AUCKLAND v, WELLINGTON A KEEN CONTEST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 4

AUCKLAND v, WELLINGTON A KEEN CONTEST.

ENDS IN A DRAWN GAME. - INTERESTING v WELLINGTON DEFEATS GTAGO.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association:) Auckland, August 20.. ' He-."Auckland-Wellington football ' match ' for the . Ranfurly Shield, was. . played here to-day in beautiful weather : and . before an attendance of about 10.000 people. There.was a light southwest" wind blowing. In many quarters it was "considered that Auckland foot- . -ball had'deteriorated, but..Aucklanders .pinned their faith on .their magnificent '■. forwards, and they, saved the. situa- ■'.-' tion: The,, local pack played as one man;: passing, kicking, hooking, heeling and rushing in perfect combination. .They thus, broke tho sting of tho attack . of the"Wellington- backs. , ■".' ._ '-:. In'.the first ' spell Murray made-, a " brilliant ■ mark and O'Leary kicked a /goal from near half-way.' l In tho'second :. .6peii''.Averjf , niade" a. great., opening, starting from his own half, and then passed to Roberts, who ; scored .an unconverted, try.' The game ended in a •: draw,' with the scores.: Auckland 3, ' .Wellington 3. Playing -with ''the .wjnd in the .first spell, Auckland had the ■ best of tlie game, and , in the second they'had probably the bettor of -mat-. 'ters,-but the backs were unable 'to avail-: themselves of .the. opportunities .offering; , ■ The.Teams. • . -.".' The teams were : as follow:— ~, . Wellington--Full-back, Ryan (vic- - ioria College); three-quarters,- Evenson (Athletic), Mitchinson (Poneke), Daw:'son ■-'(Old Boys); .five-eighths, Kinyig .(Oriental),' M'Leod '(Oriental);:, halfback, Roberts! (Oriental);. . -wing-for-. ward, Averv (Old 'Boys); forwards,, Elliott (Athletic), Irvine (Athletic), Leahy (Poneke), -Rap'son (Athletic), Perry , (Oriental)," Moffatt (St. .James), Bruce .{St.'James).; ..- ■';.: .;'...- 'Auckland.—Full-back, O'Leary (Ponsohby); three-quarters, Stewart. (City),. ' Mage© "(City), Murray (Ponsonby); fiveeighths, '.■■Wilkes (University),. Power (Grafton);'half-back, Morse/ (Ponson•hy); wing-forward, ■Hall (Ponsonby); forwards, Sellars, (Ponsonby), Tyler - (City),■: Francis (Ponsonby),, Cunningham. (Ponsonby), Maguire . (Grafton), . Hayward-(Thames), Wylie (City). '■':• Mr...J. Williams was' referee."' ' ■"■■" 'ii's'Wi'-fl:■■'::: •'. ;■- "'• , ■' .-. '■~■; '"'■s>!r. , !'')V!!ii;" The Play. - •■'■•,- i '.■■■ Auckland .won the,.,toss; and Tyler, de^. eide3 I 'to'',play with--the wind;, and :sun.'- -'. Jlapson kicked:off; for; Wellington, and ■ :. the-Black -forwards .smothered Magee's ; take,'"but :-.o'Leary found touch with a' 'useful kick.' Roberts-soon set-ihe Wel- ;■ lington. backs -'goingf and>.Miirray;- -taking too ..long to ; field, downed '■ fiyo yards from the line. • In-'the- resulting scrum Fran-. .' cis pushed. : like a; Trojan, . and- Magee 'helped cbrisiderablyr so..tliat Hall- was-, - oble to seciiro the ball and send it out 'at half-way.;' A long kick by Auckland 'saw . Wellington force. , • .-/::. • From the drop-out Stewart found the ',line-.-with a fine kick, but play (Worked ...back - to Auckland's half again. Mitchinson in-taking*the ball'stumbled, :bui>-r'«cover«d and kicked to ..Stewart, "who kicked iow,;--and Dawson secured ; : arid ;found touch. Stewart .was now. disabled, and soon .after retired. : Auckland., forwards were-getting the best of 4ho Wellington vanguard,", and , worked-to Wellington's side of halfway, where Perry, showed fine'play,and came .right through the. local ;' : pabk. ' The-Aucklan'd forwards ! kept-play ;in; '■ W'ellington's half until; from a scrjim,' 'the Wellington backs secured possession, and'set' going. They were blocked, but Bruce secured, the situation looked ...dangerous. .However, Power .'saved.his side, and,play worked downafield again.. -■''•■.'•.'