Football.

Southland Times, Issue 18834, 29 May 1920, Page 9

Football.

! | (tly "(Jnlr..-> !<>•••.” i rTrenuou.- game wi Wednesday. \S;iil;r.vi lorwnrds m great n!iui, l ull o.iek T.hey great on deience. Wellington v. Gaiilcrtiury, .lime 11. Roll tne ball in ple.;.-o j»r Keifreel btar made good u.-e 01 the wind in lint V* aikivvi's wingers had bard luck on two ! occasions. bliymg area of Rugby I’ark still holds fmu with lair turf. Knight playe-i a j;r< at ;;.inu‘ lor Waikiwi anil moves im Hy w palm. ring a pa.-s. Waikiwi lost many > n.Liitr.-. mmugn bad p asking i:rum t.he scrum, Will,-.' passes being 100 slow and badly directed. Oughtou behind the r-t.-.r pac.v pul up a solid dclcnce, but .-aoulii bo mom part.eul Ur where he srmis me ball vvuen opening, l.ob passes arc no goon. 1! u.t. expert! >i null Uic butr v, Waikiwi match on ir.c bark on \v edm-sday wo.mi pro', me a keen t'cUm-l. aim mo.-c who attended at the barn were worked up to a > great pilch ol e.viii .ocnt in t.ie cloning jsi ages ol ihc game, ..mm al any moment jit appeared mat \v tuktwi would >nateti the i game out- ol the Ice. ’lns ian.- ol bom 1 team-, u-ed ihr.r lungs in a vigorous mam j iirr, an i m was almo.-l, nnp.m'iclf to hear ! •..miiary on veiSiiuon, at limes tii".-e wtio j att 'inpUil to converse Inal in i-nout ,n | rm.k- thenistd >es heard. j Tuc Waikiwi foi warns played in srcai I style, ami W nyto lead tin- pack m a (.tiermined uta'iner bc.ng aJv.ay:- c.i bn 1 iw.-.d, iin the park leaner. ami told e.v; . i la.-t I selling a g_,.'C ekampie to the remainder u! I a willing team. Acton was always naudy I collaring m nn uncertain nianner wneii 1 called upon in do so. He tollow.s well, j and the same can be said of ail the War : ktwi iorwatu.c I'ae bay brothers put in some u.-clul v. urk and m the light were not ! at raid to gel men' hcaas (.own. Ln. 1 [ veteran or the V, aikrwt pack, ilmir 'liiCi, 1 still plays a .-mill game, aim u a.- 1. ... ; icc.u he ! m me open on several occasions. I lur.ng I the game bdoan was t. "iisn rred from me j backs to me torvvarOs, ..mi on icun hue , i.ot.s openeu up to tne oacks witn goo I j passes, tinu oitcii allow r 1 i. i.iliavi to mi--1 sidcrably improve Us p.i.'.bon. The non- ! our.- ot the game rested wtia the \> anawi ) lorwards, ami it was only their hard luck jrh.a! prevented them from scoring. I The Waikiwi backs with the exception j of Will.- played gom! games, and 1 lie pas.--i ing moven.i-nt that cn .cu in (. . ileal co■ ! ing tiie line was mie or tire best seen on i the bark on \v rene.-uays tor a long "me. | A it w more nn.vemcru - ol l !;;.- Uc: caption 1 woulii make the \ie,;nc.-day eo..i;«ail.o.i | tin're attractive lor tne pnidie. In tile l rust .-pell when playing on ills delcnsive i Wins put in ,-onie goon work, Inn I! was ■ in the second spell w;n n hi. slue wc.s at- ! Iravclm.l I hi Ia r bom his serum ami c.d : not gave la- ait ( ic tan i backs sin Uci'-i.l Lime lo get nn.'