FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3531, 20 July 1920, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

o AUCKLAND (9) v. TARANAKI (3) AUCKLAND, July 17. The Rugby match, Auckland v. T i ■ i naki was won by the former by 9 t< 3. The attendance was 14,000. Tin weather was ideal. The ground wai rather greasy. The game was of : scrambling order, with occasional bit! of good, combined play. Aucklam backs were bet,ter and faster thai the visitors' '.'ear division, but the !at ter's forwards were very strong anc hampered their opponents'' efforts t< open up the game, in the first quartei of which Taranaki faced the sun. Th( home team had much the better of the play in the ten minutes, and V Badeley placed a penalty kick. The Taranaki' s transferred play to Auckland 25 but were soon on the defen give again. Taranaki was penalise! in front of the goal for holding the balk Badeley kicking a goal. On th< ehanee over. Taranaki had the bette: of the first portion of the quarter They unsuccessfully attacked, andplaj was at half way when Badeley passcc to Grierson, who sent, to Nixon, Bade lev again receiving the bal'. He. how ever lost it on the line, and Nixoi following up fast, touched down. Tara naki again attacked, the spell ending Auckland 9; Taranaki nil. In the second spell Taranaki back; '•ontlnued the combination they hac evinced during the latter half of th< first spell- and their forwards tackling first spell, and the game was more ex citing. Auckland were first to attack Then Taranaki revised the position ii a determined manner, or.'y to be drivei back again. Malone made a good nil almost to the line, but was overtake! after he had pissd the Auckland fu'l back. The home team again pressec until the opposing forwards brold away, to be stopped for an infringe ment. In the final quarter Taranak showed to better advantage, thougl the ball was not confined to any pai ticular position of the field, and indivi dual dashes repeated by transferrin: play, Malone, for Taranaki. institute a possing rush, aided by Lynsky an Roberts, the latter scoring. Georg failed with the kick. From then ti the cal 1 of time, alternate attacks we: made.