FROM GOAL TO GOAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6926, 20 September 1909, Page 8

FROM GOAL TO GOAL

NEARING THE EM). REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. J WELLINGTON (15) DEFEATS WAI-j KARAPA (11). A GOOD GAME. ruoir oiii own coiiiikbpondest. MASTERTON, September 18. Tho football season in tho Wairarapa «r„s brought to a fitting close «t Carterton on Saturday last. '*» tho '" " nll al senior mulch Wellington v. \. >- rarapa l«ok place. in v,e ,\ v ' ot I .- V•" ,(„,t . „,,,. r . ( ,^ SPS achieved bv tho Wellington team ontheir recent tour South, tho (Ii(1 , „„,, „„t a little sun,™ «•.««- pressed at tho very creditable m.mnu in which Wairarapa acquitted t hemselves The ground was in excellent order. Neither team had their best fifteen hi the field, as only ton ol the WolHnelun team which toured South were included, while of the original Wairarapa selection Alien. Cameron and S. Mason were absent. A feature ot the play was the kickine of tho W airarapsi nocks and tho fino passing rushes of Wellington, forwards. THE TEAMS. Tho team. werei-Wellington: Fullback. Cunningham; three-quarters E Ryan. J. Ryan, J. Flanagan; iive-eighth». McKenzie, F. Roberts; ha 1, l.lyurd; wing, H. Avery; forwards,. Ready Dnnehv Hunter, Bruce, A. Wilson, Ak-xaa-der, Ferry. Wairnrajm: 1 I. Ciroubo; three-quarters \\ . U; i" ■". £• Rogers, Jiu-y; five-eighths, IO " bl \£: MeKenzio; halt. *■ k'f.nvif»- forwards. "• £k iil >. ilcKWe Hastings, A. Miller, Desmond, A, Ross. DETAILS OF PLAY. Wairarapa won. tho toss and Wellington kicked oil with the sun. in their eyes. Plav at once wont into Wairarapa toirito'ry, where Jury smartly Play centred for a time till the Wellington.' forwards, led bv Avery, made things look dangerous, but Rogers relieved the pressure. From a. scrum lilyard got away and made a good opening tor his backs, who again looked dangerous, but wero penalised in tho Wnirarapa twentyfivo for off-side. Play at onco went to midlield. Avery again got away from a line-out, but was collared. Wairarapa wero penalised, bnfc J. Ryan's effort at goal failed. Wellington now assumed the aggressive, Avery, Ready. Bruce and Wilson being conspicuous. Tliov made several determined rushes.up field, only, to bo repulsed by the sure kicking of N. AlcKenzio and the splendid tackling of P. Ball. The blacks were not to bo denied, and.their, vanguard, charged up tho field and indulged in some pretty passing, ■in which Kendy. "Wilson and Avory were tho most prominent. Wairarapa forced, and shortly after Wellington being penalised just inside their own half-way line, N. McKenzio piloted tho ball between tho posts. Wairarapa 3 Wellington 0

Wairarapa mndo tho best of their chances, ami on several occasions were within'an. nee of scoring, but Cunningham's tackling was deadly. A lot of fine open play followed. From lino-out Avery secured tho ball, and after a good run transferred to J. Evan, who sent the leather out to Cunningham. Tho last-named beat tho opposing backs and crossed tho lino. J. -Evan's kick fell'short. Wairarapa 3 Wellington ... " 3 ■ From tho kick-off play at'once went to Wairarapa's territory, where from a series of scrambles Hunter crossed tho Wairarapa line near tho corner. "Rnnji" Wilson failed: with tho kick.' Wellington ... ... .....: .... ' G Wairarapa ... '...' Half-time ■ sounded almost- immediately, with tho score as previously stated. On, play being resumed, Wairarapa became aegressive, indulging in a number of dribbling rushes. Play centred for a time, and then Bob JlcKenzio and P. Barry, raced up tho hold, only, to be stopped by tho safe collaring of the Wellington three-quarters.'. Play now became very- fast and. open, alternating in favour of each side. Wairarapa were eventually forced. Prom tho kick-off tho ball was secured bv N. McKenzie,"who transferred to Bob McKenzie. The- latter put iin a splendid run. and in turn passed to Desmond, who was collared on the lino. A. Eoss fell on tho. ball and ecored. N.. McKenzie placed a splendid jtoal. • ■ ■ •

