FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 92, 14 May 1909, Page 4

FOOTBALL

RESULTS AT A GLANCE. FIRST GRADE. (Tukapa .. 22 Star •• 0 Uifton •• 23 lnglewood .. 0 Etratford . ■ 13 Eltham • • 10 FIRST GRADE « ELTIIAM v. STRATFORD. It was expected the Elthain-Stratford match would provide a good and close game, and the expectation was realised, tetratford proving the winuers by 13 points to 10. '1 he game to.A piucc at fcithaiu, and was witnessed M a large number of people. Eltiiam ki .ked off, and loose play brought the ball close to Eltham's line, enabling- Bradley to score within three minutes of the commencement. Tocker failed to convert. Stratford full was smothered by Eltham near (be line, Kirkwood saving by a kick to touch. Eltham then essayed a passto* ruth. A bad pass enabled Cameron to intercept and carry the ball to mid--8el d( where Stratford's half initiated a passing rnsh, Cameron holding on too long and being grassed. From the scrum Gibson kiclred to . touch. Loose play carried the ball to Eltham's 25, where Bullot, securing, potted a fine goal. Stratford Eltham 0. A few minutes alter Eltham set the ball in motion, Came intercepted a pass at half-way and with a quick run down the line scored in the corner. Toeker's kick was abortive. Stratford 10, Eltnam 0. From the kick-off Stratford marked, Dixon making an unsuccessful attempt at goal, the ball falling snort. Fitzgerald returned it to touch. From the throw-out the ball was carried into Eltham's 25. Cameron made an unsuc-

cessful attempt to pot. Eltham form From the kick-off the play hung in th centre of the field, Fearon eventual); * fading the touch with a good kick From, an interchange of kicks Fearoi ijv fousd the line about midway. Strat 'J- foul's forwards carried the ball int< 'if' Eltham's 25, where, from a mark Cameron kicked a goal. Stratford 1! Eltham nil. A good rally after in kick-off, led by Partridge, brought Jil - tham under the reds' goal. Stratfori ? forwards carried the ball to midfielil where Fitzgerald was thrown out. Part '■ ridge setnred the ball from a scrum ba and passed to Potier, who put in a gooi {he 25 flag. From the scrum l«wi becured, passed to Imrsley, to Dive, ti ' Potier, who was grassed within a fev v yards of the reds'line. An intcrchang' J?' of kicks brought play to half-way. bu #■ the red forwards gradually worked tU %■ ball into the whites' 25. Alter lurthe ■i kicking, play centred. From a throw-in \ , Bullot marked and Dive returned, lind ■i * tag the touch. From the line-out Kl *" tham forwards carried the ball into th redi' 25. The reds, however, graduatl; §"*s worked their way to the whites' -o Potier secured and returned the l>al to half-way. Half-time was calico, wit] | the score: Stratford 13, uuham nil. §&' ■ Cameron kicked off, Eltham rctiuniii] L to touch about midway. From th throw-out Burgess secured, and, runnin] "4~ " through the whole reds' backs, score Z . in the corner. Smith added the majo > points with a -magnificent kick. Strat K ford 13, Eltham 5. Eltham now bega: 'J s to get the upper hand, and kept t« S" Stratford backs busy defending tliei I ) i m e. An interchange of kicks urouga R - the leather* out of toueb in Eltham' k 25. Eltham forwards carried the bal into the reds' 25,-where Burgess, wlit Li. was playing a fine game, dribbled tin L" ball to within a yard of the Stratford H line under the goal, and had hard luck it* in not scoring, over-running the bail % and enabling the Stratford back to save, fe" From a scruih on their line the reds If" gradually worked their • way back to E Eltham's 25. Eltham essayed a passing rush, the ball, however, travelling across the fieid, the defence" being too good. Flthani secured a free kick, and relieve*! ** by finding the touch; l'lay worked to \ the reds' 25, where Eltliam secured a §L~ free kick in good position. Smith failed ®T to increase the. score. Prom the - 1 ' kick. Dive secured and passed to Uiar* It tcrs, who sent it on to A. W. Charters, 1L the latter being thrown out at the ?•> £ jiag, Potier secured, and put in a good run, carrying the ball into the reds 23. , Stratford were kept busy for a few ? ■ minutes, the ball being* returned to Dive, P who centred towards the goal. Charters, ;• fo\l«*ing up quickly, secured, and sc°red under * the goal. Dive added Up points. Stratford 13, Eltham 10. lir From the kick-off the game now b=- %, f ame keen, Lewis returning. The W" whites, following up quickly, smothered ® the Reds.' return. From an ensuing scrum, Dive secured and found the 4touch. Play hung about midway for tome time, "Gibson eventually breaking away with tho Ball at his toe, Fearon B* t saving by a good kick into touch. F.l- ---' tham'forwards again broke away, Bullot h* saving by a quick run to touch. J'-* i tham forwards, who were now warming r S' °P Sga'n, carried the ball back to withff in a few yards of Stratford's'line. For ,r, a few minutes the reds were kept busy's. defending their line. Lewis here initiW nted a passing rush, sending the ball to S) Dive, who sent it to Darnley, this player »'* missing a good opportunity by mulling a difficult pass. Brown relieved the pressure by a smart line kick. From the oS.'* line-out the reds secured. Darnley mark--5 ing, .Dive took the kick, Cameron's J- return being smothered. A hard kick by | the whites enabled Stratford to force J, down. Cameron kicked off, finding the s£v ! - line about midway.. An interchange of 'Cj. kicks saw the reds again defending. Dive es ayed a pot, missing a good chance of ft scoring by not passing. Stratford forcgfc : cd. From the kick-off the reds secured

