SATURDAY FIELDS SPORTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 8

SATURDAY FIELDS SPORTS

RUGBY IN THE MUD kwm-m WEiiiit still . »IllfflN A RECORD SOCCER SCQEfc SOME WRESTS GAMES IN SPUE OF THE WEATHER SYNOPSIS OF RESULTSi Wellington ~... * Oriental g Potana ....... 3 University o lyleirosd ~ a Ponelsp o Athletic 3® St. James o -

Intrepid enthusiasts, to iho number of 1000 or thereshouts, for whom tlio storm had no terrors, witnessed a. very, exciting game of football at Athlctic Park nn Saturday. Botii piayiug fields were covered with an Inch or moro of black slime, witn hero and tliero a watw-little or a' patch of quagmire, so that it was not to bc> expected that either sido would try Co win. hy passingruns. Tho state .of. the ball and the ground made it injpossiblo for a player running with the ball to sivorVO, or to give or receive a pass with any ccrlainty. jbid it was because tlio Wellington team, wero .abl". to adajVt thcniselves bettor to these conditions that they heat Oriental decisively by eight, points to nil. lliev piaved a iorward «a;ao throughout, iiiostly hv.fast bustijng rvishte of iho whole with tho ball 011 iho ground. Beaton in. tho for- . ward division? Oriental had to attempc ■ hack iilay of sorts, to make, a breech in the defence, li.ut not on 0110 singlo 1 occasion did it sen'c thorn to any' ad-. vantago. Tlio paco set hy hot'n sides was fast, and well maintained right through the. game. Bridge-, tho Woilington full-back, had more to do with winning tlio ir.ateh for his side than any s'in-gfe player. Never onco did ho falter in mcuting tho most forrnidablo Tushes, and seldom did he fail to uot his kick away. Tho accur-. aby and strength of. iiis linß.-iiieki«g were- altogether Temarkahlo, having regard to the. stiite of the ground and the hall, which means, of course, that he repeatedly mado yaids and yards of ground, nursing his forwards, and enabling them to play au attacking game for quite three-fourths of the match. Beard's kicking was. : «Iso very strong, and, therefore, very _ By comparison, the Oriental hacks' kicking was | weak and inaccurate. : On the Xo. - 2 ground Pctono iust managed to heat University hy a "try to hi!. With a little hick, tho 'Varsity men, showed isurprisingly g^od, condition, might hav<> Von, hut on thf>. other hand, if Potono had ma da anything of theuti.mbetfes'S clisiices given to ihem, they might have woij Ijy ft handsome douhlc-figuro. score. At I'e.tor.c f!ic' mconsisfent Ponoko sido \verij- teate.n hy MelrO'SOi and a:t- MS'rftliiar Athletic l».at St. Jajnes with absurd ease by JtH. por-nts to mil. CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER. I /.ri I-! . . UJll.la Athletic 4 4 0 i) 96 9 8 Wellington ... 4. 4 0 0 45 22 H . Oriental 4 2 2 0 52 26 4. Por.eko 4 2 2 0 »2 47 4 Peto.no 4 2 2 0 4.5 33 4 "Mclr<iso 4 2 2 0 35 30 4 University - ... 4 0 4/0 1? 45 0 St-, James ..... 4 0 4 0 8 115 0 WELLINGTON § ORIENTAL. A liATTIiE OF TIIK FORWARDS. Tin's game began protty niueh as it finished. Bad or uncertain handling of tho ball, lyhich was ominontly escusahle, made' attiiclang play hy tno backs an. impoSsibililiy, aiid th.oy qvtick-ly .disGovefed that; their. duty for tho day would ha to get rid of tho bail as soon ®s. ®»ssihle.', »iid 'U> kick always for tlio line. Tho exciting patolus in tho gamo were on tliose. occasions- on which a back on either sido failed to hold up tho hall. Usually, however, tho foothold was too tricky for oven tho charging forwards,. on both sides had considerable luck in getting out of tight corners. A, very bad miss was made hy Bridge on liis own twenty-five line, iii.| tilt; first ten minutes' play, and had not Courtney coi.no round smartly and stopped a t-erv ugly rush, a scoro mustliayc been ' reenrded against Wellington. There was a line-out almost, on the line, and Oriental were given iim v-cry douhtifill advantage of a fr<;e kick almost, from tho, si3fi-Hh:e. Avery's- shot, was yards wide, and also it was inarked infield liy Courtney. This lot tiio Black and Golds up.. Ones out of tlißii-A'ffi-ciiity they -cotttriyed, chiefly by Tolyinft cm- Iteepiiig $10 hall at tihto t-oe.s ol a very keen pacl; of forwards, to keen things oven or a little :n ih.eir favour. Onco Drako had a shot from a frco kick, within range, hut ii seemed that goalkicking was out of th'e ; qwestioti. Oriental, ii-j really SB'rjaus- plight, had to forco. Oia occasions alniost- humbor]ess JaiVg kicks hy. Orievnul backs wero very cleverly taker., by B'ridgc. and his accurate, kicks te>t tho pla.v up for his own forwards. But for him the. sii'o ttoitld havo been many times in diflicuities. Right through tho game ho did wonders with the greasy hall. Tho play lit tho. second spell was tlio same ift character. Hie AVe-Ilingto.ti forwards worn undoiihtedly superior, but they could, seldom press homo, -'iicir advantaiios. Every time tho hacks threw tho hall about there wp.re accidents a-nd nttaclc was as often as not changed to , dfifeiice in ft, ftlat.tor'af SocOii'ds. teic:o in ton miiiHtes this happened and Wel- : lingtfln were, in danger, tnvt safe kicking hy Bridijo and Bisa-rd. comhined with erratic liJttidliivg -hy Orient ;'-l Weil, provenied scores being made.- Wellington had the. reward of their forwards' hard work when the -spoil was half through. The Yellow pack had r.ho bettor of a scramble on the Oriental sido: of half-way, and fwm tho fringo of itGrac.o got away a kick and charged it down, getting tlw hall away from iho Oriental full-back, S'iiaw. . Gracp. kicked again and Courtney, supporting hitn nb (i- critical momeiit. . dived yiver tiio line to fail On -tho hall just rlenr of tho po's'te. Drako lacked it goal. Wollingte.fi, o; Oriental. 0. AnotluT n-m-g.nificoi.it rtisli by tho Yo'llow pack a f'eflr minutes later Wn-s stoppe/1. oil tlio ■i-iiie liy l.iitlo infringing tlio rnles- and carrying the. hall Baek over tto / lino. From the scrum affenvards the Oriental wi'ivgeri ©H.ir;. sfeivt a ifick swyjiy : ifhd' saved. Unfair tactics hy an Oriental forward gavo Wellrngton another freo kick, in range, and Drake sent- iho fell fairly over the bar. Wollfeg'ton., 8, Orient a! !). With ten minuir.s is go, ilw position was now . dospcraW for Oriental siul they played accordingly-, for fiv-e inhiiites. . Throe times thoy almost scored, from scrambling, rushes,, but the WoilingtoH jlefonoe, »s|seoi«Uy lire. taoßiiig, proved to lie good enough.

