FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 10 June 1914, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

-WKV.'S A.\ - >:u'J'K>. As expected, t..e liuco ex-Thiirsdiiy ■.cams hud victories In yood io.ugia, o'l i-OHLS OVl'r laeil oi UIC ,'.!lll.(lil.V 111111-, uiil ihe roiiuc m ntj ui tin; maic'in is ...mil as should pio'. a uicou.aging lo (lie ..■..iii.-n I (Mill', 1..r iln-e ~,]),, uie.r opponents l'u.ly emci.dui. Willi ;l litlie .....camg ami more e.-.pcin u.c th.-y will pi'uvc very hard iiic- ~-,i i,,. beat, in lae .j...it match bc.tweni l.:iil'e. n ami Jnjjie•.vuoil, thi! latter liail trouble in niusior•ug a team, so no iiiui'al imu Jt drawn iroiu tliat. At Okato, Tukapa defeated the coastal ■ earn by 13 points to nil. The score was made up oi lluve Lrioi and two i goa.s. It was not 'by any means an un- : .merestin;,' game, nor was it very onesided. Neither team was represented by l lull strength, Okuto feeling the dei feetions more, :tiieir forwards being i minus Julian (2) and Doyle, whose i places were lilledi by P. Carey and ! O'Sullivan (2), neither of whom hadi played for some time. Hawkins and Ciilc'lurist wore out of the Tukapa pack, and Lweridge from the backs. Their places were filled in the back division by Stanncring and Tboiupson, who both played line games., and were out for the first time this season, iicAlhini going i up to wing.forward. Forward the teams were evenly matched, Okato ha.ving, if anything, 'the advantage and 'obtaining their share of the ball from the serums. They were, however, afraid to make the pi mo open, | and consistently kicked To r the line in I an attempt to keep down the wore, a proceeding which certainly succeeded. j Their forwards set up some great rushes, ' and were -within an ace of scoring on j nrous occasions, hut lacked the iinishi -in? touch. They are rapidly improving, ■ and before -the end of the season will I prove a 'tough proposition. Carey played another great game. ! His play showed more head work,, not j one. penalty being given against him. I His brother played well, and so did I O'Sullivan (2), Hawkins and Ryan. Bur- | rows and Hill did a lot oi work 1 on the I wings. The former gave one or two exi pensive penalties through off-side tacj tics. ! liustaco was the pick of .tilio Okato j backs; he kicked well, and- handled the j ball nicely, making some line openings. j Corbett, at half, did a lot of defensive | work. Holmes and Aylwaiu, wing tlirecj quarters, did not get mucin chance to ' show their attacking qualities, but they [ defended well, and the i-ame applies to | Andrews (three-quarter), and Ken Andrews (full back). The latter "layed a great game and had hard luck in getting injured. Anyway, the Tukapa forwards, Ward and Morshead, were most prominent. McAllum p!ay=d a powerful game on the wing. Belcher, on tile other wing, was lost at times. It was to -their hacks that Tukapa owed their superiority. These c.ssiyed sonic pas.-ung rushes, but only one of them reached a successful finish.. Pai-M's were badly given at times, and there wore a lot dropped, Tocher being a great oli'onder in this respect. Mi'own set his backs going well, and defended in his u-iual style; lie hac quite si lot to do. Stohr at live-eighfli.s in tilie ■first spell did not give his three-quar-ters too many openings. In the\socoiid spell at centre he was an improvement; ins try from half way was equal to one of his best c-11'orts. His line kicking was as powerful as ever, and liiillilied' the Okato rushes greatly. The latter remark also applies to Thompson at fullback. StanncriiLg at centre three-quarter in the first spell, and live-eighths in the .aecond, acquitted himself with distinction. Oi tlie wing three-quarters, Webster was the .belter, p'aying with great dash and saving his side on .several 'Occasions. Tire match 'between oiar und .Stratford on Saturday last was by no means a brilliant exposition of rugby, although there were Hashes of individual bright-nc-.vi which enlivened the game. The Star team put up, all thing-, considered, a very good fight against si far stronger team ,and did n°t "let up" until -the whistle had gone. As usual, they kicked combination and a scoring.threequarter line. It is a pily- that this should be so, for toe (earn has many good points. Its tackling is always good 1 , and the forwards are a willing lot. With coaching the team might improve out of all knowledge. Carroll played half-back on Saturday and did not put up a bad game at all. He mad'e one or two openings, and tried the ''lone 'band'' game once or twice, his chief fault being a desire to beat too many men. The star among the three-quarters was Tito, who played a dashing game throughout. Box, at full-back, played a solid defensive game, lie tack-led rather better than ne kicked • The Stratford team did not. on the whole, play up to its reputation. The forwards, W. Woods. Heed. Smith. ITigginson, l'caron and Co.. threw the hall about eoiisid-rablv. and kept Slav on the defensive nearly all the time, but somehow the. finishing touch was always wanting, and C-arro i, Mack Skipper, Tito or Box would relieve the position, though only temporarily. s 0 Whittington played a cool game at full-back, and' Stewart at five-eighths was also well placed. Of the three quarters C. F. Young was nn'st prominent, hut'the whole of the line -participated ! in 'everal nice, passing riiihos. ' j The match between Tnglewood and | Clifton proved a run-away win for the ' j Clifton team. Imr.ewood Mere hv no means up to their full strength, having ; jonlv seven of their first selection, and I seven juniors hurriedly inched up at the [ 'last moment to make the trip. It was , ! no disgrace, therefore, to be. beaten so [decidedly; 'rather, the team deserves I ] commending for the sporting spirit that made them fulfil the engagement under such circumstances. Tnglewood gained I quite a reputation for many years for 1 the plucky manner in which it had batI tied against adverse circumstances and I fulfilled its engagements time and again ! when faced with certain defeat. I'ltij matelv, however, it was compelled to i drop out of the Thursday division. Last year it entered the Saturday ranks, and jits prospects looked much brighter, as the team annexed the Salurdiv cup. and ;no one grudged them the victory. It is hoped that Inglewood will be able to complete its other engagements, as the countrv club has a good chance of again boldiii'r the Sole Cup. Clifton scored nine tries and only converted two. Something must have j been wrong with the place-kicking! ! ~~"~"~ "'" iHCTTINT, FS TO PASS TOUR ENTRTKS MKAKS SAVING— Saving of time and trouhie (which means numt-y). You don't bother at, all. You | siniplv hand the documents to us, and j our capable staff takes the matter in I hand. The entries are passed promptly, j the goods delivered quickly. 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