OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 6

OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS

JUNIOR GRADE. Victoria College defeated Poneke by 0 points to 5. Selwyn were rlefenled by SI. .T;>m« by 3 point' In nil. The Southera-Forirua match resulted in

a win for (he former by 3 points to nil. Wellington were easily defatted by Polono liv 18 points to nil. Oriental beat Athletic by 33 points to 6. if St. John's defeated .Melrose bv 13 points ~ to G. n Third Class. is An exciting game took plnco between St. It Patrick's College- and Petone, resulting in r, a win for the latter by !) points to li. il Parker and Ilngen scored tries, and Bale o kicked a goal for Petone, while, Ik-dwnrd o scored ii try and kicked a. penalty goal r for I ho losers. Parker, Davis, and Martin t played conspicuously for Petone, while, « M'Cnrfhy, Redmond, and O'Connor were •- prominent for St. Patrick's College, d iMnrist Urns, were defeated by Southern by 15 points to .1. Gray, Bowie, Peck, and y M'Guiro scored for tho winners, and y Little kicked a penalty for the losers. 0 Oriental defeated Exchange by 21 points d to 8. Tries for tho winners were scored i- by Avery, Robertson, Evans, and Dradi. ley. The last-named also converted ono [. try and kicked a penalty goal. Gair also (, potted a goal. a Wadestown defeated Athletic by ft , points to 3, Roberts scored two tries*and s Clark kicked a penalty goal for tho .. winners. i. Fourth Class. d Petone won by default from Selwyn. g Southern beat Wellington. A by 20 I- points to 3. n Waiwetu defeated Old Boys by 5 points r to 3. 1 Johnsonvillo defeated Oritntal by 12 e points to nil, Oriental having only ten .. men. Fifth Class. t St. Patrick's College drew with Wai--0 we-tu, each sido scoring 6 points. 1 R'tono defeated Athletic by 6 points i. to nil. n. Oriental were defeated by St. James 1 bv 11 paints to nil. For the winners, :1 Shannon, Ballingcr, and Sheridan scored i trios, Donaldson converting one. a Poneko defeated Southern by 9 points s to nil. Ileald potted a goal, and Harris scored a try, which was converted by f Walker. Sixth Class. * Petone wore defeated by St. Patrick's " Collego by 15 points to 6. Spring, 0 Henrys, O'Donoghue, and Von Brown - scored tries, and Craighead and G'Dono- • ghuo kicked penalty goals. 5 The Southern-Athletic match resulted in r a draw, each sid« scoring 3 points. Public School Matches. !! The following are tho results of the [ matches played last week in the Schools' 1 Rugby competition:~ ! Senior Grade. Newtown defeated Clyde Quay .by 12 ■ points to nil. Maranui were defeated by Terraco by 45 points to nil. ■■-. T« Aro defeated South Wellington by H points to G. Dalton (21, Spencer, and Owens scored tries for the winners. Dalton converted his first try after a brilliant run from half-way. ! Junior Grade. ; To Aro defeated Kilbirnie by 3 points , to nil. Flv secured tho winning try. ; South Wellington defeated Newtown by ■ 4 points to 3. After a somewhat oven game, as far as play went, Mitchelltown were defeated by Wraco by 11 points to 3. ASSOCIATION. ST. JOHN'S BEATEN BY THISTLE. Diamonds 2 Wanderers 1 Swifts 3 Corinthians 2 Thistle 3 -St. John's ......... 1 Hospital 4 Ramblers 1 Y.M.C.A 2 Rovers . 1 The surprises of Saturday's matches were tho somewhat easy victory of Thistle over St. John's, and. the narrow margin which separated Diamonds from Wanderers and Swifts from Corinthians. Tho heaviest scoring of tho day was in the Hospital-Ramblers match which was won bv Hospital by i goals to 1. Feeling ran high in the Swifts-Corinthians game and a number of cautions had to be administered bv tho referee. Some of tho breaches "were painfully open, and many referees would not have tolerated for a moment the arguments which were indulged in between the players. POSITION OF THE TEAMS. i . . i * ■ «i ci & § ■£ a "3 ."S-3 «.S J3 t5 8 •> *>£ * S-o 5 S P iJ RofiwaoS Hospital 14 0 0 li 3 8 Diamonds 4 4 0 0 14 6 8 Swifts 4 3 1 0 11 !) " 6 Y.M.C.A 4 2 117 7 5 St. John's i 2 2 0 10 8 4 Thistle 4 2 2 0 9 7 4 Rovers 4 13 0 7 7 2 Ramblers 4 0 2 2 '2 8 2 Wanderers 4 0 3 12 9 1 Corinthians ; 4 0 4 0 3 110 SWIFTS-CORINTHIANS. Considering that Corinthians aro nt tho bottom of the championship ladder, tho showing they made against Swifts at Newtown Park on Saturday wa9 remarkably good, and if tho performance is repeated, the team will not remain without a win for many more weeks. Three or four new forwards have signed on for Corinthians and they are now a really good combination, but are just a little wauling in slaying power. For more than half the game they gave Swifts all they could do, but in tho final stages tho superior condition of Swifts enabled that team to win out. Corinthians attacked with a will in the '. early part of the game and their oppon- • ents' goal was frequently in danger. On '. ono occasion