FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 9

FOOTBALL

RUGBY. SATURDAY'S MATCHES. , ORIENTAL-DEFEAT MELROffl?'. '■ ' Good general 'conditions prevailed for tho sontinuanco of tho various Rugby Union tompetitions on Saturday. 'At Athlotic P,»rk,' ivhoro a crowd of about'3ooo assembled to witness tioj game* set down for decision there, the grounds wero in good order, and the form ahown in tho two m'atobes was,of « fairly interesting et*nd»rd. Chief interest naturally centred fn tho meeting ol Oriental and Mctroso'on No. 1 ground, which, at' Mines, produced somo enlivening plsy. Oriental ultimately winning by » fairly solid margin. On No. 2 ground tho Potono. team, wfiich. has undergone many changes in personnel, oning te v»rious causes, and is now composed, wHh few eseepHone, of joung but olbelt very promising playors, made mat. ters merry for Wellington, registering 22 points to Wellington's • eevon. At Mir.war Old Boys defeated Southern .by 14 noints to nil; Poneko registered another winning point by besting Victoria College by 14 pmnta to threo, at Pctyno] while St. Jaroos and. Athlotio, at Lower Hutt, played a drawn gametic score. ORIENTAL V (19) V. MELROSE (8). By defeating Mchwe, Oriental have, it may bo said,'retrieved Eomo-of thoir lost laurels. In tho firet twenty minutes of play, when Mejroso «jnt"irmal|y had. thoir opponents , hemnwd on their line, one was inclined to tho opinion that last year's champions by the superior manoeuvring of their forwards would emerge, whmers, Once, howevor, that OriepM werp abjo te got the ball away from .the scrummages early anticipation,? were gradually dispelled, but still the fortunes of tho gmse— wviqb wftfl fought put in a, strenuOTit way—lrnng in tho balance tiJJ late in th? ueoond half, At the outset, Kehoafl worked play to tho Oriental line, and tho Cardinal forwards hotly preseod.. -The priorrtal' defence withstood tho test for a while, but Melroso's persistent attacking • woro down tb<i opposition, and after some hard sornmnting Two. mcy wriggled through and touched down. Tho iry was iaproved upon by Beavjs. Molrose 5, Oriental 0. Directly on resuming, the Orien--tal forwards got en a strong dribbfo, which was followed by a fine run by M'Lood. When tackled, M'Lcod traneferred to M'Mahon, ■who scored. Vercoo's kick was a'failnro, and the score stood; Melroso 5, Oriental 3, Mclimmojiately .camo away with ono of their old-pimo rushes, and matters again looked ominous for (Oriental, but t* 6 danger was stavfd off. It was duo for Melroso to increase their lead, though, us Fooloy gained a 'pusrk in a good position, and R. Greeks put tho ball ovor. Mclrose 8 points, 'Oriental 3. Apjplausa from tho spcotjtors'.marked a rctEiiatory dash by tho i Oriental vanguard, and the ball was takun back within Melrosp's twonty-flve,, wtwo Roberts gavo Maiieson a high j>asS) whioh - was token neatly, and a. fino da& of a hw yards ■sa.w Matb«soi\ Bcoro Oriental's second try. V?rcoo failed to improve. Morose 9 points: Oriental 8 'points. Melrose were attacking 'when tlie wbistlo sounded half-time. Through Vereoo failing to field the ball, Oriental wcto placed on tbo dofonjiye; won after resuming. They made a good recovery, however, and play was taken to within ton yards of their opponents' Imo, where, from a scrum, Roberts made a characteristic dash ere ho passed to Mathoson, who further transferred to Tyrrell, the last-named en : hanoing Oriental's score by a creditable try. Roberta's, kick' waa 'futile. Oriental 9 points, Molroso 8. Roberts now frequently set tho Oriental backs in motion, and trom α-ecrum near tiie line tho All JBlaok half Rent th« ball on to Sturrook, wfiO) when tackled, whipped tho oral to Kinyig, who scored. Vercoe placed a gopl, which made the score: Oriental 14 points; Melrose 