FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 91, 3 September 1912, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

WANGANUI MATCHES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Saturday's rep. match, Wellington v. Wanganui, was by no means the onesided cake-walk that the scores (2(5-9) j make it appear. Wanganui were with- i, out the services of Ongley, Mitehinson, i, Brownlie and Tansey, and until Tilyard/' was earriM oil early in the Second}, spell the blues were playing a sterling \ fame. The feature of thfc game was Mc- , j Farlane's place-kicking. The burly', Wellingtonian booted one field goal and: : four goals from trice. The first spell . was fast and strenuous and ended with < the visitors in front, 13 to 3.. Wanganui quickly got to work in the second spell and added two tries. Goal-kicking, as often remarked in this column, is j in an unknown quality here and the score read 13-0. After Tityard's departure the locals w.ent to pieces and the I blacks ran on three more tries, two be-1 ing converted. The gams was inclined ' to bo rough and both sides took adyaii- i tage of a lenient referee. I Last week's inter-college tournament proved attractive, and fine, open, spec- i tacular Rugby drew big crowds. The colleges were evenly matched and in each case the element of luck turned prob-! able victories into cold, hard defeats, i Wanganui defeated Christ's College by' B—G, each side scoring two tries, Wanganui converting one and Christ's kick- . ing "a poster." Wellington College had i all the worst of their encounter with I Christ's College but pulled out winners by 3 points (a penalty goal) to nil. The ' final match, Wanganui v. Wellington was. a great struggle. Playing against j a strong wind in the first spell the local j boys quite held their own and no score j resulted'. Turning round, the game looked a moral for Wanganui, but Wellington forwards took charge at once and scored. The major points were not addeo\ Xo further score was iljcorded i till within a few minutes of "no side" when Fa bed (Wanganui) snatched up the leather in the ruck and wildly potted The ball jambed between crosis-bar and upright, and amidst a scene of immense excitement, fell over tl*e bar. Wellingto had all tho better of the concluding few minutes but were unable to wipe out the single point defisib 'an'u" wire beaten by 4 to 3. Unbiassed spectators were of th c opinion that Christ's OollOfcu the strongest team, but had Wanganui College been Tqiresented at its full strength th'ey would, have easily beaten teither of the visiting teams. = -r^