FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1930, Page 6

FOOTBALL

SATURDAY’S GAMES

There were two senior games set down for Cass Square to-morrow, Excelsiors v. Blaketown, and Rivals v. Kiwis, Unit the latter game will not be played, Kiwis not putting a team in the Held. The Excelsiors and Blaketown hav<. not met this season, and it is expected that the northern team will make the pace willing and giro Excelsiors a hard run for supre inner.

The junior games set down for decision to-ii arrow are Rimu v. Ross, at Rimu, and Arahura v. Kiwis, at

The third grade match, ltimu v. School takes place, at Hokitika at 1.39 p.m-

Excelsior seniors v. Blaketown on Cass Square at 3 p.m:—Jordan, R. King, J. King. Staines, Koch, Lawrv, Davidson, A. King, Eager, Kelly. Freitas, Hughes, Baron. Stevenson. Harris, Schroder, Blaketown seniors v. Excelsiors: Uannum, Negri, A!cKenzie, MeEuuney. Bunt, Pascoe, Cooper, Ale Donald, Dinioud. Shanuahan, Neale, Webster, Scott, Bell, Sparks, ■ Dunshea, Lister.

Rimu juniors to play Ross at Rimu: Aiuger. Inglis (2), Groweott (2), Ogilvie (3). Dale, Agnew. Lewis, Boyd, Brown, Gardyne, Hyndman, Russell, O’Connor. Bilim third grades to play School at Hokitika, will be selected from:— Mclntosh, Sparge, Kerr, Patterson, Mason, Hewlett, Olsen, Jeilie, Muir, Weibh, Hutchison, Freitas, Thorpe, Keenan, Ogilvie, Hyndman, Groweott, ])al 0 and Stoop.

The following will represent Kiwi juniors in their match with Arahura at Arahura:—Summer, Diedrich (2), Sweeney, Webb, P.n rich ill, Griffin, White, Davidson, Broadbent, Bell, Heinz, Kempton, Stapleton, Dale, Dowling, Breeze. Bus wiil leave Pioneer Memorial at 2. 15 p.m.

T ?OW’S TEST MATCH

The thoughts of Rugby enthusiasts and many others will to-morrow be in nedin where the first Test match will be played . against the British

lugby team. The New Zealand team is a strong one, on paper at any rate, an! should

be able to give a good account oi itself.. As a northern writer stated. \i w Zealanders take football, far more seriously than does Britain, and will bp. less inclined to take the risks, to 'throw- the ball about with the idea of “miking the, game, open until circumstances are. favourable.'fbr success by such tactics.

Britain, however, has a -team tlujt

cannot., be, taken lightly. Time and 'gain it has been proved that the Bri:sb backs form one of the most dangerous scoring combinations that has ever •been New Zealand, and often, also,-' the- British .forwards, huvq swept all

Miposition before them. Y\ ith the posdble exception of Canterbury none of nur provincial sides have produced a •ack to beat Britain’s, though on three occasions there has been little differen-

ce in the opposing vanguards.' The great fault of the visitors is their proneness to concentrate on sending the ball out to the hacks, regardless of heir threequarters. Such tactics would ! «> all in favour of New Zealand : two such geniuses of intercepting and anicipation as Porter and Cooke would ’■cap a rich harvest. To counteract the speed of the British hacks, a speed that the New Zealand team ■annot equal, is the fact that the Black rearguard is capable of putting up a rigid defence. So far ms the forwards are concern-, d. New Zealand has several men who; ire just the tvpe of players who wd 1 ■.ili* the British inside backs, yet

vho can he relied upon to hold thrii ,wn in any tight'scrumming that max a* required. Irvine and Cottrell are

"th '.veil-known ns hookers, .Irvine as ■ mihaltlyl one of the most efficient for :t decade, and Finlay.son and Hazlctt are men who usually do something use fu] in loose rushes. , Altogether Mill should get his fair share of the ball, and while the back-line is more notable for hraiius than speed, it can be .■"lied upon to make more than ordinary use of any openings, and il these are lacking, to make the opportunit-

(hiite a lot will depend on the state >' the ground, but here again New 'Zealand should lie more at home pla.v-•-no- on a, heavy ground than the Ttri- : ish players. Also, though it can hardly be said to count for nine!), t Imre is the fact that never yet has New Zealand been beaten on the Carishrook ground at Dunedin. 0

TO-MORROW’S TEST,

fßv Telegraph —Press Association^

DUNEDIN. June 20.

'Hundreds of from all parts of the Dominion arrived yesterday for the test. Hotel accommodation is

being overtaxed. Moth sides are fit and a close game is expected. Clear frosty weather of the past few days changed this minting, which is overcast, and the glass has fallen

some points. An attendance of thirty thousand is