FOOTBALL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 41

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY. INTER ISLAND RUGBY MATCH. WIN FOR TIIE NORTHERNERS. CHRISTCHURCH. .July 2. The annual match between the North and South Islands was played at Lancaster Park, in the presence of about 7COO spectators. The day was dull and calm, and the ground slightly greasy. It was an excellent. display of Rugby, the north owing their win to their combination among the backs. Their forwards were smothered in the loose by their opponents, but the southern rearguard was not so good, Connolly and Jeffs being the weak spots. The teams were as follows: North Island. —Kingston, Grierson, Algar. Aitken, Svenson, Badeley, Roberts, Donald, Carroll, Hughes, Moffatt, West, Beilis, MT.ean, Jacobs. South Island. —Russell, Steele. Phillips, Ford. Jeifs, M'Cormick, Connolly, Cabot, Duncan, Ellis, MTean. Richardson, Scott, Petersen, Whyte. Moffatt kicked off for the North, Steele fielding and punting to the centre. Svenson was caught in possession, and a scramble ensued, play hovering about half-way. The southern forwards indulged in a passing bout, which broke down, and a promising northern attack was pulled up by Cabot intercepting a pass from Aitken to Roberts. The North continued to press, and a pretty passing movement initiated by Roberts from a lineout ended in Algar being thrown out near the line. Loose play in favour of the South followed, several northern attempts to open out the game being frustrated by excellent tackling. Eventually the North worked their wav down, but good play by Russell and offside play by Roberts gave the South relief. The South were again bustled, and from a scramble Hughes scored, and Roberts converted. North, 5; South. 0. The South were aggressive on the resumption of play. From a scrum YY hyte broke away, and dribbled the ball over the line, where Scott fell on it. He converted his own try. 5 all. Good kicking and fast, following up compelled the North to force. Excellent passing movements were> initiated by Roberts, but the southern defence was sound. After Steele had averted what looked like a certain score, South 6wept down the field, and the prospects for the North were not promising, but Roberts secured, and. after a great run down the line, transferred to Badeley. who ran in unopposed. Roberts failed with the kick. North, 8; South, 5. The North had an anxious moment as the result of pretty play by Ford and Phillips, a scrum occurring on the line. The North cleared, and gained the opposite end of the field as the result of a movement headed by Donald. Ford and Phillips transferred the scene of operations to the other end, and when the North came sweeping back Phillips intercepted. r.nd brought relie'f. It was only temporary, for the northerners, combining well, invaded the. South’s quarter, and Jacobs, picking up in the loose, ran across. Roberts failed with the kick. North. 11; South, 5. The southern vanguard was nothing daunted, and. following an interchange of kicks, penned the North up near their line, and a force resulted. Donald was temporarily laid out. The advantage rested with the South till Roberts gained possession from a scrum in the centre of the field, and threaded his way to close to the goal, where Phillips tackled him. His pass was not fielded, and the southern forwards. headed bv Richardson and M byte, shifted plav to the other end, where it remained till half-time sounded, with the score: North, 11; South. 5. Play had only been in progress for a. few minutes, when from a lineout Badeley got possession, and ran through. He lost the ball, but Moffat was handy, and dived across. Roberts converted. North, 16; South, 5. Almost immediately the North were across again. Hughes scoring from a forward rush. Roberts took the kick, but the ball struck an upright. North, 19; South, 5. The South became aggressive, and a breach on the part of a northerner under the goal gave Scott a chance, which he made no mistake with. North, 19; South, 8. The North were forced on play being resumed, and from breaches following a drop-out Scott had a good but ineffectual shot at goal. Cabot was prominent for the South, Kingston relieving nicely. The northerners were being continually called upon for their best in the way of defence, and stood the strain. Eventually