FOOTBALL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17936, 2 August 1920, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

ON THE REC. OLD BOYS WIN THE CUP. j • ; • • , ; . ; • ; ! j ( , > ■ j i ' I ' . : . j i ’ . i j . : I ' , , ■ j

SENIOR CUP. QT.D BOYS TOO GOOD FOR KAI ER AU. A very big gathering of spectators occtipied the best vantage points on tne Rev. on Saturday afternoon to witness the final for the Senior Cup between Old Boys and Kaierau. As expected, a fine nard game resulted, Ohl lioys being returned the winners by S points 'two tries, one converted) to •• •an unconverted try). There was really little between the two teams, although Old Boys were cleverer and to this they owe their Victory. THE PEAY. Die commencement of tl.e game was received by tne large crowd ol spvctators with evident relish in anticipation of something good. As on the precedIng Saturday. Old Boys < bluet w» re slow ■ t c-.w:;. at..i I . fpci.’-ic; exchanges were all in favour of Kaierau tmaroon). Early in the piece Old Boys were penalised and F. Collier nad a shot at goal, but the ball was badly held and the effort was resultless. Tne maroon backs attempted tv get going, only to be upset by Alabaster in a typical burst and kicking out to the w ing, where Stra- < han obtained and passed to Scott, to Clare, the last-named knocking on near the lint. From the scrum Old Boys again opened up the play, a fine com-bine-1 effort by Svenson, Scott. Temperton and Swan seeing the last-named miss the ball. The maroons now took a hand, -heir forwards breaking away, hard kicking allowing Old Boys c force clown. Kaierau pressed hard for a few minutes, and the blue full-back failing i • clear was tackled a few yards from the line. A. Luckett picked up aad Mved over to score first blood. Stewart issed the goal in a good attempt: Kaierau .. 3 «?ld Boys v Tins •■re se •- the bl les. who tore away to the attack in good style. Kaierau were penalised. Scott’s kick missing the goal. Weak handling by i >l<l Boys’ rearguard allowed Kaierau to clear their line, following up to enter their opponents’ territory. Here Lynch create-l a tine ji-i !».•<•-king op well lie succeeded in smothering the blues, when Svenson put in an opportune kick to touch. Kaierau were pressing vigoiously. and Old Boys were compelled to seek refuge by forcing iwice in quick succession. Relief came through Strachan, who made a splendid run before passing io Swan, the latter being tackled. Alofraster had a shot at goal from a free, the ball flying wide, and Kaierau cleared we ; l Au opportunity soon presented itself tn the blues, for Swan picked the ball up in the loose and transferred it to Scott ou the twenty-five chalk-mark. The Old Boy centre ran straight and then cut in with rare dash eluded the opposition and scored a splen.lid i . •.•. ;<iic try adjacent to the posts amid great vfi.-ering. Alabaster broke a long spell of ill-luck by converting rhe try. and when the teams left the field at half-time the score was: Old Boys 5 Kaierau 3 SECOND SPELL.

