WELLINGTON.

NZ Truth, Issue 472, 4 July 1914, Page 11

WELLINGTON.

SENIOR COMPETITION, ; Suburbs 14, Athletic- 6. SECOND GRADE. .' . ,\ Suburbs 33, Petone 0. Only orie.Leagujs match, eventuated oh Satin-day last, the. JEJeton^.v.! Newtown .fixture .^having to be abandoned owing to, the .Newtown ' ground not being avai1ab1e ,". .,'„..".'.. "".'. -\...'.\.'.. SUBURBS V. ATHLETIC. ' *. The above teams faced each other at Petone 'Recreation Ground, reaching the scene of 'strife per motor 'bus at 3.45. On, the run from town the motor refused to go, hence the" delay m, the hour of arrival.- Had' it not becin for the fact that these r teams failed to get their fixture off the previous week, and m view" of keeping the- players primed up for the British match, the game would, m all probability, have been declared off. It was, however, decided to see it through, and two half spells were played. / ;' ' '/'.' / 1 Athletics ' took the^field three ihen short, and thus handicapped they were unable to cope with the Suburbs team, although they put up a good fight and displayed a solid dtefence. - Early stages of the fray were punctuated by some fast flashes, bub once Suburbs opened their scoring account, It eased up considerable, particularly on the part of Athletic who resorted to defensive measures and set out to keep down the score. In such a task they did fairly well, all things considered, but a failing light was a factor m bringing about an early termination of the game. ' ' After a series of wins at Brisbane, a victory at Newcastle and also at Sydney on* Saturday last; against Australia, the British Leaguers again had their colors lowered m the^ second test on Monday, before a record >6rowd of 52,000, the scoring board at the call of time being: Australia 12, England 7. The third test will probably be played m Melbourne. A goal -kicking contest, held m conjunction with the matclv resulted m a; win for Australia. Out of ; four tries?-* Messenger "ianded three goals and Horder two. For the Englishmen, Guerin ana Wood kicked one each.

The New Zealand tour of the English team has been extended, and as a consequence the match against Wellington will take place a week, earlier than was expected. It, will now be held on [July 11. At'a meeting of the Management Committee of the Wellington League, it was decided, on" the casting vote' of -the' Chairmari,- to play the game at Newtov^n Park instead of the Sasin Reserve^ /the latter ground being declared" 'tV be too" small.

In view of the match, a trial game between A and B teams will take place at Petone to-day, aftefr wfiSch the representative thirteen chosen. The teams to take VhS^'nlld to-day, are: A team. —^Full-back, f l^.rshall, (Suburbs) ;/thr;ee-quart s er^rvyhitr ley (Petone), ..A." Parker (Suburbs?, Murdpch (Newtown), ,W. Wilson .(Athletic) ; five-eighth, \G. Bradley (Athletic); half, J. Barber " (Petone) ; forwards, B. Childs (Petone), B. Sullivan (Newtown), Bensemanh (Newtown); Lauder ..(Suburbs), jrim Parker (Petone),, md Scpt^ Emergemcies: Back, Toomejr; forSyards, Beere and Rodgers. B. team.—-F ullback, G. Parker (Peto.ne)V three-quarters, F6rd (Suburbs), Mitchell (Athletic), George (Newtown), Strickland . (Newtown); five-eighth, Utiku (Athletic) ; half, Russell (Suburbs); forwards, Donaldson (Suburbs), J. Spencer (Newtown), Campbell (Suburbs) ; Ashton ■ (Petone) , S. Sullivan (Newtown), Manning (Suburbs). 'Emergencies: — Backs, Jack Parker and Goodman; forwards, Ferris and Hoare. '

The A team will wear black jerseys, which the League will supply;- the B team, will wear colored jerseys, to be supplied by the players.