UNDER LEAGUE RULES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17472, 17 May 1920, Page 6

UNDER LEAGUE RULES.

CITY DEFEATS NEWTON. '.'* PONSONBY . AND DEVONPORT f i fe. , DRAW* ;'_ : ;' ; \ MARITIME 16, MARIST .U. > * Three ' first '■■', grade' Lsajuo'.- games were played "on Saturday. '. U:.ty and -.Newton niei on the Domain, the former winning a. fairly even gamo ■■■ by 10 8 points ••> to 3. , Mtnst Brothers Old Boys were defeated by Mari-time,-Vat Victoria Park, by 16 points to 11, after a fast and exciting contest, and Ponsonby and Devonport drew at the Devonport Domain, each aide scoring 17 points. yl; $ 3 CITY. V. ,'NEWTON.. i, .;. fl ■ The opening ' play \ was - not characterised by anything sensational till City broke away with a passing run. 'The ball came out to W. i Davidson, *who raced to \ the fullback and kicked. The team followed up well, but Dufty" saved for Newton close to the line. A rush by Newton was well stopped by Wetherall, who got' back smartly .from five-eighths. ' Another ' Newton'. »oven»>nt initiated by Lovett was ended byWetherall intercepting a Newton pass, and play centred. Thomas and Laing made ground for City with a passing run, but offside play by a forward gave Dufty a shot at goal from half-way. The ! ball went wide, and City came back with a passing rush to the centre, A Newton rush, in which Bass ■ became prominent, took the ball over the City line, a force resulting. i Another .Newton rush was nullified by ft knock-on just on Incline, and Paki and Davidson relieved with a combined dash. A free kick to Newton missed the posts, and City forced. Give-and-take play ensued, both sides endeavouring to open up passing rushes , by the backs, but good, tackling pre. vented the ball going far. A dash by Laing almost reached the New«on line. Bass intercepted and broke away,, but Wethorali, by a good return, saved the situation. A good dash by City fuither improved matters, and a smart back movement saw Reed dash over and score. W. Davidson failed to add to the points, and the score read City, 3; Newton, 0. Soon after the kick-out Newton marked in an easy position, but Dufty's kick vest outside the posts. City worked the ball to the Newton line, but Bass broke away and took the leather to midfield, where City were penalised, but Baas' attempt at goal failed. A good dash' by. Stewart along the touchline took play to Newton territory, but a good return by Dufty sent the leather out in City's twentyfive, . A dash by the City forwards, led by Thomas, took play to the Newton twentyfive. An exchange of kicks taw play centre in ihe> City twenty-five, and * hard rush by Newton took th« leather over the line, but the ball went over the- dead-ball line and no score resulted. ■ The spell ended with the scores: City, 8; Newton, 0. Upon resuming Newton pressed for a time, but Wetherali, by a good dash, brought play to the Newton twenty-five. A loose rush by City ended in Reed again scoring near the posts. W. Davidson converted, making the scores City, 8: Newton, 0. The Newton players attacked from the kick-off, and carried play to the City line. The City forwards broke away with a rush to half-way, where Newton were awarded a penalty, but Davidson returned well. A City ruth ended in Clark cutting in well and scoring between the posts. Wetherall converted. City, 13; Newton. 0. Strenuous play in City quarters followed the kick-off, and Bass, by a good dash, almost crossed the line. From the ensuing scrum Newton were awarded a free kick, but Dufty failed to score. Give-and-take pay ensued for a time, till City turned deforce into attack, Mitchell snapping up the leather. in the open and cutting through the opposition. He had a clear ran, bat passed to Laing, who scored. Davidson's shot at goal went wide. City, 16; Newton, 0. A good movement by the Newton backs after the kick-off ended Bass scoring. Dufty failed to convert. City 16: Newton, 3. Give-and-take play followed till the bell r»ng, with the scores: City, 16; Newton, 3.

MARITIME V. MARIST BROTHERS. I The (time between Maritime »nd Maris* Brothers Old Boys at Victoria, Park was : strenuously contested. There was not • a ; great deall of fast, open play, but the team work of Maritime was excellent at times, particularly during the second spell. The first score went to Marist, Taite crossing I the Maritime line after a forward rush. : Stormont failed with the attempt at goal. I Alter a period of giro and take play, Mari- | time were awarded a free kick and Sutton 6 laced a nice goal, making the scores: , [anat 5. Maritime 2. Shortly afterwards I Grey, for Maritime, intercepted a pan in , his own twenty-five and. racing <lown the ■ field, crossed his opponents' line between the posts. Sutton added the goal points, making the scores: Maritime 7, Marist S. Keeping up the attack the Maritime fori wards again reached the Marist line, but i failed to score. Good forward play by Marist removed the danger and play hung m midfield for the remainder of tho spell, which ended with the scores: Maritime 7. Marist 3. Upon resuming, Maritime set up a strong attack which eventually resulted in Sutton beating the opposition and scoring. The try waa not converted. A good forward rush by Marist brought play to- the Maritime territory and , Brien, misfielding a kick, ' allowed .a Marist forward to score an easy try. which St. George failed to conver.t The Maritime players came back to the attack tod a good back movement ended in Grey scoring near the corner. No goal resulted. Almost immediately afterwards another try went to Maritimo, Sutton beating the oppc»itioa by fast following up. This try also was not converted. With tho score* standing Maritime 16, Marists 6, the latter did not appear to have much chanc* of equal- > ising the points, but toward the end of the tame McNamara scored, as the result of a good passing run by the backs. Stornont placed a good goal, making the scores- Maritime, 16: Marist, 11. Tho game finished shortly afterwards, with the scores unchanged. PONSONBY V. DEVONPORT. Fast open play characterised the game between Pom nby and J>evonport. During the first spell the former scored three tries, none of which was converted, Devonport snored a try. from which * goal was kicked,-ana the scores at the interval were: Ponsonby, 8: jUovonport, 3. Early in the second half Devonport scored a try, which was converted, placing them a point ahead of their opponents. Ponsonby, attacking strongly, again crossed the Devonport line, Delgrosso scoring near the corner. The shot at goal fell short. Bhortly afterwards Cadman again scored for Ponsonby, and .Cross converted. With & seven points deficit Devonport struggled hard to score, and Matthews kicked a nice goal from a penalty. Shortly before the bell rang Nicholson succeeded in crossing the Ponsonby' line, and Matthews added the goal points, making the scores: Ponsonby, 17; Devonport, 37 Tho game ended without further addition to the scores. JUNIOR GAMES. Second Grade.—Ponsonby, 25, beat Maneere 5; Northcoto. 3. beat City, 0. Third Grade.—Manukau, 11, beat Newton, 0* Fifth Grade.—Manukau. 20. beat Ponsonby A. 0; Devonport United, 20, beat Northcote, 3. Sixth Grade.—Manukau, 3, beat Maritime, 0

