FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1922, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

TARANAKI TOUR ENDS. BEATEN BY CANTERBURY KEENLY-CONTESTED MATCH. (By Wire—Special Reporter.) Christchurch, Sept. 2. Taranaki played the final match of their tour against Canterbury here to-day, suffering defeat after an interesting game by 17 points to 13. The attendance was about 8000, the ground was in splendid order, and the weather was fine and dull. It was a fast game, play changing from end to end of the field with lightning rapidity, both sides making the game as open as possible. In the first spell Taranaki secured the ball from the scrum and attacked most of the time, scoring three tries, while they crossed on a couple of other occasions. Canterbury scored twice. Taranaki opened the second spell leading 13 to 6. Canterbury obtained the ball from the scrum and used the backs at every opportunity, Taranaki’s inside men being weak in defence. Ford was able to get going, and Canterbury added three tries, while Taranaki failed to score, being defeated 17 to 13. THE FIRST SPELL. Taranaki opened with the advantage of h slight southerly breeze. West marked the return and just failed to drop a goal. Thon Petersen lead the Canterbury pack to Taranaki’s twenty-five, where Lynskey checked, and then from a penalty Stills failed to goal. Taranaki forwards brought play to their opponents’ twenty-five, where Fleming corkscrewed through several men. Fcgarty headed a Taranaki dribbling rush, and Lynskey sent the ball via Oliver, Court, Johnston to Vaughan, the latter losing possession. Keeping up the pressure, Wilkinson was twice well collared. Stills (Canterbury) kept defending till Kirwan passed and Mullins broke through. Presently Mullins started a move that ended in Taranaki’s 25, where from a pass Kirwan and Evans made a beautiful opening for Ford, who side-stepoed Vaughan and scored. Anderson’s kick failed. Canterbury • - „ 3 Taranaki 0 Canterbury backs tried to pass, but the Taranaki forwards broke the moves up and attacked. Later Courts was temporarily injured in staving a counter-rush. Taranaki’s backs attacked and Hickey was well tackled twice. Taranaki set up a hot attack, and Malone dived over from a line out, losing the ball. Then Kirwan secured from a scrum, but was tackled by Malone, who scored. Courts goaled. Taranaki 5 Canterbury ....., 3 Bright passing by Kirwan, Muling and Evans saw Canterbury hotly press, Masters snapping up and kicking into touch. Failure of th* Canterbury backs to hold the ball let Taranaki through. A high kick from Evans saw Hickey •and the red backs streak for possession of the ball, reaching touch near the corner, where Peterson, gained possession and scored. Stills failed to convert. Canterbury . 6 Taranaki 5 Johnson here retired hurt. Court going to half and Lynskey to five-eighths. Malone made a great dash and passed to Fryday, who got over, but he was called ba-?k. Like a flash Malone sent the ball to Wilkinson, who shook off the opposition and scored behind the posts, Coutts goaling. Taranaki ..... 10 Canterbury 6 Taranaki set to work again and from a scrum Court just failed to cross. A moment later Hammersley and Malone both appeared to touch down In front of a Canterbury man, but a force down was given. Good following hy Malone had Taranaki attacking, and th-. Canterbury backs failing to take a high ball, the visitors charged down. Ford secured, but Fryday brought him down with a diving tackle. Vaughan shot the ball to West, who scored. The try was not converted. Half-time sounded with the score: Taranaki 13 Canterbury 6 THE SECOND SPELL. Resuming, Oliver and then Lynskey broke through, a low pass letting the reds clear. Snappy interchanges of passes between Mullins and Page saw the former send to Ford, who got over. Anderson failed to convert. Taranaki 13 Canterbury 9 Canterbury kept up the pressure and Stills had a resultless shot from a mark. Kirwan tried hard to cut through, and in results »t play Taranaki forced. Then Vaughan intaccepted a pass and set sail, being collared near the line. The Canterbury forwards and back? shook matters up and a great passing bout terminated in Wilkinson collaring Fleming. Strenuous play then occurred at midfield, where Lynskey shewed hot pace and carried play to the twenty-five. Then Fleming broke through past half-way, where Kirwan secured from . scrum and sent the ball to Ford, via Page. The All Black drew the defence, cut in and outpaced Coutts, scoring a fine try