FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2563, 26 July 1909, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

— '' REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. ■ TOWN v. COUNTRY. The game arranged between town and country representatives took place at the. Domain on Saturday, in splendid weather. The ground was in an excellent condition, and there was a fair muster of .spectators. Donnelly kicked 3 off for the country against the western [ goal, and play settled in midfield, f where a series of ]ine-outs took place. . Country pressed, but were sent back by a nice kick by Flatman, and the town 1 forwards rushed -the. ball to the coun- , try line, where To Hau saved in good style. The game was fast and open, neither side being able to claim any > material advantage. Both sets of backs got going in turn, but the passing on each side was faulty, and 1 ttle ground was gained by their runs. Town kept country on the defensive for a time, and Campbell was prominent wi.th good kicking and following up. With play in the country twenty-five, a scrum was formed, and the ball coming out to Flatman, he sent it out to Witty, who transferred to Kaipara, 'The latter transferred to Tocker, who ran in and scored between the posts. Ho added the extra points himself. From the half-way kick country pressed ‘ hard, and kept, town busy defending. From a kick by Hepburn, Te Hau marked cleverly, and Mason kicked a splendid goal from well outside the twenty-five. Even play followed in • midfield, and the town forwards, headed by Beach, Delaney, and Nicolas, rushed to tho country line, where a' penalty averted a likely score. At the country twenty-Jive, town were awarded a penalty, and Miller kicked a nice goal. Enlivened by this further reverse, coun•v woke up a bit, and in a moment were swarming on the town line, where thev were unfortunate not to score With th« ball in midfield, Kaipara obtained from a kick by Te R Q ’uga. He mad© a dashing, dodgy run, beating several of ins opponents, and when near the line gave to Miller. The latter transferred to Tocker, who ran round behind the posts and touched down. Newton added the major points. Short- • after the kick-off, town were penalised outside their own twenty-five, and Mason had a splendid but unsuccessful shot at goal. The whistle for the. interval sounded soon afterwards, with town leading by a margin of 10 points. Play was in midfield for some time after the resumption, but the town forwards, headed by Bragge, Beach, and Delaney, carried the leather into the country twenty-five, where Newton thaid an unsuccessful attempt at goal from a penalty. Like a flash the ball was transferred to the other end by Ryan and Kouka, and the latter was almost over, Campbell just saving in time. Town resumed the offensive, but Butcher, Te Reinga, and Cole relieved to half-way f and country were put on the attack by Te Reinga breaking through to the twenty-five. They kept up the pressure for a few minutes,.Te Reinga and Pita to Hau putting in good work. Nicolas broke through in the loose, and dribbled well up the field, but Ryan saved well and trans ferred to centre. Here loose work took place, and Hansen and Grant breaking through, smothered Tuhoe’s return, and Grant picking up scored a rather easily-gained try. Tocker was successful with the kick at goal. Country took a hand after the. kick-off, and worked their way to the town twentyfive, where Mason missed an easy shot at goal from a penalty. A nice passing run by the town backs carried play to the. country quarters, and Kaipara earned the applause of .the spectators by his clever work. Halbert and Te Reinga had a fine run to the town line, it the- local forwards again broke away and with'a clear field, Stagpoole lost a good chance by a forward pass. Country returned to the attack, and held the upper hand for a time. With play in centre, Kaipara beat a couple of liis opponents, and made a splendid opening, but Delaney failed to hold liis pass and another possible chance was lost. Give-and-take play resulted, and Ham sen was nearly over, but was stopped by Mason. No further scoring took place, although Miller was nearly over after a good run. When time, was called the scores were: Town 18 points, Country 3. .. . Mr. W. Howard efficiently controlled ■ the gam©. At the conclusion of tho match the country team gathered together in the Turanganui hotel and partook of an excellent dinner, tastefully served and provided by Mrs. Wallace. The members did full justice to the good things set before them, and when dinner was over an impromptu toast list was gone through, and several short speeches were made. An adjournment was then made to the commercial room, where a musical programme was ' provided. Altogether a most enjoyable time was spent, the utmost good fellowship prevailing throughout the evening. .WAIROA v. POVERTY BAY. Arrangements have been definitely concluded for the Wairo a representative team to play a match against the Poverty Bay representatives on August 28, the 'Saturday following the return of the local men from their tour. It is probable that Wairoa will also play Mangatu at the Domain on Thursday, August 26. ' 1 JUNIOR GRADE. IvAITI-CITY 3 v. UNITED 0. These teams met on No. 2 grouhtl, and had a fast and exciting game. Several of the players showed a decided disposition to roughness, and a couple of them were ordered off for fighting, in the first spell. Shortly before the interval Hargreaves scored for KaitiCitv but the try was not converted. Although United made strenuous efforts to equalise matters in the second spell no further scoring took place, and Kaiti-City won by the narrow margin, of three points. For the winners, C. Pollock, Oman, and Hargreaves were about the best, •while Smythe, Olsen and A. Newton played well for the losers. Mr. L. F. Williams refereed.

