeated King's College A. 0; Grammar C, 25 points, derested King's College. B, 0. PRIMARY SCHOOLS' MATCHES. \ A Grade: Napier Street A, 3 points, drew I with Mount Eden, 8; Vermont Street A, 43 i points, defeated Maangawhau. 0. '. B Grade: Ponsonby, 6 points, defeated . Nelson Street, 3; Onehunga. 3' points, defeated Beresford Street. 0; Te rapapa, 3 points, defeated Epsom, 0; Vermont Street a, 18 points, defeated Normal School. 3; ■Mount Albert A, 15 points, defeated Point | Chevalier. 8. '■ C Grade: Newton East defeated Mount Albert B; Takapuna, 32 points, defeated Napier Street B, 0; Grey Lynn. 9 points, defeated Avuidale, 0; Ellers:lie, 5 points, defeated Mount Boskill, 3; ' Newmarket. 12 poinds, defeated Newton West, 0.

■ UNDER LEAGUE RULES, '. CITY DEFEATS -GRAFTON. Playinz under League rules. City defeated Grafton on Saturday at Victoria Park •by 25 points to 16. There was an attendance of close on 6000. The game started spectacularly, but City were by far the superior team, and then score mounted up as the afternoon wore on. ■ Grafton (black and white) started the ball rolling, but City (red and black) pressed, and the' same returned to mid-line. The ball went out to Davidson, who attempted'a gc-U kick, but.was collared. Paki. who was piny- ■ Jag ft fine game, obtained the ball, was collared, and passed to Clarke, but Ifwersen intercepted, and ran right down the field, scoring a fine try after puzzling the fullback. Ifwersen converted his own scoro. City with the wind behind them, attacked for a time, and Davidson scored from a free kick. Montgomery, fullback for the whites, started ii rush, but a Bcrimmage resulted. City at- , tacked, and Stewart scored, Davidson contorting. Simpson retired with an injured shoulder soon after. After close work in the white's twenty-five, Clarke obtained the 'ball from a scramble and scored. Davidson failed with the kick. Emerali replaced Simpson, and the game remained at midKd for e time. Hogan picked up from the loose and passed to Paki. who got the ball to Haddon, the latter scoring, and Davidson converting. Before the end of the half Davidson kicked a goal, and Rukntai added another two points with a fine long kick. Clarke scored a 'try, Rukutai failing '.with the kick. On resuming Davidson, who had received a kick on the chest. changed places with Paki. Grafton rallied somewhat, and McGregor beat Paki. and scored. Ifwersen kicked an ,miv goal. After fast and spectacular play. 'Tremaine scored another try for Grafton, and .Carl Ifwersen kicked the goal. Toward" the ;B nd Davidson scored another try for City, but failed to convert. The game ended:— * City ?5 , Grafton ••' • • .• ■ • • 15 Mr Vause was referee. FOURTH GRADE. Telegraph) 18 points, defeated Ponsonby, B.

FIFTH DIVISION. o Wild Bom, 2 goals, defeated Mount Albert, Y.M.O.A. BOYS' LEAGUE Fourth Grade: Rivals. 1 goal, drew with liniTv h ■%"%■ 4 80ft ' s > <k f « a t« d DoSo.' : Spurs ' 4 eoala> defcat<Kl Fifth Grade: Rivals, 2 goals, defeated jonwnby Baptist, 1; Tabernacle, 2 goals, defeated Swifts, 0; Spurs. 8 goals, defeated L°'ts, 0. w S v x st e , Swiftß - 1 G°al, defeated W.X.M.1., 0; Tabernacle, 1 goal, drew with Ponsonby Baptut, 1; Rivals, 4 goals, dofeated Celts. 1.