.mg. lbs pa-.-es wen- ollen mi).- i hut a a."! I in- ti' c eig'ilhs to wart ■until they arm..m. ami nul. .... ; me goim ' work of the he wain.-. .an.chi at nrst live-eighths wa.- 11.'. ;nu;;i bar ol the V» atkiwi backs, ami was always barmy both ■' on attack amt deience. ilia attendant ’ live-eiuliUis, T. Datragh. when he becomes , ti.o.e eon * ut v. .1.1 n. ■ .•...:.p .ii.on, will '. mote supper! Tiic t..r. • ■p 1 .e. , •. i.ue ol j good Cashes tor lm line, A. lies; on Inc i other wing had little to do, aim appeared : to lie soon ot practice as n.s m.-K.ng winI badly placed an 1 I.men. it" n.m imrc ! luck on one occasion in i.ol giti.ng ihc 1 line, liul l.dl ’V . lac sir- wan- .-u;e an . .-"bn. j | lai i argil d luii o.au- cm r.ol play up to was toe. prone to weal par the u mnee, ollen j allowing Ihe 1t..-! dm miwarc- to get | down upon him oenCc lie v...; ante to (. ■ hi.- kirk in. ■ Hi,. M.;.r pick w;u. up amir.-I a stall ■ propo-rtp.n ano in the o t ;"n.ri.,' . pe.i pci Up a good : however. Ihe pace toid us tat.- am. nicy ' tin'll va-.bly (II file second sped, out ic- ' mu;;! in one pond ru.-h lowai-,.- me emi : only to meet wuh strong 0p.p0.-iliun trom ’ the Waiktwi backs. G. Tilley was perhaps i the best of the Star pack and both in the 1 h.0,-e ami in the line outs was prominent. 1 Ur- try was a good euorl and was well dcsi rv el. Agm-w ami I.egga.lt were lionj e.-l wn.-ki r.-. hut the former is mcl.ncd to : make 100 much in-e of his post, ion as winger I I w ..;t tor lire licil. tne Star .trains ~e.e wed packed and the hookers nominee a fair .-hare or the bail, vrinle hi lire tight they put up a ttienuo-is o.'j/usuion to tnetr heavier opponents. The Star backs did little al lacking work ; ami any p-.s-.u,, niovem . nts tney ai.i.mptni did not ( ii", the passing m.ng : low, win ic die I,a kiing o, the Vv i.m'.vi i.-rwanls v, ~.s sonc. 1 1. all ill" r>iar p..s .ng movemini, am m.e <■. Ih.* back • a.in lac i-x eepledi of I I h.:.lt i ran mht, b.c nsuit be.ng a I. utisicr ol pia_. to ice Muer .ale instead of (town the centre. At hull Gughtun vvrus a Luv. it ot strength on defence and went down lu the \v aikiwi foiv.'..rds in good sty.e, ills line kicking was good, but at 'Tunes he was mcuiie.i to pass bhu.ily trom the scrums. Tilley at lull back proved a soil,; last i.ne, and to his cliectivu tackling Star owe.- its Victory. He did not make a mistake, and ' when playing against the wind always I found touch enabling his forwards to get i back and assist in the defence. tils kick- ' ing in a tricky wind was ai.-.o good and the ! two tries that he converted re.jui.cd long j kicks to reach the bar. Brown at centre ; played well on defence, but has yet to learn i the" art of running straight ami giving his j wingers some ground to work upon.

