ASSOCIAION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 581, 9 August 1909, Page 7

ASSOCIAION.

SENIOR LEACUE; "FIRST DIVISION. The .Miramar grounds were: in a very bad station Saturday afternoon, several of them boiii" under water in places, .The result was .the dislocation of the wholo of tho'Management Committee's arrangements. Of course, city reserves were not available, . and the Swifts-Y.M.C.A. and the Diamonds-St. John's matches set'down'for the Basin Re- • serve and Newtown Park 1 respectively wero' transferred to- Miramar.< 'The' Diamonds-St. John's' match was the only; game' played. The Swifts and .Y.M.C.-A; men turned out'on' :the. ground-set - apart for .. the' Ramblers- , Thistle game, 'but,'/tho rofereo considering the ground unfit for play, returned to'-town, ; and'thp -matcli'.-was' postponed By- tho timi*' 'that it: had tlmt-the. in ; the' competition /wore ; riot going to play, it was too late for tho Ramblers and Thistles .to get: under 'way. - -'• ' \ -■ n ■. POSITIONS OF THE TEAMS. |

SIV JOHN'S (3) V. (3). : '/ There .was absolutely, nothing to cnthuao over in/the' St. Joints Contest. 'Xlio ground wa3 heavy, and .took'the sting but'of' tho passing, and few -wore -sorry when ''no-ajdo" sounded. -The St. John's men had : tho .best of tho first half, their-oppor bents' missing tho. services of J., Taylor and Fitzgerald.. In. the! second term, however,. Diamonds infused more. life, into their' movements, and,., but .for tho .excellent work of Iqrhs, in goal, and Sliav,', St., John's would have had a. bad passage, \- At the end of the first spell each sido had two. goals to credit. St. JoWa first-sooro was the. result of good play by Moore,. who worked tho ball down to within shooting .distance, and piloted it safely through. .Tho second goal aroso from H warm rally ,in front of the posts. • Schofield'sant in a hard shot, but the rleather struck tho, oross-baK and 'rebounded into' play. Gosney was handy, however, and made no mistake with .a close range shot. The first score for' Diamonds was tho result of a fine individual effort by A. Lowe, who gained possession just, inside tho hall wayline, and, dribbling' right -up: tho centre ofthe field, rushed the ball bo.tween the posts! The- Bamef ploj'er : was responsible' for:, the second, score for Diamonds —a high dropping shot from' a' pass from D. Roberts, beating custodian.'of St., John's goal; Another goal was placed 1 to the, credit of each sido before the second spell was through. The Diamonds goal,' which fell to B. Lowe, was a neat piece of work, the ball travelling threo parts of the length of tho field. D. Roberts started the' movement, ana made.a capital opening, which gave A, Lowo and 'J,' Roddy a'chance to pilot thd leather into tho I'oaknouth, whoro, aftor a short struggln, B. Lowe put the finishing.'touch •onV'l This; -Rave Diamonds a- lead of one, but they did not hold it for more' than a few minutes,: a neat passing rush by St. John's Enabling Treyeth.ick to score.: Diamonds, were ."all but" on'several occasions during the. closing, stagesj but sounded'with the St. John's' 3, Diamonds 3. ' Mr, J. Davidson was referee. • ' THE POSTPONED GAMES. i The Y.M.C.A.-Swifts 'fixture 'was postponed on account of tho state of tlio ground. Both teams turned-out on the ground, but they wore unable to secure the services of a referee. >■_.-. Tho Thistle'and Ramblor teams were both in, attendance, but tho game did not eventuate,'owing to the ground being jn an unfit state.' , ; / , ! The Potone-Wanderers match, owing to the atrocious condition of tho suburban ground did not' eventuate. - .' SENIOR LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION. Diamonds defeated Rovers by 6 goals; to nil.- .Black (3), Magec, C. Collins, mid ritn■gerald accounted for the goals. Tho winners had the better of the gamo all through, and but for tiio wretched shooting of the for.wards tho scoro would have been 1 iriucli : Larger. HoWever, the Rovers, coMidonW that they wero'without the services of two of their best men,' played gamely. Taken all through, the game was-not what oould bo' termed a good exhibition of "Soccer." 'This victory now; gives .Diamonds tho championship," as last 'Saturday's gaiiies were the. final, ior the competitions. The' team has goneI through without auataioitig a defeat.

Wanderers defeated Fetorie by 4 goals to 0, Mental Hospital beat St.. John's by 9 goals to 2. JUNIOR GAMES. Brooklyn (4) defeated Diamonds (3). Furness Lang (2) and Beayis scored for tho winners, and Trout (2) .and.Harrison for Diamonds. . ■ ' 7 ' . .-• _ Congregational had an easy victory over Khandalhli by 8 goals to nil. The scorers were Bold 1, Haycroft 2, and Liyersage 5. Marist Brothers won by defeaut from Institute A. Institute B beat Y.M.C.A. C by 4 goals Marist B defeated Bangers B by 9 goals to nil. The scorers were Carmody 6. Campbell 2, and Reynolds 1: ■ Marist A defeated Y.M.C.A. B by 5 goals to nil. Goals were secured by Biirlto 3 Rvan 1, and O'Brien 1... ' ....'. . ' : THE SHIELD TEAM. ' -Messrs. H. G. Mayer,' J. 8.-Paton, and H. Waters, the selectors, have chosen the following to go into training for tho Wellington representative toam which is to play in the Brown Shield match against Auckland on September ' : . : Goal, F. Oldnall (Rovers); backs, E. Cross St John's), J, Hall (Thistle) Pcttit (Y.M.C.A.), J. Pye Smith (Swifts), W. Roberts (Diamonds);Mialvirs, E. Bethell' (Hovers),. W.- Jackson (Ramblers)., M. H. Kirschbeig (Swifts), D. Roberts (Diamonds), W. J Taj-lor (Diamonds), R. Gibson (Y.MC.A)'forwards J. Ash (Wanderers), W. Gibson (Y.M.C.A.), G: Reddy and J. Reddy (Diamonde), D. Scott (Swifts), H. Smallbono (Ramblers), E. Timporley (Y.M.C.A.), and C. yessey(Swift:s). The above are requested to meet on tho Basin Reserve on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. ' ' ' ...

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