FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13956, 16 July 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

.THUBSDAY.'S MATCHES. The weather was;fine but the grounds were heavy for yesterday's iootbail. The sunt of £ls. was' taKen at. tne Athletic Grounds, wnere a junior'rep. match between .North Otago aim South Canterbury was won by tne former •by G to nil; on the same grounu Star i. defeated Celtic 1. m the senior competition by sto 3. At Temuka, the home team won from Timaru ny ol to U. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE GAME

North Otago (Yellow and Black). — Duthie, .Deans, Hudson, Harrison, hcantlebury, Marshall, Tan, Maciutyre, Isdale, Molloy, Harrison, a'lsuer, Coiiett, i'aterson, Diver. South CanterDury (Green and Black). —Rodgers, Berry, Gillespie, \\ inter, DarrocJi, "Hagerty, Wade, f'eeley, Donliithorne, Uatfney, Moore, Fitzgerald, Mayo, Horgan, Mitchell, iteleree, Mr A. Slnrtclitfe. North Otago opened from the western end. Gaffaney headed a rush into the Yellows' 25, and Gillespie placed a kick well into the comer. Winter lost ■the ground by getting offside, and fcicantfebury transferred operations to tlie home 25, where 'Lait secured a good mark from witch Fisher made a poor attempt at goal. A passing rush by the Yellows gained some ground, and Rodgers being caught napping South Canterbury had to force.. Fitzgerald headed a strong rush to the Yellows' I'i, and Wade improved the position by a short kick. Marshall drove the invaders out. A penalty against North Otago was well returned by Duthie, 'and Harrison secured an opportune mark from a smart kick by Berry. Feelev dribbled >well to* near the Otago line, but a loose rush by the Yellows relieved the pressure and a passing rush was instituted which was stopped by a wild transfer near the line. After a. bit of good forward work by the Greens Tait started a bout of passing which was blocked, and Gaffaney and Fitzgerald bore down dn Duthie and penned Otago in. A kicking rally left play sit midfield, and after Darroch had had ti fruitless trv at goal, a passing rush with Scantleburv and Deans conspicuous was instantiv followed by'another lietween Tait, Marshall and Scantlebury the latter scoring cleverly, r isher failed to improve. 3—o. Rodgers cL-ecked an attempt to repeat the performance, and a dribble by Macmtyre and a dodgy run by Tait were each ended in time. The Yellow backs made another bold bid .Scantleburv getting to the comer before being Hirown out by Rodgers. The Greens opened the sceoiri s'>«ll with a sweeping rush which went right to the goal-posts. A penalty gave relief to the visitors, but Horgan and fiifiiknev were back again immediately. A. batt kick bv Darroch enabled Otago ; n £~t out ot difficulties by loreing The Gn-ATS kept up their attack until n nenalty took the visitors to safe *roCd tVantlebnry and got fw™ frominfield in fine style, but con?d not pass Rodgers and Horgan was in send.ng the \ e - l.,w<* back to tifeir own 20. \\fll•.oaced kicks drove the Greens out to S£wav, and a spell of forward play las broken up by Scantlebury making a -rand opening for Deans- On the hJ-named being blocked m the coiner The direction of attack was quickly reversed, and Macintyre let Harrison the. other Jjgfc failed to improve. Fit/.g era a nd jioran broke away with the ball at their feet, and were not stopped until i/uthie was reached: then the \c low •hacks put in a line piece ot work *huh Harrison ended hy getting off-side and Darrcch smartiy upset another \ell.m rush The local nack carried the game <lown to Otago's line, but after some «ri F e and take olay Duthie got down r u Rnd"er= i<i»l penned the Greens in. Darroch relieved, and play hovered near the centre line till tune was signalled. North Otago 0, > Solltll Canterbury 0. SENIOR. Celtic I. v. Star I. (referee. Mr A. Dunnt- —A good punt by Rollinsou put Celtic into an awkward corner, hut Star* infringed, and the resulting

