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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 6

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CHARITY CUP—SECOND ROUND. Thistle 2 Ramblers 0 Hospital 3 Corinthians 1 Y.M.C.A. .; 4 Rovers 2 Swifts 3 St. John's 3 Canterbury 6 Wanganui 2 Saturday's Association gauss proved interesting. The weather «a.« fine, and ths grounds were in go:d condition. Taken ou the whole, the games were much tetter exhibitions of football than has bc-en rile rule of late. The surprise of the day, was the result of the Swifts—St. Joha'a Rame. On account of these teams playing .t draw the Charity Cup contest is likely, to bo prolonged for another week. Following arc the results of matches played:— . THISTLE-RAMBLERS. Rowan, in goal for Thistle, undoubtedly saved his sitlc from defeat by Ramblers, at Kolburuo Park on Saturday. Hi; saves were brilliant at times, and ho was always resourceful and clever. He received a. certain amount of support from his two fuli-backs but the greater part of the wsrk fell upon him solus. . limnbiers, on (he other linnd, dnsorrcd a win. They had the worst of misfortune, and all tho best of the play. The jtauio, though a. hard one, was flayed in cxco)loat spirit. Fine open rushes and short passes wore mostly the rule, and at times the ball would be swimg out from tho contro right across tie win--?. It was a particularly faEl gome, and was oensid- ' ered by ipectators to bi> the best exhibition of "soccer" given ill Wollingtou thin $onsott. The tifst score of tho match cumeirom a pretty piece of play on the left-wing

fey'Tkstlo's outside-left, Barnett. T-hi: piayor secured, aud ran right up th a* K •¥ llis °l'Ponents in good style \ vL ngllI: moment ho swung the lea 1 t ? oro , ss , to Gibson at centre-forward and the latter, who is a dangerous mai •1? £P n ' of F oa '» lua< ' o 110 mistake itainblers tried hard to make the score oven, but, although they commenced well <tho finishing touches to maiiy fine biti of Dlay'wcre lacking, and many of th Imal snots at the posts had no sting ir • Jj nem -. The shooting powers-of some'o Hie players were wanting.. On one oeca. won it- was thought that Ramblers wouli score easily. Gibson happened to l'ou • Johnston in the penalty area, and Ed wards, taking the kick, should have don wetter than lie did. However, he misse*: the posts by a few feet, and the 'Red- am .Whites. lost a chance. .. The second half save R-amblers attack ing very strongly, and, as before stated, i was only Rowan who prevented then from scoring half a dozen goals at least, On one occasion the resourceful "keeper' caught the ball between his legs, anc almost sat on it. With, half a dozoi Itamblers' forwards on top of him hi managed to wriggle clear, and threw th< leather behind the posts. Ho concede< . a corner, but saved the goal.. Thistle'! second i goal was obtained late in thi second spell. The ball travelled well uj the field, and Barnett scoured. He \r« tackled Iry Kirschberg and beaten. The little outside-left recovered himself, and in turn tackled his opponent,, got th< ball, and centred well to. Jamicson. The .latter put it through the posts. Tlw jgame ended in a win for Thistle by twe Jjjoals to nil. • . My. A. F, Newbold was referee. ' HOSPITAL-CORINTHIANS. i During tho first half of the game between' Corinthians and Hospital at Porirua the -. play was very even, and it 'looked' as ..if tho wearers of black and '' |white shirts were going to give the senior championship team a good go" for. Charity Cup: honours.. However, Corinthian supporters were.doomed to disappointment for in the second half the Hospital men ewept aside all visions of the 'Charity Cup becoming the Black and Whites' trophy for 1912. Although defeated Corin- \'. thians were by. no means disgraced. They iwere," however, against' better men, and a better- combination. On several occasions. Cockburn was compelled to show