ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 8

ASSOCIATION

NEW KILBIENIE GROIuND OPENED The Wellington: Foettia 11 Association opened the season on Saturday afternoon with a ma tell between the Welliii«ton representatives, who journeyed to Auckland at Basted/and a-tea« chosen from tiios© w - b6 did not juake the trip. The occasion vv»s'eno oJ particuiaf interest to-"-s6cc6r" tmtftusia-sts, on ateottnt of the gii'fte Wing played on , the Association's new ground at hilbirjiie. This match was the first, senior fixture to b& played on the eiicMsurs, and play 'suffered oa 'aceiruat or ttie uiwTeimess of-the turf. The field was very rough,- and the tuff was of ajdan-gero-us c-h-araete.r to footballers* Much top-4fes.sing is nesetad. ■. .. Tbere Were .a bout 2.00 spectators present ivlMSi the B team kicked off against a- fairly sti-ft' northerly brew. In a short space, of t-inie the B fqr.wa.rds iiaa the A backs on the defensive. Roia, centre-balf, and Shaw (WauaoTerS) hesitated, with.tile resttlt that Dwk rna-u-aged to score a>.c.tever goal far B-s> For tho greater part of the fits* tsflell B ■ team liad all the best of the game, tlieif-combination being muck hotter than that of jheir. opponents. Dick was ahvays pfeminent, a-ftd on several occasions, ho missed scoring by inches. fO"" wards the end of the fa's* spsll .the teprtsenUthfcs asserted the-msclrcs, but the defence was too sou-nfl. Once agatii B forwards got away, together, and after the Hall ted tea versed the whole length of tho field Botierts secured, Hβ nittdo no aiisiake with the kick, and the result was that, the score stood: B •>■ goals, V nil. This reverse appeared ■to put more life into the A team, aM several onslaUpibts were made on B s citadel, hut Webster (m goal) always two to tlie cooasioiii liao second spell was wnintpffistkig, save tor several attcnifils on the part of B's forwards to score- HolKs, the represpiitativos , coalkeeßer, hatj plenty to'do, wd did it well. Seroral iiHies Ba.mett looked like scoring, but on atfcoaiit of til* weTett surface -of tiio ground his shots went wide. During the later stages of tiro second speti. With t*ara« ofnieered to ■have tired. There was no further score, i\nd the game mtiei with B's wjnnofs bv 2 gftak to nil. : . 'Mr. A. E. Wells was. referee.