8. A sories of line-outs and ccrnms followed, till Greeks changed the venue, but by a splendid kick, again applied tho Oriental attack. .Bunckcnh'urg caTrled play well into Molroso territory by a good dribble, and here Kinvig marked in a good place, Vcrcoo Just missing tho goal. Despite' adversity, Mol-> rose woro dying hard, and in a pent-uri spasm overbore tho Orientals, bnt_only a force-down resulted. Play was within ' live minutes of time when Roberts mado a dash' down tho line on tho blind side. The attendant Matheson took a timely pass and centred, where Tyrrell gathered up tho leather and touched down, Yercoo converted. Melrose in tho remaining momenta set up a harrying attack, and jlie gamo ended with play near Oriental's line, and tho score: ' Oriental 19 points ' Melrose 8 points Mr. W. Roberts was referee. PETONE (22) V. WELLINGTON (7)> The 'Wellington team's star is still 'not in. the ascendant, and tie Yellows sustained their third auccewiTe defeat, Petono van- | quishing coNfortsblj, ■ At the comi mencement of play, by good tpuoh-hno work, Wellington showed to (idvantage, but mulling by their backs let Petuno in, and a piece ot concerted work by Ji'Kensio, Jici Rywi, and Millar onabled Sillar to scwa. M'Farlane failed at goal. -Petono 3: U. The ■Wellington forwards took play quickly down field, whore tho, Potono fnll-bask j was hustled in taking a long kick, and MaN , froj sflcuring possession touched down (or Wellington. Sfoeriden's kid; did not improve., and Xrho score wns 3 ell. %* contest now , resolved itself 'into a tusslo. betnvrcn tlio Wellington forwards and tho baoks, jaid tho latter triiimphtd. Green. M'Kcnzip, Jim Rron, and Millar nonplussed the Wellington playors in a smart dash, and Millar again scored. M'Fzrl&no addvl tlio major poirns, Petone 8; Wellington 3. With play just on half-time, a- shot at goal by If 'ftailano from a free-kick l'orced Wellington. A dodgy run by MiJhr op»ned tlio second spell, and tho ,Weirbgton full-back fatting to jndge an ensuing high kick, Green nipped through and touchrd down. With MTailano's failure with the kick tiio score stooJ i Petono 11; Wellington C. iVoffl same scrambling work on tho lino, Green again pouncod over at the corner. M'Fwlane's attempX at goal was k failure Petone 14; Wellington 3. Throwing tho ball p,b<Mt with freedom, the Petone backs outplayed Wcllin«ton. Green secmefl well in tho twenty-fire, and sent on to Millar, whose pass fell to Dont and Hardhnm, both snapping tho ball at the same time, and Dent touched doirn, M/Farlwio was entrusted with tho kick, but was once more unsuccessful. Petone 17; • Wellington 3. M'Kenzioinitiated a Petone passing rush, which Jim and Joo Ryan carried on, the latter scorjng. M'Psrlano at last found tho cross-bar with his kick. Potone 22; Wellington 3. .'The ' Wellington forwards swept down tho field, and from looso work Bridge picked up and potted a goal. Petono 22; Wellington 7. Potone were acain within an aoo of scoring whon "no sido' , wan sounded, with phy at Wollington's corner flag, ami tho gamo ended with tho score: ' Pptone 22 points Wellington 7 points Mr. W. O'Connell was tho reforee.

' OLD BOYB (14) V. SOUTHERN (o).' _ Old B?ys> fre«h from tleir victory over Oriental,, on ,- S*ttinl»y : met and ■ defeated - SootWatoTkbe t«»<i • rf: W .pointß to'nil.-■.■Bnt..;fer-"tke. i i»tter'i,l ie k ) .-ih» ee«e rnjnld W O .^ J After: rtftThtj; off «ver»l Old Bo7»~ attacks, SoTHAemplaTed with mureoonideoo*, »od :h*d H .not been for. fumUing would enrteinh- ' h RT a scared from :«i obesim m»de iy;&»H*ir«7. Just befor* hiM-tla. they. j-er. trnforttniite, Morurty mkl L. CiusipbtiroiUTjjag: the b*li cy»r tb« line, but; Uμ try v»? dMioyad by the ,r«feree,.; i'or moit of Hie'tecond ep*fl there waa,only one U*m in tie pl»y, a»d -that".twunVTM"' , net 6otriliCTß.';.lK)m»!t so»t the oval out to Poolc, ignoring -.'all -/opposition, sprinter fer tli« pojts,' wbtr* ko; teucl)«<l : dewii, ojießJiij .the - coot* for .Old-Boy*.; Uareiant f»il«d with an «aay kick, Vtrt afterTretlsrMained.his by .scoring haia x diacult.penalty, A : ptt* p»ss by l'honrpaisnnnd the sight . of.'; i B' : '»!«7«.-'di»r«gsr<ljt«5,.i : »a. , .. , aniy' Av&ry could, ; the.Tranches of Red.thit'nttempted to bar bisVpath, .heralded ,|«i?thor,-.{ry,, : .. Xh,e final points of:tho game were added witb a

