MARLBOROUGH V. WELLINGTON E.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 4

MARLBOROUGH V. WELLINGTON E.

DRAWN GAMlli. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Blenheim, September 10. All Blenheim..-and a good portion of Marlborough turned out to witness tho. return match between Wellington B representatives and Marlborough, which took place on the showgrounds this afternoon. Tho day' was linty with u fairly strong breeze blowing diagonally across % th'o ground. The visitors won tho toss, and played with tho wind slightly in their favour, but with the sun in their faces. Marlborough kicked off, and immediately set upan attack; A free-kick in a good position gave O'Brien a shot at goal, wliich.he turned to good account. Marlborough, 3; Wellington, nil. Soon after resumption, Campbell had a shot at goal from a free-kick, but missed, Marlborough forcing, Tho Wellington backs tried some passing rushes, from one of which Mathieson got over. Bradley- failed with the.kick at goal. Marlborough, 3; AVollingtou 3. Wellington now. used their, back's, and ono or ; .:two .pretty passing bouts resulted. Roberts_ then marked, Campbell goaliug. . Wellington, 6; Marlborough,- 3. . Cunningham stopped an ugly Marlborough'rush by marking, and Daly, missing- the roturii, Wellington -attacked. O'Brien eventually. relieved with ; some good line-kicks. Pylo was nearly in. once from an opening made by Grace. Horgun intercepted and saved a certain try, and kicked to midfield, where Cunningham marked. A local passing: rush looked, promising, but Horgan dropped the ball.' Marlborough then became aggressive,-and a -pretty passing rush saw 7 Strickland grassed near Wellington's line. Several scrums took placo on the Wellington line, but the Blacks eventually relieved. Neither side paid much attention-to the rules, and free-kicks were - frequent, Wellington getting the bettor of the deal. A breach by Marlborough gave Campbell a ; shot at gsal, but the ball went-wide. Roberts got over, but -the try was disallowed, after some hes'ita•tion,:by the referee. An obstruction gave Wellingtou an .easy, chance, but Bradley's- kick missed..' :.For ..Marlborough, M'Doriald marked near halfway, 'and. O'Brien -had a kick .which fell, a, little short of the goal, and half-, time then..sounded. - ..:'■'.'.

Soon after the''game resumed. Wellington set up. a. determined rush; from which Hunter nearly scored. . A' long kick by Horgau put tho visitors on the defensive, and play.livened tip for ■'abrief spell. Marlborough";■ secured : a mark in front.of the goal, but O'Uriori made a poor ■ attempt with a long shot. Afteiv another period of uninteresting play, Grace . got ; away, . but' Costello grasseel him. Curtayne intercepted when Marlborough were nearly., in,' and relieved the pressure. Wellington soon afterwards.forced, the Blacks and Car'dinals falling in.a.heap on the balllin. touch-in-goal. Marlborough attacked, and a great Marlborough: passing rush 'was spoilt.by. C.Hoggluri, dropping, the' ball. .A. free-kick was. awarded ; Marlborough, but O'Brien's .kick , missed.; Southgate.marked, the drop-out, and O'Brien had another attempt, and this time succeeded. Wellington,' 6; Marlborough, G. With only three minutes to go, play : becamo very strenuous,.' and Marlborough .; forwards ,' instituted.' ;a great rush,' but. a free-kick relieved the visitors, and the;.wliistlo sounded time.: MANAWATU; 14; HOROWHENUA, ■V /■//;,/•; '// n. //,/. v /\:'./. . - (By Telegraph.—Press Association.), Palmerston.N., September 11. ; ' The : 'Horowhenua and'': Manawatu .PniohsLhaving" scored :'a. -win' each this season'; a. *deci,c]i)) jj game '.was., played., yesterday. 'ilof6whenua r ;thongh' some of its players.-were/unable to■pbriio',,brought a strong team, including sevoral.inombfrs. of 'the : Maori team that., lately ; toured'' Australia, arid-; New : Zealand; Carroll and Hughes [ found.. themselves . unable to; play for. Manawatu having hurt their legs in the Wellington match. :The team had' to -have eight: emergencies owing to_an opidemio of influenza. Under-the circumstances it was.thought almost,useless playing, but .Manawatu went into the. field determined to keep- down.;as : : much,..as. possible the. magnitude. 0f... their expected dofeat. .As it happened their scrum proved' the best 'this;, season. Horowhenua at first wore ever-confi-dent,/ but soon. found ;it necessary, to settle" down to-hard work. At half-, time they. led by ..eight points to three. Two tries were scored by.Nepia Winiata,: on© of which was convorted, arid a'-.'try .-was scored, for Manawatu by M-'Nae.". N. Winiata got' another try after a\nin'.ny Cook. Tho'scores now Btood: Horowhenua, II; Manawatu, 3. Then Ongley and O'Connor, scored tries, bringing tho tally to eleven, nirie.-f Horowhenua's 'fast ■ backs .attacked continuously;; but 'were invariably stopped, andfinally,' from the. ; midst of .an attack i near the Manawatu line./Ramsdoh. re-' versed'the position .by intercepting the leather: and .running through incarlyithb; whole, length of. the -ground. Collared near tho line ho passed to Stalker who touched down and afterwards converted. . The: whistle.sounded as the ball crossed tho bar, Manawatu 'thus winning in a surprising fashion—in the last seconds'^of..what had looked an'impbssible match—largely through clogged -play; by.the emergencies.' The garii'e was. a complete boil-ovei'.- ■'■'-.'

