FOOTBALL

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16882, 1 August 1919, Page 2

FOOTBALL

TEMUKA WINS PREMIERSHIP. The senior competition' was yesterday/when 7f eniuka defeated iOld 1 Boys'at the Athletic Grounds by 18 to' 6, and iegained their lead of two points over Star. -Hiwjiroa (Waunate) played a drawn School, and the last-game the third'-'grade''...competition 'was>w;6n ,'by, Celtic.'' In'spite'of a~ drizzling rain the attendance was well above the average. SENIOR. -. " i OLD'' BOYS*y. TEMUKA. 1 , j ' N0.,-,1 ground w*as> in lair .order' Lut the ball soon became greasy,,, ana'the; play was chiefly of the individual order as lar .as the backs -were . ..concerned. Temuka opened with, a" 1 brisk forward attack, and A. Fisher was thrown against the corner Hag in an attempt to score. Shortly aitenvards the same player went over.at the opposite corner, Out again touch-m-go«l resulted. Ihe Turn uka lorw jii db kept moving, and a strong rush was looking dangerous until Thomas got ouside, > ;an.d'ininiedi.itely afterwards Old Boys'c'ut '"into some Temuka passing and went to Temuka's 25. D. Scott checked them ind sent play back past midfield. Storey and Cranhitclv instituted ianother,attack ny the country team, bufc some fast piny enabled 'Old -Boys >to clear their line. J., Fisher, led another onslaught ■lnch Fahey repulsed by a good mark ind line kick, and a misfield by J3. «>rott and oflside' against Larcombe let Old Boys out to hall-way. From a lineV.t Cabot kicked through and followed fast, pnd heating D. Scott for speed went on and scored near the posts,'but Scott failed to place the, goal. Following another break from 1 the line by Cabot Temuka were penalised for holding on and R. Scott placed a good goal fiom the 25, giving Old Boys the lead 6 —o Temuka attacked vigorously f<r nearly the the spell, and twice Crannitoh crossed the line, but each Vme a five 'yards swum was 'ordered. , From somejloose -play J. Eisher ope'ned Temuka's scoring account, scoring near the scorner and A. Scolt added the extra points with a fine kick, 6-r-S. The Blues made a, spirited dash from the luck-oft", 'and from a'long shot Soott Jnade a fine attempt at gbal: The'line empires disagreed, arid though ;u goal was at first awarded the decision was " Rectified, and at half time the score was Old Boys 6, Temuka 5. The second spell was much less interesting, being dominated by Temuk.i. >ho went off with great dash, jnd Sugrue had hard luck in not scoring at the corner. A. Scott just missed the opening from a penalty, hut soon afteryards a mull bv Old Boys ended in fhom being badly beaten by Edgoler. j-lio scored alongside the goal, and A. peott placed Temuka in the lead iy Converting. Temuka attacked ag.ua nt once, and though first McClatchv, and' then Nicholls and Cabot took play 1o the visitors' r 20," the Blues could not hold thei'- position, Lnrcombc ;nd Sugruo driving them, in the first time, nnd T). Scott with a fine mil' and .lick tending them to the Comer on ilie ieeond occasion. Fiom a throw in Larcombe seemed and ran along the Imeoul and scored in a fan position. A, FcnUjigain .added Hie goal and.Temuka led 15— G. Craniritch made a fine nm liom tlio kick-off, and Webb wont on in Old 80-ss>' line, but a great penalty Jnck by R. Scott took play .back to powtral ground. Another hot rush bv llu> Temuka pack was «.martly checked bv F.ihev, but the vibitots would tot he denied and though Sugrue had to be brought back-after grounding" tl e ball owing to it striking the referee., A. •S'-ntt dashed --across a minute laW. Tin's time the ki>k failed, but Temuka. held the ivpner hand until tinip vss. •• called wilb tho. scores, Temuka 18. Old Boys 6. Mr H. H. Fras'ei- was referee.

JUNIOR. Hiwiroa (Waimate) played a return match with High School'l., but the ram made No. 2 ground slippery, ai d i wet ball prevented the teams from ,ndulging in good football. A pretty iven game ended in a draw, 1 neither side scoring. Mr J. Deans was referee, j THIRD GRADE A. i Celtic dcfeat-ed Zingari on No. 1 pound by 3 points (a try) to nil. Mr uraeefield was referee. THIRD GRADE B. Star Jieaio Geraldino on the Rectory ,;rouiid by Bto 6. Mr A. Hunt was referee. ... At Tem'uka, the home team had the better of the game with Old Boys, who equalised .the score—y points each—in the last minute. "Mr 6. Fisher was referee.

INTERCOLLEGIATE GAME.

