FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 976, 24 August 1903, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY DEFEATED BY HAWKE’S BAY.

(Per. Press Association.) Christchurch, last nighi

Tho Hawke’s Bay-Cantorbury football match resulted somewhat unexpectedly in a win for Hawke’s Bay by 13 points to 9.

SOUTHLAND BEATS OTAGO.

Per Press Association. Dunedin, last night. The first of the football matches between Southland and Otago was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Southland by nine points to eight —a converted try and a potted goal to a goal and a try. Otago had the best of the first spell, but did not take advantage of all opportunities to score. In the second Bpoll Southland forwards outclassed the local men. HDIA V. WEST END.

There was a good attendance ut Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon, where the abovo Clubs, who wero leading for the banner with 9 points each, continued the senior competition. Great interest was taken in the game, and the barracking of the respective partisans was more than ordinarily demonstrative. The spectators wero treated to the best display of the season. The play was generally of an open naturo, and the passing better than usual. Twenty-one points wero put on kuring the game, the scoring was done at regular intervals, and only three points separated the clubs at the conclusion, Huia winning by 12 points to 9. Mr W. S. McOredio controlled the game well, ana Messrs A. W. Roes and R. Colo were lineumpires. The teams wero as follows: Huia : W. Sharp, Lear, Symes (oapt.), Te Reina, J. Gibson, Cookery, Swann, Wauchop, Moans, Softon, Blair, Holmes, Ha tea, Shorratt, and McGruther.

West End : Hepburn, Morrissey, nman, Balneavis, Poananga, Campbell, Burns, Williams, Wepiba, A. D. Shernff, Friday, Tier, Pataka, Peterson, and Kinder. Wost End played with the sun behind them, and Huia kicked off from the town end, with a light breeze to aid thorn. Play had not gone far before the first score came. . Sefton was penalised for not throwing the ball out frorn touch fairly, and Poananga punted high in front of the Huia goal. West End followed up the kick smartly, and somo exciting playwas witnessed on the Huia line. A Huia baok kiokod the ball against one of his opponents in attempting to cloar his line. The ball rebounded over tbe Huia line, and Wopiha scorod the first try amid applause, Williams failing at goal. West

End 3, Huia nil. On resuming play oscillated between the quarter distances for a considerable time, until Moana and Hatea broke away with a passing rush. Hatea lost possession near the lino, but Te Boina snapped the ball up and ran back and round, kicking to the West Eud corner, where Nolan just saved in time. From the lineout, Moana went over with half a-dozen black men clinging to him, and a 6-yards scrum was ordered. The Huia forwards gave Cookory the ball from the scrum, and he shot it out to Gibson, the latter Bending it on to Symes, who gave it to Te Boina, and. a capital piece of combined work ended in the latter scoring. Symes’kick at goal was pointless; Huia 3, West End 3. t l

West End, with Williams, Fetorson, Shorriff, and Friday prominent, rushed play to the Huia quarter mark, but Hatea and Blair headed a foofc rush which took the ball back to West End territory. Burns made a good run, and oleared his lino oloverly. Byrnes and Moana put in good work at centre, the burly forward putting in a fine punt which sent the ball out dose to the We3t End corner nag. The besieged shifted play cleverly from their line and rushed it to the centre, whero Sharp, the Huia full-back, allowed a rolling ball to pass between his feet, and the Huia line was /threatened. Hibson started a passing rush by sending the ball to Symes, who transferred to Lear, and tho Huia racehorse looked dangerous till overtaken by Nolan and brought to earth. Nolap gained a lot of ground with a line kick from a mark. ‘ Cookery passed cleverly out to Symes, who put in a high kick to Hepburn, who failed to take the ball, and Te Boina bore down on him, and had a beautiful ohanoe of scoring, but knookod on as he crossed tho line. He grounded tho ball, but a sorum was ordnrnd near the line. The Huia forwards

oraereu uuui »uu *—- -y ■ pushed the Weak End pack over the line, and a syds scrum was the result. In the fight which followed Friday was penalised for playing the ball while he was in a prostrate position, and Symes placed a capital goal. Huia, 6; West End 3. Sharp misjudged the flight of the ball from the kick-off, and a hot attack was made on Huia’s goal, Wepiha making a great effort to cross the line. Eventually Gibson kicked clear, and when Nolan sent ihe boll out at Huia’s 25 mark half-time was sounded. ... West End opened strongly in the second spell, and immediately foroed Huia back on their line, where Wauchop was twice penalised in quick succession for off-side and playing the ball while lying on the ground. From the second penalty Williams landed a beautiful goal for West End, bringing the scores level—West End 6, Huia 6. . , , Hatea and Holmes made a fine daBU down the field, and West End forced. Symes kicked high to Nolan, who fumbled, and Oockery and Holmes smothered the return, Wauohop here passed to Gibson, and the latter made a fine, dodgy run through the West End backs. After boating three men, he sent a good pass to Lear, who took the ball well and ran up to the full-baok, where ho transferred to Symes, who raced over and scored, after the best bit of passing soon this season, Great cheering greeted this score. Symes made a good attempt to convert. Huia 9, OTonk Tilnrl fi

wY 6Bu ZliLlu U. Almost immediately Gibson made another opening, and after a short run gave Loar a good pass with an open field before him. Nolan, however, came with great paoo, and saved a certain score by overtaking Loar and bowling him over. A Huin forward rush ended in West End being forced. West End retaliated with one of the best rushes of the day. They swooped down tho lino, and loft a trail of prostrate Huia men behind them, who vainly tried to atom tho rush. The wholo Weßt End side appeared to bo on the ball, which was rushod right up to tho Huia line where Symes kicked out smartly. Bur’nd made a good opening, but Balneavis failed to take tho pass, and Blair kicked out at centre. Swann and Moana were instrumental in shifting play to Wost End quarters, whore Moana made a big effort to score. Ho was only stopped on the line, and passed back, but no one was handy to take the pass, and West End -ushed the ball to tho other end of the

field. Nolan put in a fine run, which eWed in a fierce fight on Huia a line, but Sharp averted the danger by f °rcing. Offside play by Morrissey in midfield enabled Symes to shift play to West End territory. Moana made a magnificent dash right through the ruck, and Hatoa, Blair and Holmos, with a good fuSkthobaU well into West Ends Quarters. After some quick work here, *ha ball went out to Symes, who popped it into Te Beina’s hands, and the fast little three-quarter raced over and cleverly groundod tho ball at tho corner, thus Heorin" his second try. Symes made a fine shot at goal, the ball falling under the bar. “ That puts tho result beyond all doubt,” a Kaiti City official pathetically remarked. But such was by no means the case West End played with characteristie dash and determination, and refused to . admit that they wore beaten. A goodrush took the ball wh b ere

some capital passing between yampue.. and Poananga saw Morrissey make a fine sun up the line. He passed to Friday on the line, and the latter floored after a fine idece of work, which appeared to take Bluia completely by surprise. Williams Sjed at goal from a difficult angle. West i7 u d 9, Huia 12. Though West End made strenuous efforts to overhaul their opponnnts they were unable to do so, and th finest match of the season thus ended m a Sn for Huia by 12 points (three tries and goal) to 9 points (two tries and a penalty goal)-