../■■''■'. ■ Wellington again had to force. From' ;-the'kick-out, the ball was returned by •the Auckland backs, but the kick rebounded over the arm of Cunningham, ''andEvenson .chased, after it,' but the .Wellington maiv touched down, in the; dead-ball area.. ' The Auckland forwards now monopolised'.the'game, getting :the ,ball in. tho scrums and keeping, the play close. ■ A' fine f of wa>d 'rush carried play to the visitors'' twenty-five, where Maguire sorted himself out and looked likely, across; but the ball went into touch five yards from the line. \. Wellington gained relief, and a ducl_'of ■ ticks followed... Following a good kick . by,. Dawson,, ; Hall' almost .. prevented' . Byan from'getting his kick in. Next, .: Murray set a, passing' rush going, .in. ■ which'every Auckland .back took part,, but'-the ball went into touch. ..,.', A Grand Mark. ' -■' Later Walker showed cleverness;'and ; centred. M'Leod, ' in .returning; the -kick, failed to find the line, ,ahd Murray.. brought off ■ a grand mark, beating the rush of two Wellington men.. O'Leary : ..took the kick.from about half-way, and a splendid goal resulted: ~' .■ '' -Auckland. ..;........... 3 points v Wellington .'....'..'.'.."■ \ nil .. :' W.ellihgton , came down-field : with a most • determined rush from- the kickout,, every back taking, his , part in finished style. Dawspn's-.failure to take a pass-near the .corner saw a /chance to score ■ lost. An infringement by; Auckland gave Wellington;a shot, at goal. Roberts's kick, though good, failed,; and Magee found the line with his .return. Sellars and Francis were ; then prominent in a' fine rush, and ! Hall carried the play on to the visitors' territory. The Auckland forwards kept play, on the Wellington side of half-way, and,Mitchinson was seen to be weak in defence. Evenson mado a dash, but was-well collared by Murray, and the ' Auckland pack, led by Wylie, mado matters look'dangerous'for Wellington. , Auckland's .hookers were getting the v ball .regularly. ItVas coming out smart and clean, but Motsb was fniribling a lot, and shooting the ball out badly. Pl»y still kept in Wellington's half, a imoe«aion ofaeruma and linooirts folWinff. Wellihgton got relief faom a free-kick, Roberts, finding the line-at half-way. .'. From the tbrowib, Tarry dashed through, but -a paaa 'forward mulfed in a tcrum. Hayward next' mado an opening, and passed to x Fraaok, who Mat on to Cunningham. The feat-named passed to Sellars, who . was w«ll collared by M'Leod. Perry was, fiim pwmimmt in an invasion of Auckbtnd krritory, but good kicks by Walk«r riad "Wilkw saved the situation. The ertrrd tfot a thrill by Murray kicking tha bail "Association" style down . to Ryan,, who saved splendidly; and Tsmpved play, to midfield. Bruce feshed down field and beat O'Leary,

but Walker tho. scene r ;secured the ball, and found, the . touch-line about ■ the Wellington. .. twenty-five Tile lielUaliti iui halt-time, with Auckland winning by the. efforts of a fine ■pack of .forwards. .:..;,'. ...... / ; The Seoorid Spen.;'.,, Wel!iugfon ; liad ; the.ndvanlag(! of the sun and wind in-the second spell. The teams were applauded on'returning to tho field. v Hall kicked off for Auckland, and Mitchinson-''returned into touch.' A Wellington forward rush was well stopped by, Wilkes. O'Leary's kick was taken by; Roberts,- ; who r:m down.field,-and gave; a;.long pass to. Kinvig, who-tookwcll, and-sent on to Mitchinson-. '.. The. latter, .was blocked by. Murray, and .dropped., the ball. O'Leary secured, and kicked up-field. From the line-out Leahy was prominent, but the play, of tho Wellington backs was smothered. . Wellington got U free-kick,. and from tho return Mitchinson .brought off-,.- a neat 'piece of work. Wellington were ■ on the attack when Morse was. knocked out. Tho desperate nature of the Auckland forwards' game was now noticeable. Roberts made a dash but was promptly smothered, and then Wylie, by a wonderful dash, came through.' Auckland 'got relief from a dangerous. situation and Kinvig's return kick was forced by O'Leary. Wellington kept on the attack now. and-O'Leary earned applause by fine line-kicking.- "■ - vV ' A Due!. • -The g'amo "had, really resolved itself .into a duql between Auckland forwards and Wellington backs in which the latter got the worst of tho deal, and at times showed a disinclination to face tho great overpowering- rushes -.of the blue and white vanguard. In the resulting play Wellington's winger, Avery, showed to 'great- advantage. Auckland k«pt up the attack' and from a passing" run. by tho forwards play worked into touch, five yards from tho Wellington line. ' From the play-out Ryan 'knocked tho ball oyer tho.goal line and then - picked up/ and kicked out into the field from under the-posts. Murray .took -.well -and had a good-pot at coal, hut missed the posts. Wilkes followed fast and amost scored. -.From pno Auckland rush, Wilkes received .a pass from Morse, but , was downed two yards, from the line. From the play-out R. Magee made..a great 'opening and sent .'on to .