penalty was followed by a fine rush by O'Brien and J. Fitzgerald. Budd marked and checked them before they became dangerous, but J. Houlihan found touch at Star's 25 Hag, and a loose rush went to near the line. Getting the ball from a scrum Darcy forced his way over near the corner. Kane made a -poor attempt at goal. 3 —o. Celts returned to-the attack, and Star - were compelled to force. Budd and Manning were prominent in a series of good rushes by Star, and Celtic were, forced back 'to their 25. Logan got the oval out to Auld, who cut in nieely and gave Mayo a pass which enabled him to score betwi-on the posts. Some fumbling spoiled the place, but Houston managed to put the falling ball between the uprights. 3 —5. Celtic assumed the aggressive from the kick-off, and kept Star busy till Budd. broke through and the Blues got well into the opposing 25. Keating and Dalton were soon back to half- .\ ay, and despite good work by Robinson and Manning pushed Star back to their line. ' A sortie was repulsed by Venning, and Star were kept in until a free brought relief. From then' until the interval nothing exciting happened. • On resuming, play became tighter than before, and each side was responsible for some hard forward work. Budd and Mayo eventually got Celtic into a tight corner from which • they were extricated by Wrenn, and Celtic responded with a warm attack on the Star lino which Tubb staved off cleverly. Star had a little the hotter of things fer si wmlo, then Celtic; made u determined attack, and though sent out to midfield hy Budd. the Greens were soon hammering away again, and following a- dash by Kane the ball was taken over the line with about a dozen players fighting for possession. A scrum out was ordered, and Star had another narrow shave. Celtic kept up the pressure, a timely screw by Rollinsnn proving very useful for Star. Darcy sent Kirby a pass on the blind side, but the opportunity was not : vailed of, .ind the Scar pack cleared their line, and kept play in ..Celtic's 25 until the whistle blew. 'Star 5, Celtic 3. Temnka v. Timaru (referee. Mr D. M. Rrdgersl.—This senior game was decided on the Victoria Park ground, Tem'uka, yesterday afternoon, and resulted in the downfall of the Blues, whose day out- it certainly was not. The field of plav was in a horribly greasy state, and hef"-c the start of the name it wis anticipated that the battle would be more or less of a soramhl". but though that was so fo a certain extent, yet Temuka surnrised all by the excellence r>f their pas c "'irr, and "+h" neat way they ken*-, their oniiilihrln"'. which was ~nor« than fie r.lues poi'ld do. Pos«ib!v 1,0^.,„ t 0 the Temuka f<wi lied n r"-od stifi'r>iii"2 of vW.tis i" its'-riiiks the Bl.T'k* nl;i»-ed with !;re«l confidence, and all the f:ne points of the game were taken advantage of. The nieky try secured hy the two Seotts, Arthur and Jim, ail oil liicil 1 ' UIHI. lluS OJIO Ol tile lti.ut.CaL Jl nil.' .->v.-i...0.t. x- J> iiuid iJ piaj\.-rs i»i Ino Jionio loam iuuji ttoriuv ul jm-ut lull iii.i« nearly u.i vn-re ~o

-out!, ami U i=. ea.Mi.-r to crinnoi; me ocuv-r w.-.y round, ami say inac Uie weaKcat ol tlie IJiincii \t...> -1.. want, »inJ was o.iuly oil colour, ami not up to his iisiini lorin by a long ;,;iy. for tile \i.MCors, ail tne 10.wards bullocKed Hard., but jjoc- me ivorsL of me scrums, and in uie bacic division ruolderiie«»,i U'ljfary, iiaiu, Miiclair and fttracliey snowt-d up well, rriesc, by loafing at a critical point, was instrumental in Temuka getting a score, but otherwise he battled well. Temuka won the toss and elected to defend the northern goal, and from tlie return Timaru rushed the ball down into Teinuka's 25. The Blacks retaliated.with a rush that ended in the Blues' forcing, and for the next ten minutes the ball was kept in the blues' territory. From a free awarded to the Blacks," G. Spillane took a shot at goal, but his effort was misdirected. .More scrambling in Timaru's territory took place, and Gus Spillane nearly scored, his rush being stopped by a knock-on. The resulting Blue kick relieved the pressure a little, but the I' Clacks were soon back again, and a I'lle- save bv Bain relieved the situation Shortly after T). Horgan had I -, oot but missed. Then from a line'out at JUittwQ? ('■■ Spillane, after a

splendid run, crossed the line, and T. Korean converted. When the ball was in play again Timaru got into a good piaee owing to J). Scott fumbling badly, but L. Grant picked up and

kicked cut of danger just in time. l'Vom a scrum the Black backs got the ball and rushed it into the visitors' 20,

where some good, open work took place, resulting in T. Horgan getting across, and G. Spillane converting. O'Leary marked the return well, and from the resulting pick Mihaka, Spillane and

organ initiated a dangerous passing lsh, frustrated by Bain. Just before

lialf-timi> 'l'. Iforgan again crossed the Blurs' line, and the try was converted by M. Ilorgan. On changing ends Tmi.-iru attnck.'d, but died away almost immediately, and the Black*, led by M. Tforgan, s+nrtod a fin" dribbling rush, four men falling on the ball as it crossed the Phio<;' line. Tb« try, however, was f"r r-hc*-""-tion. /fter a tricky bit of r>l->v. Mel-

vin notched eno+her three point*, end E. Horga'i foiled to cavort-. Another •rood rush by thr> Blacks ended "n Grant marking right in front of the w-ml, and IU. Horenn. who took the kick, failed to pilot the leather ovt the sticks. Timam now se«med to be fretting bi'?tled anrl their defence weakened, allowing T. Horgpn and >. Scott to rot noro". both +be +"""5 beint eenverted bv "\V. and G. Spillane resnectivelv. From « scramble in f>-on + - "f

10 Blue goal T. Horr/nn and G. Snil„o iT<r ln -ldded 5 n«-mts. and no side

onded bv being the victors b; 31 points to nil.

PRESIDENT'S. Tcmuka v. Geraldine (referee, Mr D. M. Rodgers).—This match was played at the Victoria Park, Tennika, yesterday afternoon, the borne team scoring a fairly easy victory by 14 points to 3, after a moderatelv interesting game Celtic 111. v. Athletic 11. (referee, Mr AV. Raymond).—This match was played on No. '2 ground, and ended in a liard-fought ■ draw, neither side scoring. The ground was responsible for play being mostly confined to the forwards, and the players were liberally coated with mud* at the end of the game.