The following clipping taken from the Christchurch Star introduces a new side \ to Cadet football and the local Rugby Union would do well if it took the matter uii on behalf of the local Cadets and secured (hem a piece in the contesting teams: — I In conversation with a Star reporter Major Kow stated that, at the end e.t this football season, there will be a competition between Senior Cadet teams from the four-, big centres, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunediiv The competition will probably be a tournament, such aris played between the colleges and the public high -elmois of the Dominion, and should p,ove a very welcome one to the Cadets. The teams will be selected trout Cadet companies which drill in the even ing and Caatts or Cadet teams from the secondary schools will not be included ;» the eomp.etit'on. It is considered that if O.idfts from thr hj hj school < wore allowed i) inter, those In os who in. 11 in the even:t■ -4 and work ;n the uay Would not have equal chance of rep: eventing the.r (own, . -■ :ootb..ii is practically part of the syllabus of school work. It has been suggested dm the King's (up. which was presented Ip. hi.-, .‘..uji.ny tor comp-c Ction imv hig.-t A: my to in- in EngL n’:i, and wh'ch was won by the Mew Zr;:l nd D.visional Trench Tfuim, Hindi I he sc-uv.i as u trophy to. - the winners of the Cadet tournament. ...mhi Ms : tug, .-ton can be earned sin. idri is not known, but the cup would be . >•■>. I p’n;e to play tor if it cm Id be pou cl. Major Row is at pre- : ( nt eommu eat-ng with various author.ties in the o'h t -r lowm w ill a view to com--1 pleting an" r, cm.ins nt.orc the end of the season. This will give the Cadets of the uir.i rent lavas time to train for the :-'i:ni ‘ii'( at, Tii ■ ,i , i is ;■ very fin? one and should do much to menu-age foot I? nil :ii.ll a.t th, !, i.. Ti-.p only difficulty 0.i,.- in i> ■ ii-,;,. 11i the bops may not in able ;o ioivi' ilieir work to travel to the town in which the tournament will or he’d. The an nowies an; t;> oe congratulated on th.df tin? e.forts to proi \ ide spurt for the Ca,flats. The ill. r Won of the Tiraniki Rugby I ;iinll in tour R.- Si.inh Island this year isays the Taranaki Daily News) should be , an additional incentive to players to pet ’ into form, for with the home and away ; n: tehes ugains: Wanganui, Wellington and : Auckland, as well as the possibility of a 1 :-:;.:eh being played by the touring team in ; ’.Vaiarnpa. a,- well a homo match against i die .-south Island country representatives, i Taranaki lias a big programme in front of it, ami before the season ends a large number of players will probably have the opportunity of representing the province. If Taranaki is not to lose the fine reputation she has d.-.-a, vedly penned in the past it is n.-iv- ary liiai all players should hold j • i.emsi Ives in read.new to put forth their i best endeavours for the province when calD i i'd upon. Two junior team? Invercargill and W'ntrn played on Rugby bark, on Wednesday. Although th" football w as tan of a high ordi r •he game was interesting r.-.d a fair number ! ..f spectators were on the tnuchiines. The - -tore w:ls scarcely a criterion of the play ; | ]-, in lame score v. ;.? a iv. ult of their | m.dciiig use of opportunities. In the first ! spell Whit on were nearly always attacking bei; poor | iiing gave Dines plenty of clian- ! Ec- for orfensire work. Wimon appeared I to have had little practice at kicking, and I faded to make use of the high wind. At half time with Wlnton only five points ahead there wars Iltt.e doubt as to the resnl. In the second spell Blues opened up the game ami scored lit teen [tomls; no tries j converted. I Th" Bine forwards were a solid pack | although rather lazy in following up. At I lime,- i hey started passing rushes, the only

