FOOTBALL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9177, 22 June 1908, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

MAORIS DEFEAT NEWCASTLE. United Frees Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received June 31, 4.55 p.m. Sydney, June 21. The Maoris defeated Newcastle by 15 points to 3. The game was well contested, the visitors displaying great dash. They outplayed Newcastle almost throughout, Tuki was especially prominent and secured three splendid tries, Asher convert- , ing all. For Newcastle Carpenter ticked a penalty goal. N.S.W. DEFEATS QUEENSLAND. 1 Brisbane, June 20. 1 In the Rugby football match, New 1 South Wales defeated Queensland by I 13 to 8. ! BRITAIN 12 v. NELSON AND | MARLBOROUGH 0. ] Per Press Association. Nelson, June 20. The local team won the toss. Smith kicked off and Jones relieved, j the ball going into touch. The j Britons got the ball, and with a ' good forward rush carried it to j Nelson’s 25. For off-side Nelson were given a free kick, but no ma- j terial advantage was gained. From j midfield the home forwards pressed j hard, and took the ball into the j British territory,, but nothing was done. Nelson then put in some , grand passing work. The ball came j from the scrum and then to O’Brien, j who passed to Smith, but the ball j was lost, though not until it had \ been carried well down the field. The combined team were now pressing hard, and only good defensive play by Jacketc saved the • visitors from a dangerous situation. From the scrum O’Brien got the ball, passed to Manning, who transferred to Sandei, but touch was reached. For off-side play on the part of Nelson the Englishmen were awarded a free kick from midfield. Then Nelson forwards got the ballon their own 25, and did not let the . leather go until it was well within : the British 25. Nelson still kept up r the attack and Sandei, by a good : kick, sent the ball well into the British lines. Then the visitors'got the ball, but through fumbling by J. : Williams, the chances of a likely I score were lost. For the ball not being put fair into the scrum- the i combined team were given a free kick, but it was not of use to them. , The visitors were then pressing hard, but Manning saved well. The whistle sounded with no score. McDonald, for the home team,'got off-side, and the British team were awarded a free kick. Gibbs took the kick, but the attempt at goal failed. The combined team rushed and Gibbs had another kick, but he again failed. The British team were now pressing hard, but Saunders with a . splendid kick saved. Soon after this Gibbs got the ball and passed to McEvedy, who transferred to Ponty Jones, and going on to J. Williams, the latter, after a fine scored near the corner. Gibbs failed„ to ■! make the major points. Britain .. .. .. 3 Nelson and Marlborough 0 Then the home team put in some good work and Manning had a fine run, but passed forward, and the visitors were' given a free kick. From the line out the Englishmen ' got the ball, and Jones put in i really good kick. Play was then kept to about the centre of the field. Then the visitors pressed hard, and Tuan Jones received the ball from a scrum, passed to J. F. Williams, who scored near the corner. Jackson failed with the kick. Britain 6 j Nelson and Marlborough 0 As soon as the ball was rolling, ( Nelson pressed hard, but Jackett saved well. Saunders got the ball ■ and returned straight down the line, j Soon after Smith marked and . O’Brien had a kick at the goal. He put in a good kick, but failed, Jones relieved for England and put in a . long run. Then the home team pressed in earnest, and Smith got the ball and looked exceedingly like scoring, but Jackett brought him safely to the ground. The British team took a turn in the attack and pressed hard, but the ball went into touch in goal. Ponty Jones marked and Jackson put the ball between the posts. Britain 9 Nelson and Marlborough 0 Nelson and Marlborough then put in a solid attack, but Jackett was unpassable. Soon after the visitors were penalised for off-side play, and Richmond got the ball from the follow up and dribbled well, but the ball was lost in touch. The ball was put in the scrum and the British forwards secured possession and carried the leather well upthe field. A great passing rush by the visitors was then made. The ball was obtained by Morgan, ( who passed to Jones. The ball then went to Williams and then to Ponty Jones, who passed forward. Towards the end of the.game the British, back division was again set in friction by Morgan, and a brilliant bout bf passing ended in a try being obtained by Ponty Jones. The kick at goal by Jackson was a failure. • Nelson '.then -pressed strongly, and Smith and Granville nearly spored. The game ended — Anglo-Welsh team 12 Combined team .. 0 The British team has thus, so far, played nine games, winning fivemnd losing four, the points scored by them being 109 against 93. Their next match is* on Saturday, when they .play the second test at Wellington. AUCKLAND MATCHES. - Auckland, June 20. . The senior grade Rugby football championship matches were concluded here to-day in splendid weather. Ponsonby, by defeating City by 3 points to 'nil, have now won the Senior Championship, asd the competition will be "declared closed. The Rep. programme will be commimced next'Saturday.' Newtown defeated ’Varsity by 9 points to 6, and Parnell beat North Shore by 15 poirist to 8. There was an attendance of 9000 at Alexandra Park. HAWKE’S BAY TEAM. . The following team has been chosen to represent Hawke’s Bay against '’the Anglo-Welsh combination on July IstFull-back, Symes; threQ-quartiers. Wall, Maker Mclntyre; five-eights, Kenyon and Rinfth; half, Payne; wing forward, Walshforwards, White,* Joll, Nicholson, Baiiev, Haqketc, Evans, and Hughes. Emergencies: Backs : Wilder aud ; Pointon; forwards, , Thow and Hdy. *'

The .following .resolution \was passed at a special t meeting of *the Hawke’s Bay Kugbv Union <on Satnrda mgf < onsidering that this Union, if uotraha largest, is.one of the 1 rg ■> in i t Dominion, we desire t j i c rd our regret that ut u oi lx players is included i lie Nnrti t South match, u i r the opinion that suci i r a i tend to encourage Luoxoan in tne Dominion.” A trial match is to be played at Wanganui next Saturday with a view to a final selection for the Wanganui team to play against the British. The selectors have chosen several players from affiliated clubs in Rangitikei. Milne (Hnnterville) is among the forwards in the A team, Beckett (Marton) is half and Reed (Marton) is centre three-quarter in the B team. Hunt (Marton) will get a game in the forwards if he is able to get away. Mr A. H. Martin (Marton) has been appointed one of the selectors for Rangitikei Rep. team. HOROWHBNUA 10 v. MANAWATU 3. The ground was a shade slippery for the above representative match played at Palmerston on Saturday. The idea generally prevailed that Manawatn had a somewhat easy problem to solve. No doubt the fact that only quite recently Horowhenua succumbed to Rangitikei to tbe tune of 23 to nil was. to a large extent, responsible for the feeling. As the unexpected often happens Horowhenua players were emphatically masters of the situation by 10 points (two converted tries kicked by Parata) to three (an unconverted try).