FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1925, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

SENIORS. Kiwis forfeited to Stars. Excelsiors 11, United 9. JUNIORS. Arahura 9. Kanieri li. Westport White Stars v. Excelsiors draw. Ross IS, Harihari THIRD GRADE. Excelsiors 10, School 0. Primary Schools:—Hokitika 20. Grey 0. UNITED v. EXCELSIORS. The Uni ted-Excelsiur game was played on No 1 playing field at 3 o'clock, with the ground in good condition, and bright sun overhead with a cold southwesterly breeze. The game was interesting throughout, some of the individual play being good, hut the combined movements lacked finish. Sonic of the ordinary United players were absent and in consequence there were a couple of weak links which cost them dearly at times. Shortly after liestart a piece of work in which AAogau. Thompson and McDonald were prominent. saw the latter touch down, hut Wagon's shot at goal missed. _ The next, trv (hat, came was for l oiled when Walls got tno hall from a scrum and outed at the home 25 with a very nice kick from where Shriinptnn secured and after some feeble attempts to stop him. Steel came along and did the grassing act. hut Shriinptnn Wits nn mid doing again and crossed. Wtimes’ kick failing. A beautiful piece of work was witnessed when \Yocr;tn .secured stud niter putting in a nict* dudjrv run and heating W areas badly, passed, the hall being missed, lull Wogan came round and secured again, and dodging several opponents, crossed, AYognn converting. In the second spell the Excelsiors were having by far the host of matters, and some pill v in which Gibbons, Hendeison. .McDonald and Thompson were prominent. saw the hitter, who was to the fore all day. go over and touch down. Wogan's kick missing. A passing movement l>v the Grey backs ended in a free kick which A\ antes converted. Then a rebound from a pot shot m in id-field, saw AlcDonald, to save the situation, boot the ball down the held mill over, but he was not quite successful and Pip Jamieson who went up fast touched down, thus making the scores Excelsiors II United 9 and the spell ended without further additions. Warnes had to leave the field ol play shortly before the end owing to receiving an injury to one of his legs. Mr Cutbiish had control of the game.

WHITE STAR (Westport) v. EXCELSIORS. The White Star (West port) met the Excelsior Juniors in a game on Saturday afternoon at 1.90 o clock. Sholt|v nfier the commencement a Westport plover had to go oft through an injury to a leg and Westport played with fourteen men throughout the remainder of the game. The game had very few bright, patches in it, and things only livened up near the end. The Excelsiors did not, have theii nidi nary team in the field, and this militated against their combination, besides which the AYestport team was the heavier, lint on account ot their staicncss did not make a very good showing. In the first spell Stevenson converted t penalty for Excelsiors, whilst a. nice red and black forward rush culminated in G. .Montague scoring. Stevenson missing with the kief:. Shuttle after the commencement of the second spell AYestport were awarded a live kick, which Green converted. r l he next s.-ore for AYest port came from a strung forward rush, which ended in a ,lvo kick ill a good position, and Liven mutin' converted, this levelling up the scores ft-. G. Another break through hv AYestport. saw Caldwell pul m vJ.rv strung run, hut he got caught when ('aldington secured stud scored m the corner, the shot at goal Billing, j next score came for the Excelsiois when a fine piece of worn by J. Afontague and Davidson ended in Bn'-iikon scorin''. Hievenson’s kick Filled. • *h* i-osl of the spoil saw some lively p.ay. lml the •jiinu' ended witliout an\ n'.iGscs* nddiiiiui t'» the scores. Mr i i;ivlur was tlu 1 referee.

