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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 9

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HOSPITAL WIN FIVE-A-SIDE TO ORNAMENT. As the various competitions for tho 1914 season have closed, the Management. Committee of Wellington Football Association organised a successful five-a-side tournament on their own ground at Kilbirnie on Saturday afternoon. It was a good afternoon's sport, and 40 games were played. Hospital came out winners after having played throughout the afternoon without having a goal scored against them. Thistles were the runncrs-up. The referees wore Messrs. Lithgow, Hutcheson, and Hawkins, while Mr. J. _Paton was steward. The junior five-a-side competition, for which there are a host of entries, will be played on Saturday next. The result of Saturday's games were as follow, the figures ' t in parentheses being the official numbers of tho teams: Brooklyn (1) defeated Corinthians (2) by default. Thistle (4) defeated St. David's (1), 3 goals to nil. : '' ■ • Y.M.C.A. (1) defeated Swifts (2), 3 goals to nil. St. David's dofeated Swifts (3), by default. Hospital beat Corinthians by three corners to nil. Brooklyn (2) won by default against Swifts (1;. Thistle (2) beat Newtown Congregational by a- corner to nil'. Y.M.C.A. beat Diamonds, 1 goal to nil/ Petono (1) beat Rovers, 1 goal to i»l. AVauderers defeated Thistle, 1 goal to nil. Y.M.C.A. defeated St. David's (2), by 2 goals to 1. Thistle (4) defeated Brooklyn (1), 1 goal to nil. Thistle (4) defeated Brooklyn (1), 2 goals to.l. Hospital boat Brooklyn (2), six goals to ono. Thistle (2) beat Y.M.C.A. (2), 3 goals to nil. Hospital beat Y.M.C.A. (1), 1 goal to nil. Petone beat Wanderers, 1 goal to nil. ■ Thistle (2) beat Petone, 2 goals to nil, Tho semi-final was placed between

Hospital and Thistle (4), and after a good game the visitors from Porirua "won by 3 goals to nil. In the final those old opponents Thistle and Hospital met. It was a willing go from start to finish. Hospital made the; pace a cracker, and rattled on three goals in quick succession. Thistle did not 6core. Mr. Hawkins was referee.