ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 9

ASSOCIATION

SENIOR-GRADE GAMES

RESULTS AT A CLANCE. Corinthians 4 Rovers 0 Y.M.C.A. A ... 1 Diamonds 0 Wanderers 3 Swifts 1 Hospital 4 Y.M.C.A. B ... 1 Conditions wore all that could be desired for football on Saturday, and some very willing games were witnessed. Y.M.C.A. V. DIAMONDS. Y.M.C.A. were the first to attack, and very soon Taylor, the Diamond goalkeoper, was called upon to save. Afterwards play gravitated to the other end, and Dumbleton narrowly missed a score. Again and again Y.M.C.A. attacked, but the blacks' defence was equal to all emergencies. The game was very fast, the forwards on both sides making the pace willing. At one time it looked as if Y.M.C.A. must score. Foote put in a dropping shot which would have beaten any goal-keeper, but ib ran along the bar and went outside. Then Diamonds had another look in, and Y.M.C.A.'s custodian saved a very difficult shot. Diamonds kept up the attack, and Dumbleton missed a splendid opening. There was ho score at half-time. The second half was much on a par with the first half, although Y.M.C.A. showed themselves superior both on foot and in combination. Carruthers gave a splendid exhibition. Throughout, the spell was lively and interesting, and fought out in the best of spirits. The only score was made by Y.M.C.A., through a Diamond playeri putting the ball through his own goal. Y.M.C.A. B V. HOSPITAL. Y.M.C.A. B went down by 4 goals to 1 before Hospital. The former put a very good fight, f.nd made the pace willing all through. Hospital were tho first to attack, and Y.M.C.A. had a very anxious time. Thereafter the defences on either side were taxed, the ball rapidly travelling up and down tho field. From a good run Stirritt got through, and passed to Tamplin, who completely defeated Porteous. This reverse roused Y.M.C.A., who attaoked assiduously, but their efforts were abortive, and good work by Ferguson and Skinner enabled Hughes to equalise. The remainder of this half was characterised by lively exchanges. The opening- 6tages of the second moiety were of a somewhat monotonous -lature, Hospital playing as if they had plenty of time. One rush by Y.M.C.'A.'s almost ended disastrously, but Wallis saved just in time. Eventually Hospital received a second goal through Skinner. Shortly after this Daily forced a corner, and placed the ball well into goal. Henderson, in clearing, knocked the ball down with his hand, the result being a penalty. Hughes took the kick, and added a third goal. Almost immediately after Skinner put on a fourth point, and Hospital ran out winners, as previously recorded. SWIFTS AND WANDERERS. A good doal of tho kick and rush play characterised the game botween bwifts and Wanderers at Duppa Streot. Combination was generally poor, and both teams suffered from bad shooting in goal-mouth. The opening stages of tho game were even, each department of either team having a lot to do. White let in Wanderers' forward line through a miss-kick, and Hayward scored. The samo player got a second goal a few moments later. After this Swifts pressed, and Davis sent in a fine shot. Webster, the Wanderers' goal-keeper, in striking out, misjudged the ball, which sailed between the posts. Following this mid-field play ensued, till Maokfin, who was as active as radium, set his side attacking, but Wanderers staved off the attack. Want of com. bination among both sots of forwards deprived the game of a considerable amount of interest, but what was lacking in combination waa made up in daeh. Iu the second half, Wanderers received a third point, and won by 3 goals to 1. CORINTHIANS AMD ROVERS. Corinthians easily defeated Rovers— 4 goals to nil. At tho outset' Corinthians pressed, and Gibson defeated Heap with a good shot. Rovers played with little dash, and Corinthians wero apparently to have all their own way, as Bollard swelled their score by another goal. After this Rovers wakened up, but they made little headway, and Gibson scored a third goal for Corinthians. This was the state of the game at half-time. In the second half Rovers improved considerably,-but wero unable to draw blood. Gibson got a fourth goal for Corinthians. JUNIOR CAMES. Second Division. —Toa beat Newtown Congregationals by 4 goals to 2. Third Division.—Brooklyn defeated St. David's by 8 goal 6to nil. Scorers for Brooklyn: RusSell (4), Griffiths (2), Barnett, and Wilkinson. Y.jJI.C.A. defeated Hutt by 7 to 3 (Paton 3, Worth 2, MacDougall 1). The seventh goal was scored by a Hutt player. Marist and Petone played a drawn game—ono all. Fourth A Division.—Petone beat Marist, 1 goal to nil. Y.M.C.A. A (4) beat Karori (1). Y.M.C.A. B (2) beat Swifts (1). Brooklyn ffofeated Stars by 3 goals to nil (Manley 2 and Dalton 1). Fourth B Division.—Wadestown, playing ten men, beat St. David's by three goals to one. Fifth B Division. —Y.M.C.A. beat Amokura, 6 goals to 4. Sixth Division.—Marist beat Y.M.C.A. 6 goals to nil. Brooklyn defeated Rangers 10 goals to nil-. Scorers for the winners were: M'Ginnity (3), Sutherland (3), Hopkinson, Archer, Mann, and Mong, one oach. THE BROWN SHIELD. The New Zealand Football } tion 'has decided that the four matches played yearly for the Brown Shield must all bo Saturday games. It was reported previously that one of the matches might bo a mid-week game, but this proposal was defeated. MATCHES ELSEWHERE. (By TeleEraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 29. Y.M.C.A. (4) v. Adult School (0); Everton (6) v. Tabernacle (3); Brotherhood (2) v. North Shore (1). Dunedln, May 29. Ravensbourne (1) v. Old Boys (1). The Southern and Green Island gamo was abandoned at half-time, owing to the rain. Northern won by default against Christian Bros., who refused to play.