score by Drake converted by. Marchant, tho result of tho gamo thus being:— Tho roßult w«3 a draw, no sooro having been registered by either side. OH Boys ... ... \ ••• 14 points. Southern NilMr, filahonoy was roforee. ST. JAMES (0> V. ATHLETIC (0). Tlio St. James-Athletic match at Hutt on Baturdny was mostly a forward gamo. At half-time, wjt]i no score, it was difficult to piok tho probablo winners. In the second spell tho general play was still almost cnttrriy with tho forwards, 'and although the Bluos attacked hard for over fen minutes they drew no bleod., and finally lot tho Athletics become tho .og/jrosiwrß. Ino incident of the game wss a bit of smart work by tlie tiro brothers Roberts and M'Grath,' who camo very near to scoring. Tho result was » draw, no score having bceu registered on, either side. PONEKE (14) V. VICTORIA COLLEGE (3). Tho result of the Potevio match brings no surprise, when all the circumstances are considered. Unbeaten as yet, Ponoko ; would have been taking risks ha.d they played last Saturday's team against a team of greater resource than Victoria College. It was ft hard frimo, and tbo Oollerse mm) played intrepidly to tho I*s*. In f?ct, the final ten ra mutes were all in favour of the Greens. Tho.only acoro of tho College was obtained in tho con r olndrng rally, when spectators of, and players in, tho lower grado matches crowded round and obeerc<), If was a popular try, but tho Reds wero very cprefiil afterwards, and succeeded in boating oil the aggressors. But they did no more, and wore oramped nrand their own goals until tfio whistlo put an end to a sorite of scrums from which anything wae posstblo. The Green forwards displayed a bad habit of continually stii&ding off-side, and more than one freo kick was awarded Poncko becauee of this offence. Tho second spell was backwards and forwards. Poneke had to force twice, and then jiiltchinaon made it possible for Ryan to sprfart home. Mitcbfnson thon scored himself between the poets, and Gurdincr had an easy kick, Dobbie,.tho Green fullrback, failed to get in his kick wfcm Flanasan charged him, and Wilton ran in, unopposed, to the northern corner, A long kiok by Gardiner nhaQ3ii told, and Ponoko bad their maximum —14 points. College took a hand from uitb out, and Borondson made a great run through a dozen Reds, and planted tho Wl between the posts. An easy kick waa ntissed by Foillips; JUNIOR MATCHES. Wellington defeated St. Janice by 22 to nil. Tho scorers woro Ronayno (2), Irons, Treaby, Shanks, and Power. Irons converted twioo. Selwyn had a runaway victory over HelroEO to tho tune of 32 to nil. Tries wore secured by M'Donald (4), Flack (3), and Lowo, M'Dopald (2), Waugh, and Galvin wero successful in converting. St. Patrick's College Old Boys, who are gradually mounting up tho scale, had a victory ovor Oriental, scoring 6 points to their opjxments' nil. - Tho sooro was a # try by Quiplan, converted by Ryan, Old Botb were defeated by Southern by 13 & ni|. The Southern total was made up of of a potted goal and penalty by Mitchell and tries by Lundon and Flaherty. Potone defeated Poneke by 11 to nil. JCia Ora and Athletio drew. THIRD CLABS, ' Potorto defeated Epnni by U points to 7> Tho gamo was played at Petono on No. 2 Ground.

