THE FINALE OF FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 4

THE FINALE OF FOOTBALL.

,y- i/;/:.-/ - . O T— ■ IEITEI.' bIIGERiSH BUSHES/OF; SOUTH ISLAND VAil" Asso 0t ATION>.; DQINGS/ iBRijWN sijEtS CAPTURED FROM AUCKLAND.

(By Telccraph.—Press Association.) Christohurch, September 24. , "marked i/ilmost'from beginning' to end by; "tlio paco that kills," and by brilliant, com-. ; ''' • bincd forward and back play, the experimental South Island team triumphed ' at. Lancaster Park' to-day over, tho proved .men , of the ; North to the. tune . of 14 points .■ to 10.. Tho success -of 1 the Southerners was primarily duo to i the brilliant" work of their ■:; forwards, : who, led. by. Paton,.; Patterson,', Graliam, • and 'Murray, beat' tho : Northern vanJ-', guard both in: the . loose - and . tight / work, and! seriously -worried the/rearguard "as weli. The game was entire- - ly free from tho questionable incidents, / and was noteworthy for the. fact that jiofc a man was hurt. , Both sides seeme<l to. do their utmost to make ; the play - fast and open, and the result -was a free, pleasurable, .and .. exciting -game,. " .full .of kaleidoscopic incident. ■ > About . 6000 'people.looked 'on/.'and.;the/ weather' -V conditions. -were -ideal/for' football,, the v 6un being lost in -a-.cloudy; sky, whilst the slight, cold nor'westor, which, was blowing, hardly benefited. either side. The ground, despite the rain overnight, '. was in' capital order. - /.-- The Teams. ' 'North Island (Black).—Full-back, J. • O'Leary (Auckland); three-quarters, M; Graco (Wellington), , F. Mitclun- ; son (Wellington), H;-Dawson (Wclling- ' ton): five-eighths, T. : Kaipara (South Auckland). H. M'Leod (Wellington); half-back, E. -Roberts;/(Wellington) ;> . forwards, H. Avery (Wellington), A. 'Francis (Auckland), J. F. Wylio (Auckland); H. T. Whittingtoii (Taranaki), T. Rapson. (Wellington), ,W./Winiata , (Horowhenua), R. Leahy- (Wellington), •'. E. Perry-(Wellington). . . / - . '. : Soutii Island (White).—Full-back, 'A: Scott. (Otago); three-quarter's, P: //.Wall;'(South Canterbury)-, P. A.-Ander- . Bon (GreymouthV R.. Colvin (Buller); ;/.five-eighths, G. D. Gray (Canterbury), . : G.- Coles (South Canterbury); halfback, C. Green (Buller),; forwards, H. " Murray (Canterbury), -T. Bain (Canter- , bury), J.' Ridland (Southland), J. Grav ham .(Otago), A. Patterson (Otago), H. - Paton "(Otago),' . ;C. Fifagerald ' (South j Canterbury), -It. G. Forbes - (Marlborx ough). ■■■■■ /;;-/:-/ "//,/- . Referee: Mr. , A. Hooper - (Canterbury). Francis captained the. North : Island team, and Paton tho South.. ,- i-'/i-s-- - . w ..ot/V'.i^:///: ///':-; -' ■ South' Opon strongly. . Francis kicked, off for the; Northern- ■. at once, a ferocious' /'• Sou't-liern forward, rush, headed ;'.hy ; Vf Paton, took play into Northern terri- .. Tory, and there Paton made a fine at-. K/ tempt from . a free-kick, - tho'' Blacks' .. forcing. A moment later the Northerners, wore forced again, this, time •• from a long/kick by Patterson//; It : .w'as. but a/minute after the kick-off ' when Griico let ' the'; Southerners into the Northern twenty-five onco . more, .;and, from a scrum, ! Green;secured, and '/.'ended/a brilliant/ dodgy run. by ■scor- .' - irig.,.- He made tho attempt .to, convert ;o: himself, but ■ just failed. • • • South Island ........ 3 points. ■j. North Island ... v „„ . Nil. : . i; ! '/ From tho kick-out.. another tigerish Southern forward rush'again had tho . /Northerners in trouble, Patou; just :/ :failing to pnt : -a penalty over : tlic bar .: a second later, ana Patterson just *, ed' potting' a goal, the Blacks being .. forced.' From'a scrum at half-way, " Francis broke away, and carried play . '•to the Whites' twenty-five,, but the , Northern' backs : missed - their ; opportun-; ;ndt:-only ..relieved/ but carried play to. the~Blacks' .twenty-five. . Rapsori carried it. back to the Whites' u/temtoryj/ and'■ a.possible chance was! lost by Leahy failing to take ..a pass; -. Roberts'•';' got ' , well awav ; from scrum, . but .