ASSOCIATION GAME

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9045, 17 May 1915, Page 9

ASSOCIATION GAME

SOME GOOD MATCHES FIRST. DIVISION HESULTS AT A CLA.NCE. Y.M.C.A. (A) 3 .Hospital 1 Eunuluwiis ... -1 1.A1.C.A. fB) 1 JJaamojiub o .Covers ~ ■ ‘Amstle (1 Uanueicrs ...... 0 Despite the weather, the grounds •were m fairly good couuition Tor mo ■'soccer”, games on bataruuy; A slight snower' curing -the uutrnoou did. not stop jpiayi out tup strong wind did not conaucc to accurate, snooting. Tlic surprise of the nay was tiny ncieat of Menial Hospital, last year’s charity Cup winners and runners-up for -me.'. tJuunpioushlp, by Y.M.C.A, (A), a clever leant whoso success' was predicted last year. Corinthians, , last year's champions, had no dihiculty in defeating : Y,.U.C,A. (14), ail inexperienced team: ’ As was expected. Thistle proved .superior to Wanderers, and Diamonds j ust beat Hovers by , one goal after ■ a very even game. ..Swifts had a bye. Descriptions of the games follow :—, , CUIUMTUAKS v. Y.M.C.A. (B).

TJio now team ivom the Y.jU.C.A. met last, year s champions at Duppa street; Tuey Had the auvantoge or me wiun, nut Corinthians excelled in 'science- and csi'peiioncic., amd, (nan no .dYiUonuy in winning. ' For the first halt-hour dr so Corinthians■ contented themselves with defending, but afterwards, though then two . won short, -attahked twice, almost scoring each time. V.M,C.A. was -ue first to score, Arildtt putting the liuisliihg Touch on a nice rush, fecvcral other attempts 1 were- made, but something' went wrong at tho end of each one cl ciiem. Then the champions started their famous passing■■ rushes, and in a short time B. faiwo and 11. Down (both Into of Diamonds) each Scored.' Coriniluanh H, , Y.M.C.A: 1. Gibsonplaying as usual at centre forward, put in -seme good- attempts.' Play continu'd fast, without., further, score, till half-time., , After resuming, Corinthians. had tub wind, but Y.M.C.A.’s condition was good. But experience was lacking, and .such work as that of Ashe, at right half, plainly ' puzzled the juniors,.. , Several id Y.M.C.A.'6 forward , rushes word slopped by the opp.isi ,ig .backs, who wore always Safe; 'Ballard : secured Corinthians’ third goal, and just after a quiet spell, sooted another. , ■ YfM.C.A. continued, to struggle,- but it was hopeless, and alter a good game, the store - read—Corinthians 4, Y.M.C.A. (B) l.„, I Mr Yeomans was referee. DiAarUismS. v. nOVEiIS.

; Diamonds, beat .Hovers by one .goal.;at 1J upjia. street’ Alter an .escumg game. l;uo, winners, ha'd .jhe aclyahidgo/oh.lhu a Did, alia' j utopiiig in ■ Horn : me: atari ..soon. sooted, jUyuueuurg duching a: neat goal. , TbCy coritinuby.' to. press,. tivd-'xßt opposing halves ;/ played.:' 1 gamelyana stopped some*; detemimdiH"rushes..' /After sonic,,’ time ibo piny - reached / midihOid, and ■ Hdvors ,hpd ; their chance .of attacking. Ditord and DXack snowed up Volt. 'Oh-Ure return Lynueburg' scored' - '! he te/ bond./goal' tor Diamonds. Hovers had hard ihpk in , not’ ’ sdOrildg ’ : from ’:! two cornea's ‘.in -Olbyo emission. .Shortly alter Heap made a good save. The wind interfered considerably ’ with': accurate play, , the . goal: kicking: on. both sides being rather, loose.; y 4-t .half-time’ Diarhi)u Is had scored another goal, the tally, being Diamonds 1, Hovers (.'. • About halt a minute after the second kiok-olf M-ortou scored lor Hovers, and Biford: .following; his .. example brought that , team's’ total „to 2.: - hast play .i«>eulled, which ’.ohdedr ih . .Dlford. . scoring again, • When Tqmple kicked a rouim goal !|9,;'.£6^re.'|Hey. ; wfrihieg, in. fact They t : showed /tlife / bettor form. But Dynnc!nn;g,' by, a./.WclWircotod ’kick, brought, the scores level noe more, and shortly" before ' the whistle • Daiviliietoi' scored:another for .Diamonds,;us: a result of dud Hite finhi,position was-i Diamonds 5, Rovers 4. ■ Mr Press re-fctecd. :/ / '.'f ' : : - .TinSTLii v, WANDERERS. -

' VA;;f as’t-T-Stronuoug . gamevvvaa withilssekl at New town Pant between xlie.se teams, ahd;' though ‘ tli6 1 finalscore; - was 6 ■ goalsi to -nil in Tfiistlo’a favour. ■ tlie latter toyno" /ucaus llad > tilings all their; own . way. From the kiefc-01l Wanderers' tconncd their oppohehte’gatrongho'id, but the .attack was - withstood.!; and play was soon . ■ transferred’ .to. the ..opposite .find, . where' (Mviwird. shoot by.,:.f Simpson: /registered; Thistle's ; first i goal- A-!> lew _ minutes lateri ■ held, from a:penalty,. ,kick,made the : scoi-e two 'goals' to nil.v < Wanderers' now, strove gamely to penetrate their, opponents'. doleiice, but. all , attempts proved ■' futile 'and play returned to neu-, trail, territory,. Giyo-and-,take was the order of the. play until a'cpnibincd rush by the Thistlb forwards' : rcstlUttd ; -Webster being peppered ■ with some pretty, hot shots, all .01 -which he stopped in good, "style. A- smart "piece of work; by- .the 1 Thistle; forwards; let 1 the - bail ’out to Barnett, who. with a fine kick, placed the ball between the posts. Just uelore. haUi-nmd a f ekiltul uhot by - Bewart made the score; Thistle-4. goals. Wanderers nil.

