FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 245, 9 July 1908, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

THE BRITISH/: TS2 match acainst • HOROWHENU'/fc .?'"•£ VISITORS WIN BY 12 TO 3. (BT TELEGEAPH—PRfcgS ASs'iCllTION.)' Palmerston Nortji, July, 8. Tho attendance at the football match bo twcen Britain and the'"'c6mßine i d and Horowhenua 1 teams,-was- very .large, ir spite of the heavy rain , which fell. iri.. tJic morning. The Governor and suite; wort present. Tho Ngatihuna' team? •of "Maoris fiom L?vin danced a trains'cfim* on to the ground. .or the Oval before the big, jriatel}) ..consequciitlj tie green sward was unbroken! except \vherc here and tliero sheets of .water, lay.' .Thou", sands were /prevented by sfwollen"crceksanc flooded rivers, •as - well a s : loads, from being present. :.k.J i,Zu)° w i as ' " l ? T /' i J nd ' :aird Hie,, sun fclionc bnghtly when Polity" "Jones.'kicM oif'*'fdi tho visitors, and Hewitt -'returned to "'halfway. ike Mauawatu-Horowhenua "forwards had been badly beaten- second ; teaiT in a trial on Saturday; fifld-tligfe'Vas much interest therefore m ' the' "first -ije'rum', +w S °+! , ,? £ ,' '-oheeriiign yno«fyiiig ! +i -iJ O, '•• shot'' out ■"<-dean to the Manawatu half. -'-Irch. ll'Minn.-hac beaten the British hooker fot"gossessiori All through the. was" watched' Uut of fourteen scrums in-'tho - first -spell Manawatu-got it six, but'ln : the^sfcb'nd r ?pel Britain got Knifes ite'Waiii scrums as Mftnawatu.' •'&-sprint [ ,b4 ; 'Hewitl and mark and "exchanges betweei Jackett and Stalker characterise. ; tlib T op6h ing passages, in which' 'Manawatif lVa's :dt tacking vigorously, Williams, Hewittr Smith' \ miata, and u Pouty j l''."Jones'; bccoining x ii turn prominent, but nearly' ! "all Ir British territory. Finally,"'a^jibdcL 'nttfempi at goal by miata forced tho-visits kick sent the ball, into the centre, and foi the first time play, - wliichiirasrfaitrandrcietin reached the Manawatji twenty-five, when there was some delay owing, to ,Smith r .of-.th< British team, twisting SiOiiee..- On.,resiwi mg Gibus followed up, His .ldck;tp. .O,'Gonpor At the ball, made-[siraigLt.rfo: the. line. . lata put a stop, to luo.VRiOQJjt n-i C i f'^ lnn S°t offsidgVjyjja 1 pud#,' ahc Gibbs kicked at goal-y-froni4, r Manawatu _ forcing for J sixteen minutes' play.*V*"A!f,t'er''"excK by Gibbs and Stalker, (Rawhiti followed hi: own kick from his • aiid... I'witl Stewart sent tho ball'Ljuto-.taufch, British xornor., A finp, which Morgan excite ment. 1 lio Greens contipuctl-.to ,press, whili tho crowd cheered itself lioiifse. Winiati passed out 'to CjaacJl,;. who kicked btalker following bard to close on tho-goal line, but "Polity" JoiTes "Tirought the bal back to-the twenty-five,' where Rawiri upse him. Gibbs carried thff.'ualPbn,.'and;streaket through tho backs, hut JJpvjtt,, caught him, tho crowd cheering vociferously Gibbs returned the comlJriffiiift-just after b' preventing- Rawhiri after-'M< bai kicked;and run.half tho"longth i, bf't!ie !l ficld Rawiri, Alex. - in a passing rush reacliecl the Britlslr'iWin'ty five, whero- Jackett sfm'SfHddf Whisker i-int-< touch. The British baik rankers kicked thi ball back into the scruifi', •affd-so got tllo'loca wing, A.