I'he game between Christ's College imd Otago High School to bo played at the Caledonian Grounds nt ' 2.30 tomorrow, is being looked forward to with pleasurable interest by o.ld bovs of both Jchools, and tho public. The'gnme will )m tho thirty-sixth of the series, the Initial match having been contested in 188 I!, and until : tho snowstorm last win--lit compelled tho Otago boys to return i'nnii Christchiireh without having a gnmu, annual niuetings hod taken place wifi' the eighties. Additional keennofw will be jj/ivfii io this contest owing to. 11n- fact that in!, present each school has won M'M-urnen games, the odd Olio being drawn. Chri-d's College will plav in llwii- n'-nal ci.lmii-,, Mark and'whit?., but for tha PuVie HJld Uipi

referee Ofcago will wear light blue inste.ul of then- customary dark blue and white. -ine teams are expected to arrive by car this afternoon, and will be billeted by local „iesidents. A committee of is attending to entertainment, part of which will be-a* dance'on "Saturday night. The teams will be as follows: CHRIST'S COLLEGE.—FuII, K. H. 'Hri greaves; .three-quarteis, J. D. . Prone, ,F. WV.Cowlishaw (capt.), R. W. Richmond; .five-eighths, W.' S. W. Ave'rill, R.-B. Wilson; half, O. A. Y. Johnson ; forwards. R. B. Leckie,' R. H. Lowry, W. G. TurnbulL, T. F. Gibson, i J. S. McLeod/A. L. Matson, 6. T.I Worthy.; wing. M.*,H. Strachan. The team aveiages 10.13 (backs. 11.5, for-' Inwards 10.8 i). - ■ » ' OTAGO HIGH SCHOOL.—FuII, L. O. Townsend; three-quarters, G. L. I Tavlor (captain), K.' A. dveiha, R. L. Shepherd:' live-eighths, G. R. Dickinson. J. Jackson; half, W.' E. Shand • forwards, H. Tapper. C. A. Hill, A Hell A. E. Mai-din. N. D. Calder. R F Watso". J. ». Arthur; win ? , H. S Jlllan. Team averages 10.9 (backs 10 3 forwards 11.0.1. } ; Mr J. O'Leary will act a<s referer* l At Onmaru yesterdav the Timaru Hitri, School second fifteen defeated WarHki IT. by 6 points to "nil (a try *v Seebe-k and a peualtv goal bv erl 'v) ; . J The game was plaved on a damn wound, and was mostly of a forward viature.

THE PREMIERSHIP

Bv To «chline."l - Ihe official club season, which ended yesterday afternoon, must be accounted a triumph tor Temuka, whose escutcheon is scarcely tarnished by their one defeat. From the outset tne prospects oi the country team weie loseate, and the return ot repatriated men made regular additions to their stiength. . The leappearance oi D. .Scott placed the .result of the premiership almost, beyond doubt, as befoie he had kicked >a ball he inspired the team with so much confidence that his. worth to them was out of all proportion even to his gieat ability. The ?i ,°*, tho fi , fte en has been A. Scott, the last of the Mohicans (or Scotts) who has strung together the great individual total of nearly 60 points in ten games'. <<Of the young backs Cranniteh and Aspinall have it in them to go far. But Temuka's future strength promises to rest, as aforetime, in their lorwards. who have evervthing except expeiience on 0 their side. Bennett has been the best of the seven, though he is not yet a good lock, and after association with top-line artists should <ielelop into a high-grade player. Sugrue ii F , ls} i 6V ' Stole T.. Thomas, and Webb ail Jook promising prospects, and it 1L R °«? ? »e no easy task to bring the, Skinner Cup back fiom Temuka h*"!??' tT, ° °? the - COTlntl y Awards have fchown undue vigour at times, but ( befpie incoming too mptious in .this matter it j s , e ll to remember is legaining.its old status, and.senior football iVa man's- | size game.

Star are a long- wav ahead of the JemainmK teams in the list, but at the nsk of seeming ungracious in critifltcV' Fu Vnfotoame I must confess that the. team h*, s often- disap.On paiier their hacks distriPt ° ">™Wnat£on in the ? 1 1 5v.H?&,i , ., afl <i - : thev hare done some clever workAvhich has pulled out of the the worst of the d*al, but in too fTuotifv 1115 ' T] eesthei r - efforts - failed t° iiuct,l.v lheir captain, Logan, at teX B, ftr h T , bee , n the most c ™°£ tentl- brilhant back, amply -fnlnllW half Pl '7n S l he^ av - e as " «boolbS? Mlt. Cooke, despite a lot of sound work, has hardly done his undoubted powers justice this vear. and his ill luck niav have had its effect on thi plav of the team but K]-„Vi • ii«>ii >-i-am. out Jike the sprinoooot. it must not he inferred that .either Cooke or Doull has played h-iHK-but neither quite julffie f hopes formed after +.hl;\. - R pmes. and againt hne displays. Takino- -.11 «• ■ / l the £ "° fc 6 f itled to S oredi? fe i I ri I" P° M,bl y he had TfL oj s , tr,vc B «ainst teams like credit bo it said even °f fe one. l7Head h h I !f d , T U "«*& self sooner. *wuna it-