THE ASSOCIATION" GAME. THE SENIOR COMPETITION. ' The Auckland Football Association's senior competition was continued on Saturday afternoon. Brotherhood defeated Devonport Presbyterian, at Devonport, by 4 goals to 1. Northcote played Huntly at the Domain and won by 6 goal* to 2. Y.M.C.A. and Ponsonby plated a drawn gamo at Victoria Park, neither aide scoring.

BROTHERHOOD V. DEVONPORT. I , Shortly after the commencement L. Williams obtained possession near the touchlino and scored for Brotherhood with an excellent shot. Firth scored the second i goal, and just on half-time Eckman added the third goal. On resuming, play was of an oven nature until the Presbyterians forced a corner. 1* Grice took the kick and .placed the ,ball well itt. the wind carrying it into the net. The Brotherhood team rallied, and just before time Firth registered another goal, making the final score: Brotherhood, 4 coals; Devonport Presbyterian, 1, NORTHCOTE V. HUNTLY. Huntly won the toss, and kicked off with the wind in their-favour. Tremain, the centre forward for Northcote, gained possession and sent out to Burford on the wing. Gavin beat tho Northcote man. but he did not put enough force behind the ball, and missed a goal After fifteen minute*' play Cross netted the first goal for Norfhcoto. This put Huntly on the attack, and as a result Hayes took a corner and sent .the ball well into the goalmouth, but without result. Liddle, for Huntly, missed a good chancy end Northcote now took a turn at their opponents' g©il. From «ome good, combined, play Tremain piloted the ball through. Further midfleld play ensued, and then Huntly were rewarded by Kerr scoring. A (re* kick awarded against Northcote was returned, and King, the sliced? centre, made no mistake. Alter half.time Huntly were awarded a penalty, from which Hayes scored. Excitement now Tan high, both teams, attacking in-succession. Corin had a pot with the wind and scored. McMillan and Burford added further goals, and the whistle sounded with the scores: Northcote, 8; Huntly, 2. Y.M.C.A. V. PONSONBY, " Y.M.C.A. -? a the toss and elected to play with the wind. The opening stages of the game saw Y.M.C.A. attacking the Ponsonby goal, but the latter cleared and sent the ball out to {heir, right wing, where play hovered until Skipwith cleared, Further exchanges v\r*?i <J i dow JL t & fi«l'U«ulH after which Y.M.CU. kepi the ball in Ponsonby's. right oereer. They ooaUaued the attack for the greater part of the frstJaU, &ibj on occasion* wis nuns uytaiii lia

an assault on. the Y.M.C.A. Botl. The second half v' opened v with )},} Ponsonby •'• attacking strongly, but play won settled in.' midficld. from which Y.M.C.A. ft rush, and had hard ;)ucJf} in i no* : . scOTiiisr.^; Give ■ and take play continued for some time in which both aides missed chances. The same ended with no score to cither aide. ■- . - •

THE JUNIOR MATCHES. > Second Division: ; ' Y.M.C.A. 2 (Buscomb. Elsley) beat Belmont 0. : Brotherhood > 4 (Dewick '• 2,' Biesett .; C)' defeated Devonpori Methodist 3. ■ Northcote 5 (O'Leary 2.'lrwin, Croau and Davidson) defeated Toneonby Q. Third Division: Y.M.C;A. United 5 (Miller 8, Shenkin. Keesins) defeated Devouport Presbyterian 0. -••';.!, i>- • '~•■■ M Fourth ; Division: : Y.M.C,A, L Bangers tied with v North Shore. L 1 coal; each. Y.M.C.A. Spurs 5 defeated Tabernacle, -■ 0. •> Y.M.C.A. Celts, 6, defeated Devonpost Presbyterian,. 0. •'Fifth Division: Y.M.C.A. Rangers, 2. defeated Y.M.C.A. Rovers. 1..Y.M.C.A. Rivals. 3. defeated Technical College A. 0. Y.UC.A. Rivals won by default from Devonport Presbyterian, f .:'.. - — > •• Sixth Division: Y.M.C.A. Swifts, 2, defeated North Shore A. 0. Y.M.C.A. Rivals. 8, defeated Belmont. 0. North Shore, 2. defeated Y.M.C.A. Hover*. 0. Brotherhood. 2, defeated Y.M.C.A. Celts. 0. Northcote. 1. defeated Technical College, 0.