SATURDAY'S- SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 30 June 1913, Page 4

SATURDAY'S- SPORTS.

*: / j '''' ... PETONE FIFTEEN DOWNED BY ORIENTAL

• ' SURPRISE IN RUGBY. •'V 7*. .• .'•

"SOCCER" ROWDYISM.

THE REFEREE CUTS THE CHIEF MATCH SHORT.

>' •V' • - j | |' ... . .. ? .. > .SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS, , Oriental « Petona jj Poneke B Melrose > 3 Si James « Co,le f> 6 I Athletic 1: Wellington 3

The gonfalon of Pistons was well lowered ffhen th 9 hell 'halted their gamo with Oriental at tlie Park on Saturday, and . interest in tho Championship may now 6ag, for the hefty Athletic fifteen havo now left a lot "of daylight - 'between themselves and tlioir next in Bis surprise though it is, it is no use making excuses for Petone; the suburbanites were beaten by merit more, than by luck;, The Oriental forwards were broten.Jn'.the'scrmns, and this may be ascribed'to the; fact that a braco of . juniors weiOlwing tficd out.' But hi tho loose the Magpie vanguard positively ran over Petone. The city backs did merely fair work as a combination. Individually, Kinvig, Littlo and Carrad wore the onlyOriental backs to play senior football, and Carrad died out towards tho finish of the game. Kinvig was the tower of Strength. He was everywhere and did everything. Ho stopped innumerable rushes, initiated countless onslaughts, and his line-kicking was nearly perfect.. Petoine's,trouble was chiefly that their backs were 'unable to get gating. If the backs could havo pressed several of their attacks a ; little further than they did thefe been, a differ- .: ent tale to tell this morning. ";Jl'Keilzie, Nunn, and E. Ryan played excellently, but the others did not their; part. "Joe" Ryan tad an off-day in sows -respects, and Boyd has been seen to better advantage. E. Ryan worked exceptionally hard, but the deadly collating of Orleritdl settled all the good intentions both lie" and M'Kenzio conceived, _ , ( The gamo was bright and interesting in the first spell, but the second half was : dull. This was partly due to: the fact that Oriental, with a good were kioking for the line on evetfy possible occasion. Petone itook the field'in' excellent condition, but Oriental'did hot Seem to bo trained. This accounts for Oriental spending the last quarter of on hour on the defensive. The chief effect of the result of the match is to give Athletio a tl)feo-point lead in the ohampionship con'tes'- ... -i•. , CHAMPIONSHIP i LADDER. r<"h r .-J'.V-'S J | a S i'Ji . .a 3 p P. s oft ithletio Vli 10 \ 1 : ' ; li7 ,46 20 Petono 11 8 2 1 150 -80 17 Oriental ... 11 8 3 0 125 fi-5 IB Wellington 11 5 5 1 57 CG 11 Molrose ■11 4 6 1 71 71 ,9 Poneko ....:. U 3 7 1 50 126 7 Victoria Col. 11' 1 8 2 51 122 i St. James .„ 11 1 8■ 2 66 128 4 TrWtal & petone, PAI/I/ OP THE SUBURBAN MEN.'.' Incident was early on the' scene in #3 Oriental-Petofie match. .Two mimitte after the start Oriental were given n freekick in Petone's twenty-five'arid Shearer landed ,a very fins Roal,' Oriental, 3 y Petone, 0." Play continned f'bright and fast. Petone's vanguard rushed, over the*. Mag-' pies, but within a few yards of'the lino Carrad,-' the defending full-back, snapixid up the leather, cut a traok'/right through the onrusliiD? forwards, and flashed tip the field on a forty yards'; sprint. Back; came and M Ketiiiie, getting possession in Oriental's twenty-five, sertt tho ball out to 'Rfitnsdsn who fii'fd .it on to "Joe" Ryan. Ryan J.had''a Certain try on .' hand, biit. threw it away'by cutting-ln, presumably in an endeavour to get round behind :the. .'posts.; 'Nuiin took /up -the Tunning and dived for,the corner. 'He grounded the ball : And. Scored a try. but the refereo disallowed it.' Petone backs 1 were set in tnotidn biit .Med to get thrf>ugh;'and then Oriental's forwards took charge and carried play right to Petone's line, wherO -play 'remained ,a while till Shearer got over.; 1 Oriental, 6; • Petone, :0. A passing rush by Oriental, and Avery w gashed out at tho corner. Oriental continued >to hold. the upper hnitd. and 1 KinviVwont vcrv close to adding three from a' beautiful drop-kick taken from half-wa.v at--ah acute angle.- Petone's attempts'"to "'sfiOM Wire all defeated,by b-id passing, passes missed, and eo on. T-PetonoV brightest .effort in tho latter stages of the spell was a fine.rim by Ramsden. - This^-however, ended in nothing. Beaten aftiin by tho Oriental forwards, Petone showed unsound defence, and a mistake by one of the Blaeks allowed' M'Leod. to 6core. Shearer concerted, Hfllf-tirao arrived with tho Oriental backs prosing hard, and tho scores OfSontal, lis Petono,'o. The pace was merry at tho commencement. of the second spell. Oriental forwards took pla.v rizht into Petone's territory and then let the leather out to the backs, with the result that Avery got over near the corner. Oriental, 14; Petofle, 0. Tho Magpie forwards got away 1 again , and simply ran right over Petone, but they, failed to - score. Once . a?ain Oriental -got - the oval across the line, but E. Rvan saved brilliantly. Towards the end of tho game Ofientnl's condition faded.a.way somewhat, and Petono showed to' considerably greater advantage. Oriental were penalised and from ,near half-wav -Macfarlane hnd a shot at eoal. He missed!; but shortly afterwards Petone "broke their duck," Nunn scoring. Macfarlane just' missed the goal. Oriental, 14: Petone. 3. Petono returned to the attack and looked likely scoters till Kinvig effected «v great save, and following up (liiilo kick he initiated a rush which went -with lightning-like rapidity to Petone's' lino. Two bad missed Wy Carrad let Petone through, and on one occasion Oriental just forced in time. Petone attacked to the end. but there was no further score. Oriental, 14; Petone, 3. Mr. R. A» Even.ion was referee.

