FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4978, 24 May 1926, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAYS MATCHES. RESULTS AT A GLANCE. ' SENIORS: Suburbs 3, v. .West 0. Nethertoff 17, v. East 3.' Turua 15, v. United. Coast 6. Ngatea 27, v. Kerepeehi 3. Waitakaruru by default. JUNIORS : Karangahake 9, v. East 3. Ngatea 8, v. Kerepeehi 3. Waitakaruru by default. THIRD-GRADE : Paeroa School 5, v. West 0. PRIMARY SCHOOL: Kerepeehi 8, v. Turua 6. Ngatea 18, v. Coast. 3. Cold and showery weather prevailed on Saturday afternoon, but notwithstanding the elements there was a. fair attendance of the public at the domain; The match se.t down for decision w.as the senior-game East v. Netherton. A delay of nearly half an hour occurred, during which time the East supporters were making a.n attempt to put fifteen, men on the field. As the time to go on drew nearer, the half-dozen or so East players who were stripped de'cided to forfeit the match, but, nothing daunted, the captain of the team (H. Thorp) rallied round, and finally the team took the field with ten men. A visitor to the town volunteered and was accepted to fill one of the vacancies. Obviously the game was a. very uneven contest,, and the visitors never extended themselves and were able to score whenever .they desired. Some resentment was shown by the public at the exhibition of Rugby provided, and not a few hard words were said against the Ea,st club for not seeing that a full team was available. All .’credit is due to the capt,a.in and his ten men for the fignt they put up, and also for at le,ast making an attempt to provide a game for the spectators. At hajf-time a conference with the two captains was held by. the referee, and it was decided to abandon the remainder of the match. ' Sides were then picked from the two teams, and an unofficial game for the remaining time was played. Following were the teams at the end of the first half :■— Netherton. —G. Pullar, J. Maloney, W. Potter, C. McNeil, J. Ca.tlins, H. Coidicutt, A. Burt, R. Morrison, G. Fisher, J. Morrison, E. Fisher, T. Pullar, T. Johnson, F. Richmond, C. Hayward.

East.—G. Thorp,' A. W. Smith, C. 'Treanor, H. Thorp, Parker, F. Thorp, ' Radford, Robinson, F. Fitch, R. Smith. Eapt kicked off, a.nd, following up, F. Thorp, beat the backs and scored near the corner. G. Thorp failed to convert. East 3, Netherton 6. Immediately following the kick-out G. Fisher gained possession and passed to Hayward, >vho scored a ; try but failed to convert. East 3, Netherton 3. G. Fisher returned a long kick from Treanor, and by following up McNeil took possession and passed" to Maloney, who scored fin easy try. Burt slipped on taking the kick. Netherton 6, /East 3. Following several breaches: by the .visitors’ G. Thorp took a couple of penalty kicks, but failed'to score, the ball being very slippery. In the second spell McNeil sent oat to Ma’loney, wh® crossed the line near .the comer. T. Johnson 'converted. Netherton 11, East 3. From’near haltway E., Fisher'carried down and put in a short, kick which Williams failed to field, and McNeil ran across; and scored beside the posts. Gatlins failed with the kick. Neitherton 14,'East 3. Following the kick-out J. MorriPon sent a long pass to Maloney, who , registered his third try practi'c.ajly unopposed. Burt" failed to convert. Half-time was called, and the game was abandoned, the scores being Netherton 17, East 3. Mr R. B. Perilington was referee.

WEST V. SUBURBS. The West senior team journeyed to Hikutaia, where it was, defeated by the Suburbs fifteen by three points to nil. The following were the teams:— z West—Swann, Verran, McNeil, Wells, Nield, Masters, Hardman, Jenyns, Dawjson, Neil, Carrick, Taylor, R. Shaw, McKee, Poland; Suburbs. —Espiner, Bennett (2), Morrison. Corbett, Ake, Rice, Duncan, P.atterson, Abram, Blackie, Bennett Killgour, Meredith, Wyatt. . Suburbs attacked strongly in th? first quarter, West, having to defend throughout. Half-time left the honours with Suburbs, but no points were registered, Fa.st following up in the third quarter enabled Killgour' to score well out. The kick failed. Suburbs 3, West 0. Play ranged up and down the field, the Suburbs backs combining well in passing rushes. Good play enabled- Bennett, to cross, but he was recalled. Bigelow replaced McNeil. Taylor failed with a kick at goal. Play became fast in th© later stages, but West failed to pierce the opposition. Owing to time off for numerous injuries the game was concluded in semi-darkness.' . Thei’e wa.s far too much off-side play in evidence for this time of the season. Mr M. Pivott was reYeree.

THE JUNIORS. The East junior tea,ra , travelled to Kar,angah.ake, where it was defeated by that team by 9 points to 3. The game was fast, and the teams were fairly evenly matched. Just at the close of the first quarter J. N. Rackham kicked a penalty goal for the home side. No further score was registered until . the third rbiund, when Rackham kicked another pen-, alty go,al, this time from near the half-way line. In a loose scramble H. Moore slcored a try for the visitors, but 'failed to convert. Karangahake 6, East 3. In the lapt quarter W. Griffin scored a good try for Karangahake, but Rackham failed with the kick. The game ended Karangahake 9, East 3. Mr G. Sale was referee. THIRD GRADE Once again the Paeroa School de-

feated the West third-grade team, the scores being 5 to 0. The match, which was played on the No. 1 ground, was an hour and a quarter late In starting owing to the difficulty in obtaining the services of a referee. The game was a. good struggle, and proved well wx>rth watching, the combination and general knowledge displayed by the school team being favourably commented upon and frequently applauded. For the-winners A. Flatt scored a good try, which was converted by Pivott. Mr T. C. Arnold was referee.

PAEROA V. THAMES MATCH. LOCAL TEAMS SELECTED. The following will represent Paeroa in the senior game . against Thames at Paeroa on Saturday next: Full-ba.ck, W. Espiner; three quarters, C. McNeil, L. McNeil, Cpldicutt; five-eighths; Wright, Burt; half-back, Catlin; rover, F. Thorp; forwards, G. Fisher, F. Patterson, H. Shaw, Abrams, W. Taylor, V. Carrick, R. Smith. Emergencies : T. Killgour, F. Fitch, T. Richmond (forwards) ; P. Corbett, L. Masters, G. Pullar (backs). The following will represent the Paeroa juniors against Thames at Paeroa. on Saturday next:— Full-back, E. Potter; three-quar-ters, J. Conolly, L. Potter, H. Morrison ; five-eighths, R. Mead, H. Moore; half-back, J. Rackham; rover, Liggins ; forwards. Cannon, J. Lee; N. Nejl, H. Tregoweth, T. Lovatt, L. Radford, W. Hargreaves. Emergencies : Fraser, W. Griffin, R. Killgour (forwards) ; C. Vincent, W. Leach ,C. Nield (backs). Emergencies will be called upon as required.