-Walker who sailed for the lino.v Roberts made a great save. . In the-resulting play Avery, iburst; J.through from*; his own -side of half'way,, and carried play to ; the. twenty-five yards-line, when.lie picked up and passed to Roberts. ■■■ The latter mado. a great dash-with a clear field. Ho was side-tackled-by O'Leary. on the, line; but scored amid indescribable excitement. \ Kinvig failed with : .-tho kick at. goal. ~:,,:,.. ; Auckland 3 ..'-'-.Wellington 'vViVJ.-.'wi.i'.-i.'.'... 3 . The Auckland forwards'.play, on re- : sumption, was something to be. remembered. '. Auckland. . forwards, assist-ed-by good line-kicking, by tho backs', kept up the . pressure and , there were two hot Tallies-from the-. fivo yards..from-tho Wellingtonjitie., Al_most overy r .forward mado::a.-.dash, Hall and Francis-, grounding •theballjust in-, side the lino.-. From a scrum .Roberts secured ■ and. Avery and Perry carried, play into Auckland's half. A cross-kick-.gave Mitchinson. •» chance, . but, O'Leary blocked his progress. Wellington backs attempted , some T passing .'and play, remained open, for a while. 'Roberts made, a great.-,;dash, but O'Leary saved splendidly, and ( his kick going into touch at mid-field; .the bell sounded, and then'ended in. a draw one of.the'most sensational games seen at the park for years,, ..the scores being: -'-Auckland ':'; :;:;:;;:;;.'... 3 ;: .'■ Wellington-- .:'i{::..vii..ii.ov< 3. NOTES:ON THE PtAY. ■ F. ROBERTS'IN GREAT FORM. ' tuy Telezrapii.—Special Correspondent.) '■"..,.. '■ .Auckland, August 20. Tho'story,-.0f...th0 AucklaridTWellington football-match was : the.story, of the Auckland' forwards. .•■■Seldom.-tdias a finer,,.pack .played beforo.-a-,.poorer set of I back's. ■ The.' gap- between ■' the. scrum and the full-back-.was,.so, indifferently, filled, that it. might}almost be said that the Auckland vanguard- and- O'Leary were playing Wellington. Thoso - big faking, forwards, looming .bigger; still in their blue: and white..., colours, were both attack, and defence.' They felt tho responsibility on them,' and. though opposed by scrummers of.no-mean ability, they rose to the occasion.;;. Spoiling tactics took the sting out of the attack of the'" Wellington* backs, aiid when the Auckland line needed clearing it was a headlong rush that cleared it. , In the first half and for most of the time in the second half, Tyler and Sellars were hooking the ball, but' when, instead of keeping it, they heeled to Morse, that was, from the Auckland point of view, the anxious moment. Except that they, tackled fairly'well, the Auckland backs, barring' 0 Leary, were always a source of anxiety. Their combination was.'nil, and their attack was a "joke." Walker, who replaced Stewart at wing three-quarter early in the game, was the ibest of tho backs, and Morse or Power was the wbrst. Thanks to Wylie, Hayward, Francis, Tyler, Hall and company, Auckland saw it out, and notched a draw with a one-department team against a wellproportioned combination of skilled opponents!. For Auckland a draw means a win, because as every Aucklander will tell you, "tho shield stops hero." Besides that the scores ard an index of the merits of the play. It is truo that Auckland did most of the attacking, but the issue was in doubt till tho very lact moment. t ■ ' Mitchinson did not Shine. Why did Wellington, with a very fair,forward team, with an overwhelming superiority in tho backs, with good turf conditions," and with Roberts playing a tip-top game, fail to score a margin? Tho answer is partly a tribute to tho dash and dovil of tho Auckland spoilers—bold raiders who surmounted all obstacles. But it also involves a condemnation of the pivot men behind Roberts, and particularly of Mitchinson, who did not, like his skipper, rise to tho occasion. Evonson, on one wing, was full of play, but rarely ■ got on apportunity unless jammed on tho line, and the - three-quarter' line, a* a whole.