Wairarapa ••. , •■• .8 Wellington 6 Welliwrtoii livened up, and it took Wairarapa all their time to keep- their line i clear. The Wellington forwards made determined rushes, Wilson, Avery, Hunter and Ready in turn heading tho attacks, but they always found the sound defensive tactics of Ball and N. McKenzie too good. Prom a fr.'o kick in Wairarapa'a twenty-five J. Eyan placed an easy goal, which mado the scoresWellington 9 Wairarapa 8 Soon, after tho kick-off Perry retired with on injured ankle, his place being taken by Hill. Play continued fast and open. From a scramble in Wellington's twentyfivo Ball secured the leather and passed to .Rogers, who in turn kicked to Bert, MoKonzio. He scored near tho corner. Tho shot at goal by N. McKenzie was not successful. Wairarapa 11 Wellington 0 From a scrum tho ball was passed to Avory. who set his forwards in motion and a fino pieco of passing, in which Avery. Wilson and J. 'Ryan were tho most conspicuous, ended in the lastnamed crossing the Wairarapa line and scoring between the posts. McKenzie failed to add the extra point*. Wellington 12 Wairarapa 11 Play became very willing, but the visitors' superior form told very noticeably towards tho last. Wairarapa wero nearly the wholo of tho remaining time on the defensive. The match was practically brought to a close with cno of tho best passing rushes of the day. from which Avery scored. "Rauji" Wilson failed with the kick. Thj! wlrstlo shortlv after blow no-side, leaving Wellington victors, tho scores beingWellington 15 Wairarapa 11 Mr E. McKenzie was referee. NOTES AND COMMENTS. From a spectacular point of view the eanio was the best seen in x the Valley for somo time, fino passing rushes alternating with fast forward play. Wairarapa backs were weak at times in tackling. The kicking on both sides was good. Wairarapa forwards held their own with the Wellington pack, but lack of condition was noticeable towards the close of tho game. In hooking honours were about even. One. thing tho visiting pack excelled in was their splendid .passing rushes. Avery. Bruce, "Kanji" Wilson and Ready passed in a manner that would have done credit to any set of backs.

"Freddy" Roberts' was well looked oftoiv.b.ut started some splendid rushes.

IFis versatility was in evidence throughout the game. The feature of the match was the fine ell-round dUplay given by Norman Mfh'en/.ie, the W'airarapa five-eighth. His line-kicking was superb. 'l'lie surprise packet was the splendid tilav of tfiill, the Wairarapa half. For a b',v his work all round was most meritorious. Wellington barks were generally very After the match the visitors were entertained at dinner. Mr W. C. Buchanan, patron of the IJugbr Union, presided. In propo.-ing the heallh of the Wellington team, Mr Buchanan made euloreference to their sportsmanlike, finalities, and hoped that there would Ijc many similar contests between the twa teams. as .the one witnessed that day. Mr I.'. Peterson briefly responded. 'l'll'-- healths of the respective captains (!•'. J.'olicrt.s and V. Rogers) were honoured, as also was that of the referee i.Mr h. McKenzie). OTAGO (0) v. CANTERBURY (3). WINNERS' SUPERIOR. FORWARDS. I'UESS ASSOCIATION. DUNKDIX, September 18. The match Canterbury v. Otago was played hero to-day, in lino weather. Tho ground was in capital order. Tho gamo resulted in a win for tho home team by !i points to a. Otago forwards were superior to their opponents, especially iu tho scrums, with the result that the Canterbury hacks, who were faster and inoro resourceful than their opponents, got comparatively few chances. The gamo was fairly eveik in the first spell, the visitors having, if anything, a slight advantage, but in the second half tlie Otago vanguard asserted its superiority, and the backs also held their own better. THE TEAMS. Tho teams were:— Canterbury.—Doell, Fryer, Mitchell, Murray, Fuller. Cleary, Burns, Denniston, Anderson, Borough, Bain, Shadbolt. Menzies, K. Tussell. Button.

Otago.—J. Scott, O'Sulliv-an, Harlev, Ongley, Currnn, McDonald, Eckhold, Casey, Fitzpntrick, Mitchell. Paton, Patterson, McKcnzie, McDonald, Morrison.