between the posts. Anderson converted. Canterbury 14 Taranaki 13 Play was now very fast. The Taranaki backs attacked, but the tackling was good. The locals also took a turn, Lynskey, Coutts and Malone doing good defence. Then Page was prominent with Carnegie, who just failed to cross, Taranaki forcing. Page, however, set the Canterbury backs going again,, the ba’l travelling to Ford, who ran along the line and transferred to Fleming, who scored as he was collared. Anderson just failed to goal. Lynskey was next prominent with a couple of breakaways, from one of which West nearly scored, whilst Hickey obtained possession and kicked, though Wilkinson was with him. Canterbury had the better of the concluding play, and the game ended: Canterbury ... 17 Taranaki .... 13 OTHER “REP” MATCHES. WELLINGTON DEFEAT AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Tn the match between Auckland and Wellington play did not reach a high standard, and the win by Wellington by 19 to 11 was a fair indication of the strength of the respective teams. Gair secured Wellington’s first score, and Nicholls failed with the kick, but he kicked a penalty goal soon afterwards. Grant scored for Auckland, and Ifwerson converted. Nicholls scored Wellington’s next try, and goaled. and later Calcinai scored and Nicholls goaled. Holander then scored for Auckland, but Ifwersen missed with the kick. Then Ifwersen scored a splendid try after a great run, no goal resulting. Calcinai scored Wellington’s final try, which was not converted, and the game ended: Wellington 19 Auckland 11 SOUTH CANTERBURY BEAT WANGANUI. Wanganui, Last Night. In perfect weather and before a large attendance, South Canterbury defeated Wanganui on Saturday bv 11 points to 8. The game was mostly forward play. In the first spell Boulton scored'a try for Wanganui and D. Stewart evened up for South Canterbury. Then Head scored and Delines converted. The score at half-time was 8 to 3. J. Stewart scored for South Canterbury, Cason converting the try. WANGANUI BEAT GOLDEN BAY. Nelson, Sept. 21. Wanganui defeated Golden Bay and Motueka, at Takaka, by 17 to nil. Wanganui opened up the game and threw the ball about freely, nonplussing their opponents, who fought every inch, but threw several tries away by wide passing. F Collier, Baddel’y, Hartley, W. Bon and Ballis scored for Wanganui.

OTAGO BEAT SOUTHLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. Southland and Otago met here to-day, Otago winning by 14 to 10. Neither province had previously been defeated, and a great game was expected.’ The anticipations were realised. Most of the play was made by Otago, whose forwards supplied the backs with the ball, while only towards the end of the game did Southland secure the ball at all from their forwards. Two scores resulted after the home side was 14 points down. The Otago forwards dominated the game and gave a great display, while the Otago backs threw the ball about in a spectacular manner with pretty passing rushes. For Otago Dickinson (2), Knight and Owles scored, all the result of baek play, while Bell converted one. For Southland tries were secured by Hazlett and Lopdell, Diack converting both. - THE RANFURLY SHIELD. RETAINED. BY CINE POINT. By Telegraph -Press Association. Hastings, September 2. Ideal weather prevailed for the Bay of Plenty challenge match against Hawke’s Bav, for the Ranfurly Shield. Play was keen from the start, and open and very interesting throughout, the scoring proceeding almost alternately to the end, but there was nothing sensational. At half-time the score was: Hawke’s Bay 11, Play of Plenty’ 10. Hawke’s Bay shot ahead just before the bell sounded in the second half, and play was very solid within two minutes of the close, with a single point separating the teams. Play ended: Hawke’s Bay 17; Bay of Plenty 16. Hawke’s Bay were exceedingly lucky in retaining the shield. The tackling was determined on both sides, which accounted for many brilliant, passes being smothered in their infancy. Bay of Plenty’s shots at goal in the first half were good, but faulty kicking for th/ major points in the second spell lost them the game. ’VARSITY TEST MATCH. NEW ZEALAND DEFEAT AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, September 2. The second test match, between the Sydnev and New Zealand University teams, was played here to-day in dull weather, the ground being heavy. New Zealand won by 21 to 11, after a good game. Tries were scored for New Zealand by Stewart (3), Langpen and Dickson, and Perry