FOOTBALL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15939, 6 October 1919, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

WANGANUI WALLOPED. THE RANFURLY SHIELD MATTE. WELLINGTON WINS BY 30 POINTS TO 3. (Per United Free# Association.! WELLINGTON, October 3. The special challenge Raniurly match, "Wanganui v. Wellington, was played at the AUiictic Park, and was won by the homo team by 30 points to 3. Interest was added to tie match by "Wanganui's recent sensational defeat, of Taranaki by st> points to 3. and about 6000 spectators watched the match. The .weather wan tine and the ground, despite rain which fell during the night, was dry and hard. 'The Wellington team proved much superior in combination" Wanganui possessed some speedy backs, particularly Svenson, who, at live-eight, played much the hesr, game on his side. The- match was fast and fairly open, hut it was marred in the closing stages by Elliott, a Wellington forward, being ordered off the field on the ground that fic .siruck an opposing player. The first spell ended 10 points to nil, Int soon after Hie commencement of the second halfCampion scored for the visitors, Head failing to convert.

ANOTHER. ACCOUNT. WELLINGTON’S BRILLIANT BACKS. MAGNIFICENT TACKLING BY WANGANUI MEN, (From Our Special Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, October 4. When the dawn broke this morning, it seemed uiat there was little chance of the challenge match coming off, ao tain was falling, un extremely high wind was blowing, and the wind was from a bad quarter, the south. However, as the day progressed matters climatic eased themselves, and by the time the beams took the field the conditions were much improved, although there was still an annoying wind blowing, The visitors won the toss and played with the wind, which was a great advantage, but they failed lamentably. Everything was in their favour, but they lacked combination, initiative and knowledge, of the liner ]K>ints of the game. Tho match had been boosted hero on account of the severe drubbing Wanganui gave the laranaki team, which ran Wellington so close, and consequently great interest was taken in the game. At the outset is was easy to depict who would be victors. The. brilliant back machinery of the Wellington team, as has been .seen lefore, would be hard to boat. As a matter of fact the Wanganui men of the back division, good os they were, had no look in with the Wellington combination, who have cleaned everything up in New Zealand, and lhev would probably defeat a New Zealand team.' As I have stated, Wanganui had the advantage of a high wind in tho first spell, hut they could do nothing with it, their opponents BEING FAR TOO SUPERIOR in the finer points. Such a combination as Roberts. Tilyard. Algar, and Barker, the latter Wing the champion 100 yards runner of the Dominion, will be hard to Wat anvwhere. The Wan* "itnui team distinguished themselves in two respects, they were sjieedy and they tackled magnificently. Phillipeon, Stewart (who replaced Scott as centre three-quarter), Svenson and Baddeley, put in great work, and it might be said that Phillipson and Svenson saved Wanganui from having a score of forty or even fifty registered against them. Head, at full-back, played a good game, but obviously be was not up to the wiles of the tricky backs opposing him. One try scored by Tilyard was A GREAT PIECE OF HEAD WORK. He got ißh bail near the half-way, and wormed his way down near the lino, where he had two men to Wat. He hinted to pass and both his opponents rushed for the mar who might have had the ball, and IS Ward strolled over in front of the posts/ A peculiar thing then happened,' McArthur was given tho kick—a most simple one—but a Wanganui forward charged before the ball was grounded, but, just as McArthur had kicked a free kick was awarded, 'but the essay on tho second occasion rolled along the ground. Throughout the game the Wellington men were infinitely superior, both in forward and back play to the visitor.-. To pub it plainly the blues never had a. look in. PHILLIPSON’S FINE PLAT. The beet jierformances registered were by Phillipson (who stood right out), Svenson, Stewart (centre three-quarter), Palmer and Head amongst the hacks, and IlogarJLAlabaster, Heise and Camthe forwards. Altogether

visitors ho til in forward 1.l cularlv the \\ ’ W% %^M I’OIifIRFS AND 'A 0 * o 1 liri r opponents withl H rather extraordinary? renow ned throughcSt breadth of the ixmU. of thin", hut hLiII *&!%*&*•• ’I ■ must lie. said of W that Ihey stiff!-k to the mil. their tackling was Hieir following up by the would do credit to any team. Although they were HO points to 3 they were by disgraced. It was unfortunate that Lewie (Hacks; and floss and wards) were unable to play gmiui, as. they would t.irengf boned the nor.siderabiv. The teams look the field aa ÜBdenH Wellington.—Matin; McArthur, and Darker: Corner and J. D. Roberto; CaJcanai; S. BheMtH Elliott. Tberhardt, Paten, Eyao, H .Shearer arid Do Chftrm. Wanganui.—Head; Paclcor, C. and Phillipaon; Svenaon and Baddeley; Campion; Groan, Danielson, Alabaster, B. Lockett and Heise. For Wellington, Barker. S. Shearer seoied two tries &/ Tllyard and J. Shearer Shearer, J. Shearer and A converg'd a try. N.S.W. DEFEATS QUKENSL^^H Australian and N.Z. Cable Pecei :ed -October 6, 9 BRISBANE, At league football, New defeated Queensland by 13 THE LEAGUE 9i to a wicTortr for (Per United Prase Aasociii^^^^H WELLINGTON, Tho lx-ague match tralian and Wellington this afternoon at Newtown runaway victory for the was ideal weather for foot! Sill ('round was in hrst-dae* order. Australians were altogether too for the local and ran cricket score, winning by 91 o. Magnifioent )*a>ssing work of Avstralian backs was chiefly |.t running up such a great scow. ihe Australians tries were sewed H Cubitt (G). Horder (3). West (2), Koißß Han (2), Holloway 12), Watkins, Sweeney, Ryan, Burge, Burge converted twelve and Norman For Wellington Morris verted.