Canterbury won tho toss, and played with tho sun in their eyes. The first few minutes saw Otago close to the Canterbury line, but a free-kick for offside play brought relief. Immediately afterwards Fryer cut off a pass, and made a good run, but lost a certain chance' bv passing forward. Doell put in a fine kick, which found touch inside tho Otago twenty-five, but Eekhold got away on the blind side of the scrum and shifted play past half-way. Canterbury forwards retaliated with 3. line rush, the homo team being again placed on tho defensive. The visitors had the upper hand for a time, but splendid work by tho Otago fox-wards forced Canterbury back on the defence. The scene ot operations was soon transferred to neutral territory. However, fine passing by tho Canterbury backs shifted play to Otago twenty-five, and from a free-kick Fuller had a shot at goal, tho ball going a little wide of the mark. In attempting to field the ball. McKenzio knocked-on, and a scrum took place on the Otago line, but the defenders cleared without difficulty. Canterbury maintained the attack, and from a mark Shadboit had a shot at goal, the ball going under the bar. Later on O'Sullivan made a good run down the line, finishing up with a kick to centre, but Doell returned the ball well down the line. "Up to this etage the visitors had been kicking splendidly, and taking plenty of liberties with the ball. After being on the defence a little- longer Otago backs suddenly broke «away, And got to the visitors' twenty-five, before they were stopped. Otago pressed their advantage on this occasion and, after a brief attack, they got a freekick right beside the po§ts. Scott had uo difficulty in kicking a goal. Otago 3 Canterbury 0

Otngo, chiefly by means of their forwards, kept Canterbury on the. defence for the time, but eventually a free-kick brought relief. Just afterwards Otago were forced twice in quick succession, as tho result of long kicks by. Fryer. After somo open play Otago again got dangerously closo to the visitors' line, but Fuller broke away and, • with ; the assistance of Fryer, transferred piay past half-way. Otago immediately set up another attack, and were inside the Canterbury twenty-five at half-time. Canterbury attacked for the first few minutes in tho second spell, but the home forwards soon shifted play to the visitors' twenty-five. The attack was repulsed, and Canterbury gradually worked up to the home territory, and a, fine passing bout ended in Mitchell being collared a few yards from the Otago line. Tho attack.. was not sustained, and for a time tho home team had the better of the game. Eventually the visitors were penned down on the line, a force resulting. A little later Paton had a shot at goal fTom a mark near half-way, but the ball fell short. Otago still maintained the upper band, and the next incident was a shot at goal by Scott, from a free-kick. No goal resulted. At this stage Otago were getting the ball from almost every scrum, the result being that the Canterbury backs got practically no chances. Eventually the home team broke down the defence, Casey scoring at the' corner. Scott failed with the kick. Otago »•• <j Canterbury ° > For a long time Canterbury did not get on the Otago side of half-way, but at tho same time Otago did"not get within striking distance of their opponents' goal. About a quarter of an hour before time Canterbury suddenly broke away, and Burns just, managed to touch down in tho -corner. He had, however, gone out a few yards from the line, but the referee, who was too far away to see exactly what hyipened. awarded a touch in goal. Otago then rushed play to the visitors' twenty-fire, but Burns got away from a scrum, passed to Fuller, who made a good run, and then passed to Mitchell, who ended a good sprint bv scoring at the corner. , Shadbolt's kick was not a success. , Otago ... <> Canterbury ■■ ■•• * Canterbury then, livened up. and fast play took place near midfield. A fine rush by Otago forwards overcame the defence, and Mitchell scored in a fairly good position. Scott again failed with tho kick. Otago I Canterbury °

Just before timo Canterbury got away ] again, and Murray got to Otago s twen-tv-flve before being splendidly collared, bV Scott. The closing incident was a. strong attack by Otago, which ended, close to tho visitors' line. Mr H. Mc-1 Tarlono was referee. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY TEAM AGAIN DEFEATED. TWENTY SEVEN POINTS TO SIX. TIIESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, September IS. An Auckland city team defeated the Sydrey Umv»isity footballers very easily yesterday by -~ points to 6. It was CityV match all the way through, 'Varsity never having a look in. The Auckland forwards were in every way superior to the visiting pack, and had tho best of it in the scrum and in tho loose. Both in pace and poundage they were in a class by themselves, and fairly demoralised the opposition. Seeling was "out on his own" all through the game, playing with dash and brilliancy, and leading his forwards in some splendid attacking rushes. Williams played right up to 1 form, mid Herring, Waddell and 11c-

