CANTERBURY v SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 58

CANTERBURY v SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TIMARU, August 17. Canterbury beat South. Canterbury t»y 37 to nil. Tries were obtained by i Walters, Fraser, ar,d Friar (5). A goal was potted by Gray, who also secured a try. |Tb.e back 1 .play of the visitors was far, too cobd" for -tifie local men. The forwards Srei'e, fairly well matched. Turtill kicked a from a try by Friar. TARANAKI v. HAWKE'S BAY. HAWERA, August 17. *The representative game between Hawfce's Bay an,d Taranaki was rather one-sided. Payne (Hawke's Bay) was badly kicked in the face, and had to retire. After the first few minutes' play M'Carthy kicked a goal from a mark. This was the visitors' tohly score, and thereafter they were hard pressed throughout the game. <3uy, Kothery, Thomas, Burke (2). and Hardgreaves scored "tries for Taranaki, of which Coleman converted two. Coleman also kicked a goal from a mark. The scores were: Taranaki 16 points, Hawke's Bay 4 points. - HAWKE'S BAY v. WANGANUL WANGANUI* August 19. The match between Wanganui and Hawke's Bay was played to-day, and relulted iff a- victory for Wanganui by 12 points to nil. Wanganui assumed the fcggressive in the first spell. Scon after the Commencement a scrum was formed in front bi the Hawke's Bay posts, and Payne put In, a short kick to- Takarangi. who potted Successfully. After give-and-take play," splendid passing by Wanganui backs ended in M'Donald running to the line where he passed to Murray; who scored. Takarangi converted. In the second spell Onslow slipped over from a scrum on the Hawke's Bay line, Takarangi failing to convert. The Becond spell was well contested, the Hawke's Bay team holding their own well, and they several times nearly scored. For the winners Takarangi, M'Donald, Corby, Green, and Murray - played best. For Hawke's Bay "Ward, Payne, an-d Mursro did capital work, and were well assisted by Russell, jPohio, Carlson, and Mitchell. HOKITIKA v. WESTPORT. WESTPORT, August 19. -Vh'ia afternoon the Hokitika football team ynet arid defeated a Weetport team by 29 points to nil. In the first spell the Hokitika forwards., with good passing rushes, overran their opponents, and scored five tries, Wade converting one and Wilson another. The spell ended— l 9 to- nil. In, 4h« second spell Westport set up a strong attack, but lacked the scoring men. Within five minutes of time Hokitika made a couple of dashes up the field, and Wade and Cederman each scored a try. both of which were converted by Wade. The game ended •*-Hokitika 29 points, Westport nil. THAMES v. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, August 19. . The match Auckland v. Thames was won by the Thames by 6 points to 5.