The maroons dashed down field from '. the kick-off, and vid Boys w ere compell- |j ed*to force. An immediate change of i. renue followed, Mullins getting away * with Cox in support but marked, and the former was well grassed when 31c- |* Lean took him from the rear. There was another change in a couple of rninutes, Grogan starting Kaierau’s backs in j. motion, and Collier. Pairman, Whiting I i and Williams handled the ball well, the j last-named appearing to get over a yard - j in from touch, but a throw-in was ordered, which was hard luck for Kaie-|] rau. Grogan next sent Whiting to the;, attack, to find the defence safe, and a q twenty-live kick eventual-<l. After a: very hot three minutes Old Boys were b given relief through the medium of Cox i.nd Ross carrying the *ba II a long way If down the paddock. McLean effecting a L good save. The muhere took a I turn at defending, and for quite a time » they were confined to their own half, until Pan-man put in a speculator with h good results, Scott marking. Mullins!* was again | i m .. i toi a nice solo effort. when for a full ten minutes tne jj play raged up and down, each minute b Befng brimful of exciting episodes. A j long kick by Whiting spelt trouble for j the blues, for whom a brace of penalties : t came in handy. Cox made a specta- j cular dash before passing to Ross and L Scott, the ball rolling out five yards |* from the coveted chalk-mark after a fine k effort, A. Lockett relieving from the line-h out. Ross started an irresistible for-h ward rush for Old Boys and he and Cox •< hail the Kaierau backs badlv bustled, the ■ ' latter taking the ball fiom the arms of one of them and ran over unopposed . in a handy position. Alabaster tailed to improve on the score: Old Boys S : Kaierau 3 I , With about twelve minutes left for', play Kaierau made several rallies, their q forwards swooping down on the < »ld Boys’ full-back, who did not shirk 1 is " responsibility and went down on the ball effectually. This was followed tv an- j other attack. F. Collier and Pairman ! making a burst along the side-line, the former's centre being resultless, Strachan being the stumbling blo«k. Before the J>ell rang Old Boys took another ; turn, but there was no further score re- ! corded and the game ended: Old Boys g l Kaierau 3 Mr C. D. Fraser was the referee. NOTES ON THE GAME. Although Old Boys maintained a slight '• superiority, there is not the least doubt ; that Kaierau had little luck. J. Lockett. J indisposed, viewed the game from the f side-line, and this caused a rearrange- ; jnent of the backs. The maroons start- j ed off with two v»'ing-l’o» »\ ards and <>ne '• five-eighth, but it was bad policy. es-i pecially when their backs persistently : endeavoured to oj»en up the game. This was rectified half-way through the first i spell, but Duggan ». as a pour substitute f° r . 4- Lockett and would have done i infinitely more service up among the i forwards. Kaierau•certainly appeared; badly treated in the referee disallowing • Williams’ apparently fair try near the corner. Had this score been given and I the game ended S—G in favour of old i Boys, it would have been a much bet- ! ter reflection of the run of the plav. For the winners Scott at centre was i easily the best, his try being a worthy 1 effort. He was ably seconded by Sven- i son and Strachan, the latter again proving himself clever and game. At half, Palmer was rather overshadowed by tits vis a vis, r Temperton and Swan work- 1 ' Ing consistently hard. In the vanguard Cox demonstrated quite learly that he} Is above junior standard and despite ' the fact that he does not relish the tight ■ play he was a long way ahead of Ro.-s • Mullins and Alabaster. As usual Cam- ! pion plaj ed a fine game. On the losing side Kaierau had a good deputy full-back in a junior player. G. McLean. At half-back O. Grogan was a ; great success, and he will in all prob-‘ ability be found operating in future ■ in that position in the rep teams. lie is ; clever and resourceful, and gets the ball away cleanly. F. Collier was not so i conspicuous as usual, his line-kicking being his best feature. Pairman was ' the only other back up to form. Of i rhe forwards Whiting. A. Lockett and, were the pick, although Stewart, i •lesnite a lack ..f condition. wa« in the • running. He is also a hefty place-kick, j OTHER MATCHES. Kaierau beat Old Boys by nine points ' to three in the fourth grade cup. Tn the final for tl.e junior cup the com- ' peting teams were also Kaierau and Old ! Boys, the former winning bv an uncon- 1 verted try to nil.

