IN SPLENDID WEATHER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 6

IN SPLENDID WEATHER.

WRESTLING.

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CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER, J i o '■ S Athletic ... .5 .) 0 0 105 0 10 Wellington 5 5 0 0 39 30 10 Retono 5 8 2 0 it -16 6 Oriental ... S 2 3 0 62 5.5 4 Roneko .... 5 2 3 0 40 61 4 Jlelrose ... S 3 9 0 35 3!) i University 5 1 4 0 33 43 2 St. James 5 0 5 0 11 131 0 PONEKI & WEUUNOTON. DETAILS O? THE CHIEF GAME, In this mate?! WeJliujrton scored almost immediately after' tlm kick-elf. From a scrum at the Wellington twentyfive the ball svwfc out to "i'otiiiil, who Quickly got wio his stride and' then sent tho leather <mt to Beard. Tho heavy centre sprinted to the line aud passed to Burrell who ran in unomjoscd. Poneke wore at. tito t-imo playing one back short and this made tVolliiiHton's try easy to get, Ti:-e try was not con. verted. Wellington, 8; I'oneke, 0. Poneko atta-ckod for some timo after this, but their efforts to get through were not of the kind to yield, points. Wellington at length broke'out of their twenty-five and looked liko driving a road right through w the Ponekc "line. but a beautiful save by AJgar retiirned them to their own en-eio-sure. Poncke's onslaught spent itself, Wellington atunablo to make full nsa of either. Wellington, 6; Poneko, 0. Two chances to score went tho way of M'Taggnrt, the Poneke wing-tlvree-riuart'jr, but !w was unable to make full jfee of cither. Wellington were unfortunate iji failing to scoro on several occasions, bat just bofore tho end of the spelt Francis piiit over. Board eout&rtel Ponekc's only scoro -in this spell was a 'penalty goal i by Gardiner, Wellington, 11; Boneke, 3. Poneke opened the second spell with determined rushes. Wkm Wellington got out of trouble Beard took several long shots at- goal, which, however, , failed; but a passing rash by tins Wellington backs "ended with Grsea- scoring. Wellingfcßn, M; Pa-ncke, 3. An almost irresistible Po-iwk< forward rush was stopped in front of the Wellington posts through a breach of the rules by tho defenders, J. Gardiner took a shot, but failed to' mm the -oral between tho posts. Good lifHi-kic-kin;? \ss Algar kept- Wt'ilington on tho desGiisive for sometime, ami then a fine run by Algar fro-fti half-n'ay raised tho enthusiasm <>>f the crowd. tromendouEly. Ho got a pass away to M'Taggart, hiit the three-quaftor was grassed. The Rods surged around the Yellow goal and for a time it seemed as though tho Poneke forwards wcto goiiig to take charge of. affairs, A goai «jirinfc along tho sido-lino by M'T.iggart and o'notlrer by Algar raised Poncke's hopes,' but neither of those kmc-iraud efforts essje

