FOOTBALL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 June 1910, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

; « : — LOCAL FOOTBALL. POSITIONS OF Tlli'i TEAMS. Tlio following tablo sliows tlio position of tlio teams: — SENIOR,

SATURDAY'S GABIES. SENIOR. Hl'l-MAI (8) v. SHANNON (0). SHANNON PLAYS WELL AGAINST ODDS.

The Sliannon team journeyed tu Maivakau on Saturday and molt- H miMai, by whom they were vanquished by 8 points to nil. Shannon' were nimble 'to send their best team, and played with fourteen men at : the start, finishing with twelve. fifteens played a vigorous game, but a cross wind carried operations largely to the left wing. The visitors kicked off with the sun in their ev-;, and Manakau at once took up tr rnni'iiing. The visitors defence had an anxious time, but off-side on the parit of Cordello brought relief. Play drifted to midfield. lint operations were necessarily erratic owinff 'to the wind, and the ball continually went imto touch. A ra.pid forward rush by TTui-Ma-i made matters look ugly for Shannon, 1 >ilit King was in evidence and cleared with a big punt. End to end play ensued, and some .-mart pawning took place, but ITui-Mai were having the bitter of the ga.mo. Still. Sliannon nlayed up with commendable pluck, and on occasions 'lot into the home So. A splendid, round of by Whareo, Richardson and E. Bevan was followed bv a hot attack on the visitors citafM, but notion" - tangible resulted. Th eiii-eforward Shannon Worked' indomitably, and in suite the sun, kert pla.v well in midfield. A breakaway was initiated bv Cordello, bnt Its-pass was b«'llv oiullrd. Tlv:"i Shannon lvd a look in, and Moynihan and Ripio, who bad been responsible for a lot of good. work, "ave Martin a couple of teaser';, but 'that player was enual to ail 'iineiwueiox. Tin- hall quickly <ravelled to ihe other end, wher" Bob Gwrg". Whareo and Row-ta 'nade 'themselves unpleasantly d,mice t'oiip, o''ok canned the visitors defence a deal of trouble, and h" was playing one of the .fastest and most consistent w-anies on the field. A vigorous attack on the Shannon goal resulted in a penalty in the victors 2 0, and from t.hii.s E. Beran placed a fine goal. - In the second half plav was fairly even, but Shannon had the better 'if it. It linked, at ii.'ius as though they would score, and on one occasion, when the oval was in dangerous proximity to the home goal, 1?. He van and Whareo saved the .situation by a rapid run up field. Their efforts, however, were abortive. The homo fifteen continued the attack, •Hid l the Shannon hacks played a finr. defensive ga-me. They repelled a number of assaults. M. Bevan, Georcre and D. Bevan were prominent in a hot attack", and eventually M. Bevan scowl a try, which was. '■ouvertrd by Ned Bevan. No more scoring on.su?d, and the game resulted as stat'ed. above. Mr .1. Smith rcfereed, and ordered a Shannon player off for trippintr. Woods, a Shannon plaver. retired, 'villi an injured le«r .shortly iiift'c-r •he game commenced.

KFA TOA (3) v. LfrYIX AYAXDEH KibS (3).

Tjovin played with a strong win:/ 'ciiind t-liein in the first sjiell, and virly in the same Xe])ia failed with i kick -at goal from a. mark by Hopu. Shortly after G. Cook took i pass in his own 25. beat three '"''iit 'Mild scored .a brillia.nt try behind the po.qts, after miming Mit whole length of the field. Taylor '.'ailed with the kick. The Blacks low made strenuous efforts ito srorc and made good use of the wrnd that, was blowing. Kia. Toa forced down '■niKMvhat luckily on several ocm•:ans. and that spell ended with no further score. The s--cryv| half eventuaitod wiMi fairly even pl.av. both sidos attacknig in turn. Tim :i!acks weri; nor»\' improving .nnd putting in mw.c awl bis'ies. For the homo teain G. C'. - :k put in two or throe fi-no runs, and he was ably secondod bv Pri"ri J "'I F- C'-ntes. The visitors' de''ence, lH.'Wever. wns P r <o:l. ;uirl n