Weffinfitcn wore attacking a rain at "no sido." Mr. W. J. Moreditii wag referee. PETONE {■ UNIVERSITY. A POOR DISPLAY. B.y tho faults of theft opponents, and oxceednift good fortune., rather than Ijy toy merit of their own, tlio Poions Kan) heat University by a tr,y to iiil. But for tho defensive work of janies "5 an, 111 Jiis old place at contrc-thrco qnarU'T. tire Blues would Im-yo been in trouble scores of times. On the other liaixl. if Ryan had shown any judgment pn occasions when Ms side was attacking, the tally in favo.ur of life team might have- h<A much bigger. Honours wore, easy "ir, tho play of tho first spell, Iwt just at tho end of it Pet<mo scored their on!v try. by fire a; .good luck. M'Fai'lau.o led the- Blue forwards- 111 a rush, from tlroir own side Of half-way, crashing through all opposition until a long ldck o'ver the line left East leading by three yards, racing for the ball with tiiiidsay ftnt .(jthef wicS. East actually touched the ball, but did not- steady ■it at i'ect 011 iho ground, and Ljndsa'v foil on il. The referco lightly an aide'! a try . M'Farlaue failed to goal a very easy shot. lii the second spell the Green forwards wero attacking rather moro than half <if tho tinio. Twice it r appeared 'that East would inako up -for his mistako -of the first spell by scoring .« try., Onco bo lucked hard over the. lmo, and was yards ahfead of all o\v pmients in tlio chase for it., hut tl» kick was too hard, and the hall rolled to the "dead" lino. On another occasion lift iiiado a brilliant run to tho corner .flag, but; although he r.iado a hold hid tor tho try, ar.d tried when, jammed to shock his way ovei, E. Ryan pushed him into touch.- Xoaring tho qloso of the gSmo, Ryan,, <sf University,, ■ h.,d a good cliar.co to cqur.lise tlio scores with a luck from a mark at .easy distance, hut the shot missed. .- The game j ended with tlio scoro: Pctoiie. 3; tint* I vmity, nil. Mr. R. l?ordyco was referee. ATHLETIC & ST. JAMES. YOUNGER TEAM OUTCLASSED. Athletic easily .defeated ;St.- .James bj. 39 points to ml at Miramar. Th® ground wa.s not too soft, and tho raiii held oft during play. Instead of starting at -2; 45 p.m., tho teams tonkrtAie field at 3.15 p.m. Twice at tho ■outset Athletic pressed hard; and each tiiue Thomas Tiumaged to secure tho hall, and find tlio lino well up the field, AideJ by tho wmdj St James kept plav 1U Athlotie's quarters for a t,ime, hut lack oi combination spoilt their chances ol scoring.- Athletic hacks brightened up at length, and Ilealy scored tho first t ry. I'.venson railed to convert. _A' littlo later Evonson, after a fast sprint, was able to. scoro tho second try, "Raitgi'' 'Wilsoii failed with -tho .kick. This was. followed by Paton scoring, imt, S. Wilson was unable to convert., St. James attacked strongly, but. Atlw ktift backs 'Opened otit with .3, fiuo show of passing- Adams socured tho hall, and, after a ruji, passed to Ilealy, who just in time handed on to G. Osborne, who scored. S. Wilson tailed with tho kick. A few minutes later, E, Osborne secured the teii atvfl scored ah easy try, Madden failjiig with tho .kick, ■ ii't. half-time, St. James were attacking strongly. ,' t Aided hy the wiivd and their good play, Athletic swept over their opponents.' with case in the second half. P. Murphy opened tho scoro, and Madden oonvorterl. A scrum foiloweo somo min. utcs later, and "Raugi" Wilson secured, and passed to Madden, who handed oil to Adams, g try heinß No goal resulted. Healy registered the heist try, but Jladdon failed to add the. major po'iuts. ■ Tho next scoro was 111 ado bv "Rangi" Wilson, and Adams was successful with tho itic'k. Follow, ing ..this, Robinson scored two tries in : succession, otic of which was convertc*? hy Adams. ■ Mr. J, S'ines was referee.