-'M'Minri, "It cidentf followed each othe'£{i&l)i'dly very fast; Both !Kld& S£wC(SSW balidlinj tho wet. ball British forward rush';wa's Hewitt, ' and then knocked out latter' kicked. Another 1 combined attack'bj Hewitt, Carroll, , ' Rawiri was stopped by JMifett,-ivh"(fkicked;'Sui •at centre. Chapman kicks with' the Greens, "M'Minnj-. fin'allj] .diving'lbetw«J>n 4w6 tliem scored near tho corner'-Smi'dSt^frantib"6Scite-nient. Ho took his but'thb--.;bal scarcely rose. .-, ; 3^ u; ' : Britain _ ■■■ ' t , Tlie Britishers now tried hard..to.:Scor6',''bu( were forced back, to their 25. Morgan passec ■to Davy, and, he to Chapniahjcwhoi.centred, and J. F. t Williams following-,up knocked the ball out as Anderson stopped him. gFrom! a •scrum; at the 25, a penalty-kick;was?given-•and Gibbs placed a • Manawatu-Horowh(ii'M'<£;'* .OT'rwwrfi'-g at . Britain ... , Rawiri and Jackett'shSwejlp'me 'fine"kick'- • ing, in fact the kicking' arid Handling hac been remarkably ' wof ground and the ball. _.The„Britishers wore penalised for holding M'Minn at the side ol tho scrum,' and tho just as half-time was iftlltfdCU! - On . resuming • play,..ihe British., /forwards, led ,by Gibbs,.' speedily', l 'm^3e4 : '''We.'ilooL' twenty-five,- but a ,Stewart and Carroll, carrM ; "thd''bail~tq::tjj:£ British corner,-'.'whero saved'"bj kicking into touch. Rawiri, centrcd .from, a throw;-in, and but f6r":a\. , must have; scored:. A ,with Williams tjiqi joda' territory, ,'and- DaT7.--' ; %4 : 1'l| > <*ntj?i .'.Jcmef started .on a passing by Stalker pushing •infe'ffinWKffinii a push meant skating on tho surface, the-players beings drippinE„-arid mudcovered. _ O'Connor ''a:: 3 Greeri->f6rwa§ charge into tho Chapman stopped. • British for offside interference,' the ball out well in' five, and theilco Chapfnkii'iiacle!a"]ong .pass to Gibbs, and -lie to M3lliams.l,;TliVpacQ'.!pf tho Britishers quite who had bunched idp : '4>e|tfnd" scrum, and Anderson diil not'reach'Williams until the latter was crossing-,, when. Jie'rushed him into touch tin' late, as'tho tho . crowd thought tho kick, but it 'p, .-Britain ... .v. ■•;>(: .rvtUT.j...[ | dG , Manawatu-Horowhenua It was on 4 p.m., and within two rinniltes; tho visitor's repeated-tho_ trick., again, catching the Green backs way they got over tho* Jones took a kick . frotil~'Bafiiri' : aF b&iftrti, and, outrunning his opponents, sent lt'tb Williams, who again'"outpaced opposition. Gibbs's kicked "fdiled'J, WfVjMiy Britain ' ... *9 Manawatu-Hprowlioniia,r.Vispj .vr There, was moro playffifti'th'|' , GrceiPtW(^it^ five, from 1 which to "Ponty" . Jones, Moio -"potted- 2 unsuee«ssfully. ■ The kick out wh'o passed to Gibbs, 1 ifs £l he fi! S'as brought -down, got therhalby.ery-cleVerly to Williams. Stalker's collar stopped tho latter when looking .daugfroii?,; 4 led tho Green forwards to_th6 ( Ehglish'line';'where there was much relief being ultimately securcd.by.the .British,'.forwards, headed by WilfiSliH's;'' > He , i'iid'S{4lkKr racing for the ball. Tho Britisher rgent Stalker into touch skating"on lili "bands and knees through tho mud and water. Tho visitors fairly twenty-five. . After a ScrtiM, Gibbs tfdinte&'to pass, and, beating hisiniiflii., -pisiiwl'to Davy; who- was collarcd on . The scrum which followotlsstftillap.