FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13636, 2 July 1908, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

•■■' AUSTRALIAN TEAM FCR ; ENGLAND. Press Assbciatfon-By, ( The Rugby Union lias arranged 28 fixtures for the Australian hotbalkre, commencing with Devon on September ZbUi. The "programme /includes England, Irethe Universities.; the Coun.ies, Aruiy and Navy, and leading clubs concluding with on January Ist. .;" ' SYDNEY, July 1. , Thi» University footbajl team were welcorned by the Sydney; University Club. "MAORIS BEAT QUEENSLAND. ~, :.'•'"'■ Received 11.2 pjn... Jury Ist. " BRISBANE, July 1"The Maoris beat. Queensland by 13 prints t<»L5 points.: The game- was very willing and .exciting and evenly played. The first naif ended with Queensland five, a goal 6dm a try by'Dpre; Maoris niL In the second half the Maoris made the pace : hot and kept Queensland strictly on the defence giving no 'chance to add to their ■corel • Asher scored two tries and Tuki one try, .tiro being converted.

ANGLO-WELSH.TOUR.

HAWKE'S BAY BADLY BEATEN.

Per Press Association.

' NAPDSB, July 1. The football match between Briiam.and Hawke's Bay - was played this afternoon. and was-won by the visitors by 25 points, to 3, any difficulty- TThei .crowd jras estimated at «ix thtmsand.'*: Xhe-r ground was hv excellent order,.;,there was Tjeiy little, windjland it was'a sunny aut-. -uinhday. As the game was-over; early thti4 was good Lghc throogKout. Only in tie early part of the first spell did'Hawke's Bay give'their-, supporters much reason for hopVnlness. 'lntue second spell "when the British .players, especfaDy the backs asserted themselves, the interest of spectators flagged-in an Tunnistakeable manner. Admirable passing and line,! kicking and , cleyer > dotiging were features of the match." " -■ \- \, ., -'■ The teams were as ; follows: —Britain— Folback, Dyke; threequarters, J. L. Williams, J. P. Jones,'J; Tnaa Jones, Chapman; half backs, WOliams; forwards, Hardingf (captain), Mprgan, Oldhau, F. L. Wflliams, bos. and Green. . " ■'■,': "... ' ,'■ Hawke's Bay-r-EnHbiack, r-O.' Symtt; tnreequarters, J. Baker, A. Wall; , five^ighths,>H. i ,Jsmith, W. Kenyan J half- back, HViK Payne; wmg forward, T. Pi Walsh .(captain); forwards, B. Hackett, B* ■ J- Baik?' D. Evans,- J. Hughes,' :D. JBfholsoni A.; Joll. In j the- second Mclntyre went ?P J° wmgforward and 'Walsh,np to five : eighths and Smith into the threequarter toe, Mr Mr J. Manning, of Palmeis.on North, was ieferee- • '■ ~- ~ • THE GAME DESCRIBED. Hawke's Bay won the toss and played wffli the «un and a slight breeze behind them. Harding set the. ball rolling. Aafef play on. ihe British side of half way the TOBing forward' became aggressive and made a raid on the Hawke's Bay line but were *enVback;*by Symes who got in * rery nßefnl kick- From loose playjhe Tishbrs were forced owing to a long kick by Bailey. After a scrum following tfte kick off; the Hawke's Bay forwards broke awavy.J. L. Williams rdieving the pres■ute by a tacky kick into touch. Smith was ont on hk own a little _ later and kicked back to Dyke who sent it down to Kyme, the*latter essaying a poV which was akogether wide and the Englshmen were a«am forced. • Kenyon got his sde out oi irouble by fihdmg the line. From the.line ont Evans headed a cush, very- t little gtoond being gained H^L, tinned to press and from a scrum *;ayne rtarted a bout of passing, Mclntyre again failmg to accept., However he got. his kick in and Dyke returned* it far down the line. A scrum took place,- > Hawke's Bay back kicking the leather to Ponty Jones who found the line. The Englishmen were penaßeed and WabJhe. kicked down to Dyke whose return A was smothered. Chapman came to. the rescue and punted into touch near the Hawkes Bay 85. Epg and made a rush to the local line, though a breach was respon4ble ior sendnW them' back. Walsh started a rush, the. ball travelling through the hands of Baker, Smith and Slclntyre, the latter being npended by. an offside Englishman. England gained a lot of ground by a passing rush, Evans at length sending piay back to half way. Kenyon sent the-leather down to Syme, who was promptly tackled, Jerry Williams saving trouble by a good line kick. Payne, Walsh, Smith, Baker and Mclntyre were to the fore in another fine pausing rash, Mclntyre kicking well- down,some tight play ensuing : Jerry Williams was ont by himself a few minutes later, SynHK saving nicely. Walsh, Smith and Baker got on another. short, passing rush, the ball at length going out. Oldham, Jajckj: Williams and Morgan carried play np. the greenj.'and from a' scrum Laxon got possession,; passed out to Tuan . Jontu, whoi threaded his- way past half a dozen' Hawkes Bay men and then .passed /to Ponty Jonts, who had. no difficulty in notching, three points. Dyke failed to convert.

