FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 140, 4 June 1908, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

NEXInI: CKADK. I Ml:ATl'(ii;j) , :!l v . f.It'HAM ~",!. ~,''""", '""'■': Mi " ; ■■" Elilium "■>> ••■nlt-i; -pkii.tul weather conditions. A un ~,., ~,,„„. nhh . d ia a d cucli side ~,„,,,, ~ „. v Thii Knll . u iuek, had n„. : H . U ,,. „ f tlu . lmt ■» the forui.rd division the Stratford "•i-uariK who «.-,-,■ 1,,,,,-,,.,. llm „ „ -,. opponent*, held the advantage throughVoimg k i,.k„d „tf f(lr .stiat,„r,l. |). fnr'r s<! " ,r "V"' returning to Straii , t 7'"" ■' lim " <m; »»<*■«> lis to break away, bur was pi d «»t. A scrum followed, and Lewis was penalised. Tirhbon. kicking „ut Line secured and centred, Kirkwood locking out at half-wav Kltl.au, set «!' an attack, but a bad pass from urns to linckland 1,-t tlu- Stratford forwards through, and thev carried the lather back lo l, :; |. ,vay. I',-,,,,, a forward rush D. M„ir .rot possession and centred to Dive, who scrt th ■ ov.l "if to 'Surges. li«- I'l'ler transferring to \,l| iaau u -i„, „,., ~„,,„„ |jm ~.,;, lied forwards then carried tin- leither into Kltham-s t.-:. :i ,=-.-. p uti ,,,. ',,„.,. I'ing Tiitli a good :i:,e uick. Siratlord were penally,!. U au Dive kicked to • oeker. wlwse ret,,,,, ti;l , ~ ~„„-. ,„„,_ Mratlord were again penaiis.,l and Dive «cured and cu-uvd to li.„,klami. who was tackled on iiie line |,_ v t<i r : ivv j Dive marked sliortlv after and Potier made an misu<ces.-ful shot at goal On re-iimin-g, Kftliam attacked, and trom a loos,- ru-h carried the oval to the Stratford line. From a scrum IA-wis passed on the blind side-to Dive who streaked over the line, but he unthinkingly ran over the dead ball line, and the try was not allowed. Stratford kicked out, and Lewis centred to Potier, who was penalised for otl'-sids play. A passing rush among the Klthain backs was smarllv intercepted by i'ocker, and tlic !>all was transferred ■to Kltlunfs 25, .Moir returning to hallway. iJlthain carried the play' into the i'.eiis' i>. A loose ru-h followed and ' Stratford were penalised.- Potier essayed a shot at goal, but the ball went wide. From a line-out in Stratford's 2-">. Dive threw well out to Potier. who sent the oval on to U Moir, and the latter to Huckland. who. after a .short run, scored near the corner flag. Dive failed to increase the score. Kit ham 3. Stratford 0.

An interchange of kicking, principal-) lv among the. backs, followed. A loose' rash ended in Kltluiiu working mi tot the visitors' line, wliere Ivirkwoo.l. with a good line kick, relieved from a dan I gerous position. A scrum in mid-field gave Bonner the hall, lie passed to lacker, the latter transferring to Kirkwood, who was grassed by Auckland, J'otier returning to touch. Stratford forwards became aggressive, and a dangerous rush was saved by 1.. Moir marking. Stratford continued the pressure and worked on to the home line, where Dive relieved with .-, mark. A splendid bit of passing among the Stratford backs ended in Kirk wood being grassed <ni the line, and Kit ham forced. r Stratford again carried play on to the home line, but Williams' kick saved. Kltham forwards then reversed the order of things, a smart rush being stopped by Bonner, who returned to touch. Krom the line-out Dive secured and centred, hltlum were i*-tialiscd t„r holding the ball, hut Stratford's ,!»,! at goal went wide. Another kick was awarded for Kltluui cliat-giiig l.cioi,. <|„. |,.,n vvaoii the ground. Ti„. second attempt, j though a splendid one, also failed. Hall-rime was called without addition to tin; score. 11l the second spell, Stratford held the advantage throughout. Charteris set the ball rolling. Dive returniii" to halt-way Dm- go t the l,all from the ruck and kicked across tu Buckkiiid. who ,ost the ball, but regained and sent ■"to touch. Line -play followed, neither sou- having any noticeable advantage, rrotn a jienalty I'oticr kicked to To.kcr, who returned to half-wav. J.v um a scrum, Uuckland got possess,-,,,, |, ut his kick reboutidcl, U Moir savim/with a good .kick. Play tl ß . u centred, and Stratford were i- oti ,. r tl . iril a pot, and XichlK.,, marked, Ilm-hl-md returned the kick near the comer ||al>.ose ],!.iy followed in Stratford's £ '■ll locker relieved with a Hue kick. 1 lay u> again centred,- and I, Moir ■ sii-uivd and M'.it |„ linckhmd. who' '"•"<" ;' l*'M bid. 1...1 wa, |„.|,| on the '"'■■■ li ><- '«'ll going out. j„ i,,;,,.. -l.ange o kicks .„||„„,,|. ;l ,„„,,;,, ll'intl.ylhve sending the oval „ell i„t„ Str.illord's territory. .Moir outlined |on the line-out, and sent tl val to Iluckiaiid. and tin- latter to I'otier. who after a feinting run was sent into touch | near Stratford's line. ]>!,,>- „, ls „,,„„ j trans,, rred to the home 2.3. wliere from a dangeroii, Stratford rush |... .\|<iir ci eared, -ending into touch. Stratford continued the attack and time after time narrowly ,„iss<.,l scoring. Melville got tin- oval on the linc-out and a certain score was lost throu-h lis losing the ball. Stratford kept up a vigorous atta.-k and Kltham forced. On resuming play became fa-l and furious. Kirkwood marked and made a splendid attempt to pot from half-way. the ball going under the cross-bar. ' Play was kept ~ii the Kltham line for some time until welcome relief came per medium of a free ki.-k. ISonner tried to breakthrough a scrum, but was sent out near the comer. On the line-out. Bonner again secured and passed to Kirkwood. who dodged in and scored in a handy position, locker failed with ths ki'!;. Kirham :!. Stratford :i Stratford kei.t „,, .., ,],, ailw ~„.„.,._ and time after time went within an ace ot scoring, but the soild defence of the Kltham backs staved off defeat, and Ihe vhisile sounded without further .score. [

For F.itham. William,. Dive. L. Moir and Im.kl.itid plav.il sterling games' | while the forward division all pbived ■ -dully again-t a pack ,-on.idorahlv heavier than their own. To.-k.-r, Kirkw....d. and l!r..wu were the pick of the Stratford backs, while Man-hanr. Melidle, and Harkn.~s were tin. most conspicuous in the forward division. Mr. (Irirmii. referee,!, and the game was not killed with whistle

f-KCoXII (.HAD);. KLTHAM (II)TsTI:ATKORD CI) ! The-,, teams ,„et at Stratford voter. I d'.v. Kit ham. after a g.,,,,1 g.,,,,,'., win . ■ mr- by II point- to ::. For the win- : j!.-r- trie- w.-re -c-..r.-.l by Kobiiisou, j\.i..-em.aii.l C00p,.,-. Williams convertI in- one. Ihirge- kicked ~ penahv goal •'"■ rat ford. Mr. V.,y controlled the I game. I i TTIlltl) i;i;adj.;. j KLTHAM (|.-,i v. .STKATFOIH) (il). J | Flthnu -solid juniors defeated Strati»i I second juniors at Flthim vest,.,'lay hy.lift.-..,, p„ ml , t „ , in ~:,„. ~,. | ',an, tries were -e0r.,1 by .). Keardon. ! ,VokT'•'•,',''; Wi ' i, '"' i " ''' , -""' lau " r '"'•'!••- M. junior- to ph,.. I : :--.-,...ir-e at l.:in t.,-da.- I'atter.oii. i •■!:•■>-. .hiiian. Xa-h. Lan-ridge, Woods. ■'»»e-. -lag... Kiljner. Kisby. Tickner. Alien. llol.v.S,iiieriiey.(.oo,l«in; i-nn-r----g. nci.-. Uorbuok and Finchain. "II;:. W.-r j'ii.i and Central School tnolball team- pla.ied a match vo-lor- '"'.'• alter, n. the West Knd bov. winn!n-' by i. point- to ::. Mr.'Kw-u----rcf.recl.