Big Football

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 28 August 1914, Page 7

Big Football

THE RANFURL¥ SHIELD. ANOTHER &TA.LLi D off." •■■ - taranaki defeat southland ! Yesterday Taranaki for, the .fiitlr-.0c-(*.,,(,a Hii-- cuted-upon to defend, '.the Kani'iuTy•Shield, the ehallengec'in.this instance being .Soutlilaiua. The soulh- ; era team iiad suffered seriously, owing to the war iliaviug. made inroads upon its representative players, no less, than ten of the, fifteen originally.-.chosen having- volunteered foj- tae trout-. 'Jfeyertheloss, the playOT9...clM>scn t. • fill the -vacancies must have worked hard 'oget into training,, for the team mlly extended the local fifteen and had the backs ; been: 'better- might have annexed • fche ■shield. Forward .fchey were good, a.'/, being solid, honest, workers, who did,„wt ; let up from whistle to whistle. Though j Taranaki were victorious- by, 6: points to nil,' tieir perfonmance was very ragIged and left.niuch.to be deskedj aivi-'jt j w«« hardly possiDle to believe tJiatr they • can withstand, such teams as. Wellington and Auckland will "bring for tjioir «haijlengc matches. It was hard, to credit .'that tkig was.practically the same team .as. played Auckland so brilliantly "-last. '.Saturday. It wa» a game of lost ppiportunities yesterday* -Taranakj' had all the 'better .of l&e, game-.in- the (second-spell, -when their..-- baeto'.-.-were - throwing tie leather about,-and at least !half a dozen tries should- jhaye jbeen (stored, instead of only one, but the worklacked finish. The game was spectacular and open, and at times delighted-the spectators, but ttie.niovementfj ,-were seldom earned to a successful' finality; .-'A i feature of the game? was the fine play of Don Cameron, who has again; come out to asskt...hjk.„pj>ovißC£,..and if "he : can come back to bid form—and on yesterday's play such looks likelv— he will | be a valuaHe'tidjuncf to tifetedim'With 'the exception of Taylor, who played a (fine game, the local,, forwards did not ! display their customary dash, showing I that; Taranaki is still .an in-and-out ; team. The visiting. forwards, on the other hand, were the main-stay. Their -backs' Mldom essayed."fa pass, but dei fended. well. Martin was . a tower of i strength, in this respect.- The groyiid was. in capital order for the match, fiie slight breeze not affecting the play much. Inerewasan attendance of about 2000. The'teams lined out.as follows: SOUTHLAND (.Maroon) ■, ■'■■' Lilley ' Robertson Martin M'Necce ■ Scully Kavanah "liorde - Sheed Roach McDowell McDonald Scully Baird Lindsay Barry j TARANAKI (Amber and Black) . j S Cameron 'D. Cameron Loveridgo C. Whittington | Roberta- Stohr Brown Taylor Paul -Patterson Kissick Young RoJiertson j. Cain VYliittington THIj.PLAy. Scully kicked off"for ' Sou inland and McNeece it once drove Love.rhlge's return to touch at the twenty-live. The southerners.obtained the-kill from the line-out, and stalled passing, the ball travelling to Martin, who lined at'the corner. Roberts started a dodgy run, 'but was collared, and matters looked serious for Taranaki until Paul hculed a solid forward movement to past midr field, Sliced being slightly injured in stemming It, The-l<K-als'had'the advantage in some tight forward work. from which Brown was slow in getting the ball out to Don Cameron,'who lined at the corner. Infringement in the serum gave the Reds an advantage, hut they did not make much use of it, and Taranaki soon returned to the attack, only to be driven to mid-field by a long line kick by Forde. The Red pack, led by fcyheed, became aggressive, but Stohr secured and lined at -mid-field. Brown set his backs moving, Taylor. Stohr,-aud Roberts handling well, 'but the latter ' tried to go too far, and wflen collared passed forward. MeDonald and Scull v were prominent in line-out work for the Reds, but Taylor came awav witii the ball at his feet, only to be checked by Kavanagh. After a forward scramble, the Reds, headed by Roach and. Sheed. ww<» away, but a knock forward check ed them. Taranaki here electrified their supporters with a great passing movement. Brown, Stohr, Loveridgo and Don Cameron handled in .fine style, 'the lastnamed showing glimpses of'his- bid form by streaking for the line. He/ passttl to Taylor, who was collared. Whittington next made a dash, but in beating the full-back