his |best, form in repelling shots at goal during, the first half, and this was particularly noticeable once when Roberts, the capital outside man for Corinthians, put in avery hot shot. At half-time Corinthians'were leading, the'scores being one to nil.' -The, result was obtained by <Jerard placing, the ball in the net from short range after a good exhibition of combined play by his forwards. ' Very soon after the opening ,of the sec"ond half Hospital commenced to attack ftrongly and Roots was given a chance. He took it and.was successful in equalis-, ing the,'scores.. Not .content the same player again scored.for his side, thus giving them the lead by one goal. It was nt this time that Hospital's superior play became evident and they had much tho better, of the game until the end.' Be T fore the whistle blew, however, Hospital added, yet another gqal to .their credit, Tyrer being responsible' for the score from r. scramble following a nicely-placed "cor-i-Jier" by. Elliott. Y.M.C.A.-ROVEnS. ' r.M.C.A., by four goals to two. put Rovers out of the running for ,the Charity Cup finals after, a game at Duppa Street in which the principal feature was • the. collapse of the la Iter'team'hi the last twenty minutes. Generally speaking, Rovers had the advantage in the initial, etages of the game: and several spiritetj s.ttacks carried, their . forwards; within r-triking distance of the Y.M.C.A.' goal, at ]east two promising attempts failing at the decisive moment, Pursuing their aggressive tactics they ultimately scored the first goal of the match, Elfend being tho scorer. After somo loose play about midfield, Beayis, of tho Y.If.C.A. team, evened the score with a long vigorous shot. AStrenuous tussle followed the success' of the Y.M.C.A. men, and Gibson at length hlaced the:Rovers:a goal:'ahead-I'byr.v.a ftrong drive which struck the goal-keeper (Hollis) and richochetted in botween the posts.-; The-second -spell was woll- under ;way Wore .the.account between the two team's ■was altered, and then Baker, of Y.M.C.A., pot in a lucky shot which equalised the score..'Shortly.after, from a corner; Baker''.sent in. a- good pass to Beavis, who headed the ball.through and so put hi 3 team one ahead. The yictory was placed, beyond all doubt not long after by a ricochet goal for. Y.M-.C.A., a shot' from Guilter.. striking an opponent and glancing between the . posts. ' Y.M.G.A., •i; Jlovers, 2. . . ■ Mr. J. B.,.Paton» was referee, ST. JOHN'S-SWIFTS. St. John's and Swifts were unable to 'bring their Charity' Cup contest at Duupa Street to a--decisive conclusion on Saturday.. The match ended in a draw—three all—after the full time allowance for the Came, and two additional ten-minute spells had been played.''". St. John's onenta the scoring account with a clever and opportune piece of work by Walh's-flnside- ' right) who intercepted .tho tall during some loose play near tho Swift's, goalposts, and sent it through. Shortly after Bnoe scored another goal for St. John's, easily out-manoeuvring the backs : and tending the ball through. Up till this time St. John's'had. clearly the advantage of the game in nearly every way, but their second score had the effect of stimulating fresh zeal in the ranks of tho hwifts,_ who began to attack with some determination, but nothing : definite renulted, and half-time-saw'tho position of the teams unaltered. The second spell opened •uneventfully, a series ot attacks and'counter-attacks, with , K> TB ral .almost, but not quite'-'■ sensations, being the chief features of the plav Towards the call - of time,' Pve-Smith scored from a penalty kick awarded for , a loul,;and a few minutes later an exactly similar reverse was inflicted upon St. - °ii ?PJ " l ?- snmo -Player, and on tho call, of time shortly afterwards, the teams Ftood level—2 all. Tho extra spells also ended in a draw, Barry-(for Swifts), and Dick (for St Johns), being the scorers. Mr. H. Yeoman was referee.

