FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2326, 8 September 1921, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Two matches will be played on the racecourse on Saturday. The Thirds will play Shannon, and the Fourths will play a team of the local pupils of the High School. Tlui. fourth grade game is the final in the competition, and the winner of the game will be entitled to hold the Cup for the year. til The sudden death competition' umong the junior teams for a cup presented by several Olaki enthusiasts will be commenced at Otaki on Saturday. The Foxton juniors have been dyawn to meet Waikanae, and the game will commence at a quarter to three.

The “All Black” (single men) v. “Springbok” (married men) was played on the local racecourse yesterday afternoon, before a fair number of spectators. The match was arranged to assist the local “Help the Mothers” Fund, and resulted in the sum of £3 7s being raised. The “famous” players were clad in nondescript uniforms, such as singlets, tennis shirts, blazers, short, long, tight and loose pants. The colours of tlie jerseys worn gave no indication as to which goal the players were defending. This accounted for one or two palpable errors. The game was strenuous from start to finish, and at times there was brilliant dashes of back play. It was thought at the commencement that the single men would w.ear down the benedicts, but the old hands showed oven better staying powers and more “ginger” than their more youthful opponents. Darcy Ball drew first .blood for the “All Blacks,” but Taylor’s kick did not add the major points. Shortly after Reid got away, and transferred to \V. Baker, who scored behind the posts, and subsequently piloted the ball over the bar —“All BlaeksS, ■‘Springboks” nil. The ..married men made strenuous efforts to equalise matters, but Reid, Bryant, Ball and Baker checked their onslaughts. The first spell ended —Single men 8, Married nil. In the second spell the fid hoys shook things up, and Cresswell, who was in the thick of a forward rush, got over, and Po was successful with the kick: Married 5, Single 8. From this out the married men became aggressive, Po, Roore, Martin, Cresswell and Co. doing great work. From a loose rush Pat; Kauri scored amidst great excitement. Po’s attempt at goal failed, but the scores were equal. Both teams were showing signs of the strenuous battle, but they kept, going. There were no further scores, and the game ended in a draw. Mr Desmond very capably refereed.

WELLINGTON 16 v. N.S.W. 8

Fifteen minutes after the kickoff, Loudon secured a spectacular try for the visitors in the match at Wellington yesterday, but failed to convert. The visitors again took up the offensive, and hard pressed the defenders, who were temporarily relieved by Roberts throwing the ball to the full-back. Fast play followed, and the defenders gave a good exhibition of passing. Roberts opened up, and the ball travelled out to Ryan, who evaded Shule’s tackle, and crossed the Australian line midway between the posts. King failed to convert, and the half-time scores were: New South Wales 3 Wellington 3.

The play opened fast and bright, but the home backs failed to get gogoing owing to faulty passing. The Wellington line was continually endangered. From a line-out, Louden passed to Bond, to Sliute, and Wogan dashed round, look the hall, and returned a neat short pass 1.0 Sbule, who was over like a Hash, but after a consultation between the referee and touch umpire a .scrum was given. An unexpected turn of the play saw Parker streaking for the line with no opposition ahead; he scored without difficulty, and King converted, making Wellington 8, N.S.W. 3. Wellington now came into her own, and King capped off a nice piece of play by scoring in the cornel 1 . His kick was again successful from a most difficult angle. A spell of rough play ensued, and the visitors were penalised. King, to everyone’s astonishment, placed the ball outside halfway and landed a goal. Wellington 16 —N.S.W. 3. New South Wales now brightened up, and Sliute, from the blind side of a scrum, dashed over. Louden converted: Wellington 16 —N.S.W. 8.

SPRINGBOKS v. NEW ZEALAND

NATIVES

The Maoris played with great vim throughout the game, and fully held their own. In the first spell Zeller scored for the visitors, but De Vfillers failed to convert. The Maoris then carried the play to the visitors’ quarters, where Tapsell goaled from a free kick. In the second spell Van Heerden scored from a line-out, but the score was not converted. Townsend, after some exciting play, managed to dive over the line and register another score for the visitors, but the kick failed. The Maoris then rallied, and hotly attacked close to the Springboks’ goal, where Garlick dashed over, and Turera goaled, making the scores 8 to 9.