ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2215, 30 July 1914, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

RUGBY AFFAIRS . EXECUTIVE MEETING. The weekly meeting of the Management Committee of the Wellington Rugby Union was held last night, 'liiere were present Messrs. E. 0. Hales (in the chair) A. Jfi. Wilson;. W. Hardham, I), 1 en'; A. C. Kitto, E. A. Dawson, .r ~ n ! u ' Little, IV. Hornig, and tl. Buck. Referenco to the postponement of tho senior games last. Saturday was made by the chairman, wljo explained at some length how the postponement occurred. Ihe wholo of the trouble, stated tie chan-man, lav with l'etono' Borough Council,-and by the action of that body tho union, had lost something liko £70 l!he Petono Council, had agreed to let the committee know the state of • the ground, before 11 o'clock, and had consequently broken their agreement. The postponement committee wished the' match to be played, but" on account of the information received, from tho Petone Council after noon, this wish, could not be carried out. They'had .done 'keir ucst to. let the public know, but it had been too late to do much, in this direction.

. On tlie motion of Mr.. Weir, the action of the chairman in postponing the matches was endorsed;' On the motion of Mr. Weir, tho chairman and Mr. Perry were deputed towait on_the St. Patrick's . College f&jtball authorities, and ask them to play the. annual iiitcr-collegiate fixture against Wellington , College on. August 8. ' ' : h

_ A letter was. received from" the Poneko Fotball' Club ,in oreply to a /otter from the; union regarding ailegations against an alleged member of the loneke Club named Fisher of using bad languago to an official at Petone on July 4 Hie reply from the Poneke Olub stated that three'persons of that name weije all members of its club; and they, had: all -expressed' their willingness to go before the union committeo. it was decided to ask the three Fishers, along with E. jB, L. Iteade (to whom the remark was alleged to have been made), to attend tho next meeting of the committed on Wednesday. •• In response to an application from the Poneke Football' Cfulj* it was decided to forward that club the,motion passed at the special meeting of the committee held, to -inquire into he Shearer incident.

An applicaion from th© St. . James Club to allow its junior team a bye for the, coming Saturday, owing to four members, of its senior teams being out of Wellington, was refused.. „ ; A suggestion was received'- from the ttairarapa Union to the cffect that Wednesday, September 2, bo the .date for the annual junior representative game,' Wellington v. Wairarapa, at Wellington.' The suggestion was agreed to. . ■. ; - A Petone player named Hancock was cautioned for . attempting to strike a player in the Petpne-Upper Hutt match (third grade), 011 Saturday last!" j

t SATURDAY'S FIXTURES. Fixtures for the coming Saturday an to stand as for last Saturday. In re. spect to the fixtures for Saturday Aug. list- 8, a special meeting of the committee is to be'held on Monday next.. ! MID-WEEK CAMES. • There were spectators pre- ■ sent at-the Athletic' Park: to- witness the two mid-week ;Rugbyy fixtures yess terday. : All the teams were at full • strength, and both, games were fast j and open. Artillery defeated Oriental 1 by 10 points to 9,.while Potono defeafc- ' ej Tramways by,;s„.to nil. . The. position ;of v the competition now. is that Orien- ! tal and Petone. are running neck to j. neck in the lead, with Artillery a good [* second, one point behind. .. i ARTILLERY—ORIENTAL. .. The ' meeting between Artillery and Oriental resulted in a very even contest,' the former, winning 011 the call of time by 10 points to 9. For the winners Hills scored a try, which was converted by Houlihan, . and Calbotan scored another, which Houlihaii also converted. : Fol\ the losers Watson secured a try, while he also kicked two penalties. Mr. G. Howe was the referee. / PETONE-TRAMWAYS. Petono defeated Tramways by o,points to nil, , after ,a fast - game. " Madden, scored' the only try . <jf the 1 game, Nunn ■ being successful with the kick. ' Mr. W. J. Meredith, was the referee. HIGH SCHOOL MATCH. . CHRIST'S COLLEGE SEVERELY ; ; BEATEN BY OTAGO. , , . (Br ; Telegr«.rh.-P/oM . Awoiatlan.i . . ' - Chrlstchuroh, July 29. ..The annual football match between the Otago Boys' High School and Christ's. College Was played here this afternoon, before a large, crowd of spectators. Otago held the uppe'r hand all through, and it was not till the closing stages of the game that Christ's College played up at all well. llie Otago . backs ■ .were very. strong, and the passing was very fine. ! They • handled, the ball well, and kicked splendidly. The were fairly even, and showed up'\jjrelT ii»;;the 'looso/ The. match, resulted in a win for Otairo bv points to nil.

