FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 June 1919, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

PIRATES >7. NU. |ASr.

On Saturday, the first» of the gag} matches between “the Seniors was played on the Recreation Ground between the Pirates. and I-luia teams. The following were the [ players:—Pirate"s':—— Fullback, McAulifie; threequarters, T_ Sinclair, Temperton, McDonell; five—eighths, Mahcr; West; half, Rose; forwards, Kelly, Healey,_ Bagley, Leahy, Hay, Serrah, Murphy, and Sinclair. ‘ '

Huia:-—-Fullback, Chase; three-quar~’ ter, Tau, Pine, Chadwick; five-eighths Somcs, Connolly; half, Bennett; forwards, Stone, Whake, Wilson, Sullivan Percy, Laurensen, Shamrock, Stuart. Pirates won the toss and elected to defend the northern goal. Both teams: were confident of a Wm and the game started well, play for the first five minutes ?being in neutral territory, until Rose kicked high and the Pirates smartly followed up, the play remain‘ing in the Huias‘ twenty-five, and the‘. Huias were busy defending until relieved by a free kick. The Pirates iwere not to be held . back, however, [and quickly had the Huias again de‘fending, but the Huia defence was too? isolid, and a good line kick relieved‘ lthe pressure_ McAuliffe returned theball and smartly following up, play’ was again in the Huia’s twenty-five", when a good kick quickly followed up by the Huia pack took the ball into neutral territory, where play remained for some time. Play had been going for 20 minutes When J. Sinclair headed a forward rush down the field, taking the -‘ball into Huias’ twenty—five where Kelly secured and dashed over the line scoring; Maher’s, attempt at the goal failed. Pirates 3, Huia 0, Huia: now rallied, and by keeping the ball amongst the forwards forged their way into the Pirates’ twenty-five and had the Pirates bfisy defending, but being too eager committed a. breach of the rules and‘-v‘a;'freei.;k‘ie‘k ;relieved’ thefl Pirates. Play was“‘then ‘in niid-field" When the Pirate backs. got going and’ a smart piece of back play resulted" in McDonell breaking ‘away and get-» ting over the. line but as the" Huias‘ hcld him up he was unable to score. Shortly after half time was called‘ with no alteration to the score_

On resuming, Pirates gradually_ iiworked the [ball down in Huias’ twen|{ty~five_, where it remained’ for"‘som?ep :%time. From a kick on the line by the" ‘uHuias, it was smartly returned by the ,Pirates and from a passingiush .Ser—-.ll-ah secured and crossed the line, _!-closely tackled _ by the Il'uia_s. a t_ry_ »,resultin.g. The kick at goal failed ’ . ' Pirates 6, Huias 0. After an exchangry . of kicks Huias forced, and the kick out struck a Pirate player, ‘when l)_._ Hay secured and ran right ti-*lx'oVll,:g'-11: the Huias’ backs; Maher‘ converted. -Pirates 11, Huias 0, Huias were now ‘ going to pieces; though individually ‘ good, their team play was poor. Afterff‘ i even play, for a time, the Pirates regsumed their _attack,_ and the Huias iwere compelled to seek relief by two,forces in quick succession, and a mark’; ion the line brought the Pirates’ attack to a stop, Not to be_denied the Pir[ates came again, and from a pretty‘ ‘piece of_passing McDonell scored, bin‘, tthe major points were not registered, Pirat.es'l4, Huias 0.. From this on till ithe end of the game the Huias were 1 ch-fending. From a scrambling ruslf” secured, and scc\)’re‘c{ lsefTe'en the posts; a goal was kicked, and the game finished with the score: Pirates. 19. Huifs 0. Mr K.~1:<.".1i :=r~‘“r‘ ~‘ r--~ feree in his usual eflicient mannel‘. The New Zealand Rugby League‘ team which is touring Australia played’ a match on Saturday’ last at Newcastle, . winning by 11 f 0 3The Maori Pioneer Battalion tea-mu ‘ of footballers met a I-lawke’s B'a3~ representative team on Saturday, defeat‘. ing them by 25 to 6. The game‘ was . fast and Willing throughout, but" the heavy physique and passing tactics of the natives proved too much for--th'eir -~ opponents.