BANGITIKEI SUB-UNION. FINAL FOR SENIOR SHIELD. MARTON 25. v. RATA 0. . The above match was played cn the 'Marton Park ou Saturday afternoon, laud drew a large attendance. Following were the teams: — Marton. —Thompson. Tan Paranihi, ! Burgess. Pratt, Stewart. N. Kane. G. i Hlar. Kumerua. R. and Hegglum, W. Kane. Lawrence. Anderson, Collier and I Ellis. , Rata. —Tukarangi. P. Pataka. L. Green, IP. Green. W. Green. G. Hartley. H. Kh gi. Staples, <McManaway, J, Hart-i]*-y. Henwood. Cameron, Mcßae. Signal, ;C. Lawson. FIRST SPELL. i Marlon kicked oft and Kingi found the ‘line. i-rom a. scrum the ball went to istewart, wno found the nue in Kutas -u. ! uoo:>e play followed ana Tnompson got |a goud iiixe-kicK in. a. long Kica by ia'fturangi centred play and uurgess saved ixiartoa by a line-KicK. for eft-side Ipiay me bail, irom a scrum, went to IStewart to I’raic to Tau I'aranini, who jwas collarea in rnia-neld. r a scrum uve yarns out tne ball went tu li.urgess, who found the. line near Katas nine. .i neat piece of piay py Marion (..•acks resulted in tne bail going out m | Liata's L"». .k forward rusn b.s Aiider•son endeu in a tree kiuk lor Rata, wno kentred. Kata forced play to Marton's wnere Biair anu I'ratt relieved tne Isiiuation by smart tollowing up, and j ivunu tne line in Raia's a. neat j piece of passing was spoilt by Burgess ;mis-'ing a pass. Kingi inarKeo from the iiine-out, aim kicked well up the field, iMe wart returning. Then Nero Kane • passed to Pratt, tv no put in a. good dotigbiig run. Kumerua secured front a >c. um out Staples was oil-side and Alar•t >n were awarded a free-kick, but a • touch in gaol resulted. Tau got away twitb the Kick-off. but was conared by: •A . Green. A neat piece of passing be- i ’tween Kumerua, Stewart. r/ratt and 11'aranihi found the line, and the same ■line passing almost immediately resulted in Burgess just failing to score, and , Kata forcing. The piay shifted to Mariton’s five yards’ line, and J. Hartley and , : G. Hartley had hard luck in not scoring itor Itata.’ A free kick was awarded : Kata, and Takarangi s kick missed by ■ ’.nenes only. Rata got on a nice passting bout. »«ut G. Hartley missed, /rom ! a scrum the ball went quickly to Tau, ' who put in a great run and nar:rowl> missed scoring, being collared on fti.e line. From the line-out Collier se'cured and crossed the line- Tau FaraInihi's kick tailed: Marton Rata 0. Rata broke thruugii with Takarangi in the lead, ana Marton relieved t»y a good line-kicK. For obstruction Marton were awarded a free kick, but play came buck 'to Marton’s line, where a Tree kick re!lieved. Then King! marked and Takarangi put in a good kick at goal. Rata ihad the best of the game in loose forward play and a free kick relieved the pressure in Marton’s W. Green had la shot at goal from the field and Marton forced. Kumeroa secured from a scrum land a nice piece of passing followed, but ■ Kata got away again, and Thompson relieved. Takarangi marked but his kick ■failed, and Tau transferred play to mid-feld, where Blair marked and found ; the line. From a serum the ball went ifrom Kumeroa to Stewart, to Nero Kane :to I’ratt io Burgess, mid then back to iPratt who scored a pretty try. Tau iParanihi’s kick failed: Marton 6; Rata 0. Rata were awarded a free kick and ■from a scrum the ball went across the ireld where Tau scored but a free kick Iwas awarded for off-side play, and the spell ended; SECOND SPELL.

