SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL.

Shannon News, 20 May 1924, Page 3

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL.

SENIORS. WANDERERS 3 v. HUI MAI U 1-UNION-1? v. ROVERS 0. UlAlvl :lb v. SHANNON <J. J UNTORS (.Soutiliern;. WEB ABU A 4 v. RUVERS 0. Hll MAI 6 y. RAHUi 0. . Northern. IvOI’UTARUA 15 v. MOUTOA 3. THIRDS. WERAR.OA II v. KOi’ITAHOA 0 SHANNON HI 3 v. FOXTON l). FOURTH. GRADE. E.D.I-J-.S. forfeited to Weraroa. WANDERERS 3, HUI MAJ 0.

Wanderers mot llui Mai uti Saturday beiurfl a. UurJy huge attendance ‘•1 tin: public. 'lire weuunr was dull and an early shower made the bad greasy, especial! v Jb ilid .earlier ‘part fe'UJJie. taken right through, the game was a hard une, uatu siues being keen on sptu.iug'; llieir 'Oppuiieiu's 'back play, "Which left Uio game a good deal to U;e lorwards, wuieli were very evenly matched. ® • \\'iuiueropened witii ilie wind-in their iuvouir, and play oenired about iniU-Jiu.ld lor t;ifl? early stages of tliu game until Bryant of liui Mai made a gu::i-t attempt taunt a nine run down hie line, but. was well tackled by Moker who was again playing ,a good game at lull-back. \\ an defers removed the pressure aim play moved up and down the livid .until towards the end of the spell, . Wanderers were '.'awarded a lieu kick in a handy position, enabling Jacobs to place die ’only score oi hie rlay, with a .Well-judged kick. Wanderers 3, Hui Mai 0. i. On changing- over, llui Mai pressed iia.ru. am/ were well within .scoring .instance, when Wilson seemed and kicked rigid, across, his own players leaving three oi Hui ,Mai’s players with nothing to do but walk over without opposition. Over-eagerness spoilt the easiest oi scores and Waif derers cleared, Tommy Winiata saving. Hui Mai came hack and lrum; an iniriugeuient, Jonnstone missed a thirty easy kick at goal, a force-down resuming. '.tiie pray now peg an to get. willing and both sides indulged in passing rushes, but nether bung really Pflc-c----tive. At this stage Cook, <jf Hui-Mai, received a misty knock, having to be carried off the field, Hui. Mai playing hie greater part ot the spell one man short.

A scries ul' forward mushes on both sides, Willi sustained, (but lacking in linisJi, took up the remainder oi the spell which closed without further score. A draw would have indicated the merits of the teams. Mr Burrows : refereed. ? ” . - SHANNON 11 v. FOXTUN (>. it had been anticipated that, .in the meeting of the above teams, as neither had fust a game, the public would witness a good game, but .although it was a hard Might contest t-bmugn-. •otit, it was marred by the boisterous ■ .lwe.aili.er .conditions that prevailed, a strong south-easterly gale raging throughout which proved disastrous to each team, as they played agahisl it, ii he-ing quite impossible lor players to kick the hall to advantage. Aan indication of the strength oi the gale,, only, on one occasion was the play carried .over (lie- half way idle, this being done by .Shannon iti the second half. Thin advantage-sv,ds only momentary, however. .shannon played with the wind in the hrst hah and kept Foxtail busy, defending their line throughout the- spe.ll, compelling - them to force about - half a dozen limes. On three occasions they were successful -jh penetrating the (in'lenee, C. Johnson, George and Hunt scoring, the Jailer converting. The.spell ending 'Shannon .11, . Foxton -'iii.h. On re- . .siiming Shannon was attacking- fur ■■ imif. way through tile spell lad Foxton,- having' the wind with them, were ' successful in holding them. Foxton now got going and lor the remainder of .The- spell by some fine passing rushes among their hacks they had Sha.unuu f baking a turn at- delendiog their line. The latter put up a good delence, I rut on two occasions they wore unable to stem the rushes indulged in by Foxtou when Hoff and Townsend scored. Neither attempts by Huff to increase the score were siiceesslul. With about five .mi miles lu go Fox ion made a desperate effort to level the scores, but Shannon proved equal to *- IJic -occasion, the game ending Shannon 11, Fox-Mi G, Mr K. Davis proved a most efficient referee. 'Soon after the game started "Wright (Shannon) .met with a mishap and had to leave the held,-his place being taken by Keenan, in the second half, about half way through 1 lie game atiotlier Shannon [flayer (C. .Johnson) .ricked ins leg-and had to retire, Shan- . non playing one oiiaJi short for the remainder of the game. THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. SOME FEATURES.OF THE RULES. ; Tiiv following rules supplied by Hie Uorowheuua UeJcrros’ Association will be of interest to players, more particularly in the junior grades. THE SCRUM. A scrum is formed - by one or more lilavers of each side closing round in readiness to allow the ball to be put on the ground between them. The hall must, be properly put into the v scrum and fairly past a man of each side. There must, not me any tailing down in a scrum,• handling the ball whilst it is in the scrum with hands or knees -or lifting the ball in the serum with the feet. A scrum can only take place in the field of play: once it, is over goal line it ceases to exist as a scrum and [Payers of either side may touch the iiali down as a try or a force down as the case may. be". There ean he in .such tiling, as a