-sed over the line, and Oldham wastfmitfdcto have .touched down. That was at'-4.13'.'- ; Britain .... ; '.'1...' 12 . Manawatu-Hprow^^i(j..i^ 4 .- 3 ' M'Minn charged,, Britishers; snapped tho placed ball«;froinp:the.f,-grbu«a, but tho chargo was allowed', andujiio' kiuk: os taken. ; •jrditKt.iiv? ,v,i . TJio surfaco was nmtf wcro-. repeated ' oxhibitlonsvofo-' grouud and' lofty tumbling and skiating iby -both- side?,Occasionally men would/ijuril; a.n-.completo somersault. ■ Yet ■ tho ibill l.Vas ticularly well, and tho-kicking-was rcmarki-; ibly good. Jackett had!.a.('pot, : ,from--half-' ivay, and mado a g00d.,-,ntteinpt.'; . ! 'i\arata, • ivho was now becoming, prominent, got a mark at centre, and;" following his kick, lowncd Gibbs at tho, twenty-fivo. Hewitt started a dangerous l lofildiig i 'ija'S'iin^''li l u^ll'' ; iv'hich a pass forward spoiled^ d ; 'thfen l tlio'' Britishers camo down tho field witE- tho 'ball it foot, amid cries of "Boot" from their lupporters, _ Mdersoa. plujckily. stopping

, ,an; ugly charge and kicking out at centre. It | was now the Green iforwardß: turfy and .for a time thoy overran their opponents, i : Carroll, M'Mihn,. Whisker, Smith, and O'Connor .carrying . apparently. all before , ..thorn, '.till, Jacket, ' amidst' cheers, got the : ..ball, from "their toOs, and, running round behind; his own goal; kicked out to the . twority-five'flag, whence his forwards carried on till Ihey ail. landed in a puddle in the ManaWatutweuity-fiye. '• Anderson• .got ■ the bail, and,'-following up his kick, upset "Ponty";' Jones" as 'he marked at, the: side of; the centre. : Another British rush ended ' m- a throw forward." Hewitt was prominent • for his tackling at this stage. : The - : wrceiw again attacked and.' the British were'fqrced. • ' After the kick out, Gibbs and Chapman -galloped down; O'Connor stopping tho latt-er, arid a forco to tho visitors- on.abled Jackett to pot, and • the • Greens: wero ■ ,fprcod._ An exciting' race- for the ball in the British ' twenty-five 'between M'Minn and ■ Jackett followed,'and ■ tho ■ latter's kick to touch : Was the concluding incident of a hard- ~ fought and exciting game, in which players and' spectators' weroalike in good humour, and hard play "never degenerated into rough play._ The visitors had to play all they know ,to win," and it was wonderful how well they : (lid''do; on the slippery ground. ■■■ The attendance is, officially given •at 6000, .and-'the" takings £460; of which the-show-,ground",takfes 20 per centi Up till lunch- '' .time'most townspeople believed tho match " . could iiot -bo*. played, - and-' people from the 1 various townships !were uiiablo to "get in. : S'oxtori' pE»'gle''especially were cut off by tho flood:" -As'it-was, fell during the match, though'it did immediately after/ v>;The British, team go on- to Wangamii to '"■■ morrow* morning. .' • • ' v j :Vthe cisborne match. '' fcr TEIiEGRAPH—PEISS 'ASSOCIATION.) ' Gisborne, July 8. The ;" gate" from the local match against ' -thq British -team' was" £342, and the local ', ■union expects to hand over £200 to the Nev Zealand .Rugby Union. r THE TEST-MATCH. fe j •'-TELEGRAPH—PEESS 'ASSOCIATION;)? - . ' ; - i " " -■ ■ Auckland, July 8.; In reference to the selection of the New r . Zealand representative'team to play in the; third 7 "test Imatch against tho "British footbailers Auckland on July 25, the following ; resolution was carried at a meeting of tho " 'Auckland Rilgby Unioii.this .'evening"Hav- •' ~'ihg selector of this- TJnioa : has been!'