FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE AMATEUR QUESTION. United Press Association— Copyright SYDNEY, May h Trouble, over the amateur « uosiion and proposed disqualification of Snowy: Baker as a footballer, owing to Ins disqualification by the Sports Club as a professional lias culiiviii a te.d in leading officials ot the Raighy ' inn declaring tho Union will never disqualifv a plover simply because he is a professional in another sport. THURSDAY COMPETITION. ______ t • : _ f . The opening games for the season in the competition were played on the Domain yesterday afternoon ni fine weather. The ground was,. with the exception of one portion, dry and in ■good order,, and in the second game some good football was witnessed. GISBORNE v. CITY. Tills was a. much better game than the preceding- one, the back division of both teams in turn doing some pretty work, while the forwards'worked hard and, considering that it was tho first £*iine of tho soasoti t • lasted_ \\oil. O'winf/ to the hockey matches in progress, neither team was iat lull strength at the kick-off, but ; before' the end of the: first cpe’l the welcome reinforcements arrived. It was a really good, hard 1 ft./[ft all through, and tipi first, scoiv wont down to Gisborne, Neill grounding the hall after a pretty passing run between himself, Pollock,;. Jvel.y,

Henderson. The attempt, at goal was a failure. The City men now -pressed hard to equalise, and their efforts were at length rewarded, as ‘‘Sailor” Roderick scored a clever try after a passing bout started by Puflett, during which the ball was handled by several of the backs. Puflett,’s kick at goal was charged down by Pollock, and the scores were equal when the whistle sounded for tho interval. Matters were fairly even after- • the resumption of play’, both sides trying [hard to increase their total. Each team attacked in turn, and the game was very fast and open. Towards the end of the spell, however, Fitzgerald and YVitty were prominent in a nice combined run, and, the ball going out to Malloy, that player scrambled over and registered City ? s second try. E.' Luttroil took the kick at goal, but failed to add tho extra points. No further scoring took place, leaving the Anal result: City 6, Gisborne 3. Mr. A. Pritchard was tho ■referee. STAR v. ALHAMBRA. Neither of these teams were at fu’l strength, Alhambra particularly being handicapped by the absence of several of. their players. The Star team played well together at times, and thebacks exhibited some good passing. They wore altogether too good for the weak team Alhambra put in the field, and a most one-sided and uninteresting game resulted in their favor by 42 points to nil. Mr. M'. Hay T controlled the game. a Y.M.C.A, The following teams will represent the Y.M.C.A. in the matches on Saturday next: — Seniors v. Kaiti City (No. 1. ground, 3 p.m.): Rangi, Neill, Campbell, Miller, Kaipara, Clark, J. Graham, Pine, Pcunairangi, Paul, Russell, Ellison, Brownlee, . Charters, and Perry. Juniors v. Kaiti City Juniors (Practice ; No. 3. ground; 3 p.m.): Makoare, Arthur, Olsen, Fromm, Coleman,. Hutton,* Hepburn, Evoriss, Stevens, Patterson. Porter, Perry, Chirnside, and Paora. Emergencies: Saunders, ?otovson, McGregor (forwards), Barker, Aitken. Robinson (hacks). ■ Thirds v. High School (practice, 1.30 p.m.): Barlow, Reddell, O’Meara, Mill, Fraser, McMillan, Bloomfield, 11. Muir, Parsons’ Moore, AlcKinstry, Quinn, Mitchell, Sweet, and Wildish. Emergencies : Richardson, File, Evonulen, Stafford.