FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1926, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE TEAM. A WIN OVER BARROW. L' i [Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, Sept. 25. ■ s The New Zealand League footballers were successful in tlieir match to-day 1 when they defeated the Barrow team ‘ by 19 to 16. *• Tbo New Zealand team was as follows: Dufty. Delgrosso. Davidson. Dos--0 mo ml, Colo. Brisbane, Wilson-Hall. Devine. Herring, Carroll, Mason. Avery, * and Mouatt. There was inclement weather, which ' affected the attendance. There were 5.509 present. The Mayor of Barrow welcomed the visitors. The New Zealanders proved to-day. \ to he tlie more impressive side in the first half, their speed and passing ho- ! in" the outstanding features of the I . . s I'biy. I Herring. Desmond and Avery obj tallied three splendid tries. Mount! convert iug the last one. New Zealand l 1.1 ; Barrow 0. j. Near the interval, Burgess, who , v toured New Zealand with the last British team, kicked a penally goal, and • the scores at half time thus were New , Zealand II : Barrow 2. « ' The second spell was productive of thrilling and exciting incidents. Dolgrosso scored for New Zealand, after t which Scott and Doyle crossed the line ~ for Barrow, but. neither try was converted: N.Z. 14: Barrow 8. Then Avery increased the visitors’ t lead with, a capital try, which Dufty 3 converted. N.Z. 19; Barrow 8. f. Near the finish, however, the Barrow team played strongly, and Cummings 1 and Carr scored tries. (The latter has r also toured New Zealand). f Burgess added a goal to Cummings’ - I ry. i y great game ended without any i further score. 1 Dufty suffered from bruised ribs, but - he plnekily played on throughout the < second hall. Davidson, Dufty. Devine. Averv and - Mouatt were brilliant in to-days ’ game. The whole Now Zealand team, : in hurt, (showed a better spirit and a - hotter understanding than in any of , their previous games. I Prior to the match, the New Zea- ; land team were accorded a civic reception at Barrow, and they visited ATck- ■ ers Company’s shipyards. I MAORI TEAM DEFEAT LYONS. LONDON, Sept. 21. : The New Zealand Maori team today defeated the Lyon naise representatives ! by 29 to 9. The Maori team comprised the following: Phillips, Barclay, Potnkn, Lockwood, Mete. AViniera, Shorthand, Bell, Gemmol, Stewart, Rika, Manuhera Afateiie, Haupapa and Robinson. FOOTBALLER’S CHANCE. LONDON, Sept. 24. The “Evening News” states the New Zealand rugby player, C. A. Marques, playing full-back for Blackheath is \ well in the running for his English in- | ternational cap. S ED DON SHIELD HEPS. AVELLTNGTON, September 26. Second to last match of an unusually’ long season was played at Athletic Park oil Saturday afternoon between the Seddon Shield districts’ reps and Wellington. Only one more game remains to he played, that against Hawke’s Bay next Saturday. AVellingtoii had great difficulty in getting together a team. AA r ellington scored first. Jowett beat Davies for the hall and got try a try whicii Malcolm converted. AYashingtois opened the Seddon districts team’s account with a try. AVallaee then scored again for the Seddon Shield team and converted his try. AVallaee repeated his effort some time later, and this try was also converted, the scores then being. Seddon Shield team 13; AA'ollington 5. The AA’ellington team then got going. Malcolm goaled from a free kick, and he repeated the act ten minutes later. AA’ilson (Wellington) scored a try which. .Malcolm converted. The scores now ‘ were: A\’ellin|gton 14; Seddon Shield ‘ team 13. \ Thomas then managed to get across, and Alalcolm goaled. giving AVeilington ‘ the lead by 19 to 13. AVeilington still ‘ pressed and Leys got the hall and ( darted over. Alalcolm failed with the J kick. 1 AD Veagli then scored for the Seddon c Shield team, raising tlieir score to 16. and, after give and take play, in c which the visitors had somewhat tlie 1 best <;f it towards the end, the final score was: AVeilington 22; Seddon Shield districts 16. s CANTERBURY DEFEAT AY EL- t LTNGTON. li CHRISTCHURCH, September 25. b The final Rugby match for the sea-; S

son in Canterbury between AVeilington and Canterbury yesterday, provided an uninspiring game. Though Canterbury won by 11 points to 14, and in tlie concluding stage made AVeilington look very weak, the winning team never at any -stage gave a glimpse of the form which it displayed against Hawke’s Bay tlie previous week. No All Blacks were included in the AVeilington team, which included some good individual players, though the side as a whole was not strong. The scorers for Canterbury were:— Elvy (3). Kirkland (2), Robilliard. Ford, Dickson and Gray. Lilburny kicked a penalty and converted one trye. Carle-ton converted three tries and Dailey one. For ..cllington tries were scored by lancv, Ronberg, Osborne and Spence. Foley converted one. OTAGO BEAT HAAYKE’S BAY. DUNEDIN, September 25. The weather cleared and the sun shone in the afternoon, when Hawke’s Ray and Otago met on Cnrisbrook, before an attendance oi about 15,000 spcctatrs. Otago won the toss and played with the sun at tlieir hacks. The local forwards dominated the first spell, and attacked for the greater part of the spell. Hanan scored from a nice passing rush, and Jackman touched down from a forward rush. Hazlewood converting the latter try. Ihe spell ended in favour of Otago bj ■ Bto nil. In the second spell the Otagc i forwards again took charge, and trie: were scored by Jackman, Stevens i Bat'u'ate. Sontagg and llindeiiach 1 HazleWood converting three. The fina . ... . (1,- OO T-fniwke’s Bav 0