nut of a scramble, and there was ;\ chaso tor it. The referee ■ awarded a try to l'cgdan, but players and speeiftfors, even the supporters of Orients.!, m:K amaajd at the decision, Sullivan added the other ttro poiuts. and the , came ended: Pet-one, 29: Oriental, 13. , Mr. J. W. Card was referee. ! MEIRDSE & ATHLETIC. STUBBORN CONTEST AT HD'TT. ■ Melrose put up one of tie mast stuh--1 bora fighis of the season at Lower H.Httoii Saturday, in tlwir match with Athletic, and tho latter t«am was luckv to secure a win. The score in tticir favour., was nine to nil, hit it was not, till the. closing stages of the game that they crossed Melrose's line. Only onetrr was seared, the other points bc'in? added by goals fret* the Add. Athletic kicked off, and, as tho ground wss very heavy, the game became a forward one. ■Atnletie showed to advantage in the earis stages of the p!«,v. ~,u ] SOOJt ] w fl Melrose hard pressed, but the defence of the totter was good, and their more weighty opponents could not got across. Off-side play accounted for many of tin* stoppages to _, forward movements on tho part of Athletic. A flood passing rtish was startod by Cunmnirltam and Roberts for Athletic, hut Wilson failed to take a lone; pass, and this broke down. .Melrose had to fores down twice to save themselves, but ibey th«m. got tile better of several scrums', tho tinkle passing aut of the hiilf-back, Davies, heiiifj for this. As too result of a thrcc-qnartor iine transfer of tho leather, pla T was taken into Atlil-etic's twritory, for the first time, after about ton minutes' p'ay, but it eooii cumo hnck tr, JMrose's end. The taeklina; of the defenders was good and :t. looked as if the half-time wonld eome with the scores nil. Just, n n time. ( hfivrew, S. Wilson markpt! in a eood position, and Svensoii kicked a ni<v» coal for Athletic. With the f-hamje rmiMil. put m> a. spirited attsck, and Church am! i l/»sliman sliowed to wlvantage. Tlw>v i were not destined to s«t over, for j Wilt forward nlay by Pnton helped to tensfor pw y to thf> other mi* of th« field. 3Mrose fouctht stubbornly, and Riwccoded for a len.p; time in koopm K tin? Ifnther from dangerous projeimitt I? their ]mc Another j-ood mark h v •■-. Wilson cnnbhul Egberts to kick \ iwautifjil aofti. rand that put m a Fairly geniro position. Ench tawi was flehtinp do<mciratol\- to p#t the advantftce. and thei-e was more than a Riisnicwn of rovjph nlav. on bolh skip? Darkness before tlw same was concluded, makiiifi passing riislies (tiiiicnlt, In tho last tnn minutes. Adams got tlm ball firr Athletic ai»l scored th?> milv trv «f the Fj-m son failed with the wCaV'thc qaii'io wded: Athletic, 9; Melrose, 0. Mr. A. Ivcan rwerced.

off. Poncko had several good chances from scrums aud clos« work near the Wellington lino, hut .ineffectual cuttingin tactics by the Poncfce i-iaif and fiveeighths saw the opportunities' vanis'i. Close' on the call of thne the Poneko forwards came again and swept Wellington before thers. They drove tlio ball over tlio lino and Jacobsen fell.on it. Algar goaled, and the same ca.me. to a close shortly afterwards with the scaro 14- to 8 in ; Wol : jing'ton's fawur, ilr., J. Francis was referee, UNIVERSITY & ST. JAMES, A POOR. GAME. The meeting of University and St, James produced very poor Rugby. University w-ora hffiknv form, and even Ryan, their principal back, played badly. In th© first spell the scoring was even; Beard kicked a penalty goal for University, and Ortwes did likewise for vSt. James. Until well oh in tho second spell University appeared to stand a chance of going u'jidor, bat in the lata stages of the contest they increased their scoro by 13 points, and thus won by_ 1G points to 3. East scored two tries for University, anil Pa Ire one. Two of tho tries were converted by IS van. Mr. W, Martin was referee. PETtME & DRIENTA!., RATHER ASTONISHING SCOBE3. : Oriental took the Bold against Petons ; confident of their ability . to Wi.'tfc tho : suburbanites even on their own ground, but retired from the field disillusioned, «nd soundly beaten by 29 points to ', 13. Of Petoiie's huge' total, 14. points j cam© from M'Farlane's unerring Swot, j the only shot; which lit- missed being ; from a try scored by himself. Tho Petono men pfa.ml their best game of the season, showing that they arc by no. moans, done with as a factor in deciding which shall be champions for 1914, even, if they can have tat little chance now of winning tho coveted honour for themselves. Added to' their good play, they liad tho nwst astounding good hick. Every one of their tries, although 'Well enough p?ay«l for. came as the direct result of mistakes by Oriental forwards or backs. The hrst try was registered two minutes after the kick-off. Kami passed near the half-way line to Jaw or Ityan, and the latter, after sliakiji.g off a cowplfi of Oriental forwards who fried to grannie him by the shoulders, paswl to Hindmarsh. Hindmarsh dropped the pass— he dropped nearly every pass seat- to hiin in the match—but the. ball was kicked on. Shaw, the Oriental fullback, failed to field it, and Tarrant chased an, and scored tlw cssiest- of tries. Of cow;W, SJ'jFarlarie goated. It was only a minute at two ktcr when Oriental retaliated with a- penrity-etnal bv Sullivan, A foolish hit <if ofTsufc plav by SlolTitt in front of his own goal, and M'Parhiiß iliad Haw it agaht. Petono. B—■*. Handling of the- bail in the scrnru by the Oriental forwards gave M'Rirlane his iictt e-haivce, a beauty from neer tlie half-way mark. Pctoiie. U—3. Oriental retorted with a good forvrorv? rush, vrhiefi vtent down to near tlw Petono line, and from a pass by Tattk\ Pssgdon!. sida-steppifig three men in half a doa»H \'ards. vrrifcsrled over, and urorcd thp best try of the match. Sullivan poalftd. Pstoiiß, ■11— S. This was Ormlilat's hest position .sii'i°-"'tln? kick-niy, hut thpy wero never allowed to improve it. Tries were scored For Pdtone by T,ifidsay. Jiinics Tiyan, JJ'l'arlanc, a-rnl Price, mid APFnrlane missed only one of tbr shots. Just oefwu tlw cud' tlw Oriental, forwards arc-lsed tig ball over tho line'

