SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL.

Shannon News, 15 July 1924, Page 3

SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL.

HUI MAI BEAT WANDERERS. | • COMPETITION LADDER.

S>nNIUH. r U.viOi'\ io, ROVERS 5. OlAivl 5„ SHANNON u. IlUl MAI ii, YVAIYDEiiEHS 5. • JUNIOR. FOXTON 9, SHANNON ' o.' AWaiiOu deiaidteu to TOKomuiu. MO Li TO A IC, KUiPUTARuA 3. PAIiApABAUMU il, HUI IVIAI 3. RAHUI lb, WERAROA 3. Rovers defaulted to Otaki. . THIRDS. KopUtaroa defaulted to Shannon. Foxton deiaulted ; to. Weraroa. OTAKI IS, PAIIAPAUAUMu 0. FOXTON v. ROVERS. Foxton met and defeated Rovers on i Saturday cm the ! .Levin 'Domain by is' points to- s—a drop kick, one conceited and one unconverted try - anu two l penalty goals, to one converted try. Foxton won ny superior combination in all divisions of tne team, Keeping' tiieir opponents guessing all the .time.' Rovers on the. oilier hand, .despite a good start, lailed. at conceriedWork and could ‘ only struggle piuckfiy' to keep the score as low as possible. Rovers opened the score, wnenj Pmiliips centred from a forward rusti, j Carpenter found an opening and! scored in a handy position, Hiillips! converted. : This was the end of! Rovers efforts-, however] arid from I tips on they were, with lew -excep-j

, tions, kept' on the,, defensive. Bryam, playing wing three-quarters urew nrst hiood ior foxton by a well-taken, drop-kick and lollowing wiun a try which was converted by Fuller. Westwood took both., penalties. OTaKI 5 y. SHANNON NIL. This game proviued tne best exhioiliyii. uj. iouiJJaj.l sec-ii uii me iiun , giouiiu tins seuauu. roiu '.teoius two. ur tnree juntois whu gavua xuusi, cieu-i-tame suuivi-ijj,: piuuculany Aoung and D.Uizeh, tne two iunjjacxs. me game was xeemy contesi.uu Mu;u.agiiuui. in uiu uimy abagcS utaki wsre stow to get going, u ui, '-'il'-i \vu-bicu Uj/ to uieir >vu.n, me vixens gave suuie biiinaiii' exiumnons in passing, jimying wiri greai ounimnuuon, unicn Biianuun tucked nauty, •men; bawes with me exception oi cemtiaii, w-imams anu • Daizen—nianmg a very poor display, otaki was unaoubtecuy me best team on tlie uay and were uniununaie m nqt winiin.g vy a nigger maigtii, as on several ,oucasioiiai, ny pruiiapL.t passing, muy. Went witiiiii an ace oi scoring, dui lost me bait at tne critical lnuuiem. iiie game _ opened witu Bnaniion at-] lacKiiig aha soon alter wiey were unvalued a lree kiCK in utaxi’s- xo. w imams toon me kick but laded -id no(.cii a score, oii me bun - going-put Oliamiuii again- l/Uaacq UtUlii,. WU.o w ere/not-iianuung tne ball at ad Weil, eventually bemg - lurceu. otaki now scemeu to get ridu tneii* suiue, tun •iViOSfcys securing me learner in otaivi s io, starieu a very pretty passing-'rusii • ill wnicn -iduii, Talilki anU wuvuy pauiuipaiou, me, y.uai to tie. .carrying-, me nail me mil icngtn ,op .■tne iieiu, vvueie Wenny urevy tne hist'anu .©my try oi tne day. aana tOuK me kick and added me major points. Otaki now Had ' Snunnon orr the uelensive, neing awaiuea a iree Kick in ii-unt of- urn posts. Moses took tne KICK, tne ball striKiug. tne post. < For some mne play was up and uown tne Hem, otaki inuuiging m passing nuuts wiine Bnannon confined their- efforts'* to 1 dribbfiiig tusnes. finally Hemming--sen marked di iront oi otaki’s goal posts as die result ol a scrum, ms- 1 Kick at goal tailed. iSoon utter,-from a last dribbfiug rush Otaki was forced by Kiriona. Flay hovered in mtdheld lor .some-time where from a;dribbling rush by Sliaimon Williams . goto the bait and kicking sent.it across uie line, it looked as though tie was going to score but in tile race for it with" W. D’Ath he was outpaced. Soon alter, the whistle went lor,hall' time.

. By the way Otaki had. livened up at the end of the first spell it was thought that in changing ends they would increase their score, but although they got in some fine work and had Shamjpn hard pressed on occasions, they lailed to penetrate the latter’s defence. The spell had not been in progress long when Moses-got away with the ball at bis toe and bad passed all opposition, except Dalzell at lull back, who- in his attempt to stop him incurred a penalty for obstruction, Otaki being awarded a free kick. The kick at goal missed. 'An exchange of kicks followed, Otaki ultimately penning Shannon in their 25, where Otaki, depending on their back division, were throwing the ball about in great style. Shannon’s defence was equal to. the occasion, relief finally coming by Kiriona forcing. On the leather going out Shannon forwards, headed by Johansen, took play to Otaki’s 25, arid for a few minutes it looked as though Shannon might even matters, but it was not to be, Otaki taking play to midfield where from now on to‘ call of time it remained.’ Mr Bevan controlled the game. FOXTON 9 y. SHANNON NIL. The above teams .met at Foxton -and after a fast game Shannon had to suffer defeat by two tries and a penalty goal to nil. Although Shannon

werq without the services of Cole, Taylor, and Jamieson, the latter being in camp at Trentham, they have no excuses to make as no doubt Foxton t i were the better team on the day and , deserved , the victory. The Shannon boys give praise to the, referee Mr I Dunn, who gave every satisfaction to [both teams. ALL BLACKS WIN. DEFEAT N.S.W. BY BIG MARGIN. 21 TO 5. v . |, The' New Zealand Rugby footballers ample revenge, at Sydney on;, j Saturdav, for their defeat by NewJ I South Wales in the first, test, match., i In the second test the All Black won , by 21 points to 5. i The New Zealand score consisted of seven unconverted tries by Lucas (3), Svenson (2), Brown and Munro, all of which but Lucas’s third, were -scored in the first spell. ; r . Thus, New South Wales, bv goaling a try, more than held their own after lemon-time.

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