Wellington College had a vory,casy mn. ovor Joiinsonvillo, winning by 24 points to 4, The following scored tor tho winners :— Stewart, Natusch, M'Coll, Ramsdcn, - and Bartholomew. Ramadon kicked a penalty goal Three goals wero kicked from the tries (two by Ohilds and ono by Rameden). Thogamo wna pitted on tho College Ground.. SE. John's v.' Polhill was a very hard game, the former winning.by 3 points te nil. For tho winners-Lambert tacked a penalty goal from half-way. Exchange were defeated by Star Boating Club by 14 points te 3. vScorors for the w.nners wore Alpe (2), and M'Bain (1), pne being bettered. - Murray scored for tlie loser*. The game was played at Miramar Park on No. 4 ground. The Selwyn-Wellingten match resulted in a win for the former by 9 points te 5. A. Taylor scored a try, and Lowo converted it. Wi'sbey potted a goal. ■ Oriental defected Kia Ora by 9 to 6. Upper Hutt'defeated Victoria ■ Collego by 18 fo ml

; FOURTHfOyiS?. ,; ■ •■' Southern had a- runaway victory over Poneko, scoring' & points to their oppononts nij: J. Parker (3), C. Russel, A. Parker, Bray, Weatherell, and Morrison- scored tnes for the winners, five of which were converted. Osppor was reaponsiblo for throe, of tho goals kicked. ' '■,■'. . ' '.■;'• .'..':-;.:,.'■ ■ •' Oriental 'defeated. Karori by 0 points -to 3 points. Tries for the winners were .scored by Imrie and H'Cpmsky. ■ ,: ... l St.: James'scored 12 points to 'Selwyn's nil, :Tho winners' score ww.made up of fpnr trios, : : scbrod by Brown, Henderson, M'Enerny, awl A]bertson.. ; .: : ' ■' ' - Tho'motolvbetween Old Boys and Athletic resulted in.an easy win for the former by 31 poirita to Tries were eoorod by Wilson (2), Bernard (2), Davidson, Patorson, and Eobert6oni and; five- tries were converted. _;■ f FIFTH"? LASS.. Petone No; 3 defeated Molrose by 14 points' to nil. ..-., /. ■■' . ' ' . 'Wellington Collego A defeated-Selwyn by 3 points. ,^6'-nil. . . Capper., scored for the winners. ' ' ■■'■•? .■.' ■' ' v": - - '•'■ ■"■■ ■ Wellington Collego' B." beat St. : Patrick!a College.by 20 points to nil. Tries were scored" by Martin (2), Gilbert (2), and Tresize (2;. Jenkinson converted one. ' ' 'Epuni. defeated St. James by 17 to nil.,PUBMO 9CHQOL MATCHES. ; Jsland defeated Mount Cook second fifteen at Nowtown Park by 9 points to nil. .Scorers for the winners wero Curtis and liiugbt. | Curtis kioked a'penalty goal. _ • ■ Clyde Quay defeated South Wellington by 5 points to'nil." JoeGelhor" Boored a try and ]H, Sips ?onv«rted.it. , _ ; _ Terrace had a runaway victory over To Arb, winning by d 2, points to 5, • MATOHES IN OTHER CENTRE^ IDT TEIJIQBiI'a.—BI-ECUt, CQIIBESroNBSMt.I 7 ;•. . / Pplmerston Northi Jnn« 18, Pino weAtJior was experienced yesterday for all Rugby games, though a strong w<l was blowing across the Show Grounds. In , the Hankrns , Shield Co»petitlon, ; ... FajldWg easily defcAtod Old Boys by W to'nil, and had the upper hand almost right through. In fcho otlier-eamo, Kift Toa v. Palmorstov piasters were more evonj it blng withiii five minutps of time whon Webb. scored for Kia Toa, Arch. M'Minn oonyorting. Palmerston rained, and ifromo scramble Martia got over. Dowries, however, faikdto improve/the game ending: Kia 3.' In the jimior grade, TJnited Valley 8, deflated Old Boys 3j and faa Toa 12, dofeaced Bunnythorpo 8. Fcjlding forfeited to Linton. In thq third-oIRSs, Old ; Boye 15, beat Technical 0j High School 21 boat Kia Toa 0. In the fourth grade. HJgbrSchodl 14, won from Old BoyaO; and Fcildmg I/,, defeated Kia Toa 0. Pohgaroa, June 12. Pongaroa and Rakaunui played a tio, neither side , scoring. ■■..■■ (ST TBL?OBAPe—raISSS ABSOOUTION.) Christohuroii, June 12. : The following wo tho Senior ohampigns^ipi results:-Albi O n.l7, v. Old Bors.U.; Syden-.; l»m 13 : v. Christctaroh Z',mrmb 23, v. O.^uryConegenil.^^^^ Tho district oha'mpipnship matches ad-, vaiicod another stn'go to-day.,~ The wtatlw, was unpleasant, b)it despite this fact the; first meeting this'season-of tho City and Ponsonby teams attracted,.on attendance ofi about 7006. Ponsonby won by 17 points to '■■■ •'. -. ;; • :"' ■"■■■■'/■ ' ■-..

