FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 7 July 1921, Page 1

FOOTBALL

A meeting of tho Excelsior Junior Football Club will be held this Thursday evening at Keller’s sample room at (5.30 o’clock sharp. Tho following will represent Diggers against Kumara on Saturday :—Dowell, Inglis, Owens, Michel, McManaway, Perham, Moore, Carley, Muir, Ellsmoro, Askew, Cutbush, Brown, Breeze. E., Sherlock. Emergencies: Dowell, W. Breeze, McKenzie and F. Woolhouse. Cars will leave Keller’s corner at 1.30 p.m. sharp for Kumara. Any player unable to travel please notify the Secretary at once. Practice at Drill Shed 7 p.m. this evening.

WESTLAND SUB-UNION. The weekly meeting of the Sub-Union was held last evening. Mr F. McGregor presiding. Present —T. Gillooly, R Moore, A. Cutlnish, A. Dowell, Harkcr, Woods, Hagar, Breeze, Seebeck, and Heenan (Secretary.) Correspondence was rend and contents noted. A letter was received from the Beautifying Association, asking Union to organise Gymkhana on October 24. Resolved to do all possible to further the Association’s interests and to ask tho Beautifying Association to appoint a deputation to wait on the Union to draft the programme but would not suggest October 24th. Mr Coyle’s account was passed for payment. The Greymouth Union asked for junior rep. match on Saturday. ■Resolved to hold this matter over ns the fixtures were running very late. REFEREES’ REPORT. Diggers v. Kumara at Kumara.—Mr l\r. Houston. Kokatahi v. Excelsiors at Hokitika -Mr D. R. Dowell. Ross v. Riniu at Riimu.—Mr R. Moore. junior matches. Kiwis v. Kokatahi at Kokatahi—Mr Irvine at 2.30 p.m. Excelsiors v. Ross at Ross at 2.1 d p.m. Mr Gillooly. It was resolved to ask the Marist Seniors to come down on Saturday July lflth. and play a combined team in aid of the. Hospital and to hold a monster dance in the evening. It was resolved also to play the Combined teams v. Fire Brigade at the end of tho season the funds to go to the Red Cross Society. HV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. PROBABLES HEAT POSSIBLES. WELLINGTON, July 6 With a view to the selection of the team to represent New Zealand against the Springboks, a match was played today between the “Possibles” and “Probables.” The spectators numbered between ROUO and 9000. The contest was exciting and at times brilliant. The “Possibles” led at half time by I I to •">, but the “Probables” backs' asserted themselves in the second innings, the game ending in a win for “Probables” by 30 to 22. For tin- winners Steel scored two tries, S. Shearer, J. Shearer, Ford and (,'abot one each. Roberts converted five and .Murphy one. For the “Possibles” Ait ken scored two tries. Storey and Carrol one each. M. Nicholls converted one and kicked two penalty goals. Bnddolcy also converted one. THE ALL BLACK TEAM. WELLINGTON, July <1 Subsequent to the trial match the New Zealand selectors, Messrs Griffiths (Wellington). Niebollson (Auckland), ami Stewart (Otago), selected the following team to represent the Dominion against (lie Springboks:— Full back, Kingston (Taranaki). Three-quarters, Storey (South Canterbury), Ait ken (Wellington), Steele (West Const). Five-eighths, Bnddolcy (Auckland), M. Nicholls (WellingtonD Half, If. E. Nicholls (Wellington). Wing forward, Donald (Wairarapa). Forwards: Hughes (Wellington), Duncan (Otago), Mollitt (Wellington), McLean (Bay of Plenty), Richardson (Otago), Whyte (Southland). Beilis (Wanganui). Emergencies: Backs: Roberts and Algar (Wellington). Forwards: Fogarty (Taranaki), and S. Shearer ( Wellington). SPRINGBOKS WIN AGAIN. SYDNEY, July (5 'flic Springboks defeated the Sydney Metropolitan team to-day by I t to R. The latter displayed the form of the New South Wales team, six of whom are in the Metropolitan fifteen. The visitors scored eleven to nil in the first- half. They hold the upper hand by clever and orthodox play, relieved by occasional flashes of individual brilliancy.

On the visitors’ Sydney form, however. they are unlikely to emerge from their New Zealand tour unconquered.

The Metropolitan team rallied dangerously in the closing stages of the game, imt they were unable to carry their movements to final success, failing at the critical moments. H Morkol scored three tries and G. Morkel kicked two goals (one penalty) for the winners; while for the losers Sheehan and Carr got a try each, Buchanan converting one try.