stepped into 'touch. Tho visitors were kept defending until Martin earned applause /by lining past half-way. The Reds gained supremacy fromii the line-out. Off-side ■ play by Brown gave them a shot in a very- handy position, but Lilley's kick was charged down. The. Reds now held their own in 'the tight work until Taylor secured and broke through, and a 'long kick -by Don Cameron found the line at mid-field. Lilley was nearly caught with the ball, 'but cleared in time. Play now became fast. The local team were passing well, and both Wnittington and Cameron were showing pace. When blocked, tie latter centred, but McNeece, secured. Interchange of kicks gave the locals the advantage. Lilley and Kavanagh fumbling gave their confreres uneasv moment, but they got out of the trouble well, 'and tlie dashing southern forwards forced play to neutral territority. Play was now travelling up and down the field, Southland 'having a slight advantage. •Forde unlade a lone-handed dash for ■touch, an.l was collared just in time by Lcvcridge. The shield-holders wore now having a parlous time of it until Stohr nicked up the Ml from the feet of .McDowell and Sheed, and lined. Cain, Patterson and Paul set up a solid rush to mid-field, checked by Forde. Overrunning the hail by the Yellows gave the visitors an advantage, but Whittington lined. Scrambling play ensued, neither 6ide lienefitting much, play being mostly at mid-field, until a hc-adiji kick by Whittington found touch at tile twenty-live. Roberts threw the ball across to, 'Lowridge, who was collared before lie got going, and Southland lined down field, forward rushes by both teams gave considerable advantage to the Reds, until Stohr made a great opening and. backs and forwards handling the Ball, Lilley was forced to kick to touch. From the scrum, the ball camv to S. Cameron, who made a short run and set Don Cameron going, the Stratford fiier being forced out near the corner, after a great dash. From a straggling scrum, the ball again came out to Cameron, -who slipped before; 'he could get - his stride. Brown made a great opening for Roberts who side-stepped ■beautifully and scored in a handy position. Stohr made a feeble atlumpt to goal. Taranaki 3 Southland 0

On ivsuminc, TCvnwn again cav."- tTnball i,» Roberts, who attempted to lw;H too many mm and: was smothered (Jmitliland lm«lis also passed, but t'le qffort wag weak. Taranaki ■. j:or»'a;.lf" no* started moving to «om* purpose. an(l kept the visitors Busy, Martin par-' ticularly .lining well. The lieds were, j *naus with a. forward rush'

when a,, too strenuous kick allowed ; cameron to secure and kick to touch at mid-field. Half-time sounded soon after. Playing with the wind, Taranaki were expected to make a much better sliow- ■ ing, ,and so they did, but tilicv were only able to add one try, although they'had'plenty of opportunities of "scoring. Martin returned Stones, kick to' touch : at midfield, where play hovered"fb/i\ a' time. A rebound gave Southland-con-' sidcrable advantage, and an infringe- . ment on. the part--.of- the locals let them ; attack. Lindsay and Barry were associated, with .; movement tha't carried plav right to the"corner, where S. Cameron ran to toKcl). Loveridge here replaced . Cameron at full-back', and after a period 1 of-solid defence, Taylor broke awav. j;Stohr, Roberts and Loveridge followed i up fast, and play .was transferred to ( past-half-way, where McNeece was in-' jjurcdahd had to retire, being replaced. ■j by Baldwin. Play now became fast and •furious, each side charging in turn. Cameron made a dash from a passing ;run, but was collared before he got moving. Short dashes by the visiting for- ■ wards, ant line-kicks (by Forde saw the visitors attack, but Taylor made a great opening and tricked the visiting fullback, and several of the locals failed to kick the ball, until Paul, Kissich, | Taylor and Patterson dashed along and -carried play past midfield, where Kavanagh drove them back. Taranaki. by loose rushes, attacked, but the visitors ;were lining well, until Lilley miskicked, ' and Cameron just failed to get to the ball. A moment later Lilley again miskiekedj and D. Cameron, taking the ball at top speed; sailed for the : line, only to be thrown out at- the corneir—a narrowescape. The, Joeabj now. had-the uppei hand. Stohr broke away, and Cameron eentred. Roberts set sail, but