SPORTS AND PASTIMES;

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3611, 26 August 1912, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES;

FOOTBALL THE RUGBY GAME. RANFURLY SHIELD MATCH. AUCKLAND (12) v. WELLINGTON (0). [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug 24. Auckland beat Wellington in the Ranfurly Shield match by 12 points to nil after a keen hard game played before an attendance of over 15,000 people. The teams were: Auckland. Full-back, O’Leary; three-quarters, Maclcy, Stewart, McGregor ; five-eighths, Weston and Ifwerson ; half-back, Webb; forwards, Hall (wing), Tressigi, Sellars, Wilson, Bruce, Cunningham, Barrett, Carroll. Wellington. Full-hack, Murray; threequartors, Grace, E. Byan, Young ; five-eighths, Ramsden, McKenzie; half-back, F. Roberts; forwards, ner (wing), Elliott, Ready, Gillespie, AVilson, MofFatt, R. Paton, MacFarlane. Mr E. McKenzie refereed. Wellington won the toss and played with a light breezo and against- the sun. Cunningham set play in motion and Auckland immediately rushed play into Wellington’s territory. Roberts then set the Wellington backs going and the hall went out in Auckland’s twenty-five. Then Carroll led Auckland back, only to be returned by the Wellington forwards and play for some time moved up and down the field. Presently a fine passing bout „ brought Wellington into Auckland’s half, but O’Leary, who played a brilliant game, was too safe and a kick to the line sent Wellington back. Play was fast and keen and while strenuous work was performed by both vanguards there were frequent flashes of bright back play. A good rush was presently made by Carroll, who took the ball at his feet close to the Wellington line, where Murray came round and saved. Mac-

Fa rlane had several unsuccessful penalty shots at goal about this time, while O’Leary also failed in this respect. Auckland were now having all the better of matters and the blue and white vanguard was too good for the visiting hack. Presently “Rangi” Wilson set out for Auckland’s line and a fine rush ended in the invasion being frustrated by Webb, who gathered up and found the line. Then Auckland attacked again. Weston broke away from mid-field and took play to the Wellington 25, where Grace gathered up and kicked towards the line, but Macky secured the hall before it reached touch and he raced down the line and scored. Ifwerson failed to convert. Auckland A Wellington 0 Tlie remainder of the spell was keenly contested, hut there was no further score. Wellington attacked briskly on resuming. but Auckland rapidly assumed thc^upper hand and Wellington was forced twice in succession. A hard rush by Auckland followed by a line kick by O’Leary brought play to within a few yards of Wellington’s line, hut a free kick gave relief to the visitors. “.Rangi” Wilson and Ramsden led Wellington down-field, and Auckland were forced- Wellington appeared to slow down now and while the Auckland forwards continued t<» play steadily the Auckland backs brightenM con-iderably and a number of brilkant passing rushes were' witnessed. Presently the Auckland hacks wait away strongly and a fine rush ended •n Macky scoring again. Ifwerson failed to convert. On resumption of play Auckland swop* back to Wellington land and almost all the home banks took part in a, fin* run which took play close to the Wellington iir.2, Wellington retaliated, but the change was but momerp tary, for Weston went away wit> pj ic ball, and when near Wellington’s line lie transferred to Macky, who regisisred his third try. O’Leary faileci 'ift convert.

Auckland, how had Wellington beaten and the play became less interesting. Just on the eall of time Wacky once more crossed the line. Auckland 12 Wellington 0 Mr E. McKenzie refereed. WEST COAST (17) v. CANTERBURY (1-1) • [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 25. The Canterbury team played the third of its interprovincial fixtures for the season yesterday afternoon, when it met West Coast- The weather was beautifully fine, and there was very little wind. There was a large attendance of spectators. The game, whieli resulted in a win for the Coast by 17 to 14, was one of the fastest seen in hero for some vein s and the issue was in doubt right up to the call of time. The winners thoroughly deserved their victory, playing with a great deal of dash in comparison with the languid efforts of Canterbury, and had they possessed a little more firmness they would have won by a still larger total. Their forwards outplayed the Canterbury pack and their backs showed up much better than the Canterbury rearguard, one or two of whom performed very poorly. Mr J. F. Peak proved an efficient referee. Following were the*teams: ■Canterbury (red and black). —Fullback, A. G/Doell (Sydenhaip); threequarters, A. McDonald (Christchurch), J. Howison (Sydenham), L. Cade

