FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1923, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

X ■EXCELSIORS O-HARIffARI 0

'I lu; above gallic look place on Cass | .Sonar'- on Satunlny afternoon at A p.rn.. nnil one of the most inleiesting game-, in tlio < nmiiei it ion resulted, i The Hunluiri team were linn favourites with the crowd and when hoth were lined up they looked the likely winners. Tim Excelsiors took the field with a ten Tit weaker than the mifinal one. hot was strengthened :>.!joi;t half wav through the first spell by Bannister going on in the place of nti injured player. Front the kick off llarihafi kept things going and l.xeelsiors were on the defensive until

about half through the spell when they began to even things up a bit. From now i.ii play was fairly even although during the whole spell Haiilmri got tlie hull from the scrum on nil occasions. loit two or three. When the whistle sounded half-time. there we, nti seore. hut it locked a- though Ilaiihari would he ; hie to score, provided they could keep going during the next spell. The Excelsior- had several opportunities to told points, hut failed to do so through faulty kicking, they being awarded a number ol penalties in good position-. The bucks ei hath teams set the ludl going on several occasions. bin each lime they spoiled their attempts through faulty passing and over-running.

The second spell opened and it was immediately seen that things were going to hum as t’’o Excelsiors tor.wards laid livened tip eon side! ably and the whole team seemed to he playing lunch better hut there vu-s nothing ninth Ict ween the two t oils. Half way through the spell the. Ilaiihari forwards got in a loose rush, but A. Wogan stopped near his i-’T and by light kicking and fa.-t following tin. In ill -evmal 111 the Ilai ihari hacks, lie then secured and ran practically half the length ol the field, and scored the first try. not one of the llnrihari men proving fast enough to catch him. lioss* kick missed. Excelsiors It. Ilaiiliari 0. This try seemed to put new life into the E.vel-irrs whilst 1 lariliarihs eil'Uis were sluggish as compiled to their previous play. The Kxcelsiois w'eto pressing llatiliaii hard but the latter's forwards broke through and by a lm.se rush earned the hall up the field and Rainier siuaitly saved, finding the line. Shortly utter I rimi a scrum Alorgan let the hail out to the Excelsior backs and from the half way mark they carried it down the field li.v the prettiest hit of passing of the. day. and although they lost control by a faulty pass, A. Wogan managed to very neatly scoop tip and again got over. Bannister's kick failed. Ex-c-el-icrs (.), Ifari Ifnri 0. Emm fhe kick ihere war- some pretty play hy lin'li sides hut the Excelsiors v.eie Having the best of il. From a mark by ] fariiuiri which the i'oi wards followed up very smartly. N. Wogan secured, and after heating several men kicked, and following up very fn-t scooped up the ball, pul in a line lull, and g"t over the line, llis spot at goal, mis-, il. Excels ini's llai'imii It. ;•* r’,: 1i i lie'.’, oil nothing ct a startling nature happened and time sounded, Illinium Still dying, then f"t in not being uji to what ii should have been, if their handling cad I ceil a little Palter thev might have scored and ii they Imd not- hern stale they would pyn!i;ib|y linve.* won.

In the early part- • I the second spell Excelsiors had a line and easy opportunity to score bill lie-' l ung on to-) long and p'eveiUed Wogan from crossing. dust, previous to lliis f.iiihy handling, spoiled another chance wlm li was si! I e in ha. e resulte I in a try. there bring no die in stop it- It

seemed a pity that these Iso eh.cnecwvre missed bcrau.v t lie backs l-i the ball il v a* I cud il ‘a- a Ue"i to watch.

