THE ASSOCIATION GAME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22167, 22 July 1935, Page 15

THE ASSOCIATION GAME

SENIOR GRADE MATCHES CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION SURPRISE BY Y.M.C.A. TEAM The senior championship of the Auckland Football Association was continued on Saturday, weathbr conditions being good and the grounds jn firm order. Some surprise was occasioned by the stiff opposition offered Ponsonby by Y.M.C.A. in the principal match at Blandford Park, the game resulting in a draw. Comrades secured a narrow victory over the North Shore team in the curtain-raiser contest, while East* ern Suburbs and Metro-College drew at Western Springs. Thistle secured the full points at Mount Albert by defeating the Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys' eleven. Following wero the results:— Y.M.C.A., 0; Ponsonby, 0. Comrades, 2; North Shore, 1. Metro-College, 4; Eastern Suburbs, 4. Thistle, 3; Mount Albert Old Boys, 2. POINTS DIVIDED PONSONBY AND Y.M.C.A. Characterised by strong defensive wtfrk on the part of both teams, the Y.M.C.A.Ponsonby encounter at Blandford Park provided little attractive football. The game was thoroughly well contested, the Y.M.C;A. team deserving credit for an improved showing. The actual result was a fairly good reflex of the play, although territorially Y.M.C.A. had the better of the exchanges. Both forward lines showed good initiative, but poor finishing was their greatest weakness. The Y.M.C.A. frontal moves often broke down, owing to haphazard passing. Solid enough on defence, the halves of both teams showed litUe discrimination in parting with the ball. Showing agility and fine anticipation, A. Smith gave / a splendid exhibition in the Y.M.C.A. goal, two of his saves at least being brilliant. Mowat and Dobson covered an amount of ground in defending the Y.M.C.A. goal, both revealing stamina and safe tackling. Dobson was particularly impressive, his vigorous work often upsetting Ponsonby's aggression. The halves were all sound, but the displays of Ross and Chapman drew most attention. Boss was one of the few constructive halves on the field. He opened up the play for. his front line, as well as tackling forcefully. Murane displayed pace on the right wing and sent the ball across occasionally, but there was a marked weakness among the inside forwards. Humphreys, especially, was a poor asset at centrefonvard, and Donaldson failed to reveal anything like his real form. Although he almost gave away two goals through mishandling, Wntson was responsible for some! good saves in the Ponsonby goal. Haggett was caught out of position several times, but he managed to stage a good recovery on each occasion. A fine game was played by Wiseman, who dominated the Ponsonby middle line. Strong on defence, he often pushed through determinedly to send his forwards away. Jones was also impressive for sound supporting play. Innes supplied forceful work among the forwards, and he combined very nicely with McCallum. The latter revealed some very pretty touches, but on two or three occasions could have whipped in a shot in preference to lobbing the ball toward the goal. Farnan also provided a polished exhibition. However, he received little assistance from Riggans and Mullane. Mr. J. Stewart was referee. WIN FOR COMRADES NORTH SHORE DEFEATED The exchanges were slow and the football of a mediocre type in the match at Blandford Park between Comrades and North Shore. Comrades played slightly better throughout and fully deserved the decision. The play of both teams was well below standard, the combined work, shooting and general methods being weak. Comrades held an advantage pf one goal at the interval, but increased its lead in the second half. North Shore, in a last-minute effort, managed to reduce its deficit by one. A safe exhibition was given by Batty, who is retaining his form in splendid fashion. The backs. Saunders and McKenzie, have