Merivale); five-eigh.tlis;' P- Burns (oapt., Albion), N. Payne (Linwood); half, H. Taylor (Old Boys): forwards, IST. Carngic (wing, Merivale), 0. Hassell (Merivale), C. Hegarty (Merivale), A. Patterson (Christchurch), W. J Morgan (Christchurch), W. Maxwell (Merivale), T. Bain (Old Boys), W. Sergison (Merivale). West Coast (red and white). —Fullback, J- Sherlock; three-quarters, t». Nelson, T. Irving, G. King; fiveeighths, P. Anderson, J. H. Hall; half-back, W. C. Church; wing-for-ward, A. Morrison (capt.); forward, F. W. Godfrey, R. Sands, J. Rinnards, H. Atkinson. D- Mclvor, T. McIntosh, and R. Wilson. Canterbury kicked off against the sun and immediately a passing, rush instituted by Burns, took play to the visitors’ territory, a. fine kick by Anderson relieving. Sherlock misjudged

a long kick by Taylor and the Canterbury forwards made things unpleasant for the Coast for a moment or two until Mclntosh headed a hot forward ■rush down to the Canterbury line. Canterbury forced play down to the Coast goal posts, but a strong run by Morrison, assisted by Hall, took the ball to the Canterbury, end, a free kick saving the home side. A long kick by McDonald had Canterbury attacking and Sherlock just kicked out of hounds in time to save Taylor scoring. Coast worked 'their way back to Canterbury territory and from a mark Nelson made a good attempt at goal. Coast kept up the attack, poor play by Payne assisting them until Howison secured and after a good run passed to Patterson, who ran half the length of the field and scored. He took the kick himself and landed a fine goal. Canterbury 5 Coast 0 Immediately after Cade was nearly over twice in succession and then bad passing on the part of the Canterbury backs enabled the visitors to raise the seige. Coast were slinging the ball about, but not too accurately, but finally from a free kick Nelson landed a good goal for them. Canterbury 5 West Coast 3 Shortly after the kick-off Payne missed his pass and a fine passing rush on the part of the visitors nearly let Anderson over. Dooll just bringing him down in time. From a mark immediately after Nelson just failed to kick a goal. Can-, terbury rallied and Bain nearly bullocked bis way over the Coast lineFinally, after some strenuous play, Coast were forced. Half-time sounded immediately after with the scores: Canterbury 5 Coast 3 Upon resuming Coast quickly set up an attack and from a passing rush King got over. Nelson kicked a fine goal. Coast : 8 Canterbury 5 Coast continued to press until McDonald cut off a pass and, kicking across to Hassell, the latter, with a fine run. took the ball well down the field and Sherlock, getting into difficulties, Morgan and Howisson took the ball over the line, Morgan scoring. Patterson failed, to convert. Canterbury 8 Coast 8 Play now' became faster and more interesting. At this stage Godfrey, one of the Coast front rankers, retired hurt, his place being taken by Rogers. Burns led a hot forward attack, but Coast forced. Cnast retaliated and from a strong rush Mclntosh got over near the corner. Nelson failed with the kick.