and carried the leather into the whites'" '„' 1 whites gradually worked the play back. fj 1 " Dive passed to Fitzgerald, the latter finding touch; From the thrown-in I ' Burgess secured, and, putting in a good S'x ruu, found the touch about fifteen yards j, * from the reds' line. Reds now rallied, ■<and tarried the ball to midway, where Cameron centred the ball. Following up his kick quickly he grassed the El- - tham back almost under the goal line. The whites cleared by a forward rush,

Bte*".- Cameron initiated a good passing rush, , the red man being grasse<l within a yard ' of scoring.- Dive secured and relieved by finding the touch. The Eltham forwards took charge of the ball and Bullot saved gy. ■■ by a kick to touch. Play centred in gjy , midfield for some time. Stratford gradual- allr working to Eltham's 25. Potier found .touch. A good passing rush amongst-the red backs put Eltham on ||* the defence, Stratford finding touch at. Bf? the corner. From the throw-in, the ball |?i " »a-r carried over the Eltham line, enpr,. ablmg them to force. From the kick Eltbam forwards carried the ball 10 I midfield, Cameron saving by kicking to touch in whites' 25. A "free kick to f, Stratford enabled Cameron to find the t line nea r the corner flag. The Eltham ... forwards, however, were able to clear S* their lhie, carrying the ball to the 25 flag, Brown saving by finding the touch §v with a clever kick. Eltham, with a > pood dribbling rush, carried the ball to the reds' line. Eltham secured from a Kj# ' scrum. Dive spoilt a good chance iiy f"-.. holding on to the ball. Cameron eecurt" ed, and found touch at the 25 flag. El- ' tham were still aggressive, and a pas.s----r, ing rush amongst their backs brought . the reds on the defence. A free kick £ f ■ enabled Stratford to relieve by a kick t > $■ - midfield, where play hung for a few minis utcs, tlic thistle eventually soundin" with play about halfway, Stratford ■ • winning a hard-fought game by 13 to 10. Mr.'Spurdle referecd. Il'-' TUKAPA v. STAR. The surprise of yesterday afternoon, l»fe. 'W respect to the senior Rugby contest, Ife'"-' was the defeat inflicted upon the Stars IP'#:. There seemed to be little difference begiyf,. tween the two teams, and a battle royal anticipated by the large crowd of P ec ' a ' or 3 gathered on the RecreaBgi;. tiou Grounds, but few were prepared for JgE'Cj *''e final result. The game was a fast one, and afthough the forwards were on equal terms, the dash and combinaof tlie Tukapas was such it> easily aL- i outelassed their opponents. Ryan set sgy ~the ball in motion and it was taken into Ef vTukaptt's 2.">. Tukapa soon worked down if.' field, however, and play was taken] SS- gwdl into Star's territory. A serum gave p." , JSfawn the ball, and he quickly trans,to Mynott, who passed to J. §gj'MPohr, and what looked like a certain! ■§£/•< *ry was lost ,by the latter giving a bad ■WyjSo* to B, Stohr. The ball was then raggl-rlffeDt out near half-way. From the en-line-ouf a splendid piece of work the. Tukapa backs followed. Mason HRppjt&ined and sent tne oval to Mynotc. jjHSjtlie latter- to Barker, who sent it on HrafLto B, Stohr, who, after a splendid run. Sept-out'near the corner flag. A BKjgMjftnp followed, and the'ball was sent MHgfHfeShe Star line, Broifrn forcing. Hill out, and a'ti&change of kicks HsiiPjfflowed,''Mynott fipding the line near B&RStffliyr&v. . .The hide forwards pressed HESn||£-and worked',over the Star line, the HHflajfeßriaft foiicad. Hill again Bet the

