FOOTBALL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16510, 18 August 1924, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

POVERTY BAY DEFEAT'S BAY OF PLENTY.

The'match between Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay, on the Oval on Saturday, resulted in a comparatively easy win for the local team, although they failed to pcore in.the second spell, while the visitors put on nine poipts; In the latter half of the game the Bay of Plenty'team showed niore dash, and kept their opponents’ at bay, the* score being altered from 23 to pil at halt lime, to 23 to 9 at the end of tile game. Poverty Bay kicked off against the wind in tin: second spell, and attacked immediately. Ttireia and .MacFarlane being prominent. Tlu’i visitors, pressed temporarily’, but it took them all their time to reach their opponents’ 25. Their attempts were repeatedly spoilt by fumbling' and poor passing. ' After 1 'several fruitless attempts, however, a good runlook the visitors'down to the line, where the ball went out, Front the line Out a player dived aei'oss the’line, and Tangitu open the Bay of Plenty tally. ,' Taugitii’s kick failed.

Poverty Bay 23, Bay of Pi.eii.ty 3

Bay of Plenty continued to be aggressive, and tlio ball was kicked over the line:, only to be forced by Langiands. The home team returned to the.attack, but after'getting very close to their objective \ver6 repulsed. Tangitu and Barton making a good run, which ended when the ball went out near the goal line. Play remained iii the red territoriy, the’visitors being awarded two free kicks "in rapid succession. From a. line out near the corner Langiands secured, and-Turoia took play to the other end before being stopped. The visitors came- hack, however, and showed occasional flushes of improved play, hut their efforts were invariably spoiled bv faulty passing. A free kick against the reds gave the vise tors an opportunity, and Sergeant added three points with a hcai'il if ill kick. Poverty Bay 23. Bay of Plenty 6. Again Bay of. Plenty attacked, but without result, being stopped when a try looked certain. A repetition of the effort saw Leslie in sore - straits, but Langiands came to his rescue and took the ball to tho other half, where the home team were penalised. The visitors crossed the lino again, but' the ball wins forced. There was nothing to. prevent them scoring a. few minutes later if an easy pass had not- been dropped. The game Continued to move up and down in the. Poverty Bay half, and' ultimately the visitors were rewarded when Barton got across from a liner-out;-• Sergeant’s kick did irot leave the- ground. Poverty Bay ■ 23, Bay of Plenty 9. , Tile Bay of Plenty fbnv:nds maintained a- surprising dash, and kept the local boys busy all the time. The reds had hardly crossed out of their own half when Mount kicked out of the nick aiid Tureia. carried j>lay further up field, where the Bay of Plenty full-back fumbled: badly, another player only just forcing i,n timei to prevent' - Langiands scoring. The-order :of play was again quickly reversed, the visitors faking the ball toi the other end,' where' the home side were Siivkl by the ball going out almost on the line. Nothing resulted, however, arid the whistle went-'with' Bay of Plenty still attacking, the final score being' 1 Poverty Bay 20, <• ■’ > Bay of- Plenty ... ... g Mr. IS. Oorbetfc was iqferee. MGTU DEFEATS WAIKOHU BY ’ 6 POINTS TO 3. SCRAMBLE IN THEMUi). • the heavy rain wliieli was experienced on Saturday morning made the To Ivauaka ground very bad lor the .senior representative game between - Mot u mid Waikoliu sub-unions, which was played during the afternoon.: Light showers fell prior to the-.start, of the match, hut the weather .remained fine during the actual play. .The attendance was small, due no . doubt to the .unsatisfactory weather. .... • .

