LEAGUE

Otago Witness, Issue 3881, 31 July 1928, Page 53

LEAGUE

: AUCKLAND DEFEATED. ' AUCKLAND, July 25. ! South Auckland met an Auckland team to-day winning Ijy 19 points to 17; THE ENGLISH TEAM. ' QUESTION OF CIVIC RECEPTION. i AUCKLAND MAYORS -REFUSAL I . RESENTED. . . tAUCKLAND’ July 26. Strdng exception to the decision of the' Mayor (Mr G. Baildon) in failing to see his way to accord the English League football team a civic reception on its arrival in Auckland on Monday was taken ~ at a meet g of the New . Zealand League Council to-night. Mr C. A.' Sneddon, the chairman, reported that he had' been advised by Mr Baildon to this effect. Mr 'J. Carlow said' that every endeavour hadbeen made to make suitable arrangements, but owing to the arrival, of the Japanese ’warehips' the arrangements of the City Council hath been upset. •Mr Baildon would be prepared-to extend a welcome to th e team at the hotel. Mr W. Murray said tliaFa.’fetrp.ng protest should be made; to the authorities and the council.should express its. indignation at J" Mr A. Ferguson said it'Wasi; a'slur on the code. ' ' • " ' ■! Mr E. Stallworthy said that a reception in .the Town Hall -shdnld -be demanded on aceo.u'nt of. the< r English team making Auckland Rs first .port of call in the Dominion.' Mr Snaddem-saidAtlie Council’s action . vyas; ha’r.d I to"- ;and , it was-to £>e_regrOtted -that)suit:ahle , r ai ’g®" nients? could’ not now be f . '' ■ ; It., was- decided to Mr Bail-lion--and. ask niin to. reconsider his decisibfte.r , >'

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AUCKLAND, July 27. “I am prepared-to do the right thing. I think I- :am,a sportsman, but I told the officials, ofv the New Zealand League this morning ’ that I could-nob consider their request until the demand' for a reception had’ been withdrawn and any misconceptions had been cleared up,”, said-the Mayor (Mr Gjliaildon) in connection _wjth the impasse; that has arisen .■regarding. Hid giving reception Ito the stdam /of English^’League footballers dud in; Auckland next Week. “My position is-. perfectly clear,” added the Mayor.. ‘‘■T was asked'to’tender. a civic reception at" noofi bn Tuesday, and I agreed, providing the gathering did not conflict with-the functions in? connection With the visit of .the Japanese squadron.:. I found .later that the-official- calls .-in s.eOnnection witli the . visit had been jar ranged for Tuesday morning and that Jitr would--not be poSsibleto proceedWith’ (the wrangements “ for j welcoming,-;; the ■fqqtlialj^i-s^, : ; M» - James Cdrlaw, .Of _Uie fact, and suggested .that r j. shouldL. . visit the■ footballers later at their- liotai

and speak a few words of welcome. The - next I knew about the niattcr was when I read a paper this morning and saw that strong exception was being taken to my attitude.” A deputation had since waited on him, said the Mayor. He drew its attention to the newspaper report, and said the demand for a reception must be withdrawn before he could consider the matter. - A deadlock has now apparently 1 arisen as the Mayor has not been ap- ; proached further by the league. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. DUNEDIN. The weather on Saturday was easily the best experienced during the season for football, and as a result of the favourable climatic conditions earlier in the week no possible fault could be found with the playing areas. The senior matches resulted as follows: — Pts. - Pts. City 16 Kaikorai .. . 16 Christian Bros. 20 Pacific 10 Athletic A.. .. 30 Athletic B .... 11 POSITION - OF THE TEAMS. The following table shows the positions of the teams engaged in the senior competition:— Points. Cup

IN OTHER CENTRES. CHRISTCHURCH. Marist 24, Woolston 7. Sydenham 21, Hornby’ 7. Waimairi 20. Addington 6. NORTH v. SOUTH MATCH. EASY WIN FOR THE FORMER. AUCKLAND, July 28. The North Island League football representative team convincingly defeated the South Island by 44 points to 8 in a fast, open game, played at Carlaw before an attendance of 10,000. The North backs were altogether too speedy and revealed some clever passing bouts. Speed played a big part in the North.s victory. The South Island forwai ds were superior in all departments, but the backs were outclassed. The South Island team won the toss. The North immediately opened up a passing run, and Wetherill raced back to halfway. Goodall and O’Brien were prominent in a dashing forward rush that swept all before it, but Dufty saved in great style. Eckhoff made a. sensational run well, into the North’s twenty-five, where lie passed to Spillane, but Townsend dropped the transfer and- a try was missed. Swinging into attack the speedy’ home backs- raced away, and * Wetherill cut in beautifully and passed to Brisbane, to Raynor, and Hutt raced over to score a try’ which Delgrosso converted. North Island 5, South Island nil. The South forwards were powerful in the loose, and Goodall dashed over from a melee near the posts Robins missed an easy kick. North Island 5, South Island 3. Eckhoff, Davidson, and Blazey were prominent in a nice combined passing run, and play settled down on the North’s line. O’Connor retired hurt, and Quinn replaced him in the South pack. A bright run by Delgrosso was well supported by Wetherill, who beat the opposition and passed to Hardgrave, whose pace carried him over between the posts. North Island 10, South Island 3. Clever dribbling by’ the South forwards placed the - visitors in a good position, and from the loose Townsend and Goodall raced toward the North’s line, but the latter kicked too hard. Bright play followed, and again sure and clever passing resulted in Brisbane scoring. Dufty’ failed to convert. North Island 13. South Island 3. A few minutes later Timms scored near the corner, and Dufty converted with a great goal. North Island 18, South Island 3. Half time came with the scores: — North Island ..' 18 South Island .. -. .3

On resuming, the South forwards broke away, and Woodgate went near to scoring. Dufty cleared with a good line kick." A nice run by Mason raised the South’s hopes, but Dufty charged his kick. From a penalty, Dufty kicked a magnificent goal. North Island 20, South Island 3. From a nice passing run, O’Brien passed to Spillane, who brilliantly beat Dufty and Hardgraye to score a fine try, with which he also converted. North Island 20, South Island 8. Prentice cut in nicely and passed to Brisbane, to Hardgrave, and the last-named scored. Delgrosso > converted. North Island 25, South Island 8. Again Delgrosso was prominent, and the North half scored a clever try. Dufty missed the goal. Delgrosso repeated his effort, and scored near the corner. Dufty failed, to convert. North Island 31, South Island 8. The South Island backs revealed better form, but the pace was lacking, and Mason just failed to reach the line. Dufty wilfully ~ obstructed Robins; who looked, like scoring, but Spil-. lane missed an easy kick. Brisbane dashed in and scored a try which Delgrosso converted. Delgrosso cleverly worked the blind side and Raynor scored. Dufty failed to convert. North Island 39, South Island 8. Just before the game ended Brisbane scorbd from a passing bout, and Delgrosso converted. The final score was:— North Island .. .. 44 points. South Island ’.. .. 8 points. NEW SOUTH WALES BEATEN. BRISBANE. July 29. . , Queensland defeated New South Wales by 2® to ST.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Christian •- Brothers . . 12 11 1 0 279 62 22' City . 11 8 2 1 163 107 17 Kaikorai . 12 3 6 3 158 192 9 Pacific . . . . 12 3 7 2 133 182 8 Athletic A . . 12 2 8 2 69 174 6 Athletic B .. 3 0 3 0 37 12i 0