was collared, and so was Cameron a little later at the corner. -Electrifying play* in front of the visitors' goal ended ir. a force after Taylor and S. Cameron had nearly scored. Roberts, with a dazzling rusili, eluded almost the whole of the opposition, but he had also beaten tho men who followed hint up, and wihen he passed out no one was with him, and a force resulted. Smart following-up by / Cameron compelled the visitors to find I touch in goal. On resuming, high kick- | ing by Robertson and Scully, well followed'up, caught Cameron with the ball. L and Martin had a shot at goal, the ball ■ rebounding. The same player intercepted a pass-from Whittington and broke | away. He kicked highj and the'visitors { following up, Taranaki were defending, until Stohr lined at half-way. Elusive, play by -Stohr, supported by Don Cameron, culminated in another force. A ncruni followed the kick-oIF, from which ' Brown made a good opening. Stohr, Roberts and S. Cameron all handled well, till the latter was thrown into touch at the corner. Brown was slow S getting the ball away next time, and Roberts was smothered. Roach here retired injured, and was replaced by Holmes. A dazzling movement, participated in by Brown, Stohr and Roberts, ■ paw the latter cut in and transfer to.' S. Cameron, whose pass in to.Whittington was, intercepted, and si. force eii- I sued. Brown fielded the kick-off. and 1 with a dodgy 'run set his men going, I and a great passing bout, in which both J hacks and f '>rwards. took part, ended in I the ball .:•-..i\ to touch at the corner, j From a by Whittington, Stohr j essayed t- oal, the bajl wide anil being forced.' ■Kavanag'h broke away to ■ past midfield on. resuming, and the visiting forwards, coming in a solid body, took some stopping; but Brown stemmed them and set his baeks-moving, Stohr and Roberts handled nicely. Tho latter passed to Don Cameron, who, with his old-time brillnncc, streaked, and side-stepped the full-back, scoring a well-deserved try. Stohr failed to go:;!. Taranaki ...: 0 Southland 0 Martin, with a long kick/drove play past midfield, but tho Taranaki forwards rushed back, and Lilley, with a. -mark right on the line, checked theiii. A free, kick also gave the visitors relief, and n further infringement by the locals enabled them to attack; but Cain came away at the head' of a great rusll and cross-kicked to Cameron, who was forced into touch. Roberts, kicking high and following up, had the full-back in difficulties, but the latter got his kick in. Failure by' Loveridge to'field the ball let the Reds past half-way, but a long kick by Stohr had them back'. Lilley was smothered under the posts with the ball, which Robertson picked up and when blocked vainly looked for » someone to pass to, a great chance go- I ing begging. Taranaki made great ef- I forts to score, Whittington hurdling Beldwin, who collared him by- the feet as.he jumped. Time, was soon afterwards called, with the score unchanged. Mr George Nicholson, of Auckland, held the. whistle, and ably controlled the game. The teams dined together at the Imperial Hotel, as the guests of the Taranaki Rugby Union, and the Southlanders - left for Onehunga by last night's steamer, to meet Auckland on Saturday. ' A MATCH OAXCELLED: The. Bay of (Plenty Union have wired that they will be unable to fulfil their engagement to play Taranaki next week. This is probably due to several of their representative players having volunteered for the front. the man: school tournament. NEW PLYMOUTH OVERWHELM PALMERSTON NOli'iif. The first of the triangular wn'es of matches, held annually between New Plymouth. Napier, and Palmers) on North High Schools eventuated yesterday, when Pahnerston North and Ne.w Plymouth met. The match, which wari 'p'ayed as a curtain-raiser lo the Railttirly Shield match was witnessed -by"abig crowd, who thoroughly enjoyed and applauded ihe good play shown by both sides. The local ■|»a,mi'liad n big'crowd of supporters present from the High School. The game was blight and attractive, both sides showing a knowledge :c.f the game and opening it up well. In the earlv stages the visiting backs handled the* ball better than the local lmy,s but thereafter they were badly lM'aten, both back and forward) and though they defended pluckily. had to submit to defeat to the tune of 33 points to 5. The teams played as chosen.