Ives had a fino opportunity . to score in front of the posts, but ho '. sent tho ball flying over the bar. Fol- I lowing this Swifts put in a lively attack and four men had a chance in goal- ( mouth, but threw tho opportunity away. The assault ended in. Gtiiso landing a i Rugby goal. Swifts kept pegging away and at length Percival, on tho left-wing, centred nicely and enabled Vessey to score. Swifts, 1 ;• Corinthians, 0. Play continued in favour of Swifts for some time and then Corinthians asserted themselves and kept up tho pressure for a considerable spell. They were rewarded i at last, Ives putting in a stinging crossshot which gave Penlington no chance. ■ Swifts, 1; Corinthians, 1. A spell of fast ( even play was succeeded by another attack by Swifts and a further goal was recorded, Rickaby getting past Irvine with , a. fast ground drive. Swifts, 2; Corin- j thians, 1. The balance of the spell was , rather in favour of Corinthians, but there , was no further score. The second half opened with a vigorous attack by Corinthians two shots just grazing the uprights before the game had been resumed for five minutes. Several more shots were rattled in by the attack- 1 ing party, but they all failed to reach c the net. A stretch of struggling even play ( ended with a well-deserved goal for \ Swifts. Rickaby, who had been playing \ pretty football throughout, passed to ° Roberts and the ball then went to Perks ' * who sent in a difficult cross shot, which l got nast Irvine. Swifts, 3j Corinthians, c 1, Concerted work between Rickaby and , Vessey gave Swifts another chance, but Irvine changed the course of a hot shot J by Vessey, tipping the ball oyer tho bar. \ Condition now began to tell its tale and •' Swifts were having things pretty much T their own way, but Corinthians were still ' doing good work individually, and just r beforo time was called they put on an- f other goal. Studholmo scoring as the re- J suit of a-beautifully executed screw pass by Tves. The final tally was: Swifts. 3: >! Corinthians, 2. Mr. R. S. Lithgow was referee. f> THISTLE-ST. JOHN'S. 2 Ono of the surprises of the afternoon ° was tho defeat -of St. John's by Thistle. n , by 3 goals to one, for the vanquished c . team, on previous form, wore expected " to win. The 'Thistle forwards, 'however, " showed a surprising* turn of dash, while the St. John's men seemed to have gone a triile stale, wild shooiing being a feature nf their attacks. The game on tho whole was of average quality. Soon <iftcr the commencement of the . match, H. Millar scored for Thistle from !l a sharp encounter in front of the St. j! John's goal territory. A' second attack by the Thistle men was foiled by a re- * Moving kick by Cummings, and St'. John's }". then counter-attacked, the Thistle goal- , ] keeper being thrice called upon to save v his side from what looked like certain V goals. Thistle then turned the tide, and Harnett and Miiiar headed a rush for the te St. John's goal, a shot from the latter K player missing by inches. A second at- « tack by the same players also proved M .•iboriivc. Again the Thisile forwards re rushed the Si. John defences, and Gib- cv son made a vain effort to score from p. V\

il. difficult angle. Just beforo the spell jy .ended, a lrce-ldck afforded Thistle nu 'opportunity to score, Gibson inking a 6 peat pass ironi Burnett, and heading tho ts Lajl through- Thistle, 2; SI. John's, nil. Opening tho second spell with the odds agauist them, the St. John's men made t a. vain attempt to get the upper hand, ■„' but Thibtlo were on the alert, ana tor j. the greater part of tho spell kept their i„ opponents strictly on the detensive. ~1 Thistle's third goal was scored Irom a. „ lively skirmish in trout of the St. John's '„ posts, Gibson passing the Wall through ]o during a momentary lull caused by t lie ro expectation of the defenders that their claim for a penalty would bo endorsed by tho referee. By the same token,' tho_St. i John's men realised that foul or no ioul play does not'oenso save at tho order pi '" the referee. Towards tho end, St. John a, . after ono or two desultory attacks, manI aged to score their only goal, Bruce makii ing a Hying run up tho wing, and hustling :" the ball tlirjugh, Mr. Newbokl was re* , force. :0 i) Y.M.C.A.