-Colvin- relieved the ... pressure somewhat,! and then Fitz- ;. g«rald... took play : hack to , the citadel, and Murray , had Graco iii trouble. A long kick by-Rob-;, ; ;'/f;erts,-,/aad:/' fast./ following-up, by hini, ; - looked dangerous for the South,. but the redoubtablo Stott- just got there • in timo. ,v Tlie Northern- back-s . wero how beginning to get iii -some passing, work, //;a. ; however, J by.' ... Scott marking, and Paton making a , magnificent: kick to' the. touch-line. A : "centre" hy-Wall .lodg«3; in- M-itchiri-: . .fion's arms; and; the .Northerners; were" ®t' once back in , Southern - teixitory. -'.Murray relieved,-and'.back again-- doivn ' -the field tke play .raced.,; A -scrum was fornied on the" Northern' line, but over eagerness on'' the part; of the Whites :: --8 a Y e ;tho Blacks a free-kick,'; and. they •. relieved. 'J'he' Whites Csobu- looked like' - scoring again, however, but over eager-: ;;; : iiess -once more nullified : the' chances,. and Robnrt-s removed play to half-way. Hero Murray interposed, /and removed i the sceno of ■ operation-s once more to ? /S/"f3ie r ;/ BJacks'./twenty-five,^-where, from i a semm, Green dodged through the t Northern backs, and scored behind tho I posts. Paton easily converted, j - - -South-Island - 8 points £ -;• ■ North Island Nil .. : The Whites still; kept up tho pressure, .'the: long kicking • of Paton-;especi- !'/ ■: rttly .troubling ■ -the. Northerners, who J wero soon onco more;■■ sorely -pressed. ; Green marked in. a good position, and / l'aton pUoted the oval over the,bar/ . '.South Island .......... 11 points ■' f . North Island Nil ' ?- -; ' A Northern passing rush now , took ;. play to the Southern twenty-five, and, j/;.. Paton, -being off-side, O'Leary' kicked | jui easy goal. - ' ; . . . ■ j i- ■ ■ South Island 11 points -North, Island- 3 points |=; Play was soon back to the Northern-/ j:. ers'. line, and Graham -was almost over, the Blacks being forced. The Blacks i;/ , iii : turn looked dangerous, but Colvin j,-. secured a lucky "mark, and a pretty pasaing 'rush (though;partly spoilt by t- Andorion) ended in Murray sorely | troubling Grace. He ivas almost oyer, i-/'and then a brilliant,passing rush, right 'i,/; along the Northern line, was , spoilt by r - Anderson hanging on too long. Perry 'i/—chimed in at this dangerous stage, and |/; -took; play to the Southern' twenty-five, / where, from a-, free-kick, O'Leary just ;■ . paissed - the. postsi, half-time imrnedi- • ately sounding, with tho scores as 6tated.. ' The Second Spoil. !. ./ ~ On ■ resuming,. Roberts at once got away, but Paton came to his.side's ro- : ' lief., Q Veen started -.a'passing'rush,, and f Anxloceaa made up for his j prerions fafluros, by running right j-. the Northerners ..to . O'Leary. f / . got his backs going, Pat-

'terson and Scott checking Dawson just in time. A moment later,' however, Coles kicked io O'Leary, and. the lat-. ter potted a magnificent, goal. : . ./ South Island 11 points - North-ißrand-'r.'.'...... ,7 points' ;• Ivaipara at;this stage-was failing to take Rdberts'-s passesycleanly, and two or ;three Northern. attacks were consequently nullified. However,' the North-ern-forwards were. now . playing, up a lot better, and wero giving the Southeriiers. a /bad time. A White forward rush relieved, and exciting, play ensued, . but. • eventually . Graham led a formidable'forward rush from half-way, Patterson'capping the effort by touching down, ~ ' amidst applause. ' ■ Paton 'made a -fine attempt to, convert, but did not succeed. "/ " --, /; Soutli, Island 14 points ;' -..North Island ......... 