FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 17, 20 June 1913, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

SENIORS. / TUKAPA (12) v. CLIFTON (0). The match at Waitara yesterday be tween Tukapa and Clifton provided < fine display of fast and by 110 means un interesting football. Clifton forwaid played a fine, dashing game, and so a times did the Tukapa front rank. Th passing of the Tukapa backs was pax tieularly good, their handling of thi ball being greatly admired. In the firs spell Clifton had the better of the gam. though they were unable to score, bu in the second spell Tukapa had th better of a game in which the ball trt veiled with lightning-like rapidity up an down the field, scoring four tries, nor of which was converted. Clifton wei short of Du Blois, Loveridge, A. Las and Buna, their places being filled b juniors for the most part. It was a ideal day for football, there being r wind. Clifton won the toss, and Stol kicked off against the sun. Cade four line 11 oar the corner, and the ball comii I out Stohr attempted to pot, but tl | ball went wide. Bernsten, Cain and Cla headed a strong Green rush, which ca ried play to Bullot, who kicked up fiel Goodwin secured and cut down the fiel He was up-ended, and Hawkins, War Davidson and Steel rushed play to mi field. Kupe, Howitson. and C. Tate es cuted a passing-movement that culn nated in a force. After the kick-<

GrawleyVpassed wild, arid Tuikapa wer unable to clear. . Clifton kept up th attack,--and then the scene changed;' Cad running through strongly and gainin much ground before passing to Stoln who punted high, instead of going on, force resulting. A smart mark by Crow ley saw the ball line at mid-way, an from the throw-in Brown passed to Cadi who transferred to Stolir, who wa downed. In Clifton's territory, Whii taker obtained the ball and t Brown, who got within an ace of scoriri] but Clifton forced. An interchange < kicks followed, neither side having tl advantage until Stohr broke away ar carried the ball to the Clifton, line, whei a free kick gave the Yellows relief. Oi side play by Cade gave Clifton a fr kick, A. little later Goodwin failed 1 take a high ball, and . Stohr, Davidsi and: McAllum, following up rapidly, score for the Blues looked likely, b Whaka forced. A little later Goodw tried to p«t, but made a bad attem] the ball being forced. Crowley put CI ton back on the attack, and ,Kupe s

cured and passed to Goodwin just as l Loveridge collared him. Tho,. Clifton j flier sailed for the goal, but was collared \ by Bullot within a foot or two of the \ line. Bullot received a slight injury in t the effort. Goodwin made a meteoric i dash,, which ended when he met Lover- ] idge; but- the Clifton forward carried on the baill, until Brown marked and Stohr kicked the ball into touch at his op- < ponents' twenty-five. The Greens were ' not to be denied, and came again, Bullot j saving by kicking to the dead-ball line. < Wliittaker and Morshead followed up 1 the kick-off, and smothered Whaka's re-1 turn, but the rush, was checked by a, scrum. From this the ball came to Brawn, and a pretty bit of play ensued. Brown beat a couple of men and : passed, to Ward, who transferred to Stohr, who badly foblefj Goodwin and then gate a bad pass to Loveridge just on the line. In recovering the ball Loveridge got offside, and immediately after the freekick half-time was sounded. The- second, spell opened rather sensationally. From the first scriim at mid- ' 1 field the ball came like a flash to Browiif who hesitated* then cut in .and beat two or three men before passing to Stphr, [ who streaked for the line, with Loveridge in attendance. Dodging .and running strongly, Stohr scored a nice try, but ; failed to convert. • . Tukapa , 3 ; ■ Clifton . 0 Almost immediately, Tukapa carried • the ball over Clifton's line. Th 6 Greens ■ did not force, merely bouncing the ball, s and a scrum ensued. A rebound left V. > Tate, Cain and Bernsten with only the i full-back to beat, but Bullot proved i equal and lined. Fast and strenuous play was now the order, the forwards on both sides working well, whilst the backs were kicking well. Brown, Hawkins, Ward and Morshead carried play right under the Greens' goal,' where Brown passed .to Stohr and th'a latter transferred to Loveridge, who scored. Stohr again failed to convert. Tukapa o Clifton 0 A line-kick by Stohr placed the Blues in a handy position, where Loveridge kid hard luck in not gathering up the leather wlien in a handy position, and a force followed. V. Tate broke away and, asf sisted by Cain, Hicks and Clare, carried 1 play to the Blues' goal line, where Tu- [ kapa had some anxious moments, but 1 ultimately a long kick by Stohr brought i relief. Brown bamboozled his opponents . twice in succession, and on the latter i occasion shot out to Cade, who put in a 1 powerful run to his opponents' line. . where he was dragged down by three of t the Greens.- Tate headed another fori ward rush that f carried play to midfield, . where the ball came out to Goodwin, and . off-side play by Cade gave Clifton a free kick, and a moment later Tukapa were forced. A long kick by Cade, smartly . followed up, saw Howitson in difficulties, and'Tukapa were smart to seize the opportunity, and Stohr, gathering up the ball, passed to Medium, who scored in the corner. Stohr again failed to con- | vert. | Tukapa 9 Clifton o Loveridge nearly repeated the perform-. aiico a few moments later, being taken on the line bv Whaka, after eluding Goodwin. Wliittaker, however, increased the by three points by "scoring hi the Corner after a dashing run of about'' twenty-five yards along the line. Stohr again failed to convert, and the whistle sounded, with Tun kapa ...' 12 Clifton 0 Mr. F. Spurdle refereed. JUNIORS CLIFTON v. TUKAPA. As no ground was available at 3 p.m., 1 the time originally set down for this 1 mutch at Waitara, and as the Tukapa i Club could not send a team to play at i "1.30 p.m.. this match w:is postponed, and will be played on July 10. I

Stratford Juniors defeated Star Juni-j ors by <"> points tu nil. ' SECOND JUNIORS Star hi. asi v. technical I COLLEGE (0). [B Star 111. met and defeated Technical College on the Sports Ground yesterday afternoon by 13 points to nil. Tries were scored by llardgravc and Tamati. Havdgrave and Stanley converted one try each, and the former potted a penalty goal. High School defeated Waitara on the Racecourse by 11 points to fl. Waitara scored, two tries in the first spell, but g during the last quarter of an hour High School scored 11 points, tries being obtained by Sutherland, Pott and Crone, one'of which Sinclair converted. Mr. iGoss refereed. Star'thirds defeated Technical College bv 13 points to nil: It was a very even game until the final ten minutes, when I Star scored two tries, botS being con- 1 I verted. The Stratford School bqys defeated the Stratford Thirds in the third-grade cup competition yesterday by 8 points to 5, after an interesting game, Arliich Mr. J. H. Thompson controlled. | The Okato team to play Star at New Plymouth on Saturday is as follows.— I Corbett, Holmes, Malone, Surgenor, Adlam, Turner, Eustace, Burrows, Hawkins, R. Andrews, O'Sullivan (2), Carey, White and K. Andrews. The following will represent Star . against Okato an a: match to be .played 911 the 'RecreaifdnrSiJorts.'Gro-undq "at 3 > 5 p.m: to-morrow:—Full-back,: J. Box; r three-quarters, Tito, Carroll and Rickel- ' ben; live-eighths, Bertrand; half-back, t '. Jacob; vring forward, Stanley and . Crockett; forwards, Okey, Garrett, Ell--1 wood, Jury, Thomas, Skipper and Fran--1 cis. Emergencies, Bowers, W. Pratt and g T. Mack.