because of their superiority in the scrum, were abln to bent Poneke back. In tho rest of the spell noither side could claim ftny advantage. Poneko backs began to throw the ball about as soon as the second spell opened, and every time they succeeded at least_ in making the play exciting. The passing was not, however, quits accurate enough, and the tries did not come. Mitohinson had a shot at coal in fair position, from a mark bv Spillane, but .he .missed by yards, liitchinson and Tilyard made a good run together, and were unlucky not to score, but Tilyard delayed an instant too long in giving the pas 9, and Mitchins<>n was pushed On to_ the corner-flag. Melrose, for the first time for somo 30 minutes, then drove Poneke back to their line,'- and twico were very nearly oyer. Finally Greeks had a shot from a free-kick, but missed the posts by a few feot. Agaiii Melrose came with a, rush that, looked irresistible, but they fooled the, i chance away. They could do everything but score. After a series of passing runs, which just missed, Gardiner secured in the loose, ■ made a run of about 20 yards, and scored. He took tho kick himself, but failed to goal, Poneke 6. Melrose 3. The game ended without furthec score. : Mr. A. C. Kitto was referee. ST. JAMES & COLLEGE. AN EASY WIN FOB THE FORMER. Tho senior Rugby match, set down for decision at Miramar on Saturday, had not the slightest bearing on the result of the. championship. The St. James team occupied the lowest position so far as points wore concerned, and the next team to tho bottom of the list was Victoria College. It could scarcely bo expected that a meeting between these two would arouse s any interest,' except the interest of a few players, who gained admission to the ColWg6 Senior ranks owing to the absence of the teapi's best players on the Australian (University) tour. ' College have played some, capital games this season, but on* Saturday their ranks were weakened -considerably) and St. James had; no difficulty in gaining victory by 11 points to nil. The result raised St. James to the level of tho University teaffl on the championship ladder, both teams now having equal points At the wrong end of tho competition. St. James's first score on Saturday was a try—the outcome of & capital opening mado by Young in his own. twetty-five. The ball travelled from Young through the hands of M'lnerney, Berthelson, and Heketa, and tho last-named-eluded a weak tacklo and touched down in a good position, W. Crowes was successful with, the shot at goal. St. James 5, College nil. College were mostly on the defensive about this time, : and appeared for- some time to be able to hold the fort safely, but, eventually a bad misunderstanding among the backs gave Heketa a clear opening, and he scored a second try for St. James. This time W. Crewes failed with the kick. St. James 8, College nil. This was how the scores read at half-time. As in several previous matches this season, the College defence proved sounder in the second spell, but suoh ft thing- as a Score was not in the team's repertoire. y St. James did not cross tho line again, but from a penalty shot Crewes piloted tho ball over the bar, and this made tho final result read: St. James 11, Colego nil. Mr. L. F. Keys'wag rcfeTee. ATHLETIC & WELLINGTON. GRAND WORK BY LOSERS' VAN. Athletic, managed to secure a victory Over Wellington by seven points to three, but this was one of tho raro games where the score does not indicate the 'play.' Tho | Wellington forwards played one. of tho .finest games seen at Petone for years, and only for the weakness of their backs victory must hare come their way. It ia disheartening for a pack to carry the ball to the opponents' lino only to see the backs throw away the opportunity. This was the case on Saturday at Petone. It was not tlhat the Wellington hacks did not do their best, but the standard wa9 not high in oomparison with the opposing rear division. Athletic kicked off and Wellington; weTe soon called upon to defend. Fntncis broke through bnt the ball was' So6n back again. Roberts got possession from the line-out, passed to Adanis, to Madden, who was nicely grassed by- Durie. Dow came through the succeeding scrum, and, being well supported, worked tho leather down-field, wjiero a kick by M'Nab put Athletic on the defensive. Wellington, who were showing their superiority in the forward division both in the loose, line, and scrum work, now pressed Athletic Evenson relieving. Away went the Athletic backs with a passing rush, which Francis stopped, and then Wellington were forced by a kick. That dreary thing which is sometimes called "an interchange of kicks" ensued, and eventually Cunningham secured and passed to Wilson, who made ground, and, from a scramble on the Wellington line, Cunningham got Over, but no score was registered, several hands being on the ball when it touched mother earth. Wellington walked through their opponents from the resulting fiveyards' scrum, and, after give-and-take play, they again came away with a formidable rush, and Athletic wero hard pressed. Shortly afterwards, M'Kay essayed a penalty shot, Roberts being the offender, and the ball sailed over tho cross-bar. Wellington, 3; Athletic, 0. Athletic of course "hogged in" to equalise the figures, and. after some exciting play, Roberts was almost over, but Wellington once more swept up the field as fresh as paint, and Athletic had their arms full "stemming the typhoon" when tho half-time whistle gave them a most necessary "breather." The premier team launched the second spell with a good rush, which Caltter blocked. Wellington was given a good opportunity by C. Irons, tat M'GregOr was off-side when lie took the pass from M'Nab. Play was tdken tip-field by Evensen and Robinson, and a passing bout between Roberts, Robinson, Evensen, and