played better games, but the halves showed a formidable front. Twinn, Hooton and Egan all tackled with judgment, but their cjearances could have shown better direction. Francis and Fletcher were the best of the forwards, but they could do little, owing to lack of support. The North Shore defence has been seen to better advantage. Gerrard was only fair, while Ekman was definitely off form. Archer showed up in the halves for determined plav and, if he roved overmuch, this was probably due to the poor support accorded him. Except for Blackio and E. Ekman the forwards were weak. Blackie did fine constructive work, while Ekman made a number of promising runs on the right flank and also crossed nicely. Francis scored both Comrades' goals, while Stevenson netted for North Shore. Mr. J. Luke was referee. POINTS TO THISTLE OLD BOYS UNLUCKY A very even contest was witnessed at the Mount Albert Grammar School ground between Thistle and Mount Albert Grammar rni■ oy ?' , Excessive talking among the Ihistle players lessened the team's effectiveness and allowed Mount Albert to maintain the offensive in the first half. Faulty finishing by the Mount Albert forwards nullified this advantage and the teams changed over with Thistle one goal to the good. Both sides showed clover football in the second spell, and play flashed from end to end. A lucky penalty-kick gave Thistle the victory. Gerrard was fortunate to clear Thistle's goal on several occasions, but ho dealt well with some shots from point-blank range. Williams and Reid had some strenuous moments, but their defence seldom wavered while Wright was always on hand to lend assistance. Wright and Watson developed many attacks. Woods and Dunsmore combined well on the right, and, particularly after Williams received an injury, this was the more dangerous wing. Angus. Hislop and Williamson showed cleverness. Warren effected several good saves in Grammar's goal and had little chance with ♦he shots that beat him. Holdsworth and Shaw repelled many attacks and cleared with judgment. The halfback line showed enterprise in smothering several sharp attacks. The robust methods of Ward, who also distributed the ball to good advantage, kept the Old Boys on the offensive. However, the forward line would not accept this advantage. Jepson swung the play about, but with the exception of Noble, whose crosses were always dangerous, the players wasted time when in possession. A reversal of the score would have been a better reflex of the play. Angus (Q) and Williamson scored "for Thistle, while Wood and Noble netted for Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys. Mr. G. Shand was referee. DRAWN CONTEST SUBURBS AND METRO-COLLEGE A hard and fast encounter, in which good football was at a discount, was witnessed at St. Heliers between Metro-College and Eastern Suburbs. Metro-College had the advantage of the wind and Suburbs had the sun behind it at the commencement. Play swung rapidly from end to end, but Metro-Col'.ege did not take advantage of the wind, indulging in too much short passing. At the interval Metro-College had a lead of one goal. In the second spell the kick-and-rush methods of Suburbs gave it dominance for a long time, and only a brilliant exhibition o! gonlkeeping by Gavan enabled Metro-College to divide the points. Boyte, in Suburbs' goal, was seldom harrassed and had little difficulty in clearing. Gay was quicker on recovery than Stone, but they were both sound. Caldwell was the pick of the half-line, attacking with judicious passes and defending well. Flaahman," on the left, broke up many attacks and Bet the forwards in motion with powerful kicks. Diamond, in the pivot position, pluyed a hard game, but wasted many opportunities by wild kicking. Most of the forward play was made on the wingß, where Gumming and Gilbert were always dangerous. Gumming lost many opportunities by not playing to the whistle. The inside- men, A. Welch and Darwin, were always aggressive, but generally failed to draw the defence before passing to R. Welch. The lastnamed seldom had room to work in, but nevertheless Gavnn wits kept on the alert in Metro-College's goal. In the second spell, when powerful shots came from all directions, Gavan gave a masterly exhibition. Holracn and Speed were a sound pair of backs nnd cleared with

