FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1929, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY’S RESULT'S. SENIORS. Excelsiors 20, Blaketown 0. Uniteds 31, Magpies 17. Stars 21, Kiwis 3. JUNIORS. Arahura 6, Excelsiors 3. Koss 20, Kokatahi 0. ’ llimu’ 20, Kiwis 3. BANTAMS. Convent 3, School 0. EXCELSIORS' V. BLAKETOWN. This senior game took place on Cass Square on Saturday afternoon, the ground and weather conditions being perfect. Excelsiors throughout had the best of the play and won by ; tlio substantial score of 20 points (6’ tries, one converted) to nil. The play started with a knock-on following the kick-off- and from the ensuing smith Bannister was off-side. The kick went back to Blaketown 2b where Dougherty broke away, hut another penalty relieved. Then Hughes . p,nd llyan. .went away pearly- to the line, and from a serum, another penalty relieved Blaketown. A hard series of serums saw Excelsiors with the advantage, but a passing run broke down at Staines. Another passing run saw the hall pass through lour hands R. King, but he had not pace enough to get over, and was brought down a few yards from the line. Out came the ball from a serum and Davidson .passing out, Houston, King, and Staines handled and the latter was brought down by Paseoe just in time, almost on the line. A scrum followed, and Freitas picked up to dive’ over near the corner and score. Stevenson made a good .attempt to convert. 3—o. From the kick-off Staines sent back . Die play, but Pasc-oe made a' fine retrieving kick that gained much ground. Another exchange of kicks between the two full-backs in which a lucky bounce gave the Reds an advantage and the ball went out inside 'Blaketown’s 25. Then followed some poor passing among Houston, J. King and Staines, which broke down the attack, Bunt relieving. From a following scrum for handling, Blaketown had a free that relieved, and from a poor return by A. King, Mason came through with a tricky run and kicked to Nightingale who made a nice save from a difficult position. Offside by Excelsiors again sent them back, but Hughes kicked up-field and got to Paseoe before he could kick, and the ball went out near the visitors line. Hughes was then penalised for off-side, hut from a serum at the 25 ,the Reds went away in a nice run Unit, ended in R. King being well tackled by McEnancy, when near the line. Out from a following scrum the hill went from Davidson to King to Stai tip’s who knocked on. An exchange of kicks saw Blaketown force.' Nightingale returned the kick out but it went too far. Then Davidson went away from a scrum but Bunt intercepted a pass, hut spoilt a nice opening in a return pass which he knocked on. Front the ensuing scrum Freitas got off-side and Pascoe’s kick trained much ground. Eager and Hughes brought back the play, but Caul ton and Ditnond returned with a loose rush. Then J. King kicked and following up got the taker, the ball going out at the visitors 25 flag. A penalty to Blaketown again relieved, hut a return kick from R-. King went to Bunt, who miss-kicked across the field where Houston snapped the ball and sent it to Stevenson, who was jambed on the lino and kicked to the centre where Dougherty smartly secured and made a dive for the line, and just getting there, touched down between the posts. Stevenson converted and the score was B—o.8 —0. The kick-off saw Nightingale return the ball bouncing out. Back came the play and Paseoe had a shot from *a penalty from near half-way without result. Back the play came to past the centre and from a scrum Davidson sent out smartly to Houston, to J. King, who side-stepped two opponents and sent i.t on to Staines who went over to securo a nice try. Stevenson failed to enhance. 11—0. There followed many exchanges of long kicks, the main feature beine clean kicking, and then from a mark Stevenson found the opposing 25 line. Blaketown again relieved with a penalty. and’the plav went to Excelsior quarters, where Freitas played the man and Blaketown had another shot. Paseoe failed to live up to his reputation and missed a very easy kick. J. King returned and the ball went to Paseoe, whom J. King reached. Then J. King opened a passing run .to Houston to Stevenson, but the latter was brought down by Hannam. An exchange of kicks between the two full-backs saw Nightingale gain the advantage, but the play went back to the centre. Ryan off-side gave another penalty to the visitors, and again Paseoe missed an easy 'kick, half-time coming without any further score.

