FOOTBALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10424, 29 July 1895, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. ■ ; -■■■'. Senior; Flag. The following shows tho resalt of; the Senior Flag:competition to date:—' "

_ KAIKORAI V. ALHAMBRA. ..-. i . The match between the Kaikorai and Alhambra representatives was played atCarisbrook on Saturday bsforo a large body of spectators, who evinced, cloje iuterest in tuo game, Mr Cro.tford acted as referee, liiiqiiilant, for the Alhambra, set the ball in motion, H. Wilkinson replying with a,good return, and boou after Duncan got possession and passed to Sullivan, who was gayjaed'before he bscania really dangerous. , Fur I,he first 10 minutes play was in the Alb.&hibi.M twenty-five, after which it was shifted (lowuliho Ueld, but a long kick.into touch,broughf; it to near isaid-field. A fiae piece of. piling by Davis, Sinclair, JJunean, and .Cunningham gave a chance to fcjujHvan, but touch iv goal only resulted. built vau after this cad a quick pot at goal, bub the ball went wide. .Antic followed up smartly end touched,down, bub'lha referee ruled it was no try, on the ground ta.ifc Arinit was off-side. Oa the other hund.it is alleged that. the ball in rts-fljgafe struck Haig, lobe of the AShambra's backs.. The referee's decision, k is . understood, will be. appealed .against, and the Kugby Union's opinion on .the .point asked. The first spell, which had :. been decidedly m favour of the Kiikqrai",men, whose line was only really,threatened once, ended witU the ball well.in the Alhambra twenty-five. J. Towanca starfadithp saeond spell, and -play was boou in the Alhambrk twenty-five, whore Davis passed to' Duncan, ; who pearly got over at the coiner flag. A scrum, was "formed directly after, and some tight Work eosued—a forcedown resulticg. Davis 'subsequently made a capital Iran, but was grassed near thqline. In this spell also » dispute; arosa as to "an alleged score. Duncan secured the ball and was thvown into touch, but passed in quickly, to H^ Wilkinson, who was allowod to run in behind the goal' posts. The ground of the d'ieallowace of this' try wasthat Duncan did not kehd'the'ball in where it weiit out,. -TowardsV the close of the game great excitement prevailed among theonIqokcrsi at the prospect of a draw, and though {, fcfce Kaikorai men ;mad'e strenuous efforts to Bcbre they were unavailing; thei whistle going .with the result :—'■ i; Kaikorai ... . : ... Jf«,, Alnambra...; ... Nil ' ■/■■; ■':■. DtJNEDiN.V/ZINGAni-EIOHMOND.' j _Thfi return, match between the Dunedin and Zmgari-Richmond ...Clubs was . played on the Caledonian grouud, and attracted a fairly large ? attendance. -The Blues i played for: the first spell.from the north end,, and in the early stages of the game assumed the aggressive, good pawing being 'shown by; their backs. The Colours' forwards then assorted themselves, and the play was carried .up to the Duoediri quarters. A." Fordycethen stole away with the ball from a nerum, and; the Bines' lines were in danger until good .passingandlkicking by their backs removed the'play to mid-field. A penalty, j kick fco the Colours i was taken-by M'Farlane, I whose effort fell short;,1 and Mackenzie, with a good kick, shiftsd the venue toVthe Zingari twenty-five. The :Blues, by good passing on the part of thair backs, had theiropponents defending for some tinie, and oa brie occasios Stsphenson was nearly in.- Off-side play gave to Dunedin i a free kick within range,. but King failed to improve the occasion, > and than the Colours cleared their lines and removed the play to the other end of the fields M'Farlane made nothing of, a. free kick within fairly, eusy distance of the goal, and the return placed the ball in possession.of Isaac,, who, potted with his loftioot, and the ball passed between the goal posts but uuder tha bar. Half time was then called. The "■ Blues attacked vigorously at the beginning of tbe second spell, and' Bailey marked within kicking distance of,the goal, but Mason made nothing rof the place kick! ' The Blues con- '•■ tinned to press, and theirjbacks; by good passing, mide several bids for a score, while Mackenzie dropped unsuccetsfuily bat well at goal. ! and.Maclean,'follqwing,up; the kick, dropped on the ball, but was ruled to be off-side. The play had hardly been resumad when Mackenzie ag&ii) potted withont effect.' The Colours after this worked the ball down , the field until Mason got cleverly,, away and ran up to ;R. Fordyce, the' opposing full b*ck, ;over whose head he; punted; and King running up .from behind- touched down. ;>The ball was, however, called.back, Mason having apppaled on the ground of obitructioa by Pprdyce. . From'thiii time ontthe Colours hs'd, on ttie whole, the best .of the play. Dribbling on