7 pointsOil resuming, a Northern rush threatened trouble, but Scott, was, as usual, . safe. - - The Northern forwards, however, redoubled their efforts/ and carried play to the Whites' lire. South ■relieved- with - a. free-kick, and-Kaipara. spoilt-, a Northern passing -i-ush -/by -hanging' on,, and .then- Paton had, the Blacks on their defensive- mettle. Up and. down,, fast,; exciting- play/now ensued,: and then a tigerish rush by the Southerners ended in a scrum on the .Northerners', line. Passing-rushes by tho White backs just missed- ending, in scores, and tho pressuro on the Black citadel continued. The magnificent/defensive; play, ,'of O'Leary alone kept tho men of the South out. ' , -'/ / , -/ North Island's Last Effort. Tho Northern forwards-now changed •their, tactics, and- screwed the'scrums, with/good results.:' They .took up tho attack onco more, and, after/a succesT sion of scrums,. the : ball went out. of bounds'./, O'Leary then.'nearly Jput tho leather over the bar--from half-way, and tho South were forced. / Scott, a moment later; saved a delicate'situation, :' .and!. then, Colvin,. and Graham; shifted operations to -half-way. ' ' A pretty Northern -passing-rush,'gained not an inch of ground, but .tricky- pl.a-y ' by ■ Avery! Whites': .quarters.- ■ OnJy : for /an . instant, -however,;:, for j Patterson, Paton /and-.-. Co. wero 'once more back, a free-kick- giving tho Northerners • sorely-needed; relief. - Scott then missed a' high; kick, :a,nd Mitehinsqji had' a- safe"'run,*in; 'but. had Mrd luck an stumbling.- The White forwards were .back, /and,- ruffling O'Leary,.-wero -agaiii battering at tho Northern defence. = The : siege lasted - for. -some-- minutes,; a ;free-kickto ... .iho : relieving; :?frJ)atvson here, showed up with' a great run frbm his ■; line . to - the Southern and -Mitehiiison Was -shortly; after..pro-' minen-t/- -Tlien "DaWson madeanother' of, his . characteristic; . dashes/ for; - the line,.'and a moment, later/ from loose, .play . near: the '.•line,'-'/• Leahy scored a nice but': O'Leary ' missed an easy -kick, and' the whistle sounded, - with the final scores— - • ; . v ' -. /-' .- ;'/ South Island .14 points ; - •North Island 10 points. /-; THE CHARITY CUP. ST.' JAJIES, 16; ORIENT,Uj, 10. ; Verj' little mterest'-was : maiiifested iii the . Charity : Cup match : at Athletic Park on. Saturday-afternoon,-when the winners of>the senior;cliampioii,ship ..(Oriijntal)/ were imatched . against;--the runners up (St. James)/- 'It/might reasonably [have been expected-that the KMn.vrivalry.,that/.has"iexisted;"ljeftyeen ; ;tho -two -clubs; throughout the present ;season-..would have served to ■! attract a ' large!' 'crowd ■ of spectators' to - see 1 the. final'' struggle between; the ' teams.-; But though it was a .beautifully-fine 'day the - attendance ; at the ' match was . than on any previous Saturday during the-season; 1 and looking at the - crowd it -' was difficult to. believe ; that it. was' composed of moro than about SOO people. - Neither .side - was' represented ■by its best team.; Oriental were weak-, ened by the absence of Roberts and M'Leod- from the- backs/;: and- Perry, frbm -the forwards,' and during the play Mat-hesoii; aiid;- Cameron had to; retire On account bf. minor injuries. .From thest. James' team' were; fnissing, Roberts 'brothers, F. Crewes, .M'Grath, iand Bradley: The gaine,, however,' was -interesting- in -that it gave soveral.of the~ .-'youngor players a chance-of showing Aheir; ability on No'.' 1 ground at tlje park. " The featuro of the game was a fino display .by tho St. James ./forwardsKing -and Moffatt'-le'ad ~ most of. the rushes, but. tho whole pack worked isplendidly, supporting , one another intelligently. J'or this particular - day, they-were much- better/ trained -than their opponents, • and, so won tlio -match. Oriental opened the scoring 'with a converted try, -but even at that-stage it was apparent that St. James was having'the. better of tho play, and no ono - was surprised when this season's championship winners were three points behind at half-tiino. St. James-kept, the ; lead throughout tho second spell, and eventually won by 16 points to 10./ /'Just after the " kick-off - Oriental worked up towards the St. James line, and tho defenders being penalised for. ' not throwing in 5 