ME'LBOSE & PONEKE. UNEXPECTED WIN FOR MF.LROS3 MKN. ' Poueke suffered a rat.her unexpected defeat; atr the hands -of Melrose on Sst* unlay. The teams met ai- Pctono, and from tilo start the game was a hot forward one. The,. Blues maintained a dasi: till the conclusion of th& and brought off a jviii by six points to nil. Poneko made ill.? first, aggressive move, a forward cue, hut the defence proved Rood. After five in mutes JlelroSe took up the attack, ai'd . soon had Pone!;o wedged ctewii bit their own line. The first attack wns only ssydd Ij.y ..a paiv ticn'mi'v go&d piece, of work on the. part of Ganfim-r. who picked the ball up cleverly, ami evaded several players heSore lacking out at. Ii?lf-wav. MehoSe csmo at once tS the attack, and tlm tini'o compelled Poneko to force down. Once agaw. tiiey had to resort ..to tliia measure to keep their opponents out. Half-timo went with no score ti.'u cither

Evetj plav took place in tlio second Bpcl!. for a 'imnsj tlicn. Melrose resumed tlsp attack, and till ilvo close of plaj ha<l tlifixfTs mosilv their o«t. way, •Capper took & siipt itt goal for 'tji.o side, .and the ball apparently welit- over, Oho linesman disagreed, however, and tlio : scoro was not allowed. A littlo later Gilchrist.' seftfed well.. Capper's kick was ii failure. PoncJiA hail the misfortune to lo.se tlieir full-back. Walker, who had to retire with an .injury t« his hatfk, Before the ;t>lo.so Cashman added another try for Melrose. Tiio try was not converted, and tte gtuv.o elided: . Melrosct. S; Poneke, ml. Mr. P. Larway rcforoed. Junior Divisions. Following are !he iosniis of varimis gttiji© played h\ the jmiioi divisions - .— •Second Division. Newtown Conui-oga.l.ioiial 8. Swifts nil« Kaiwarra. 10, Brooklyn R nil Swifts 7, yoirgj'ieg'aii'firta.l nil, Brooklyn A 5, YM C A 4. Third Division. YiJLfi.A. '3, Smith 'Wellington 1, Swifts 7. Siarisi (>.. . St. David's 3, V M.C.A. B-2 Nicol, Wilson, na3 Jowotl secfe'd for ths ■ .Heft, '• . ' l'etoiie defeated Bcrhamporo, o(

