FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 9 June 1924, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY UNION COMPETITIONS

Competition matches, in all grades were resumed on Saturday, after a break of a fortnight. The weather was very fine and the grounds were in excellent order. There was a largo attendance at the Athletic Grounds, whore Old Boys defeated Waihi by 20 to 9, and Celtic and Star played a drawn game. The positions in the premiership competition now are :

OLD BOYS 20. v. "WAIHI 9. Old Bovs kicked off against the sun. The Waihi forwards immediately pieced, W. Mcßride being prominent in a dribbling rush that assailed .ho Blue line. A penalty given lor onside play relieved the position for the town team. W. Lawson opened up in midfield, and--Mathcson, Duncan, ana Fraser handling in a passing bout, which culminated in Eraser scoring a good trv. G. Lawson converted. Old Govs s," Waihi 0. The Wailn forwards returned to the attack and a series cl iine-outs ensued near the Blue line. A. Edgeler secured and made a lightning streak down the line, but v/as well tackled by Mahan. W. Mcßride was responsible for a good dribbling run, hut Parker saved. Duncan secured and opened up a splendid passing rush, with Fraser and Matheson participating, the latter being overhauled bv Scott near the line. 0. Quirkc effected a good save. Mahan also came to light with a good run down the opposite line, going very close before being pulled up. Mathe6on broke away in his own territory, but came to grief when nearly clear. A penalty against Old Boys for offside play gave Waihi an opportunity, hut Scott missed with a kick from the quarter mark. The Waihi pack were controlling the scrums, but bad handling by their inside backs nullified any advantage. From a penalty against tin Blues for a line-out infringement Scott essayed a kick from near halfway, the ball falling short. The Blue forwards, with Gerard and Doull prominent, worked play back to halfway, where another free kick was awarded to the country team, Scott kicking a splendid goal from between the 25 and half-way. .Old Boys 5, Vv’aihi 3. Gerard broke away from a defensive position, and Doull, haijdliug well, opened up a passing bout which removed play to the opposite 25. The Waihi forwards retaliated and travelled to the Old Boys’ line. Waihi secured from a scrum in an attacking position, but G. Lawson intercepted and removed play to tho other end o. die paddock. W. Mcßride and Edgeler returned with a good run, and l rom an ensuing scrum J. Mcßride secured •nd dived through. Scott failed win "“■o kick. Waihi 6, Old Boys 5. The Waihi forwards, headed by the .McBride brothers, broke through, Maine ,(in temporarily checking with a good j.iick up. His kick, however, failed to ;.o the distance, and A. Edgeler kepi the ball in play, and Old Boys forced, the country pack maintained their bard forcing tactics and carried the town pack before them. A free kick or offside play, allowed Doull to line ufc at the 25, but the Green forwards ~eic soon back, and tight senimaging ventilated oil Old Boys’ line. Mahan marked well and found a good line, .half-time then sounded. Waihi ... 6 Old Bovs 5 On resuming, tho Old Boys’ for..arils, with Gerard and Parker to the .ore, set up a hot attack, during wham barker secured and dived across. G. Dawson failed to add tho extra points, old Boys 8, Waihi 6. J. Edgeler threw a wild pass from a scrum in an cxcel,cnt position, from which Parker nitiatea a forward rush to half-way.

.»aiiii responded with a strong rush, • raser forcing in time. Rae took play .0 the opposite 25 at t/io head of a ,ood loose rush. Offside play from the

crum gave Old Boys a free, a good a.ck by Doull just missing, Parker, .;oxhead, and Gerard took play to tin:

.nuntry line with a good passing bout. , ioull opening up iiom the ruck, t.ho Glues again pressed, but the defence ..as sound. Snapping up near tho 25

.lathcson put in a good run, and trans

erred to Gerard, who ran across near ne coiner. From a difficult angle

'mill's kick failed to materialise. Md Beys 11, Waihi 6. W. Mcßride aide ground by hard forward play. Jay at this stage became unnecessarily .nd, several players being heavily ..ckletl when not in position. Priest clued well near half-way and with a -ieat sprint down the line, evaded o - oral opponents, and scored a spton•d try in tiio corner, tjeott missed .-■mi a difficult angle. (fid Boys .Li, - ...ihi J. A good passing bout by Doull ‘‘d G. Law,(ui removed play to the pposile 25. Mahan, Gerard, and (Jox-.eu-d gained itinner ground with a

i.-.ssmg rush. Doull opened up Lo G. Luntson, who lound the lino near tho

urner with a good kick. The Green ac-k relieved by a hard rush to hailay. The Blue vanguard gradually orked their way ilown the line, anil Ooxhead, breaking away, gathered up and scored a good try." Doull tailed with the kick. Old Boys 1:, Waihi 0. Goxhead, Doull, anti Doyle, got awav nith a loose rush, the latter continuing the movement to the opposite • Mathcsou opened up the rearguard, ,ut a loose pass went astray. ” Hie

