FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

CLU-TuN UKKKAT TUKAI'A. The maich between Tukapa and (Tf--1 i>:», played on a somewhat yveii-y ;];i \~, provided an interest mil; display and a keenly fought jjame ensued. Hull-, teams were strongly represented, C"lifLtm having the services of Taylor. Clave, :mh\ Itoberts iVniii Tieiilhatii. Konvard. Onion had the advantage, and. thoueji coiled ivly the Tukapa Inieks were supcrti• r, the pnsonce of Roberts in the Clifton reai'-.'iiard ihore than made up for thk and the Ali Black half buck proved the deriding factor. a veritable thorn to his opponents.

Clifton kicked oil', iml were called buck for mail in front. Interchange of kicks between Martin and Roberts culminated in a scrum near Tukapa's twenty-live, where Carroll got ollside. Roberts had a. shot at. goal, the bail going wide, and Tnkapa forced. Line kicks by Roberts and Abbott put Clifton in an attackii'g position, and Roberts opened out. Carroil. however, iuteive ited tiiul liwd at emlro. ( hire, Cain, and Taylor headed ;i rnsli, ]>ut 'Roberts oll'.-iide, and Tnkapa, following up the free kick, smothered V. Tate and set up a lint attack, '.vliich Brown checked cleanly. V. Tate, by a. great dash, carried play to the twenty-five, where Koberts made a great opening, lint Ooodwin could not reach the ball, and a chance went. Loveritlsre and llicks headed a rush, the latter being lieled up on the line. From a scrum lloberts transferred to Abbott, who shot the ball out to ("Soodwin. The Clifton player, making no mistake, scored and lloberts goaled. Clifton Tukapa nil On resuming. Tukapa set uii a passing rush and carried play to Clifton's line, but Lash saved by a line kick, and a characteristic dash bv Roberts removed the sci lie to Tukapa's territory. Lash and V. Tate here changed places and the former, a moment later, was just collared in time. A smart mark by Koberts gave bim another shot, at goal, which fell short. Martin failed to line and (iorr.l- . win, with an electrifying dash, beat several opponents before being crowd'd down. Abbott, dropping a pass, allowed to Tukapa to clear, filler, with a lonehanded rush, took the ball to Clifto'i's twenty-five, and, .Martin centreing. Contts beat Tioodwin for the ball a<d scored. Martin failed to goal. Clifton Tnkapa 3 Ollside by Clifton gave Martin another resultless shot at goal. Clifton forwards now rushed right down the field, but Patterson lined. The yellows kept :tp the pressure, and, Roberts shooting the ball out, V. Tate secured and was' just thrown out by Kydcr on the line. Fuller and Early, smothering Abbott, set up a movement that was only stemmed by Roberts right on the goal line. Gradually Clifton gained the upper hand, but Ward broke away, only to be driven back by a clever movement l.iy Roberts. A mark by Mana enabled Martin to line at midfield. Here Ward broke awav and lined. A passing rush by the blue's, from an opening by Mana, saw Ryder collared within nil ace of scoring. A rush by Clifton to midfield was checked by Patterson and replied to by a hot counter rush that ended in a force. Halftime was tallied with play in neutral terribry.

The second spell opened sensationally. After Ward had opened, Loveridge line] at the twenty-five, and, from a throw in, Taylor made a great dash, but was smartly checked by Patterson. V. Taio, however, went 011 with the game ami Roberts, streaking across from the oth-->r side, dribbled the ball through from the twenty-five and, picking up at the right time, scored. His shot failed. Clifton « Tukapa 3

Lash, marking, stemmed a Tukapa ru-A and the Clifton forwards following uu the visitors were in difficulties. Roberts, snapping up the ball, essayed to pot, the defenders being forced. Ward, Perv, and Fuller headed a Tukapa forward rush, but Tate lined. Clifton forwards headed a rousing rush, but Cain ami Thomas got offside and gave. Tukapa breathing space. Back came the locals. Lash, Roberts, and Abbott handling beautifully, the latter passed to Goodwin, who had a clear field, but failed to hold the ball. A moment later a similar movement saw Tate collared on the line by Skipper. Roberts also made a desperate dash, but was held up on the line. Tukapa forwards cleared from the scrum, and a long line kick by Ijoveridge carried play past inidfield. Tate. Hicks, and Thomas, with an irresistible rush, brought the ball to Clifton's line, where a free kick gave welcome relief. Failure by Ryder to take the ball let C. Tate away, but he was up-ended by Skipper. The blues worked play downfield, but Roberts proved too clever, and lined again and again. Clifton forwards again became troublesome, but a line kick by Skipper and a mark by Ryder stemmed the tide. A little later Martin just got down in time to force in the fact of a hot Clifton rush. A mis-kick by Abbott gave Tukapa an advantage, which Loveridge was quick to seize, and, beating hii vis-a-vis, kicked lii'Ji, but Brown was there and saved. Tukapa had the best of tin' resultant mix up, which ended in a force. Carrol!. Karly, and AVard wi re responsible for Tukapa again attacking, but Roberts broke away, Martin marking. I'lay hovered about inidfield, where Tukapa were given a free kick. Tli >y kicked high and followed up. but Roberts, who had never made a mistake, marked again. Another rousing rush by Clifton had Tukapa penned on their line, and an infringement gave Roberts another shot, which fell short. Martin and Ryder transferred play to Clifton's twenty-five by useful line kicks. The übiquitous Huberts, however, again caul 1 to the rcsciir and averted the trouble. Tukapa kept, up the pressure, but only a force resulted, as the Clifton defence was too good. The coin-liuling stages, which were played in semi-darkne-s favuri'd Clittnn. .Mr. \V. Koch referee;! satisfactorily

THE KANI'ER HT. In flic ('up ('iniipctition <i;i Saturday I'ihunm (It'iVateil I'miiho ;u < tkatu by i I points to nil.