FOOTBALL AT SHANNON

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1911, Page 2

FOOTBALL AT SHANNON

—■—*—" ■^^ VKRBFS TWO SORTB. (My The Chronicle's ltesident P>epres(-ntative.) A toain of All-Comers jilayed a, team of Xatives yesterday afternoon. Foster Milderheck. King, I , '. Muckman, W. Osborne. R. Jones. L. Muckinan, Wiltierburn. J?ovis, Thomson. Gardiner. Kennedy, J. Martin, 11. Smith and .1. Smith represented the All-Comers, and Teener. J. Osboine, Mark, T. Royal, lloiha. .). Rauhihi, Kaiauti. T. Ivoh.ika, Perri A. Raupoania, Mert Hunt, l\. Edwards. i\eiv. Gobo and Mr Clayton acted as referee. When the teams were drawn it was found that instead of a team of Pakeha agaiint Maoris it wa.s a pakeha team against n pieliald team. The All-Comer* kicked off and followed ii]) in earnesl. Osborne and Huckmnu altemplcrl runs, but were quietened by Gobo. Some passing was attempted by Gobo, but his braves wiTi.' not all alive. Strong p!.ay ensued for about ten minutes; strength, in fact, was more apparent than science. Movis at last got the ball muler his '"'wing." and was making a fast run ; it was all the t : .\a in China to a penny orange that •::e would secure a try: but it was not to be. as-Bick McLennan, probably startled into pace by the yells ~f s'oine native Indv barrackers, shot

r.cross tbo field and brought the i (uloubtable .Jack io o-art-h. 'Hirowsout a.nd scrums followed in (jiiick succession. Tn the scrums there was some strong work. .Mark and Osborne for the natives and Muckma n and Ynlderburu wo-rc the ]>owers in the scrums for their respective sides. Ko«te.r. strongly assisted by Mi!der..beck, King and Thomson, nuicle some good but failed t:> get beyond tlu* line. I' , . Buckman wa.s not up to his usual dash, vigour and collaring being sorely needed. Pcrri. a swift, dodgy little, native., was "all out," and his running and passing brought the ball in tlioi vicinity of the All-Com-ers' goal, but this did not last long, and a run by .] immy Martin removod the danger. Movis made an e:ort to cai'ry the ball, but wa.s soon bromht (:!> the- ground by Hunt. Perri, who is like an eel, wriggled, twisted and. dodged his way with the I-.ill back to the All-Comers' quarters. Kaurati and Gobo followed up and assisted Perri, who managed t ) carry tine ball over the All-Com-cvs' line but the score was disallowed by the referee, as the ba.ll had' bowl over the side line. Tho AII- - at this stage put forth great vigour. Bilderbock. Smith (Mricky). 1 ,, . Muckinan and. Kennedy strongly

;-:upporte 1 Foster, and there was no resisting the onslaught. Foster got tiio ball over the natives' line, and secured a try. which he converted. Thus the first spell ended. In the second soell Thomson. lkHs, King and Smith wove- prominent <n keeping the natives in eheck. "When the whistle blew tho scores were not altered : thus the All-Comers won by ;") points to natives 0. "It wa.s a famous victory."