,'recns retaliated with a. forward nidi, which was well stopped by Honm i.an. The Royal Blue forwards pressed. From a line-out Fraser received possession and make a good opening. Malum missed Ilia pass, but Alatho.oii came, across from the other wing, snapped tip a running ball, and .scored a good try. Doull missed with the kick. Old Boys 17, "Waihi 9. Alatlieson secured in midfield, and badly heating his opponents, scored a brilliant try as time sounded. Old Boys ... 20 kVa ib i <) Mr Cosgrove was referee.

STAR 9. v. CELTIC 9, lacing the sun Star kicked off, and by fast following compelled Mullan to (me m his own 2b. from the throwin Houlihan caused excitement by breaking through to the opposing fullback, but a knock-on spoilt, matters. A speculator by Logan bounced out at halt-way, Accepting a pass nt the Blue 25 line, Houlihan dropped a goal with a Hue Jofc foot kick-, Celtic 4, Star 0. A Celtic infringement in mid-field suw .Boromnn make an unsuccessful attempt to goal, A Si n. forward rush looked dangerous ;on ifio Groms, but handling in the scrum brought relief, Star took play p, the Celtic lino, where Houlihan saved with an opportune murk. Hi,a hick was fielded by Logan who attempted a drop-kick from beyond quai-ier-way, From a mid-field serum the Star iiiVi live-eighths, Hilary, snapped up and pul in m fine cork-screw run until |.u was collared in possession. Glarin'-