yards, .Matheson had an, unsuccessful shot' ; at goal. Following tho drop-out, ' St. James forwards gave a 1 .taste: 0 f their quality by taking play to the Oriental twenty-five. First-Hills on one side of the field and theiv/Kitto ou the other side-wdro within an ace of scoring, but Chantiand. Matheson managed to "stavo off i ho respective attacks. ' Then - Oriental pushed; back the attackers to mid-field, where Newton (Oriental) intercoptpd a pass and broke away. After running to St. James' twenty-five, lie transferred to Sturrock, and tho latter just ' had enough paco to carry him over the line as Ferguson overtook him. Kinvig converted the try. Oriental, 5; St. James, 0. Some few minutes after this score Matheson had to rotiro from the Oriental backs, and was replaced by Sullivan. St. James' forwaids kept up a consistent attack on the Oriental lino. From a scrum insido Oriental twentyfives, St'. James got possession, Holliwell transferring to W.-.Crewos. The latter cut in-past two men, and passed to Thomas, wno scored.near tlio; posts. W. Crewes converted. St. James, 5; Oriental, 5. Just on the call'of time W. Crewes had a fairly er.sy shot at goal from- a free-kick, and sent the ball over the bar. St. James, 8; Oriental, 5. Before the second spell had been in progress for many niinutes, Cameron,. Oriental forward, had to bo carried off the field on account of an injured loieo. Ho was replaced by Childs. St. James opeAed the scoring early, Tylef scor- . ine in tho corner after good work by

the forwards. W. Crewes missed with the kick at goal. St. James, 11; Oriental, 5. Oriental then assumed, tlio aggressive for a-brief interval, and Kin-, vig had an unsuccessful shot at goal from a free-kick. St. James's; next, score came after a fine clash by King. 110 was collared on tho. line, but was not to be denied, and pushed his way over a minuto later. W. Crowes converted. St. James, 16; Oriental, 5. This placed tho issue beyond doubt, but Oriental secured a score .before tho conclusion. Gillespie came down field at the head of a great forward rush, and as' St. James's twenty-fivo line was crossed Tyrell shot' ahead, and, catching the ball on tho bounce, scored the best try of the match. Kinvig took the kick, and tho ball hit the crossbar and fell over. There was no further score, the-game ending—St.'James,' 16; Oriental, 10. Mr. L. Simpson was referee. - ■ • ~ • ;| ': THIRD CLASS. ' ' Tlio Southern and. the Athletio_ thirdclass teams played a' match prior to tho meeting of the Oriental and tho St. James senior, teams. . Tlio Southern team- won substantially by 11 points to 3' points. Southern's points wero obtained through two tries, one of.which was converted, and a. penalty goal. Gray and Weperall scored tho tries and Morrison kicked the goals.' : Victoria College third-class team defeated a scratch team from the Petone . Club by 10 points to 6. t "HOUSE" MATCH. /' A match was played at Miramar on Saturday, between teams representing the "Wellington browers and lemonade and cordial manufacturers. "■ Tlio attendance of spectators was large, the city hotelkecpors, in; particular, turning out almost en masse. V" As determining the comparative' merits-of the beverages represented the contest was undecisive, for it ended with honours easy. For the cordial manufacturers a try was scored . bj; Manning,: and Neilson performed a similar service for the browers. Play was fast, but unscientific. Mr, Manning was referee. CUP MATCH AT WESTPORT. 'By TelecraDh.—Press' Association.) ' v Westport, September, 24. "Tho West Coast and Buller Rugby Unions' teams played .the; return home an,d.home match on Victoria Square today for the Gotliard Mackay Cup; In' the first sj>ell Buller scored an ..unconverted try and a penalty-goal, while: West' Coast put on a ;converted try.. In the . second half /West Coast scored two tries, converting one, and Buller two,* none: of '.which wore. converted. The match thus ended in. a win for the Coast'by 13 pomts to 12. : .'