FOOTBALL

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2593, 30 August 1909, Page 6

FOOTBALL

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. POVERTY BAY DEFEATS WAIROA. The representative fixture, Poverty Bay- v. Wairoa was played at the Domain on Saturday. The ground and •hall were very slippery to a great extent ; spoiling the game. Rain fell continuously, hut there was a fairly good attendance of spectators. Poverty Bay won the toss and play settled in midfield. From a line out the Wairoa forwards rushecl play to Poverty Bay twenty-five, where they were awarded a penalty which proved unsuccessful. Aided by'a strong gale Wairoa kept up pressure but good work by Watchorn and Bowman relieved to half-way. Wairoa returned to the attack, but were sent badk by Tocker, but a penalty for obstruction put Wairoa again on the attack. Play continued in Poverty Bay twenty-five, and Bowman found touch at centre with a nice screw kick. Poverty Bay backs got going at centre, but Makoare failed to. pass and play settled in Wairoa’s twenty-five. Poverty Bay forwards, headed by Lowe and O’Sullivan rushed play to near Wairoa’s line and from a good'passing run of the backs Ryland was nearly in at the corner. Aided by Lambert, Wairoa’s forwards relieved' the pressure, but Fitzgerald sent back again. Once more the Wairoa forwards rushed, this time to half-way, and play remained here for some time. Poverty Bay were awarded a penalty, but after an exchange of kicks the ball was kicked over the Poverty Bay lino by Payne, and Miller forced. At centre the Poverty Bay forwards took charge, and, headed by Donnelly, and Gatland, rushed, to close to Wairoa’s line. Here Wairoa were kept busy defending their line, and Poverty Bay backs, passing well, were nearly over on two or three occasions. With the brothers Lambert and Keile in th© van, Wairoa relieved to the twenty-five, but by good work Ryland and Makoare returned to the Wairoa line, where Poverty Ba,y were awarded a penalty. Fitzgerald’s kick at goal was unsuccessful, and a loose rush of the whole Wairoa team transferred play to centre. Lyons and Lowe broke away along the line to the Wairoa twenty-five, where the Poverty Bay backs got going, but their efforts were nullified by a slippery ball, and Dixon returned with a long kick to Poverty Bay twenty-five. The Poverty Bay forwards gradually worked their wav to centre, but Payne and . Dixon got away to Poverty Bay twenty-five where Watchorn tackled the latter and Bowman kicked to centre. Wairoa’s , full-back cleverly marked from the toes of the rushing' Poverty Bay forwards, andi a moment later Poverty Bay were penalised for off-side in Wairoa’s twenty-five. A loose kick by Lambert sent the ball to the Poverty Bay twenty-five, where Tocker and Bowman saved well, and the next item of note was a lovely single-handed dribbling ran by Nicolas, right to the Wairoa twenty-five. Headed by Lambert and Kiele, Wairoa rushed to Poverty Bay twenty-five, but good work by Bowman and Paaka Turei sent them back to centre. Here Makaore was prominent by good work, and Tocker, lost a good chance of scoring by failing to pass to Ryland, who had a clear fun in. Keeping up the pressure, Poverty Bay made strenuous efforts to open their account, and, after good passing, Miller made a good., strong run. He was almost over at the corner but was thrown into touch in goal, and the whistle sounded for the interval. On the resumption of play, the game was of a loose nature in mid-field. By a loose rash the Wairoa forwards carried the ball t© Poverty Bay twenty-five and close to the line, but good work by Bowman, Watchorn, and Ryland brought v play back to centre. Here several scrums took place, and play coming back to the twenty-five Poverty Bay were awarded a penalty and Bowman took a. couple of good marks. -A good line kick by Ryland found touch close to the Wairoa line, but a bad miss by Ryland a moment later let Wairoa away to centre, where Watchorn. saved well, and Fitzgerald, Makoare and Miller returned to Wairoa territory. Here, from a scrum. Bowman sent to Ryland, who was nearly over, but Poverty Bay were penalised for off-side and play was removed to centre. Mainly through the instrumentality of. Donnelly the game was soon -in. Wairoa’s territory again;„ but Wi Friday relieved and a loose kick found the line at centre. Ryland sent-back. ■with, a nice line kick, and one© more Poverty. Bay were on the attack. A, succession of scrums took place owing to the slippery ball, and from a splendid rush of the Poverty Bay forwards Lowe - scored Close to the posts. Fitzgerald converted with a good kick. The Poverty Bay backs got going well , after the kickoff, and the. forwards, headed by Nicolas, Donnelly, Paaka Turei, and Gatland made matters lively for the .Wairoa backs. From a long kick by .Ry~ fiand Wairoa forced, and from the kick Makaore got away, and gave to Miller, who had hard luck in failing to hold the. greasy ball. Soon afterwards "Fitzgerald . saved cleverly from the Wairoa; forwards and Ryland., by a lucky “speculator” found the line in Wairoa’s twenty-five. Here Poverty Bay were awarded a . penalty, and only the greasy ball prevented them from scoring after the kick. Miller was prominent with good defensive work at centre, but Wairoa.jwer© playing up ,;vell and worked their way down to Fitzgerald, who sent them back with a lovely Eve kick to centre. Here Watchorn got away and gave to Makoare, who held on too long and a good chance was lost. Tocker found, the fine'in the Wairoa twenty-fi^e. with a neat ’kick, and Poverty Bay kept up the pressure. Lowe nearly forced Ins Way. over thei line, but was held up, and from a scram on the Wairoa line the defending forwards relieved witn ai rush to’ their own twenty-five, and a kick by Dixon sent play to centre. passing rum by Tocker, Makoare and Miller: gained a lot of. ground, and Bowman was prominent with a.beahtitul hue ]dck, putting his side again close to tno Wairoa line. Good defence by. : the Wairoa hacks kept Poyerty ::Bay out, but from a penalty Tocker and Lyons were nearly over, but Green forced nust in . time. Fitzgerald saved splendidly after Bowman and Tocker had both missed ■ and, time was called with Wairoa in the Poverty Bay half; leaving the score Poverty Bay o, Wairoa nil.. MMr. L. riF. Williams controlled the game. : ■-T7'. r;i - ' i l AFTER THE MATCPI. 1 In the evening the two teams and iilso the members of thb Mangatu team dined together at the Record Reign Hotel-: / Mr. H. E, Maude, chairman of. Bay-Riigby. Union, •presided; 'ahd; while welcoming the visitors, ■ f: |o #e' recent tour,-of tfiSHobal representatives. A. short toast ■ \m was through, and the gathering terminated atuarrtbarlyr hour, with the ringing of “Auld Lang Syne.

