FOOTBALL,

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1917, Page 1

FOOTBALL,

,{. .... .-r ; : f The fjrs|, nmtch o| the season "hs played on 'CV»ss Square on Saturday •, afternoon between' teams.' representn»iC the Senior Cadets of Grey mouth anth’ Hokitika. There was a fair attendance* of spectators who were rewarded with , a very fair exposition hinder nil the oii- < iimstiiiteos. q'he -nine eiided in a win for Hokitika liy ni»e points (three tries), all scored by Toni \Villianis r in each in-' 1 stance after a nice piece ol combined, play, finished up with a good '• dodgy* iun. The play was fairly even throughout, the scrum being somewhat ragged at; times, while the backs with one 01 two, exceptions showed a decided want of form. . -•> In the first half, Hokitika attacked, froin the start 'play '.circled around, the twenty-five for some fime, the somewhat heavier forwards of the visitors he. , ing held by their lighter opponents.'; About half way'through a nice'passing, run was started from a .syrum'and it went to 1?oss who ran'well up fo his mail and passed nicely to W jiliams, who finished up a nice run by scoring. \\ niton, flic Grey half proved the inain-stay. for the defence, nutting in with .lamieson sonic clever defensive play. j Towards the end of the fifst spell Grey ~ attacked for some .time, there l>oing a number of close scrambles near the corner. One good break through by; Walton was stopped just in timojiy a ’ clever tackle hv Stephens.. Faulty passing lost several openings and the attacks were staved off. j In flip second naif at first the visitors , by forward rustics pressed and op, several occasions had good openings that were v pnss°d by faulty continuation.' The hippo leapt gradually worked the play hack' fo lxalf->vay npd fropi a loose ■rally Williams with a nice, run and a clever dpdge hack towards the centre instpad of passing out heat his oppqpents sjpndjiig( nnc| lie wept W un-J i|er tin l posts. Very, soon he again re- • pouted thy (josc and scorpd a pretty try. V, defermipgd rush by the visitors took tim play to the other end, Valentine stopping a jtyjjPSTPJIS rush in good style, apd no-side sounded soon afterwards. The place-kicking ivas poor, but the pppting was of a better order, the vjsjtors lifivjng an advantage in this section of the play. 1 Williams was by far the host player op tile ground, Waltpn and Jamieson showing fp best advantage for the 'visitors in the backs/’.'Tbo .forW. were fairly evenly matehgd,, hut, pH seemed to hare had enough at ~ 'tile,' ,cpil of V]v e gfupe- 'M times anumber showed lip to advantage, hut the following up generally was decidedly patcli.y, a sure, criterion. of want of condition. I Alf. Tfwip controlled the gapie satisfactorily. Next Saturday on Pass Square, what should prove a very interesting game will bo played, whop teams representing Cfrcynifuith and Hokitika State Schools wj|l meet. Both teams are confident of putting up a good fight. At GreypiOUth o|i Saturday, in the .JllPlPr, Runanga defeated Blackball by 8 to 7. Ip - the senior fixture, Sfprs drew with ppiM, three points each.