England, 3; Hawkes Bay, 0. Following the kick off the English forwards swept down the field in a magnificent rtsh>.-jwhich ended in Ritson scoring. Harding landed a goal.

England, 8; Hawkes Bay, 0. ,Pou; Jones returned the kick to half way, arid from a line-out England gained a iurtber advantage. From somt loose play .Tuan Jones picked up, and after a good run transferred to Chapman who kicked veil down, and followed up. Symes mKsed the, ball, and Chapman picked it up and grounded. Dyke failed with the kick.

England,- 11; Hawkes Bay 0. Payne secured the ball from the kick', and started a .rush which was stopped by Kenyon knocking on. ' England got the ball from a scrum, Jones kicking .up the field, Walsh marking and', finding the line well down. . LvCus broke away, but was well stopped, and Ponty Jonts .picking np got in one of his line kicks which gained about 'SO yards. Smith was responsible for transferring play to the other end by means of a good run and punt. A scrum followed from which England.secured ilie bail and Dyke kicked out at half way, the bell sounding for half time.

On ' changing ends Nicholson bet the game' in ' progress, Ponty Jones returning ta' touch at' the centre. From; a scrum .Laxon passed out"• to Ponty Jones' who/ kicked acru-b to Wall, the latter finding the line. Thomas ,broke away from the scram, Baker fending off an attack by/ a very terviceable kick. The local men made a bit of a break, but Dyke was handy and , sent them back to their ;25. Laxon - started a rush, the Englishmen only being pulled up' through) a .breach. Hawkes " Bay ■ was forced through hard kicking by an opposing forward, and got out of. a hot corner, a little .later .by means pf t a penal;y. A great rash by the visi- .- tors was stopped'within a. couple of feetpf- the-:'line and immediately afterwards another was stopped by the. wing being 'thrown, out over the touch in goal flag. .-Bonty--.Jones slaved off a couple ofHawkes Bay rushes,* and; a passing bout was ended by Smith knocking on.- The Hawkts Bay forwards carried play • midtr the:;Britibh goal, Laxon saving the situation by'a timely kick, into touch.'-' Oldham broke away from the line out and carried play fur.her up the field. Walsh got-in ia nice run, but dropped the ball which .Thomas, secured,, kicked and followed up, smothering Baker. 'Symus got there in time to save. Hawkes Bay] were 'awarded a penalty through, a breach, though it was of little use. Give-arid-take play followed until Walsh secured the leather and -made a streak for the line, but was not successful in crossing. Tight/ play followed, and from a free kick Byrnes' attempted a goal, but the ball went wide. . Hawkes Bay re«urned to . the attack, , which was of \ short" duration,; a breach giving- England a chance to clear their line.'--.. Smith got the ball, and after • j\ run tried "a pot,, which fell short. Wall jeached the leather before Dyke,-and fthongh W knocked on' sending the ball .over- the-, line' and grounding, the referee gave it a try. Syme failed to convert. 'England, 11; Hawkes Bay, 3. ..Tin's score'-was the signal for England to wake up, and a terrific rush in which nearly all look a hand, saw them carry play to the Hawkes Bay line, Synwe upending Chapman in the nick' of time. This was. the tightest, corner they were ever in; Hawkes Bay got out by a free kick. Play returned to Hawkes Bay terri.ory, and from some loose play luan'.'l Jantn picked up . and _ran through the whole team passing to' Edgar Alorgau on the line wuo gionnded under the bar. TakI ing the kick himself he failed to add the major points.