Bell saw the last-named over tho goallifie. Evensen's.kick failed. Wellington, 3; Athletic, 3. Tho Yellow van continued to crowd down on till® hefty Blues, and 'M'Kay just missed placing a. goi)l from 1 a mark. Wellington lost a certain score immediately afterwards through C. Irons not passing smartly enough, and M'Gregor failing to {rather the leather in. Athletic gained supremacy, and Calder failing to find tho lino enabled Roberta to drop a goal from tho field. Athletic. 7; Wellington, 3. From thii out the ball travelled up and down tho field, plar • being In tho cent™ of tha ground wW tho whistle blew. . Mr. W. J. Mersdith controlled ilMtmo. OTHER LOCAL MATCHES. TJDS JVMIOR GHAM?IQi<BSIP. OiUital w»b by dstoult fron ilariat Old Boy». •• Athl«ti» d«f«t«d l»lwyn by t poi*t« to S, Third Class Matchis. Oriental d»feat«d M«lro;» by 20 points to 3. Wellington College were defeated by Berhampore by 6 points to 3. - Tho Petone-Athletic match resulted in a draw, each side scoring 3 points. , Hutt beat Wellington Bby 6 points to I nil. 3 ... Fourth Class. P.qneks-teat Beikm&lS fcj.P E9jtn.ts

v PONEKE & MELROSE. THll BLACK 6 REDS IMPROVING. ' Aftsr~aKut a quarter of an' hour of Indecisive and .not .very startling play, the Melrose forwards delayed a return on the Po'neke line, and a scramble ensued there from which Peterson got the ball and scored near the corner flag. The kick . B t goal by Greeks went wido. Melroie, / 3 Poneko 0. The Red and Blacks very nearly -had their revenge in ths next half Minute. Morrii set' out on » dodgy run from about the half-way I" 1 *- feinted well with good effect twio*, dodged" a~ oonplo of other men, and oompUtod a brilliant run by £ dwperate dflsh for th« lino. H« actually ground th» ball, #*» it hud bwn htld, and a ««tum was allowed, Poneke cama again a coupl# of minutes later- Tiljftrd got & P«M in afl unlikely position, with thirty jord* to co but h««nad# a ..fin« opening; crowded on' a lot ot pa««, and at th« fight tun# lobljid a long pMJ to Mitchlnson acroiJ tho fitlfl, who ran in ahd scored. It was v ■' rcdlv ilevcT, well-executed movement; Gardiner's kick did not add to'the score. ro-!"ke 3, MelrisCTS. Once again Morris i«iulc a brilliant effort, but as before, ho ' «' oil liother backs in his Serpentine and ho found, himself alone, eurr nmded with enemies, five yards from the 1:m. That attack, failed, and Alekosf*

nil; For the winners Hedges scored a I tty, and WAlker kicked a penalty goal." i Wellington A defeated llutt by 1G- < points to 9. I Jolmsonville were defeated by Athletio i by; 8 points to 3. < Oriental defeated St. JameS by ,8 points I to 3. ' • Petonfl lietit Unitfcd Methodist by 29 1 points to 3. - { • Fifth 'Class. . . ■ ) Johnsonvillc defeated Marist. Old 80/s 5 heavily by no less a score than .12 points to nil. ■ The scorers wero: ■ O'Sullivnn J (5 trie:-), Foley (5), W. O'Silllivan (-I).' Noon, Carroll, Campbell, and llnnter. _ J Tho Petone-Melroso match resulted in. a tvi'u for. the former by 111 points to nil. j Sixth Class. • Petone defeated Athletic by G points to | 3. Poneke defeated Wellington College by, . 9 points to nil. i MAORI TEAM. ; ROMP OVER SYDNEY MEN, ' By Telegraph—PrcES Association—Copyright (Rec. June 29, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, Jnno 29. Tho Maoris defeated a city and subur-" ban fifteen by 31 "points to three. Two . thousand spectators watched tho match. > Tho visitors were brilliant and dashing f and' outmatched their, opponents in all c departments. For tho victors Gravo scor- 1 eel three tries, Hiahia two, and French ( and Woods ono each. Woods converted 1 five tries. The team sails by tho Maluira to-mor-row for New Zoaland, ' INTERPRDVINCIAL, ■> WANQANUI WAL'ICEp OVER. (By TeleuraDh.—Frees Association.) Hawera, Juno 28. The match Taranaki v. Wanganui resulted in an easy win for tho former by 25 points to 3. The first spell was fairly ' even. Whittington scored for Taranaki, l and then D. Cameron for Wanganui, after i a good' rUn. Soon after M'Leod dashed t over-ns the result of a passing rush, and i the first spell ended, 6—3 in favour of c Taranaki. In the second spoil Wanganui [ went to pieces. In quick succession. Rob- i erts placed a peftalty goal, and Ber- 1 ttand "and Cado (3) scored 1 tries,. Roberts 1 converting two. ' The game thus ended: 1 Taranaki- 25 points, Wanganui 3 points. < (By. Telegraph— Spocial Correspondent.) j Masterton, Juna 29. , • The representative football match, t North' v. South Wairarapa, was flayed j here yesterday, and resulted in a win for ( the former by.sis,points to three. The ] game was interesting, and closely contest- < cd throughout. ' ' 1 1 MATCHES ELSEWHERE. \ (By Telegraph—Pres« Association.! t Auckland, June 29, The Auckland Rugby Union's Compoti- 1 tions advanced a further stage yesterday ' in ideal football weather. Tiip results ' of the senior games were:—University (17) beat City (nil); Marist Bros. (28) beat ! College .Rifles (6); Ponsonby (30) beat Par- ' nell (nil)., Ponsonby. and Marist Bros, j are now level for the championship, With University three joints lower down. Chrlstchurch, June 29. Senior championship results:—Meriviilo (13) beat Albion (6); Old Boys (43) beat , Canterbury-College (6); Linwood (9) beat j Marist Bros. (3); Christc'hurch and Sjflen- s ham drew, three points each. ( : ' Dunedin June 28. I Perfect weather prevailed for the foot- ] ball matches to-day. • Zingara-Eichmond j (8 points) beat Port Chalmers (3); ICai- < korai (14 points) beat Southern (5); Alhambra (20 points) beat University (8); Union. (12 points) beat Dunedin (9). Invercargill, Juno 29. Senior matches resulted:—Waikiwi (13) beat' Southern (nil); Invercargill (111 beat ! Athletic (3); Star (13) beat Winton. (nil). J ASSOCIATION. j UNSEEMLY SCENES AT A MATCH, i PLAYERS OUT OF HAND. " ; Hospital 4 Wanderers 0 St, John's 4 Rovers 1 Diamonds 3 Corinthians 1 • Y.M.C.A 2 Brooklyn United 0 Swifts 6 Brooklyn ....... 1 "Donnybrook Fair" would hardly be an inept term for some of the proceedings at the Basin Reserve on Saturday. Hot words there certainly were, and, as will bo esen from the report of the match (Corinthians and Diamonds), tho harassed referee judged it in the best interests of the game to ■ iut this ■unseemly exhibition, 6hort. In the early stages of, the game the official in charge allowed rather much latitude, and the result was that in tha second 6pell a section of the Corinthians' team got i quite out of hand. At one stage blows - seemed to bo quite as likely as anything else. It is understood that several Corinthians -were ordered off, but refused to go. Some 1500 spectators who were present certainly had "something to look at." Y.M.C.A. & BROOKLYN UNITED. A fast oven "go" fittingly describes the match between Y.M.C.A. and Brooklyn United at Kclburno Park. There were few spectators, bnt what few there wens wtere nothing if not enthusiastic, In th« first spell Y.M.C.A. were hard pushed to defend their goal. Brooklyn kept, tho ball well down in their opponents' half, and thus gave Y.M.C.A. no opportunity of getting in any good work. These tactics lasted throughout the spell, the superior weight of the hillmon enabling them to hola this advantage. ' Tho second half saw tho Y.M.C.A. brighten up considerably. From whistle to whistle they fought hard, and thoroughly deserved the win that resulted. A fine rush by the Y.M.C.A. forwards secured them a corner-kick. Carruthers took the kick, centred to a nicety, and Coade booted the leathw home. Y.M.C.A., 1) Brooklyn United, nil. From this on tho Y.M.C.A. made the pace, and much good work was done. Carruthers and Edgar played irell together, atid time awl again dangerous rushes bv these two were only stopped by the goalkeeper, Belhamie, putting forth his utmost effort. 'Brooklyn packed their goal well, but were too slow to take advantage of the many chances they had. The perseverance of tho "YiM.'s" was at last rewarded. When well down the field, the forwards got under way, and with some rather clever foot work the ball was passed to the outsideright, who neatly saved on the line-out. Following it up until well up tho field, he centred. Whittington got tho ball, and when within a few yards of the posts shot it through. Y.M.C.A., 2; Brooklyn, nil. After this the Brooklyn men were kept on tho defensive, and only the excellence of their goalkeeper's work saved them from losing more heavily. The whistle found the score unchanged. Mr. P. O'Conncll was referee.