was not properly swung into action. Early in the game a Wellington passing rush put Auckland in danger, and tho defenders began to mark their men with great determination. It was about .this time that .Mitchinson, hesitating over a pass, was emphatically punched and thereafter did not shine much. ■ It was twenty-three minutes after the start that O'Leary converted Murray's .mark, with-a fine kick, and no fewer than thirty minutes of tho second half had gone- before- Wellington equalised the score, when it came with startling suddenness and not as the result of combined hack play. A loose pack had formed itself in midfield, and when tho ball was kicked through tho Auckland forwards there was a vacuum in the northern ranks, of which the vigilant Avery took full advantage. Catching the ball as it bounced, he ran on, cleverly drawing in upon himself three opponents. As they converged he passed across to Roberts, who took the ball at top, and galloped through the twenty-five, no ono having foot enough to overhaul him. Tho emergency man, Walker, sprinting across from the opposite wing, made a fin© tackle on the goal-lino just too late. Kinvig failed in a by no means easy kick,' and then, with honours even, a real tug-of-war started. Referee Did Not Sec. More than once the. Auckland forwards swept down like waves on tho Wellington goal-line, . and it was "touch and go." The climax was reached when Wylie hurled himself desperately at.the line, but while in midair someone grabbed him low, and the Aucklander fell like a curling breaker grounding the ball a few inches from the thin, white, mark. At another stage Roberts was running with th<> bail near his own posts, parallel with the goal-line, and fooled two Auckland backs by 'feinting to fend. ■ While they hung off him the All Black got near enough to send a beautiful punt to touch, saving the situation. A' bad feature of the closing play was the action of an' Auckland forward in pushing Ryan in the. face and kicking at him as he fell. Ryan appealed,_ hut the referee did not see. Several times during the gamo the goal-posts of either side were in danger from penalty kicks or pots, but.tho numbers that went ud are as much as either is entitled to. There were'a fair proportion of knock-outs, and the usual trousers incident, while the huge crowd ivas <,n the whole .fair in its demonstrations. There is no doubt that Roberts was tho best back on the ground both in attack and defence. Ryan played well at full-back in the' second half, but at tho outset he kicked too low, incurring great danger of rebound.. Perry and Avery seemed to be,the best of the Wellington forwards. Played in the most determined spirit, the match provided a keen trial of strength.

J LOCAL RUGBY. SATURDAY'S MATCHES DESCRIBED. The Rugby senior championship having been decided,' Athleti- Park was on Saturday the scene of tho annual match between "Wellington College and St. Patrick's College. . While this match was taking place on, No. l'ground, a team from Canterbury College was defeating tho best fifteen that could at the time be placed in the field from Victoria College. Owing to the counter attraction of tho Brown Shield contest at the Basin Reserve, the attendanco was not as large as usual at the Park. The weather 'also may havo had something to do with keeping tho public away, as a high wind was blowing, .and was accompanied by heavy showers'of fain. TheWellington-St. Patrick's match excited, as. much interest as ever. Tho first spell was very evenly, contested, but in the second half 'Wellington College completely outclassed their opponents. ■ The play was well worth watching,. as the winners handled the greasy ball splendidly, and' started some overwhelming passing rushes, in which, both forwards and backs' took part. ~ WELLINGTON COLLEGE, 20; S{. PATRICK'S COLLECE, 3. ' In the match • between Wellington College and St: Patrick's' College, tho former team assumed ,;tho aggressivo. from the commencement. In the first few minutes Wellington had a shot at goal front a free-kick, but the ball missed tho posts. The team main-, tained a strong attack .for some time, 1 and in a forward rush Beard notched tho first try. . Capper took tho kick, but the ball, after hitting both posts, fell tho wrong side. Wellington, 3; St. Patrick's, nil. Following.