Badeley broke away, M'Cormiok pulling the North up. By a nice throw-out Aitken secured, and sent to Hughes, who raced across and grounded near the posts. Roberts failed with an easy kick. North, 22; South, 8. Pretty open play followed, and then the southern forwards ran all over the opposition. Whyte scoring and Scott converting. North, 22; South, 13. Almost immediately Beilis got over for the North, but MT.ean failed to improve. North, 25; South, 13. Russell at this stage retired with an injured arm. and Thompson took bis place. The South became aggressive, Roberts and Kingston saving brilliantly on successive occasions. The North gradually worked down, and from a scrum Roberts set his backs in motion, the movement, resulting in Algar scoring. MT.ean failed with,the kick. North. 28; South. 13. The Soufh had all the better of the succeeding plav. hut all their c-ame to nothing, and the game ended as above. Mr J. F. Peake was referee. The Christchurch referees beat the Wellington referees by 14 to nil. the match being played as a curtain-raiser. SATURDAY’S MATCH ES. FIRST GRADE. The following table shows the relative positions of the teams engaged in the Senior Grade Competition: i . .gill. t*. Q Ift S y* E, is >2 r £ £ E Kaikorai 11 11 •southrni 10 7 2. 1 HI 52 15 AHcnohra 11 7 3 1 IS!) 60 15 I-irates 11 7 3 1 113 06 15 •Zitigari-Hichmd 10 8 3 1 122 56 13 Tbi'vcreitv B ... 10 4 5 1 62 87 a port fl,aimers ... 11 3 7 1 56 R 6 7 Vniversitv A ... 10 3 7 Vaion '. 11 1 10 Dancflin 11 1 10 * The abandoned match between the«e two teams will bo re-played later in the season if Uoc« ssiiry. ALHAMBRA v. UNIVERSITY B. There was not a large attendance at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday to watch the game between Alhambra and University B 7 mbra were without the services of Giengany, Richardson, and W. Knox. Uni-

versity continue to suffer from having their team constantly changed, and conld show little combination. Alhambra bad the better of the game throughout, anti play on the whole was more willing than scientific. The final scores were: — Alhambra 14 points. University 6 points. KAIKORAI v. DUNEDIN. Kaikorai beat Dunedin by 19 points to 8 at Taiut.na on Saturday. Dunedin put up a good light in the first half—indeed, they more than held their own, and at _halftime their chance cf a win was promising. In the second spell, however, they took things more easily-, and lost the match as a result. Kaikorai were on the bail all the time, and always on the spot when a chance showed. Their forwards were the better of the two, Dunedin being rather slow and indecisive in attack. Scores: Kaikorai 19 points. Dunedin 3 points. UNIVERSITY A v. UNION. A handful of spectators watched the match University A v. Union, played on the Tahuna No. 2 Ground, which resulted after a keenly contested game in a win for the Blues by 15 points to 11. University A 15 points. Union 11 points. PIRATES v. PORT CHALMERS. Pirates defeated Port Chalmers by one point at Port Chalmers on Saturday afternoon, and the score about repreeerjpl the difference between the two teams on the day’s play. Scores : Pirates 11 points. Port Chalmers 10 points. ZINGARI-RICHMOND v. SOUTHERN. The tragic death of Mr J. Timlin, while watching this match from the grandstand at Carisbrook, caused the game to be stopped half-way through the second half, two of the Southern players, R. and P. Timlin, being sons of the deceased. Immediately after the players were informed of the death of Mr Timlin it was mutually agreed to stop the game. SECOND GRADE. Zingari-Richmond defeated Dunedin by 34points to 0. Tries were scored for Zingari by Mitchell (4), M. Cameron (3), J. Garside (1), J. Guthrie (1), and W. Eleury (I', \Y. Clydesdale converting two tries. SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Christian Brothers 11, High School 0. WELLINGTON RESULTS. WELLINGTON, July 3 Athletic 11 points, beat Poneke 6 points; Petone 11 points, beat Oriental 6 points; Berhampore 9 points, beat Selwyn 5 points; University 9 points, beat Marist Brothers 8 points. WAIRARAPA v. HAWKE’S BAY. CARTERTON, July 2. The representative match between Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay was played here to-day and resulted in a win tor YYairarapa by 9 points to 8. The first spell ended with a . score of 8 points to nil in favour of