The ground was. very -heavy to start with, and alter the game had keen going for a time got rapidly worse, and the match soon developed into a. scramble hi the mud. Th©.state-of the ground prevented any-,sortm/pii,display -of- the game, but Mofii bad the better of the match throughout, and thoroughly deserved the-ii- win. Their combination Was better. than that of their opponents, - and it ss sale to say that had the match been played on a- good ground,- they would have won by a greater margin; , Towards the -close, of. the game, a. tendency to rough play was- noticeable, and the referee bad to check this on .several-occa-sions. Of the, Mot-u back division, Haiii sen, Will ia-ms, and Hope played the best game, while, Givrlick and .Marino were prominent iii. thjv forwards. M.‘Brown was. easily the 'best of th© Waikoliu hacks;; while Swainson, Lo'ekhart, -and. intrady played' well in the forward line.

Waikoliu kicked'.off against ■ tL© wind, mid their forwards got into action) O’Grady gassing out to Swoinson, wl|o tWiilsfei'rdd -to llaronga. “ Hunta. saved •Willi-a kick, winch foulul the line. A strong- nlt-iidt by Motor was- frustrated-: bv Rtlru, who kicked: out at the corner. Following - a, 'second-' attack, hr which Motu were pressing strongly, Reid was 'obliged, to .force down. Hansen, instituted several passing movements, but the heavy nature of the ground arid’- lack, of support prevented’’ a- score. Off-side play by. Motor in front- of . tile goal ‘gave' .O’Orady-'a cha.nce. but the kick Went wjde,, Mo,t,u jggjjegd. -ii; .ngiptigr, of patjs-, Til’g'Vusiies, in which Hans,eh and Williams were prominent. After the change over' in the first- spell, the’ blue forwards made several good' passing-, ruslnfs. ■ A‘ few minut-es before half-time '•Claflick got' acios.s. lie failed to con- 1 vert. Motif 3. Waikohiu nil.. A second: score was made bv Wilton' just before •liaif-t-ime. - .Jilpfcu -6. Waikoliu 0.

■ .At.Uiii opening of the second;spell; the hiues..attacked. Lockhart and Christie figuring ilia- fine-passing rush. Hbata, i h. e ' Motu - full-back, frustrated 1 ’the- blue attack. Garlick and' Mai-ino- got’ away in a- tine dribbling rush, which- was spoilt by oft’sidb play. Blues got- off in good style, but were unable to get past, Hansen, who was playing, the best game-of the day. By this time the ground had become a. quagmire, and l most- of the players were unrecognisable. Both sides 'Confined -t-lieir efforts to dribbling attacks. Play see-sawed: up and down tlie ground, Waikoliu having the best of t hy game; for a- time. Motu had, to-force down on three occasions, and, finally M. Brown got across. O’Grady failed- with the kick. Motu 6, Waikoliu 3. Waikciliu attacked, hut were unable to score, missing several good chances. towards the close, of the game. Motu attacked -again, hut- Burn. .the.blue full-back, jrated. alDthbir efforts to- score., and the gaino •ended'; -Motu-6,-W T aikohu-3. SOUTH AFRICA DEFEATS BRITAIN, (Elec. Tel, Copyright—United Press Assn.) ‘Australian and N-.Z. Cable Association.) CAPETOWN, August 16. ’ In the first- test- match South Africa beat- the British Rugby team.by-7 points, to 3. The game was hard and c.ean, but the British spoilt their chances chiefly by had passing, (Per Press Association.) MASTER-TON, last night. The W.nirarapn senior championship concluded on Saturday, when Gladstone defeated Featherston by 13 lo 3, thereby

securing the premiership. Red Stars be ,ing runners-up. Carterton, last year’i champions, are at- the bottom of the list having only won two garnets and drawi one.