-the .drop-out, Wellington backs started a fine passing rush, and the ball went right out to D. C. Armstrong, who was splendidly tackled by O'Shea. At this stage the line-kicking of. St. Patrick's was, inferior, and they were consequently m difficulties. A forward rush gave them temporary relief, but even at this stage the team" appeared to bo no match for their opponents, whose . backs were handling tho ball in taking style, and one beautiful passing rush-.ended in D. C. Armstrong scoring. Stewart's kick was a failure. Wellington, 6; St. Patrick's, nil. Stewart next missed a goal from a free-kick, and a weak return by O'Shea gave Armstrong a clear opening, but, the high wind took the ball into touch before he could reach it. St. Patrick's then rallied, and from a scrum in tho Wellington twenty-hvo M'Carthy (St. Patrick's half) secured, and running round the scrum passed to Blake, who sent it on to Burns, and the latter scored a try. It was a bright oieco of football. Burns missed tho shot at goal. • Wellington, 6; St. Pat rick's -3. Play for the remainder of the spell was keen and exciting. Wellington backs passed well, but good work by M'Carthy and O'Shea kept tho score down. Just before call of time Arthur lirennan had a fairly easy shot- at goal from a mark by St. Patrick's, but no points resulted. • The second spell was all in favour of Wellington College,- and despite the rain falling, making the ground and tho ball slippery, the backs got through some fine passing. The forwards, too,, were splendid in tho loose rushes. I'airman put in a good run for Wellington early in the spell, but .was grassed near the line. Next a dangerous passing rush ended in Childs knocking on. St. Patrick's were having a' strenuous time, and it was only owing to fine defensive work by their half, M'Carthy, that the Blacks were kepf out so long. There was no relief, however. Wellington were still attacking, and eventually Stainton shot the ball out to Stewart, who scored an unconverted try. Wellington', 9 j St. Patrick's, 3. This was the rising of tho tide. Passing between Childs,' Stewart, and: Bartholomew resulted in tho last-named scoring. Wellington, 12; St. Patrick's, 3. As soon as play set going again, Wellington lined up for more passing, and after a couploof rushes had missed fire, Harris scored. Wellington, 15; St. Patrick's, 3. Then Pairman appeared' to get a try, but a scrum was ordered. Finally Beard scored in a forward scramble, and tho kick being at easy range, Capper converted. At the call of time the scores wore: Wellington College, 20; St. Patrick's College, 3. Mr.. G. Butler was referee. ' CANTERBURY COLLECE, 5; VICTORIA COLLECE, 3. Very little interest was aroused by the display of football witnessed iii tliu match between Canterbury College- ami ■Victoria College The local team wore handicapped by the absence of "Ryan, who was v playing with the Wellington , representatives in Auckland, and tho

Canterbury team was not such a stiong| one as thu club could bare put in thu field at Ghristchurch, but still it proved equal to tho task of defeating Victoria College. Soon after the kick-off a Victoria College ionvard rush 'compelled Canterbury to rorce. The visitors managed to keep their line clear for sorr.e timo after tliat, and even went as rar as to turn their attentions towards the local team's territory. Mansell, Canterbury's wing-three-quarter, put in a good run from near half-way, but he was brought down by Howie, whilo still some 10 yards from the scoring area. The visitors now pressed their advantage, but were again beaten back, and a serviceable run by Bertram! brought play to tho half-way Hag. At.this stago the visitors tried a little passing, and the ball got as far as Rhodes, who was not allowed to travel far before Burgess collared him. A period o'l uninteresting play was followed by a Canterbury forward rush, and Victoria College forced. Then the local men replied with a rush. This was the .regular thing, tho play going-from one end to another with monotonous regularity. Gurtayno made an attempt at goal from a free-kick awarded to the local men, but was unsuccessful. Then after some good work by Phillips and De la Mare, Canterbury started what proved the best forward rush of the match. Tho ball was given an extra strong hick as it neared the Victoria College twentyfive, and Langridge rushed out, and catching it .on tho bounce, outpaced the opposition and scored. Murchison converted. Canterbury College, 0. Victoria College, nil. This was the only score in the first half, though Duntlau (Victoria College) threw away a good chanco near the line by diving into a crowd of Canterbury men when ho had a clear opening. The second spell commenced with a sustained attack by the Canterbury team, and Rhodes, the right wing-three-quarter, made several fine dashes for the line, but did not succeed in scoring. 