Hawke’s Bay, tries being obtained by M‘Nab and Greenside, one of which was converted by Akuira. In the second spell the Wairarapa forwards came into prominence, and the backs also improved. R. Booth scored a try by following in a. misdirected pot at goal, and IV. Torrance kicked two goals. AUCKLAND RESULTS. AUCKLAND, July 3 College Rifles beat Grammar Old Boys by 20 points to 3 points; Grafton beat University by 11 points to 6 points; Marist Brothers 'beat Ponsonby by 9 points to 3 points; North Shore beat Newton by 12 points to 0. In the secondary schools’ competition. Grammar School beat King’s College by 25 points to 3. SPRINGBOKS' TOUR. SYDNEY, June 27. Tile weather was ideal lor the second contest between the Springboks and New South Wales. The attendance was 15,000. M'Kay and Raymond replaced Fox and Lane in the New South Wales side. The Springboks’ team was as follows: De Yiiliers, Van Heerden, Harry Morkel, Clarkson, Meyer, P. Michau, De Koch, Kruger, Van Rooyen, J. Michau, Duplessis, Walker. Schoitz, Pienaar, and Oliver. The Blues (New South Wales) delved into aggressive movements wivh considerably more confidence than previously, and the Springboks, with half their team changed, encountered stiffened opposition and tackling, which effectively blocked the initiative of the visitors. New South \\ ales drew first blood. De Villiers misjudging the flight of the ball, and Holdsworth, following up fast, scored a try which was not converted. The Springboks retrieved the position as the result of Morkel bustling past several taeklers. De Yiiliers converted. Prior to the interval a rush started from a line-out in the Springboks’ territory, and Carr securing sprinted across. Nothling converted, making the scores: New South Yales 8, Springboks 5. The Greens, with their backs to the wall, were unable to open play for a period, but ultimately dominated the game till Morkel equalised with an unconverted trv. The game resolved itself into stalemate for a time till Van Heerden bustled Carr, who transferred to Nothling. The ’.allor failed to throw out of touch, and Meyer, swooping down, got the ball inches from the lino .and scored. No coal resulted. Springboks 11. New South Wales 8. Before the Blues recovered from the reverse. three of the visitors broke away with only Nothling to beat. Meyer crossed, De Villiers adding fho extra points. A fine dodging run by Mingay, supplemented by a strong sprint by Raymond turned the tables, and Davis, picking up near the line, got a try, which was unconverted. The final scores were: Springboks 16. New South Wales 11. VISITORS WIN THIRD TEST. SYDNEY, July 3. Though playing a stubborn, defensive game against the victorious Springboks, New South Wales never looked like turning the tables during the third test, which the visitors won by 23 points to 9 points. The match was played on a greasy ground, but in excellent weather, the sun shining seemingly for the Springboks. Dumeyer, who played in place of Van Heerden, opened the visitors’ account with a try after sprinting quarter the length of the ground, and Mostert. from a forward rush, added a try, G. Morkell failing to convert either. M'Kay crossed for New South Wales after tligt forwards had carried play down the

field, Mingay failing to convert. Strauss immediately replied by kicking a goal from the field. The scores at the interval were: South Africa, 10; New South Wales, 3. The second term opened with tile Springbok forwards dominating the play, although there were several fine passing rushes by the Blue three-quarters, the visitors defending strongly. Solid ruck work carried play on to the New South Wales line, Kruger obtaining the ball in the loose and crossing. G. Morkel converted. The Springbok pack continued to crowd their opponents, who seemed impotent against the visitors’ attacks. Roylo Morkel obtained the ball near the line, and fell across, the try being unconverted Then two tries in quick succession were scored by Ellis and Clarkson, both being converted by G. Morkell. The score was then: South Africa, 28; New South Wales, 3. Offside by a Green player on the Springboks’ line gave Nothling on opportunity to kick a goal, 23 —6. Sheehan, who played consistently throughout, obtained tiie ball from a line out half way up the field, and, dodging through the opposing backs, scored a brilliant