ball ill motion, ami Clarke obtained anil streaked down the lii'Ul well into Ue Macks' 25. On being tackled by l'ike, "e shot the oval out to J. Stohr, who was thrown out near the Star 25, where play was held for some tune, l'roiri * »'<!S kick Stohr essayed a shot at goal, but as unsuccessful. Allen obtained from th; kick-out, and sent the oval into Star's 25. Barker got possession from loose play, and scut the oval on to B. Stohr, who scored an easy try near the post. J. Stohr placed a nice goal. Tukapa o, Star 0. On resuming, the Star forwards rallied and carried play on to their opponents' line. Joll, of the Tukapa forwards, at this stage of the game retired owing to an injury to a rib, and was replaced by Oakes. Star continued to press, but Mynott, with a good line kick, relieved from a dangerous position. Loose play in front of the Star goal followed, where Barker obtained a pretty mark. J. Stohr took the ktfek and landed a good goal. Tukapa 8, Star 0. Half-time sounded without further score. The second spell opened with an exchange of line kicks. Barker obtained from the line-out in Star territory and transferred to B. Stohr, wjlio scored his second try near the post. J. Stohr landed another good goal. Tukapa 13, Star 0. Star set up a vigorous attacK, and a line kick by B. Stohr saved a dangerous rush. The blues, however, soon transferred play into the Star territory, where B. Stohr got possession from the loose and potted a splendid goal. Tukapa 17, Star 0. l'lay was then kept in Star territory. From loose play Mason got possession, and sent the oval on to J. Stohr, who ran from tne 25, passed three or four opponents and scored in a handy position. He took the kick, and was again successful in placing tlu» leather over the bar, lukapa 22, Star U. The remainder oi the spell was without incident, and time was called without further score. The l'ukapa jpla.ved a good game, and as was predicted last week, proved themselves to be a dangerous lot on a dry ground. In the forwards 1 Allen, McAUum and Steele were perhaps ' the most conspicuous, although all put ' in solid work. ' The Star rear division lacked the dash ■' of their opponents and were without ! combination. liichards, at full-back, : played a very safe game, repeatedly »a\1 in"' liis team. Brown at half also played • a "good same. In the forwards, Ryan " and McKoy did solid work. ill. Hop--3 kins was an impartial referee.

