FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 1, 2 June 1913, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

• THE RUGBY GAME: • WELLINGTON RESULTS-..' Per Press Association.; Wellington, Last Night. The first round of the Rugby competition was completed on Saturday in fine weather. Results:—Athletic 8,. beat St. James nil; Oriental 24, beat Victoria College 0; Petone 12, beat Wellington 3; Poneke lfi. beat Melrose 13. At the end of the round die position of the teams is as follows Athletic won. 7, lost 0, drawn 0, total points 14; Petone 5, 1, 1, 11; Oriental 4, 3, 0, 8; Wellington, 4, 3, 0, 8; Melrose 3, 4, 0,6; Victoria , College 1 3, 2, 4; Poneke 2, 5, 0, 4; St. James 0 0 1, 1. AUCKLAND RESULTS. Auckland, Bast Night. The weather conditions, were ideal for field games on Saturday,, and the attendances were large at all. the grounds.. In the Auckland Rugby Union competitions Ponsonby 3, drew with Marist Bros. 3; University defeated Parnell by 'ls points to nil; and City defeated College Rifles by 11 points to. nil. Marist Bros, are leading for the championship, being one point clear of Ponsonby and

.City. NATIVES DEFEAT THAMES. Thames, Last Night. Parata's native touring; team defeated Thames by 24. ipointa to nil. In the first half they scored 0 points, but in the second, superior combination told. 1 Much interest is being, taken in. the 1 annual football match between the local ■ and the Stratford "Banks and Law" on . the Western Park ground tomorrow at ■ 2 p.m. An excellent series of sketches,, > the work of Mr. Wilkie, ohp. c? the Stratford team, showing players ot pracE Use, is on view in tlie window of the Dresden Piano Company. 1 A match will be played at Waitara 2 to-morrow between, teams representing 3 the Inglewood and Waitara Senior - Cadets. f

THE LEAGUE GAME.. NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM Received 1, 5.30 p.m. Sydney, June 1. The League team chosen to meet the New Zealand team on Saturday next is as follows:—Full, Hallett; three-quar-ters, Frawley, Deane, Devereux, Broomham; live-eighths, Norman; half, Hollo-) way; forwards, Sullivan, Pearce, Courtenay, McCue, Burge and Cann. Emergencies, Algie, Russell, Williams, and Cummins. WELLINGTON RESULTS. | Wellington, Sunday. I Under League rules Newton 17, beat .Petone 8, and Hutt 9, 'beat Athletic 8. AUCKLAND RESULTS. Auckland, Last Night. The League results were:—Ponsonby United 9, New Rangers 5; City 18, Eden 2; Manukau Rovers defaulted to Worth Shore. THE ASSOCIATION GAME WELLINGTON RESULTS. Wellington, Last Night. At Asociation football on Saturday, Thistle 1, beat Rovers nil; Corinthians 6, beat Swifts 1; Hospital 1, beat Brooklyn United nil; Y.M.C.A. drew with Diamonds, 3 each, and St. John's drew with Brooklyn one each. AUCKLAND RESULTS. Auckland Last Night. In the Association competition the results were: Corinthians 8, Otahuhu 0; Carlton 2, Thistle 0; Everton 2, North Shore 2; Brotherhood 3, Hotspur 0. H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND V. OTAGO. Dunedin, Last Night. A team from H.M.S New Zealand played an Association football match against an Otago representative team yesterday. The Otago forwards were more skilled than the visitors, but tke warship backs and goalkeeper were very strong. McGregor scored for the battleship in the first spell, and up till five minutes of the conclusion, this was the only score. Otago then rallied, and in semi-darkness scored twice. The game resulted Otago 2 goals, HM.9. New Zealand 1 goal A party of twenty men from the warship, including the team, were entertained after the match by the Otago Football Association.

At a meeting of the newly formed Tn,"lewood Association Football Club on Friday night, it was decided not to send a team to Stratford on June 3, as the club was not yet in a position to select a team.