7. .Tho results of other eesiior matches were: Grafton boat University by 16 ptiints to 3, and North Shoro defeated Parnoll by 6 points to 3. • Dunadin, Juno 12. Tho championship matches wero continual to-day in fino weather, Alhambrn (16 points) beat University (3 iwints); Southern (3 points) beat Taiori Rovers (nil): Ziugnri Richmond (21 points) beat Pirates (nil); Puncdiu (10 pojnts) beat Port Chalmers (3 points); Kaikorni (8 ppints) boat Union (nil). ■ . - ( .......... Association. SENiOB LEAGUE, FIRST DIVIOION. Perfcot weather.favoured Saturday's matches, 1 -and all tho grounds MW in order. Tbo principal game .of the day was that .between the two heading teams, Diamonds and Y.M.0.A., which game resulted in a dnvw. after tho hardest contest .of fclio sztson, in. which «»rae brilliant work was shown, Of tJM foiir Senior Lesgqo First cion mfetohea three resulted in draws of one goal, each, . Swjfte wer<) tlie' only team to Roore-'a two-pojnt win, and, as a consequence, they once more join and Y.M.O.A, at tho head of the championship list. ',' j ::'■■- POSITIONS 0F THE TEAMS, Qh*mn. ■ Played. Won. Lost. Prawn. Pts. y.M.C.A. ... 7 4 ,0- 3' 1JDiamonds ... 7.5 .1 ,1 11 Swifts „. 7- 5 1.. 1 11 Bt. John/s ... 1 «* 3 1 7 Hovers ' ... 6 2 2 S 6 Wanderora ... 8 \ 9 5 1 5. Petono ... 7 2 6 0 i Thistlo ... 6 1 3 2 4 Ramblera ... 7 1 5.13 DIAMONDS (1) V, y.M»C,A. (1). Diajnondfl met adversaries worthy of their pteol when they came up against Y.M,O-A-i and tho struggle, for a veritable struggle it was, attracted the biggoat crowd .that , has beea'seon at the BasinTleserye thiS' season, and excitement rah -high in the.sceond spell. l!he game waa escoptiotwlly fast throughout, and-thoro. .was so little to chooge. between' tho;teams on aummijig up.that the ultimate result, a draw, was for onoo a satiefactory ending, Both sides played good football, but wifclv tfc score, Y.M.C.A. 1, Diamonds 0, attho end of tho first term, and tlie formor showing better combination than iJieir opponeats it looked as though Diamonds were in for thoii- second defeat. However, when the second-half opened, the Diamonds forwards, who bad not been seett"to the. bost advantage in tho first spell, livened up'considerabh,,, and put in some brisk attacking work ■ Wflich set the Y.M.OX rearguard thinking. From tho time Diamonds scored and'cquajjged. accoupts to the end of the game, the play was faster than over, and a little in. favour of tiW AJI. Black coriibiiiationi,... '. From tho kick-off tho Y.M.O.A. men set a rn*(;ling pace, tho oxcollent oombined work of Kjngswßll and Timperley ■on the left-wing bf,ing a thorn constantly in the ajdp of tJ»o Diamonds, Both teams sent in soino good ehots as the pisy raoed irom. end to end, but.' the •■ • goalkceping of Fitzgerald iior Diamondß and Hollts tor Y.M.O.A. ware firstclass; Shortly beforV balf-tvnw, Timperloy put in. a clover dash and scoretl a wollrcarnod goal for Yil.O.Ai, boating Fitagoriild with •a beautifully .placed ehot. The Diajuonds , ' forwards shewed improved form at the opening'of the Beoond spell, and Bernott soilt in a-gpol shot, which wan '"saved by Hollis,! whereupon trvmo and W. Gibson carried Vbq ball to > tbo other oud of tho fiold, only to 'soe Diamonds rally immediately and rush tho .leather baek to tho Y '{.O,A.- posts, where j a corner was' Conceded.- but iee; l Clever hendwork by Taylor followed, and Lowo gave S. Roddy a chance, but the ball just miejsed the poste, A dash by Y.M.C.A, was succeeded by another Diamond attack, a!shot by Taylor missing, but immediately afterwards a beautiful piece of work in which Barnoti) and Taylor figured, allowed S. Red'aV to'Bcoro &■ fine goal. This was- the anal score of the r*itch, ; but tho game was anybody's wtil the whistte sounded, boti sidesputting in some great-work- and;rushißg fbo baU'from ono'end to tho othor in a manner , that roused the spectators to enthusiasm. First YJkI.O.A; would be- attaoking in dangerous, proximity to their' opponents' goal, and