ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1747, 12 May 1913, Page 6

ASSOCIATION.

hospital defeat diamonds. PI,AT •SPOILT BY BAIN. Hospital I Uiaino'ids 1 Corin(.'ii.nis .... 3 } Y ji r.A 1 <• Thistle 3 Brooklyn 2 Wanderers •' Brooklyn United 0 A move wretched afternoon for fooHwll than «'<ns experienced on Saturday would Ik>' hard to imagine. The day dawned full of promise, with a clear sky and a lijjlit breeze, but ill the afternoon camo a complete change. Just about luncli timo rain beß.m to l'all, and by 3 o'clock, when (ho players came out. of the dressine-sheds (iio weather was hopelessly bad, (lio ground greasy and treacherous, and all prospects of fast and open panics abso-

1r f}? 6 ° n ®' bad did the ground ajt Kelburne Park become that the caretaker had to stop tho'gam© at half-time, and the players were not at nil sorry to go home. Details of ithe play in tho yarious senior matches are appended. HOSPITAL AND DIAMONDS. In a regular downpour. Diamonds mot the Hospital moil on the Porirua ground, and were hopelessly defeated by seven ECA_ls to one. The Blacks opened with fteir characteristic dash, but found the Hospital line too solid. After a few minutes of play, however, Liversage and Ferguson got, through the line, the former 6<oring Diamonds' first—and last—goal with a strong, low drive. Hospital retaliated with a swoop upon the Diamonds' goal, where a hot skirmish raged for a minute or two, and Skinner put tho ball through—one all. From the kick-ofl', Hospital icon captured the ball again, and scored with another rush, Hughes putting tho ball through, and shortly after, from a penalty given against Barnett, Skinner again scored, and the first spell ended .with Hospital two .goals ahead. When tho second spell opened it was plainly to be seen that tho'llos'irital men had tho whip hand of their opponents, and the Diamonds' forwards rarely broke the line, play being confined to tlie visitors' territory, by the superior combination of tho Hospital forwards, well supported by tho halves. Under these circumstances the lot of the Diamond "goalio" was not a very placid one. The backs wero not a strong pair, their shortcomings frequently exposed the goalkeeper to unnecessary risks. By crowding "their own goal-mouth, Diamonds managed to stave olf soveral scores, but despito their stubborn defence, the Hospital men added four moro goals to their account before the welcome shriek of tlie referee's whistle cut the gloom of the gathering darkness, end ended a very uncomfortable game. Mr. W. Auld was referee. THISTLE AND BROOKLYN. The fact that Brooklyn were at the foot of the championship ladder, and Thistle at the top, made it look as though the contest between these two- teams would result-in an easy win for Thistle, especially as tho scorus recorded against Brooklyn in the opening matches wero fairlybig. The unexpected happened again, however, the younger team putting up li fight which made the Thistle men strive their utmost before they could call the game won. The match was played on the Basin Eeserve, and in spite of the steady rain which fell throughout the afternoon, a fair number of spectators wero present. The'majotity found shelter under the grandstand, and viewed the match from ai distance, but a score or more of particularly enthusiastic men, and one lady, followed the game from tho sideline. . Taking a line through the play. Thistle ■ had the best of it. Their combination was immeasurably superior to that of their opponents, but their shooling was lamentably weak, even allowing for the 1 slippery state of tho ground and ball. t Time and again clever concerted work i placed Thistle right in front of their opponents' goal, but only on three occasifins did' they get the leather through. They shot all round and over tho goalpost in the wildest manner imaginable when it looked as though they could not help scoring. The defence of the Brooklyn men ,on occasions was really excellent, and their goalkeeper played a remarkably good game. Fairly frequent sallies wero made by the hillmen on Thistle's goal, but their efforts were marred by a lack of combination. One striking feature about the play of the Brooklyn team was the excellent condition of f the players individually. This upset the J Thistle calculations repeatedly, especially ' when their men, particularly jjickabv, r failed to part with the ball promptly. " ] The score at the end of the first spell : was Thistle 2, Brooklyn 1. About ton : minutes after the start Gibson ' secured Thistle's first goal, and Brooklyn equalised matters, Hill scoring from a penalty- ? kick. Shortly before -half-time Loads- ' man added a second goal for Thistle. The second spell had not advanced very ,- far • before 'Hill added another goal to the : credit of Brooklyn, thus making tlie 6cores even. - For a time it looked as : though the Brooklyn men might be able to last out long enough to make a draw of , the match, but tho combination of the j Thistle team was too much for them, and after several very close calls, Loadsnuin, receiving a pass right in goal-mouth, scor- ; ed the winning goal for Thistle. The } Samo ended: Thistle, 3; Brooklyn, 2. Mr. . Ince was referee.