Ilhone all played excellent games. Of the backs, R. Ma gee, O'Brien, Delaney, and Skillon showed out most prominent- ( lv, O'Brien pl.-iving a Particularly good Came The best of the visiting forwards were Broughtou. Maxwell, Martin, Metcalfe, and Warden, while of the backs Browning, Pocklev, Stack, Fisher, and Hughes showed out to the be-t nevantage. Tries were scored bv R. Magee. Didanev (2), Stewart (2), O'Brien, and Waddell, K. Magee converting en three occasions. For the visitors Fisher and Hughes got tries. LOCAL RUGBY MISCELLANEOUS MATCHES. A number of "end of the season games" were played on the suburban grounds on Saturday afternoon. ; PRESS MATCH. "TIMES" (6) v. "POST" (3). Flmployees representing the ' New Zealand Times" and the "Post" met at No. 1 ground, Miramar East, and showed what practical knowledge they had of the game in which so many of them are reputed theorists. Play did not stamp some of the men as practical exponents, but, nevertheless, e.n enjoyable game resulted. The "Times" came out on top by six points (notched by Bowman—a try and a goal) to 3—a try scored by Geddis from an opening made by Arthur Chorlton. Even their opponents admitted that the winners deserved their win, so that no more need be said. "Notes on the game" ■would bo superfluous. A MARITIME BATTLE. A strenuous game- was played on the No. 1 polo ground between a team representing tho Union Steam Ship Company and one representative of the combined shipping companies. The "redfunnel fleet" won by 9 points to 3. At half-time they led by 6 points to 3, Gilbert, and Gray haying notched tries, neither of which were converted. Pownall kicked a penalty goal for the combined team. Waters scored tho third try for Union Company after a good run by Simon. Mr V. Meredith acted as referee. CIVIL SEKVICE TOURNEY. The tourney between the. various departments of the Civil Service was continued on Saturday afternoon at Miramar. Owing to two of the games played last Saturday hairing resulted in draws it was decided to replay them.' The fifteen representing the Tax Valuation and Advances defeated Lands and Survey by 20 points to nil. For the taxers, W. Hill scored three tries and Fawcett tow tries. MoTrison con-verted one and. kicked a penalty goal. .Railways defeated Education by 11 points to nil. For the winners. Power. Miller and Mclnerney each scored, and Hoaro converted one." Railways, Taxes and Public Trust now remain in the semi-final. As a curtain-raiser to the tournev, a match was played between Railway 7*vad Office Cadets and . Telegraph Gallery, the former winning by 31 to nil.

CONGREGATIONAL SHIELD MATCHES. The contest for the Congregational Shield was advanced another stage at Mira.mar on Saturday, when the Terrace Church team met the Courtenay place representatives and. after a fast, strenuous game, defeated them by G points to 3. Cowie, who played finely, scored two tries fc-T Terrace. The Courtenay pia.ee try was .secured by Alexander, who got over the line at the conclusion of a good forward rush. Mr T. Jones controlled the game. The final match of the contest will be played next Saturday, between Terrace and Newtown. , , At Mira.mar a match was played between the Young Men's Bible Class from Knox Church, Lower Hutt, and,St. Andrew's Church, Wellington. It was won by the former by 11 points to 10. In the evening the winners were entertained by the young men 'and young women of St. t Andrew's Church. INTEB-CLUB CONTEST After a fast and interesting game, played on the Newtown Park, the Athletic fifth-class team defeated a Palmerston North fourth grade team by 24 points to 6. Wellington backs made the game open, while the visitors' forwards endeavoured to keei? it close, but eventually the local team's tactics proved superior to those of their opponents, Vnd the game ended in favour of Wellfngtonians. Sheerin. the visiting fullback proved himself the> most brilliant back on the field. For Wellington, tries were obtained by Blutie. Eeger, Tunker. Gosling and Ofcheres. Nobbie, the local half-back, suffered aii injury to one of his legs, which necessitated his removal to the hospital. AT PALMERSTON NORTH. THE ABBAHAM CUP. j A STUBBORN GAME. ] ASSOCIATION. PALMEESTON N„ September 18. , Pouring rain all day gave the show, grounds the appearance of a quagmire. Despite this, two football matches were played. " - „. The annual meeting between Wellington St. James and Kai Toa took place early in the afternoon. There was no score, and the game ended in a draw. What was expected to have been the last match of the season played on the oval took place between Palmerston and; Old Boys for the Abraham Cup. In this game also there was no score, thoueh two additional snelm were slaved The game was continued till, dusk, and then adjourned till next Saturday.

