FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1926, Page 1

FOOTBALL.

SAT Ult DA Y’ S MATCHES. Tho various games on Saturday resulted a.s follows: JUNIOR. Kanieri 6, Excelsior 3. Kokatahi 17. Kiwi 0. THIRD GRADE. School 19, Rimu 3. Excelsiors 16, Kiwi f). SCHOOLS 8-stone COMPETITION. Hokitika A. and Ross drew at ltoss G—6. Hokitika B. defeated Rimu at Hold tikft G—o.

This Kanieri-Excelsior junior game created considerable interest on Saturday and the result was a win for Kanieri by 6 points to 3, after a hard fought contest in which tho favors were fairly close, the winners having somewhat the better of the game. For the winners tries were secured by Witiley and Pl'nhlert, and for the losers bv McDonald.

WEST COAST TEAM. Coast representatives to play Duller on Saturday next at 'Westport are as follows": Fullback—Goodall (Star). Three-quarters—Steel, Thomas and Reynolds (Star). Five-eighths— Gibbons (Hokitika), Mosley (Star). Half-back—McClcary (Hokitika). Wing-forward—Jamieson (United). Hookers— Devanoy (Hokitika), Bell (United). Lock—Dougherty (Hokitika). Side row—Freitas (Hokitika), Brown (Star). Breakaways— Kelly (Ina.ngahua), Burley. (Unitied). Emergencies—Back : Nelson (Star) ; forward: Shaw (Hokitika). BV TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. TARANAKI v. BUSH. lIAWFJIU, July 3. The Taranaki Rugby rep. team defeated Bnsli Union reps, here this afternoon by twenty-two points to nine. HAWKE'S BAY MATCH. WAIROA, July 3. A Napier-Hastings team defeated Wairoa reps by 26 to 8 to-day, after a fast game, played in bitterly cold weather. PLAYEB.’S jaw broken. TE AWAMUTIT, July 3. A Johnson, son of ,T. T. Johnson, Pirongia ,one of the Wnipa Rugby n?p. players, had his jaw fractured during the progress of the match to-day. His injuries necessitated his removal to the Waikato Hospital. SOCCER.. .WELLINGTON, July 4. There wens eight thousand people present at the Basin Reserve yesterday when the first of a series of matches for tliis English Football Association’s trophy was played on a heavy ground. It resulted in a decisive victory for Auckland, who secured four goals to Wellington’s 0.

The Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, Chief Justice Skerrett, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Charles Statham, and other distinguished guests were present. LEAGUE GAME. AUCKLAND. July 4. Two trial matches in the Rugby League Football Code for the selection of the New Zealand team to tour England, were played yesterday before an attendance estimated at fully twenty thousand people. The North Island reps, defeated the South Island reps by 31 points to 22. There was also a trial match in which the B. team defeated the A. team by 25 points to 16.