FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 1, 2 June 1913, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

KGLEWOOD (11) V. STAR (8). The concluding match of the first round of the Saturday competition, which was played by Inglewood and Star at Inglewood on Saturday, was witnessed by a good attendance. It proved a very fast and interesting game, the issue being in doubt till the final whistle blew. The Star hacks executed some pretty passing rushes, hut the Inglewood forwards more than held their own, and thc»local team won by two tries (one converted), and a penalty goal to one converted try and a penalty goal. Mr. 0. West refereed very satisfactorily, indeed, he was afterwards complimented by players on both sides. Inglewood won the toss, and Star kicked oil' with the sun in their eyes. Bertraml at once got moving', but Rickleben failing to take a pass, let Inglewood through. Hughes, however, also failed to hold the leather, and a likely score was lost. A free kick relieved, and the ball being centred, Carroll secured, and cutting through, shot across to Bertrand,, who outpaced the opposition right from his own twenty-five and scored. Box made no mistake with the kick, and with five minutes gone Star had scored five points. Star now opened out the game. Carroll, Bertrand, and Tito taking a hand. Hughes intercepted, and galloping for the comer, the Inglewood flyer just got over as he was collared. Eggleton failed to convert. Okey, Francis, and Stanley were prominent in a forward rush that carried play to Inglewood's twenty-five, where Russell cleared. Stars were playing an open game, Jacob, Carroll, Tito and Bertrand handling nicelyi Smith and Sutherland made some nice openings, but hung on too long. From a free kick for off-side play, Eggleton had a good shot, the ball falling short and Box found the line. Russell, Atu, and Karalus were prominent in placing Star on the defensive, where off-side play by Okey gave a free kick, but Smith failed badly with the shot at goal, and a force resulted. Failure by Bertrand to take the ball placed Inglewood in a handy position, where Hughes secured and passed to Smith, who again hung on too long, and passing late, Bertrand intercepted with a clear field in front, but unfortunately knocked on, and a serum ensued. Heady play by the Star forwards saw Russell compelled to hurriedly find the line. Nieholls and Olsen headed a rush to Star's territory, where the backs opened out, and Hughes was given a chance to show his speed, but failed to gather up the ball, and a scrum ensued on Star's goal line. Bullock dived for the line, but just failed to reach it. From the resultant scrum, Star cleared. Back came Inglewood. Ber-. trand. with the sun in his eyes, failed 1 to take a high ball, and Eggleton gathered up and shot the ball across to Kennedy, who put in a strong run and scored. Smith goaled. On resuming, Inglewood continued to press, and Star I were twice forced in rapid succession, once when Smith had a good hut un-; successful shot from a free kick, and n\ little later when the same player attempted to pot. Insrlewood forward's] headed by Karalus, Xicholl. Ata, and I Chapman, still hotly besieged their op- ] nonents citadel, but a mark brought relief, which was onlv temporary, as a few moments later Smith marked, and, taking the kick himself, made a fine attempt. Being allowed no charge, he had another shot and made no mistake, landing a fine goal. This, as it turned out, proved disastrous to Star, as it proved the winning goal. The spell ended Inglewood 11 Star 5 Star opened briskly in the second half, and Sutherland, hanging on too long, gave Carroll a shot at goal, which fell short. Inglewood kicked well down the field, where Carroll picked up on the I run and passed to Tito, who streaked for the corner, with Sutherland in chase. The Inglewood three-quarter just got up in time to swing him against the corner j flag as he grounded the ball. It was ! hard luck. Star still pressed, and an in- j fringement by the reds gave Box another shot at goal, and Stars were only three points behind. They were now having J the better of the game, their backs putting in some nice work, and giving the reds many anxious moments. Box had '' a chance to equalise the score from a free kick, but his kick, though a. good one, failed to materialise. Inglewood for' wards, headed by Atu and Russell, now set up an attack which culminated in ] a force. Ba?k came Inglewood, and scrums ensued on Star's line, until Karena and Skipper removed the leather to neutral territory, where the nippy Star bacj<s took a hand. A mark by Eggleton gave relief, and, following up fast,) Inglewood looked verv dangerous, when a;rebound gave Rickleben a chance to score and gallop to midfield. Box was not found wanting in stemming the next Inglewood'rush, and finding the line downfield. Russell failing to take a high kick, let Star into Inglewood territory, where Bertrand secured, but hung on instead of passing to Rickleben, who might have scored. From a free kick, Carroll had another shot, which fell short. Hughes secured and kicked high, but he was slow in following up, and Stanley marked. Inglewood and Star attacked in turns, and play was fast and exciting, being up and down the field until off-side play by Okey gavo Smith a chance right in front of the goal, which just went wide. Play ended soon after with Star attacking, but they were unable to increase their score and the game ended Inglewood 11 Star 8