FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

; :';; ■■;>;:_ SWIFTS V:;PALMERSTpN. : . t;:: A team from the, Swifts . Grab > visit** - Palmorston. on Thursday and defeated - local team on the Show Grounds; by two'goafl •'■ to nil. The game, could not be' described «'' a good exhibition-of "Soccer;" "as the Pal- ' morston team indulged in far too much hard. - kicking, and at times they got very much oci\ ■'. of theirrposiiions... Swifts: played /a'lifeless '■•■• gamo,'; the' forwards hanging on to the ball- : ■too much, and there wae'no/iting in' , their' .•' - attack. ■ v*j '"■■■■';■■■'■■' •■•■■■'/■:•'.;>?;.,:'' ;■;•, l' ■ ■ The first spell ended'without any score, al- ' .though 1 good shots by SpwrmvGuise, and' " ' Scott tested Reischer severely, but the home ; , goalkeeper played a fino game, and was equal to the occasion. The • second spell had not progressed, far when the Red forwardT at- ■ > tacked Strongly,,and the goalkeeper being out of his place, Scott was' enabled to score for ; :, Swifts. • The latter continued to attack/ and soon afterwards Sparrow scored a second goal as the result of good work by Dean! , Svnfte thus won by two goals to nil. < Reisciher, Richards,. and Martin were most prominent for Palmerston, s . and Pye-Smith, Guise, • :Graves/ and Scott for the.Swifts. ■ '•' : TOrDAY'S RUGBY-GAMES. "■■•.. There-should be'a very, fine game between ' Poneko" and'.: Athletic, at the Athletic Park this.afternoon.'' have exooliont 4 records for this season/.Ponoke being, un- •' beaten,' and Athletic havipg. but: one lose against, them, so. that'thoir meeting should."* prove of more than, prdiuary ..interest. With such a back divisions'' that'vof' Ponoke,' , opposed to the splendid pack of-AtJiletio »n : v wards,'some very nno'footbafl-should result.'St. James meet'Wellington:en- Number 2 ground,- and,- being '-fairly ■■evenly matched, this game should provide good sport. ■ '■ ' ■ ..; ; '-.-, -■ ( ■»V , ' ,, ' '■■ ■• . '.■■■-- ■ \ .AUSTRALIAN'FOOTBALi.' ■■' In tlh'o match, Gity ..vi Newtown,-al Basfi) " Reserve, the-iNowtown' team will - bo: Selected " from.the..following:-r-Bayliss|-;jß<Klon, Booth, tpwo,,: Carrol, Colomai\, : DaVson,- Ebblev" ' Green, Jolley; Laurence, Leckioj ''Moneur ■ -Mathowson, ■ Patricky Perkins, , -" : -Hodcora 1 "- .Samuels, and Watson. ■■•■ . >■■ ■ • ■