scrum nil the line, though there fan be one six inches from the line. Whilst the bfili is in the scnim even if it is .field In* the back rankers. if is (he centre of the scrum. • .All plave.rs not formed and packed 'down in a. serum must keep behind the h;dlwhile it is still in the semni. The forwards who ore packed down cannot he claimed e|s off-side, hot once they beepm/? detached from the

the serum they must at. once get liehind the bull or thev are off-side. fIFF-SIDE RULING.

When n player becomes detached from a scrum he must not attempt to re-enter the scrum in front of the ball, or if when he over-runs the ball he turns and re-enters the scrum he is off-side. „ A player does not become pari of a scrmri by merely placing his hand oiv the scrum: he must he down and properly packed before he is included. Once .the hall is out of the scrum an’d in the possession of the opposing side nobody in the defending team is off-side.

No player can be put. off-side by an opponent, but only by one of his own side. No’ player can be pff-shlc in his own in-goal but lie can in his opponent’s.

The rule reads; “Directly an opponent touch, deflect, or plays .a ball all off-side plovers of the opposing side ;ire ‘immediately on side. Note: This seems a weak’point in the off-, side rule. It seems unfair to a player that, his opponents istaiiiidiug -Id yards behind him and three or four io the side where they are in an ideal position to take a deflected bah, should be put .on-side as stated in the mil’.. • A player ran he put- off-side by a man of his own side playing the ball past him, when such player is off-side until the last man to handle the ball has run fiast him. unless in the meantime one of the opposing side has [flayed the hall, or the player in ques-t-on i-"tired io outside 10 yards of fh’’ball.

A player must not obstruct an opponent whilst- he is in front ol the last man of his own side to [day the hall. , . '

A player must not stand waiting off-side, within 10 yards of an opponent who is about to take a half Such a plaver. must immediately retire outside Ihe 10 yards distance. Should the ball, however, glance off the player who was about to take it, the plaver of the opposing side, even .if within the 10 yards' distance is immedtatefy oil-side. A player must, not play the hall whilst he is partly on the ground, neither passing, marking, nor kicking .from such a- position being allowed. Should a, |i'aver who is partly down oif'the ground he tackled lie must immediately place the hall in front of him where it can he brought into play with the foot. A player must not lie on the ball, but ■'must immediately endeavour to get away or roll away from it or a free kick will be awarded to the opposing side. ' A player cannot kick the bull arid after running a certain distance call •mi! on-side.” Only by passing ihe whole of his own side can such a. player place them all on-side, but. a-n opponent can put them on-sidc by pi hying file bajl : or running 5 yards with ipfiii any direct ion, ' GENERAL RULES.

No plaver must stand on Ins opponent’s side of a- Jine-out. or jump across the line and bring the ball in from behind.

A ba.lt .must never be passed forward as any .man in front of the possessor of the hall is off-side.

No player must obstruct an opponent- running for the ball, but if two [flayers of opposing sides are running side by side for the ball- it is permitted to .charge an opponent, but only fairly shoulder to shoulder. A mark cannot be cl ah med from a ro-hoiufrid, which mines off ain op-, ponent’s body from between the head and the knee. From the hands, arms and knees to the boot, the ball is [flayed or kuoyked-on as the case may be.

A mark can he claimed from a. knock-ori. Also a ball may be knoek--nil-on and still be played provided the player recover it before it touch the ground. Once the ball has touched the ground It. becomes a. knock-on should you again ptav it, but if the opposing .side gain the advantage from the kiiock-ou, even though it has touched the ground the hall is still in plnv. The ball- must not lie thrown direct into touch to save.

A player may he in toneh and yet play the hall and also score a try whilst in touch provided the hall is not also in touch. , The goal-line or op against, the go.»l----no.sf is a try. hot against'the corner flag is tone!i-in-goal. When throwing 'lhe hall in from tench the plover must stand with both feet behind the touch-line, nr a scrum 10 yards out will be given. Tf the throw-in is less than 5 yards, the penalty is a free kick from 10 yards out.