tlioy met and defeated Eovers hy 4 goals to nil, and. this was achieved with but eight meij. Tho combination of both teams wag faulty, but indiyidual play was good in many cases. Owing to Rovers' right full-back being absent, Walls, tho usual goalkeeper, played as centre forward, Dick, as right full-back, and Rosa as keeper. Sfc John's defenco was Sound throughout tho wholo game, and Rovers, although playing with full strength, wero unable to get through. Faulty Shooting waa Rovers' main drawback, many almost certain goals being lost through bad lacking. Shaw, as usual, played a. good game. Securing tho ball, ho broko away, and, beating several opponents, passed to Egley, who plaoed tho ball homo. I—o. • Elford made a good attempt to score for Rovers, but when riglit in front of the goal his kick sent the ball over tho top of tho goalposts.' Tho second half saw the Whites on the aggressive, but wero unable to square matters. St. John's again swm scored, Wollum securing onacl kicking the goal. 2—o. Just on the close of the game Shaw and Wellum both scored, making tho total 4—o. Mr. W. Auld was referee. | DIAMONDS & CORINTHIANS. LIVELY PROCEEDINGS, By defeating Corinthians by threo goals ti one Diamonds have proved that they are a team to be reckoned with in tho championship struggle. Had Corinthians won, they would liavo stood an excellent chanco (with Thistle) of gaining the trophy. As it is, they are out of the runnings and considering tho happenings on the Basin Reserve on Saturday, they deserve to be. The first spell disclosed fast play, and both teams wero evidently trained, though their combination left a lot to bo desired. If anything, Diamonds played the better gamo and gavo Ives and Hall (Corinthians' full-backs) a lot of work. Had it not been for Ive9, the Blacks would have got through several times. On one occasion, however, Corinthians attacked in deadly earnest. Bidmead, tho opposing 'keeper, was compelled to punch out. Corinthians presently came at it again, and made several warm attempts to win through, and at last they did, O'Shea (who was playing a hard game) accepting a chance and banging the ball between tho posts. Corinthians, 1 i Diamonds, 0. Diamonds now camo away .with a rush and looked dangerous. D. Ferguson, the Black's inside-right, shot, but was tackled by. the Corinthian full-backs and did not deliver the ball cleanly. .It hit tho bottom of. tho upright and came book into the field. A. Lowe, however, pounced upon it and put it through. It was an ' unmistakable goal, and at first the referee allowed it, but as it now seemed Ooritithians wero out for more than football—they Wero out to argue, They were emphatic that the ball <1 id _ not hit tho post, but that a spectator kicked it, and the referee then reversed his decision, amidst hoots from the crowd. The gam© now became livelier, but for the remainder of the spell the score "marked time." An attack by Diamonds saw Corinthians in soro straits. Webster, in-goal, _ was compelled to throw out, thus • saving a certain score. Regrettable incidents disfigured tho second spell, and only Corinthians were to blame. * They were. being beaten badly and they resented it. On many occasions Diamonds had them "boxed up" and looked oertain scorers, but the defence of the Black and Whites waa made of something stronger than cobwebs and getting through it was not easy. Presently, however, Diamonds forwards camo away in flno stylo and A. Lowe shot, hard, Webster attempting to save, but failed. Ono oil. Inspirited by this success, the Blacks kept up tho attack and away went tho Lowe Bros. again on the left wing and A. Lowe presently scored—this timo amidst great excitement in the crowd— and there was no mistake. Corinthians were now a beaten team. They have never had jnlich of a reputation for being "ablo to take a beating," and hence, probably, the incident which took place. Lowe was going strongly when he was tackled by Hall (Corinthian.'?' left back) in a questionable manner in the penalty afea. Tho referco at once ardered n penalty kick and Corinthians broke loose. Tlio wholo team surrouildfcd the unfortunate wh'istleblower and threo or four members behaved in a boisterious and unseemly fashion. Diamonds team meanwhilo had moved out of the zone of hot words. The referee stuck to his decision this time, however, despite formidable threats, and D. Ferguson, Diamonds, took tho kick and landed a goal. Diamonds, 3; Corinthians 1. It 'was impossible for the referee to •continue the match after this on account of the behaviour of certain players, and, to tho minds of many of the spectators ho did the right thing by stopping the match eight or ten minutes before tima I Mr. Duffy Was referee. HOSPITAL & WANDERERS. ; Wanderers journeyed to Porirua on Saturday and met Hospital on the tatter's ground. Taken on tho wholo tho game' was ncrt interesting, hospital practically what they liked with the visitors. Had it not been for 0. Webster, Wanderers' 'keeper, the final score -would honra been much greater than four goals to nil. Wanderers wero below full strength and consequently Hospital had an easy task'. Hughes drow "first blood" for the home team and, the next score camo from l Cobbe. He put in a good "centre" from the right to Hughes and tho latter, accepting the pass, made no mistake. Following on this Daily was successful with an attempt and finally Roots supplied Elfiott with a good na-=«, the latter scoring a goal. Mr. E. Windley was referee. THISTLE & GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Thistle, who aro leading for tho championship, had a bye on Saturday. Taking advantage of this they accepted an invitation to play members of tho Government House staff on tho Wellington Colitee ground. It was soon plainly seen that the wearers of tho blue shirts were much the superior team, although Government House staff had somo good indhndual players in their ranks. Thistle won the match by 3 goals to 1. Loadsman, Rickerly, and Payno scored for thd winner and M'Kenzie for tho losers. SHIELD TEAM CHOSEN. 'Messrs. Godber, Paton, and Yoeman, selectors, have selected the following players to train for the Brown Shield match against Taranaki, to bo played in Wellington on Saturday week, July 12;— Goalkeepers, Belhamie, Hollis; backs, Cross, Parsons, Farrell; half-backs. Show, Roots, Brownlee, Ross, Rickerley; forwards, Barnett. A, Lowe, Ballard, O'Shea, Hughes, Matheson, Gibson, Loadsman, Roberts, Worthington. Tho selected ones will train on the B.v sin Reserve on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. MINOR GRADES." THE SECOND DIVISION. Kaiwarra defeated Brooklyn by 4 goals to nil. Orr, Bowden, and King were the scorers for Kaiwarra. Potono gained a victory of 4 goals over Railway. The latter toam scored 2 goals. Third Division. Y.M.C.A. defeated Congregational by 2 goals to 1. Marist Bros., in their same with Swifts, defeated them by 9 goals to nil. Fourth Division. Brooklyn defeated Y.M.C.A. after an exciting game, by 1. goal to nil. Reid scored for Brooklyn. Fifth A Division. Brooklyn defeated Y.M.C.A. by 3 goals to nil. Brooklyn 6corcrs were: Keeble (2), and Manly. Petono had a good win over Institnt® by 9 gosl» to 1. Marut Bro». defeated Congr«fation«l by I go*l» to nil. Ho»t«t (2) and Stify (1) w«r» tht ttorers for Maritt Bro>. Fifth B Division. Marist Bros, easily, defeated a team from th# training ahip Amokura by 15 goals to nil. Scorer* for Mariet Bro«. w#re: O'Leary (G), Scanlon (2), Vl'Elligott and Shitnnn (1 *»ch). Seatoun /"cored 4 goals to Inetitute's 1. St. Paul's drew with South Wellington. Each side scored 1 goat. Kelburne defeated Wadestown by 4. 1 goals to nil. Sixth Division. South Wellington A defeated Y.M.C.A. by 1 goal to nil. Dewhurst scored for tho winners. Swifts defeated Congregational by 5 ■goals to 2. i JBioefep. flefgntftd. ft.

