FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 6

FOOTBALL

COUNTRY TEAM'S TOUR. A CLOSE GAME. j (By Telegraph —Press Association.) p'H It I S'TOHI * RCH, Jul'y 26. The JLr-st representative football ■ ■ma-t-nh of the .season in Chriatehureh, Canterbury v. the , combined North Island country unions, was played at Lancaster Park this afternoon, under very invisoraible we;ithe-r conditions. ■The plmying an 1 a was very s'odde.n, a.s the re.vult of the extremely bad weather experienced, and with this state jntf affajrs prevailing, high class football was out of the question. The visitors won the toss, and Ha sell kicked off for Canterbury. Aftor some uninteresting forward piny, Croubo marked a short mint by Puyne. but an exc/liange of kicks gave the reds «n advantage, and Hasetl kicked a good penalty goal. Canter-| bury 3, North Island nil. I l North now attacked strongly. A, >l.orig kick iby ■M.aJi.ni.ng was badly field- ' od b.v Dooil, and fast fbllotvhig up by Kaipara and o'iNcill enabled the latter to 6core. Leiwvard converted. North 5, Canterbury 3. Shortly after wards .mistakes by the Canterbury 'backs again let O'Neill over, but Leonard Tailed to improve. North Island 8, C]mterburv ,'5. The Canterbury headed hv Morgan arid Se.r.gis'on, took P'lay to tho blacks' twenty-five, 'but Kaioara mid Montgomery again, s'ent play back, and Lennard narrowly rni.-'ied a score a.« 'b.-i-lf-time •sounded. Soon after <the .start of the secornl ! njjell, Ta-.s-t MMowing up bv Parsons 1 ended in. a. score. Canterbury 6, North 11. Play erMitiivned in favour of Canterbury. Ou minings and' Morgan "headed a forward .rr.ch, and the 'bal'l 'sShooli.iig out was secured bv McDonald, who raced over at the corner. Doe!I fa:hd to convert. Canterbury 9, North 11. Canterbury continued tlio attack, and a .pennlty kic kgiven on their Int'p was .smartly fololwed up by Payne, •dio. iKored. Canterbury 12, North 11. The game ended witliout further s e.