' THE SEDDON SHIELD MARLBOROUGH STILL SUCCESSFUL.' TBESS ASSOCIATION. BLENHEIM, September 18. Marlborough footballers defeated another challenger for the Secldon Shield to-dav winning aeainst Buller Union by 6" points to 3. Marlborough's score consisted of two goals from marks, both kicked by O'Brien. The visitors obtained an unconverted try. It was a poor exhibition of football. THE ASSOCIATION GAME SENIOR LEAGUE. CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL WON BX SWIFTS. All through, the season Swifts and Y.M.C.A. have been racing neck and neck .for the first division senior championship, but now tho deciding game has been played, - and Swifts have unques-] tionably proved their (right to the honour. The teams met for the third and last time this season at the Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon, and fought tho thing out stubbornly and well. The interest taken in the meeting was shown bv the number of spectators present. By their defeat on Saturday, Y.M.C.A.

suffered their first real reverse for the year. Four times had they drawn a match, but their previous looses had been nil. Taking it all round, Saturday's was a good, ,interesting game. It was open, fast, and at times quite ex-citing,-but the strong down-field wind considerably hampered the operations. With it in their favour in the first half, Y.Jf.C.A. should not have been satisfied with only a- couple of goals. When " ends weir'e . changed, their opponents made much fuller use of the advantage, and put on four, it being noticeable that in Both spells the team facing the wind was unable to score,, though frequently closo up. Tho teams' were' very evenly matched right through. Some very good combined work was put in by both sides, and frequently the ball was carried right down field in one rush. Shooting, however, and the kicking generally were rather unreliable, probably on account of the w-ind. Swifts certainly deserved their, win, for they had to .work hard enough to secure it. Play was lively right from' the jump, and a few moments after starting theY.M.C.A. forwards carried the ball'down well. Aidel by the wind at,their backs, they kept play up Swifts' end for some time, during which a couple'of unavailing attempts to. shoot were made. Then Ternperley came, to light, and, after a splendid run' down, ' beat McLean (Swifts' custodian) comfortably with, a hot one. Swifts were kept busy defending their goal against a strong onslaught, but it was a stout defence, and the invaders could -not get through. Then, by way of a change, there was a rush down to Y.M.C.A.'s end, but an immediate response saw the latter finish up with a second goal. Swifts conceded a corner, where Wilby was entrusted with the kick. The wind carried the ball round, and the defending goal-keeper, in trying to punch out, kindly punched in. instead. Again Swifts tried .to retaliate in kind, hut the wind and Y.M.C.A.'j defence combined to make it. hard work. One great struggle ended in Saunders sending' up a good shot from the left wing, but the ball was just a bit wide. Strenuous play in tho vicinity, of Y.M.C.A.'s goal occupied attention for some time. Therj were some good pieces of individual work one way and another, Swifts' attack and Y.M.C.A.'s defence both being strong, but nothing definite happened. Then Y.M.C.A. began to attack again, and some capital forward rushes ■ followed. But the shots were wide, and useless as a rule, though once or twice McLean had to jump to prevent, thorn going through. The rest of the spell was far from exciting. Play was fairly sven, and'half-time found the score.standing:— Y.M.C.A. ... ... ... ... 2 Swifts , ... ... , ... ... 0 The interval was hardly required, for shortly before it there was an annoying pause of some, duration while another ball was hunted up to replace a burst one. However, it was taken in full, the teams getting to work again smartly ion resuming. Swifts, aided'by the wind, were not long in opening their score, a- strong rush ending in Vessey sending along a. centre which Sparrow headed, in. Cheered by this success, the reds 'continued to apply pressure, and their opponents had to look very lively to keep their goal clear. One capital attempt to score was made by Saunders, but he lifted the ball just -a. trifle too high. . Scott came along with a smart one juat after,, but Hollas (Y.M.CA.'s custodian) was ready- for it. A great