trv. which was the gem of the match. Mingay failed to convert, the final scores being - : Springboks, 28; New South IVales, 9. MUST BE PLAYED OX WEDNESDAY. WELLINGTON, July 1. A meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union received last night from the Otago Rugby Union a letter suggesting that the Springboks’ match against Southland be played on Saturday in lieu of Wednesday. It was decided to inform the Ot-ago Union that the arrangements must be -adhered to. Mr J. W. Stead wrote accepting the position of coach to the three New Zealand teams to be assembled this season to play against the Springboks. LEAGUE FOOTBALL. SYDNEY, June 27. About 25,000 spectators witnessed! the League football match, New South Wales v. a Combined Queensland and New Zealand team, on the Cricket Ground. Scores: New South Wales 36, Combined Team 2-1. AUSTRALASIAN TEAM. SYDNEY, June. 29. The Australasian Rugby League team to tour Great Britain has been selected as follows: —Full-back, Fraser; three-quarters— Holder, Craig, Blinkhorn, Test, Rule, Peters, Cubitt, Car-stairs, Norman (New South Wales), Brown (Queensland); five-eiglitlis— Caples (New South Wales), Laing (New Zealand); halves—Thompson, Johnston (New South Wales); forwards —-Watkins, Gray, Townsend, Schultz, Pearce, F. Burge, M'Grath, Ives, Ryan, Prentice (New South Wales), Richards, Potter (Queensland). THE LEAGUE GAME. AUCKLAND, July 3. Marist Brothers Old Boys beat Newton by 34 points to 3 points; Maritime beat Fire Brigade by 24 points to 6 points; Ponsonby beat North Shore by 18 points to 11 points. WIN FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. SYDNEY, July 3. At Newcastle the New Zealand League team defeated Newcastle District by 27 points to 14 points. Despite the fact, that the ground was to a large extent under water, owing to the late rains and the conditions being difficult, some fine play was witnessed. The visitors’ combination was a deciding factor. ASSOCIATION. SATURDAY’S MATCH ES. FIRST GRADE. The following table shows the relative positions of the First Grade teams to date: — F irst G rade. k . Old Bovs 10 5 2 3 2!) 18 13 Mornington 10 5 2 3 27 17 13 *T\ eitangata H 5 3 1 20 8 11 Southern 10 4 6 Maori Hill 10 3 5 2 is 24 8 Mount Zion 10 1 5 4 12 23 li V.M.C.A. 10 1 5 4 7 21 6 *Norrlicrn and Kaits.ngatu match to !>.- pfivod hd m on. SOUTHERN v. OLD BOYS. These two teams met on Culling Park for the second time this season —the first occasion Old Boys were victorious by 7 goals to 2. Mr Smith ably controlled a very interesting game. Score- : Southern 2 goals. Old Boys 1 goal. MAORI HILL v. MOUNT ZION. The second match of the season between these teams was played at Gulling Park, when Maori Hill reversed their defeat in the previous game. The game was in charge of Mr Rutherford, and ended: Maori Hill 3 goals. Mount Zion Nil. MORNINGTON v. Y.M.O.A. This match was played on the Oval, which was in a very bad condition. The previous meeting earlier in the Reason ended in a draw. Scores:—Mornington 5 goals. Y.M.O.A. Nil. KAI TAN GAT A v. NOMADS (OHRISTGIIURCJ i. On Saturday Kaitangata wore favoured with a visit from the Nomads Club, Christchurch, the Canterbury premiers for 1920, and the weather being all that could be desired a great game- was looked forward to. The public were not disappointed in this I respect, as one of the best exhibitions of Soccer football seen this seu.-on was witnessed. Tire ground, if anything, was rather heavy for the Canterbury players, who are used to the dry hard grounds. A feature of the match was the splendid goal-keeping of Ihe visitors’ custodian. The Nomads were without the services of their redoubtable full back arid captain (Y. Mitchell). Kaitangata won the toss and played with the wind ami sun on their back. The first half produced three goals to none in favour of Kaitangata. Dunn sent in a beautiful centre and Phillips scored. The second goal was scored by Dunn, and was without doubt one of the finest goals ever scored in Kaitangata. The third was scored by Munsey. With the wind and sun at their back, Nomads made things very lively in the second half and scored two goals to none. Parletl scored the first one, and with a pretty piece of play, in which all the forward lino tonic part, Woods netted the second one. The final score was : Kaitangata 3 goals. Nomads ... 2 goals.

