FOOTBALL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLII, Issue 5761, 27 July 1910, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

LAWRENCE STAR v. WAIPORiI. The extra match between the abovo Clubs to decide which should have the honour of holding the South Tunpeka banner for this year took place on Glasgow Park 011 Saturday. Heavy showers had fallen all the morning and even towards 3 o'clock there was -a fair drizzle which certainly did not augur well for good football or a largo attendance. Despite these adverse conditions a larger than ordinary crowd of spectators assembled on the ground evidently prepared to suffer some slight discomfort in the hope of seeing a keenly contested game. Kortunat-ply, just when the game was about to start the rain cleared and the conditions overhead were dry for tlio the remainder of the afternoon. The ground, considering the amount of rain that had fallen, was in very fair condition: there were no pools of wator ami the only drawback was its slightly greasy nature. Shortly niter 3 o'clock the teams lined out and Ihe reforee (Mr 'White, of Dunedin), lost no time in getting them going. Maipori won the toss and elected to defend the eastern goal, thus securing the fall of the ground for the first spell. MeCracken kicked off and for a few minutes the play remained central. Waipori then carried the ball into the Lawrence twenty-five and the local players were for a time kept on (he defence, Mundell eventually relieving by a fine line kick. The attack was renewed -when Lawrence .forwards, headed by McCrackcn, carried the ball well down the Held where it fell into Kirkwood's hands and was returned to Lawrence territory. 0-len relieving by a good kick down the field. Shortly after this an infringement by a Lawrence player gave Waipori a freo kick in a favourable position and Kirk-wood made an excellent attempt, 1110 ball striking the bar and. falling underneath. After this the Lawrence players livened up somewhat and carried the bull to their opponents' territory and, after some loose play, Kennedy by Inst following up beat the Waipori back and, securing the ball, passed out to Glen who ran in and scored amidst applause. Mundell took (lie kick but/ failed to secure the additional points, the ball going just outside tlio post. Lawrenco 3, Waipori 0. Give and take play followed to the end of the upell which was reached without further scoring. Towards the close of the spell Kirkwood, who was playing a remarkably lino game for Waipori, had the misfortune to get winded through a tacklo by McCrackcn when he was in I the act of taking a kick, Fortunatellv the injury was not of a serious nature and he was able to resume play after a few minutes' spell. Tll the second spell Lawrence at once became aggressive and Waipori had soma difficulty in preventing somo likely looking scores. Their backs, however, proved reliable and relieved their side time after time. A free kick to Lawrence for an infringement gave them an opportunity, but nothing came of it, "Eventually, from a loose scrum in Waipori's twenty J fivc, the ball came out to Tafboys who 111 turn passed to Glen who again succeeded in carrying it across the line, ll'un- ■ dell waS entrusted with the kick which just scraped the s bar and fell underneath. Lawrence (i, Waipori nil. Waipori continued to plav witH vigour, but though they several times succeeded in trotting the ball into Lawrence's territory the defence of the local team proved too strong for them. Lawrence made strong efforts to augment their score but the iWaipori players defended gamely, and when the referee sounded " time " the game still stood Lawrence IS, Waipori 0. From a spectacular point of view tlio game was a most interesting 0110 and it was clear that Lawrence had very little to spare at any point of the game. 'For Waipori, do Latour played a magnificent game at five-eighths, while J. Nicholson. Russell and Kirkwood were very reliable at thrce-qjuar-ters, the former especially being particularly prominent in smothering tlio rushes of the Lawrence forwards. All Waipori forwards played well but if anything, ilynes. Lemon, and Searlo wer« tlie most prominent. For Lawrence, Mundell and -Glen (baoks), W. Christie, Matheson, Boyes, and McCracken (forwards) were the most prominont. Mr H. S. White, of Dunedin, controlled the game in a most impartial spirit, his giving t'he utmost satisfaction to both sides.

At half-time the players were treated to a cup of hot coffee and biscuits by Mr W. (Whit, whose generous thought-fulness was much appreciated.

OTHER MATCHES. Canterbury beat the''Americans by 1!) points to 0. On Saturday the Maoris .beat a combined Manawaru - [Horowhenua team by 15 points to 3. The second round of the Dunedin Flag matches commenced on Saturday when Alhambra beat 'Varsity by 12 to 3, Zingari-Richmond the Taieri Rovers by 10 to 0 ; Dunedin the Pirates by 18 to 0 ; Port Qhalmers the Southern by 0 to 0, and Union the liajkorai by 3 to 0. In the Alhajnbra-'Varsity match, an Alhambra player named Muirhcad was ordered off the field for a deliberate trip. The Northern Union game Britain v. Auckland was won by the former by 52 points to 9. Oil Saturday night the I sel'eotors met and picked the following as a probable team to meet cither North

| Tuapoka or South Otago (whichever match is firat played) : Fullback, Geo. Russell; three-quarters, E. Nioholson, Glen, B. Cotton ; five-eighths, Gr.aoo, L. de Latour ; half-back, F. Vivian ; forwards, W. Mathospn, E. Shaw J. Tyler, J. McCrackcu, Lemon, M. Hyne?, J. Sutherland ; wing-forward, J. Kennedy. Elmergencies—B&cks, G. Talboys and C. Eyes ; forwards, W. Christie and J. G. Blackie.