-'ad vised- by the secretary '. .if;tli'e s Ne"w-.ZealaM TOiloiv that'it ."Sbry for the New Zealand 'selectors to-meet in ■' "Wellington to select' the New Zealand team, this-Union s 'enters, its emphatic protest against this .proposal in view of the fact that' .Mr. .Gallagher has already journeyed to Wei-. *iin^toh-'and .Dunqdin at .-their,' reauest, s and and reasonable, that ■selTOtibh'bia.njad'B-thisitiniouri Auckland, ,"v and thus enablG.'jHr.._Gallagher' to have a voice in ~s.elesion., j !,i : , Auckland Union dedixicd' to actepfr' the Marlborough Union's proposal to pliiy"a Shield match on Augusts., ■ •TS':..'.t'fSO i''-- 1 v;

ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE TEAM. . j (n.T .TELEGEAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . I t. r !' Auckland, July 8.. : . TLfiJSt.'Patrick's pollegetcani of;Welling»' ~ It-oil,' ,iio ( \v; touring; the Nortli Island,'defeats' 7 the "Auckland,'lGtamiii at' Scljodl to-day, by" 6 .wfer'6."ysc6red. by.'; Baker '. aiid^Malfcr.,^^;;;.^;^", r . ...f'f,.; ■" M 1 UNION. "wV, meeting-. of, tlie Management Committee I-t of: tho" Wellington Rugby...,Unionwas: hyld •list, evening.- There--' were*-.present Messrs;B;' (iii tHo,. chair), - J. VF.'>o'Sulli'van J." Sweeney, J., Burns.' E.. Hardham,. and W. G'. -secretary.,- - , -• ": .. ■ I". , , 5: A'lefter" was received from tho Wairarapa . Union-,.asking-.that-tho Wellmgton-.Waira-rapa-representative match bb played atr Wei-. , on j August 1 ; : instead-of September . flZj the date for which the game had been ; i feet down. -- Consideration of the'matter was lipid,oyer.;l ( - : V' : . ; was resolved, tp'vhand. a cheque /for £15, ; redeiyed['f?om"the : New -Zealand Union, for,tho encouragement ' of the i game .'in tho.pri'ittiiry tto. Schools', Union. The Schools' Union is-to be asked to forward ; a statomenfr of how "the money is expended. lLr. ;t G'. \f.. Bogle tendered; his resignation , ;as; a member, of tho committee. It'is-Mr.;'--Bogle!s intention to leave for England early, -next'month to study medicine. Legal advice was .receivcdf in reference .totheippsition of the Union' as regards the .y-" claim of'.the Miramar' Ferry 'Company ..for,.. i Vunning.-boats to ■football : at-. Miramar on- . Saturdays.-,, -was expressed by-the-,;,.TJjiion's. solicitor, that,'.tho Union had : ■ not . bojind;. itself to play matches at Mira- ,> marii- : -and%,-t]iat sthe-."Ferry.-.; Company;had' .entered- into-( the .venture at .its ; own /risk. ■■'■-.• . to-maintain.the posi-. tidn j.tjhad'taken.bup from: the .-outsetiV yhe New Zealand Union .asked for a re--.'v'. •turn.-.•showing'..the number;,of men injured,, iiiid the amounts 'paid out:-by way of .accident-,-" insurance during last season. ~ - Vi • The -Nelson ! -Union- - wrote ; - expressing -. regret iat tfie.fact; that, the .Wellington Union, jcouM ; not';-,see t its tray,;to.