DEFENCE CADETS (6) v. \ Y.M.C.A. (4).

The final in the third grade competition was played between the above teams as a curtain-raiser to the Wai-roa-Poverty Elay match. Y.M.C.A. kicked off against the wind and rain. J. Lloyd returned with a fine line kick, the ball going out- in Y.M.C.A.’s twenty-five. From the throw-in the Cadet forwards attacked strongly, but they kicked too hard, and Y.M.C.A. forced. Play then went to centre, where, from a penalty, Lloyd had an unsuccessful shot at goal and Y.M.C.A. forced. Play remained Y.M.C.A. twenty-five some time, when. G. Rich ardson broke away, and carried to centre, where from a scrum Bloomfield passed out to Fromm, who transferred to McMillan, then to Mill, who made a good run and passed to Paku, who carried to the Cadets’ twenty-five, where he sent out again to Mill, and a score was only averted by the latter being pushed out near th© corner. Y.M.C.A. kept play in. the Cadets’ twenty-five, and Were awarded a free kick, and Mill tried a shot at goal, but the kick went wide and Cadets forced. Cadets then carried play to the Y.M.C.A. territory, where the latter ware penalised, and Tupapa kicked a beautiful goal. Y.M.C.A., hy good line kicking, carried play up the field, but were again penalised, and the Cadets once more attacked. With play in Y.M.C.A. territory, the Cadets looked like scoring, but were penalised for obstruction. With play near the centre, the Cadets were awarded a free kick, and Tapapa again kicked a fine goal. Half-time was called with the score 6 to nil, in Cadets’ favor. Upon changing -ends, Y.M.C.A. attacked strongly, and Cadets forced twice within a few minutes. The good forward work by the Cadets carried play to centre. G. Fromm picked up in centre, and made a good run into Cadets’ quarters, but good line kicking by Tapapa brought play -again to centre, where even play took place for some time. , The Cadets transferred to. Y.M.C.A. twenty-five, and from a penalty Tapapa had a shot at goal, the kick going low. G, Fromm returned well, and play was carried to Cadets’ twenty-five, where, from a free kick, J. Winter had an unsuccessful kick at goal. Play stayed in Cadets’ territory for some time, and they were again penalised for off-side play. Mill had a kick at goal without success, and Cadets forced. Fast play followed, the ball going from one end of the field to the other with great rapidity, and it looked- as if Cadets would win with six points to the good, but just on time Harryl Fraser picked up in Cadets’ twenty-five and kicked a -fine goal, and the game ended as -above, with Defence Cadets winners of the competition. Mr. W. Hay refereed.

AUCKLAND MATCHES. [Pkb Puksh Association. l .. AUCKLAND, August 28. Two inter-union matches were played here to-day, in very bad weather, rain falling incessantly throughout the game. The heavy rain of Thursday and Friday had made the grounds so sodden that the playing area was quickly converted into a quagmire. The match between the- Auckland B team and the Northern Wairoa Union representatives resulted in a win for the latter by 6 points to 3. For Wairoa, Mitchell scored a try and Smith kicked a; penalty goal. Revell scored for Auckland. The Auckland junior representatives defeated Kaipara representatives by 37 points to nil. A feature of the game was the place kicking of Taylor, who kicked four goals from six attempts, from difficult angles, a great feat when the sodden nature of the ball is considered. The Auckland score comprised nine tries, of which five were converted.

HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT. NAPIER, August 29. The second match in the High Schools’ tournament . was played at Hastings on Saturday, when Palmerston North defeated New Plymouth, by 11 points to 5. "WAIRARAPA DEFEATS BUSH JJNION. PAHIATUA, August 28. The match between Wairarapa and Bush representatives was played here this afternoon. The weather was favorable, .and there was a good' attendance. "The ground was' iheavy. The Bush team were outclassed in all departments of the game, Wairarapa win- , ping by 24. points to nil. JUNIOR MATCH—TARANAKI BEATS WANGANUI. t - HAWERA, August 29. - In the junior representative match, Taranaki v. Wanganui,.the game ended in'-favor of Taranaki, by points to 3. Taylor obtained a try arid Tichborne kicked a goal for Taranaki; Watts .scored a try for Wanganui-INTER-COLLEGE TOURNAMENT. WANGANUI, August 29. •The intor-College football,; tournament was continued on Saturday, when Wellington beat Christchurch by 24 points to 5. AUCKLAND DEFEATS WELLINGV TON. • WELLINGTON, August 28. , The twenty-first representative foot-ballmatch-between Auckland’ and Wellington was-played here this afternoori, under unfavorable conditions as regards weather and/ground'. Rain 'folk during the progress"Of the match, making the brill greasy for the backs to manipulate with 1 satisfactory results. About 6500 spectators were- present; Ahcklarid scored a somewhat lucky victory by 3 to: nil; ' O’Leary l kicked a fine penalty goal in the'first , spell. The game was a hard-fought' one/'the forwards mon-opolising”-WTOE-o'F'tlie':'play. On the day’s form there, was not a great deal of difference? the teams. The' northerners made most of their work on the linetofft/ from which they engineered -aririny V-breafeawCay rushes. They were also cleverer with their feet than the: local brigade.- The. •visiting rearguard handled ;and-kicked the leather with greater", success .and > more force than the opposing division, which, on occasions, -initiated- excellent- passing rushes, the- state of the - ■ groitnd alone preventing them .-from • carrying them to a successful.-issus-:; -The-.nor-therners' indulged -in plenty j of off-side play, for which they were frequently penalised. They had the best-, of the .?-• , r {■'XVoC'iH'. t0..-'"'

play in.the' first spell, but the local men more than equalised matters in the succeeding half. In the second spell, Magee, captain of the Auckland team, while racing for the ball near Wellington’s lino, collided with an opponent, receiving severe concussion of the brain. Winder, from the Thames, replaced him. Had the ground been drier, the Wellington backs would probably have proved a great thorn in the side of the Aucklanders. BULLER DEFEATS NELSO^f. WESPORT, August 28. The Buller v. Nelson football match was played at Cape Foulwind to-day, and resulted in a win for Buller by 8 points to 3. In the first spell, neat passing between R. Hansby and Kelly fet the latter away, and he scored near the goal posts, McDiarmid converting. Shortly after the resumption of play, in the second spell, Kelly gained possession of the leather, and transferred to R. Hansby, who finished a dashing run by scoring a try, which was not converted. Nelson then put more life into their play, and obtaining a free kick in Buffer's twenty-five, Saunders kicked a neat goal. Tlie game was bard, but' not brilliant, the ground being slippery. A feature of the play was the fine line kicking of Saunders, the captain of the visiting team. A CHRISTCHURCH-MATCH. - CHRISTCHURCH, August 28. A football match played at Lancaster Park this afternoon between teams representing Town and Country, resulted in a win for the former by 12 points to 6. The-weather conditions were very unfavorable, and with a greasy ball and a slippery ground, good football was out of the question. The game, was very evenly contested,- the country forwards showing up very well. The town backs had . the better combination, and this enabled them to win.

UNIVERSITY MATCH—SYDNEY DEFEATS OTAGO. DUNEDIN, August 28. . The Otago University v. Sydney University football matcli was played on the Caledonian ground this afternoon in miserable weather. The visitors were victorious, the final score being 13 points to 8. AUSTRALIA DEFEATS MAORIS. Uniter Pukes Association— Copvßiaui (Received August 29, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 29. Australia defeated the Maoris by 20 points to 13 points. Prior to the match, nine of the Maoris were arrested under an order of the Court obtained by Mr. Jack, in connection with his claim, but matters were, arranged, enabling them to play. The attendance was about 10,000. The play in the first half was even. A few minutes’ from the start Australia were penalised, and Powhiuwhiu succeeded in putting the ball over the bar. Asher and Kopan each secured tries, but Powhiuwlnu’s shots at goal were both failures. For Australia, Carpenter kicked a penalty goal, and Nicholson got a try, Butler converting. In the second spell play was exciting, the Australians making the game fast, ' and kept the visitors on the defensive. Carn, Butler, and Broomham succeeded in crossing the line. Butler converted the first two tries. The Maoris ‘did not get a look in till just before no-time, when, coming strong, Haira [secured a try, Taonui adding the extra points. ~ "1 <At the close of the game the cup, the trophy for the winners of the test matches, was presented to the Maoris. (Received August 30, 12.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 29. ' The Rugby League handed a cheque to the sheriff covering the amount in dispute,, pending the Court’s decision. The Maoris were therefore released.