Thf game opened witli I'.ilniciNtoii <>n (lit- aggressive, and ilif visiting bucks commenced throwing the leather aSioii't. Oliver, smartly marking, drcve tln-.tn back, and after a further jie.riod'. vi tight play on the Now Plymntth' side (jf half ; way, Terry made an open in;; which set the "blues" to t J lie nttaak. but Eglinton, the visiting full hack, marked cleanly, and lined down 'fmld. Miking use of \ the touyllii lim?, tit* local, lads gained a little ground, Ibut a rebound saw the >vhites- away, and Oiivef wis h:ckv to save. Fatiltv passing by the locals/1H the whiter 'through igrfiit bet Court, taking the hall from their toes wormed his way through, and. hiis eon- "•"',«, followin? up fist, (Ji'ii wiiite.vvt r::; defending. Sykes was unltiekvin knock-''v-on''fit. a critical stage, 'hi;, n .W'h '•tier he inade Tio and wit}i ';■ ■'odgv, i^ifjL'n fa-.the. oirl jof'a passing i'V ■■h? bVhTnd ;;, «tne' : -posts. '• ■SfnVi,''r i ff0a1ed.7.,.. r .:::,: ,~,,. ..,.;.,.»., -J ,•,-,, "TfeT^lrst6n''N'6ftllr""'jifi'••' ""

A great ma 'by. Steed had the- locals ; defend|fen#, but for a- brief, spell, as , another fine bout of passing saw Bruce l ; ne at the corner, but Bailey cleared from the line out, and Glasgow following up fast, tlie local full 'back had to ■ ; hurriedly line. , Fast play followed. The ' i ijiaSstnjjJ cleaner - : t-luan the locals, and, from i fine bout, ;Hltoddex cut in and passed to Ik-Donald, ' : who Was nearly over. From the -re- | sultant scramble , Steed sec-red, and Hodder gbated. !- Palmerston North 5 I New Plymouth si I Tho local "forwards now put mare ; ginger. :in their: work, and carried plav -to their twenty-five, Here Court shot the ball to Patterson, who nearly got over as the result of faulty tackling. . The visiting backs still handled and .threw the 'ball about,, but long kicks 1 hud Hie blu3s -again attacking; and, after keeping the visitors penned, Bruce'broke. ; away, but as he hung on too long he was smothered. Humblyi secured, J streaked down the side line, and passed ; cleverly in to Sykes, who dived over at i the corner. Sinclair's kick failed. N'-ow Plymouth. ' h Palmerston North S by this reverse, the whites carried play close to New Plymouth's twenty-five, and kept it tlujv for, a spell until the local forwards', gaining the upper hand, worked it to near the 1 visitors' twenty-five, where a free kick ' gave Sinclair a shot at goal, which fell short Failure by Pott to take the ball nearly let the whites, who were following up fast, away,, but Oliver saved. Court set his backs m-oringi, aii-l carried the ball to mid-field before Sykes was collared.. Play was now fast and open, thp ball travelling. up and town .field. Both sides essayed passing bents, but the tackling was keen and good. Pa'tr terson waß nearly over at the end of a. movement in which every back handled the ball. The locals kept up the pressure to the end of the spell. Sykes was collared ..light on the line, i •"id a moment later Terry scored. Sinclair again failed to convert. New Plymouth, ,11 ' ; ~ Palmerston North . 