drop-kicked two goals from penalties. For the visitors, Foote scored twice and Black once. Hessleln converted one. THE MOASCAR CUP. NORTH ISLAND FINAL. AUCKLAND GRAMMAR WIN. Palmerston N., Last Night. The North Island final for the Moascar Cup was played here on Saturday between Auckland Grammar School and Wanganui Technical College. The attendance was 5000 and the ground was drv and hard. After their magnificent back display against Te Aute College the Grammar School boys were expected to make a good show against the heavier Wanganui team, and they acted up to expectations. Wanganui had the weight, but not the finish. Grammar were apparently trained to a hair, for they were going strong at the finish, although it was a gruelling game, played at high speed. Cashmore (Auckland’s halfback) played a slashing game, and was ably abetted by Olson and McLaren on the fiveeighths line. Y. Pine was Wanganui’s strong The game was exciting and bristled with incident from start tn finish in four twenty minutes spells. Grammar kicked off with a fairly stiff breeze at their backs and set up a cracking pace. Wanganui’s preponderance of weight in the van told its tale, and the riverside lads were soon hammering at the door. A try resulted when Gilbert, at half, secured and dodged over. Pine’s kick failed. Grammar returned at great speed, and from a line-out E. Clark burst from the ruck. He passed to Singleton, on the wing, and this plaver scored an unconverted’ try. Just before half-time Ward (Wanganui) burst across from a melee on the line. The kick failed. The spell ended: Wanganui 6, Auckland 3. The second spell found Auckland as keen as ever, but Wanganui could not stand the pace set up by the fast following forwards, and the constant harassing of the Auckland backs, and began irnore and more to wear the aspect of a beaten team. Cashmore made a good opening for McLaren, who passed to Colgan, who scored in the corner. McLean’s kick failed. and the scores were even. Rishworth sent Auckland’s score up another three when he secured the ball in the loose and dived over. No goal resulted. Tn the dving stages Auckland made the game open and threw the hall about in great style. McLean, the fast man of the team, broke away at the head of a dribbling rush from Wanganui’s twenty-five and carried the ball at toe to half-way. He picked up there and centred. A. S'ngleton, on the wing, fielded the ball prettily and ran for the corner, which he reached unmolested. McLean kicked a great goal from a difficult angle. The final score was: Auckland Grammar 14, Wanganui Technical 6. A PROPOSED MATCH. GRAMMAR v. HIGH SCHOOL. At the meeting of the Management Committee of the Auckland Rugby Union on Wednesday evening, it was decided to endeavor tr nrrnnee a match between New Plymouth High School and Auckland Grammar School, as a curtain-raiser to the Auckland v. Taranaki match on September 16. PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ UNION. A delegate of the Taranaki Primary Schools’ Rugby Union met representatives of the school teams at Palmerston North last week for the purpose of discussing an extension of the primary school football tournament next year to include Taranaki and probably other centres. The matter received the full consideration of the delegates, but it was decided for various reasons not 'to extend the tournament THE LEAGUE CUP. LOST BY AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A challenge match under League rules for the Northern Union Cup, Auckland against South Auckland, was won by the latter by 21 points to 20. The gam? was fast and exciting throughout The visitors scored first, Mahuta kicking a penalty. Duffy soon evened the scores with a goal for Auckland. The locals, by good passing bouts, quickly added two tries, Duffy converting both. South Auckland gradually added points hy two penalties and a converted try. At half-time Auckland led 12 to 11. The second spell was keenly contested, first one and then the other side leading. South Auckland were ahead at 16 to 15. and then Auckland scored and converted. Near the end of the game Paki scored for South after a good passing rush, Mahuta converting. Auckland had held the cup since the inauguration of the contests in 1910. ASSOCIATION GAME. PLAY IN AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A second replay in the Association championship resulted in another drawn game, North Shore and Philomel scoring one goal each. In the Association Falcon Cup knock-out, Everton beat Y.M.C.A. 3 goals to 1.