LATE FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 10

LATE FOOTBALL.

WEST COAST UNION. (SPECIAL TO "THE PEESS.") . GR'EJYMOCTTH, June 21. Tho attendance at the annual match between Buller and tho "West Coast, which w-a-s played at Greymouth yesterday in colt! tut. fino weather, was large, but the game did not provide a spectacular exhibition. It was closely contested, however, and- thorc were seme bright flashes of individual play. The, final score o£ eight points to six in favour of tho AVest Coast was a- fair indication of the run of the play. Had either siae taken full advantage of the strong wine blowing f,long the ground, thero must hav< been a considerable addition to the sccre. Steel, tho Al! Black, found himself we! marked and had few opportunities to shov out. O'Brien, on tho opposite wing, was r difficult man to pass. "Warnes was the beet back for the Oast and scored a brilliant try which he. converted from an easy position. This was really the turning point in the game. At half-time tho only score wa< a trv hv "Walker (Coast), who ran rounc behind tho uprights, but Steel failed to improve it. Midway through the second epell. Thornton (Buller) secured from a lucky rebound, and d ; "od over, but the kick at goal failed. Not long before the final whistle. Griffith kicked a goal for the northerners fr-:m a difficult position. Stoppages were frequent, d.ue to injuries to prayers, and H. Steel (Coast) was replaced by Lamborton in the first half. Mr J. Guerin was Blake town juniors defeated United by 6 points to 0. i" j Mr A. Davis, one of the l\ew Zealand selectors, was present at tho match with a view to future representative games. WESTLAND SUB-UNION. (SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") ( GREYMOUTH, June 21. Three iunior matches wore played' under the auspices of the Westland Svib-CJnicn yesterday, Kanieri. defeated Harihan by. 39 point.* to nil, Excelsior defeated Kiwi by 8 points to 3 and Arahura defeated Kumara bv 25 points to 12'. . ■ "At a meeting of the Judicial Committee of the- S;;b-Union, it was reso. ved to warn e, K'knfahi p'ayer for illegal tackling, and to plnoo on the caution list the flame of an H-'.celsior third grade player for interfering with a touch-line judge.

IN OTHER CENTRES. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TSx^GBAUS.) AUCKLAND. June 20. Ta-days results wore:—Marist 10 beat University 5, Grafton 19 beat Grammar 16, Ponsonby 29 beat College Rifles 0, Shore 14 beat Suburbs 6, ManuUau 11 beat t0 The first of two annual fixtures between Vine's College and Auckland Grammar reBultfd in victory for the foimer by 8 points to 3 while Mount Albert Grammar beat Sae red Heart College by appoint* toJJ. . Senior matches in Napier and Hastings on Saturday resulted-as under:—Pirates -8 v. High School Old Boys 0; Hastings 19 v. Havelock North 4; M.A.C. 11 <v. Celtic 3. WELLINGTON, June 20. Eight thousand people saw Poneke (27) defeat 'Varsity (16) in a most exciting game. The teams were level, each 16, until nearly the end of the second spell,, when Poneke forged ahead. Poneke now leads in the championship. _ . , Other results were:—Oriental 8 v. Athletic 3; Petone 10 v. Marist 6; Wellington 12 v. Selwya 3; Hutt 3 v. Old Boys 3. i DUNEDIN, June 20. Pirates 11 vv. 'Varsity A 8, 'Varsity B 22 v. Union 3, Zineari 16. v. Dunedin 0, Kaikorai 21 v. Southern 6, Alhambra 6 v. Taieri 6. QUEENSLAND BEATEN BY ENGLAND. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPSBIGBT.) (AUSTBALIAN AKD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received June 21st, 5.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, June. 20. : Fifteen thousand people were present when Queensland was beaten by. England by 11 to nil. England had the advantage of the weather. After three days' rain the ground was greasy, and there wero show ers <lur the game, both halves of which were played in- Queensland territory. For England, Batten scored four goal* Simms fivo, Hannaford one, and Caesar one.