The Hawke’s Bay juniors defeated Wairarapa. juniors, on a greasy ground, bv 14 to 6. NEW PLYMOUTH., last night. New Plymouth High School succeeded in withstanding the challenge .of To- Ante College for the Mon scar Cup, the mutch resulting in a- draw, each side scoring three points. MOTUEKA, last night. The Seddou shield match, Duller (challengers) versus Golden Bay •and Motuoka (holders) resulted in a win for the latter by 13'points to'6. ..... WELLINGTON, last- night.

lWharnporo (17) heat "Porieko (10). The former showed .greatly improved form, and will probably he the team chosen to meefe Pcloiie next>Haturday for, the Clip. Petone (9) lieat Oriental (6), ’Varsity (14) beat Marist- (3), Wellington (4) beat Old Boys (0), Hutt (11) beat Athletics (6). LEAGUE RUGBY. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Tbe, English Rugby League team concluded .its tour , to-day with a match against Canterbury, which they won by 47 points top 10. The day was "dull, with no wind. About'7ooo people: were! 5 present. The visitors: were much the cleverer and the issue never was in doubt, WELLINGTON; last night. Li the knock-out competition, Newtown 24 bedt Petone 8. .

~v , .SOCCER- MATCHES. NEW ZEALAND BEATS CHINESE. AUCKLAND, last night. There" was inf'attendance .'of"18,000 for tho first test, China v. New Zealand. The weather was fine, and the ground sli pjiefy' Its Tliw -mult-of- the heavy ra in. The condition of the-ground affected both sides, hut, nevertheless, there was remarkably fine footwork. The visitors, on the whole,, were the cleverer, and showed better Combination, biit. they still lacked,.finislf. \ goal was scored by New ZealaUd ihVlLe, "first spell, .which was rather tame. > The opposing bucks were apparently;taken offytheir'guard. Honors were about even ’in- the first spell. The New Zealand forwards took better advantage of their opportunities, the Chinese losing advantages by passing too far forward to. their ' opponents’ goal aiKl-allowiiig liiei Now Zealand backs to clear. _ Apparently the Chinese arei adapting themselves: to the New Zealand style of play, as they tackled harder than" last Saturday and used the shoulder. Tbe Chinese bad the best of the first •'part "of the second spell. They started off at a- pretty pace and' surprised everybody by pressing from the outset, and maintaining the advantage. The New Zealand forwards made every effort to score),-but the defence was very sound, and tlid Chinese forwards wpre more often in ;i- 'position- to- score-than the New Zealand forwards' were. Lack of finish and a- .certain amount of. timidity prevented them adding points. Tn tho first spell, Campbell-scored,from a corner kick by Inues-'an'd Jap scored from'a pass by Wu. The Chinese had the better of the second spell, New Zealand scoring the winning goal just ,o» time, Campbell •notching from a-pass by limes-, who bad obtained from McCreanor. The final score was: New Zealand 2, China WELLINGTON, last night. In the senior-;A 1 - 1 championship, Hospital 2 beat Marist 1: Watersidevs 4 drew with Karori 4'; Diamonds s'heat Instifuto 1. In the senior B matches, Scottish Wanderers 2 beat Brooklyn 0; South Wellington 4'beat Petone 0; Welgasco 3 drew with Johnsonville.

LOCAL COMPETITIONS. - TJi e Poverty Bay- Football AssociaSaturday competition .was concluded last week, the four teams meeting in the final of the last round. On Xu. 1 ground Mercantile defeated Walersiders by four goals to one. The game was played with, a large amount of water lying on the ground, while neither team liad a- full complement of .players. Apart from the adverse conditions the game was a. good one, keenly contested, with flashes of bright play. For the winners Sharp (2), Monk, and’Turnbull were the Scorers, while J. Hanna scored for Watersiders. Mr. Baker was referee. Although Taruheru defeated Oddfellows hv five goals to,two, the game was a- particularly bright one. and tile losers were somewhat unfortunate .in not make ing more of their opportunities. For Taruheru Roots. T. Bury, Fit/anaurice (2), scored goals, and' one went- through off an opponent, while Bacon atid Reed scored for Oddfellows. Mr. Parkin was referee. THE NEXT TEST: ROOTS GOES TO WELLINGTON, ; Phil Roots, the local player who is included in the.-New Zealand loam for the next teslAnifitclr, deft overland forWellington yesterday. Tie is to play in 4 trial ganle.at PalmeDitun-North-before' going on to' Wellington.