England, 14; Hawkes Bay 3. - Within a couple of minutes the Englishmen added another three points; A passing -rush,-started by Jones and carried'pn by Edgar Morgan and Smith, saw the latter score, though no goal resulted. England, 17; Hawkes Bay, 3. For a few minutts play was unevenful, and then Dyke, Jerry and Johnny Williams made off, the object, iu view being the Hawkes Bay line, which John Williams crossed. Harding failed to convert.

England, 20; Hawkes 3. ■■"••' Morgan returned the kick off to the 25 flag. Walsh secured the ball from Ihe line-out, and made a good run, but was brought down and Ponty Jones sent the ball down to Symes, who kicked out. The last try of the day was secured by Cbampan, who got possession from 6onie loose play, arid crosed. :Dyke con'verted . .-■'..'■..■

England, 25 points; Hawkes Bay, 3 points. -;'-.y :*

The few remaining minuies were full of interest, and though the Englishmen were within an ace of scoring, on a .couple of occasions, the defence beat them, and tlie game was brought to a- close with the ball out near England's twenty-five. .-'.

The following are the referees for today's matches: .Seniors.—Timaru' r. Star, Mr H. E. Bennett; Temuka v. Pirates,' Mr A. Shirtcliffe. Juniors.—Zingari r. .Pleasant Point, Mr T. Jordan; Geraldine V. Star, Mr G. Glover. President's.—High School- v. . Zingari, Mr W. Newton ; Temuka v. Celtic, Mr Shaw; Old Boys v. Pirates, Mr J.- Thomson. . T Fourth. Grade.—Zingari v. Star, Mr S. Cornish.; Timaru v. Celtic, Mr A.''.Dunn. The following will represent the Pirates seniors in their match with Temuka on the Caledonian' Grounds' to-day :—Tnmur, .Wall, Ker,j O'Brien, Maben, Fitzgerald, Badgers, Carltuu, .Colts, Darcey, Eddie Williams, Dan Kirby, G. Bradley, Geo. Wall-and Kane. Celtic 11. v. Temuka 111. at Temuka. —Hertnon, O'Kane, D. Houlihan, Roche, Wade, Wall, Shanahan, Dipk; B. ¥U& perald, Sugrue, .Albert, Clarke, Leigh, Bergin, Ward. The team. will travel to

Teinuka by drug, leaving the Bank of New Zealand comer at 1.30 p.m. sharp. The following will represent Old Boys in their' match against Pirates to-day : DaJgleish (2), . Eraser, Cowan (2), Berry, Dunsford, Ziesler (2),) Tate, Stevenson, Squires (2), Mason, Foden, Steindale • and Stewart- : The following will represent Celtic IV. against Timaru IV. at the .High School Grounds this afternoon at 2.30: F. 0. Connor, D. and J. Allan, W. Fecley, E. Burns, G. Buckley, J. Kelly, H. MuiCahy, N. Crimmins, J. Roper, J. Hertnon, J. J. Sullivan, M. Kirby, T. dubb Jones, W. C. Brien, W. Ffcaron. The Point team id play against. Zingari on Athletic Grounds this afternoon will be chosen from the following:—Scott, Maroney, Booth, Anderson, Cosgrove (2), Daley, Rollinsou, Foley, Winter, Adams,, Cartwright,'. Cameron, Halt, Friel, Gibson. The coach will leave the Point ttt 1.15 sharp. The following teatti will represent Cricklewood against Albuty at ; Albury on Saturday: O'Connor (2), McKay (2), McBeath, Wright (2), Kennedy, Corbett (3), McVey, Stewart, Bray, Simpson, O'Nieli.