FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1920, Page 4

FOOTBALL

The following games are set down for next Saturday under control ol the Southern Football Division, with the namles of the referees following:

School match, Grey 1/1.11.8. v. Hokitika D.H.S., at 1.30 p.in. Mr J Downey. Seniors—Kiwis v. Diggers, Cass Square 3 p.m., Mr M. H. Houston; Kokatahi v. Kuninra, at Kumaru, Mr Conning; lloss v. Excelsiors at Ross Mr 11. Barker.

For Saturday, .July 10th., fixtures wore drafted as follows : —.Seniors : Kumaru v. Diggers at 3 p.m. at Hokitika ; lloss v. Kiwis at Doss; Kokatahi v. Kxcelsiors at Kokatahi; Junior Kiwis v. Kxcelsiors, Cass Square 1 .30 p.ru. It was decided to send a Southern Division rojp. team to Grovmoutli on July 24th. to play Grey reps. ,

Great interest is being aroused locally by tin- football matches to he played ia Cass Square on Saturday next, July 3rd. The first game will be between tue first fifteens of Grey-mouth and Hokitika District High Schools. These teams 'are playing for the Wright-Stephoiixon Cup, a splendid trophy now on view m Mr A. Lawn’s window. The second game between Diggers and Kiwis is certain to he one ol the finest games seen on the Coast this season. Both teams have been training hard and as premier honours depend to a large extent on the results, much is anticipated. A charge of Is for adults and 6d- for children will admit patrons to both matches. The Wright-Stephenson Cup which was given for competition between tbe Grey and Hokitika D.H. Schools was first played for in 1916. Since that date it lias been in possession of tbe Flo. kitika boys who intend making strenuous efforts on Saturday to retain it. Already one game has been played this season and on that occasion the Grey hoys were defeated by 14 to nil. Since then however, the Northern team lias put in some hard training and now have the services of two or thfee stronger players who were previously indisposed. Taking everything into consideration this game ought to be well worth witnessing. The following team will represent Kokatahi on Saturday at Kumara against 'Kumara. The team are requested to meet at the Railway Hotel, Hokitika at noon, and will go by the 1 p.m. train \V. O’Brien, C. Woolhouse, Mark Wallace, Jas. Woolhouse, J. O’Connor, C. Neilson, E. Smith, John Woolhouse, C. Smith, H. Wallace, H. Diminick, A. Dinunck, W. Cropp, J. Carson, and 11. Smith. The Hokitika District High School team to play Greymoutli District High School on Cass Square next Saturday is as under:— Front rankersO’Connor Bst. slbs and Denniston Bst. 12 lbs. Lock, —Montagu, 9st. lib. Supports—O’Neil 7st. 131bs and Shaw 9st 7lbs. Back rankers, —Williams 6st. 71bs. and Kelly 7st. 71bs. Wing forward, —Aitken Bst. lOlbs. Half—Butland 6st. 21bs. Five-eighths—Aitken 6st. 13lb and Wogan (Capt.) 9st. 41bs. Three-quarters — Breeze 7&t. lib; Glass Bst. 7lbs; Wells, Bst. Full-back. —Forster 6st. Blbs. Emergencies :—Pamment Bst. lOlbs. Nightingale 6st. 2lbs.; Houston ost. 12lba. RANFL'RLY gHIKLD. WELLINGTON, June 30. Another round of the Ranfurly Shield Cornpetiton was decided here to-day, when Bay of Plenty (challengers) met the Wellington Rugby representative fifteen. The home team won by 22 points to 3, after a fairly hard-fought game, in which they by no means had tilings all their own way, until the last quarter of an hour when they piled up the scores. At the end of the first half they were leading by three points only and well on in the second Half the score stood six to three in the home team’s favour. The visitors died hard. The majority of Wellington’s points being compiled in the last stages of the contest. A feature of the game was the wonderfully quick recovery on the part of the Bay of Plenty representatives.