Mr W. Clarkson was referee. The visitors 1 were accompanied by Mr F. L. Enstgate (president and manager) and Mr O’Callag--han (secretary). On Friday night conveyances were sent to meet the team at Baiclutha and they were later entertained at a smoke concert. SECOND GRADE. Northern 11, Waitati 3. Southern 4, Mornington 3. THIRD GRADE. Christian Brothers 3, Old Boys 0. Y.M.O.A. 3, Mornington 3 High School 6, Technical Old Boys B 2. Southern A 4, Fairfield 0. Technical Old Boys A 2, Maori Kill 0. Northern 5, Southern B 1. FOURTH GRADE. Christian Brothers 4, Post and Telegraph K" Y.M.C.A Diamonds 4, Mornington 0. Technical Old Boys 2, Fairfield 0. Y.M.C.A. Rovers 8, Northern A 0. Y.M.C.A. Swifts 4, High School 1. Southern 4, Northern B 3 FIFTH GRADE. High -School B 3, Y.M.C.A. 1. High School A 4, Mornington 0. Maori Hill 5, Port Chalmers High School 1. Southern A 2. Southern B 0. SCHOOLS Christian Brothers B 3, Technical School A 2. Christian Brothers D 6, George Street 0. Christian Brothers C and E won by default. THE GIRL FOOTBALLER. WELLINGTON, June 27. The girl footballer has appeared on the playing fields of Wellington, and apparently she has come to stay. In any case she is already a centre of attraction, and can be depended upon to draw “a gate.” The Dominion, describing a game on Saturday, says the girls are the first members of the Aotea Club, which has been formed here. There were 11 of them, fine sturdy girls, red-cheeked, and healthy, they looked quite at home in short skirts made of blue serge, short-sleeved jumpers, with their open necks and long stockings and regular football boots, fastened neatly with white cord tied round the leg "tango” fashion. They knew the game of “Soccer,” and played it well. They had a lot of fun long before the game started. Crowds assembled, and there was much discussion as to the way in which the girls would acquit themselves. Much of the discussion centred round newspaper correspondence condemning the practice ot football for girls, but aftgr the match even the most conservative of the spectators applauded the teams as they went back to the dressing shed. The girls knew what to do at halt-time. The inevitable orange appeared—no powder puff, lavender water, smelling salts, or lip-salve as cynical writers have suggested—and the girls reminded one of any of the English ladies’ “Soccer" teams that did so well against France recently. As the teams tosse<_. up the coin the captains did riot kiss each other, as many scoffers in the crowd had furtively hoped. They did not embrace. They merely shook hands in a perfunctory manner and “went to it.” The game was fast, but the girls were in good training, and ‘.‘played like men.” There were, of course, distinctly feminine shrieks, which were to be expected, when a player found herself on the flat of her back, and such cries as: “Oh, Isabel, you mean thing,” or “Jane dear you are at inside right,” were heard. True, on rare occasions the tussle was a good. one. Shapely and powerful shins were kicked, bruises were given and taken, and heads were knocked together in approved “man” style. The girls hope next week to play a match with another eleven, which is in the course of formation. They intend to keep wearing “gym” dress, not shirt and shorts as do the English and French teams. “It's great sport,” they said. “We like it very much, and we're feeling very lit. The person who wrote in the paper that football was harmful, doesn’t know what she is talking about. Soccer is less dangerous for us than hockey, and we like it better.” The secretary of the club (Mr Bird) emphasised that all the girls worked during- the daytime, and that the exercise was splendid for them. It was a fine “manly” sport, he thought, and the girls all enjoyed it. The little band of Amazons is led by four English girls who have known Soccer in the Old Country.