j'• ASSOCIATION •

.SOUTHERN TOUR DISCUSSED.. Mr. A. E. Weils presided at ■ the weekly meeting'of."'-the • Management Committee of. the Wellington Football Association last evening.' /•The question of a schools representative .team . visiting Marlborough this season was . referred ~to: . the Boys"'Subcommittee. It was decided that thei Otago-Wel-lington match be played, at Diniedin 01 September 12. Tho secretary was instructed to write the secretary of' thi Ofcago Association' stating that it hac heen deoided to accept 50 per cen. o the'gross takings. An invitation was received from th< Auckland F.A. for a- Fifth Division Te presentative team to visit Aucklam about the third or fourth Saturday ii September. Tho;matter was. held ove for a fortnight. ' SCHOOL FIXTURES. '

This week's school fixtures are as follow:— Northland v. Wades town, at. Kelbiirne (Mr. Threadgill)Karori v. Technical B, at Anderson Park, (Mr. Dingwale); Boseneath v. Technical A, at Basin , (Mr. Bennett); Kilbirnie v. Marist H, at Kilbirnie (Mr. Worboys) ;• South Wellington v. Worser Bay, at Kilbirnie (Mr. Rvan); Island Bay A v. Island Bay B, at Duppa Street (Mr. Wells); Te Aro, a bye. . All matches start, at 3.30. ,

N.Z: RUGBY FOOTBALLERS

MATCH AGAINST QUEENSLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (ltec. .July 'JO, 9.30 p.m.) Brisbane, July 29., The weather was dull, but two thousand were present to see the Rugby match. Now Zealand kicked oil'. Queensland immediately rushed play into the visitors' territory. Fisher relieved. Taylor, picked up near the centre and passed to Ryan who passed to. Lynch, who lost the ball near the line. Pl:i.v became very fast..and 'strenuous ;• Lynch intercepted it puss at centre, nnd otitjjacias tlie. oaMsitioa. scored iu a. good.

position. Graham failed to convert. Aow Zealand frequently got the ball from the scrum, but the Queenslanders woro upon theni before they got properly moving. A brilliant rush by the i\ew Zealand backs encied in R„ Roberts scoring. Graham' again failed to convert. The Queensland forwards played a hard, fast gamo, but tlie backs lacked cohesion. Cockroft landed a penalty goal from near 'half-way. Taylor injured his anklo and was replaced by IL. .Roberts.. • Queensland attacked hotly and looked dangerous- till. Cockroft relieved. Half-time came with New Zealand attacking . Now Zealand, 9; Queensland, nil. • On resuming New Zealand quickly had Queensland 011 the defensive. Bruce picked up near the lino and scored. E. Roberts converted. Queensland carried the whole length 01 tho field, but a,free-kick to the vie-' ltors saved the -situation. Queensland returned to tho attack and made a desperate effort to score, but t'lie defence was sound, Tlie New ealanders rushed down the field and Murray, picking up, passed to' R. Roberts, 1 to Ryan, to Lynch, who scored between -the posts. L. Roberts converted. A splendid dribble by the Queensland forwards played tliem into a good position, buti thoy were quickly driven; back. ~ The closing stages, .were strenuously contested. • The final scores wore: New Zealand, 19; Queensland, nil. .

MUST ROW, OR FORFEIT THE CHAMPIONSHIP HANNAN'S CHALLENGE TO WEBB. "Pa'day" Hamion has now been in Wellington for two months'. After Fo>'well forfeited the' title of' professional champion. sculler of New Zealand, a claim for the title was made by William Webb, of Wanganui, although ho has not; rowed for-.it since Fogivell beat Whelch. But as tb« elsiiri was made, Hannon deemsd it best to come to Wellington aud try and arrange the matcli, being induced to do so by reason of the claim t otlie title made on Webb's behalf,. and the report, that Webb was keeping in good rowing condition all I the time. After he arrived, Hiinnon found some little difficulty in arranging a backing for : the stake, but at length £100 was,'raised, and'on Monday of last week a formal cjiillenge- was 1 senta to Webb through the Wanganui "Herald." Since fftat time Hannon has received, no his challenge. from ,Webb, or for the. £10 deposit • forwarded. The first intimation he received was a Press Association telegram stating. that Webb could not afford to. race, for £10Q. Hannon states that 1 he. cannot understand Webb's attitude,' as ho has a letter from Webb expressing his will-, ingness to row.him (Hannon) for £100.' Hannon thinks tliat some of the clever people behind Wpbb might bo angling for a big stake, but under the circumstances that would hardly be considered sportsmanlike. Hannon. thinks that at least an answer might have been sent io his challenge, with an acknowledgment of the receipt of his deposit;

