FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 June 1919, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

On Saturday the second of the Cup' fixtures was played on the Recreatio Ground between 'the’ Rovers an‘ Pirate Seniors. ‘ V ' ‘The following were the teams:— Rovers: Full back’ ‘Wotherspoon three-quarters, Bentley, Dockery, Mun ro, five-eighths Easton, Eaton; half Foreman; forwards, Hassett, Benireft Petterson, Rowe, Warren, Dockery Vv'illiams and Martin. Pirates Full back, McAulifie' three-quarters, Sinclair, K. Smith Temperton; five-eighths Maher, West half, Rose; ;forwa’rds: Bagley, Serra Hay, N. Healey Kelly, J. Sinclair Bray, and D. Healcy. The weathezgwas against good foot ‘hall, the g‘r.rmr:’i being very Wet, whit‘. made the game more of a mudflshram ble than football. Both teams too the field short, but after a While bot teams were filled. Apparently th condition of the ground favoured th Rovers, who had a good forwarfitea The game started about 3.15, and wa fairly fast. Play for the first fiftee minutes was in neutral I territor when Rovers forced their way d_oW the field and scored; the kick 8081 failed. Rover; 3_ Pirates 0. O resuming the Rovers again attacke and from a free kicl: smartly’ followe up and scored, adding the maj .:,points_ Rovers 8, Pirates 0. No fu thcr score Was. gained when half ti Was called. On resuming, Pirat evidently intent on evening up st scores, made the game willing, but Rovers defence held them? back f the first quarter of an hour, when Pirates scored. Rovers 8, Pirates Resuming the Pirates again got bus and had. «the Rovers» defendihg 13 from a forward rush scrambled ov land scored again, the kick at 'BO lfailing. Rovers 8, Pirates 6. Fro this on the play was up and down t ifield, and no further 500$ resulte The game ended, Rovers_.B, Pirates A Unfortunately just before the e of the game_“‘W. Bentley had‘ the fontune to ‘break his collarbone. H Mr. D. Burireil gave every vstafsfa l tion as refereed" ‘