; WAIRARAPA TEAMS. ..(By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) '" ,:r "•: : . ■'. Carterton, September 11,: .'The.iWairarapa team to play Canterbury here on Thursday is:. Masson, K. Welch, Tori, Mason,, \V; : M'Kenzio, C. Groiibe, Ball; R. M'Kenzie, Barry, 0. Skeet, E.' Skeet, H. M'Kenzie, Hodge, Ross, Desmond. Emergencies: Backs, T-. Groubo, Hawkins; 'forwards,. R. Welch,! Millier. ~ -. WAIRARAPA V, BUSH UNION. lb* Teiejrraoli—Press Association.. : Masterton, Septembor 11. ■ In the senior football representative match : Wairarapa defeated Bush Union here on Saturday .by 27 points to 3, after a very one-sided ' game. :Tho scoro was made up of six tries (three converted) and a penalty goal, to an unconverted try. ; . CHRIBTCHURCH FOOTBALL. Ghristcliurch, September 11. ' At. football yesterday Canterbury boat Ellesmere by 21 points to 5, and Canterbury beat Peninsula by 14 -points to; 8.

WEST COAST DEFEATS BULLER. Greym'outh, September 11 Tho intorprovincial '■ match West Coast versus Bullor was played on Saturday in perfect weather and before a large attendance of. spectators.. The first-spell was very even, no .score.resulting. In the first .fifteen minutes (if the second spell tho West Coast scored 13 points and added another 3 points before the call of time, tho game ending : West Coast, 1G; Bullor, nil. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES. -.Tho following team has been selected to represent Wellington in the junior representative match against Wairarapa on Saturday next:—Full-back, Ryder; three-quarters, ' Sullivan, E. Ryan, Daly; five-eighths, FlJilrc, Whitley; haltback,'Little; wing-forward, Alters; forwards, F. Ryan, Osborn, ( Hope, O'Meara, Kyne, Lindsay, Shearer. Fmergoncies: Backs, P. Jones, Boyd; forwards, Lowe, Chirnside. 'The team- will - practise at Potono Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

THIRD-CLASS. As a "curtain-raiser" to the Otago. Wellington mafck, tho third-class teams Southern and Poneko met at Athletic Park on Saturday in the semi-final of the championship.. In the first spell Poneko..led by 3 points to nil. Jenkins secured a try, which Morris 'converted* and Morris kicked a penalty goal. Tho second half was all in favour- of Southern, and they succeeded in equalising the scores before the'whistle sounded. Wetheroll scored a try which Capper converted, and Capper kicked a penalty goal. The match, which was controlled By Mr.R. Larwajy was. .well worth watching. Pctono defeated St. Patrick's Collego by 7 points to 3.; Oriental defeated Porirua by .16 points to 3. For tho winners tries we're scored.by M'Conisky (2), Stewart, and M'Keowen. Carmickaol and-M'Keowen each converted one try.. Hay kicked a penalty for Porirua. • ;. CiVIL SERVICE TOURNEY. The Civil Service tournament was continued at Mirainar on, Saturday afternoou, when a Railway Department team met a combined team from, the Advances,. Taxes, and Valuation. De : partmonts. '.The saihu tcama plqyed to an indecisive finish on tho • previous Saturday, In the present game there was again a close contest, but Railways ultimately established a lead - of 3 points. '■;-,.' ,•'•_■ . The game opened with a strenuous attack, by : the forward pack of the combined team. It .was heavily -.. sustained; but failed to pierce the Railway defence.- In the. latter part of. the spell, play : was open.'- and, fast,..but it ended without scoring, on' either side.,

. The. Railway backs 'were prominent m the second spell,, and attacked repeatedly,' but with.sound and consistent tackling the combined team managed to stavo.oif defeat for a time. .A mark twice-'-gave Railway a shot -at goal, but each attempt failed.. Other scoring chances were rather, badly missed', but oventually .Sims crossed 1 the. line, and obtained for Railways the solitary score, of the day. -The game ended 3; Combined Team, nil. ', -Mr. T.Jones was referee. '•■ r: '