THIRD GRADE.' j KAITI-CITY 8 v. HIGH SCHOOL 3. This game was played on No. 1 ground ‘prior to the Town v. Country match-. For Kaiti-City tries were scored by Smith and Ipu Kara, Munro converting one of them. High School’s score was a penalty goal kicked by D. McLeod. Mr J. J. Martin controlled the game. WASAPU SOB-UNION.-, THE CUP FINAL—A DRAWN ! GAME. (Special to “Times.”) TOLOGA BAY, July 24. The Coast Cup final was played- at Tologa to-day in" fine weather. The contesting' teams were Tologa and To- 1 komaru, and great interest was taken in the game a large number of spectators being present. The game was a ready gc-cci exhibition, and 'was very fast, it resulted in a. draw, each side scoring three points. Mr. W. Hay, of Gisborne, refereed the game to the satisfaction of both players and spectators. In the evening the teams dined together at the Tologa Bay Hotel. OUTSIDE MATCHES. AUCKLAND L.-.ICHES. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 25. y The Auckland Rugby Union’s Club matches were finished yesterday, only one senior game being played, that between Parnell and Grafton, the former winning by 16 points to 9. The Ponsonby district club has wen the senior and second-grade championships. and is a tie with North Shore B for the third grade. City has won the fourth grade. The representative season commences next Saturday, and will continue until September 11th. WANGaNUI V. AWARUA. WANGANUI, July 25. The football match between Wanganui and Awarua was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Wanganui by 21 points to 6. The visitors’ forwards were superior, but the local backs were better. CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES. CHRISTCHURCH, July 24. There was fine weather to-day for the football. The senior matches resulted as follows: — Sydenham (19) beat Albion (11), Merivale (26) beat Old Boys (3), Christchurch (11) beat Linwood (8). DUNEDIN MARCHES. DUNEDIN, July 24. Tho football matches were continued to-day in splendid weather. Alhambra (14 points) beat Kaikora (7), ZingariRichmond (11) beat Union (3WSouthern (4) beat Taieri Rovers (0), Dunedin 34) beat Pirates (5), Port Chalmers (19) beat Universal (0). THE MAORI TEAM—VICTOJRY OVER NEW SOUTH WALES. Unitki) Press Association —Copyright (Received July 25, 5.5 n.m.) SYDNEY,. July 25. The Maoris defeated a team representing New South Wales by 24 points to 21. About *20,000 people attended the match. The visitors were too heavy for their opponents. Wharepapa time after time hurdled over tre . New South Wales’ backs’ heads to reach the line. The Maoris were outclassed in passing, but the game was hard throughout. The most prominent were Wharepapa, H. Pakere, P. Pakero and Ratete. At half-time New South Wales had scored 13, and the Maoris 9. In the second half the Maori forwards got moving, and rapidly altered the complexion of the game. ALLEGED HOOTING OF PLAYERS. (Per Press* association. TIMARU, July 24. A charge brought by C. L. Maslin against two prominent officials for hooting him in the Pirates-Timaru match, on July 8, was discussed at last night’s meeting. A. Shirtcliffe, the president, and H. H. Fraser, secretary, were the parties implicated. A warm discussion ensued re admittance of the press representatives, who were eventually invited to remain. Three witnesses were called. Allott, a member of the Referees’ Association, deposed that when Maslin and Ooles (Pirates) tackled Bain (Timaru) ho heard hooting, and looked along the. touch-line and saw a party of four, including Shirtcliffe and Fraser, whence the hooting proceeded. He was certain that cither Shirtcliffe or Fraser, or both, were hooting. He could not say whether they were hooting Maslin alone, but lie thought they were hooting both Maslin and Coles. Hassall, the second witness, swore that neither Shirtcliffe nor Fraser hooted. Maslin was himself one of the party of four referred to by Allott. He believed Fraser hooted,but not at Maslin. Shirtcliffe did net hoot at all. Pearson, the final witness, a member of the Referees’ Association, affirmed that Shirtcliffe and Fraser both hooted.. He did not tell.Maslin they hooted him. They might have hooted the whole team or any on© of the players. Maslin said he misunderstood Pearson. He thought he said Shirtcliffe and Fraser hooted him. Otherwise he (Maslin) would not have lodged -the complaint:- Seeing that Pearson’s evidence was not what lie anticipated, he wholly and unreservedly withdrew" the charge and apologised. Father Kirby, chairman, at the outset of the meeting, said that if Maslin failed to prove the charge he should consider the advisability of resignation of his official position. If the charge was proved the president ' and secretary should consider the propriety of resigning. Neither party resigned.