FOOTBALL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 August 1910, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

JUNIOR REPBESENTATIVtE

MATCH

WELLINGTON (18) v. HOROWHENTIA (11).

The junior representative match Wellington v. Horowhenua took l>laoe on the Levin Recreation ground on Saturday before a meagre attendance of the public. Owing to the rain which had fallen durang ilio previous two days the ground tvas very slippeiy, and, a higili wind raging, made the ball difficult to

•atch. Tho local side started off tvith eleven men. Fer.ris came on .iftor the game had been in progress i'or twenty minutes, and Wlnoi, Ashlon and Alarsli came on shortly before half-time. Had Horowiheiiiia had their . full strength from the start of the game, when they Jiad the advantage of a strong wind, the result would undoubtedly Live boon •lnsor. Tom Nepia, Nicholson and Bartholomew were missing from the local team. The following were the Loams :• — WELLINGTON. Full-back: C. Ryder. Three-quarters: Daly. l<l Ryan. Sullivan. Five-eighths : Whitley. Dobson. Half: Little. Wing-forward: Akers. Forwards: Osborno. F. Ryan. Clrimside. Kyne. Lindsay. Love. Collier. lIOROWHENUA. Full-bade : Ferris. Three-quarters: Winiata _ Aston Wilson Five-eighths: Finlay Heta Half-back: Jiuckman Wing-forward: Tiku Forwards :— Whim "Wi IVtinnn Me-Kegg McCanl Marsh. Rangi, THE PLAY. Horowhenua won the toss and elected to. nlay witli the wind at their hacks. Wellington's kick was well returned by Heta to tho visitors' 25. By loose play the Wellington men worked tho ball to the local 25, where, for off-side Akers had a shot at goal from a free kick, which failed , , and Horowheiuia forced. Prom tlio kick out play remained in midfield lor a time, but the visitors gradually worked tho ball to the local 25, wihen R Rynn secured and by means of good dodging and speedy foot, scored a good try for his side. Akers' kick railed. Wellington ... 3 Horowhenua ... 0 Horowhenua then took a hand at nttaekmp;. but the defence was not to l>o penetrated just yet, a force ;!■>■;•<) being the result. " From the m.lc out the Wellington backs got '-r'-ms and look play to the Horo■•■l:<Miua end, Collier eventually seor;iir; a try in a general scramble. AK-prs ncrnin failed with the kick. Wellington ... Q Horowhenna ... 0 , At this stage the missing links put in an appearance and Horowhenua was then f,,]| v represented. Ryder •."''lied the kick out and Find Jay, IHlowmg n.p well, .secured the ball, passed to lUilcn, who shot it on to Wilson, who scored a good try Ashton was succo.sful w-it-h the 'kick. Wellington . . 6 t Horowhenua 5 ! Tn , P' a V n?n|» ami Findlay took a ; ;n:irk at the half-way. Ashton eleeto have a shot at goal, with .winch Jie was successful. Horowhenua ... 8 Wellington '" g Fn,,,, the kick off the visitors took the scene of operations to the local ■■id. and lor Buckman being off-side .van had a shot right in front of n ]H n ', :", 1(1 ]lc made no mistake i vv.itli the kick. ! Wellington ... 9 I Horowhenna ... 8 J Play hovered about the centre for a "lie, when tlie whistle blow for !oint v,sitora leading by one i From the kick off play was of a J -■-raggy nature, Horowlienua iuut imssiiifr a score. From a free kick l'<:i.v was removed to the Horowlieiina end, and a lot of serummagine occurred on the goal line. Jforouiionua forwards cleared their lino, ml Hyder made a mark and 1 ID. Kyaii kicked, a good goal. Wellington ... 12 Horowhenua ... 8 TTorowheiuia immediately took up the attack and pressed har<l, but tho venue was soon changed and JDalv secured a fine try, which Ryan failed to convert. Wellington ... 15 JTorowhenua ... g Wellington were now showing up splendidly. A free -kick fell to HorowJicnua, and. temporarily relieved the pressure, but irom some fine passing among the Wellington backs the hall was carri.ed into the homo 2 ; >, where the ball went into touch. A scrum took place in dangerous proximity to tho Horowlienua goal nnd Findlay marked. Horowhenua were being kept pressed in their 25, and on several occasions Wellington eamr near scoring. Then Heta, who was playing a good game, broke away, and a free kick fell to Horowheniin in midfiold. The ball rapidly returned to their end, and: too much toe sent the ball dead. Shortly afterwards Ferris forced down, and a couple of minutes later tho same player relieved the pressure by a magnificent kick down field. A free kick for Horowhenua for offside wns followed by a fine up-field rush by Wellington, who forced play at the corner posts. A scrum was lormpfl, but nothing tangible transpired. At this juncture a heavy shower of rain swept over tho field anr rendered play of a somewhat reckless nature. Wellington were showing better form generally and '"dor] by a powerful wind, caused the homo contingent a deal of anxiety, and as the result of persistent attacks Akers dashed over the Jine ■is the result of a good run. Ryan tailed with the kick. Wellington ... 18 Horowhenua ~ 8 Loose forward play on tlio-part of Horowhenua carried the ball from one end of tht field to the other and n scrum was formed on the Wellington lino. The home team, however, wore unable to secure any advantage and a fine bout of passina mongthe cty men transferred the scene of operations to the HorovvJie»»n end, where Heta .secured the };«5f^ -and initiated a dashing, but fruitless rush down the field. Frotn a scrum in the Horow,henua 25 Heta kicked dm™ field and play at once Rvder planted a I'ong kick and Horowhenna were .forced, Fronftne Jne out the oval was kept in the Horowhenua 25, and a scrum *« formed on the goa l line. A liS snot at goal was unsuccessful. Then play .hovered in midfield, but by a fine passing bout Wellington over their Opponents, and came m'thman ace of scoring. Then tho i,J. team initiated a Ine loose Sh 3 at Si S ° Ver, bnt Ashton failed

Wellington ... jg H'orowiJienua" !!! 11 From a forward rush Wilsb'n marked, and kicked l well npfield, Sullivan returning the compliment. Fern's saved from a rebound at a difficult juncture. Horowhenua were now •infusing a lot of dash into their

game, 'but were unable to cross the visitors ttine, and the match terminated with play in mid field, .''■j Ml- Mcßain refereed. MANAWATU v. HOBOWHEJNtJA. The Horowhonun Union made an endeavour on Saturday to arrange n match with Mannwntu, at I'almerston North, for next Wednesday, with a view of solecting the best team available to moot the Well ington combination ion September 7. Late on Saturday night a wi.ro was received from the Manawatu Union stating that it was impossible (or . them to. get a team together for Wednesday, consequently the arrangements had to ho abandoned and tlio match will now not take place. REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY GAMES. Several representative Rugby matches were played last Saturday. Wellington beat Wanganui iby 24 to 3, Hawke's Bay heat Wairarapa by 1!? to 10, Marlborough beat Wellington B by 8 to R, and Otago beat South Canterbury by l<l to 8, and Thames defeated Auckland by 11 to ml. horowhenua". foxton. Groat disappointment was expiessed at the failure of the Foxton rep team to fulfil their engagement on the local Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon. Many of the Horowhenua team woro on the ground ready to play when word was received from the secretary of the Joxton Union stating that'owing to the bad weather prevailing at Foxton ifc was impossible to get a team together to make the journey.. It is expected that the match mil ovenunte at a later da to. Negotiations are in progress bei> een the Horowlienua Union and the Rangitikei Union for a rep match, to be played on the local Recreation Ground at an early date