••-;rcs eventuated. Shortly aftev, Neivi (rat of the. ball i'l I'lidficild, and making a c{.;an run hi sored an easy try. The Kiu Tina 'oil back was obstructed ,bv .a Levin nan while chasmg Xepia, but it a\ yi s-jen by tho roferec. Hob Saiilb taok the shot nit. goal, airl ■ ; l' ' 'I the ball over the bar. Tlr w.': ''i • l!:,w. d by the r<*.:\'-:• '«vill<4 to i'Wo men ha.i'i*l.li]i(r thob.i, virile iit was boins pl.aml. Both '• ; b's now made several hot attacks, a,-,h •b-.*in,_Lr vory iktm* Bccrinu om •• veral 0.-ras.Hiu.s. Tliero wasi 'l.ioM'Ver, no fuu'Mier s-orc, a.nd tin "ame ended in a draw. The Black 'orwards played without their u.su«' an.d Avcre fully equalle/1 by tb-. Kia Toa van.iruai'd. In tire se'rums 'he I'fii-ne hookers to Hie ball whenever they wan,ted, it. Of the Levin, backs. Lcwtr w.-s rnd : n d«fr.n"o, and Nenia and 'f?o,b S-rith iib'o did. fre,i-l W( rk. Pil'"L"iv. AYibi-Mi S'ivo'll W"n? t ! *-i* "•'"k <tf tlio fomrri For Kia. Toa H. 0-"»k, Tfial,-r'.:a Tavb-• ■ih ni 'J lot i f ''."did dr.feii'c W'ir.k,-'-"'l'lMie A\ M. Co'ctrr-' pivl l ff.-it,-. .wai' l w.'l-l in l.ba forw.'ird.''. Mr .]. Fryman referred. .tux ion.

T.]<]\T\"-W A YT)I'HER [{. (m v I.IUI MAT (0). The above game was playwl rvi the Levin Reserve in fine but col 1 weather, there lining a ko;-n: win-] ■ >!w:iw the IM iirf'? of Hi:- lionvy rv'ns tint fallen latelv the field of play wrs hi excellent condition. Throughout the game piny was of .a fast nwti'i-i? 'WPO'iig the forwards, wh-o kept tl>A '>•'ll moving up and 'Wn t.V fi I I '•t a great pj.« e . The ■Levin-Wvv ' erer backs had plentv of chaii""". (T.-j 1 . nil IV!c.t;i.)rr bllt sp]fi'bncns ivns t.r'o mii"h in Pvi'V"".i. Time "ii/l Ovril Rnrtbc-'OWT ""lit th" hall 'out c'eanlv fy "TUIII bllt it nvv«|i ere '3 t.T TV.°t who wviM rir, 4 - n TTnni'iti.;. E]i rr."-3 vnvl <d\",Wpd the "imp f'TrVnirr: nf Iv»tjrr. p«t tfo Imrr. T'-e IVnvm"V, nlnvp'l i'i wci'l fame ".>>-1 ivti f.iirlv pvo'i. T-Tnf Jfpj iVvl-c; n*ere vrry bnvjng several sub-