The play in the second half was not nearly as open, the forwards having most of the play and there was an extra lot of serums and line-out play of a moderate nature. A series of long kicks opened the play, with following line-outs and scrums. Then Excelsiors went away in a passing run, which stopped at King, Bunt intercepting, but ho was stopped and the ball came back in a loose rush, in. which Kelly picked up and went over to score. Stevenson failed to improve. 14—0. \

From the kick-off Blaketown got the ball fro7ii a scrum and their backs passed out, Mason healing several opponents, and he went to near the lino where Nightingale tackled cleanly and Stevenson relieved. Then another Blaketown rush saw A. King stop Mason when looking dangerous, a scrum on tho line following, but a free kick enabled Excelsiors to clear to the centre. Here a mark by Davidson took play into Blaketown quarters and Houston kicking through had tho opposition beaten under the posts when tho hop went away from him and Paseoe saved. Eager led a Red rush to the line but had handling lost the chance, a force resulting. Another Red rush attacked but bad handling let it down, and Bunt marked. Then Hannam and McEnaney broke- away and sent to Mason who was well tackled by Dougherty. The ball came back aucl Freitas started an attack, Ryan and Dougherty taking play to the opposing line, bul Freitas was penalised for off-side. Davidson brought tho play back, bill Mason intervened and there was a scrambling rush to and fro in front of the visitors goal, out of which Freitas passed out to Kelly who dodged over for his second try. Nightingale failed to add the extra points. 17—0.

With a quarter of an hour to go the play quietened, till from long kicks play entered Blaketown quarters. Hughes" showed up in a forward rush and then from a scrum near the line the Red hacks handled. Davidson, J. King, Houston, Staines and R. King, the latter going over to score a good try. Nightingale again failed to improve. 20—0. The closing feature was a rush by Staines and thou a run by Houston who broke through and kicked, and made danger but Paseoe relieved and time was called with Excelsiors still on the attack, the winners by 20 to 0. The game was a disappointing one in that Blaketown never gave a glimpse of the form that had carried them through the season. The- Excelsiors had the upper hand throughout. The forwards much the heavier, had all the best of the scrums, even though Blaketown gained possession of the ball many times, Excelsiors unshed their opponents off their feet time and again. Their tackling throughout was solid, and following up was a decidod improvement. The backs also showed to advantage having more initiative than usual. Ol the forwards Hughes and Freitas were the most prominent, but all worked well, while the backs gave easily their best exhibition of the season. The Blaketown team were overshadowed from the start. The forwards wore much lighter, and their tackling was not too sound at times. Mason stood out among the hacks, while Paseoe, at full-back, had an equally good opponent opposite him, and his place-kicking, which has won many points this season, proved a failure on this occasion, three easy kicks, among others, being missed.'

Mr E. W. Heenan was referee. UNITEDS Y. MAGPIES. This game played at Greymouth resulted in a win for United by 31 to 17. The exhibition was a very poor one. STARS Y. KIWIS. At Victoria Park Stars and Kiwis seniors played, Stars winning, after a fast game, by .21 points to 3. f l he Star backs were prominent in the opening stages, Pong being especially noticeable for good movements. Wilson opened the scoring by shoot in l ' j across for Stars, Fong adding the extra points. Kiwis resented the reversal, and close to the call of halftime Pfahlert raced across. In the second spell. Stars threw the ball about in good style. Fong kicked a goal from a penalty, and Stars led by 8 to 3. Meredith later secured' a try, and Fong converted. The .pressure of Stars proved too much for the defence, and towards the finish Meredith again crossed, Fong adding the extra points. The final score came when Brown went over the line, Fong failing to convert and Stars left the field winners by a margin of 18 points. ARAHURA II V. EXCELSIORS 11. , This junior game was played on Cass Square on No. 2 ground and resulted in a win for Arahura by 6 points (tries by Kelly and Olson) to 3 points (a penalty goal by Schroder). The game was a fairly fast one, and was well contested throughout, there not being a great deal between the two teams. Mr D. Williamson was referee. THE BANTAMS. The bantam seven-a-side between Convent and School teams resulted in a win for Convent by a try to nil. canterbury games. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association). 1 CHRISTCHURCH. June 15. To-day’s football matches were played in cool, bright weather, the ground being in excellent order. Old Boys suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten by Christchurch by 14 points to 11. Other results were: Technical 11 beat West Christchurch Old Bovs 6; Albion 12 beat Linwood 3; Merivale 32 heat Sydenham 3. BARRY CUP MATCH. WAIROA, June 15. Tn the first Barry Cup challenge representative match of the season,

Wairoa Sub-Union (holders) successfully defended the trophy - against the East Coast Union team, winning by seven points to nil. N.S.W. VERSUS VICTORIA. SYDNEY, June 16. At Rugby Union football, New South Wales defeated Victoria by 20 points to 8.