CLIFTON I. v. INGLEWOOD I. The Cliftoa-Inglcwood 6enior match at Inglewood yesterday was' a dreary exhibition of football. It was played on a rough ground, fringed by swamps that were responsible for a lot of waste time when the ball went out of touch, and in bleak, windy weather, there was a email attendance. The local men were, as usual, short-handed, and there were seven emergencies in the team. Clifton were -without the services of Crowtev at half-back. 8. George was moveft'up to that position, and L. Tate plaved at full. The Clifton men played wretchedly below the form shown in the Stratford match last week, and had Inglewood possessed a couple of backs above the average tEev would have given Clifton something to think about. As it was, they held the Waitara men in check during practically the -whole of the second spell, and with ordinary luck, or a little better management, should have scored. Mr. F. Koch controlled the game, and gave the players plenty of latitude.

Inglewood kicked off, anil their barraekers had a momentary glimpse of the Reds charging Clifton hard down ovi tlieir line. Then Hefferman and Pukere assorted themselves, and ,play settled doyn at Inglewood's enu. A passing run enabled Tate to score, S. George failing to convert. Within ten minutes of the start the score stood at 8 to nil in favor of Clifton, the second try having been scored by D. George from a pass by his brother at the back of the serum. S. George kicked the goal. There was very little of interest in tile next ten minutes, the Clifton forwards being all "at sixes and sevens," and Inglewood was utterly unable to pass through the visitors' backs. Clifton was losing much of the advantage in the forwards by too strenuous kicking. D. George was temporarily incapacitated, Boldt throwing him heavily, yet fairly, at the end of a fine piece of following up on the part of the tackier. George was able to resume in about five minutes' time, but had a limp for the rest of the game. Inglewood was repeatedly forced, Clifton's reckless kicking spoiling several good scoring chances. A feature of the game at this stage was the pretty and effective footwork of Scoleficld and Egglcston, two old "soccer" players. From one dribble Eggleeton landed the ball in a handy position and Sampson scored, S. George again converting. 13—0. Sutherland, playing full-back for Inglewood, was mulling frequently, and on one occasion Eggleston nipped the ball from the rebound from him and scored, George being again successful with tlic kick. Half-time sounded with the score at 18-0.

Inglewood had been playing against the wind so far, which placed them at a distinct disadvantage. The second spell opened as the first had done, Ingle, wood Setting up a spirited attack, which, however, was not sustained. Boldt, Parli and Chapman wen; doing sonic splendid following-up, such as would hare bothered (he opposing backs had their rushes been at all supported. They repeatedly spoiled the Cliftons' returns, and in this way Aid good service. The most solid forward on the ground was Pukerc, who was putting his' best into his work, and he and Loveridge headed some dangerous rushes, Brown and Stanley doing good work, being perhaps the only two on the home side who understood the meaning of the old injunction, "collar low." Tile spell was decidedly uninteresting and without score until within a few minutes of time, when Oillett Sampson, who was playing full-back in place of Tate, scored at the corner. S. George made a magnificent kick from a difficult angle, and against the wind, and brought the score to—Clifton 23, Inglewood 0. Of the winners Scholefield and S. George were perhaps' the best of the backs and Pnkere easily the best forward. On the Inglewood side Brown, at half, Stanley and Kennedy 011 .the wings, were the best backs, although the last named showed a dis'mcHnatio:i to heavy defensive work. Boldt, Chapman. Parli and Coppertii were the best of „ hard-working but unskilful pack.

SECOND GRADE. TL'KAI'A v. STAII. Another surprise vesterdav was tile defeat nf the Star iir-1 juniors, at tlie hands of tile Tukapa, by 10 points to 3. Tiip game was fast and willing, but tlie Stars seemed to be without combination. For Tukapa, tries were scored by I.overidge (2) and White, two of which Loveridge converted, l-'airlirotlier kicked a penalty goal. 8, Main scored for Star. THIRD GRADE TL'KAI'A v. STAIi. (•11 tlie Racecourse ground s'tar 111 defeated Tukapa by :i points (a try scored by .Malone) to nil. The game was a goc d one. Mr. Smart referecd. CLIFTOX 111. v. 1X0LEW001) 111. Clifton and Inglewood third-,' bail a hard game on the Inglewood ground, the visitors getting home by () points to nil. Mortensen, Fuller ad McCoy scored tries.