combined play of the mat'di. Mills worked hard and followed up well. He wa? pro-o-fidv ;he only tit man in the forwards. The Bine b.a’ks had no com.-mation. They sii"rd that they had no desire lo go down lo forward indie . and their wild speculation.- were rather funny nt times. Patterson pi tv.-i! well on attack and win a hard man to stop when going. 1 nrlvs at tub bark hail a, lot of work to do and he did it well.. iT.c '.V.iiton team were ail out for individual work. They have one or two fast ;m:i in the hack-, notably the full back, ho sa’. c ; often by i mining round his op-;.oTi:-nl-. I Irani :n first line-eighth had any ..mount of iduek and he stopped rush after rush. lie would (day much better in his old po-htion m the forwards. Aiiimufh the Blue team won they did not play a specially clean game. It win? not’.ee;d.!‘> when a Blue man and an opiniir nl v. ere running for the ball that very’ •i I a’ dm Winlon man was either knocked dim n nr .- In a ddered off when yards away from ine ball. On one o’-easion when a Bine man had h't-n slopped in a promising rush lm came to earth with his opponent. The H.io" n,an rose first and noticing his op; 1.1 in a bending position as he was pc: ;mg up. he amninistere-d a blow with his open time: on that part oi the piayers anatomy when m earlier life is usually the oiqeet of corporal |anushiiienL. No oount he thought it a humorous act, but it was not the act of a gentleman and tnotballcrs are e,\i eeled to be gentlemen. It may bn -aid that Ihe i lie meatmentioned inviimb y t,:i ;< ;!:;■ •■ v. Imn the n a r,'c was waleh.i.q I fie play , ome (dataller away. iin iVeam-suay the Invercargill team tea . cleei. to Riverton .and hud an easy w.n. the Riverton gionnd was in very good orner although tiie surface was uneven. The 'ii-luroig Pel, o. trees broke lue force of dm strong geh’ l i .some extent but when dm bail i to any height it was caught m die w;m,. Ijeim: ham to lake. ihe Invercargill team ha a ihe auvant.ige of combination. I heir op( 'au nts oemg picked from die team-- m dm (stern tdstr.et com|ict.1 ion. in th" fir.-t (day wa- itnrty even, idle see.'iife Pe nn doin’; most of tin,’ attackin:, in the m uiki .-peil, li.ues ( laying with the Horn, "ot ihe bull out t o Intir uucks and iine.hy v.un eomluitably. The Bine forwards were belter than their opponents. The Riverton serum broke up 100 ;i; tdeiily, tC'iiO in,’,' in the Bine pack t.ei'om in or,mom,': lu.-lms. In line out -■ ?, ..mar. lor Hie. -. a.- e. o ( -a noils. ’idle Bloc backs look advantage of mont of riu-ir chances. The rearguard are sel;m,g i,own to liieir pi,.alums ami the team seems to be uni roving in every match. As w:l- expected the Western backs could not con.;.me. .’..ills at half played [luckily hut wa.- : atied on to i.o more than ms share of work. the lu.trdm centre ran strongly at times. loe Bine goal-kick,ng was not good, many of the shot.- being ialteti in good po-.i.oiis near tm j ad.-. N.itsr eonveiLed one try wdh a btiauliiul kick irnm near lire toni'N up. .-j.- rabies from Australia have latelv

;;:vi I; j .r. . niinenci" lo the decision of tile Ministe. in i.ilucat on in New South Wales in allow i.ic tit;. t.y i. n.ou game lo be played in tile Slate schools and lo a report that the Sydney Idm\ersity would m future play a team unuer the League code. Although the me.sage referring to the latter has Lcrn denied the team has actually plnyc.. and 10-t ,! looks as o iiie vast stronghold of Rugby IS,a.on fnntb.ll in An,I; alia is aoout to l.e ser.ou-ly attacked by the tival game. At I he same time, Sydney louuTs.ty air-o has a Rugby loam in action. The uni', c.silica aim colleges nave ..I-,-. -vs b. . n a i.ouicp ot strength to the L nion us exponents of open football. In pa.-sin;', it is well lo note the phenomenal rise ol I he League game in Australia. in the gume was slatted in New South V* ami wuci! the war broke out it had oiitaiiU'd a Iremi'iinoi:.- holu on the Aus;ri:!ig.;i ; übi.e. T htonghoul the war period the game went on wlidc l.hc L, mon game was .m a slaii'istili. At the rml ol the war the t tuoti awoKe from a long pcriofl of i(Uic '.'iius too laic to regain its old position. The leturu of the A.Li - ', team had little ci met. At i he ojKining of the IU2O season a few Sat uvdays ago there was an atlintie.nce ol oeer gd Udd people at the star League match, Balmain v Eastern Subu.l.s; wbde iiu; attendance at the best L nion match was gi\tn at 1500. In Qu-euslana the Union game is not played. The game in New Zealand has not progressed so rapidly but it is getting a big hold in northern centres. Diming the present season an English Northern Union team (already in Australia.! will tour Australia and New Zealand. It has been recognised by football critics in Australasia that the two games cannot well exist side by side. One must go back.