SWIFTS & BROOKLYN. Brooklyn put up a poor showing at Wakefield Park, boing defeated by Swifts by eix goals to one. Swifts wore fortunate in having secured fcho services of four now players, nil of whom were of considerable value. Brooklyn forwards combinfd well during tho first half, and would have done porno good work ii they h«wl boon supported by their backs, but thejr wcro generally too far in the roar. The hillmen trnre almost wholly on the defensive in tho firet Bpell, and tho persevering attack of th« Rods toon resulted in a goal, thuso placing tho ball between the post* with a .w«U-tiiocd »liot. Soon att«r , two moro goftlf wer« addad to th» Swift* or «dit, and Ktllnwny, a few minute* bsfors halftime, opined Brooklyn's aceount intb a fast high shot that easily eludod tho k lwlf Jaw ib* «uV»irb*niU» play 6 far better earn*. Holtiwi by tha rind. th»y defendwl mors ably, but wer« tumble to oiit-mnnoomTa' bwift«. JJOtn Mouat and ftichards wore successful in scoring, Mouat converting TO cleverly. Tho last goal was secured by Vcssey, who sent through a (ad high shot from a rather difficult position just a few minutes before the whistle. .Swifts 0: Brooklyn, i The game was controlled l>y .Mr. M'L'ran. ST. JOHN'S & ROVERS, St.'John's at last have been successful

