ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

FOOTBALL,

CANTERBURY ROUTED.

; BY TRAINED ,FORWARDS. lUy Telesraph.—Press. Association) . -f Cartorton, 1 September 15. j Tho; match Wairarapa v. Canterbury was playetl here\to-day'in beautiful wea-_ ther. .Canterbury kicked oS, and quickly penned .Wairarapa in their twenty-five, where, from a penalty< Hasell drew first blood for Canterbury, . B—o. .Wairarapa then' livened up, . and their forwards, playing excellent! football,: dribbled- the ball right, up the field to the Canterbury goal, ..where.-Hodge picked, up and scored a brilliant" 1 try near the posts.. - Masson cAnyerted."'.;Wairarapa, 5 points; 'Canterbury 3; points. Shortly after the kickout, a'free kick .was awarded to Canterbury infront of ■ the 'Wairarapa goal, but Hasell: niulled. Play fo?/the-nest teil minutes'; remained in neutral territory, when K. Welch brilliantly carried the attack right up to the Canterbury goal, .Where, lio passed to N. M'Kenzie,' .wlio scored, E. Skeet adding the extra points. ■ Wairarapa, 10 points; ; • Canterbury, 3 points, Immediately following .this two trco kicks'to Wairarapa both failed, and the spell ended with the score as; stated. Canterbury livened up from the kickout in tlie second' spell, but the Wairarapa forwards proved to be too good aridfast for-.-them., They repeatedly"- ran through them, and only the excellent in-dividual-defence of the Canterbury backs saved.the situation. In Canterbury: territory a free kick to :.Wairarapa saw E? Skeet add another three points, and a few minuted later the same kicker added three more from'a mark. Wairarapa, 16) Canterbury, 3. A spell,;of long .kicking ensued,' interspersed .with furiolis_ipr;-. ward>rushfl9;by both sides, ..The Waifarapa backs were, solid ih but jacked initiative, .; This also, was conspicuous in .the visitors',,;reargnard.' j-- riffle after .time passing rushes were nullified by , some member of;'the line mishandling his 'pass and knockingrOn; .'.The not-to-be-denied-Wairarapa forwards .(as the, second spell was drawing to_ its -finish) broke through ..again, and carried tho .War into the enemy's camp where R., M'Kenzie registered the last . score. Skeet/failed at goal and left the score: Wairarapa, '19, points; Canterbury, 3 points. 1 •Throughout the game the WaWarapa forwards • more than held 1 their j own. Whenever their opponents : sccured the ball in tho scrum, the Ijome forwards dashed through and smotnered the passing while, if a rush was started, the home backs successfully combated it, and- nnl■lified" any advantage by, excellent linework., Canterbury ivas forced five or six .times,' while .Wairarapa 'accepted' only' one. Mr. A. B. Charters was referee..

' : NORTH ISLAND TEAM.: ; / Late last night, tho following team was announced' as chosen by Messi's.;. H ( U. Thomson, D.' Gallaher, and Humphries to represent. this island ;in , thfc .North v. South to bo played ilt Christiiiinrch:— . '"■■:■. ;, ■ ■ Pull-back: .O'Leary • (Auckland). : 'Threo-quarters:. liive (Taranaki), Mitchins6n:,,:( Wellington), Evenson '.' (Wellirigton). '"■'■ ; " "Pive-eigliths: Kaipara (South Auck-land);-M'Leod .(Wellington); ■: Half: P. ltoberts (Wellington). . Wing: Avery (Wellington). • ; , Forwards: Tyler (Auckland), Osborne (Taranaki), .' Cunningham/ ' (Auckland), Francis (Auckland), Tamu (Taranaki), Hayward/CAuckland),:' M'lCellai'- (Wellington).: /" ;''; • ;;,;; ■: ';:'■';■ v;

ALTERATION, NUT WANTED. • News; by" Wedriefediy's mail', states that at tlio monthly general meeting o£ thb Metropolitan lUtgby ..Union, held in Sydney on September 7, , the ; [ollthvina motion ivus proposed by Mr.\\V. JS Burleigh; and seconded by, Mr. J.M. Dickie:— 'That the (iremier club: play a combined' tenia ,oi the remaining three clubs who took part in the A, division, of the ' second round, under' .'the ...following, 'rules —Northern Gnioft rules, "save that playersnumber •-* on each side; , a seven sprummnge .to; tie adopted, with a : compulsory two only in front , row.:' Tho. scoring',,; points to be; as follow Try, 3;, points,; ■ converted .try, 5 1 points'), dropped "goal, ,3 point's; and other goal, 2 points",:>■ • 1 The motion was lost by an overwhelm lug majority,. • "' '-.-■-:■■

' ASSOCIATION. BROWN SHIELD CHALLENGE. IBs • felegraph.—-l'ross Asaedatlon,/ ' . - Auckland) September 15. - .. A. special nieetirig;of the Auckland Football Association was held this evening toconsider a Canterbury 'challenge for the Brown, Shield..; It was decided to accept tile challenge, . and the . inatch will .be played 011; the'-, data : suggested,' viz,, . Sep•tember/21. ; BURN HAM SCHOOL DEFEATED. ■ . A telegtam -received". from. Christchuroh states-fthat. the Wellington Boys' Repredefeated Buruham. School' yesterday morning lO.'-goals to nil. : Waller (4), Fitzgerald (3), Bates, Home, and Richards scored 'for' the •■winners. * The boys i 'play : the Otago , School representatives to-morrow 'atvDuiiedin/ , ■ . • 1 1 A TEAM FOR BLENHEIM. It has been decided that the selectors shall pick the boys':'representative, team 'to ■ visit Blenheim. to-morrow.' ' The.i team plays the Marlborough Schools' representatives on. Saturday, September 24.