Rata kicked off and N. Kane found the line, f rom a serum play centred, but a lung kick by P. Green went over the line and Marton forced. Kata got on a piece of passing by the Green mothers, but a knock on spoilt the advantage. a goou run by i’. Potaka brougnt play to Marton’s 25, Thompson tackling his man well. A tree kicK to Marton was returned to their Zu, where Thompson marked and Tau soon found the line. \V. Kane broke through and passed to Pratr, who shot it out to Burgess, who missed. Hegglum .secured and passed to Pratt to iiurgess, who kicked, and Blair followed up but P. Green found tl.e line. Two neat pieces of passing by trie Marton oacks lai’ed to materialise. Then Blair and Anderson broke away and Rata were forced. From loose play Ellis and the Hegglun brothers broke away and C. Ilegglun scored at tlie corner. Tau’s kick failed; Marton !); Rata 0. Picking tiie ball up in a loose rush R. Hegglun crossed the line, and Tau landed a goal: Marton 14; Rata 0. Ellis returned to mid-field from the kick-oil, and Pratt relieved bi' a tricky kick. Kata were awarded a free kick fur off-side play, and play hovered in the centre when Pratt and Burgess took the ball to Kata’s 25. J. Hartley then broke away, but Thompson saved by side-stepping and getting his kick in. The prettiest piece of play of the day was between K. Hegglun on the throwin to G. Hgglun, to R. Hegglun to C. Hegglun to Ellis, who scored near the goal posts. Tau s kick failed. It was a marvellous piece of forward passing; Marton 17; Raia 0. Almost immediately Tau secured and passed to Blair, who scored though collared on the line. Tau converted: Marton 22; Rata 0. Kata look the ball to Marton’s 25 from the kick-off, but it was soon returned by \V. Kane breaking away. Play then centred, and a free kick was awarded Rata, who kicked high but W. Kane returned io the line. From a throw-in Kingi made a dashy run and reached Alai ton’s 35. For lying on the ball Rata |were awarded a free kick and Takarangi hud a. kick at goal but failed. Ellis I picked up and passed to Pratt. who I tripped and lost the ball. Stewart secured and passed to Pratt to Buigess, ;who was collared on Rata's 25. Thomp[son relieved by a long kick up the line. Kata were forced through It. Hegglun i following up smartly. Kumeroa marked from a line-out and Nero Kane Handed a goal; I Marton2s o • Air F. C. Atkinson (Wanganui) referieed and his decisicns were received by , the public and players with great faviour. ! It would be impossible to individualise -t’ne players for both teams played hard Ito secure the coveted trophy. The Marlton forwards were a good combination and the passing between tiie backs was equal to city form. Kata's defeat was • nut due to individual players, for the team as a whole were outclassed by • Alarton in all departments. - - MABTON KETUBNED SOLDIERS v. BEST OF BANGITIKEI. i The following team will represent : :thc Rest of Rangitikei against Return-: !cd Soldiers on the Alarton Park on Wedinesday afternoon, starting at 2.45: j Full-back. D. Howe (Hunterville); thFee-quarters, G. Hartley < Rata), N. ‘Kane (Marton). H. Kingi 'Kata); five.eighths, VV. Green (Rata). N. Payne j i Marton); half, Kumeroa (Marton); : wing-forward. Joblin (Hunterville): fori wards, IL and C. Hegglun (Alarton), IWereta (Bulls). A. Cameron (Kata), F. ;Ellis and A. Anderson (Alarton), P. Richiardson (Bulls). Air H. Nuttall has |been appointed referee. It is probable •that a collection will be taken at the 'gate in aid of the Alarton Band Carini \al Fund. SCHOOL GAMES. •VICTORIA AVENUE 12. v. MARTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 3. I An interesting game, of football was on the Alarton District High I School’s ground on Saturday morning be- ? tween Victoria Avenue and Alarton Priimary boys. In the first spell Victoria (Avenue put up a score of twelve points. Titter scored two tries. Carr a try, and 'Harrison kicked a goal from a penalty, i Alarton showed to advantage in the second spell. A. Gordon kicking a goal 'from a penalty. Air W. Burgess refereed. • <>n Thursday next the Alarton boys • will play the return match with Victoria jAvenue at Wanganui. These matches |are being arranged with a view to selecting a school representative team ‘.from the Wanganui district to tour to ' A'ellington about 7th September, when matches will be played against Wellington. Wairarapa, and Manawatu school districts.

