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FOOTBALL.

TIMARU I. BEAT STAR I. Mr A. Shirtcliffe.) This game vu played on the Caledonian •Grounds yesterday afternoon, before & fair number of spectators. Grounds and weather were moat favourable for a good game, and anyone who did not enjoy tha- dispiay given by both, aides, would be hard to plea&e. The game from beginning to end was keenly - contested and very interesting, and at no stage did enthusiasm tail. It was also fasiec than is usually seen ,oa the Caledoniaii Grounds; the nature of the ground being particularly favourable for the back*. Budd, for Star, kicked off against the "sua. and Priest, rinding Stat followed up fast, forced near tha corner. Following the kick out Holderness got the bail away i rum the scrum very neatly, but the deadly tackling by Burns and Auld stopped Timaru* attack. Then Star pressed Timaru for a short time, and a little mix up neac Tinwra's twenty-five resulted in a Timaru man getting off-side in a dangerous position. The offence proved fatal to Timaru for A. Budd landed a beautifully directed kick. The game had been in progress only three minutes. Following the kickout Timaru forced play into Starts territory, and Doyle g,t away, but was soon overhauled. . A Star getting off-side gave H. Fraser a shot; Timaru then pressed into Star twenty-five for a few minute*. Budd. Husband and Langrish shifted the ball tf> Timara's side of the half-way, but OXeary relieved -with a well-judged line kick. ' Scrumming in Star twenty-five with an occasional p:i«s from the respective halves, ended in Star forcing. The kickout s:iw Hertnon play a useful corner shot and Stars were only relieved by a Tinmn "forward playing off-side. A scrum followed oo Stars' 25 line, and about ten yards from touch. Timaru, who were packing their .serum neatly, got the ball Tery cleanly out to Holderness, and he ' gave a fine pass to Dalglish, who sent it on to OXeary; them Hertcon received the pass and handed the leather to J. Fraser, who nude a dash and luckily managed tn grass the ball a few feet from the ccrner sod jn.it over the goal lice. * This piece of play was vary quickly done, and was pretty to watch, every back having handled to* ball. failed to convert at a difficult angle. Timaru continued to pre** and several scrums took place near Star* twenty-five, and not far from the side line, and two or three, times Holderness nude use of the blind side, and finally from vt scrum, passed to OXeary and the latter raced at top for the line and scored a plucky try. getting right through Star*" -defence. OXeary took the kick himself and easily converted. From tha kick-out, Hart marked and play went to half-way. Star were penalised, and OXeary's line kick ended in Star again working to half-way by using v the line and occasionally some close footwork among- the forwards. Hunt and Budd and Green were getting away a few tiroes, but generally their runs ended in a penalty for small breaches. Clark (Star? repeatedly got the ball from Thomson at half, but the latter seemed to get lazy and allowed Tmoaxu to recover themselves. Another serum immediately in front of Timaru's 'goal, let Star get the ball verr quickly out to their backs, and the leather going; to Clark, Burns, Anld and Brace, the latter made a good dash for the lice, but in his progress stepped just on the touch-one. Timaru by dribbling took play to half-way, very interesting and fast work following. Star by good rushes kept Timaru busy, and Dalgleish, OXeary and Holderness each had their turn at" defence"-" Priest got a useful mark, and his kick -pot Timaru at ease. Budd later kicked to Timaru twenty-five, and again Bruce got the baa*, and Burns backing him. up. nearly scored. Star insisted <w» keepingthe ball in Timaru's .quarters until Holderness by a smart *u*d feinting run saved the position and gave Tiraarn a breatherStar forwards only rushed play back to half-way, and the whistle sounded halftime.—Timaru 8, Star 3. OXeary kickec| off and play went to half-way. Hertnon marked, and the rusii which followed resulted in Timaru being penalised in Star"* ground. Some give and take play followed about half-way, until Thomson kicking well into the open allowed the Stars to get in a dangerous' position, and later Timaru were compelled to force. From a passing rush initiated by Holderness in midfieM, Star took a tuns at attacking, and play became very fast and open. Timaru offending by off-side play, gave Budd a splendid chance, but the ball went so close to the post that the referee had occasion to refer to the touch judges, and their decision was "no goal." •'After this Timaru had their turn, and Fraser receiving a smart pass from Holderness. raced for the Ene from .half-way, but with no ore to back him up the 'ball went near the comer. Clark getting a mark, put Timaru defending, and some midfield line play occupied about rive minutes, untU Bruce receiving a sharp- pass from Auld, the latter was grassed hy Holderness close to Timaru's line. Play developed severalstage-* of interest, the passing by the back* on both sides was met by sound tackling, and forward rushes were easily frustrated by the r2*peetive backs in turn. Star were passing well, and from a loose forward rush Green scored, grounding tijeball near the post, lhrring the setting of the ball for the consequent kick, a Star, player, under orders from the referee, left the •field. Then Budd by a nice kick shot the ball squarely between the posts'., thus equalising the scores—eight all. Star kept pressing, and fast open play resulted, after Timaru had got timely relief through a breach on Star's part. Jiara, Cordon and J. Clark were leading a forward rush for Tiamru when Burns seat play back by a safe liner, and then each side had a torn at attacking. Timaru rushed and Btar go 4 off Bide, and OXeary landed a fine goaL Mixed play followed under Timaru goal, then J. Fraser got a clever •JDark. and following this, Doyle, Fitzgerald and H. Fraser bad & go up the field, bo* Burns saved for Star. Play went up and down at a great pace, and wane exchanges saw Timaru's full-back awing the position eventually. Then some quiet and slow play filled in the last five minutest, and play finished at hall-way with no advance to either side. Score:—