OtMER GRADES, JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, The following is tlw r ?m\t of tlt-e matches in the junior divisions:— Oriental (1.1) v. Petono (G). Selwyn (20) v,' Unkeraty (05 Athletic (27) v. St. James (G). Third oiass. Johnsonviilc (3) v. University (3). Pekme (34) v. Excfenlitre (3), ; tit. Patrick's Colkge. won from porjrufl by default.. Fourth class. B?rliamporc (33) v Pouch* ((f» Selwyn (12) v, United Methodist (8), ('■otinciwatAthbtie by 1! ponitstoS. figsby, by scoring two tries and kicking two goals, stored 11 of the 14 points for Pet-one. The ether three point*; (a try) vera scored by Si«n*:>rd. Bognuda, scored a try for Athletic. Old Boys (8) defeated Hutt (0). Perry scored a try ■ for the winners, which iVilson converted. C. few kicked a penalty goal. St. James (0) v, Wellington (3); Fifth Class, Petal* (23) v. Atiiletie (0). St. Patrick's College (23) v. St. James (S). After a vary interesting and hardfought game, Ponc-ko defeated Old Bovs by 14 points to 10. The following scored tries for Poneico:—.Panmbw, Desmond, Dhnond, and Faniilton, and Leggrtt converted one.

SixtJi ©-lass, , Petono A (22) v. Wellington College Petone B (!)) y. St. Patrick's Cfc]W& (18). IWTEfHSUNB TEAMS, HOPES Of THE WEST COAST'. (By tolearrath.—Press Association.*'' WfiStport, June 7. Local footballers are- waiting with : interest tor tho selection of tho Soath Isia«d team for the- ittter-IsJand match and Australian tour, in tho hopa that some mow censidenUwa will be mven them this year than m the past. "Last year Butter wea all its representative matches, which minded the defeat of Marlborough far the Scddon Shield, raid West Coast (twice) and Ceiiterburv, and four players—Green and Atchison (basks) and Fisher aad CaHaijhan (farwards)—arc locked upon as specially en.titled to consideration, and if chosen arc likely to worthily represent tho South Islaud of the Doiamiou. MTEFfc»STA?S RUGBY MATCH, QUEENSLAND BIUTEX i , n _ _ „ • ilvec. June V, 0.0 p.m.) Erisbfijve, .June 7. \ The second inter-State .Rugby Match of the season between New South .Wales and Queensland u-as played hero yesterday, and resalted in a victory for New South Wales by 13 points to uil.

NO FALLS IN 59 MINUTES, fly TfchwsT&Bb—Press Awaaiatio-n-Cojiyright iiU'i YCl'ls, Jmte o. At Baltimore, Zybsca and Americtts. drmv in a lvrestling ivialch occupying 59 minutes. There were no falls. Think of ii.!-« 0 (le-cs of "N.-UOl." f OI . Is. liil., ami ovc-iT dnsfi sooihw and relieves. No wonder this honest remedy far coyghs and eoMs is iji Rrcnter demand ortiT toauih, Prora its Efficacy vedav— Adrts