WELINGTON.

NZ Truth, Issue 475, 25 July 1914, Page 11

WELINGTON.

I Last Saturday's Results.

.Welfington 11, Oriental 3. Petone 44, St. James 0. University, 10, .Athletic 3. Poneke 11, Melros© 6.

■•■•- AHLETKTv. UNIVERSITY. This game at Petone witnessed the downfall of the champions, -when University, who gave a splendid exhibition of football, both m defence and attack, secured a clear-cut victory by 10 points, to 3. incidentally, all Petone went out on the beer. ' - ; Athletics were without the services of Eyehseh .and Bell,' while Beard was . absent from 'Varsity's ranks. ' pniv.et^lty, with the wind at their backs,, piled up their, ten points m the firsj; spell. East .scored a great try, sw.erving right througn tite bjue backs, and s|m," after some neat work with Luke, 'notched the - second try — Ryan converted both: , .With .the advantage of tile wind, It was expected that, Athletic m the second spell, would soon make up their leeway. After some strenuous work . In front of the , 'Varsity • goal, Paton worked, his way across— then the fun began. . ' ■•-■;. Th<s ball; sailed up and . down the . ground, and, when the spectators, half w^y through the. second; spell, realised that the students were going: to down , the champions, they went 1 mad. Little, takiiig 'a sUy-scraping punt m front" of the up,, pack, m a most marvellous fashion, evoked tumuttuoua applause. Millar went clean through the blues,, but, when about fifteen yards from the ; line, his consort, Faiire, was tackled by a' P4;ue man, although ho , bad not recciv.ecl~tbe ball. The referee did not notice the incident, but the spectators did, and gave, voice to their opinion m no' uncertain manner.,. . . The blue pack' strove like demons, buj; /the., lighter green forwards gave r.usb./for.rns'n,., and, 'following 1 up m greai. style, bottled the blue backs. Athletic backs tried desperate measures' and threw the ball, about, but it was of no use. . scene. when the final whistle blew was one never, to be forgotten. The crowd burst on to the ground and. cjheered. the victors till they were hoarse. . All thp small boys present were, cither standing on their heads or trying, to shake the hands off the green players— and thaf s how the, favorite ■ -<yits beat. ';„ ■'". .";.." ; .' . .'. . ' ; ■--■•; MHLROSE v. PONEEE. . [ This game' was strenuously contested arid' was only won by Ppneke m the concluding stages of the struggle. Melrosc seem to have 'improved out of slgltt. No • doubt, their victory over Oriental has strengthened them a lot. As usual, Tilyard and Algar were the strongest men on the Poneke side. Capper was a shining llght'for' Melrbsfe.'y ■" • ' y "- ; '' •" v - • ;"• " ThY forwards, on both sides, were very' even, Poneke haying the advantage m weight. ' r ' ... - PETONE y.l ST, JAMES. This game afforded great exercise for both sides, but Petone got all the fun. The blue backs and forwards had a lot : of practice m passing rushes, which should' improve them for the game against Athletic next week.. r ORIENTAL v. WELLINGTON. . - A more even game than the Bcores would indicate; Avery placed a goal for Oriental.' .For Wellington, Packer got a try after, a fine run from his own goal posts. Ho intercepted a passj and, discovering one m front of him, set sail and flftosßcd the whites' line. , . try was obtained as a result of following up a kick and bustling the Oriental full back. Wellington .tiayey been greatly strengthened by tho return of McKeuzle. The big fellow makes a great difference m tho yellow three-quarter Une. „ " , . . '. ■ Henderson appeared for the yellows m a new role,. that of whig forward— Drake hopklng. For a novice, Henderson did welL Orlcs missed scoring on several oe> caolona by sheer bard luck. . liittlo faced the forward rushes well ; Mbmtt shone m tho forward brigade, Sandy Weir was the star ttem m the ■Wellington pack.