ICuilirn psi-i»” rushes I'li'lcii up in their b**ii<»4 i!t;■ v iial>!.y cornered. IT 1,.i1l IjfiujS kicked out, mu! it t.liis (Ji>| mil happen lJti■ !:i'! It"' t:l l.s i'. tin- i/hi.vi.i s|.ivuOting. All tin,' ExceKiurs | lit veil "i'll. Inn. N. Wog;m was tlio .'tin ol' the day and right throughout tile "ttiti.' I<• "a' it tvi'iit in watch, especially lii' .'looping up n[ the hall, which lie hardly missed i,lice, hi' tackling being al'O solid. H'.triluiri al'O nave a good i-xhilut ion ami all tlicit' players gave a g-'x.l account ol' ihcin-ch a.c'l eeially .M tit liny. Fane, an I tin- hall-back. •Jl." tackling of belli .-itlf.- ".is deadly hm ii! a number ol (tcettsiims the art of I'i'ties. with a 'plinkiug oi' iii-jitau. and catch-as-c.itch-can cmtnteieoiihl have I ecu lelt at inniie. e'l eeially when the hall was no" here near the arena. During tile lit t-L spell the referee eanie in lor a good (leal ot' adverse (■(.lull*X'Jll irem two or three spectators, u Ini were alsf.-" ei ilirising sotno ol t e player' and thus getting on the nerves cl’ the c people who wished to take an interest iu the game. It is just !ls well that this harping i- mu i'ru|iieiit or | "ihly there w.mld he more argums along the line. Honest critiet-m upl-e alright hut when it is ’uninierrnjite.l ami prejudicial. it will sui*‘ laud 'lime one in hot water, in one instance the lvtetoe was charged with fat oui itig the Kx.el'iors liy the method in winch iie j.ut the hall in th r ‘ scrum, but when it "as pointed out to the accuser that the Excelsiors. during the lit-'t spell. had only got t lie hall I'rom the si rum an a him l Ihreo occasions, it look, d like as it they were (icing favoured. Mum was then the word tor the rest of ihe match. 'I I HUH (ill AD Ik On Sr tin day. MarKis (Oieymotnh) i itoil Hokitika. and played a game I agairi't i!ie Kiwi Tiiird Grades heing i defeated hy 1.” points to 10- Ihe Kiwi muds were strengthened hy ft few .junior backs, and the- play was very fast ■ and open, and was the hest. exhibition I of Rugby shown by third graders this year. The Drey team consisted of some verv nippy b".« ks and also some j fuirlv iteavv forwards. The drop-luck j

• v J. J. ‘ii rv for Alarisls was a teat lire of the game, this player also scored the two tries. For Kiwis, Gillooly. Stickles. Takin. and Llaussmann seated tries. [dy tjxegravii— nut chess association.] AIT. BLACKS WIN. DUNEDIN. Aug. 2-A The first test match, Nov Zealand v. New Kmth Wales, i.t n’-tyed on Cari'hrm.k ground this ast.-mooti in bettutifiil weatln'r. (lore w a* I.right sun -nine and an entire absence of wind. The at tendance was estimated at '20,000. New Zealand won the to", and New South Wales kicked otf with a strong situ in their e.'i’s. The All ,Rlaek< mihkly aitackeil, and. trom a scrum near the lino, Beilis (lived over in a handy position. Sinclair tailed to goal. Play was continued in favour of the All Blacks. Nothling making some beamifill saves. Finally, he fell on the hall to save, and in a melee following. a penalty against the (dues gave Sinclair a chance to goal, which ho availed himself of. The New .South Wales hacks were prominent for a period, and in a passing bout Sheehan cut in. and passed to Smith, wito scored. The goal kick failed. At this stage Erasmus retired injured, and was replaced by London. The next score was to Tilyard, who accepted a pass from the serum, and scored. Sinclair gor.led. X.Z. 11, X.S.AY. 3. Before half-time Sinclair increased New Zealand’s score to 14 with a fine penalty. N.Z. 14, N.S.AA. 3. In the second spoil, both Stanley and

R.eehnn scored for New South Wales, neither try being converted, and for New Zealand McMeeking scored and Sinclair converted. The final scores were New Zealand Lfl, New South Wales !b Air Eekhold was referee.