-ROVERS. id After what, had looked like a drawn 10 gamo right up till within five minutes of tho call of time, Y.M.C.A. literally snatched a victory from Rovers at Minimal' oii Saturday nttornoon. Playing short or two 20 men, Rovers were at a disadvantage, but they opened vigorously, having the advant3 tage of a following wind. Their forwards mado an onset on the Y.M.C.A, goal, and 12 gave Holiis, tho goalkeeper, some lively ■ii seconds. Following a sharp attack by the Rovers' vanguard,' Holiis, running out with the ball, over-stepped tho prescribed limit allowed from a run out with the '* ball in hand, and a free-kick was awnrd- , od. From this a lively scrimmage took ■ s place in front of the posts, and Gibson, securing the ball, drove it neatly through ;3 tho goal—Rovers' first and last score m s ; tho match. ,(1 'Tho second spell 6howcd Rovers playing , with great energy, and some improvement t 9 in tho quality oi their footwork. Y.M.C.A., ls playing now with tho wind, had all their >y work cut out to penetrate tho Rover defences, the latter's back division—particularly Wnrne and Duigan—playing a sound 's game, and guarding the goat area with ;, excellent judgment. Irom a wing rush, n however, Phillips, of tho Y.M.C.A., took )- a pass to tho centre, and cleverly dodging tho backs, scored with a hot drive— n 'even all, The game now brisked up, the forwards of cither sido playing fast and vigorously. Attacks and counter-attacks were the order of the remaining half-hour t of tho match. • Assisted by tho wind, tli« 3 Y.M.C.A. men were enabled by long passing to keep the ball well up-fielu, and their forwards, seconded by the halves, 2 gradually wore down the defence of the Hovers, nnd commenced to bombard the ,v goalkeeper with a running fire of shots. Just on tho call of time, Beavis, securing ,4 the ball after a hast)' return by the Rov(1 ers' goalkeeper, sent it flying back again 1. through the posts, and tho gamo ended ,t with a victory for Y.M.C.A. by 2 goals to 1. Mr. H. S. Bernard was referee. DIAMONDS-WANDERERS. '' There was little interest taken ill th« contest between Diamonds and Wander- ' ers, and there was little enough iu the game to hold anybody's interest after 1 the first spell. Assisted by the wind, "■ Wanderers made things merry for a time, but periodical sallies. by Diamonds gave them somo uneasy moments. From one of these rushes Diamonds' first score arose. Black doing tho needful. A lengthy attack by Wanderers ended in another assault by Diamonds, and again Black propelled the leather past tho Wanderers' goal-keeper. From this on Wanderers attacked most of the time, but thcro was i not enough sting in their work to enablo [ them to break down tho defence of the Blacks, and tho first half ended: DiaI nionds, 2; Wanderers, nil. ' Play generally in the second term was slow, and Diamonds, although assisted- , by the wind, failed to increase their ! score, although tho Wanderers goal-keeper was called upon repeatedly. Just befors the end of the game a free-kick to Wan- '. derers enabled Daley to score, leaving ; the final record: Diamond?, 2: Wanderers, [ 1. Mr. H.. S. Bernard was referee. [ HOSPITAL-RAMBLERS. A very keen game was played between i the Hospital and Ramblers at Porirua en. ' Saturday, and spectators had quite a i pleasant afternoon on the line. That tho ■ Hospital men should defeat tho Ramblers was generally expected, and tho gamo. ended with tho odds of victory four goals to one against tho town men. Hospital attacked right from tho jump, and in a • few minutes Loadsman scored from a pass ! by Elliot. Later, Hughes added a see- ■ oiid goal from a clever piece of centring L by Pearson. Ramblers responded gamely, and mado a rallying attack, which carried them through the Hospital defence i and secured them their first—and last— I goal. Tho second spell saw the game evened up considerably, both teams playinf with ! energy and determination. A skirmish : which followed a corner kick awarded to the Hospital men gave Londsman the opi portunity of adding goal number three to tho home team's Gcoro. Hospital'* fourth goal offered a demonstration of Roots's fino long kicking, that player mak- ■ ; ing a eplendid drive from a free-kick some twenty-five yards out, and beating ; tho goalkeeper. Mr. E. Wiudley was referee. QOLP. WELLINGTON CLUB'S WARD FOUR.' SOMES. Tho Wellington Club's Ward Foursomes were played, on Saturday and resulted in a tie between Miss- E. Watson and C. Gore; Mrs. Marchbauks and J. B. MacEwan. Tho following cards were handed in:—Miss E. Watson and C. Gore, 4 down; Mrs. Marchbauks and J. C. MacEwan, 4 down; Miss Haiinay and A. J. Abbott, 5 down; Mrs. A. Duncan and A. Duncan, 5 down; Miss M. Pearco and P. S. Hodson, 8 down; Miss E. Stafford and M. Ross, 6 down; Mrs. Collins and L, C. Hales, G down; Mrs. .Elgar and F. A. Kebbcll, 8 down. The tie will be played off at a later date, MIRAMAR. CLUB, ' Nearly fifty members competed in the Miramar Golf Club's "Bogey competition on Saturday, tho best cards handed in being as follow:—A. Erskino (il), all square; C. fi. Richardson (IS), 2 down; T. Brodie (14!, 2 down; Professor Mackenzie (t-i), 8 down; K. 11. Liddle (9), 5 down; W. E. A. Gill (0), 0 down; G. O. Sutton (9), G down. Tho Challenger Golf Ball is the King of them nil. it is not unchallenged, but its undeviafing lino of reliability raises it above all comers. Play tho Challenger with the Challenger.* j)