On resuming, Wanderers again forced ibo pace, and though they got within- easy., shooting distance, Ixmdsman proved himself quite capable and stopped. ! several: good- shots. ■ Thistle exerted themselves, and with some good foot- , work ; , ! carriedthe,-: ball to their, opponents’ end, where Simpson was successful in securing a lino, goal. These reverses put ’ Wanderers on their mettle; and they battled hard to register a. goalj but-, Without.: success,:, and after, several attempts a. long kick by a. Thistle; back placed the hail beyond the danger zone The final score a as notched by Slaughter; and the game ended with Thistle (5 goals and, Wanderers nil. Mr J. Watson was referee. HOSPITAL v. Y.M.G.A A. .. The above teams met at Porirua under conditions which, were r perfect,' an • senoe of sun and'wind promising a,fin6 exhibition of football.' The k .it.C.A* played a good game, their pace and per-; sistoncy . enabling them to . beat, tnoir formidable opponents by 2 goals to. 1. From: the commencement the visitors"*at once carried .-play to the Hospital goal, but ‘Wallib saved by giving a corner. Brett and Hughes retaliated . by removing play to thh other end. where the latter! missed with' his , shot.. The game was very fast, but the 1 home’team were ploying mucli steadier, their shooting being much, more accurate, • although they vnOd not get past Hollis. Tne Young Men; who. arc very speedy, weie relying on sharp punts up -field and fast following up, which bothered the Hospital defence a great deal. A grand effort by Phillips and Carruthers was spoilt by the latter over-running thWbaU when in. a dangerous position. These two were combining well, and wertveontinuallv - making. nice runs and giving Wallis'and Besscll plenty to do to stop them. The homo team; now. got to worn properly, and playing good lootball, pressed Y.M.G.A. holly. Time and time again-, they got through,, . bvdw faulty shooting or hesitancy spoilt o.nenriso good efforts. At, last the Hospital lorn-aids on the move again, and getting Hong nicely, -they reached the last defence; where ’ Mail's : beat Hollis with a good shot- Hospital 1, Y.M.G.A. 0. The visitors now made a great rally and Hindmarsh. keeping his forwards together well, led a determined onslaught on the Hospital defences, but Batten «s: playing- a great spoiling ' game for Hospital, and was continually breaking up his opponents’ attacks. Tree lacks sigaiust Friberg for foulinjr again caused the home team tfouble, but they soon took the offensive, and good shots, by Ferguson and Hughes were saved by Hollis. Stephenson was : kicking _ splendidly at back for Y.M.C.A., w-hile_the head work of Roberts was a treat, iiospit;i] wero having the most of the piny, and Hollis was easily the hardest worked of the goalkeepers. But it was m the

persistent r,ashes ot the Y.M.O.A. thpt the greateeit'! danger* lay. to the Hospital team. Once Phillips missed badly when in a good position, to score, Hoarb repeating the performance shortly after. Two corn ore in quick succession came. to. Hospital, but were ■of no avail. A lot of kicking out was takiiig -place, at this stage-, of tbo, ghxnc, thereby considerably slowing Hu tbe play, r Close oi half-time Daily and Fei'gitsoir were prominent, but the latter kicked wide. On resumption tbo Porirua men attacked with vigour, but wore soon driven back with good work by Wilson and Footo. This set Hindmansh on the move, and swinging the ball out to Carruthers, tbo latter got away,' and sending across a , capital centre, enabled linker to canalise. Hospital 1, Y.M.C.A. 1. This reverse properly arottsdd. tbo homo team, land, they set up. a series of fierce attacks, which took the Y.M.Vall their time;to push back, Wilson in particular i doing lino . work-: at half-back. Shortly after the storm blow, over, and Y.M.C.A. settled down and their passing became fast and accurate, their, method of'getting rid of the ball first time giving Iho Hospital a warm lime. The lattcn team were dallying; too much when they had the ball, instead of getting ahead. A free kick against Y.M.C.A.- saw Fribetg fait the crossbar with a stinging shot. Shortly after Hollis was in 'difficulties,., but, managed to clear his goal.: ><Piay -was mow up and: down iho field, .both teams striving . t heir : utmost" to - gain the : ascendancy. Batten was playing a fine game for Hospital ,in ,tho rearguard,, anil constantly nullified' tlie efforts of Hindmarsh, Phillips and company. Then a good run by Maim Afould have ended iu a snore, but Ferguson .missed an open goal. .Daily, next got clean away, but Foot© outpaced him and slopped a promising effort, Baker, who' was showing good footwork, made a surini - on the left -wing for, YiM-’s and sent in a long shot.. Porteous -badly mul!o;l the, shot, and Phillips Coming; up fast,: made no mistake. Y.11.C.A. 2, Hospital 1. The game was very strenuous during the closing stages, the homo team making grand efforts .to oven matters, but the defence was solid, anl n splendid game ended with Hospital beaten. For Y.M.C.A tlio most prominent wore Stephenson, Foote;..JWbr. erls, Wilson, Phillips and Baker. „ The best of Uoswtal were -Wallis, Ballon.. Mails. Daily; Hughes and Ferguson., Mr 13. Windloy was referee. OUTSIDE MATCHES Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 16. Brotherhood beat Adult School by 5 goals" to 1; North Shore beat Fverlon, 2 to 1; Y.M.C-A- beat Tabernacle, f to 0.