HIGH SCHOOLS’ TOURNEY. TDIARU, Ain;. 2d. The South Lsland High Schools' Rugby Tourney opened to-day in ideal weatli«’, before a large attendance. The following are the results:— Southland defeated Christchurch by 12 points to 7. Tinmru defeated Otago by 21 points to 3. The final is to be played on Tuesday. WELLINGTON GAMES. WELLINGTON', Aug. 2d Satunitty’s rugby results were: Petone lit, Athletic 3; I’oneke 3d, Tlcrhampore 11, ’Varsity 11, Selwvn 3; Alarist S, Wellington 3. The . junior rep. match rosulteil: Wairurnpa 11, Wellington 0. PALMERSTON NORTH RESULTS. PAL.UFILS-TON N.. Aug. 2d Wairarapa defeated Manawatii. before ,i large crowd 10-da.v, after an exciting struggle, mi a hard ground. The game was full of incident, there being little difference between the two teams. The forwards dominated the greater part of the game, both packs doing excellent work. Wairarapa hacks were not organised, though individually good. Alnire scored for Ahannwaiu in the first spell, hut the try was unconverted. Jury notched a- try for Wairarapa. E. Ihmiii converted it. In the eiirlnm-raiser High School defeated Wellington 111. hy II points In ti alter a magnificent game. ( HRisiCHi'iK ii games. ('ll RISTCIIUKCH. August 2d. Canterbury defeatcrl Otago l.y Id points (four tries and a penalty goal! to 13 (three uie-. two convertedi. 'I lie conditions were excellent, mid between go:):) and 70(H) spectators were present. The annua! intcr-eoßegiafe football tournament between the first fifteen of Christ’s College and Wanganui College and Wellington College, was commenced ' n Cii Tt’s College grounds ibis afternoon, in beautiful weather, when Wellington College defeated Christ’s College hv .11 points to lb Wellington's display did net. impress their suppoitors, as being up to the standard they have set. during the se'.'scii and their fielding, pa-dug and handling were all faulty. Christ's College were superior in the forward-. Play was fast throughout, W< llingt u being most consistently the attacking side, Alullin-, Bailey. Price and Tail scored for Wellington, one try being converted. Ormond. 1 lulehison and llunter-WestMi scored for Christ's College. AIOKIIiIXUI BEATEN. WESTPORT. August 2d. In Vi'-let day's Rugby games lime, the senior mat h saw the Rovers belt .Hekihinui l.y 13 to 7. I here was a large, eutiiiisia.-i ie crowd on Yietoiia Square for ilu* game. CRri-n. *. ■• ftill-liaek for Alol.ihieiii. and King. I e full-naek for Rover--, h.ali played -I mining game-. Tile Rover, were mo goal ill the 100-o for Alokjhinuj.

Tlie-c teams now play Of l"i :'••• .Obion l up. Rovers hold the Union Shield, and the I’lunket and Albion ('ll; s.

Ammig the jituims. Mokiluuui <>' l.rat Rivals (o>. Sergeant's Hill we

lealeii hy Pirates hy three t" n.l. W. -irert jiii.ii r> also v <■ v healen. In C o ioiirih gra.l-. Teehni-.il S-hr. I I,Pi 'r Wt-si-ori dn. stale A. defaulted to St;:,-. 1)1 EE Ns I.AX 11 BEAT X.S.W. ISR ISB.'vNE, Aug. 23 Ai Rugby League. I .liie-on-h: Il I ill - iVatcd New .South Wai-s hy 2-> to l* l . ( HINESE LOSE TEST. SYDNEY. Aug. 23. Tile set mid soccer i--i, played at Newcastle, was won hv Aiisiralia. vv lie defeated China by Ii- alto- hard, i.i-: game, in which i here was brilliant play b.v both shhes. E: .jileeu thousand wen- present. riatav