WANGANUI ,(6) v. WAVERLEY (0).

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11285, 20 June 1904, Page 5

WANGANUI ,(6 ) v. WAVERLEY (0).

'ft It wa^ : genetal!iy"eip6c<(edthaib the ganft>. tAe above.-ie&we would .be » cJos^. ;• and excijtin,? one,, l>u£. though there wereionly 6 points betwe'eu,' them at "the finish., it must be iaid-tjiat the game waa a. most . disappointing, one. <Of " course ijhe. weather was alj, ..against' "good ' football, whilst- . Waverley put a weak team in the fiey>and their 1 display- was a very tame one; the game eventually ending _in a win for -the 1 Wanganuisby 6 points io nil. .A lengthy: description of the ,play is out of the question, and if will suffix #o say tiiat it waa a most uninteresting, contest. The Waverleyites played without any dash at all, and • they were lucky in not being beaten by more than the 6 points.". .For the greaterpart of the time* the play was in the magpies' territory, bofc now" and again they would assume ii& aggressive. They failed to take advantage of %hat chances theydid get,, however. The first score waa obtained for the reds by Thomson kicking a splendid goal from a penalty, and in the

second spell towards the finish, Geo. Dunkley K'ickgd the^baiF-froW centre to the Waverley 25, and following up fast got possession again and ran in. No goal was kicked,,\a)id^tlic-g'aiiie,.dnd.ed.in,a win for the Waitgtonus -»y 6 points' to nil. For. the winners E!irton was £he most prominent 'oF the forwards,- his- dribbling being very -good. He was well supported by Dr Wall, Collins, and Woods. ( Thomson wa6 easily the'bSst Back on the ground, liis display' beijag. first-class all round. McDonald alBO y "play6d "< The Waverley forwards proved very , strong inflEtteUermns;,'Birt" Iwhen\tliey-did1 when\tliey-did , get possession,. th.cir s Hd%6. failed to make proper use of their, chan,ces ; , In the 'open the opposing vanguard we're' too fast 'and dashing, 'jElnißlie, T. Sheehan,/ and Eobertsliaw '. >Mrer.e .thru pick, "jfcKongh Hamerton played well.' T&yLr*t3n • got. the, ball aw.ay cleanljf^ifeut he And., -also ,J[olinstan. w,ere. greatly hampered. , by the smartness of^Mc- * Donald and Tliomson. ., Symes gave" a poof display, tt(b9te(lie ; i'w^SvlMiiidicaßpjed L by a naety boil. Con Sheehan did not,- dQ,,, much, whilst- Wyboiirne: was aff,cp|pr*. ,; Mr Geotge Simjtedu-.uefereed. satisfactorily" . T -~

COLLEGE (23) v. PIRATES (0)'. Th«.i i»ii : At-e -team which • *oo$ : the field. 4 was a very poor onfe', 1 thete, being three or four juniors amongst them, and al- i together^tftey coulij ;o«ly muster; a doJsen. Under these cireum statuses,- it'fs not to be pondered, at that" the' College got the ball from tlie -scram/ and-the"-briltia«cy "-of thfeixj backs enabled them" to put up 23 points to nil. W'ftip 'winfters .In&jo^BH^i*. ford, and Hitch ings were the pick of the backs, who would JUa;ve Jieeii seep^ to even greater advantage'liad th^- ! ball"Tiot been so greasy. ' Gordon" ,'Xhom son,. stood out amongst 1 the Pirate •' -^f or warthi -like the champion that lie. is, playing a capital game tKrougl(\out> A. McGonagle;-" Bob's,and Kilpatrick also did well, whilst McGregor and v Mitchell, showed, good fo/m. amongst'^rf '•backß, ri "Who I . were fiept biiay. througKoie."^-"'"* '-■•"■ -I"- ■:, ..

.OIJ) $0?§.,(1,7),y- T.Y.M.I. (0., . , .; This- match. -.w*i& played on the' College ' Ground,.- hiit. was notliinff. more than a mud., scramble, 1 good play lieing out- of tlie ques^ tion... Witifin.a. few piinirfes ,of the start,-; the Gl{r > a3oyß,iußk^th<^ I ba,U to tlie^r op-ponemt-'s>.luie, ;whete &n&\ow. appeared t^. force, but the refta^, g4ve.a. scrum five yards out,, and from a free kick which followed <3Mg kicked a goal: ". A little later • Collins pecured a try for^he Qldißoys,-but the kick di^ not enhance the score. The T.Y.M.l& 'iwer-ft- two" or three' inen'shdft ;'■ and consequently the forwards had no chance of getting the -hall from' their opponents, but they all played pluckilyi and occas|onally"gbfr tfn' fibnte excellent dribling rueheb, w£|lsf;..^iniAn._and Ansley kicked well considering the,9tat^, .of ,the ! ground. On- 1 one occasion Aftsley^ might have scored had he not" been 1 interfered -with 'when-fol-lowing up a kick.- In thU seco)id spell, the Old .Boys: add&L Hi mo*e- points to their «c6r^ > !CdU^il7'BeHy;an'd NT. Ptfwn&ll ing tries^Q«aig'''cQnvertii»g ; 'oneof '■them. ,- For: the winners, A-. Pownall was exceedingly saW aar-tfullbaek-, ►whilst BelL placed" a good gamq. ' N< Pownall and- Craig also did well. Of tlie forwards Smith, Murray, Scott, .and Boekell -'were' the best. 'SMon, ' Wal«h:j.andr Ansley were 7 ; the; pick of {the , T.Y;Mci-. iracksVs and • -Corby, Langridge, and Spufdle were the most prominent 'of the' forwards. , ■ Mif/" El" : Brfy- controlled" the' game l'"impartially. >> -i."i - ""' ••• • • t