ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16160, 24 August 1914, Page 3

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

OTAGO v. CANTERBURY, I OANTERBUEY RETAIN BROWN ■' SHIELD. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 22. At Richmond Park this afternoon Canterbury Park retained the Brown Shield against the challenge of Otago. Tho game ended in a draw, each ado scoring 2 goals. Canterbury had considerably the better of the game right through, and were without doubt the better side. Both Otago's goals were scored in the dying minutes of the game, the finish being very exciting. LOCAL MATCHES. FIRST GRADE. The following table shows the positions of the teams in the Association Senior Cup

"Kaitangata won by default against Mornington A, Maori Hul, and Roslyn-Wakari. Ravensbourne won by default against Mornington B. Northern v. Mornington A. The match between Northern and Mornington A had the elements of a cup final, inasmuch' as a win by Northern meant virtually the premiership to the North-end club. Miller, Abernethy, and Jervis filled vacancies in Northern's team, and Barkly, Jolly, Moutimer, . and Dickinson amongst Mornington's eleven. . Mr MacGillivray was referee. Absence of mud and sun made ideal conditions. Play was spirited from the outset. A breakaway by the Mornington vanguard . was crumpled by W. Evans, whose brother at the other end presently slid tho ball across the goal, but Donald over-ran a fine chance. Next it was Young on a lone but fruitless mission. Mornington were having rather the better of play, and while a passing column of Territorals had momentarily drawn the spectators out on to the street, Jelly centred to Barkly, who caught Harrison in two minds and opened the score for Mornington. Mornington next had to look to their defences for a space. They held their ground sturdily until Abernethy made an opening, from which Jervis scored simply. Tho pace was still hot. As the ball flew goalwards at a critical stage Timlin obstructed Jack, and was cautioned by the referee, a free kick giving Mornington relief. The spell ended without further score. The second spell had barely commenced when Jervis shot from a capital centre by V. Evans, and Jack, after fielding tho shot, threw the ball into the net. Northern 2, Mornington A 1. Mornington, adopting sweeping movements, pressed, but could not pierce the last line. Northern were now showing nice combination, and were frequently dangerous. A breakaway by Mornington forced a corner kick, in defending j which Jervis fouled in the penalty area. | Leadbeater's penalty kick was splendidly j held by Harrison, and a moment later V. Evans was flying towards Mornington's goal, to draw Jack and pass to Jervis, who placed Jnto the empty goal. Northern 3, Mornington A 1. The Blues brightened, and tho battle waged in Northern territory for some minutes, but the backs kept their I goalkeeper free of trouble. Smartly pick- | ing up a pass, Donald swept up the line and j trimmed a iong shot to Jack's feet Jack ! stopped the ball, but lost it, and Abernethy snapped the chance to leave the ball in the net in favour of Northern, whose lead of 4to 1 made victory secure. A brief stoppage owing to Dickel being injured was here necessary. A similar suspension fol lowed upon ah injury to M'Nish earlier in the spell. Donald again slipped away nicely and transferred to Timlin, who deftly passed on to Jervis, who promptly netted out of reach of Jack Northern 5, Ma ington A 1. The clearance by Harrison of a long j shot from Young and a similar act by i Jack at the opposite end wore the only remaining incidents of note in a game in which Northern had slowly but surely gained the upper hand, and which ended with the scores, j Northern ... 5 goals. I Mornington A ... ~. ... 1 goal.

Although each senior team has two matches to play to complete the second round, it is probable that l he Cup competition will now bo closed, Northern being declared Cup winners, with Kaitangata lunnors-up, a point behind. Christian Brothers v. Green Island. The return match between Green Island and Christian Brothers was played at Cul« ling Park, which was in good order. At the start most of attack came from Christian Brothers, and Barnes, who replaced Harkness in goal for. Green Island, saved twice. Casey returned a rush by Martin on the right, transferring the ball to Salmon, who beat Barnes with a good shot. Christian Brothers, 1; Green Island, nil. By long kicks Green Island had the Brothers on the defensive, Walker being noticeable for tricky play.' A cross shot by the latter player was received by Martin, who missed an opportunity to score when right in front of goal. The Brothers soon swung play back, and clever footwork by ftPCaughan almost resulted in a score. Pratt relieved. His long kick was received by Walker, who raced off, and finished up a good run by racing past Stapleton, thus equalising the scores. Shortly after the kick-off Green Island again challenged the opposition, and Walker placed another good kick between the uprights. Green Island, 2; Christian Brothers, 1. At half time there was no further score.

