The Football Season

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1415, 28 August 1905, Page 3

The Football Season

AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON AUCKLAND WINS THE BANFURL] SHIELD.'. By Telegraph .-Press Association. WiiUNGioNy this day. Wellington managed to,loso the Ban furly Shield to Auckland on Saturday b; lO.points to 6. Thoy wore playing a toan drawn from'the local union only, and sadlj missed their country brethren behind tin scrummogo, Their rearguard was pitifullj weak, and their .exhibition sent cold showors down tho bacKs of tho spectators. The forwards were nearly tho same as those who have done so well in recfinl matches, but they had all thoir work cut out to keep tho Auckland forwards in check, and wtat they won their backs carefully lost. In the'first spoil Auckland, playing with tho wind, scored a try and a goal from a mark. Tho forrnor was cffeo'od by Todd and Wynyard, and the hitter by Francis, Playing with tho wiud Wellington did worse- than before, for though thoy secured six points from penalty goals Tylercrosscdtheirliuoagain, making Auckland 10 to 6, and generally thoy wero out played by the visuurs. Tho lattors' back.* wero a good lot, and their safety and simnness offered sharp oontrast to the fumbling and indecision of the Wellington rearuiofl. Tho forwards also played with dash and combina ior, and rnoro than held

,tt their own against the'strong yaigna: opposed to them, ll The day, which had boon showory an iy threatening, cloared up, and the sun cam i out, Some 6000 spectators were present, 10 ■ || CANTERBURY v, AUSTRALIA. ~ By Telegraph.—Press Association 0 . Chbistohukob, this day. f' Canterbury boat tho Australian team b, ! 8 8 points to 3, ir y OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND, 1 By Telegraph.—Press Association. Q Donkddj, this day. 0 Otago beat Southland by 11 points to 3 It During the progress of tho game a serioui j mishap happened to W. Bailoy, one of thi ~ Otago forwards. He fell in the coureo o a forward scramble with two men on toj B of him. Ho was romovod to the hospital 1 where it was found ho was paralysed froa t the waist downwards. An operation ha; t been performed, but the case is ,a verj ] serious one, and there is little hope of hi; j recovery. Bailey's depositions have beor. \ taken, but ho blames nobody, describing ; the accident as purely accidental. 1 MANAWATU v. HAWKE'S BAY, 1 MAN DANGEROUSLY, INJURED By Telegraph.—Press Association. , Wellington, this day. Manawatu decated Hawke's Bay by nine points (o nil. THAMES v, GOLDFIELDS, The return match betwoon. the above eventuated at tho Thames on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the home team by nine points to nil, The result was not unexpected, considering tho <?ery poor ' team representing the Goldfields, However, thoy must havo all played splendidly to keep the scoro so close, i " J MATAUBA 11. v. W&IHI 11. : The above match was played at Byburn's paddock on Saturday. Mataura won the toss, and kicked off with a slight wind in their favour, In tho first half A. Power snapped tho ball up from a loose rush, and transferred it to Moore, to Douglas, tho latter scoring a good try. Vivian failed to convert. Shortly after, from a scrum, the ball was passed out to McDermott, to Johnston, who crossed the line. Vivinn again failed with the kick. Tho spell onded with the scores 6to 0, Mataura had all tho best of this spell. In the second half Waihi, with the wind, madetbo gome more evon. Mataura wore penalised just tinder the bar, and B. Banco drop-kicked a goal. From a scrum Mcn'eil pissed the ball out to Johnston, to MoDermott, who dived over tho line, McNeil failed to convert. The game thus ended—Mataura, 9; 3. Notes dy Looker On. For tho winners Henry (mil) did useful work. The three-quarters all shapod well. McDeimbtt (five-eignthj is a solid man, and proved of great sorvice to his sido, McNeil (hall) wants mora oxporienco iu that position, He ought to run straight instead of crowding his men on tho line. A. Power (wing forward) worked hard. The piok of tho vanguard was A, Moore, who was tho best forward on tho ground. His line-out piny was brilliant. For tho lo«ors Harris (full) ma vory safe and cool. Ho often got his tide out of trouble. Eowo (centre ihreo quarter) was tho best of that trio. B. Dance (11 vc* eighth) deserves spsoiol mention; Jones and Jackson wero tho best of. the forward division, ~ When tho teams lined out it was found thero was no referee, and after some delay Mr B, Hannaford consontcd to take the whistle, and was abused right through the game by tho Waihi teun. Tha Union sliou'd deal with the chief offenders, The wagging of tongues by some of the players on boih sides wo 3 reprehensible, Waihi being the worst. ASSOCIATION GAME Tho senior makh Auckland v Waihi resulted in a win for the home toam by 46 points to 40, and the juniors, Auckland v, Waihi, resulted in a win lor tho visitors. Tho report ie htld over.