Football

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, 9 October 1914, Page 2

Football

AUCKLAND V. WAIKATO > j The return Association match ■ ; between an Auckland and a Waikato repress r live team was : played at Bays water, Auckland, on Saturday last before a fairly large number of spectators. • Auckland winning the toss, the Waikato men started with > the sun in their faces. They soon got going, Gibbons, as the result , of a fine effort, just failing to . score. Baker forced a corner, , but no points resulted. Wai- , kato then transferred play to their opponents’ territory, but ; failing to take advantage of an open way, gained no benefit. Timms throughout the first, half played a brilliant game, but, despite the vigorous efforts of the visitors, the first spell ended without a score. So far the visitors had tho best of the game. Rain, which began to fall, conI tinned throughout the remainder | of the game, and somewhat spoiled j the play, the match though less : interesting as a whole than it had been, being relieved by brilliant bits of work that tended to keep the excitement alive. IJnuckham gave a fine display. ; while Walworth, the Auckland baick, sent in a shot that just | w^nUvor the bar. About quarter of an houi before time, ! Auckland scored, an additional goal being made by Harrison | whuse high, <1 ropping shot from the witdg, missed by the goali keeper,ffo mil tho net. i The visiting team showed to | advantage, and in losing experienced a bit of hard luck, j The filial result was - Auckland ... ... 2 j WaikTto ... ... 0-’