I NEW ZEALANDEBS IN SYDNEY, ’ N.S.W. AGAIN BEATEN. FOURTEEN POINTS TO SIX. | Received Aug. 1, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, July 31. The second contest, New Zealand v. I .New South Wales, was waged determin- [ edly in the presence of six thousand spectators. O'Brien, who was injured, gave way to Brown, Roberts taking the latter's place and Alear played fiveeighth, Wilson replacing him at centre. The game was played under the altered rules, but it is questionable whe- \ ther the change will be appreciable until the teams have time to study the alterations and exploit their possibilities. The ten yards touch alteration, however, tended to attract play infield, thus minimising frequent o touch line stoppages. ’ Within ten minutes of the start the ' Blacks forged away down field, some nippy passing resulting, West getting - across. Tilyard converted. Then for ■ a lengthy period play was keenly conI tested, but devoid of incident. The ' blue backs shaped excellently in smart ' passing bouts, but the New Zealanders ' were tackling like demo.ns and invar- ■■ iably blocked the home men’s progress. • Prior to the interval Wilson, Algar and ’ Tilyard participated in a bright passing i rush, the last mentioned transferring to i Steele, who forged a way past Beith and ■ scored behind the posts. Tilyard fail- • ed with the kick; > New Zealand .. .. .. w. •. <S i New South Wales 0 i Tiie second spell, practically from the ; commencement, was fast and exciting. > the blue backs opening the game at : every opportunity, but the. Blacks gen- , erally succeeded in smothering them j at the critical moment. A penalty • against Donald for taking a pass off-side l resulted in Lawtoln. goaling; New Zealand S t New South Wales . .... .. 3 r New South Wales again invaded New • Zealand’s twenty-five from the kick-off, - Brown relieving with a force. New I Zealand were still with their backs to i the wall till Brown snapped the ball up - and cleverly ran through the whole L opposition except the full-back, the ball - eventually finding touch near Nqw South i Wales’ line. Play returned to the j Blacks’ territory, but the visitors* dei fence was impregnable. Chiefly by bulr locking work among the forwards, New - Zealand visited New South Wales’ half, i where Wilson gathered and dummied through the three-quarters and raced to I the full-back before passing to Storey, ! who scored easily. No goal resulted. The blues had now shot their bolt and . New Zealand, through the agency of Donald, who played a fine game throughout, again threw New South Wales on ! the defensive. Storey accepted a trans--1 fer but was surrounded by opponents j waiting to intercept his pass; Storey t changed his mind and himself sprinted for the line, scoring his second try. . Steele failed with the kick. From the L loose Bond dribbled to the New Zea- . land line, snapped up and fell across. » Raymond made a great individual effort I to retrieve the blues’ reputation, but x Donald intercepting changed the venue ! when a try seemed imminent. The t game ended: New Zealand«... 14 c New South Wales 6

A COLLEGE MATCH. (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, July 31. A match between St. Patrick’s College, (Wellington), and the Palmerston North High School for the Aloascar Cup was played here to-day. Tiie weather was fine and the attendance 2000. The game was fought in a very spirited manner and resulted in a win for the home team by 3 points to nil, being a penalty goal kicked by Hodder. The game was not t-ue college football, the home team being superior in the front division and restrained the visitors front getting a slick set of backs in motion. The score is a fair indication of the merits. BULLEB 16, V. WEST COAST 16. (Per Press Association.) GREYAIOUTH, Aug. 1. ■Ruller Rugby representatives drew with West Coast —16 points each, after a fast exciting struggle, mainly between the aggressive Coast backs and the Buller pack’s mastery in the loose. In the first spell Kussell and Kiely scored tries for the Coast after a smart passing bout, the latter converting his own try, while Ryan and Walsh got tries for Buller from forward attacks. In (he second spell good individual runs by C. AlcElwee and Nelson resulted in tries for the Coast, Grogan and Kiely converting splendidly. For Buller, Brown scored a try after a determined run. and another try from a melee under the posts, Schazick converting. In the junior rep. football match, Buller v. West Coast, ended in a win for Buller by 9 points to 3. INTER-SCHOOL MATCHES. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 31. At inter-schools Rugby, Christchurch Boys’ High School first fifteen beat Waitaki Boys High School first fifteen by 36 points to 5. In the match between the second fifteens. Waitaki won by 9 points to 6. AicGlashani College (Dunedin), beat St. Andrew's College (Christchurch), by 17 points to 3. TOUBNEY AT BULLS.