Petono by 14 points to nil, Delaney securing three tries, and Smylie one, which was converted by Bennett. Petono wore successtul in scoring 25 points against Wellington A's 3. Petono defeated Wellington at Lower Ilutt by 6 points to 3, Anslow and M'Ewan each scored tries for the win- • Hers. Fourth Division. Brooklyn 2, Swifts nil. • Institute 5, Marist B 1. Petono 5, Island Bay nil. . St. David's 3, Karori 2. Homo (2) and Tempest scored for St, David's. Fifth A' Division. Y.M.C.A. 1, South Wellington nil. Institute 5, Brooklyn nil. Fifth B Division. Newtown Congregational 6, St. David's nil. Congregational 5, St. David's nil. Each side played with seven men. IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Tcleffraph.'— Prcse Associations Chrlstchurch, May 30. Morivale (6) v. Sydenham (5). Christchurch (14) v. Marists (12). Old Boys (13) v. Albion (3). Linwood (8) v. 'Varsity (8). Palmerston North, May 30. In .the senior competitions the results were: Feilding 3 v. Western nil. United 13 v. Oriental 3. Auokland, May 31. Ponsonby 9 beat Marist Brothers 8. .Collego Rines 8 beat University 3. City '21 beat Parnell nil, Parnell retiring at half-time. , ' Dunedin, May 30. «Splendid weather prevailed for tho games to-day. Kaikorai 8 beat University 6. Southern 23 beat Pirates 3. , Zingaxi Richmond 14 heat Alhambra nil. .Union 6 beat Port Chalmers 5. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Masterton, May 31. In tho senior Rugby football yesterday,' Carterton and Gladstone played a draw, neither side scoring. Red Star 3 defeated United nil. In the juniors Red' Stars dofeated Gladstone by 30 points to nil. Red Stars "defeated Martinborough in the tliird-clasa match by 3 points to nil. 1 Pahlatua, May 31. Bush Rugby Union championship matches played on Saturday resulted as follow Seniors: Mangatamoka 9 de.featea Nireaha 6.' Konini and Hamua played a drawn game, no score resultnig. Juniors: Ballance- 9 defeated Pahiar tua 81 Konini beat Mangamairc. • Carterton, May 30. ' Senior football—-Carterton drew with Gladstone, there being no score. Dalefield juniors beat Carterton by 6 to 3. ' REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. Messrs. C. Griffiths, O. G. Kembor, '■and J. Lynskoy have selected the following team to represent Wellington in the match against. Mr. Parata's Maori team, which game is to take place on the Athletic Park on Juno 3:—Fullback, Evenson -(Athletic); three-quar-ters, Fjiire (University), J. Ryan, captain (Petone), and Grace (Wellington); five-eighths, Tilyard' (l'oneke), P, J. Ryan (University); half, Nunn (Petone); wing-forward, Miller (Wellington): forwards, Francis 1 (Wellington), Sullivan (Melrose), "Ranji" Wilson (Athletic), "Board (University), Bell (Athletic). Cottor Mahoney (Ponelce). ' TKo emergencies are: Backs, Algar (Poneke) and E. Ryan (Petone); forwards j Kyno (Oriental) and King • INTER-STATE MATCH. NEW SOUTH- WALES SUPERIOR TO QUEENSLAND. ■•By Tele'frtapli^Pre3B' ! Aisspoiatfoil ii *opyrißlit ;. (Itec. May 31, 6.5, p.ni!) " Brisbane,-May 31. • > 'The' inter-State football match, New, • South Wales v. Queensland, was played ' here yesterday, and resulted in a win i for New South -Wales by 20 points to 16..' •

LEAGUE & LEAGUERS

All local League games set down for Saturday wero postponed on account of the weather. , ■ MATCHES ELSEWHERE. (By "reiesrapn.—l'rug*.. Association! Christchurch, May 80. . Sydenham (29) v.; Addington (4). Linwood (26) v. City (10). Auckland, May 30. North Shore (8) beat) City (6). Ponsonby (19) beat Grafton (5). Newton drew with Otahuhu, 10 each. . The "Dally M" Football Boot, worn by leading players. Very light, blocked toes, with patent inserted steel spring. Price Hi. Gd. Laws and Manning, Wellington, Manufacturers and Holders of the Patent Bights for N.Z.—Advt.