5 I The' spell ended with rie further score. ; Sinclair,'with a dodgy run, beat Ms opponents badly. He lost the ball when ' he attempted lo pass in, instead of going in on his own. The local lads . swarmed round the visitors' citadel, and ! from a, scrum ,Co»rt,,Bi]ucc,. Hamblvu ! and Patterson I well, the latter scored a nice try, and I [ Sinclair's kick wa-s good, but fruitless, i j New Plymouth 14 i ; .Palmerston North 0 ' The whites now took a turn at passing, and Lloyd k/icked, but Patterson marked.. Glasgow next made a dash down I tho line, but was well collared, and a I rash by Sykes and Sutherland had 'the I whites in trouble. Here Sinclair had a i shot from a mark near hall-v.ay, • the I ball just falling low. A little later a ' promising rush was spoilt by too hard ; a Kick reaching toueilirin-goal. The ! whites attacked, from the IdeK-ofT, but | a passing movement by the whole of the > - blue backs saw Bruce, kick high, but -the i full back marked pluckily with his op- ! ponents rigat ,on him. New Plymouth's i next ecore came as,tho result of a bril- | liant cut in by Sykes, who Hashed ■ through the centre after he lia! ieceived , i a pass from Brace. Sinclair goaled. Ne/,' Plymouth Hi Palmerston 'North 5 Sinclair was a little' later collared by the feet by the full back after lie had dodged; several of the whites. The visitors rushed play down to the locals' twentv-five, but it was very soon back | at mid-field, and from the line-out , Bruce streaked through and down- the ! line, getting to within striking distance before he. was up-ended. Seliib play.by j the same player spoilt a chance, and a little later the attack c:".iie to an end, through Sinclair essaying :-.::ot from a mark, the ball being .Wed. Su-tcl'i(le and Nash headed a rush to the locals' territory, but Sinclair with a long Vick, had play back at anddficld. Palmerston backs storied passing, but a long pass ■was intercepted' by Bruce, and play became fast and exciting in front ol the , visitors' goal, the blues throwing liift ball "about in great style and keepingtbeir opponents very busy. Bruce marked in a handy -position, and Sykes drop-kicked a fine goal. , New Plymouth 22 Palmerston North 5 ' .Bailey with a nice luck, lined at the twentv-five, where Lepper and Terry headed a great forward rush,.whic,.i, was not terminated until, play was in •Palmerston territory. Both hack and. forward the locals- were having the advantage; and Hamblyn, sailing down field was almost over when collared by Glas'fnv. The local boys were throwthe ball about nicely in front ot their opponents' goal, but a faulty pass at the critical time spoilt the movement, and a free kick gave the visiting lads relief- Tlie closing stages saw tlie locals attacking strongly, but they were unable to pierce the ueience until, att-ei a passing W, the ball came out lu Sinclair, and that lengthy youth -ia.s the score three points- Ha-mblyn faded 'to goal. 1 New Plymouth -25 Palmerston Nortlii 5 Hardly had tho gaane resumed 'when the blues were at it again and Sykes scored from a passing rush. He. failed to convert. New Plymouth -a Palmerston North ii The whites earned play io New Plymouth's side of half-way, but the locals \ 'had it back and an elusive dash ' by Patterson nearly, ended in. a score. Tlie blues tlircsv the leather about well, Ibut , Bruce would not-let it out soon enough. Ultimately Sykes scored his filth try, 'after a line'passing hot, and Sinclair goaled. New Plymouth S"> Palmerston North 5 'The game ended with tlie. blues attack'ing. Mr W. Rock refereed satisfactorily.