stitutes nmoiij; them, ami the forwards received very little assistance iroin them. The pack put in a lo' of solid toil and 1 rod hard luck. vn nrtb registering a score. boon ail tei the eonunen-ecment ol piny l ume made m mice run and, passed to Ivan Bartholomew, i\ J ho got over and scored. The kick at goal was fruitless. Almost immediately alter Fred. Bartholomew, who is a. very fine dribbler, took the hull troiu a Kcnun and dribbled it to the lino where he snapped i't up and registered Itihe home team's second try. Tin* attempt at gaol -again proved abortive. The visitors nmv infused n. little more* vigour into their play and no further score was registered till kite in the second spell. Eroin a mnrk .the hall was kicked high and the Ma na lea 11 hsicks mulled which allowed Kurrie, who had followed np fast, to score. The try at goal was fruitless the 'hall going over the post. Mr I'. Burge reforeed. During the first spell a Ilui Mai player injured his shoulder and had to retire, another man taking his place. TAINT I (".) v KERERU CI). Kereru suffered their first defeat *this season, Tuimii obtaining a victory after a very closely contested game by the narrow margin of two points. The ma'tch was played on Uhe Kereru ground, which, noFwith>fibandmg the amount of rain tjiat has fallen recently, was in, fairly good order. In the first spell Stowell scored a try for the home team which was neb improved upon. This was the only score until within t'en. minutes of the call of time when Wilson, for Tainni, snapped up the ball, forced his way through lvi.s opponents, audi .scored uncHer the posts. The try at goal was entrusted to Hell who piloted tlhe ball between the uprights. The game which was mostly a forward one, was much in the favour of Kereru, who, plaving with the wind in the first spell, just missed .scoring on. several occasions. Mr Ruilii Welu"pi'ihnna. was referee. SHANNON (9) v LEYIX-AVAX-DERER ((i). The Levin-Wanderer A team journeyed to Shannon wi'th twelve men and were beaten by the home fifteen by nine points to six. Play was mostly confined to the forwards who put in a lot of hard graft. In tho first spell Shannon h:id 'the best id matters and put on six points to the vi-itois' nil. but on the change of em's the Levin team bucked up and put on six mints while their opp;MK nb'-. added three to their total. Brown, McGregor and Eowler scored tries for Shannon, and Fiwhiv got over twice for Levin. All the attempts to convert proved abortive. Mr A. Thomas refereed. Brown and Fester were the best of the Shannon hacks, and Fowler shmi" out by himself in 'the forwards. l'Vr Levin Einlay was a host him«elf. in fact he was rosily the bet back 011 the ground. Gardener and Pringle also played well. Tll the forwards Miisgrove, O'Oon--11 ell a.ml Devonshire (2) grafted well. MAORI TOUR FIXTURES IX AUSTRALIA. Tlie following are the fixtures and results of matches to date: — Juno 0. — Against New Smith Wales.—Lost by 11 to 0. June 9.— Against New England, at Armadale.--Drawn ((> caeh). June 111.—Against Queensland, at Brisbane.- Won by 13 to 3. June 1 ij—Against Northern Union, at ".—Drawn, (> all. June IS.--Against New South Wales.-- Defeated by 27 to IS June 2 '2. — Against Western Union, at Bathurst. June 2o.—Against American team. June 20.— Against Central-South-ern team, at Goulburn. July 2.--Against Victoria, at MelbourneMAORIS v. XFW SOT'TIT WALES. J'nv rcr.tfrrrur telegraph-copyright. J [per press Assom-rTON.I SYDXEY, June IS). T1 ie whole of the first spell was v'netK-ally Client in Maori territory. Tliev were sluggish to a degree. The 'hack division could not get the ball at all, but it must be admitted tharf iblie brilliant passing of the local men completely bent the Maoris and scorn after score came wilfih almost wearying frermcncy. Golbert.Row and George plaving a fine game. The first, spell ended with 2-1 points to the 100 l men's credit. The second spell saw a "Wonderful change. The Maori tenn:>"ra,ment became mercurial. Stead fl id his utm'ost to .nwir his side. W. Winiata and Rogers stood out well in their nlnv. W. Wiuiiiitfl drew first blend with n. luckv fff'al from a free kick. The ball struck a no.st but hounded jn 01% + 1"i ric l 't v :, 'e iS tl>" fJ-iilinv, Hndgins for Xpw South Wales fob •a trv, and it was the only one foi tlio local men in the't second spell; but the shot at rmal failed. The Maoris rushed down and H-d; got over, Takaranci taking a reallv fine goal. The visitors worked like Troians and pressed thmir o]"vpniimits, witli the result ithat Sellars da.'ihed over. Takara ngi added the vantage points, converting what looked like a hollnw victory into a reasonabledefeat by 27 to 1.3. Xew Smith Wales played brilliantly 'throughout. XEW ZEALAND v. QIJEEXSLAXD. BRISBANE, June Lf). Nev,* Zealand had all the better of this j,, fi|- K fc Francis secured the first trv. and fi'irndilv afterwraV; O'Lra-rv kicked a pmalty grvil. Mitchell natched a'Milh-r try, which O'Leary convertel. Almost int-ii!.?:'lately alter tl;<i*. Fuller cros-ed +1»r» line. O'Learv f •■lied with tln> kick. For the bal'iiuce of the first half Queensland were 011 the defence. The visitors were rcpea'ti • l lv right en the goal line, and Itihe local men many times forced to save .a score. The Xew Zealamlers wore plaving splendidlv hub made a few mistakes through forward passes. A couple of times th'/w prevented th",t Ar>i : l l crs o!)t -1 in in g wli'.it looked like easy tries. T.V b score at lualf time w-s Xm\ Z riland LI. Qi""''"«'. , l;M , rl nil. In I'v.! r. • - ''I 'i*'lf Fiviucis scorel a try, which O'Leary converted. Then Queensland did a lot <w pressing and nut on lo riioinits, the final result being: New Zealand 19 p')i,ilts, Queensland 15. PRO FESSTOXAL GAAIE. ENGLAND DTREATS AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, June 19. Aibout 10.000 people witnessed the League match heltwoen England and Austivali'a. England won by 27 to 20. The game was vigorous and, both 'teiams gave a_ fiterling display, the Englishmen w.iinninp- chiefly .through tlv sn oarinri+v 'ef th'eir forwards. Their weight told in scrums and their foottwork in 'bhe open was a . long Avay better than the Australians. Tlie British combination outmatched bhe but ilb was n stiffly contested match right thTongh. Prior to the oommeneement of

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