MINOR GRADES. THE SECOND •DIVISION. Toa drew with Wadestown, 1 goal each. Fourth Division. Marist and Brooklyn played a drawn Same, each sulo scoring . two goals. Fifth Division. H,^l ft 3 CTff «9 [l 'defeat, at tho "hands of ' J.™ representatives by 2 goals to nil. Bow- '" uen and Thomas scored for tho winners. Fifth Division B, »■**■•*** to ?t. David's defeated Y.M.C.A. by 2 goals Sixth A Division. T,M.C.A ; defeated the Boys' Institute • ( Or tho sixth division championship at l JUiramar by four goals to nil. Myers (2) ynd Scott (1) scored for the winners, rho Jinal goal being put through lv an institute player. Cunningham (institute's fe'pai-keeper) .played a very good game stopping numerous good shots. ■ • ' .Sixth B Division. Evans Bay Hovers defeated Newtown '' Congregational. by 2 goals to 1. \ Schools Division. : Marist Brothers (Tasmnn Street) defeat- ' td Te .Iro School at Duppa Street on Sat- . itrday by 5 goals to nil. Marist llrothers . have Ihereforo won the championship and ', 'lie Thistle Chalirngo Cop for tho second Voar in succession. The chief scorers throughout the year were: Ryan (captain), Davies, Paton, and O'Callaghan.' ' Other games in this division resulted ' rs follows:—Marnmii 4, Karori 0; Thorn- ; fjoa (A) i, Island Hay 0.; South Wel'lim,'- ' "cn 8, Wndestown 0. ■ ' ~ BROWN SHIELD. CAKTEEBUBT-WANGANUI. ' (By Talejraph.—Press"Association.) , - Christchurch, August 25. i , A match for tha grown Shield between i Canterbury and 'Wanganui was played te- , day and resulted in a win for' Canterbury by six goals to three. . . ". ( As'scon as play had settled down .the. . Cintsrbury forwards set up a strong at- • tack', and .Wanganui had to concede a cor- ; nerv From tho resulting ' attack- Ward,

centred to Bissctt, who beat the Wanganui goalkeeper with a hard shot.. Canterbury, 1 goal; Wanganui, nil. ' Long kicking now put Wanganui on the offensive, but just when things promised to bo interesting W. Fullerton "saved" with some.clever ground play, which amused the crowd.' The Reds (Canterbury) were quickly attacking again, and from a scramble in front of tho goal Norman found the net. Canterbury, 2 goats;'Wanganui, nil. Wanganui■ again sought relief by long kicking, but this was easily checked by Canterbury's more eft'ecth„ combination, and a few moments later an attack on the left wing ended in Norman centreing well, the ball cannoning off Bissett and reaching the net. Canterbury, 3; Wanganui, 0. , Wanganui then rallied, and some good work by Cooper, Lowe, and M'Crackea had tho Heds dc- ' fending, a shot by M'Crackcn scalding tho ball over the goal. Almost immediately after the same player was again prominent, and from a fcramble in front he managed to put the ball through. Canterbury, 3 goals; Wanganui, 1. The visitor.* wei-o now playing a brighter game, but presently Canterbury again came with a vigorous effort, and a ltfag shot by Ward just grazed the post. Play then evened, and just 'before half-time Canterbury were penalised and Mitchell ' kicked a goal. Canterbury, 3 goals; Wanganui, 2 goals. . Wiieu .play opened out in the second half the Canterbury forwards made a determined rush, wnieh ended in Grant shooting, but sending the ball just outside tho net. The Heds were then gradually drivon back, end had to concede a corner, a bit of hard work following. Tho kick sent the ball straight for tho goal, but too high, and tho Canterbury forwards cleared, and Ward completed a dashing piece of work with a fine centre kick, which enabled Taylor to dash up and