HOCKEY

WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATION

RESULT OF MATCHES, Petone • 1 Hereawa i Pakeha 4 Hui Mai 2 Rambler. A,;.... 3 Rambler B 2 The mid-week competitions under the management of the. VVednesday Hockey Association . were played yesterday 'afternoon in beautiful weather. The games were tlio final of; the second round, and Petone, the last' year's winners; head the list with 18 points.- . , ..... PETONE V. HEREAWA. .Jm-V _This game was played at Petone. In tho first spell the. play for. a'time'was very even, Hereawa-' if anything 'getting tho best of the contest. /Horeawa had play in Petone'o quarters, and f from a free-hit the ball was into the circle, Caterer, scoring a fine goal. The spell ended ,in favour of Hereawa by. 0110 to nil. • In the second spell, Hereawa : opened well, but-off T side play' lost, thejn a chance. ' Play was hard and fast, ,the full-backs on both sides doing fine work. Hereawa ; were laving all the best of the play, but. poor snooting in tho circle lost them/many chances to 6core. Fromj a scramble 111 Hereawa's | circle, Burn, for Pefoue, managed to find the net. Hereawa now took charge, and had Petone on the defence, but a fine drive by. Dolling .saved Hereawa liad another chance to score, only just missing the net. Time was called without any further, score, the game ending iu a draw/ Mr. J. C. .Cusack was referee. f' PAKEHA V. HUI MAI. : Tlie above teams met at Karori.'and after a well-contested .game, ended in favour of Pakeha by 4 goals to 1. In the first spell. Beu opened. for Hui Mai, and after, a few minutes Sheeran, for Pakeha, evened up tlie Scores by finding the net. Just before half time Sheeran agaiii scored. Pakeha, 2: Hia Mai, 1.

The second spell opened with Pakelia .rushing play down tlio field, and Sheeran added,his tliird g6al._ Hui Mai now took-charge' for a time, . rand Brooker finished up a fine forward dash by finding the net.' Shortly afterwards Turner added another .seal for Pakeha, and at.the call of timo, Pakelia was leading by 2 goals. Mr. W, 'Cooper, was referee, .. 1 , RAMBLER \T~iu vIBIER B. After •a; welMouglit game tlie A teajn won by 3 goals.'.to. 2.. For .the A's, Ebbett, N. Johnson, and Middleton'eaclv scored, while Beard scored 2 goals* for the B's. Mr'. B. Burn,was referee. THE CHAMPIONSHIP.'/LADDER..' ■ ''' ■■ ''V" .. ■& : ■ . v;-. v- -S & ' 3 ci r cL 'b m 5' ' 1 • S a o•. 2 f ® 1 » # s£Ja £ £ k Peton<! 10 8 2 0 68 7 18 Hereawa 10 6 1 3 37 25 13 Rambler A... 10 5 1 4 30 "30 11 Pakeha 10 5. 0 5 41 25 10 I™ Mai 10 4 ,0 ' 6 33 45 8 Rambler B ... 10 0 010 7 84 0

DAVIS CUP CONTEST -AMERICANS FEAR THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright m llrs ~ m , Sydney, July. 29l The Daily Telegraph's" San Francisco . . correspondent 'states that M Loughlin. considers Australasia America s most dangerous competitor for the Davis Cup. Wilding, Brookes, Doust, and Dunlop form the strongest combination that ever represented any countiy. M Loughlin is de\'eloping a noir stroko to frustrate Wilcljng£ shots , on M Loughlin s hack-hand.

ENGLISH RICKET

STRUDWICK'S FINE PERFORMANCE. ' H.v Tclograph-Prees Association-Copyright ± ' London, Julv 28. • , "gainst • Sussex, Strudwick wicket-keeper) caught six men behind the wickets in one innings.