by 1 goal to nil. 'Anton was Brooklyn's scorer. School Matches. Technical School beat Jtnrist Bros. A by 5 goals to nil. Porter (2), Paul (2), and Welsh were the scorers. To Aro went under to Thorndon A to the tune of 11 to nil. Goals wero shot by Dwyer and M/Harrisou (two each), and M'Arthur, Harris, and Bridmore. Northland, for whom Fenncll scored, beat Island Bay by ono goal to nil. Marist Bros. B defeated Thorndon B by 1 goal to nil. Barber scored for Marist Bros. . INTER-STATE MATCH. 'By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rcc. Juno 29, 5.0 p.m.) Sydney, June 29. New South Wales defeated Queensland by a goal to nil. In the first match of the scries Queensland defected .New South Wales by three goals to two. LEAGUE & LEAGUERS. PREMIERS BEATEN. GAME WITH A BATTLING FINISH. Newtown; the premier Leaguo team, suffered their second defeat on Saturday at Newtown Park, going down again to Athletic. The latter team had all the best of the game until the closing stages, when Newtown rattled up the score in'a remarkably short Spaco of time. Tho whistlo sounded with them only three points behind, while a quarter of a. hour before it looked as if they were in for defeat by about eight points. In the early 6tago of tho game Newtown were penalised in their own territory, and Eyan had a shot at goal for Athletic, but without success. Athletic continued to press, and in a few minutes' time Newtown were again penalised for obstructing, a player. Eyan put the ball over this time, and gave Athletic first foot in. Good play by the two Parkers again took play into Newtown's end. Godwin saved well, and Eussell was instrumental in removing play to tho other end. King: and Bensemann made a dash for Athletic's line, and the'; latter was only stopped on the cor-, ner. Athletic forced, but as Boon as play waa commenced again tho attack was renewed, with Spencer prominent. Wilson made a dash to relieve the situation for Athletic, and" got in a good run before pairing to J.; Parker. Parker sent out to Casey, who returned ito Wilson. Tho latter took the pass cleverly, and just got over as Strickland collared him. J. Parker failed with the kick. With play back in centre fiold, Eussell got clear away for Nowtown, and srored mcdr the corner, within a minute of Athletic's score. Strickland failed to add a goal. Newtown kept up the attack, and being granted a penalty kick, Strickland had another shot at goal. The ball went wide, and Athletio forced. The side appreciated the relief, .and Burke gained further ground for them by a good kick. Off-side play by Manning gave Athletic a free-kick, which put them right 'into Newtown's territoiy. Spencer relieved for a time, but Athletic were soon at the attack again. Tho sun was. proving an obstacle in tho way of Newitown, as it waa shining briehtfr low on tho horizon. From a, mark by Spencer, Strickland had another try at goal. Ho Bent down it fine kick, but tho direction was wrong, and Athkitic forced. A few minutes lator Athletic were penalised, and George kicked a lovely goal, thus making tho score^five jail. Encouraged by this sufceest, Newtown made a great forward dash into Athletic's end. Here Eussell and Sullivan put in a clever run. A scramble on itho line finally ended in Athletic fooroing. Mid-field play followed for a. time. Athletio gradually forced Newtown back. Phillips got possession of the ball from t'ome mixed play,' and sent out to Parker, who passed on to Wilson, and this man again got over for Athkitic. Parkor jnisred with tho kick. The spell ■came with the score: Athletic, 8; Newtown, 5. ' The 6Un had dipped behind tho hills when play recommenced, consequently both sides were on an equal footing. Aithfetic at once took up the attack, and within a short time Casey scored. Parker failed with tho kick. King, a Newtown player, was ordered off ajt this stafje for arguing with the referee. Athletic soon had ano-tlKir couple of • points, J. Parker "potting" a-nice goal. With a lead of eight points,. Athletic looked in a preitty safe position. Eyan-soon after potted" another goal for tho side, making the scoTe: Athletic,. 15; Newtown, 5. Strickland, Sullivan, and George were prominent for Nowtown after this, and play was kept in Athletio's end for a time. The game was very strenuou9, and the tackling of both sides was most determined, and players ware not infrequently penalised. Nearing time, A. Parker kicked another goal for Athletic from a mark by Brookes. Tho closing stages of the game were mar bed by repeated and determined attacks by Newtown. George, Sullivan, and Strickland were almost ovor on different ocoasions. Manning, wlio was playing a rattling game, eventually got over. George failed with the kick. This was followed by a passing rush, in which Newtown's three-quarter line took part, and Strickland ffot across. Ho failed to add a goal. In the last minuto of _ tho game, Spencer and Bensomann put in a great run, and the latter scored. Strickland failed with itho kick, and the game ended with the score: Athlctic, 17; N'&wtown, 14. Mr. T, Cunningham controlled «the f;amo. HUTT fi PETONE. SOLID SOET OF BEATING. A fair number of spectators watched this rather one-sided match at tho Hutt Recreation Grounds on Saturday. From tho kick-oft Petono had decidedly tho best of matters, and, ere long, their forwards took the ball into Hutt territory, where Finlayson secured from 'Whitley; and orossed the line/ Whitley converting. Hutt now rallied, and Isherwood, Clapham, and M'Grath did some good work, carrying the leather well into Petone's twenty-live, when Kipa, after an excellent pieco of dodging, scored the only try for Hutt. Petono 5, Hutt .3. Had tho local men only been able to stay a little longer, tho scores might have been different, but it seemed that they had "dono their clash" in the one .score. Superior training and combination placed the visitors in tho position of scoring almost when they wished. Before half-time Johnston and Finlayson had increased Petone's total to 21, Whitley converting in each case. Upon resnming, it could be seen at a glance that Petono were going to romp all over the situation. Probably the best player in tho latter team was Hovse, who defended and attacked splendidly. Hutt were outclassed at every point, and Fraser, Whitley, Childs, Guthrie, and Shardlow brought the total score up to GG to 3. Mr. Murphy was referee. JUNIOR MATCHES. > In the junior matches. Petone A defeated Petone B on tho Hutt grounds by 8 to 5, and on Quin's ground, Petone C easily beat Nowtown by 27 to nil. LACROSSE. THE PEOUD CUP MATCHES. At the Basin Eoservc on Saturday afternoon, the third round of the Proud Cup coimpetfitSoii l was commenced bofoifa a good number of spectators. Interest centred chiefly in tho match between Capitol and Columbia, and after an exciting gamo victory went to Columbia by 4 goals to 2. Kclburno were too good for Wellington, who were defeated by G goals to 3. Columbia and Capitol are again level with 9 cup points each, Kelburno being only 1 ono point lower on tho ladder. Columbia & capitoi,. Th* Columbia attack got going right from th» "fac» off" and »om« good comi binad passing took plact fc«twe»n Ley don, Fama, Casey, and Grant. In the first quarter Casey had four »hot» at goal, at tli® culmination of thaia pawing bouts, but only ono found th« net, the otli»r» being wall »topp»d by Turner, tlia Capitol 1 goal-keopar. On changing «ndt, Capitol took a turn at attacking, but were unable to pi«rc» the solid defonci of O'Lenrv, Baker, and Gallagher. Conn tor-attack by Columbia ended in a splendid allot by Leydon, which found the Capitol net. The Greens ■ now replied with a good goal obtained by .T. Eenkin, after some fine passing between himself, Hubbard, Stanton, and Andrews. Half-timo was called with the j score in favour of Columbia (2 —1). Ou resuming, the Columbia attack again i showed to advantage, goals coming from the crosses of Grant and Casey. Capitol, Lbtllß MM BteX&g ft slwtfj.