,ido play by the Clrceus allowed ib

Star pack to get under a high punt well inside Celtic territory. Mullen ro lieved with a heady kick. Sweeping down tho paddock in a great loose rush the Dark Bluo vanguard looked iiko scoring, but Houlihan forced in tho nick of time. The Blues continued to press until tho Celtic- skipper found couch at half-way. The Green pack rushed play to the Blues territory, where Boroman cleared with a lengthy punt. Boroman again secured and bounced a kick out in the corner. Bustling play by the Blue forwards saw Celtic force. Accepting a pass in midfield. Crowley swerved clear, and with a fine burst of speed got well inside the Blue area before transferring to FI vim, who, with a clear run. scored in a handy position. Houlihan added tho major points. Celtic 9, Star 0. The Star vanguard followed up fast and forced the Greens to line m their own territory. Securing m the line-out Clarke bumped his way over Wide-out. Logan failed with the kick. Celtic 9, Star 3. Lp and down play followed until Mullan put m a nice kick which bounced out at _ the corner line-. Securing from the line-out the Dalk Blue forwards put in a great rush to Celtic’s 25. Here the .Green vanguard broke away in a dribbling rush to Star’s 25, a clever kick by Annear resulting in Star forcing. Halt time sounded shortly afterwards: Celtic •> Star • • • • • • . The first few minutes or the second spell play remained, in mid-field, until from a scrum in his own 25, Anneal broke away with Houlihan in support,, but the latter player threw a bad pass to Crowley. From a mid-field ruck Hogg snapped up and put in a strong run to Celtic’s.2s, where he transferred to Toneyefifto, who . sent Thomson over in a good . position. Logan failed to convert. Celtic 9, btai 6 Play was now opening up, both sides throwing the ball about, Stewart secured in a line-out, and threw back to Thomson, whoso pass out was intercepted by Houlihan, who broke clear, but the movement ended in a knot-ir-on. Stewart and Logan, were then prominent in a rush which ended in Celtic forcing. The Greens swept to the Dark Blue territory, where from a mark Mullan had an unsuccessful pot. Tonevcliffe was prominent m a passing rush, but a knock-on spoilt the effort. Hogg secured from a ruck, and breaking through, put m a short punt Following up fast ho-tackled Mullan in possession and a line-out at o jams resulted. Gathering in a short kick at top speed, Rowlands cut m and crossed the line for a fine try. Botoman failed to convert. Celtic J, bear 9. The Celtic forwards kept the Blues hemmed in their 25, until Rowlands punted high and raced ahead, but was beaten by the bounce, a Green player kicked into touch. From a set urn. in Star’s territory Mullan cut round on the blind side blit was too well ntatked A Celtic infringement allowed Star to take the game to the Green area, where offside play saw Boroman make an unsuccessful attempt to goal. Jn their own 25 tho Celtic forwards swept through the opposition with the ball in possession. Rowlands Stopped the movement with a timely kick. Iho Blue forwards then invaded Celtic s 25, where the full-back, Mason snappeel' up and saved 'with & clever kick. Fast following up by .the Greens saw matters looking bad tor Star. In a divo for the ball a Star player go tlnur. first and a force resulted. Logan bounced his kick out inside Gcßic s territory, and securing from the turnout the Blues pressed, but an infringement afforded Celtic relief. A Star movement of forwards and backs looked promising until another infringement gave Celtic relief. Ihe Celtic skipper lined Ins kick beyond half way owing to a mi.s-nnderstaiiding between' Boroman and Thomson. I'rom the- line-out a Celtic player secured and punted high, and fast following compelled Star to force. Hie final whistle sounded shortly aftenvaids with the scores unchanged. Celtic . ' Star J Mr J. Connor was rclercc. ZINGARI 13. v. TEMUKA 0. and lemuka met at reimii.a .i, gun iuiis wcauivr, ueturo a uu.nijet ul spccuitors. Temuka g«ve ..ncir best display tins season, aitnougn Lj icv are sun unauto to tune lull au.lUiUigo ol tneir opportunities, /mi o an vwscr.eu tneir uni, being uio superior w eain. aiiiinugii not to me oxu-m or lc score. . leiiunia kicked off against the ,uii, Homo and Stony oeiug prominent in deiensive work, drum a li'co on tiie hall-wav line, riignei. uroll-kicked 'and missed tne upright ty wees. AnoUier iree, lor lennuta, law" the ball go out at tho visitors’ 25, Ind n'ua uie~iiue-out Bennett made a -'rt-at rum, but was pusncd out of pla> ,>hen touching down. Zingari then icmoveu play to me Temuka 20, out uclionakl cleared nicely. The Yellows oocame aggressive again, and Storey was well set when Rcnnett brougne him down. From a mark Mighct transferred to the visitors’ enu, where a period of dclcnsivo play ensued, hi.mi a Jine-out near midway McKenna broke a wav, but he kicked too hard, ami Homo forced. Temuka were liio l-.clter team at tins stage of tho game, and they soon had tho Yellows busy ueleiw.iiig again. A great kick by Home .-aw the ball go out at Temuka s .:•!>. whore Zhiguri were av.arued a nee luck, and MctVinrter had no difheult.i m opening the score. Zingari 3, Temuka U. A promising passing rush by Temuka was nullified by 1’ timer being offside. A timely mark by McNulty stripped a Zingun rush. Storey lepeateuly tried lo get his backs into action, bin the whistle was continually sounding lor A him passing bout by Zuigari ended in Herdman scoring, ami Gino converting witii a fine kick. Ziugan 8, Temuka 0. Bennett led a good forward rush 1o reflow territory, whore Lareombc had a. fruitless kick at goal from a free. L’lay was last and open, both leans putting up a strenuous *gi;t. At tho end of the first spell the scora was.— Zingari 8 Temuka 0

Offside play maiked tlm opiniing stage.-, of the .second half, Ziugari being the chief offenders. Teniuka came with a passing rush and Ziugari forced. Bennett and McKenna were prominent in an aggressive movement, but Home cleared nicely. In a fierce midfield rally, Woodley was injured anil had to retire. A timely murk by Barker stopped a Ziugari rush. Bennett followed up the kick smartly, but Homo beat him in the. run for the ball. Storey sot his backs in mol ion. inn McDonald pushed flei'dman ouL at the corn r. Again Ziugari at lacked holly. but Larecmbe. -Norton, and McDonald weio. safe. With no one to boat but the full back, MeWhirter tried to give “the dummy'’ to Lareombe, but Iha veteran urns not deceived. The remaining portion of 1 lie game was hotly contested. Ziugari made groat oli'oris. but the quality of the opposition was too good to permit of combined movement. in the lasi half minute of the game, from a line-out nt the Ziugari 25, Homo broko away and scored an easy try between the posts. The same player converted. The game ended.-- ' Zingari ];>, Tejmika u

JL’XIOR.S. Teniuka met Pleasant Point on the latlcr’s ground. The home forwards wore easily superior and dominated the play throughout the game, ending dletc-anr. Point J 7, Temuka 0. Mr riidstoad was referee.