WANDERERS AND BROOKLYN I UNITED, After a very ordinary game out at Miramar,. Wanderers easily defeated Brooklyn United by 5 goals to nil ou Saturday afternoon. The ground was covered with water in places and heavy Tain fell during thy game. Brooklyn United had .ten men playing, and Wanderers a full team. Considering the day it wa3 a wonder to many that the teams turned out at all.i Taken on the whole, the game was anything but a scientific exposition of "soccer," and at times Wanderers displayed a much superior knowledgo than their opponents. 'Somehow or other both, teams- never really warmed up to their work, but on cu casions Webster, in goal for Wanderers, was given a taste of what Brooklyn forwards would be like if they kneiV more about tho finer points of the game. Although tho ball was slippery, Wan l dersrs' forwards appeared to have sufli cient command over it to place it whero they wanted it to go 011 several occasions. It was on two of these special occasions that tho forwards''got going, with the result that Huntor scored the first gcul of the match and Rogers the second. Fot a. long time after this Wanderers kept their opponents busily defending, and with one or 'two exceptions Brooklyn United did not get over the half-way line during this spell. Shortly after tlje second spell had commenced, Hay ward froni an excellent kick scored the third goal for his side. For some considerable timo after this th< Brooklyn United goal-keeper was given plenty to do in defending the posts, and ne also had'"-the misfortune to have a goal scored against him by one of his own sido. tho score then being Wanderers 4, Brooklyn United 0. Before tho final whistlo sounded, Hayward put on another goal, and tho final score was;— Wanderers 5, Brooklyn United, 0. Mr. J. M. Wilson was referee. CORINTHIANS AND ST. JOHN'S. Despite the severe weather conditions on Saturday the game between Corin thians and St. John's <tn Wakefield Park proved an interesting one. It was an -even "go" from start to finish, and on the whole there was not much to pick and chooso between the two teams. Shaw was responsible for drawing first liJwd for St. John's. He took a long shot from tho centrc of the field, a high dropping shot, which bounced in front of the Corinthian goal-keeper and over his head into tho coal-mouth. Considering the greasy state of the ball, St. John's fullbacks handled it well, . and frustrated several determined onslaughts by Corinthians. The black and white jersers combined a little better than St. John s. and this no doubt was responsible for their first and subsequent scores. Corinthians' first goal was obtained by Hart, who put tho ball through from a scramble, thus making the scores one all. Corinthians now became most determined, and shot after shot was Tained on St. John's goal. Walls, the goal-keeper kept out many stinging shots in capital stylo. The second half of the game proved very willing, both teams battling hard fr,r supremacy from tho word "go." After a timo St. John's nppea.red to be giving way before tho Corinthian forwards, and many corner-kicks were given to the latter team. It was from a corner-kick that Hart again secured possession, and, being handy to the goal-mouth, put tho ball through. Corinthians 2, St. John's 1. St. John's made several valiant efforts to draw level, but Corinthians proved too much for them, and just before time was called O'Shea added yet another goal to his side's credit, tho final score being:— Corinthians, 3; St. John's, 1. Mr. J. B. Paton was referee.

Y.M.C.A. AND SWIFTS. The contest between Y.M.C.A. nnd Swifts, at Kelburne l'nrk 011 Saturday, was abandoned at the end of the fil-st spell, in deference to Hip volo of the caretaker, who considered tlmt if the match went on much longer Ihe turf would ba hiined. It did not require much argument from hiin lo convince the players that lie was right, for the state of 'the ground was obvious. When the game was stopped Y.M.C.A. had a lead of one to nil. The match, how.ever, will have to be replayed. Mr. Duffi was referee.

t JUNIOR MATCHES. Tho results of the junior division mat!j ches aro as follow:— 0 Second Division. Kaiwarra won from Thistlo by 5 goals to nil. Bowden (2), Orr, Hodges, and ilurphy scored for the winners, t Swift's defeated Brooklyn United by 5 goals to nil. Ward (3), Scott, and Guise [ scored for the winners. j Diamonds defeated St. John's by 3 , goals to nil. 1 Railway and Y.M.C.A. played a drawn ] game, 3 goals each. Scorers''for Railway, " Linford (2), and May. S. Swensson I refereed. Third Division. ' Congregational A defeated Swifts by G l goals to nil. Switts played with six 1 men. St. David's beat Congregational B by 10 goals to nil. i Y.M.C.A. defeated Brooklyn by 7 goals • to nil. Schoch, Daubney, Stirritt, Perry, Jcnning, Macklin (2) scored for the winners. , Fourth Division. St. David's beat Island Bay by 2 goals to 1. Marist defeated Y.M.C.A. by 1 goal to nil. Lewis scored for the winners. . Fifth A Division. Brooklyn defeated Congregational by 3 goals to nil. Manley (2) and M'llraith (1) scored for the-winners. Y.M.C.A. defeated Institute by 2 goals to 1. Petone and Marist played a drawn game, each side scoring a goal. Fifth B Division. Institute defeated Marist by 9 goals to nil. Moloney (4), Daly (2), Hendry, Jones, and Valentine (1 each) scored for the winners. Y.M.C.A. drew with 2 all. Sixth Division. Brooklyn defeated Island Bay by 3 goals to nil. Anton, Munt, and M'Ginnity scored for the winners. Marist A defeated Marist C by 2 goals to nil. Evans Bay Bovers beat Institute C by one goal to nil. Congregational beat Institute by 3 goals to nil. Y.M.C.A. beat Marist (Hawkestone Street) by 3 goals to nil. Congregational defeated Institute B by 3 goals to nil. . Institute beat Swifts by 10 goals to nil— M'Cade 8, Pridmore 1, Monso 1 scoring. South Wellington defeated Marist B by 4 goals to nil. Charles (2), Knapp and Kose scored for the winners. SCHOOL MATCHES. Thorndon A (1) v. Marist A (1). M'Arthur scored for Thorndon; Malion for Marist. South Wellington (0) v. Te Aro (3). Island Bay (1) v. Wadestown (0). Conder scored for Island Bay. Thorndon B (2) v. Marist (1). The scorers wero: For Thorndon, Hart and Freeman; for Marist, Cookson. Kilbirnie beat Roseneath by 2 goals to one. Karori beat Northland by 5 goals to 1.