LEAGUE FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11306, 4 September 1922, Page 3

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

ROVERS DEFEAT CITY. , Rovers met and hv 25. points to 5, after a very fast and exciting game. ITiied 1 Tii ed 1 5 P d "ere soon pressuig, the City backs bavin® all their ter rk .I U fi^e Ut t+ > ?. r6Vent them from scor--2**o A fine attack was set np -by Rovers Taylor received the ball from C&e, made a good run,, and scored well out. His Sw v£n eo t I ',i f /u ed - , A£te r vacillating play MteCMkiU (Rovers) received the ball and scored. The kick at goal failed. ttoV’s ulay improved, and for a time ~e l)t tb® ball an midfield, but a good line-kick by Charles sent them hack /t was at that moment that a brilliant run was made, Opie (Rovers) dodging alb who tried to stop him. eventually scoring near the posts. Charles converted. Later. Taylor (Hovers) added three more points to the tally. The City backs worked hard to cross. Eventually Ludlow secured and stored well out. Coombes’s kick at goal succeeded. Half-time score: Rovers 14, City fl. After resumption of play iAfcCaskill (Rovers) crossed the line. The kick at goal failed. From a forward- scramble Harding received and scored between the posts. He added two more points with his kick. With about four minutes to go. Rover* again brought play into City's twenty-five, and good' tackling alone kept mem from scoring.. Taylor secured the ball, but was grassed by Coom-bes. The former injured his knee in the fall, and play was suspended for a while. Following upon a scramble near Cites’ goalUne, Taylor secured the ball and scored. His kiok failed, and the game ended: Rovers 25, City 5. Mr M. Wilson was the referee. AUCKLAND BEATEN SOUTH AUCKLAND VICTORIOUS. ran press association: AUCKLAND, September 3. A challenge match under League rulee for the Northern Union Cup. Auckland against South Auckland, was won by the latter by 21 points to 20. The game was fast and exciting throughout. The visitors scored first, Mahuta kicking' a penalty goal. Dufty soon evened the scores with a goal for Auckland. The locals, by good passing bouts, quickly added two tries, Dufty converting both. South gradually added 'points -by two penalties and a converted try. At half-time the scores were: Auckland 12, South Auckland 11. The second spell wae keenly contested, first one and then the other side leading. South was ahead at 16-15. Then Auckland- scored and converted. Near-the end of the game Paki scored for South after a good passing rush, Mahuta converting. Auckland had held the cup since the inauguration of the contests in 1910.