The controlling bodies of Union football have recogniserl that something must be done and an endeavour is being made, particularly in New Zealand, to make the .Union game as attractive to spectators ns the League. Last year the Auckland Union brought forward a number of rules known as the “Auckland Rules” which were discussed and adopted for the time being by the governing body, the New Zealand Rugby Union. An unexpected difficulty led to them being- dropped—the I.ndish Union pot, wind of what English cvitics called "the rebellion .n New Zealand.” and when the New Zealand Rugby Union communicated with Etc lanyli.-h Union they met with opposition. The latter coiri' 1 ever: the pioposids at great length but notiiing was done. An attempt is now being mace to have the proposals discussed by representatives oi tnc Rugby Union world where the various countries of the world will have equal votin' power and will not be, as they are at p c-ent. dependent on the limdbh Union. The New Zealand Rugby In in was to have met last night in Wellington and as northern writers have been dropping hints that "something was going lo happen’’ in connection w.th R ; ; iho'-o, the report of the meeting will be awaited with keen interest. The .Athletic club held a well attended meeting last night, that was '’ailed with the ob:e?t of pult’nr; the sen or team on a more satVfactoiy footing. Membe s present took pa ; m a candid diaeivdon, the oa'com" of which was that all member- pnvrni signified their intention of working together for the betterment of the club. A new select;on committee comprised of the club captain, Mr J. Sparks, and Messrs T, Horan ! pd’Miipletnft was, eirrted, the appointment of a teams’ captain being left until after •hj- pple-’t on of the senior fifteen. The toiw of thr inerting was tint member,- were ke p n to advance t.he position of the club and that practice games would be better attended in future. The res’iilt of the matches in Christchurch ' last week were as follow; Merivalc (211 | v. Old Hoys (12i ; v. Varsity i (,•)> ■ Limvood (ft) v. Sydenham DU ; Albion 1 (12) v. Chridchnrch (niU. ! In the Dunedin competition A’arsity "A” ‘ and Alhambra are heading the competition I with 10 point? each, neither having suffered i defeat N urs.ty has 117 point,? to its i credit against 22, while the A Immbra scorj ing sheet reads 121 for and 8 against. GALBRAITH SHIELD. Pts Pts rid.Wn Li’t.Dn.for.agst.Pts. Star 4 4 0 0 31 18 8 Waikiwi .... 4 22 0 47 23 4 Athletic .... 3 1 2 0 18 3b 2 Invercargill .. 3 0 3 0 <> 2o 0 SATURDAY COMPETITION. Pts Pts Pld.Wn.l^t.Dmfor.agst.Pts. i Hanks Law 3 2 1 0 40 26 4 i Union 3 2 1 0 20 24 4 i Bluff 3 1 2 0 20 37 2 | Public Service . 3 1 2 0 .0 *.4 j INTKRPROVINCT.AI. FIXTURES. ! ! (Special to the Times.) I WELLINGTON, May 2S. | yi-jp following imcrprovlnria! matches to i be played nt Invercargill have been arranged i by Mr A. H. Gctides, Southland’s rep resent a- ! ti’ve to the annual meeting of the N.Z. ' Rugby Union ; : Canterbury—August 11. Otago - August IS or 25. ; Wnirarapa--September j Wanganui-—September S, I Wellington G’-ptember bl. ; South Ganteibury September 22, | Otago (at Dunemn 1 - ■ End of Septemorr. i Auckland and Taranaki prefer lo visit i Southland at a later date. |