FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 171, 12 August 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

TAKANARI BEATS MANAWATU. SCORING ALL DONE IN LAST 15 MINUTES. By Telegraph.—Press Association.

l'almerston X., Last Sight. The i'aranaki and Alanawatu reps, met to-day, the visitors winning by -4 points to nil. The turf was in excellent condition, The contest was nut so one-snlnl as expected, the home team lioluni}: die visitors safe for the whole i)l the lirst spell and most of the second, i lie home forwards, were superior on he line-out and in the tight, and loose. In the scrum Taranaki got the bail mo»t often. From a line-out the local team would have scored on many oceain M. i fo r the visitors' speedy backs, n the joose the home forwards bustled the opposing backs a,„i only mi6se(l oconng by inches. The home backs were do good m attack but solid in defence. laranaki won the toss and .Mamuvatu kicked oil against a slight wind. For the -first quarter of an hour plav was confined mainly to mid-field, where des Berate pushing and tight work was cartadjn. J-rom « tight push the vwti.i* backs got possession and., invaded the *icon* -0, but live, backs and forwards lack ed like aemijns'and 'smothered ail ■efforts to score. 'Cameron got p„, Sl , s . , 1 ' tU, "' h a " d 'l'll " o l#j toii-i-il. (ioud work bv the 'olal -forwards forced plav bv ]on<e rusheij ""to the Yellows' 25. 11..,, all the team worked hard and Buchanan broke .away, but Cameron reT± ™ e( * rU(!n forwards continued to attack with unabated energv, work\H Ti Wa i'. » ght U I J 10 the Yellow lint. The Yellows' relieved, but Al. Carroll came up and bustled Phi and looked dangerous, hut the Taranaki for--1 J S<>t possession ami were awarded a free kick, which J. Stohi missed. Manawatu again came near the line, but Cameron re levcd. Later a scrambling lush compelled I'aranaki to force ThS defence of the Taranaki backs was se- .' ™ n< ?. a weak was Ito be found. The whistle went for halftime, showing no score, but ending with (■lay a trifle 111 favor of Manawatu. hi the second spell, the visitors livened up but not till within fifteen minutes of time did they score, after hav'Ln ift fi cnera ' out o' the Oreens. After the kick-off a kick by Cameron put the Yeilow-s on the attack, and a kick by i'lm went out at the corner flag where a useful kick by Keed Relieved the pressure. Th e i'aranaki forwards then came right up to the Green,hue out the Carrolls broke awav and this led to attack which was stopped by a mark from \H- no tt Taranaki then attacked, but' Boon re--I'eved, and from a free kick J. stohr r l, For a lon S Into n».hT f P i Wa l e ™ n ' n terspers'cd by flashes of back play amongst the Yel- !? ,vlucl ' was smothered by the Greens. iaranaki gradually came into Missing 3,1(1 SCOred ' Ca,nelon l'arana-ki .. , 3 Alanawatu .. " • The" again attadced and once fhe m hnM n f g °V n a rM ' but *4 to »n? iu ng " / y a series of power* •Ul fciClfe Stalker transferred play to the and after'a. 6 and, after a good run, transferred to A. btohr, whose jersey Stalker just managed to catch, stopping what looked liki a certain score. Whisker organised a rush to the Yellow line/ but the tables were quickly turned and again &5E tZ^ 6 | L° otll ' g loUn<l a scrum anS vm«f a 001116 J " Stohr cm

Taranaki .. ~ g Manawatu .. *' 0 .iY.tl, about ten minutes to'go, the iellow fonv|r<Ja had evidently tiled the local men -out and J. Stohr g „t over m.n " P fT S rU6 ' h C - She « h » ! > converted. 11 MBn,te neither Taranaki .. ~ 14 Manawatu .. q POXSOXBY XEAM IN SYDNEY.

By Press Association.—Copyright Received 11, 7.33 p.m. ° D „ , T „ s -V <l '"-'.v. 4"g«st 11. ronaonby deleated Xewtown by 14 to

There was special interest in the match, as it decided the club championship ot Australasia. The weather was dull and drop? of rain fell. The attendance was about 8000. Xewtown wis handicapped by the absence of two of the selected men who met with sMit recidents during the mornin". Their paces were taken by less' promhient c! ntL a - v thr °ngh the second spell Booth was also disabled, his rib? being broken. The visitors showed to better advantage throughout the early l'art of the game. McGregor, takin* advantage of a mull, scored ,i smart"trv. ihe visitors' pressed heavilv. some line Scrum work ami n superb rush ending in Hail getting over. O'Leary failed" in both instances to convert, Murray added added a third try, hut Webb missed the goal. Newtown's only score was a penalty goal kicked by Russell. In the second spell Newtown added a I-CMlty goal by Russiell. For Ponsonbj McGregor scored a good try from a cross kick by Gillett, O'Leary convei't-

MAORIS BEAT QUEENSLAND. Received 11, 7.35 p.m. „ . , Brisbane, August 11. Ihe Maoris beat Queensland by 3G points to 25.

A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION. Received 11, 11.55 p.m. . . Brisbane. August 11. ihe visitor?, found Queensland more than a match in the first half, which ended: Queensland 17, Maoris 12. Asher played brilliantly, having four unconverted tries to his credit. In the seco:id half play was fast and furious. Kulitai mira and Rahete obtained tries in quick Asher converting the last two. Tuikc added the fourtff, Rahete another. Taoinui adding the extra points to the latter. Just" before'notime sounded Ashcr crossed the line. Again the kick at goal failed. It was a. close game. Several thousand rushed the ground and made a hostile demonstration against the visitors 1 :

The Hawke's Bay team against Taranaki for Wednesday of next week will ""-Lack. Symes; three-quarters. .Vail, Absolum, Lewis'; live-eighths, Kenyon and Higginsj half, Smith; win", .Javies; forwards, Hackett, Struthers. Ihow C-ollingc, Downing, Scullion, and Nicholson.