'Thenco onwards play was uninteresting, the efforts at passing being decidedly weak.. Eventually Victoria College scored from passing between Johnson and Stainton, tho la£ ter touching down. The kick at goal was a failure, and as no further scoring took place, tho game ended: Canterbury College, o; Victoria College, 3. Mr.. W. J. Meredith was. referee. THIRD CLASS. After a strenuous gnmn Petono defeated Southern by 8 points to 5. The match was played at lower Hutt. FOURTH CLASS. Petono defeated St. John's by b points to 3. FIFTH CUSS. Poneko worn defeated by Petono by 33 points to nil. SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIP. ) The final contest foi tin* Wellington Schools' Rugby Championship' was played on Saturday morning by tho leading teams, Hutt and Terrace. Tho result was a victory for tho first-named, team by 8 points to 5. Hutt are thus champions for 1910, with Terrace run-uers-up. z 1 WAIRARAPA GAMES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Carterton, August 21. ■ Yesterday's junior football fixtures resulted as follow:—Dalofield defeated Mastertoii by 6 to 3, and Carterton defeated Weraiti by 21 to nil. MANAWATU MATCHES. PALMERSTON DEFEATS KIA TOA; (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.). ; . Palmerston North, August 21. A fair crowd assembled on the Palmerston Showgrounds yesterday afternoon to witness the Rugby football matches for the Abraham Cup. Tho ground was in fino order and the match between Kia Toa and .Palmerston was fast and exciting all through. Palmerston won tho game by 9 points to 3. Feilding were unable to get a team together and forfeited to Ok} Boys, and the latter will therefore play off with Palmerston. . Tho High School team beat Feilding third in the final for the Gibbons Chip by eleven points to 3 and won that trophy. ' The match between tho 'Wellington and Manawatu Referees' Association was won by the visitors by -15 points to 11. The principal feature of this was its humour, both teams coming in for any amount of. banter from tho crowd. Football as played by the referees was peculiar and amusing; in the extreme. WANCANUI V. HAWKE'S BAY. •(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Waiigantii, August 21. ' The representative football match, Wanganui v. Hawke's Bay, was played yesterday afternoon' in line weather. Wanganui proved victorious by 12 points to three..' The Wanganui score consisted of three unconverted tries and a penalty goal. Scullin . scored a try for Hawke's Bay. The game was interesting though Wanganui had tho better of it throughout, both _ their backs and forwards being superior to those of their opponents., CANTERBURY DEFEATS SOUTH CANTERBURY. . IBy Telegraph— l'resa Association.! Christcnurch, August 20. Tho representative match between Canterbury and South Canterbury was played this afternoon, and was a wellcontested game. In the first spell play was fairly even, as shown by the fact that the spell ended with a scoro of 9 points to tho credit of each team. The second spoil opened with a strong attack by Canterbury, and an equally strong counter-attack by the southerners, who displayed better' play, but failed to scoro. On changing.ends the Canterbury backs set up an attack, and a long kick was followed up fast by Shadbolt, who scored under tho posts. Fuller kicked a goal. Canterbury kept up the attack, and a- passing rush was begun by Cleary, who was supported by a pretty cut-in by Burns, which enabled Fuller to cross die line. Tlio kick at goal failed. Canterbury wore now having the better of the play, and a strong attack was chocked by a useful lino-kick by Scott. Relief was but momentary, for the Canterbury 'backs maintained the pressure, and a long kick by Guiney compelled tho. Greens to force. The kick-out was well returned by Doell, and South Canterbury were forced again. The kick-out was followed by a lino dash by Guiney, who passed to Burns, but the last-named was tackled right on the lino. In the scramblo that succeeded South Canterbury wore penalised, and Shadbolt kicked a .goal from a difficult : angle. Tho remaining four minutes were in Canterbury's favour, but there was no further score, and tho game ended— Canterbury, 20 points (a goal from a try, two penalty goals, and three tries); South Canterbury, 9 points (a goal from a mark, a penalty goal, and a try). '• AUSTRALIAN CAME. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. August 21, 5.50 p.m.) Sydney, August 21. Now South Wales heat-Queensland by 10 goals and fifteen bohinds to 6 coals and twelve behinds. j