A seven-a-side tournament will be held on the polo ground, Bulls, on August 7th for tne Bailey Challenge Cup. This cup was presented to Rangitikei Football Club on condition that it was to be played for at Bulls each year, and it is open to all clubs. The present holders are Alarton. Nominations is 7/ per team. Nominations close on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock with the lion, secretary, Air A. V. Edwards, R.F.C. ASSOCIATION. RETURNED SOLDIERS v. THE BEST. This game, from the opening, was very even, both sides being equally matched. The soldiers had the better forward line, while the Rest were stronger in their defence. If a few more matches of a similar kind were played it would be much better for the Soccer game here, as all the players enjoyed it. It was undoubtedly the best exhibition of Soccer seen in Wanganui for some time. The first half was very fast, the ball travelling from one end to the other in great style. Some good passing by the Diggers ended in AlcLeod scoring with a nice shot. Immediately afterwards the Rest took up the attack, pressing strongly, and. after some neat passing by their forwards, equalised, .Harrison scoring with a low (Qrive. Encouraged by their success the Rest again attacked and from a scramble near goal the Rest again scored, the ball coining out to Woodham, who sent in a really good shot, giving the goalkeeper no chance. Half time came shortly after with tile Rest leading by 2 goals to 1. On resuming, the Rest again strongly attacked, but Thomas (goalkeeper) saved the situation with some nice saves, and the ball travelled to the other end, where the Diggers lost some good openings by faulty shooting, always being a little too eager instead of steadying the ball. The Rest again resumed the attack, ending in Ritson completely beating the goal-keeper and scoriing- the Rest’s third goal. This seemed Ito wake the Diggers up. for they played up strongly and their efforts were rewarded by a stinging shot from Cooper, which beat Carter all the way. Playing with plenty of dash, the Diggers forced the game and kept the Rest on the defence. Just before time a scramble occurred near the Rest’s goal, Campbell shooting, and in trying to clear Healy accidentally put the ball through his own goal, bringing the scores le^el —3 goals all. The whistle went just after, leaving the game a draw. Air F. Phillips refereed to general satisfaction.

THE LEAGUE GAME. ENGLAXD 31,’v. N.Z. 7. (Per Press Association.) z ’ AUCKLAND, July 31. The first Rugby League test match between England and New Zealand was ( played at the Domain to-day in glorious weather and on a dry ground. There was a huge concourse of the public, estimated at nearly forty thousa»l. The teams were as follows: — England.—G. Thomas, W. Stone, E. Davies. D. Hurcombe, J. Bacon, AV. Parkin, E. AV. Jones. J. Cartwright, W. Cunliffe, G. A. Skilhorn, D. Grunow, 11. Hilton, and D. Clark. . . * New Zealand. —W. Dovidson, J. Sanders, E. Grey, C. Woolley, K. It’werson, A. McClymont, AT. Bollock. S. AA'alters, AV. Somers, W. Stormont, J. Scott, H. Avery, and N. Bass. New Zealand kicked oft and for some time were attacking in the Englishmen’s territory. From a free kick Ifwerson had an unsuccessful shot at goal and then Gray marked in a fairly good position, but Davidson’s kick again tailed. Shortly after, the Englishmen came away and Parkin securing the ball from a scrum beat the New Zealand backs and scored. Gronow converted. —England 5; New Zealand nil. Give and take play followed, the ball being mostly in the fl Englishmen’s half. From a scrum in " the English 25, New Zealand were awarded a free kick, but the kick at goal failed. .England then attacked New Zealand gaining relief from a breach of the rules. From the resulting .scrum, Pollock broke away on his own and nearly scored. Play now became very fast, the bull travelling up and down field. Then New Zealand had an unsuccessful shot at goal and from the resulting scramble nearly scored. Shortly afterwards the Englishmen were again penalised, but Ifwerson’s kick struck the post. Play hovered round the halfway flag and then a fine forward rush by the blacks took the ball to the Englishmen’s 25. Then from a scrum the English bucks ..gave the spectators a taste of their quality and a fine passing rush ended in Stone scoring. Gronow converted —England 10; New Zealand nil. New Zealand attacked and Ifwerson converted a penalty from the 25 flag.