strengthened tlicir defence, and veto successful during the fourth quarter in preventing tho Blacks' attack from scoring further. Wootton, Burgh, and Coard wcro conspicuous in defence for the Greens, who also attacked strongly in this spell, and from a scramble in front of tho Columbia goal R. Ronkin secural possession, and Botched Capitol's second goal. Shortly afterwards timo Was called, with Columbia the victors. Mr, P. J, M'Uovcrn was tho referee. KELBUIINE & WELLINGTON. This match was very evenly contested in the first two quarters. There was attack and counter-attnck, somo fast play, and good combined passing being shown on both sides. Estcourt and Jordan 6cored for Keiburnc, and Bishop found tho net for 1 Wellington, the score at halftime showing: Keiburnc, 2; Wellington, 1. Wellington attacked strongly ill the third quarter, and after somo attractive passing between' Firth, Ryder, Edmonson, and Bowen, tho latter threw a splendid goal. Jones and Jordan scored again for Keiburnc, who pressed the Wellington defenco very hard in. the last quarter, further goals being added by Estcourt and Jordan, making the Kelburno total G goals. Lee then increased tho Wellington score to thrco goals, and aftor 'somo givo and take piny timo was called, with tho rosult: Kclburne, 0; Wellington, 3. Mr. Lucas was the referee. HARRIERS. The Brooklyn Harriers held their annual five-milo Cook Cup race at Miramar on Saturday afternoon. Thirty-six competitors took part and the limit man was set off by the secretary-of tho Ladies Committee (Miss E, Wilton) by tho sound of a pistol. Tho result was as follows:— W. H. Cook (6min.), 1; I'. H. Oliver (3 min), 2; G. Bristomi (3min. 45sec.), 3. Also started: IC. Colley, 3miu. 35sec.; A. Clapham, 2min. 5550 c.; R. lloverd, 3uiin. 35scc.; P. Harvey, 3min. 35sec.; T. Jenkins, 4tnin. lOsec.; G. Millais, 2min. 4tlsec. i A. Oliver, 2min. Msec.) L. Barlthrop, 2inin. 40sec,; G. Hutton, lmiii, 30sec.; J. O'Neill, 4mirt, .30sec.; T. Reid, 3min. 45 sec. j P. Warmington, lmin, 30sec.; E. Johnson, Gmin. 30sec.; E. Elliott, Gmin. 20scc.; R. Harvey, 4min. 30sec. i L. Brown, 3min. 35sec.; P. Harlin, smin. sscc.; R. Ballantync, lOsec.; C. Willis, 4min. 30sec.; J. Salmond, 4min, SOsec.j M. Pointon, 20sc«.; H. Shelker, 4min.; G. Granger, tain. 30?ec.; S. Murray, 2min. 55sec.; L. E. Cook, 15sec. i H. Wylde, Smin.; H. Cook, 3lnin. 45sec.; G. Miller, smin. 40sec.; Lloyd, smin. 40sec.! Craig, 6min.; P. Byrne, scf. Tho limit man held his lead until the two-mile post was reached, then ho was displaced by W. Cook,' with P. Oliver, G. Bristown, IC. Coffey, A. Clapham close in pursuit. On entering, tlio straight (tho last 700 yards) somo 17 competitors still had a ohance. G. Hutton covered tho distance in 32min. 225e0., thus gaining fastest time, with P. Bynio next (32min. 24sec.), and R. Ballantyno (32min. 35sec.). Tho winner's •tune was 3Gmin. 28sec. K. Coffey secures tho trophy given by tho club for tho first novice home. On Saturday afternoon the' Wellington. Club held a run from Hutt Park. The suppliers of papor wcro conspicuous by l their absence, and trail-laying wa9 dispensed with. Pace-making and path-find-ing were undertaken by Donaldson and Press. During the afternoon opportunity was afforded for hurdling, and quito a number of sprints took piaco. The most prominent members in the sprrnts were Donaldson, Press, M'Bowall. and Kerr. It was decided to conclude the afternoon with a run-in, in tho form Df one complete lap on the Park. The ultimato result was declared "off," through tiro leader (when about half-way round) nninteii* tionally taking a short cut, and the pack, in consequence, split, somo following ono course and others keeping to tho prescribed'course. Next Saturday the club will meet nt Seatoun tram terminus. . GOLF. HUTT V, WELLINGTON. Tho annual match betweon the Hutt arid,Wellington/.C.luba '.was played at Ileretaunga on Saturday last, -and .'resulted in a win for Wellington. _ Tho following aro the results of tho various matches, Wellington players mentioned first in each oaee:—A. D. S. Duncan beat H. R. H. Baldwin, 5 and 4; A. J. Abbott beat J. L. Climie, 2 and 1; K. D. Duncan and R. C. Kirk, all square; L. C. Hales beat L. D. Hurst, 2 up; C. St. G. Grace beat J. R. Collonder, 2 up; W. E. Held and W. T. Wynyard, 5 and 1; W. B. Lees and .G. C. Schmidt, all square; H. G. Didsbttry lost to C. Gallen, 1 down; A. E. Wylio beat H. S. Manning, 1 up; J. Marchbanks beat A. B. Willi«tas, 1 URJ G. T. George and R. Treadwell, all square; J. A. MacEwan beat J. H. Wage, 4 and 3. Tho Patent Challenger Golf Ball is slightly heavier than tho ordinary- Challenger' Golf Ball and it is tho finest fullsized heavy Ball ever made. Try ft round with a Challenger to-day.—Advt. BILLIARDS. VICTORIAN AMATEUR CHAMPION. By Tele*ranh—Press Aisuclation-OopyrluUt Melbourne, Juno 28. Beauchamp beat Vonderluft, the Victorian, for tho amateur billiard championship, by two points. GRAY DEFEATS WILLIAMS. (Rec. Juno 29, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney; Juno 29. In the billiard match between Gray and Williams, Gray ran dut at 16,000 when Williams, who had received 2000, reached 14,153. VICTORIA BOWLING'CLUB. QUESTION OF PREFERENCE. ' The sixteenth annual meeting of tho Victoria Bowling Club, Ltd., was held on Friday. Mr. C. B. Norwood presided, mid there was an attendance of~between 50 , and GO members. Tho directors' report showed that tho total receipts were .£387-Us., and tho expenditure ,£373 15s. 9d„ leaving a credit balance on tho year's operations of .£l3 18s. 3d. Tho 'report and batancc-shcct were adopted. Tho election of officers for tho ensuing year resulted as follows:—President, Mr. G. E. Godber; hon.. treasurer, Mr. W. N. Tucker; hon. secretary. Mr. F. J. Evans; directors, Messrs. G. Snaddon, G. Hemingway, P. Levi, W. Mack, F. Townsond, and ft. Townsley; hon. auditor, Mr. R. Dixon. , . Mr. Norwood was elected delegate to tho Nmv Zealand Bowling Association, and Messrs. W. J. Hueston and P. Kitto delegates to tho Wellington Centre. Particular was made of tho services Tendered the club during tho yeor by the ladies, and they were accorded a liearty voto of thanks. Mr. Mack moved"That the articles of association bo amended by adding tho foilowiiis clauso:—'When vacancies occur in the membership of the club, and the number of candidates for membership, is in excess of tho number of vacancies, preference shall bo given to those candi ; dates whoso ages aro 35 years or niOTO. After considerable discussion, a show of hands was taken, and the voting was declared :-For tho motion! 27; against, 25. Tho voting of thrco proxies was put m against the motion, and it was then declared lost.