judgment. They received material assistance from Cronan, who wag the' only one of the halfbacks to make use of the wind in the first half by long passing C. Flyger had a hard time, but initiated several attacks. J. Dallimore, at centrehalf, was sound on defence, but lacked direction in distributing the play. Short kicking when on defence was a general fault. McDougall, at inside-left, was the pick of the front line. With elusive footwork he f generally boat two or three opponents. His partner, Burton, showed improvement. H. Dallimore, on the right, was always dangerous, but his inside man, Williams, was inclined to hold on too long, and lost several opportunities, A. Flyger, at centreforward, distributed the play well, but he should have attempted more first-timo shots. The division of tho points was a good reflex of tho play. For Eastern Suburbs, R. Welch (2), Cumming and Diamond scored, while A. Flyger (2) and McDougall (2) scored for MetroCollege. Mr. J. C. Sibbin was referee. i LOWER GRADE RESULTS Second Grade.—Onehunga A, 3, Eastern Suburbs, 0; Ponsonby A, 4, Y.M.C.A.. 2; Abels A, 11, Onehunga, 0: Thistle A. 4. New Lynn, 0. _, _ Fourth Grade.—Mount Albert Old Boys, 2, Abels, 0. Fifth Grade—Y.M.C.A. A, 4, Y.M.C.A. B, 0; North Shore, 7, Abels, 0; Comrades A. 3, New Lynn, 0. . Sixth Grade.—Abels, 4, Thistle, 0; MetroCollege, 10, North Shore A. 0; Comrades B, 3, Ponsonby A, 3. Seventh Grade.—Y.M.C.A. A, 1, North Shore A, 0; ST.M.C.A. B. 1, Abels, 0. Secondary Schools' Matches. Senior grade: Takapuna, 2, Auckland Grammar, 1: Mount Albert. 3, Auckland. 1; Mount Albert Grammar B, 2. Takapuna, 2. Intermediate Grade.—Technical College, 2, Auckland Grammar, 1. Junior Grade.—Auckland Grammar. 1. Mount Albert B, 0; Kowhni B, 2, Otahuhu A, 1; Mount Albert Grammar won by default from Northcote; Auckland Grammar, 1, Mount Albert Grammar B, 0. CONTESTS IN OTHER CENTRES [BY TELKORAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] Wellington.—Chatham Cup local filial: Hospital, 2, Waterside, 0. Championship: Petone, 4, Institute Old Boys, 0; Swifts, 8, Hutt. 0; Diamonds, 3, Marist, 0. Chrlsichurch.—Thistle, 3, Technical, 0; Rangers, 5, Western B, 2; Nomads, 3, Linwood, 3: Western A, 1, St. Albans, 0. Dunedln.—Mossiel, '5, High School Old Boys, 2: Roslyn-Wakari, 2, Northern, 0; Maori Hill. 4, SeacliS, '3; Mornington, 5, Technical Old Boys, 2. BASKETBALL AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S PLAY Following are the results of matches played on Saturday under the control of the Auckland Basketball Association : Senior Reserve Grade.—University, 9, St Peter's, G. Senior Grade B.—Arahi, 15,. Grammar G. 3; Killarua, 14, Waiata, 8; Training Col lege, 12, Rovers, 11; Mount Eden Tuie, IG. University C, 2. Second Grade A. —Balmoral, 9, Training College, 7; Seddon, 15, Woolworths, 5; Technical, 9, Shamrock, 5; Balmoral, 15, Killarua, 4; Farmers', 5, Edendale, 4; Rovers, 7, St. Peter's, 4. Second Grade B.—City Rovers, 8, Suburbs, 0; Y.W.C.A., 11, Arahi, 2; Rivals, 3, Training College, 2; City Rovers, 9, Epsom Old Girls, 1; New Zealand Milk Products, 10, Arahi, 0; Epsom Old Girls, 7, Edendale, 3; New Zealand Milk Products, 6, Suburbs, 2; Edendale, 6, Hellaby's, 5. Intermediate Grade.—Heard's, 7, Technical A, 2: Stormont's. 7, Technical A, 7: John Court, 5, College, 2; Stormont's, 6, St.. Peter's, 4; Waitcmata, 12, Technical B, 2; Ramblers. 3, Turners, 0. Third Grade A.—Kowhai Old Girls, 5. Richmond, 3; Macky-Logan's. 10, Technical, 4; Western Suburbs, 8, Modern Shoes, 6; Technical, 9, Seddon. 2; Seddon, 9, St. Peter's, 3. Third Grade B.