— England 10; New Zealand 2. England set up a hot attack but New Zealand relieved. Then Parkin came through from a scrum and passed to Stone, who beat the New Zealand backs and scorled. Gronow’s kick failed.—England 13; New Zealand 2. A few’ minutes later Stone picked up from the loose and (lashing over scored. Gronow converted. —England 18; New Zealand 2. Half time sounded soon after. On resuming England attacked strongly and almost scored. A free kick relieved and a long Kick was forced by the English full-back. The black forwards came away with a fast rush and nearly scored. Shortly after the Englishmen were penalised, but the New Zealand kick at goal failed. Shortly after New Zealand, who were getting most of the free kicks, had another shot which also failed. New Zealand continued the attack but the backs were unable to put the finishing touches and England relieved. Shortly after Parkin dashed ’ over and scored. Gronow’s kick failed. - - England 21; New Zealand 2. Fast play followed, the New Zealand backs - almost scoring. The Englishmen, however, were showing far superior individual work and easily extricated themselves. New Zealand had another unsuccessful shot at goal, and a further attempt shortly after also failed. The Englishmen then came away W’ith a fast passing rush-. New' Zealand' kept them out and the ball travelled up and down the field. Then Parkin passed the ball to Stone to Bacon who scored. Gronow « converted. —England 26; New' Zealand 2. New Zealand attacked and from a breach in a scrum were awarded a penalty. Davidson converted. —England 4 26; New* Zealand 4. Soon afterwards Ifw’erson was carried off with an injured jaw. From a long kick by the New Zealand forwards Scott followed up hard and smothering the English fullback, scored. Davidson missed an easy kick. —England 26; New Zealand 7. .An Englishman was here ordered off and in retaliation Parkin dashed over and scored. Gronow converted, the game - ending: England 31 New Zealand • 7 J CANTIBBUBY (27L V. WELLINGTON' (8). ] (Per Press Association ) WELLINGTON, Aug-. 1. A League football representative match was played on the Basin Reserve between Wellington and Canterbury. It resulted in a win for Canterbury by 27 , to 8. There were 4500 spectators. The k game was fast and open throughout. Canterbury backs showed superior form, and all the scores came from good passing rushes. Wellington forwards showed good dash, but the backs failed to make use of the opportunities. At half-time the score stood: 9 —6. For Canterbury Sanders (3), Guiney (2), Shadbolt and Rowe scored tries. Lowe and Alitcliell converted one each. For Wellington Salisbury scored two tries and Nicholas kicked a goal.

THE REFEREE. He come’s in for much abuse The Referee. And altho’ he has his use The Referee. He’s a “nark” of the first water When we don’t do what we oughter, He’s a regular fair old snorter The Referee. He pulls us up with many a thud The Referee. And oft lands us in the mud The Referee. Of laws and rules he knows a few And he gets them on to you Till your temper’s fairly blue With Referee. He’s always in the right Is Referee. So it’s no good talking tight To Referee. He’s the “old man” of the game. Making whistling bring him fame. So you miss many a “mark” you claim With Referee. Whistling seems his one delight The Referee. And spoils many a snorter fight You’ll agree. And tho’ we cannot do without him, It doesn’t pay to “snout” him; We’d be a d d sight worse without The Referee.

HOW THE TEAMS FINISHED. Old Bovs .. .. 13 points .. 1st Pi rates-Aramoho 1Kaierau 11 •• Alarists > .. •• l’ 11 Maoris ....... » .. “1“