FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, 12 September 1907, Page 6

FOOTBALL

AUCKLAND DEFEATS POVERTYBAT. PRESS ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, September 11. Tb© football match Auckland t. Poverty bay was played this morning in fine weather. There was a large attendance. The match resulted in a win for the visitors bv 14 to 3. The game was closer than the scores indicate, and afforded some exciting exhibitions of play. ■ I Auckland scored 8 to the local men s 3 in the first spell, and got two tries in the second spell. Magee, Wilson, Hooper, and, Murray each registered tries for the visitors, Magee converting one. The Aucklanders proceeded north by the Talune at midday. WEDNESDAY SEVEN-A-SIDE . TOURNAMENT. WON BY STAB A. Yesterday afternoon the Wednesday clubs held a seven-a-side tournament on the Athletic Park. The southerly wind blowing was wet and bleak, and the grounds very greasy, so that the games were robbed of much of their interest. About two hundred spectators, including several ladies, watched the games. In the first round Tramways B defaulted to Bakers, Oriental A beat Star B by ‘0 to nil. Oriental B defeated iframways A by 17 to nil, and Star A beat Artillery by 11 to nil.. The semifinals resulted in Oriental A beating -Bakers by 9to nil. And Star.A beating Oriental B, also by 9 to nil. The final was won by Star A by 3 points to nil. after a good contest. Brown scoring the winning try. The winning team ! consisted of Hedges, Hunt, D. Mouat, "Whittaker, bailey. Brown, and Lauchlan, and the runners-up were Digby, Cording, Schultz. Matter, Cole, Sinclair, and Lambert. Messrs Crewee, Smith; and Taylor officiated as referees. I

The Management . Committee of the Wellington Rugbv Union had a very short sitting last evening, only routine business being transacted. This evening the Wellington representative team will leave for the South by the Eotomahana. Cleary and Alexander will not be able to make the trip, and their places will be filled by O’Connor (St. James) and Dewar (Melrose), Knight (Petone) taking Dewar’s place as emergency. Wallace and Roberts will leave on Friday evening to play against Canterbury at Christchurch- on the following day. Mr W. G. Talbot, secretary to the Wellington Rugby Union, will also go to Christchurch on Friday evening to see the Canterbury match. ASSOCIATION MATCH. RAMBLERS DEFEATED BY NELSON. (Special to the "N.Z. Times.") NELSON, September 11. The Association football match Nelson versus Ramblers (Wellington) was played on Trafalgar Park, Kelson, to-day, in the presence of about 500 spectators. Nelson kicked oS. against the wind, and at once made for the Ramblers’ goal, but the defence cleared. Ramblers leftwing took the ball well up, centred, and Johnson scored with a good shot. This reverse woke the Nelson men up, and they made a determined attack on the Ramblers’ goal, and Charnley equalised with a low shot. Even play followed, hat good football was out of the question owing to the bad state of the ground and rain. A good combined effort by the Nelson forwards resulted in Frifth scoring, thus making , Nelson 2, Ramblers 1. This advantage the home team retained till half-time was called. Upon resuming, the Nelson men went away with a great rush, but a goal-kick was the only result. Ramblers then had their share of the play, and after a scramble. Waters scored, making the scores level. About twenty minutes from time a penalty-kick was given against the Ramblers. Gardiner was entrusted with the kick and scored the third goal for Nelson. Ramblers made repeated attacks on their opponents’ goal, but were unable to break the defence, and when call of time came Nelson were left victors by 3 goals to 2. For Nelson, Gardiner played an excellent game at centre forward. Frifth, Charnley, and the goalkeeper all played well. For the Ramblers, Paget, Hunter, i and Fraser all played well in the defence, and Storr was the pick of the forwards. Mi’ H. Mayer, of Wellington, was referee. ,