On -changing over neither team had the advantage for some time, but a bad miss by Pratt gave Newman an opening, which, however, was not availed of. A 6olid attack was now set up by the Brothers. Pratt relieved tho pressure by placing to' his forwards, who broko away in a bunch. M'Allan, however, kicked too hard when nearing tho goal, and Stapleton effeoted an easy save. A further attack by tho Green Island forwards was stopped by Stapleton, who fell with the ball, which was finally kicked through. The goal was disnllowed, and a free kick was awarded to Christian Brothers. Wakolin was nlaying n fine game for the Greens. He made a nice opening for his forwards, and Tarleton broke away on his own, only to be stopped by Barnes coming out; but before he could recover Tarleton headed the leather through. Green Island found the pace a' little too fast for their liking, and ,the play of the Brothers showed improvement in combination work. Barnes neatly turned a shot by TarMon over the bar. but shortly afterwards/Newman obtained from a scramble and \kove hard past the Green Island goalkeeper, making the scores 3 to 2 in favour of Christian Brothers. From this out the Christian Brothers took charge of the game, and, from a weak goal kick, Salmon sent in a sctpw shot, which B»rne« misjudged, and M'Caughan finished, by heading the_ ball through the unguarded goal. Christian Brothers, 4: Gre*>n Island. 2. Green Island made a couple of final attempts to make un leeway, but without avail, and the game ended: Christian Brothers 4 goals. Green Island 2 goals. Mr Brown was referea H.gh School Old Botb v. Maobi Hill. The engagement between Maori Hill and Old Boys took place at the Clear in glorious weather. Both teams were sadly depleted. Old Boys missed some of their best players, while tho call to arms caused several vacancies in Maori Hill's team. Old Boys brought forward some recruits, whilo several old players joined the colours for Maori Hill. The battle opened with a sharp attack by Old Boys' firing Une, and Peake, aiming truly, pierced the defences. Old Boys' shooting was still very accurate, but the cool defence of goalkeeper Leslie and Adameon drove them back. Old Boys returned to the assault, and after a fierce encounter 0. Alloo drove hard past the defence. Old Boys returned, and retpoated their previous efforts. A truoe was then called. On resuming, Maori Hill's sharpshooters brought off an wneuccessful flanking movement. Old Boys retaliated, and after some sharp fighting Peaike drew blood. , Maori Hill stuck to their puna, and at last found an opening on the attacking party's right wing, where Adamson delivered a beautiful shot from long range, which struck the enemy's citadel and rebounded into the field. M'Donald, who had come up to reinforce the front line, received and pierced the enemy's fort. Old Boys came away, and had 1 it not been for the fine defence of Adamson and Lye, and the desperate tackling of Glen, Maori Hill would have suffered heavy loss. Tho game was fought out in a splendid spirit, due in a great measure to the able way in which Mr V. Allen controlled operations. The final scores were: Old Boys 3 goals. Maori Hill 1 goal. Ravensbottbne v. Mornington B. Ravensbourne won by default against Mornington B, who were unable to muster a team. Kaitangata v. Rosltn-Wakari. Roslyn-Wakari were unable to send a team to Kaitangata, and the latter -won by default SECOND GRADE. Southern 9, Green Island nil. Northern 4, Christian Brothers nil. THIRD GRADE. Christian Brothers B 3, Christian Brothers A 2. Mornington 2, Normanby 1. Northern won by default against Ravensbourne, v ' FOURTH GRABjp. High School B and Roslyn-Wakari drew,_ one goal each. As it is understood these' teams were leading with even points for the premiership they will have to meet again. High School A 4, Normanby 4. Southern 1, Green Island nil. Northern 7, Mornington B nil. Mornington A 7, Maori Hill 3. * SCHOOL MATCH. St. Bedk's v. Christian Brothrbs. A match between teams representing St Bede's (Christchurch) and tho Christian Brothers' School was played on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday morning. As both teams had an unbeaten record, great interest was taken in the result. The Christchurch, boys, who had a decided advantage in weight, were the first to score, WoMe, with a long kick, dropping a good goal into the net Tho next goal was scored by the local lads, as the result of a fine piece of combined play by the forwards. Clements (inside left) was the last to receive, and tricking the fullback, was about to shoot when ho was illegally charged. Tylee took the penalty kick, and scored with a powerful shot Half-time was called with the scores 1 goal each. In the second half the Christian Brothers' boys, by clever footwork and perfectly-timed passes, broke through a pretty solid defenoe and soared three goals to their opponents' one. Laffey, Salmon, and Clements shot for the winners, and Dwyer for the losers. A foature of the match was the splendid defensive work of E. Collins (centre half for the Gre«ns), who played tho best game on the ground. J. M'Clcary (inside rlfeht) was always prominent in the forward rushes. Others playing well for the winners were Gloeson (in goal). O Reilly, C. Collins, Brown, and Creed. St. Bede's boys had hard luck in_ some of their shots, a few of them just missing the net by inches. Their most prominent players wero O'Reilly and Flood (backs), Wolfe, Dwyer, and Mljaren (forwards). Tho final scores were: Christian Brothers 4 goals. St. Bede's 2 goals. Mr H. Moynihan was the referee.

Competition:— „" • .§al O . > (ft JO P< •£ >2 o S o a s o, £ ,j p a 6 o Northern ..." 16 13 2 1 46 18 27 Kaitangata* ... 16 13 3 — 56 17 26' Ravensbourne* 16 11 4 1 37 25 23 Green Island ... 16 7 6 3 36 28 17 Mornington A 16 7 7 ■ 2 35 39 16 Higb School Old Boys 16 7 8 1 44 43 15 Roslyn-Wafeari 16 6 10 — 32 37 12 Christian Bros. 16 5 10 1 35 55 11 Mornington B 16 4 11 1 21 40 9 Maori Hill ... 16 1 13 2 19 59 4