SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2150, 5 August 1907, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

football. ® SENIOR MATCH. t There was a large crowd at tli s , Victoria Domain last &atnrda> t witness the match between tin Ivai i, Citv ancl Takitimu Senior Fifteen, t As the teams took the field it was ap ; parent that the Cityites were with out the services of three of tliei j backs, namely, Robinson, Hay, anc Wilkinson, their places being take) by Bright, Coleman, # and Horgan The country team missed Delameii and Sharp, and had to substitute Cal • laghan in Sharp’s place at full-back. City won the toss and played to , wards the town goal, thus compelling the reds (Takitimu) to face a Origin , sun, which caused them great mcor- | venience. To Iteinga took tlie bal well and sent it out of touch with a good kick. Low,3 broke away from ; the line-out and dribbled the ball well up the field. Leah marked the ball off the City man’s toes, and found the line at centre. Harold . Bright came , through with the leather at Ins foot, and started a fine foot-rush, winch Kaipara stopped by marking. ibe City men attacked and looked scoring until Lyons cleared Ins lme by a determined rush, which shitted play to the centre of the field Ine reds made a brilliant rush; and headed by Miller carried th© sphere on to City’s lino, where "VVitty cleverly saved. To Iteinga next came into prominence, and worked the oval into the blues’ territory, where a scrum was formed in front of City s goal. . Glennie secured from the scrum, and shot the leather out to T© Iteinga, who in turn sent it on to Kaijiara. and the five-eighth’s, heating Ins man prettily, transferred to Miller, who crossed the coveted cbalk-Jine and scored a fii'.o try. Swann was entrusted with the kick at goal, and mado -ft fino attempt, the ball just missing the posts. Takitimu Kaiti-Oity Vi, __ Half-time was sounded without any further score being added. * ll Upon resuming the City vanguard . . tp tfikp a mow lease of Jlte,

and infused a groat deal of spirit- into their play. Tlio sphero travelled up and down tlio ground with lightning rapidity, and tho country team were simply run off thoir legs. A fine foot-rush, headed by Lowe, Bright, and Nicolas, let Horgnn across tho line. Puflett made . a fine though fruitless attempt, at goal. Shortly afterwards Nicolas, who was playing a great game, dribbled across the"lino and scored. Puilett failed to add tho major points. Glennie and Parker Turei got away and were unfortunate in not scoring.

Some exciting play eventuated on City’s line, and then the run of tlie day was brought off by Williams, who snapped the leather up on his own lino and made off at a great pneo for his opponents’ country. Tho Takitimu backs, who always play too close up, made a vain attempt to overtake the speedy forward, but be reached his goal safely, scoring a splendid try amidst groat applauso. Puflott again missed tho goal by a narrow margin. Kaipara secured possession and made a great run, hurdling a couple of opponents in his rapid transit. Ho was collared on tho lino by Coleman, and a serum was formed. The City vanguard raced tho sphere on to tli'o Tnkitimu line, and Hansby was successful in scoring. Ho was entrusted with the kick at goal, but failed to add to the score.

Kaiti-City 12 Tnkitimu 3 After some oven play in mid-field the whistle sounded no-side. For the winners Coleman, ns full, gave a very poor display. 110 is a promoted junior* and appearod to bo very nervous. Witty (wing) played a fair game, and at times made good use of his pace. Puflett (centro) played well, his line-kicking being of great valuo to his side. B. Bright (wing) gave a very fair exhibition, and with a few games in tho position would be well able to bold his own. Glinlinton (fivo-eighth) played well up to form, and got down on' tho rushes in good style. Rowe (half) was in his element, and was kept very busy behind the pack. His stylo of stopping foot-rushes would bo hard to improvo upon, ami tho other backs would do well to imitate him in this respect. Of the forwards, Lowe, Nicolas, and Bright were the most prominent.