tho part of the. forwards took the ball up to the Bines' quarters,' and: passing noarlv lot Ciatke in, after which Pollook.potted ineffectually, and the ball was kickeddead. .The play for some time .went on in neutral territory until pasaiug- by; the CpldtiM'backi resulted in the Blues' ': quarters baing .invaded, and Pollock nearly scored./ A. Fordyce,obtained a mark in front of the goal, aud the' ball was^pliiced for M-Farlane, whose' kick, was a feeble one. Sho.tly iaftarwarda :St6hr let ."the .ball roll through his legs', >nd : is;w»s'swept over the line, but Mackenzie's pace ienab|ed him to pwvehti a ■ score. . The Colours/continued attacking until a dash by Ma'ckeazie his side, and the; final-incident of the gxme consisted in Ricbar'di son markiug in\a line with, the twenty-five flag and dropping; ineffectually.',Th« match, which Mr 1. H. Campbell controUed, thus was nnproductive of score :-r- ',:, \ ■ ;,"-'■• '•'-' -' ■; Dunediu ....: .J ...^JVtj'. Zingari-Richmond NU '"' ' ". "-"■■■ ' -PIKATBSy. UNION. ■•':■-. .' _ There was but a moderate attendance on the North ground to witness tha return match between the Pirates;and P/iitm. Thegronndwas m. good playing; order, and there was a slight breeze irom the north. Pritst won the toss, and^ecided to play with the hill and breeze in his-favour.- The Blacks at once-pressed thehome team, and some Hot work ensued until Maca?fey, taking a; good pass from a scru;m near the centre, aluded several men and scored behiua the posts:- Priest easily converted, On resuming the Maroons were soon in trouble again, aud, as the result of- a kick by Rtacarthur, were forcad down. From the kick-out' the Union gained an advantage, some halN dozen of their forwards hiving carried the bill past all the" Pirates' Stacks, but they lott wseir opportunity by.; overrucining the leather, lhe nest noteworthy;; incident was a pob at goal by Q. i Thomson, the ball striking tho npnght and glancing to the ont«ide of the post. The .Maroons'then asserted themselves, and from a scrum at the h*lf-distanoe Armstrong made an escoadingly clever, run to within a few yards of the .Blacks' lino, when he tranaforred cv Beadle, who threw forward. From the scrum then formed Alexander got.the ball, aud scored near the posts.- Kitchie was unsne- j ce_ssful with his kick. On resuming the Pirates, by a five forward rush, carried the1 leather over the Union'?, line, but .were unfortunate enough to lose the ball; and a force down resulted. The Blacks got on another fine rush among the forwards, and Prie'it scored near,the post*, but the same player's kick at goal resulted in the ball litriking the ;po*t aud rebounding into, the field of play. Half-time ■Wis ahortiy afterwirds called, the Pirates having had much the basb of the play. I" the second spell the Maroons more than held their own; but the Pirates were not to be easily scored against, and it was some time before Bsftdie secured the ball from a scrum near the: visitors' line and dropped over the line near the posts. Ritchie's kick was again ineffectual. Play was confined to the centre of tha field for some time. Imrie took a nice p*s» from Harris, and by a, dashiugran got to within a few yards of the Blacks',line, when the whistle went for a pass forward, to which decision the Union captain demurred. The next noteworthy incident was a godd rush of the visitors' forwards, which put the home team on the defensive, but Armstrong relieved by a nice punt Lumb then made a fine run down the lielti, but was collared inside the twenty-five fl»g. Frcm this out the play was,of a give-and-take character, and when Mr R. M. Falconer sounded; the. whistle for the lasb time the Ecore etood :— "■.'.'.•■. Pirates ' ... 8 points Union ... 6 points CAVBRSHAM V. UNIVEHSITY. There was only a moderate attendance at this match, which was .played at Tahuna Park, j Hobeoa and Whalen did do* play for tie Cavershara, and their places were taken by Baglei and Home; while the Univcwity had to find gubstitutss for Cameron, M'Nab, and Thompson, who did not put in an appearance. The University played from the top end in the first spell, thus baviag: the advantage of a breezb which blew down the ground. The Co.versViam assumed tbe aggressive from tha kick-off, and by good passing among their b»cks tho ball was fc*rried into their opponents' quarters, where it remained for some time. Eventually the Caversham forwards dribbled the b.sil over tha line, and Stalker secured it. M'Kersev -was successful with tue kick. After this reverse the University livened up, and their forwards «hifted the play into the Caversham quarters, but shortly afterwards Burgess relieved the pressure. In the second spell the University played with more dash, and had the best of the game. For an infricgement on the pert of a Caversham player they were awarded a free kick, and Stephens kicked a fine goal from close to the touchline. After this the game was of a give-and-take nature — first ono team and then the other having the advantage. Towards the finish the University forwards j