--payv.th'e return, ;>. 'visit;,to,'.Nelson,': which. V .visit,' it-was stated,. : : -'hajl-.beati owing, for several, years. ; The Nel- ... son-Union asked-, if . Wellington. could- allow ethem-, : the ,Tvholo ; > of.vthe-gate: in- the event • -Ofjithem sen'ding-!a-representative.team* here. /• In' inclusion,tlae ;writer pointed out .that '•. tho Union had written to the New Zealand. 'Union;.complaining of;the, manner in which ■thi larger unions treated, the. smaller unions. !Co'nsiderationi'>of, l th6. letter."was- held -over.' It was decided ,to suggest August- 8, at ••lien»,?.as!itbe.:4ate ffor the Horowhenua-Wel- - • lingtpn-Junior "representative • match, and -. " "August;.ls,.-at,Wellington,..as,theldate.for the • f'WfelH.rjgtpn-W.rtirarapa Junior. representative -■game-.- ;.-r-Augiistc-12- was '. suggested for the - Junior representative'v. Wednesday. repre- 1 contest, and-August 19 for thg ; Wellington Jimior: representative V. Horo"ttiicnua B match. ;f Mr. T v - : ,Hj/Jones; referee- in;the Melrose-, ' 'Star Boating" ClubJ-.third-class' match, re'Had "occasion to order, a man. >f^m"'<aicK ;, iade' the 'field; The charge •-ag'aihsF'tho. Mfelrose "player was interfering ; with' ail opponent'when there \vab no pretext ib. jTljlp tipponent,' it was alleged, round-and.cliiich'ed with.' -the-Slclfoseliiaii. The referee reported that • thb game'"was'iinhecossarily rough, a- great de,il'-pf;','pbstruction 'and illegal intefcrence. »g»|ng •oft,' 4 Snd^iiev.Wi-sj to make an i.ea»nisre' : of."|Kb : -fiirsl; fiatf hp la l 'h'6' ! statM .that even after the in- " -Wt|ent.' ; ' f things fairly uummed." ''The refcrfea • explained that lio „ of ordering the iffldif'Bl!. otfeVjpldyers;"'-' uider--would,have 'sufflcisd, ''andi'lifl 'l;th'o : referee) would' consider ; thb-oxperie'licd Should : 'he;suffieient- penalty to '• thb-jii'enr. Thq' : Staf Boating Club player ap- | peS»fßߣitiu| '-gavo.lns aversion of; tho affair, '' jho';'Melrose;'nian did not attend;; The Staf '■ nian V-W;Ss." cau'tiSncd," : and -. tho. Melrose'' hti. ? appears - bp-" Fora'/th'e Gommitteo; . - ",," • The refereo in the Mplrose-Wcllington fourth-. class match advised ;tliat ho ordered a Melrose plhyer'oif. tho field on a charge of deliberater'tripping;';l'he.player made a. vigorous 1 .. jteiiiiil, orthe'-'cHat-ge', but" as l tli6, refereo did ;not'B6peai;s ! ii' - -was;''decid action TOiil..fip'dpmps forward. The. •plaier a 'ft^B6V&llß^«diife in - /tho' mean- : timp. - ':;' - -;' - ', - ' jfr.' - 'C. C T. Bell, : reforcQ-in''t!ie Poneke-Mel-roso, Jfuiiior match, reported having.ordered a"^Poueke' 1 player' - off, tho field'on a charge cf : . -^ayer- or the re- ' ifcreP and'the player was suspended Hiritil lie cpfflesi;bofore;tho;Union.;;: ' ,j\ I ■r:!r;;vj , :j.-'. ■"• ik;!'". v . i£emberiv'of .;:St. : John's Rugby Football ( "Club are reminded . that practioo will bo -hold in the Selwyn -Gymnasium, Martin ,§t}-eet, on Friday.-/night; at:-7.45 o'clock. Owing to tho wet weather, tbo matches in ,tlw Wednesday contest arranged for vested day afternoon w6re all postponed. : " '