iien Diamonds would do likewise, and,so the game went on to tlie end, the roancctl>-o goalkeepers doing oxcollent "work. Just Jieforo timo \vks called, Diamonds wore going stronger than ovor, 'and appos-red to .have taken the- stfaig put .of tho opposition, Taylor played a magnificent game for Diamonds, and P. Roberts aiid S. Reddy also played iwell. Pottit gave an oscollent display fi>r YI-M.0.A., arid so did Timparly, whilst KingsweU, W-.G-ibson, and. Irvino wero invariably ite the fore. Mr. B. L. Salmon was referee. ! , SWIFTS (8) V, PETONE (0). , . The only team' to be baaien during the day was Petone, who could nwko ljttlo headway egainst tho snperior combinatiorj of Swifts, j although heartened by the. remembranoc of their win from Wondorors the previous Saturday., The town team had a-eomparativolv e.isy task before them, and placed four goals io their credit in tlio first-half, two beiag scored by Toohill, one by Scott, and another by Marshall. lii tbo second spell, Sandnrs ! and Vassey scored, Mr.. H. Waters was referee. ' : • \ ST. JOHN'B (2) V. THiSTUE (1).

■: The St. John's v. 'JHhiMe nia.tob, at New town, l'ork, pn Saturday, was quite a pleasure to witness. Both. ta,ama piayed a fa?t opßiv-ganie, showing fairly good cOmbinatiou, aljd generally giving a oommendable exhibitioA of too' best- points of the Association game.' St. John's were the bettor term, outclassing thoir opponents in forward play, their'csutre and lettering in the forward line being particularly good. St. .John's flrat gojjl was scored by Troyethick (outside-lett), sorniwhat easily. He broke :away in'good style, when an appeal tor oiisitle. ,pJneed Thistle, off. their guard.' Treve- : thick saw his ohanoe, and took it.. All the scores were made in the first spell. Warmed 'up by this roversej..Thistle. forcod thepacdj and Phillips (centre-forward) made the best PQS3ityo.u|e of a good pass from his rightwing, ;scoring tho-"equaliser." Both teams then attacked by. turns, the.ball being frequently taken in a trip right up a.nd down the fiold.-Tho third goal of tho ganio WB3 well deserved by St. John's, although, a second or so previpvis, Tlustle looked dangerous. Tho latter's loft wing and centre initiated an excellent piece of dribbling play, and;carried the leather over into tho St. John's back division, Thou it was captured by the Stripes, and the ball, after some good passing'play, was taken in band by A. Jolinstop, who, dribbling , with .great cleverness, from the centre of tho field, penetrated tho dofenoi) of the-Blues, and, with a noat. kick, sent the leather the posts. ,It was an excellent piece of work. The first spoil ended with a' lead for the Stripes by 2 to 1, and no furthor scoring happened during tho remainder of itho play. Both teams played with splendid dash in the second spell, Thi3tlos being determined bo oven-up matterß, and St. John's equally determined to prevent thorn, and, if possible, add anothor goal to their seoro. Mr. Patoa refereed. • : . . ','. RAMBLERS (1) Vi WANDERERS (1). 'A fairly interesting gsmq was tho Ram-blers-Wanderers, maiflb at Miramar, which resnlted in n drsif, each sido ecorcng one goal.. If anything; Ramblers wero th» better men, so far as initiative, corobinirfion, and energy ffero concerned. Their weak peint, jo fir as could bo doterrainod, was their inability to score ■ off thoir successes. ; Tirae after time,.the ball was skilfully ' Manoeuvred past the Wanderers defence, but the attack invariably collapsed' at the criticil moment. Nothing happened during tho first spell. Probibly, hud » better playing ground been available—there vas a carttrack ftCrnss tho field—wore scientific play would have boon noted. First blood was drawn by Ramblors, who secured control of the ball in their own territory, and escorted it right down tho field, scoring with a rush. Well on in the second spoil, Wan- : derers equalised, and tho scorp romaiued : level until the whistle _ blew, at which stage' Ramblers were attacking.