score. Canterbury, i; Wanganui,,2. Almost immediately after Wanganui rushed play to their opponents' line, and Ilealy registered 1 a goal. Canterbury, i; Wanganui, 3. "Some. fast.play followed, and a shot by Norman was safely stopped by Beckett. The Wanganui forwards now put in some good work, but the fine defence of Wl Fwllartoii and M'Farlnno ,got their side out of trouble. Twenty minutes of fast rallies followed, and then the Reds settled to their work properly, and after a fierce attack, Grant put in a shntwhich Beckett was unablo to reach. Canterbury 5—3. A brief attack by "Wangariiii was now repulsed, and then Taylor executed some 6plendid dribbling, after which he passed to Grant, who drew Beckett out ol the goal, and then shot unopposed. Canterbury' 6—3. Wanganui rallied at the finish, but there was no further score. Sir. •M'GillivTay, of Dunedin, was referee. GOLF. LADIES', CHAMPIONSHIP. IBj- TaloEranh.—Praio Association.) Napier, August 24. The final for tho Hawke's Bay ladies* »olf championship was played yesterday between-Miss.Hamlin (Napier), and Miss Gorrie (Auckland). At the conclusion of the inornmg round Miss Gorrie was 5 up. This she increased in the nfteraon, and finally won 10 up, 8 to play. Tom Ball, playing with a "Challonger" Golf Ball, was in splendid form on April sth, when he visiSed By'fleet, and played two rounds with Mr. Wakley. He completed both rounds in 68. The competition records are (amateur) Mr. S. Munro Fcrrusson 70, and (professional) A. Herd, 72. ill the leading amateurs and.professionals play with the "Challenger" Golf Ball —Advt. It really' makes no difference' to • tho WOOD MILNE. GOLF. BALL whether the turf, bo hard, dry,, or soft. Beautifully steady, it does equally well on a,slow Dr fast green. Your dealer can snpply you. Try it against others. Ullathorne, Uartridge and Co., Ltd., Wholesale Agents. Wellington. 3* '.-'■' COURSINti. THE DUNEDIN CLUB'S MEETING. ■ (By Telejrr»Dh. r Press Association.) Dunedin, August 24. The Dunedin- Coursing Club's August peering was concluded this afternoon in ine weather, and with an improved atendaiice. Results:— ■'.'.': Maiden Stake. Third Round.—Awkward . Jim beat 3aydn;. Irish Twist beat Pleasant Lady; rho Convict beat Wool ton; Bob Mac beat ?oreSt King. Fourth Bound—lrish Twist beat Awkvard Jim; The Convict beat, Bob Mac. » Final.-F. Carter's R.W.DJ Irish Twist Starlight—Erin's Pride), and ■ the same wners, The Convict (Bugle Call—DartJoor) divided the stake. ' . ; Open Stake. Second Bound.—Queen of Scots beat Jreen Branch; Bugler beat Bluegum; On Juard beat Roulette; Wild Lily beat .ooseley. Third Hound.—Queen of Scots beat Bugen On Gnard beat "Wild Lily. . Final.—J. Jones's r. d. On Guard (Buglo Jail—Dartmoor) beat G. M'Leay's f. b. Jueen of Scots (Scottish Chief—Pepperorn). '-.'■ Supplementary Stake, \ First Bound.—Salvation Soldier beat i -ady Greenwood; Kilts beat Struck Oil; ': Vild. Heather beat Last Thought'; Green kmiiet beat Greenleaf; Diamond King eat Sweet. Erin; Greensward beat Lady's ! ,uck;'M'Glushey'beat Lightning. ■' Second Pound.—Kilts beat Salvation Solier; Wild Heather beat Green Bonnet; ' )iamond King beat Greensward; M'Gluhey, 'a bye. ; Third Round.-Kilts beat Wild Heather; jj ['Glushey beat Diamond King. f Final.-M'Glushey beat -Kilts. l BILLIARDS. HARVERSON-LINDRUM MATCH. J j Telegraph—Press .association—Copyright ? (R-ec. August 25, 5.5 p.m.) . \ Sydney, August 24. i Tha score in tho billiard match between larverson and Lindrum (16,000 up) now tands:—Harverson, 7925; Lindrum, 5072.