Timaro ». , H points. Star —~—, 8 points.

TEMUKA BEAT PIRATES. {Referee—Mr A. Cuthbert.) Pirates met Temnka seniore at Victcrh. Park yesterday afternoon under ideal football conditions and before a fair number of upectators. Temufca winning the toss, the. visitors kicked off, playing with \ha ran in their faces. The local men aswaned the aggressive from the outset and kept to the attack almost continuously till half timfc A free kick to. Pirates KhortJv after commencement, relieved plav somewhat, and again towards the tad of the •pell the visiting forwards, by fjood footwork, took the leather into Temnka territory, bat the latter, by a similar method «tarned to the attack and some fast for-

ward play resulted in Scott securing & try, the kick at goal being resultless. The second spell produced much more interesting play though it was hardly an exhibition of the science of the game. From the visitor** twenty-five the local backs started * pawing rush, the only resnlt of which ' was to transfer the scene of operations to the opposite touch line. Here Twomey, from a mark?,* centred, and a strong attack was set up, a score being averted onlv by the ball being kicked over the dead" ball line. From the kick ont Pirates' forwards tame away with the leather and succeeded L: keeping play for some time in their opponents' territory. Here thev obtained a mark and from about half-way, Carlton jd»ced a magnificent goal, making the ecore three aB. Spurred by this, Temuka forwards, bore down on their opponents' line and the visitors had an anxious time on the defensive till the failure of one of Temuk's many fruitless passing rushes, enabled them to clear their lines. D. Horgan was instrumentaj in shifting play back ( again and then Grant had another unsuccessful attempt at goal. After this, play 'centred for a while till a mark obtained iby a Pirate forward enabled the wearers ;of the skull and crces-bones to attack, I which they did strongly for a time, but . without results, owing to the weakness of [their backs. A free kick to Temuka for ( unfair tackling brought a rapid change on the scene and from that time till the end of the game, the "visitors were hard put to defending their lines. Temuka forwards I almost invariably got the ball, but their hacks gave a wretched display of handling it. Twomey usually got it smartly awav from the scrum, b»t Scott appeared to run too much across-field- and the passing broke down with Keen, who failed repeatedly to huudle the leather. However, the forwards pressed Thrice they penned the blacks down on the lice and thrice the pressure was relieved.. There were but a few minutes t>' go and the excitement was intense rill Twomey whipped the ball out from the ecrummage, passed to Scott, who transferred to Grant, the last named making a good opening for Davis, who eluded a taekle from a Pirate and scored amid wild rheering in a good position. The kick • failed and shortly afterwards time wa? '. called. J The game throughout was "of an energetic [ character, played in the best of spirit, , and a very fair exhibition of forward play. | The backs, however, played much below [ senior form. The Pirates* backs were never prominent in attack, and the loc"! backs. though they threw the ball about, did an in such an erratic manner and with eucb , Jack of combination that many chances were ithrown away. Temuka's score should have (been much mere than it was. i

STAB n. V. GERALDES*E H.

I The match Star v. Geraldine, played |at Geraldine yesterday afternoon, was a . hard-fought game, but resulted in a draw, ino score being made by either side. The | Geraldine team was the heaviest, and the i'Star were a -man short.