SENIOR SECOND DIVISION. Diamonds (4) boat Y.M.C.A (6). In .the lirat spell, tho gmiio was : evenly contested, but the Diamonds forwards showed bettor attack and took more chances than tho Y.M.'s. Tho spell ended with tho Blacks lending by two goals to nil, Lowe and Hall scoring, tho second spell was not far advanced, when Y.M.'s began to fall away, the Diamonds doing practically all the. attacking. Howover, i'.M.'s wore fairly sound in defence, Chapman, Irvine, and Baker being moat conopibuons. Towards the end of the game, iwo fast rushes by Diamonds, ended in Lowo iuid Hall scoring. Mr. Davidson woe referee. Mental Hospital defeated Petono by 4 to 0. l'orirua A won from Thjstlo by default. Lettcr-Carriers_ (2) drew with Rovors (2). Patterson and Norris scored for the former, Warrington. .and poyonport for the latter team. Wanderers had a runaway victory, over Swifts by 11 goals to 2. Woodcock (3), Lambert (2), Holland (2), 'Holt (2), Barker (1), and Nolan. (1) scored. 'Marist Brothers' Old Boys (1). drew with St. John's (1), after a fast game. Dwyer, peered for Marist. ■ JUNIOR, : : FIH6T DIVISION. Diamonds (2) defeated Brooklyn (1). Bowie and Dlaok scored for tho winners, and Pavies for the losers, . . $t, David's (2) .defeated Y.M.C.A. B (0). Bennett scored both goals. Y.Jt.C.A. A (1) drew with Wadestown (1). Wilkins scored for the town team, and Hayward for Wadestown.' SECOND DIVISION. Swifts defeated Khandallah by 3 goals tq 1. Knight scored for .the losers. , ■" Marist B • (1) drew with Congregational (1)., Bdgo scored for Marist. • Petona (0) defeated Rangers (0). ; THIRD DIVISION. .. Island Bay (4) beat Marist Brothers 0 (2). Curtice (3) and Green (1) scored fo<Island Bay, and Reynolds and Ryan for Jiarist Brothers. Marist Brothers A beat Brooklyn by 1 goal to 6. Waller scorod for the winners. Ramblers had an easy victory oyer Brooklyn (C) by 10 to 0, .'■-.• FOURTH DIVISION. Y.M.O.A. A (23)' defoated Boys' IngtittrtA (1;. ■ ■ ■ ' Y.M.O.A. B (s)'defeated Brooklyn (0). Marist A (12) defeated Ramblers (0).Kaiwarra (2) defeated Diamonds! (1). , Swifts (3) defeated Khandallah (1). Marisfr B (1) /tirow with. Congregational (1). ' FIFTH DIVISION. ■ A Grade/ ■>" Y.M.C.A. A' (14) defeated Y.M.C.A. B (0), Marist A (1) defeated Brooklyn (0). .South' Wellington (2) defeated Institute (9). Petono (5) defeated Diamonds (1). B Grade. Y.M.C.A. O (6) defoated Swifts (0). Rajffgera A (4) defeated Institute B (2). Technical (9) defeated Eangors B (1). Ramblers (11) defeated Brooklyn C (0). •: Island Bay (4) defeated Marist O (2), THE JSBOWN'SHIELD.' : The fifth challenge for the; Brown Shield has been received by the New Zealand Conn? cil. ; Wangapui are; the latest challeneore. It. is ■understood .that the Taranaki match is ;-to.bs: ;^layed; at-Petone on July IQ,. v ■•■:■. \[ It is stated that the movement by tho New Zealand. -Football Council in the direction of gettinc guarantees from varions associations towards Tmnging the South African team to lim. Zealand is progressing satisfactorily, praotioally tho whole of the rapKos received to dato being to tho effect that the necessary I guarantees can probably be arranged.

AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL.

WELLIHQTON V. H.W.S. CHALLENGER, ~k match between, tho representatives of ; H.M.S. Challenger and the Wellington Olob (A»stroli«n rules) was played at tho Baiin Reserve on Saturday aftornoou. ■ Tho bluejackets commonced vigorously, and had regis'tored two goale before the local men scored, but the latter were in better condition, and soon assorted their unperiority. Eventually the matoh wded in favour of Wellington by. 66 points (nine'goalsi twelve behinds) to 47 points (seven goals, five behjnds).