ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1771, 9 June 1913, Page 6

ASSOCIATION.

LIVELY GAME AT THE BASIN. HOSPITAL TRIED OUT. When a. crowd of 1000 people go to wib ness a "soccer" match on the Basin llo< serve, it is eafo to presume that Association football is gaining many supporters in Wellington. It is estimated, that tho above number of people witnessed tho struggle between Thistlo and Diamonds 011 .Saturday afternoon. And it was a struggle from beginning to end. Play was always interesting, and tho majoritv of tho spectators waited to see tho finish of what was considered 0110 of tho best games seer, in Wellington for some oou« siderable timo past. Of tho five senior matches played, three wore drawn and two woro won. At Pori« rua, Hospital were sorely pressed by their • old enemy Corinthians, wlio managed to hold the suburbanites in check. The ro< 6ult was that each team scored a point. .Following aixj tho results of tho games:— Thistle 5 Diamonds 1 / Wanderers 3 Brooklyn VCorinthians 1 Hospital 1 Brooklyn United 1 Rovers 1 Swifts 2 St. John's 2 ' THISTLE & DIAMONDS. Fast, interesting play characterised th# game between Thistle and Diamonds on tile Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon. Tho ground was in good condition, and during the first half both teams appeared '. to Lo fit and well. From tho outset • Thistle mado tlie paco willing, aad Diamonds showed plenty of dash. J> T o sooner was tho. ball down on tho Blacks' lino ; than it was whipped away baok to tho Blues' territory. During tho first half .' both teams gave a good exhibition of how i the "soccer" gamo should bo played J' Thistle, however, mado tho paco too hot for their opponents during the first spell, with the result that during tho greater part of tho second half tho Blacks were compelled to defend their goal strenuously. Their backs were quito equal lo tho ; occasion, and 't was only through the , dogged determination oi the Scotchmen that they managed to put up tho scoro ; they did. Right through tho gamo the Thistle forward lino played with good ' combination, and in this respect they, wero ably supported by their halves. Diamonds were tho first to score. With tho ball at too their forwards swooped down on tho Thistle goal, and from a good position on tho left A. Lowe shot, a splendid goal. From tho resulting kick-off Thistle transferred play to tho opposite cud., Tho ball came in nicely from tho ( right wing. Bidmead saved, but could . not clear. Barnett and Barker were ' handy, and from a rodeo in. front of goal * Gibson whipped the ball into tho net— one all. Thistle attacked strongly after this, but for somo considerable time Binmonds' defence was very sound. Eventnally Barnett, outside-left for Thistle, secured, and put in a beautiful centro to Loadsman, tho latter passed well to Gibson, and the Blues' contre-forward banged the ball borne. Half-time was then called —Thistle being ahead, two to olio. Soon after resumption of play, Thistle took charge, and tho ball travelled in fino stylo down tho right wing. Barker shot 1 hard, and Bidmead fell and allowed tho ball in—3 to one for Thistle. From now on Thistle attacked strongly, and Diamonds defonded, Before time was called Gibson and Barker added coals, and til? score at tho finish' was: Thistle, 5; Dio< monds, ono. Mr. B. L. Salmon was referee. CORINTHIAN & HOSPITAL. Those old rivals, Corinthians and Hospital, met on tho latter's ground at Pori. rua on Saturday, and after a hard game cach sido succeeded in scoring a point. Corinthians went out fully\determined to give last ycar'6 champions a taste of defeat, and had it not been for a penalty , which was awarded to tho "Magpies' they would havo realised their dreaiu. A« it was, tho men from Porirua received their second set-back this season. During the whole of tho match play was fast and open, the 1»11 travelling up and down tho field at a great rate. Hospital had . mi adrantngo over their opponents during the first half, but Corinthians were sound in defence, and played the right sort of, game. For tho hrst. fifteen minutes Hospital attacked strongly, and Elliott would havo scored had Webster not played bril-1 liantly in goal. He stopped shots in excellent style. The first score of tho match' camo to Corinthians. Tho Black and, White forwards broke away suddenly, and careering down tho field with the ball under command, Roberts centred nicely, Tho visitors had three men waiting to take tho shot, and O'Shea was successful in netting the ball, After this Hospital attacked strongly, and Webster was called upon repeatedly. In trying to savo a hot shot, the Corinthians 'Icerrer ran out of liis goal. Hughes caught the ball on tho rebound, and shot at an open goal. The agilo goal-keeper looked beaten, but to the in Lento surprise of overyone he swing round just in time ■ and. brought olt a magnificent save, amidst applause. For fully 20 minutes after the openings nf the second spell play was very strenuous until Hale "handled" the bull in tho penalty area. Cross took the kick and mado no mistake, thus equalising the score. Both teams fought hard for tho winning point, but without success. Mr. W. Auld was referee. BROOKLYN UNITED & ROVERS. , After an uninteresting exhibition ol football at Miramar, Rover* and Brooklyn United played a drawn game, eacli fiidfl scoring a goal. Breaches of the rules were an outstanding feature of the play, and both teams appeared to bo suflcriug from that "tired feeling." Rovers' goal was scored from a penalty-kick, which Turner sent home, and Brooklyn United managed to score a goal by means of a Rover player's mistake (one of the latter's full-hacks mis-kicked, and put tho ball in the net). Mr. .T. B. I'aton was ref«rce. WANDERERS & BROOKLYN. Saturday afternoon, at Wakefield Park, saw Wanderers wrest victory from tho Brooklyn team. Brisk and lively was tho standard set in tho beginning of tho ; same, and this standard continued

