SENIOR MATCHES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10295, 2 June 1919, Page 7

SENIOR MATCHES

BOYS' INSTITUTE OLD BOYS v. Y.M.C.A. The same between Institute and i'.AI.C.A. was the means of attracting the largest crowd seen at Association Park this season. Y.M.C.A. were bent on lowering tue Institute colours, wnile Institute were keen on retaining their, unbeaten record. Y.M.C.A. won the toss and elected to plav with the eun bohmd them, which was an important factor. Harris (Institute) set the .ball rolling, but Jarnue (of Y.M.) secured possession and sent the ball on to Ballard, who was dispossessed bv McGirr. Play was then transferred .to the Institute right .wing, whero Porter was beaten by the Y.M. left-half. Knowles Smith, the clever Y.M. left winger, was next prominent with a smart run. his centre being headed clear bv Bell, the Institute ielt back. Y.M. continued to press; but the Institute bucks. Bell and Wanden, ; always averted danger in the nick of time. When Institute forwards did get going their conibina-tion was. not up to thenusual standard. Ives and Coad, who were both playing at the top thenform, always cleared with little difficulty. Trott was next; noticeable with good footwork. He passed to Les Smith, whose parting shot went behind. Prom the kick-ofi Y.M. again secured possession. Jarmie landed the ball in the penalty area, where JlcArthur in clearing handled, a: penalty kick resulting. Ballard took the kick. Tarrant threw himself full length at the ball, bringing off a great save. Shortly after. Ballard sent in a hot shot which Tarrant again saved cleverly. The ball come out to Baker, who. from olose in. scored. Y.M. 1. Institute 0. Institute rallied. Porter and Smith had a nioe run on the right. Porter finally testing Sinclair, who cleared. Y.M. -were l not to be denied and came again. "Wilson lobbed the ball into the centre, and it seemed as if Trott would reach the ball before Bell, but Ballard managed to elude the watchful McGirr and sent in, a shot which gave Tarrant no chance to ' save. Y.M. 2. Institute 0. Towards half-time Ballard had a great run. and with no one but' the goalkeeper to. , beat, Bent wide. The whistlo sounded, with -tho | score unaltered. Y.M.'s lead reflecting the difference between the teams. At the opening of the second half it was noticeable that Institute had altered their team. Houston going centre, Harris outside left and Halloy inside left. That the change was a wise' one was quite, apparent bv the play of the Institute forwards. Eight off tbey_ invaded the Y.M. territory, where Houston had a good shot at goal, Sinclair clear, ing. Knowles-Smith. admirably backed by Wilson, had a clever run, ■ Wanden cleaAng. . Institute forwards foroed the plav in fine style. "Jimmie" Smith beating Wilson and Coad. His centre . was cleared by Ives, who was playing a sterling game. \JBallard. who was well watch' ed bv McGirr in the' first half, wisely changed his tactics and swung the ball out to his -wihKers: Knowles and Les Smith. Both- -these'players were alwajb dangerous, "their-'centres being.;very accurate. Institute * continued: to I: press.From a centre- by' HaTris. r con-! verted close in. Y.M. 2. Institute 1. Encouraged bv their suocess Institute were difficult to hold at this stage and gave Ives and Co. a hot time. 'Jimmie Smith sent in a good centre, Halloy got his foot on the ball. Sinclair only partiallv cleared and McArthur, rushing m, scored. Y.M. 2. Institute 2, Play was now of the most exciting order. Dave Hatley,. with an individual effort, beat two opponents, and with .only ; .Coad to •beat, .he passed to 'Porter, who scored," but the referee disallowed the goal, Porter being offside. • Knowles-Smith next tested Tarrant with a good shot, who saved at the expense of. a fruitless corner. Institute again -attacked. Harris centred to Houston, who shot hard. Sinclair saved and was in the act of throwiiur the ball when Porter rushed in and kicked the ball out of his bands, through the goaL Institute 3. Y.M. 2. The nest bit of Play was the litemKOf-; the ■match. Ballard kicked oft .passing; ;to Baker, who passed, to .Knowles-Sinith. Smith cut into centre and sent tin a lovely shot, the ball hitting the post tho crossbar and went through. Institute 3. Y.M. 3. The whistle sounded shortly after on what was a; most memorable game. '. ' Y.M.C.A. -were the better team in the first half and their lead of two goals to nil was well merited. The seoond halt was slightly in favour of Institute, whose sucoess was thoroughlv deserved, considering their uphill fight, yet had 1 they won bv the odd goal, which- seemed pro-' bablo at one time, thev would? have been fortunate. MARIST v. DIAMONDS.

This match was played at Newtown Park, Marists defeating Diamonds by 7 goals to nil. .The groundwas slippery (as was the case on all. the playing grounds) and .with a greasy ball the game was very patchy. Prom the “kick-off" Diamonds invaded Marist's goal area, and were unlucky in not opening the score, Hayes making a good save in great stylo. Marists took a hand in the attack, and very good ploy was witnessed in the centre of the field. The combination was fair, but the shooting of both teams was not up to standard. Webster (Diamond's goalkeeper), who was called upon several times in the first spell, made some ■ excellent saves. At last Carruthers managed to beat Webster w r ith a good shot taken In a difficult position; Marists X, Diamonds 0. Shortly after this Mooney ((Marist) made a rush at the ball when Webster Was attempting to kick it, which proved fatal to the Diamond side; Marists 2, Diamonds 0. There was no further score before the whistle blew for half time. In the ’ second spell Marists started to take things their own way, mainly owing to the poor back line of . Diamonds. Bragood, Auld, and A. Webster were playing a good game for tut were unable to add one goal to their team's credit. It was a treat to nee W. Thomas (Marist's) heading the ball. Both Thomas and Cashman kept feeding their wings, who in return combined well, md In quick succession added another three goals, two good left foot shots by McElliott and ono by Moopey. Prom this on the game seemed to the spectators to bo one-sided. From a pass from Thomas, Carruthers, who was playing well, added, the sixth goal. Diamonds took play to - Marists' area, and Bragood just missed ah easy goal. Prom the goal kick Diamonds came at it again, which resulted in a melee in front of the goal. It would have ended in a goal for Diamonds, had it not been for Casey (Marist), .who cleared a good corner. Marist’s transferred play to the other end! of. the field whore Marshall - was unlucky in not scoring. Finally A. Lowe dribbled past the backs and made no mistake with the kick. The game ended in : favour of Marist, 7 to nil. .Mr L. Dawson was referee. : ’

PORIRUA v. BROOKLYN.

Porirua, who played Brooklyn at Porirua, were luoky in gaining their two points, as Brooklyn had not ■ all their own players. This is the first match Porirua have won so far this season, the so6ro''heing, s—l. , .. fourth: graph ’institute beat Wadestown by 6 goals to 1. Y.M.C.A. (2) defeated Diamond (0)., Porirua (5) defeated Marist. who wore throe players short (1). , After a very hard, clean and fast game, Thorndon B drew with South Welling-

ton 2 all. Ferguson-and HrNickless-scor-ed for Thorndon.- >h: ; » - - THIKI> B GRAJ>E. At Petone" the : local," Thdrd : ' B' Grade team defeated Island Bay by 4 Roals.rto 2. ; - ./rii?XH:B.GEAI)E.v;''_ i ! Marist (11) defeated Iristitute'C^) Wadestown' (3) defeated Miramar (1). Thorndon, playing Petqne .at Petone, drew with them after a good the score ;siXTH B GEADE. ;. Thorndon, playing a good-game;;defent-ed Institute by-. 3 goals to 1: ,'...: