ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 306, 22 September 1919, Page 7

ASSOCIATION

'INSTITUTE DEFEATS BROOKLYN. Institute and Brooklyn met at the As-, soeiation Park on Saturday last in tho semi-final of the Charity Clip. Weather conditions wcro far from satisfactory for good football, the strong wind which blew across the 'field, niaile accurate play impossible. The conditions in the first half favoured Brooklyn, yet Institute had the best of.the game, their halves seldom allowing the Brooklyn forwards to become unngerous. The Institute forwards who liftd been hovering round the Brooklyn goai, gave Bel liamie an anxious time, Portnr on one occasion sending in a shot which the former', partially saved, the ball; however, rolled over the line, but ns it was hard for the rel'tree to decide owing to there being no goal-line, he gave tile ' defendant sidu the benefit of tho doubt—it was a lucky let-olf for Brooklyn, From one of Brooklyn's occasional raids on the Institute goal Galloway was (successful in beating Tarrant with a splendid shot. Brooklyn, 1; Institute, 0. Tho success was. however, short-lived, as Houston and Mai ley carried tho ball up the'left wing, the farmer centred to Boss in .front of the goal, who converted. Brooklyn, 1; Institute, I. .Soon after, Porter, with a splendid individual effort, dribbled past three opponents, and with a left foot drivo beat Belhamie. 11 was a great effort. Institute, 2; Brooklyn, 1. Play continued' mostly in the Brooklyn half without any additional scorc at halftime. ■ Wlioreas the first half was Institute's. tho second half was Brooklyn's. Had it not been for tho excellent display of Tarrant in goal, they would, liavo been successful on more than one occasion; even as it was tlioy had hard luck, tlio ball several times hitting tho post or crossbar. Institute, however, had their innings, Belhamie always having, ail anxious time when their forwards got near the goal. On ono occasion Halley centred right in front of tho goal, vrliero

lloss lieu (led the bull against tlic cross, bur. M'Girr was more successful shortly aflor from a corner-kick, beautifully plac«i by Uiilley, scoring with a shot which Wive Belhaniie no chance, institute, 3; .Brooklyn, 1. Hhoi-tty alter Houston almost sot another goal,•just missing the desired mark by inches. Brooklyn ral-. lied well, and gave mi excellent account of themselves, but their luck wa.s out, tile ball going everywhere but through t-lio goal. The whistle sounded with Institute victors by !S goals to 1. The final of the Charity Cup will be played between Institute and Y.M.C.A. The game should be well worth witnessing, as these teams play the. best and fastest football in the competition.

Y.M.C.A. V. MARTST. Y.M.C.A. (:)) defeated Marist (2). , . •POURTH.A CLASS FINAL.-, . ' Tho Fourth A Class final was played between the Porii'tm and Alaris .teams on Siiitiiwlay, and resulted in (no latter 1 winning by 2 goals to 1. Maris had already wou the- championship, and their 'prospects of winning the double were bright. The Greens - kicked, against ft heavy wind, and soon had Wieir opponents', goal in'danger., but Pore (Forirua back) relieved the pressure with a nice kick io the line. From a line-out Porir rua, through Hie good services of Davis, Whitehouse, arid Lambert, combined well, and, 'beating the Green halves, the ball was sent, over To Lambert," who found the net with a stinging shot, Porirua ]• AJarist, 0.. A tier tliio reverse tho Greens pressed hard, and from, a lovely centre liyan received and sent .in a liot slioi Ujiicli puzzled \Vi-Aeei'a, juii., tho I ovinia goalkeeper. A second after tho "•ill went Hi rough, the crossbar gave way and came down on .YVi Aeeras shoulders,' disabling him.tor a time. Marist, 1; Porirua, 1. the tccond halt /was more exciting than the. first, lonrua made several unavailing attacks on their opponent's goal, l'rom a melee in front bf the 'focal teams defences, Tanered scored a simple goal. Marist, 2; Porirua, 1. Alter this, Ponrua had by far the better combination in the loi'ivards, and 0 n neveral occasions missed the goal by inches On ono occasion, front a corner kick, Lambert (lorirua) licked a beauty, but it was disallowed for off-side play. Mr._ Ward was the referee. Marist won the championship with' 20 points, Porirua being second with 19 and Institute third with 18. " graile ' Thermion came first, South Wellington'second, and Y.M.C.A third. !

SEVENTH FINAL. The replay 'between Tho'rndon and Manst (N.) was ij.xciting throughout. At Juut-timo both teams had scored one goal each, and when time was sounded Thorndon had ■ addqd another goal o their thus giving them the cup' for the reason. A T iekless and, Turner scored the winning goals for Thorndon,