TIMARU H. .BEAT TEMUKA n. (Referee, Sir Pearson.)

j At the Athletic Grounds, yesterday, Tejmoka 11. met Timaru 11. From the ! sound of.the whistle, the game was very I fast, and within a few minutes Timaru re- ; gistered twj> tries, Randrup. and Thompson [both scoring, but the kicking failed to improve the score. From this on, the play was very even, any advantages being at once equalled by the brilliant play of both' teams. Towards the end of the second spell, by attacking strongly Temuka scored a try, which was not improved by the kick. Timaru 6, Temuka 3.

CELTIC BEAT ZINGARI

tßeferee. Mr Geo. Strachan.V

This match was played on the Caledonian Grounds prior to the senior game t and started at about 2 o'clock. The game on the whole was a very interesticg and fast one, a pleasing feature being the passing rushes of the Celtic backs. The score of three points to nil does not represent the merits of the game, for Celts were almost living on Zingari's side of half-way, except for a few moments in the second >pel! Zingari his\z-i off, and Celtic immediately j»ot to work, and by good forward dribbEisg and passing among -the backs kept in Zingari* twenty-five. Occasionally a Celt got off side and gave j Zingari momentary- reSef. The Celts were ; getting a good share of the scrums, and | Wade repeatedly sent the ball out to his ! backs. For breaches of every description Celtics had a good share, and when they | made any progress at aD one of their forI wards either got off side or a back threw [the ball forward. Half-time sounded with Zingari busily defending. Darroch was j playing a good defensive game for Zingari, ; and McWhirter put m useful work also. | All of their forwards stock together well, j and had had a lively half-hour. On changing ends Zingari pressed for a short rime, but the Celts recovered. Celtics did not j have so much of their own wav hi this ; spell, but only once were thev in anv danger. Segar. McWhirter and" Campbell were doing good work, and towards the last of the spell Eugece Sullivan had a shpt at goal through Zingari getting off sme. His kick was near and on the twenty-five line, and he succeeded in landing a fine goal well directed. From this out the play became exciting and very fast, and a few minutes after the whistle .sounded. leaving Celtics winners by 3 points to nil.

TEMUKA 111. BEAT TIMARU HI

(Referee, Mr J. Thompson.) Temuka DTI. versus Timaru in. resulted i.i a win for the visitors by 7 points (a potted goal by McKeltar, and a try by Surridge), to Timaru 3 points (Glanville a HIGH SCHOOL V. PIRATES', A DRAW. \ (Referee, Mr W. Pearson.) In this match neither side scored, though Pirates lost a good opportunity from a free kick in front of tha goaL High School nil. Pirates niL WAIMATE OLD BOYS BEAT STAR BX (Referee, Mr Johnstone.) This match was played on the High School Grounds yesterday, when Wsimate won by 17 points to 3. Waimate were playing weU all through, and a pleasing feature of the game was the * successful kicking of one of their backs; out of four penalty kicks he secured three of them; later on two tries were scored, resulting from rushes. Star HI. had not their fuQ strength, and were very often! completely broken up.

ASSOCIATION. The match between the North and South End players was played on the Park Grounds yesterday, and resulted in a win for the North End by 1 goal to niL Some good play was isfcown by both teams, and the goal was placed from a pretty free kick by R, Binning. Good plar was "shown by Binning. Gledhill, Thikett, Bollinsort, Jamieaon, H. Keeo. /

Charles Jarioit, a well-known motor car maker in London, at considerable risk to his own neck and those of his five companions, ritde a motor car along the Radical road on the face of Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh. This being an illegal act, he was brought up to the Burgh Court and fined three guineas. An interesting comment has been made by the Victorian Geological Director, Mr E. J. Dunn, upon the fact that quurtz obtained from a depth of 4224 ft in the New Chum railway ruiue,- at Bendigo, had yielded at the rate of about an ounce to the ton. A few days ago a* specimen of this quartz was forwarded to the Victorian Mines Department, the interest attached ttf it being due to the fact that it came fronj the greitest « l ept v i at which gold-bearing quartz had evei.bcen obtained in any part of the world. The geological director, who has just returned from the country, has -now written the following minute concerning the specimen:—"This remarkable specimen of auriferous qutrtz is evidence of the vast stores of wealth in gold possessed by the State. It is a guarantee of the stability and progiessive prosperity of Bennigo that such rich ore exists at such great depths. The winning of such ore from a vertical depth of over three-quarters of a mile from the surface is an achievement of which Bendigo miners may justly feel proud."

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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12978, 18 May 1906, Page 7

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FOOTBALL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12978, 18 May 1906, Page 7

FOOTBALL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12978, 18 May 1906, Page 7

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