ASSOCIATION.

HOSPITAL'S RECORD SCORE N SOME GOOD GAMES. ' Despite the weather conditions, some good games of "soccer" were witnessed on the various grounds on Saturday ; afternoon. Thero w~as a strong northerly wind blowing, '.and this seriously interfered with the play in one or two matches. . Hospital bioke a record during the afternoon, when they ran up the big score of 17 goals against Rovers at Porirua. Although most of the senior grounds were in fair condition, tho heavy rain which had fallen during • the morning ' was responsible for the Basin Reserve being unfit for play. Consequently the Swifts-Wanderers . match was postponed. . Following are the particulars of the matches played:— Hospital ...... 17 Rovers o Thistle ......... 1 Y.M.C.A 1 .Diamonds.....,.' 5 Petone 2 Corinthians 6 Brooklyn 1 THISTLE—Y.M.C.A. A VERY GOOD GAME. After a very keenly contested game 011 1 v i!' 11 , 10 I,ark . No - 2 ground, Thistle and Y.M.C.A. played a drawn game. It was ono of the fastest matches played this season, and, in addition, good football was witnessed. For the first quarter of an hour the game was very even. Neither sido gave any chances, and it appeared as if both teams wore feeling their strength. At* last Thistlo got 4way, 'and took fhe ball rapidly down the field. Marshall, outside-right, secured and shot. ■ A goal looked certain, but Hollis saved in fine style. Soon )fter this Y.M.C.A. attacked strongly, Ind Foot had a shot at goal, but Porieous saved cleverly. From now on to \alf-time Thistles did niost, if not all, 'ho attacking. Hollis had an exciting time in goal, and had it not been for Hie excellence of his play his sido it'ould have gone down heavily. As it was tho spell ended with no score on eithor tide. _ At- tho outset of tho second half i'.M.C.A. mado the paco very willing, and on occasions the Blues iVere hard put to it to §ave their goal. The attack was sustained, however, and 'patience was rewarded—Carruthers landed tho ball in tho net. Y.M.C.A., 1; Thistlo. nil. From this on Thistle mado strenuous attempts to score,- but the defence of their opponents was too sound. .Fast, open play was now the order, and both goal-keepers had a lot of work to do and did it well. Towards tbe end, however, tho strenuous battle .began to tell on Y.M.C.A.,' and just "before time was called Thistle were awarded & penalty, R-eid, taking ♦•he