RUGBY REFEREES.

QUESTIONS & THE ANSWERS. At the Y.M.C.A. rooms on Friday ovoninir a mooting of the executive of the Ne«- Zealand Rugby Referees'* Association was hold. The following wero present:— Messrs. ' R. W. Isaacs (president), D. M'Kenzie, T. Jones, W. Meredith, ,T. Francis, Q. Howe, L. Simpson, 1. J. O'Sullivan, and L. Siovers. Names of referees eligible to tak# repreeentativo matcboo forwarded by ttvtral affiliated »s»ociation members. A Utter was received from tim Nelson H»f«re«a' Association asking for decision! Of th« following question#(l) C«ii * player li# over ft bull, at the sain© tim# not touching it with his body, without bting p«ualif»d? Answer: ' No." See subsection of lftw eleven, (2) Must a fre« kick reach over the mark? Can a player just lake a littl« kick and catch the ball himself without the boll reselling an opponent standing on the mark?—"YeS; provided tlip ball is kicked in the direction of tlio goal-line, mid across the kicker's goal-line, if kicked from behind the same." See Law 10. The 'Auckland Association submitted the following points and asked for a ruling:—(l) From a kick from a mark in goal by the defending side, the ball strikes' a .goal-post and rebound's back . JLB±4Al>B.Jifffids "f an attackiDg.jjlaier who.

is standing at the murk. Ho .promptly puts tlio ball down on the ground. Can lio claim a tryf—"Yes; a try should bo awarded." (2) At the kick-off the ball is kicked less than ten yards and is immediately played again by ono of tho kicker's side. Is this allowable?—" Provided no appeal is made l>y- the opposing side, play should be allowed to proceed." .Tho following questions wore submitted by the Wellington Rugby Keferci's' Association:—(l) What is tiio correct way to restart the game under sub-scction 13 of Law 3?—"ln all eases where a player - is ordered off. the game will lx> restarted by a free-kick only Tyherc the laws provide for a free-kick being given for the offenco for which the player is ordered off. In all other eases by a scrum, unless tho offenco occurred in touch, in which case tho ball shall bo thrown out of touch," MOTOR-CYCLING. Tho second of a series of competitions for tho cup presented to tho Wellington Motor Cycle Club by 'Messrs. Sutherland and Eankino was held on Saturday afternoon, tho event being a petrol-consump-tion test, run over a course which included Oriental Bay, Evans Bay, Forts, Seatoun, Lyall Bay, Island Bay, and Brooklyn, a distance of 22 miles. Tho results were worked out by a formula, which takes into consideration tho weight of' machine and rider, tho distauco ridden, and the amount of petrol used. Twelve entries were received,' tlio final placings being:—Foord, 8.5.A., 1; W. Stephens, 3} Indian, 2; E. Creed, U.S.A., 3. Creed's machine proved the most economical, only using 190z., equal to 185 miles per gallon. Advice was received on Saturday night to tho effect that the 48 miles beach race, held at New Brighton, Christcliurch, lvns won by the l'almerston North motor-cyclist, E. F. C. Hinds, mounted ion a 7-h.p. Indian, in 4!U minutes. Hinds started from scratch, and nl though this is his first attempt at beach racing, his speed was nearly 70 miles per hour. Tho course includes several turns, which necessitated tho riders slowing up to almost a walking pace. Next .Saturday afternoon speed trials will be held on Matai Eoad. Miramar. LAST OLYMPIAD. HILL'S EXPENSES. The New Zealand Olympic Council met last night. Mr. A. A. Marryatt presided. G. N. Hill, tho Auckland distance runner who represented New Zealand at the last Olympiad, communicated with the council regarding certain extra expenses. Tho council decided to reply to the effect that it had received from tho manager of the team a full statement of Hill's expenses, and to ask Hill to forward particulars of tho expenses which ho asked to be 'refunded.