throughout. In the first half, Brooklyn Imade a good showing, and, assisted by the (wind, scored ono goal. The Wanderers, however, easily turned the tables in the second-half, and had very little trouble in Scoring thrice, Brooklyn's left-wing wa9 attacked early in the game, and their goal-keeper had no little difficulty in warding off tho Wanderers. He succeeded in blocking, however, and sent the ball back into the open. From then on, both Bides worked well, and tho struggle continued for somo time, with little or no advantage to either. Brooklyn, however, forced consistently, and a few minutes before half-time, aided by the sun ond wind, scored a goal by a clever kick from (Matthews. Tho second half saw the Wanderers taking every advantage of their new position. Brooklyn became aggressive ; n tho Commencement, but were soon compelled to fall back on the defensive, and a long tihot from a member of the Wanderers' team was successful in getting past tho goalkeeper, and from then on Brooklyn seemed to loso heart. With persistent attacking the Wanderers soon obtained tho lead by kicking another goal. A few minutes after this Rogers tried for the • goal with a high, fast shot. His Jucky star was evidently in tho ascendant—tho ball, striking a Brooklyn man, bounded past the astonished 'keeper. Wanderers, &„• Brooklyn, 1. Brooklyn made a last desperate rally, but the whistlo ble<v with She soores -unchanged. Mr, Hutchison was the referee. ' SWIFTS & ST. JOHN'S. Kelburne Park, on Saturday afternoon, ■feaw the clash between' Swifts and St. John's, The weather was all that could bo desired, albeit, tho ground was BOine|what slippery. It was rather a mediocre game. One team was far too timid, while the other gaye ono the impression that it Twas already experiencing the first stages «f stalenoss. The game commenced 'with Swifts playing two mon short. This want fof punctuality on the part of some members of this team very nearly won the match, for St. John's. Within a few minutes of the kick-off, favoured by a fair breeze, St. John's forced the ball into the Swifts' half, and, by some rather tricky passing,- placed it in a position where ft was almost impossible not to score. Failure, however, resulted. The timidity which was the outstanding feature of St. John's whole play, came lo«the ifore, and,Bruce mulled the shot; the ball struck the, goal-post, and a good opportunity of scoring was lost. Soon after this the Swifts' two men put in an appearance, 'and, from then on, the Reds became aggressive.' Shaw deserved special credit -for the very able defence he put up. Time and timo again it seemed certain that the Swifts would score, but invariably Shaw's head or foot would stop tho. ball, and the position was saved. Tho first goal of the game was'scored, for the Swifts by Marsden. With a rush that fairly overwhelmed the "Saints," the forwards came down the field, and Marsden, with a low-lying shot, completely baffled the goalkeeper, and scored. The ill-luck that appeared to be pursuing St. John's team this year was once again in evidence. ■The ball was well up in their, half, when Shaw, in endeavouring to save the situation, "headed tho ball to Ross, who kicked it through his own goal. Swifts, 2; St. John's, nil.

In the second half the play livened up considerably. Tho "Saints" made some good, sound rushes, and often beat tho ■Reds' forwards, only to be stopped by the all-powerful boot of Pye-Smitn, Shifts' .captain. After a somewhat brilliant run up by the "Saints" forwards, Bruce redeemed his earlier play bjr a clean shot, "which, was beyond the ability of tho goalkeeper to stop. Swifts, 2; St. Johns, 1. After this, St.' Join's brightened up perceptibly, and from then till the whistle blew were not wanting in "go." Boss •Was successful in adding to the St. John's score a few minutes before time, and tho game closed in a draw—2 all, Mr, W. 17 O'Connell was the referee.

