FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 29 May 1914, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

| THL .HiYluß CO.WLTmON. i:iKi:.U:.< AT A GLANCE. | Stratford H v. Star 0. ' Tuk-apa -a v. JngJewood nil. Migii sSi-Juy...' <i v . Olifton 10. WIK..T.TOK.D v. GTAK.

Ihe-ve team-.* met on tile Recreation | O-roundr. and at.cr a fairly interesting I game tae iu!;i;..i team gained (.'he vicWv Iby 2 puiHtx <) U the day's play Str.itl.ford' shwild have made the margin. b<gffir. Tati v kicks threw tihe ball about in fine sty],, making the game very open. Then- opponents mainly confined themselves i„ forward r-uslhes of an individual nature. i n y w feo.se ttay hadrf anything. t!ie advantage. On opening, Mra|ttord pi'ay.-d with the sun i„ their i eyes. At- on,-,, the Jocal forward.* attacked-, but i lie St rait ford men were able to elea r their I'hiu, and invaded their opponents' ! weiity-fivc, where Rogers put the iiivWiing touch to a fine passing rush by dodging his- way over the nne. Collins failed to goal. Stratford Weks kept up the pressure, and Ihand- ■ Jmg nicely, were within an ace of seO-r- ---• mg; on two oi- three occasions. Star -were forced* <,n three occasions, twice i -Iran good bin t-.iile kicks at goal by i Cottons. Star, w;th a. scrambling rush I earned play to Stratford's line', I and for a f-w iiinutes Ji'iv .!:■,!•- „ i the attack. 'Pur.brsdge nearly scoring From a scnun on the line James pass, ed wide to WaJu. who dived over the line. MeGali.-y. fulled with the kick. In ithe se<oi„l spell Star first, made o. determined a|.ta<K but a iVe kick gave relief. StrattVrd backs then threw the balll abcait. .Hoc]; sides had two or three short* at jso.al but there was no further score imlii about eight minutes from tin- conclusion, when Kennedy ju'ked up from a scramble and scored' for th- nivifovs, Collins converting. Stars uu.de a final effort, and scrum after scrum ensued on Stratford',; line Tur.bridge. dived -over but was called Iback. In the la-t moment Lnalrtud dived o'er and scored. James milled with the lick. Mr G. B. Sinclair controlled the jrt-me. TUIyAPA [I. v. IXGLEWOOD If.

This match took place at Inglowood yesterday, and resulted in an easv win for Tukapa !,y 23 to nil. The Inglowood forwards, daved well during 'the first spell, but ;ne combination and condition of the visitors told in the second spell. Tries .'or Tukapa, Were scored by Julian (2i and converted bv Weston, also an unconverted try by Walsh in the first spell; and in the second Weston scored and converted, Hart scored and Lovcridge converted. The match was played large'y for the. benefit of the sports candidate, whose colors were worn by Tukapa, this being much appreciated by the eiowd present. The Tukapa team all played well, and appeared to he in gocd form. For the home team Oewge Miles was verv safe at full, and his good kicking got'lnglewood out of mem- tight corners. Sid Clarke, at fivc-oigdith, played well throughout the game—in fact, Inglewood on tile whole put up a very good fight against a very superior team. Mr. 0. West was referee, and his derisions were as a rule approved of.

< I.IFTOX v. HIGH SCHOOL Th"c match betwon Clifton and High School, played on the racecourse yesterday, was for the most part a ragged ficramhlc. It resulted in a victory for the country team by 15 points to f). The schoolboy* crossed their opponents' line once ami two penalty goals were kicked hy Hamblyn. For Clifton, Whaka. kicked a penalty goal, and Lye! McKoy, Stoddart and Kerr scored tries. The boys made on the whole a very creditable stand, but the superior weight of their opponents told heavily in the tight work, and the boys were not able to keep the play open enough to suit them. In the first spell the game was evenly contested, and at the close each side hail scored nine points. It was ; n this spell that the finest piece of play of the match was secn-a trv for the si'hool hy Bruce after a burst from behind halfway with the ball at toe. The greatest mistakes the boys made were in failing to tackle low and in feeding Whaka (who was as safe as a house at full-back for th,. other side) too much, when they kicked. Sykes* and Mc.Alurray were the most conspicuous of the school players. In the second spell. Clifton used their weight, and could not be denied, scoring two tries without conceding a point, Whaka proved himself a nice kick, although several of his attempts at goal were unsuccessful. Mr T. Petty referred.