Coast 11 Canterbury S t A moment later, from a bout of passing, Hall scored. Nelson again failed to convert. Coast 14 Canterbury ' ... ... 8 Bad play by Payne nearly let Coastover again, a free kick alone saving Canterbury. A strong run by McDonald looked dangerous a momentafter. He was almost over and from the resulting line-out Hassell scoredPatterson just failed to convert. Coast 14 Canterbury 11 From the kick-off McDonald was again nearly over, hut Coast came back with a rush and Wilson scored. Anderson made a feeble attempt with the kick. ■Coast 17 Canterbury 11 Shortly after, from a free kick, Hassell kicked a neat goal. Coast 17 Canterbui’y 14 Play now became exciting, but there was no further addition to the score, the whistle blowing with play at halfway. M.ANAWATU 15 y, WAIRARAPA 3[FEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.) PALMERSTON N., Aug. 25. A representative football match was played yesterday —MftMW&tU v. WairarapAF-and. was WOfi oy Manawatu by 15 to 3. The day was beautiful, and the gVound in great order. The game, ill consequence, was fast and open, The Manawatu forwards, who played with fine combination and judgment, practically ran all over the visitors, both fore and aft. When the visitors’ backs did get going the local backs were easily able to nullify their efforts. The home men have a particularly fast set of forwards and backs this year. ' Manawatu scored nine points in the first spell and six in the second. Wairarapa scored in the second spell an unconverted try. The Manawatu score consisted of three unconverted tries and two goals from the field. Wairarapa seemed to run to a standstill and Manawatu were the aggressive almost all through the game.

CANTERBURY COLLEGE (12) v. VICTORIA COLLEGE (3). WELLINGTON, Aug. 25. The Rugby match between Canterbury College and Victoria College, played at Athletic Park yesterday, resulted • in a victory for the former by 12 points to 3. The visitors showed better cohesion than the home ‘team, and should have put up mere points than they did. They worked hard, and were constantly on the ball, but their passing was bad and their tackling not much better. Towards the finish the game was scrappy and unscientific. At half-time the scores were—Canterbury 6, Victoria College 3. Canterbury was making the pace hot when the game ended, the final scores being—Canterbury 12, Victoria College 3. MARLBOROUGH (10) v. WELLINGTON B (3). WELLINGTON. Aug. 25. - The Wellington B team' of Rugby representatives were defeated' bv Marlborough on Athletic Park yesterday by 10 points to 3. The attendance was small, and plav, except for occasional flashes, was dull. Marlborough made things merry at the start, and from a rush to Wellington’s 25 Daly got over, scoring the first try. Jackson failed to convert. Sheridan got the next try a few minutes after. Wellington’s back work Avas very bad, and they missed several chances. Wellington’s bad passing and careless play was noticeable in the second spell. Once only did they pass well, and : Lambert scored a try. McKenzie failed to convert. Marlborough’s energy. which had been fading away, livened up after this, and Parker got

in ia drop kick, which' gave his side four more points. The game ended— Marlborough 10, Wellington 3. WANGANUI DEFEATS NELSON. WANGANUI, Aug. 351 The, Rugby representative match Nelson v. Wanganui was played at the Recreation Ground on Saturday in beautiful weather. There was a good attendance and the ground was in fine condition. The result was an easy victory for Wanganui by 35 points to 6. The local representatives ran over the visitors in the first spell, which ended 24 to nil in Wanganui’s favor. The second spell was more even and the game ended as above. Wanganui’s score consisted of eight tries, two being converted, a potted goal and a kick from a mark and Nelson’s total was made up by a penalty try for obstruction and a goal from a free kick. SCHOOLS REP. MATCH. WANGANUI, Aug. 25. The Schools Rugby representative match, Manawatu v. Wanganui, played yesterday, ended in a win for Manawatu by six '(two tries) to three a goal from a markTHE LEAGUE GAME. N.S. WALES (45) v. WELLINGTON (13). [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 25The New South Wales League team commenced its tour with a against Wellington yesterday in the presence of 8000 people. ' , - The first spell was even, 11 points being scored by, both sides, but the latter half of the game was purely m favor of tlic visitors, who rattled on 34 points to their adversaries’ 2. The game was very fast throughout, the visitors showing excellent knowledge and condition. The local combination was completely outplayed in every department. ’ The game ended : New South Wales ••• 45 Wellington 13 WANG ANIUI v. TAR AN AKI. WANGANUI, Aug. 25. A League match played here on Saturday between Wanganui and South Taranaki resulted in a win for the home team by 27 to 13. Moir (Taranaki’s half) sustained a broken upper jaw. He was motored back to Eltham on Saturday night.

QUEENSLAND (15) v NEW SOUTH WALES (8). • [UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT] (Received Aug. 26. 12.25 a.m.) SYDNEY. Aug 25. At a Rugbv League' game, Queensland defeated New South Wales by 15 to- 8.