'JUNIOR DIVISION RESULTS. The following are the results of the Snatches in tho junior divisions:— SECOND DIVISION. Petono defeated Brooklyn (withiltt men) fcy 8 goals to 1. Diamonds defeated Brooklyn United by B goals to 1. Scorers for the winners were Xynneberg (2) and Wotherspoon. THIRD DIVISION." ' 6k David's (8) v. Earist (0). FOURTH DIVISION. Swifts 'beat Institute by 2 goals to 1. South Wellington went under to Brook-, lyn, the score being 4 to nil. Scores:' (Webb (3) and Thomas (1). St. David's'easily beat Y.M.C.A. b.v 'J goals to nil. Marist beat ICaiwarrn by 7 goals t0,3. FIFTH (A) DIVISION. Y.M.C.A. drew with Petone—l all. Brooklyn beat Congregational by 5 joals to 1. . Marist defeated Institute by' 1 goal lo nil, Marshall was tho scorer. FIFTH (B) DIVISION. Marist H (3) v. Kelburne (1). Scanlon, O'Leary, and M'Elligott scored for the ,winners. Island. Bay defaulted to Y.M.C.A. Karori deleated Seatoun by 2 goals to &il.- Scorers: Lissington and Harris. Institute easily accounted for Amokura f by 8 goals to nil., • Scorers: Daly (3), Hendry (2); Dwyer (2), and Johnson. SIXTH DIVISION. . Marist T (B) defeated Brooklyn by 2 feoals to nil. South Wellington beat Kelburne by 1 goal, scored by Dewhurst, to nil. Marist H defeated Swifts by 2 goals both scored by Costello, to nil. Marist A easily defeated Seatoun by 12 goals to nil. Scorers—Ryan (5), Quiniiell (4), Jnmieson (2), and Beveridge. .Marist C won by default. SCHOOL MATCHES., Wftdestown and Kslburne played a 'drawn game—l all. Mahew scored for iWadestown. Island Bay defeated Clyde Quay by 2 Coals to nil. Teohnical College (3) beat South Wellington (0), Thorndon (i) r. Karori (2). For the winners Desmond obtained 2 goals, and Harris and M'Harrison 1 each. Raine Bad Eussell scored for the losers. IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, Juno 8. Bveirton, 8, v. Brotherhood, Oj Corinthian, 3, y. Thistle, 9; Hotspur, 0, v. Adult School. Oj Ponsonby defaulted to Carlton, Christchurch, June 7. At Association, Burnham (3) beat (0), Sunnysido (0) beat LinT?ood (-1), and Nomads (8) beat I.C.S. (2). ' MAORI TEAM IN SYDNEYWELCOMED BY EUGBY UNION. (Rec. Juno 8, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 7. The Maoris were welcomed officially by the Rugby Union yesterday. Tho teams for Monday are as follow ; — ' Maoris—Full-back, Papakura; threequarters, Evland, Grace, iiiikingi, Blake; five-eighth, Wiuiataj half, Piki; forwards, Hiahia, Tresize, Takarangi, 'L'apsell, Martin, Jacobs, Hikatarewa, and Irencli. New South Wales.—Full-back, Coonoy; three-quarters, Fusedale, Dwyor, Wogan, Carr; fivo-eighth, Taskcr; half, Walker; forwards, Watson, Troamain, George, Fahey, Walach, Walkers, Hughes, and ffcath, LACROSSE. LEADING TEAMS DRAW. The result of tho Capitol-Columbia toatch ; was difficult to forecast, but probably few lacrosse supporters, among the mirnuer who assembled at the Basin Eeeorve on Saturday afternoon, expected the match to bo drawn, with only one goal scored on.both sides. This result leaves these two clubs still equal in cup points, ■with Keiburne, who defeated Wellington by 10 goals.to nil, only ouo point lower on the honours board. CAPITOL V. COLUMBIA. Capitol started early to attack, but the Opposing defenco, playing better than in the two previous matches, resisted sue- I cessfuily, and cleared to their own attack 1 •whoso efforts to score were also frus- j trated by the Capitol defenders. Tho play 1 Bee-sawed in this way for tho greater part ] of the game, the defonco of both teams < being clearly,-en their mettle, whilst .thiyj

passing and throwing on tho part of tho attack left much to be desired in tho way of effectivo combination nud direction. Capitol was first to score, through tho agency of Hubbard, who, running strongly from tho wing, found tho net from n sharp angle. Grant notched tho only scoro for Columbia—(luring the second quarter—after a good attacking rush by his colleagues. Iho players who showed up best for Capitol were: Turner, Burgh, Wootton, and Eonkin. The Columbia defenders all worked hard—While, Baker, O'Lcary, and Caigou boing most in ovidenco. The referee was Sir. P. J. ll'Govern.

KELBURNE V, WELLINGTON. IColburno secured its second victory of ' tlio season, and quite turned tho tables on Wellington, who defeated tho Blues in the first round. From the outset the Kelburno attack pressed tho Reds' defenco very hard, ond ran np a total of 5 goals beforo half-time. Estcourt, a "Pioneer" player, was a great holp to Kelburne attack, tho other soorers being Jordan and Hugo. A further five goals were notched in tho second-half of tho game, whilst tho Ivclburno defenco successfully repelled the persistent attempts of Firth, Leo, Edlliailson, and Ryder to score. Wellington played a pVuclcy game, but Kershaw, the Blue goal-keeper, gave the Reds' attack no chance on Saturday. Mr. E. I. Proud was tho referee.