dribbled tbe ball into their opponents' quarters, where .they were awarded another free kick; but the attempt at goal was unsuccessful. When time was called the score stood :— Caversham ... "5 points University ... 3 points .; Juniok Flag. The following ehowa the result of tho Jnuior Flag, competition to date :—

The West Taieri played one match, which it lost by 11 points to nothing. " Won one match by default ; t won two matches by default; t won three matches by default; § lost one match by default; 1 lost two matches by default.GEiEEN ISLAND V. KAIKOE&I SECOND. The above match was played at Buraside iv the preseiiCß of a faircrowd of spectators. The Kaikorai .kicked off, and the ball wss well returned by the wearers of the green and gold, for whom, in tbe first .cpell, J. Davidson scored two tries and A. Waugh one. J. Davideon placed one goal. In the second; Bpell Green Island had tae game all; their own w&y,.and made things vesry merry. Triei were scored by! J. David-ion (3), A; Wangh (2), and B. Irvine ;■ and J. Davidson placed two goals.' The play' of the Given Island b&cks, especially A. Waugh and J Davidson, was good, and the forwards all played & fair game. Mr G. Davie acted as refsree. Scores :— ... - .-,;.'.. =..■'■ Greoa Island... 35 points Kaikorai ... Nil* POKT CHAtMEIIS V. MBI.UOSB. i ; This match wa3 played.on the Asylam ground,' and produced a fast and exciting game. In the first spell H. White scored a try for the Mel-, j rose, which they failed to enhance, and in tae I second spell A. Hunter, from a- pass, potted a goal for the Port. The Malrose tried hard to retrieve their fortunes, but the Port were too ; strong for them, and at the call; of • time the j.pliy was mr Melrose's twenty-five. Smith Mewburn, M'Queen.and Allan worked hard for the Port, while Highley, Watson, Burke.and ' White were the pick of the Melrose. Mr M'Connochie controlled the gams. The winners playod with 14 menpaHof the game. Scores:— Port Chalmers 4 points Melrose; ... 3 points UNIVEBSITr SECOKD V. PACIFIC. •'■;'.-■ This niatcn. played at Tahnna Park in presence of a fair number of spectators, was [under the control of Mr Butler. In the first j spellthe 'Vartity, playing against^he wind and j sun, had decidedly the bestofthe game though nnaWe to fccdre, till, Simmera marked the ball in the Pacific's twentyrfive and placed it for . O'Shaa, who kicked a beantifnl goal. In the second spell the Pacific had the best ;6'f the game, but owing to the strong defence of the 'Varsity b»ckß were; unable,to score, and the game ended,: .■, .-. ■..:•■. ;;;- : ;', _ V.r. ,;,■>;, 'Varsity...;; ... '.- i points ' '.:■'^\]NU '."... .■■". PJCBATES SECOND V. Vsios' SECOND/ ' ;' This match wa3 played at Opoho^ and resulted in an easy win for the former,! The play at times waa very even and;ihtereating, bub the Pirates' backs' wese superior in kicking and passing, fairly "outclassing their opponents in these departments of the game Tries were scored far the, Pirates by Gregg (2), Hay (2) M'Queen'(2), and Roberts (l);;Gregg, Hay, and Roberts each co'nVe'rtinjrIpn'e':.try.:.-;'..6o>don1pn'e':.try.:.-;'..6o>don alao kicked a goal from a. mirk. ' Nees ; scored for the Union, ,and. Rogers placed a' goal, from a mark. Scores:^' ■!'- >; \ ;;: '.'/" : :'■•-.]. Pirates .... 3lpoints ; Mioii. ■% 7 points " '-.•'. MATCHES BY DEFATJLT. .. •-.. The Taieri won from the Caversham Second, the Warehousemen from the Alhsmbra Second, the Diiuediii Sb'cond from the Otakia, and the High. School from the Ziugari - Richmond Second, in.each case by default. i-~ , ...;. ;, .' . ;,•';■' . OTHER .MATCHES. ~,. ..-, ;. , ; The Star defeated the Raveusbdurne by 11 poiats to nothing. Wyllia and Walker each/ potted a goal aad Logan scored!a try. .-<-•*. The Bellevue defeated the Sawyers' Bay by 9 pointj to 8. .Trie* were obtained for .the Beilevue. by A. Cable, N.:Macdonald, and J. Cable.Hutton scored for the Sawyers' Bay arid Harry converted. ' "■* ■'■'•' '.. . . .." X,:--.':., ■-, ... .■■.'...<'.: ' ■ 'The Queen's "Drive met-and defeated the Emerald, by 45 points, fco nothing. Tries were obtainad'for the Drive by Patrick (5), Coventry (*), Pryde (3), Hislop (1). Pryde, Patrick, and Hislop^cpnverted one, each. ~The Queen's, [ Dave:claim;that.,their record to date is:—■ ■Matchesl played, 4 ; ■ won,; 4; points' for,- 82 • points agninrt,' 10.' , They appear, however, to have oysxlooked a..match;" in which they were defeisted'.by the .Osmaru Schools. ' ' " ■;

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