Three teams are level in third place, but Zingari, whose record of points for and against is best of the trio, have been the most disappointing side in the grade. They have heaps of fine material, but lost any chance they had early \u the piece through want of conmtion, which is the mor* "remarkable v.lien it is remembered tfril' onen ii ;jori a time Zingari were the nest-trained fifteen in the district. Some improvement Has shown in the second round, but even then it wo* more noteworthy

for individual dash than combined excellence. Harold has shown most vim right through the piece, but is not an adept at rush-stopping, and for consistent work Law son deserves tlie palm, thougli his place always should have been half. P. Ward, who has been playing wing three-quarter, handles a ball well, but lie will not rise fame there, though lie might in the pack. J. Horgan promised to be a useful member, but was able to j>lay only a few times. Auld, the. rover, imparted a great part of the sting to the Zingjarj attack. The vanguard, almost to a man, had "bellows to mend" in the opening games, but when* he_ got into something approaching form F. Ward proved his worth, and Parker proved a decided acquisition after; his return. Macdonald was about the "most useful of the others on the sea.sbn's work. A raising forward in L. Ward-created a good- impression in his "only" game. , and it was unfortunate that ;,)ie did not return early enough tb-have Iris merits properly assessed.. With the talent at their disposal it IB- within the compass of Zingari to take a much higher place next year. Celtic appeared in the senior ranks again after a. lapse of three the return of soldiers giving them encouragement. Though they appeared to have a plenitude of players they usually shorthanded in the opening games, and promises of great deea's were ""not fulfilled until they met Star in the, second round. In the middle of the season they were unfortunate in losing players through various causes, and the imposing array of muscle anu brawn which .daunted Star and was borne to victory by Lynch's goalkicking had little ►condition behind it, i as became evident in subsequent con- [ *ests. The return of Lynch raised ! Celtic's stock considerably, and despite his .physical handicap his prefeencfc had a. moral influence -on the team; -Kane* has done a useful season's work; ; riot a robust player; he. has handled and kicked especially „\vell. Angland was hardly. a success at five-eighths, But proved, an eleventh-hour surprise- at half Possibly we have never* had a club team with more weight than Celtic put in the field in one or two games but its burliness was of the wrong kind. O'feny was a notable exception, and he is not such a late comer to the game as som« people ' appear to think. He played a decent game or two for Pirates in the locs ago, and some seasons hibok H*)r*rt Bradley, Moffit, Houlihan and »\>. to give a South Caaterburv tang r c 'lie lively St. James team in Wellington. •^i play6d some eood games, and *lett one or two, but the latter carries far too ninch adipose tissue for a youngster. Celtic, like Zingari, should realise that tu* race is to the

This brings us down to Old Bov» and at the risk of beinsr taxed with undue svwipathy for the under do« I Ssel inclined to award them the honours of the season. With the best wish in the world I discover more than nan- a dozen genuine seniors in their regular team, and whilst according full recognition to the otiier players for their pluck it can only be slid that the amount of success achieved has been the result of the sterling play of always three (sometimes four or iivel men and I cannot recall a team which has been carried through without disaster by so few good players. The performances of Scott, Cabot, and Seyb m that order have been very fine Jsicholls at either end of the compefa tion also did good Work, and W Lawson deserves credit. Old Boys' Ji*y e weathered tfeeir first season well, snd though they may lose Seyb and others next year they should grow in strength Geraldine failed to see the season out which is to be resetted, as they had some fine material. They appeared to rely too greatly on Spillane, forgettuig that his eminence in seven-a-sde football was greater than in the full dress game, and lost heart when he found it inconvenient to make the lon» tup from Beautiful Talley for games awny from home. Gus played only three games,, and r r keener on farming than on footoail -these days On the average Geraldine was about the \fastest team in the' district, and it ]=. a pitv that circumstances prevent it being welded into a strong fifteen For his weight F. Kennedy had fewpeers in the competition, but unluckily fie looks one of the won't-grow kind Belgrave is veiy speedy, but is not yet a finished player. J. Bienton's head work was very useful to the team, but so far as I saw the most likely forwaids were Fifield and pj.il; ? ,K \ " eed nath ™K but more football to brinje them to the fiont. inough they were always at the bottom of the tree in the competition, Geraldine had the satisfaction of winnine the gold medals at the tournament, and no one will begrudge them the honour if thev can repeat the neriormancc next June.

NZ. LEAGUE TEAM'S TOLT?

Per Pr*ss 4Mociafi cn . rn. AUCKLAND, August 31 Ihe New Zealand League team lettirned l>y the Mahia and landed thi'afternoon Referring to Ihe Ans ttahan tour Mr Oakle\, one of th a managers, said that with the exeept.on of the second Queensland nmeh the referees had been satisfactoi v Hpperts that W.iddell's leg was' oiokei, v.eie not coriect. Walsh and Lainsi weie still uicapafitAted. ' ill o.iklc> nmaiked that football in New South Wales was not up to the previous stan daid. In the foiw'aid division the Xev ?ealanders predominated. Poor goal kicking was responsible for two New Zealand losses id. the "tests. ,

Mr Oakley added that if the shipping strike permitted a team to tour New Zealand would leave Svdney between August 13th and 16tli.