—Kowhai Old Girls, 10. Modern Shoes. 1; Span, 3, Western Suburbs, 2; Y.W.C.A., 20, St. Peter's. 1; Kowhai" Okl Girls. 4. Comrades, 1; Greer's, 22, Comrades 0; Turners, 9, Edendale, 4. Fourth Grade.—Greer's, 20, Lapgton's B. 3: Lynndale, 8, Y.W.C.A., 7; Y.W.C.A., 14, Suburbs B, 4; Greer's. 11, Kowhai Old Girls, 4; Langton's .A, 12, Suburbs, 2; Langton's A, 3, Northcote, 1. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION Following were the results of matches played under the control of the Catholic Basketball Association on Saturday:— A Grade.—Grey Lyrfti. 10. Remuera No. 1, 8; Ponsonby, 17, Panmure. G; St. Benedict's, ! 39, Remuera No. 2, 3; St. Patrick's,. 1, Central, 0; Qrey Lynn, 12, United. 4. B Grade.—Grey Lynn, 8. Avondale No. 2. 4; Devonport, 17, Ponsonby, 8: Melrose, 10, Central, 10; Devonport, 25, Mount Albert, 1; Ellerslie, 10. Melrose, 8; Avondale No. 1, 12, St. Patrick's, 3. WHANGAREI TEAM SUCCESSFUL A basketball team from the Whnngarei High School defeated the Takapuna Grammar School girls' team on Saturday afternoon by 10 points to 7. CYCLING CONTESTS ON SATURDAY AUCKLAND CENTRE'S EVENTS Cold, dull conditions prevailed on Saturday when the Auckland Amateur Cycling Centre decided its junior unpaced championship and clubs' teams race. The absence of strong winds assisted the riders, tho winners of both events substantially lowering the existing records. The junior unpneed event was run over a 13 1-5 miles course nnd the teams' race over a course of 211 miles. Following are the results:— Junior Championship. —J. Gillbanks (Manuknu), 35m 475, 1; B. Cnrhury (Lynndale), 3fim 525, 2; E. E. F. Tuckei* (Auckland), 37m 13s, 3; E. H. T. Parvin. Geo. W. Holland (Manukau), 37m 345, equal, 4. Teams Race.—Manuknu No. 1 (J. Brown, A. W. D. Robinson. J Hall. A. G. Patrick), ofim 28s, 1; Lynndale, 58m 35Js, 2; Papatootoo No. 1, 58m 40s; 3. AUCKLAND CLUB The annual contests for the Eric Cleaver Memorial Ctips were held by the" Aucklnnd Cycling Club on Saturday. Following are the results:— Junior Event, of 10 miles.—O. Steers (2m 30b). 29m 575, 1; C. Stnnaway (2m 30s), 2: B. Sercombe (2m 30s). 3; M. Cardwell (2m 50s), 4. Fastest time: B. Harvey (scr), 28m 12s. Senior Event, of 20 mileß.—W. Hills t (Bm 40s). 60m 50s. 1; R. Stewart (8m 40s). 2; R. Tliow (Hm 40s), 3- A. Mackrell, S. Fussell (7m), equal, 4. Fastest time: W. Pratney (scr), 55m ss. GLOUCESTER CLUB Following are the results of events held by the Gloucester Cycling Club on Saturday:— Junior Event, of five miles.—J. Tampling (1m), 14m 51s, 1; J. Sheehan (lm), 14m 535, 2: B. Rutledge (1m). 14m sfis, 3; J. Bickneli (scr), 14m ss. 4. Fastest time: J. Bicknoll. Senior Event, of 30 miles.—A. Brass (scr), 86m 355, 1: R. Craig (2m), 88m 35 l-ss, 2; S. Sargent (scr), BGm 35 2-ss. 3; K. McKoiwie (6m), 92m 35 3-ss, 4. PAPATOETOE CLUB The Papatoetoe Cycling Club held a race over a 134 miles course on Saturday. Following are tho results:—C. Carter (sm), 40m 3s, 1; F. Irvine (4m 30s), 39m 345, 2; L. Tenberton (sm), 40m ss, 3; D. Banks (4m 30), 39m 30s, 4. Fastest time: A. Vazey, 39m 225. CONTESTS IN THE PROVINCE [from hkrald correspondents] Hamilton,—A cycle road race wns conducted by the Hamilton Amateur Sports Club in wet weather to Cambridge and back, a distance of 26 miles. The results were:—R. McOnie, 3m 30s, 1; C. Burr, 3m 30s, 2; E. Webster, Gm 30s, 3. T. Crawford, scr, registered fastest time, of 69m 20s. Thames.—Results of races held by _ the Thames Cycle Club are as followa:—Seniors, 24 miles: A: Franish, 8m 30s, 1; 8. West, scr, 2; L. Bethel, 8m 30s, 3. Fastest time: S, West, 68m 18s. Juniors, four miles: L. Svoisdrup. 1;-B. Hawkins, 2: E. Woolfe, 8. Rotorua,—The Rotorua Amateur Cycling Club held a time-trial road race over 21 miles, the result being:—B, Martin, 1; K. Martin, 2; J. Montague, 3. Time, 57m 21 l-ss. A sealed handicap race' resulted as follows:—G. Montague, 25m, 1; B. Martin, scr, 2; K. Martin, scr. 3.