For the losers Callaghan (full) was not seen at his best, and made some bad mistakes. Leah (wing) did not get any chances to show his dash. Miller (centre) played well, but was out of bis place at centre. " Pita To Hau (wing) played a very clashy game, but got very few chances. Kaipara (five-eighths) played the best game on the ground, his tackling, running, and kicking-being of a very liigh order. Te lloinga (five-eighths) also played well, giving one of .bis best displays this season. Glennie (half) played in his usual brilliant style, and had hard luck in not crossing the line on two or three occasions. His following up was very sudden, and ho evinced a rare turn of speed. Of the forwards Parker Turei, Lyons, and McKenzie played tlio best. Mr. R. G. Hallamore controlled the game in his usual efficient manner, while Messrs. Turner and Pritchard wero the line umpires. THIRDS. On No. 2 ground Kaiti-City met West End, and a very hard game re•ulted, West End winning by 6 points to nil. For West End Whitfield and Toroa scored tries. Mr. J. Somervell nade an efficient referee.

AUCKLAND v. WAIROA. AUCKLAND, August 4. The B team defeated the representatives from Northern Wairoa at football this afternoon bv 24 points to 5. Auckland ran over their opponents in the first half, scoring 19 points, but in the second spell the game was more even, each side scoring 5 points. The game was rather interesting, being open and fast, and some beautiful passing was indulged in. THE AUCKLAND TOUR, AUCKLAND, August 4. Tho Auckland representatives play Hawkes Bay next Saturday, and on the following Saturday Wanganui. Tho team leaves on its southern tour on August 18, going as far as Invercargill.

WESTPORT, August 3. There was perfect weather and a largo attendance to-day, when the Canterbury representative football team played Buller. The visitors took advantage of the sun at their backs in the first spell, and mad© good use of it. The backs passed splendidly and found the line well. In this spell the visitors scored 20 points (Cotton, Burrows, Murray, Kenny, and Fuller), converting one and kicking a goal from a free kick. Most of the tries were obtained after a fine exhibition of passing, in which probably the whole of the back division handled the ball. The Buller kicking was wretched, and only on a few occasions did they get into Canterbury’s ground, and then only for a short time. Good line-kicking and passing by Canterbury back* brought needy relief. In the second spell Buller plaved with more dash, and for the greater part of the time kept the visitors on their side of half way, and on numerous occasions spoilt good chances of scoring by faulty passing. In two passing runs, about the only occasion in which Canterbury in this spell were in Buller’s 25, tries were obtained by Gray and by Henry, Burns converting the latter. Buller pressed hard again and again, and McNally and Brown each scored a try. Kerr registered a goal from a freo kick, the game ending in a victory for Canterbury by 28 points to 9.

HOCKEY. AUCKLAND DEFEATS MANAWATU. Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 4. Auckland defeated Manawatu at hockey here to-day by 6 goals to after a fast'and most interesting game. There was an attendance of over 2000. Auckland notched 3 goals within the first 20 minutes, but Manawatu then took charge and scqsfd 2 goals before half-time. In the second spell Manawatu were attacking for most of the time, but. (ino goal-keeping by the Auckland renresentativo and bad shooting on the part of Manawatu’s forwards prevented them from adding any more than 1 goal to the former total. Auckland notched three goals during this spell, chiefly as the result of the forwards play. , ... On the dav’s play there was no difference between tlio teams, and Auckland were fortunate in winning. Auckland will play the Taranaki representatives.at Auckland next bqturday.

THE TURF. THE CAULFIELD MEETING. Press Association. MELBOURNE, August 3. . The Caulfield Grand National Hurdies resulted: —Wizard 1, Dog-war 2, Superstition 3. . Dog-war, Superstition, The Bribery, Wizard, and South- Head were in the van most of the way, but the latter fell in tlie second round. Then Paddy led for a* time, but nearing the straight was beaten. Dog-war was first in Ine burn for home, when came yith a fine run and won by threequarters of a length. Time, 6111 m Swimmer finished second in the Wilgal Steeplechasers’ Flat Race.