kick, had no difficulty in making tho scores equal. Mr. Hutche3on was referee. CORINTHIANS—BROOKLYN. ! HILL TEAM'S PLUCKY STRUGGLE. Onco again Corinthians' superior knowledge of tho "soccer" game stood them in good stead, and it was simply on account of this fact, and also because their players are big and fast, that thoy managed to defeat Brooklyn on Kilbirnio Paris. The match was interesting from beginning to c-nd, and tho scoro —live goals to one —docs - not givp a correct indication of how tho game went. Brooklyn put up a good light against their clever opponents. Corinthians' goal camo from a nico passing run by Wells, Rickerby, and O'Shea, the last-mentioned player being responsible for the score. A little later Ballance and Andrews repeated tho dose. Brooklyn made a game struggle to redeem tho position, but Corinthians were ' too strong, and from ail excellent combined piece of play in. tho centro O'Shea scored their fourth goal. Brooklyn did most of the attacking (luring the opening stages of the second spoil, and they were rewarded for their persistence. Tho ball was taken up tho centre, and tho Corinthians' 'keeper ran out with the intention of clearing his goal. Baldwin was too clcver for him, however, and kicked the leather over the goal-keeper's head, and incidentally into the net. Brooklyn had scored. Before tho close, Ballance scored another goal for Corinthians. • Mr. A. E. Wells was referee. HOSPITAL—ROVERS. RECORD HIGH SCORING. What probably constitutes a record for "soccer" in New Zealand was put up at Porirua, when Hospital easily defeated Rovers by 17 goals to nil. It was simply a case of goal-getting for Hospital, and Hughes, all the afternoon. Hospital's centre-forward scored seven goals out of the total number, and ho has established a one man record. Eight goals were scored in the first half, the scorers being: Skinner (2), Daily, Hughes (2), Heath (2), and Elliott. During the second halt nine goals were put on—Hughes (5), Skinner (2), Heath (1), and Daily (1). Mr. Lithgow was referee. DIAMONDS—PETONE. In the Diamonds and Petono fixture the ground was in a deplorable condition. Mis-kicking was somewhat prominent in the early stages, l with the result that Diamonds' chances of scoring were small. Shaw saved tho situation with a well-placed kick, however, and the'ball was passed out to Lowe (the left-wing), who had no difficulty in registering a score.' Diamonds, 1; Petone, nil. Play was no sooner recommenced thaii a free-kick was awarded Petone. Conway took the kick, and passed to Howett, who sent tho leather well homo. Diamonds, 1; Petone, 1. Diamonds' second score resulted from a corner-kick. Shaw, judging the distance well, neatly dropped tho ball into the mouth of the goal. Diamonds, 2; Petone, 1. Bold, for Petone, played a surprisingly good game. The second spell opened with' the play mostly in Petone's territory. Relief was gained by a free-kick, however, and Petone's chances brightened considerably. M'Gill now came into the limelight, and with a fast, low shot, defeated Diamonds' 'keeper. Petone, 2; Diamonds, 2. From a corner-kick, a melee occurred in front of Petone's goal. The ball suddenly shot out to Lowe, who again .scored. Diamonds, 3;' Petone, 2. Soon after another hot shot was excellently saved by Guthrie (Petone),''who, with ''an; extreme'effort, pushed'the'ball clear'of 'the bar. ■ ' Diamonds, however, were not to be denied, and from a corner-kick by Liversage; Shaw scored. Diamonds, 4; Petone, 2.. Just on the call of time, Diamonds scored their fifth and last goal. A save by Guthrie sent the ball into midfield. Morison trapped the leather, dribbled past his opposing man, and kicked. The fast-travelling ball baffled Guthrie, and the final score was thus: Diamonds, 5: Petone, 2. Mr. F. O'Connell was referee.' Games Elsewhere. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 30. At th© Association game, North Shore (4) beat Y.M.C.A. (2); Thistle (2) drew with Brotherhood (2). Corinthians (4) beat Adult School (1). Everton (4) beat Carlton (3). Dunedin, May 30. Northern (4) v. Christian Brothers (0). Morningtou A (3) v. Maori Hill (2), Ravensbourne (2) v. Old Boys (1). Kaitangata (8) v. Maori Hill (0). Green Island (1) defeated Roslyn Wakari (0). Christchurch, May 30.. Sydenham and Rangers drew (3 goals each), Sunnysklc (3) oeat Linwood (1), Nomads (3) beat United (1).

GOLF

WARD FOURSOMES. The Wellington Golf Club's Ward foursomes were played on Saturday and were won by Miss E. Bell and A. de B. Brandon with a score of 2 up on bogy. The best cards handed in were: —Miss E. Bell and A. de B. Brandon, 2 up; Miss E. Simpson and G. T. George, 2 down; Miss N. Brandon and C. J; Nathan, 2 down; Miss 0. Watson and K. D. Duncan, 2 down; Miss Kennedy and B. L. D. Kidston, 3 down'; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lees, 5 down; Mrs. Findlay and A. S. -MacShane, 5 down; Mr. arid Mrs. A. Duncan, 6 down; Mrs. Biss and J. Marchbanks, 6 down; Mrs. Fitzhrerbert and G. H. Fell, 6 down; Miss Wheeler and W. E. Fussell, 6 down; Miss Bristow and M. W. Higginson, 7 down. -

JOHNSONVILLE V. KARORI. - WIN FOR THE FORMER. At tho Johnsonville links on Saturday, a match was played between teams representing the Johnsonville' and Kara ri Golf Clubs. The play resulted in i'ho home team winning by 5 games to 1. The scores were as follow:— Sloan (Johnsonville) beat Burnett (Karori), 3 up and 2 to play. M'Beth (Karori) beat Adams (Johnsonville), 1 up at the last hole. Kent (Johnsonville) beat Boyes' (Karori), 1 up at the last hole. Mooro (Johnsonville)- beat Barclay (Karori), 3 up and 1 to play. Manning (Johnsonville) beat Atkinson (Karori), G lip and 5 to play. Buddie (Johnsonville) beat Magnus (Karori), 7 up and 6 to play.

SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, By Telorrapli—Press Association—OoDjr.lchl London, May 29. In tho Scottish professional golf championship, David Watt was first with a score of 299, Willio Watt being second with a scoro of 301. IRISH PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. By Mesraoli—Proas Association—OoDyrlehi (Rec. May 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 30. Tho Irish Professional Golf Champior. ship was won by C. Pope, with, a score of 30o; the brothers O'Hare tide for second place, with a score of 313.