At the Athletic Grounds High School defeated Old Boys by 22 to 0. Mr Ale Beth was referee. <l-i Xo. 2 RtHot !<• Star drew with Zingari. there being no score. Zinguri woii from YVuihi by default. Celtic 22 beat Com!tern U,

THIRD GRADE. Point 16 beat Y\ slidyke 3. Old Bovs 27 beat Southern 0. High School 22 beat Pareora 3. Geraldine 24 beat Temuka 5. Celtic 6 beat Y.M.C.A. U. Zingari v. Star, drew—no score. FOURTH GRADE. Zingari 15 beat High School 8. Star 17 beat Washdyke 0. Temuka 15 beat Olcl Boys 0. Waihi 12 beat High School B. 0. FIFTH GRADE. Point 13 heat Geruldmo 0. Temuka v. Celtic, drew—6 all. School B. 7 Drat Zingari u. School A. 3, beat Star A. 0 School C. 10 bent Star 13. o, SCHOOLS SENIOR COMPETITION. The first round of the Primary Schools senior competition was opened on Wednesday afternoon at Anzac, when Main played M annataitai. A hard fought game resulted in a win for Wainmtaitai by 6 points to 0. Brooks, who- played an excellent game, scored both tries. Mr 1\ lutt-y was referee.

ENGLAND RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM. DEFEATS NEW SOUTH WALES. uV N • •- > r ••OVYRI3H 1 ) Received June 8, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, June 7. In the presence ot fifty thousand people, the English Rugby League team defeated New South Wales by 10 to 5. Way throughout was very fast, but on the whole was inferior to pievlous International games. Hie weather was cold with a still breeze, and the ground was in good condition. The visitors quickly established a lead, and within a few minutes had coven points to their credit. _ Iho Welshmen, however, held them in the remainder of the half, which ended 7 The Britishers attacked strongly in the second half, hut after scoring once the home defence negatived their efforts.

LEAGUE MATCH. AUCKLAND DEFEATS UNIVERSITIES. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 8. The Australian Universities’ League team played its second match against Auckland yesterday, on a ground which was one sea of mud. Heavy rain fell right from the start of play, which was purely of a forward nature. At half-time ‘Auckland led by sto 2. Dufty having kicked a penalty and B. Davidson scored a try for Auckland, and Ryan kicked a penalty goal t'm Australia. In the second spell Toss scored and Dufty converted, and the latter also kicked a penalty goal. Just before time Poison passed to O’Neill, wdio scored and Dufty converted, the final score being: Auckland 17 Universities 2 No other matches wore played

SCORES IN WELLINGTON. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, June S. Rugby matches to-day resulted as follows Oriental IG, beat Athletic 15; Boneke 8 beat Wellington 5; Berhampere 22 beat Selwyn U; Marist W beat Old Boys G; Varsity 15 beat Hutt G. CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITIONS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 8. Senior games on Saturday resulted, as follows: —Varsity 1G beat Christchurch 8; Merivale 30 beat Albion 3; Old Bovs 20 beat North Canterbury •'!. In the League game Marists A. 29 beat Wooiston 9. DUNEDIN RESULTS. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, June 8.

First grade football matches wero played in fine weather, though towards the'' cud of the games a heavy gale sprang up. Pirates beat Ziugari just on the call of timo by 12 to 11. Alhambra 20 boat Union 0; Southern 11 beat Dunedin G. Kaikorat 18 beat Taieri Rovers

'tii rt >, a o rt c 'o ti C E & ft hi cu £ Old Boys . Zingari . , 5 o 4 3 1 1 0 1 87 56 37 40 9 7 Star . . 5 2 2 1 7520 <i Celtic . , 5 2 1 2 61 51 67 5 Waihi . , 5 1 1 3 30 0 Temuka . 5 0 0 5 12 97