rush down field by Temperl.ey relieved hings and at the sam-o time roused considerable enthusiasm among VMC A.'s supporters, but Swifts soon leturned, and sent, in the equalising bhot amid great rejoicing. x -, ?- vc :°™ •« Jl„ the man to beat the goal-keeper Aitei this the- play was taster than ever loth teams putting in some very solid work at alternate attack and defence. Two free-kicks gave P?f?? ith . n ftJ < *!J onenings to score, but Holhs w'ould not le P t th&n through. Y.M.C.A faced up with the wind in great style, but the defence was too sound. The scene of play was then rapidly shifted, and a fine rush sawPPve-Smith shoot Swifts' third coal Y.M.C.A. made strenuous efforts to even up, and became so eager that cue of the P forwards forgot himself and bad to .be ordered off the field. b«ms nearly ' scored again immediately after the ball had been put »*V^£Tvlr P uck row having a shot which just stiuck the post. But the goal soon cjm.Jn Vessey scored m good style as the result of a smart response-to a Y.M.C.A. attack The end cam© a minute or two later,-whan the score was:— . ..Swifts . i Y.M.C.A ' 2 Mr H. Waters was in charge of the game.

BOYS' REPRESENTATIVE MATCH OTAGO DEFEAT AVELLINGTON. On Saturday, at the Athletic Park, a teSS of boy? from Otago met aud defeated by one goal a Wellington team. Wellington won the to* ami Plajeu with the wind behind them Utago reted vigorously, and for a time WellYngton',s goal was in danger, Wellington, however, recovered and Holmes took the leather up tho-field and paswd to Bates, who very, nearly scored. a goal-kick Sheehy received the ball and passed.to Holmes, who ran up the: wing but failed to score. Otago then showed their superiority and swooped down on Wellington's territory in fine style, only to bo stopped by the homo teams leit fullrback. . . ~ , , , „. Tho Wellingtonians retaliated and attacked hard,-but failed to score, a shot put in being cleverly saved by Burke, tho visitors' custodian. Ihe ball was splendidly brought up the field bv Batcs, but by making a bad kick he failed to score. Orr (Otago) put m a good but rather hard shot, and as a result it "crossed the bar." On resuming Otago played with the wind, and were successful in nullifying anv attempts at scoring by Wellington. A "beautiful shot was well saved by Iv. Nicol, Wellington's goalkeeper. After a (rood deal of indecisive play Nicholson, Otago's centre-half, sent in a. high dropping shot, which completely nonplussed the Wellington custodian. Nothing of any importance occurred after this, the close of the game being in Otago's favour. The bovs of both teams exhibited a splendid knowledge of the game—quite as good as some senior teams. It was clear the weight of . the Otago - boys won them the game* Some very fine kicks were made for Otago by Arlloo, Nicholson and Eaton. Bates was undoubtedly the best player for Wellington, showing excellent form. Mr B. L. Salmon was referee. In the evening the lads were entertained at the Boys' Institute. They leave for Dunedin this evening.

OTHER GAMES CUP CONTEST RESULTS. Tho other purely local matches were alf in connection with the various cup contests. Results were as under: — Senior League Second Division Challenge Cup. Playing at Duppa street. Diamonds beat 'Y.M.C.A. by i goals to nil. Mr 11. L. Gbdber refereed. Marist Old Boys 'were defeated by Wanderers at Duppa street by 6 goals to 3. Mr E. C. Hayton was in. charge. Junior League Henderson Memorial. Cup. At Newtown Park, Wadestown beat Y.M.C.A. B by 1 goal to nil. Brooke was tho scorer. Mr New-bold was the referee. ■ Y.M.C.A. A went out to Petone and inflicted defeat on St. David's bv 3 goals to 1. The Rev. J. D. Russell carried tho whistle. Junior League Second Division Challenge Cup. Ramblers defaulted to Brooklyn B. At Miramar, Newtown Congregational beat K.handallali by. 3 goals to 2. FHavcroft. Johnson-and Liversage scored for the Winners. Mr S. McLean was in charge.