MAI’.I.BOIiOrCII BEAT TAB ANA Kl. [iiY TKI-KQHArn —PER P’.!ESS ASSOCIATION.J BLENHEIM, August 11. Tho Tarn naki Kughy team op<‘iu*il ti vir lour Imre in line weather in Hie presence of a good crowd. silstamin:- , let C;i 1 l,y Mnl'lbiimllgll by Lli 1" in il„- lir-i -m 11. the advn ill age lav „ii:, T;i ra 11 ; K i. aim Mamed I hemselvo* l iff,o,l forward learn. Iml main 11!,1 1 :■ I -ii i hand's were Spoiled 1 1y i'll,. ucakiK' - 111' I h< iI- inside 1,1 |1„. -iv. in. I spell. Marlborough, forwards, rf\c-11 1 up; in an open game, liail matters all the luma' l.'am's uay, i'll,!, despite a weakness ill I la' lama'’ side’s lank ranks, the issue was never ill ilunlit alum hall lime. Taranaki commenced well, l.overidge eciling over as the result ot a hack passing movement in which tin’ Icathci travelled Lynskey to D. -)oliiisi.m anil UI till' scorer, I). .Inhesion, who converted. Towards the end oi the spell. Phiiliiis scored ior Marlborough, making the hall-lime score •> —.‘i in the visitors' layout'. In the second spell, Marlborough piled up j joints, l.eo O llrien kicking a penalty, Phillips potting a goal and Hodgson and Washington scoring tries. SOI'THLAND V. WAIHABAI’A. f'AHTEUTON, August Id. Wairarapa and Southland met al Carterton to-day. Alter two days ot a hitter southerly, the ground was suit and heavy, and quickly worked up into a quagmire. Accurate handling r\as out of the question, though Wairarapa showed hotter ability than the visitors. Heavy showers fell in the morning, hut in tlie afternoon there were spasms of i.misliine, and an upheld breeze. I lie game resulted in a draw, (j points each. VICTORY FOR X.Z. REPS. SYDNEY, August. IG. The New Zealand League representatives scored a notable victory over New South Wales yesterday, on time, in a contest which .scintillated with .sparkling rushes whenever the All Blacks handled the ball. The X.Z. team were:—-Full-hack, (iregory. three-quarters, I’arkes. Webb. Delgrosso; five-eighties, Saunders, Kirwan; half-hack. WentheraU; forwards Henry. Carroll, O'Brien. Mount, Thomas. Avery. The weather was fine and cool, and the attendance was fifteen thousand. While the crowd ungrudgingly admired the visitors’ courageous fighting, it was disappointed with the despairing play of the home team. Mount- and Henry repeatedly engineered combined rushes among the New Zaeland forwards in the first Half, and they did so not without- success. Faulty handling at the crucial periods, however. spoilt several seemingly imminent scores. McMahon, the Blue five-eights, played off colour, to the dismay of his colleagues, the simplest transfers mesmerising him on occasions. McMahon on one occasion made no mistake, and Stntler finished off the movement with

a try. This possibly was Now South Wales team’s brightest play in the inateh. At the interval. New South Wale led by ten to two, but this leeway merely galvanised the New Zealanders to renewed activity in the second session. They began throwing the In !, about in short, snappy passing among their forwards and backs. The visitors went into action will] more than their earlier confidence. Mount notched a penalty goal in the first term. Mouatt added another penalty goal after the respite. Then Moatherall immediately attacked, and he sent l’arkes across near the corner post. Mount converted by landing n splendid goal. Soon after this Kirwan dashed through to the Blues’ full hack, ami he sent i’arkes over for another try, which Mount again converted. New Zealand now led by 1-1 point* to 10. The spectators then witnessed some fast and attractive football, the N I Zealanders working with 'luckwM: precision in a continued invasion of the Blues’ goal, a bile the latter were desperately striving to regain the lead. After Rule aiul®McMahun had tailed to ne-’ept passes. Robinson sent Siatlor across, but tbe latter failed to convert the try lie sealed. New Zealand I I ; New South Wales If!. After Weatlierall bad dropped t’ i;all on the goal line. Mount sent W ebb across to score. Mount again converted N.Z. 10; N.S.W. Its. Hie Blues now retaliated like enraged tigers, and Robinson crossed. Statler converting. Full time then sounded with the .scores New Zealand lit; Xow South Wales 18. This result leaves New .South Wales in possession of the wooden spoon, they having been beaten by hnglain! Queensland and New Zealand. TA-iAG V K 'IF. AM TOFU. III! [SB ANK. August id. The following are the fixtures for tho Qtieeuslnnd League teams’ tour ol New Zealand Arrive Auckland Ist. Sept.; first test at Auckland on dth. ; lnatili against Aitckland at Auckland on < th.: second test at Auckland oil I’-’tb. against South Auckland on lfitli.; against Canterbury at Christchurch oil 18th; against West Coast at: Oreynioiith on 23rd. ; against Otago at Dunedin oil 2<itli. ; against Wellington ;,t Wellington on :!oth. The team leave for home on 2ml. October.