Football

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 247, 26 August 1902, Page 3

Football

At Auckland on Saturday Auckland beat Taranaki by 21 to 8s

At Wellington on Saturday the representative match Wellington v. Wairarapa resulted in a win for Wellington by 5 to nil. Both teams are said to be very poor. Southland beat Otago by 6 to 3 on Saturday in Dunedin. CANTERBURY V. SOUTH CANTERBURY. Christchurch, August 23. The annual match between Canterbury and South Canterbury was played at Lancaster Park today in first-class weather and in the presence of a fair number of spectators. The teams were as already published, with the exception that Harper, owing to an injury to his shoulder, was unable to play, the vacancy being filled by Gray. Early in the game it was evident that the visitors were overmatched, and after getting two tries in the first few minutes of play, the Canterbury team relaxed their efforts and gave but a moderate exhibition. Still, it was good enough to win by the substantial margin of 29 points to 5 points. The Canterbury team wore crape, out of respect to the late Mr W. Mendelson.

Canterbury won the toss and defended the northern end, Horgan kicking off for the visitors. After five minutes play Wood initiated a passing rush, and McGregor outpacing the opposing backs, scored. Cooke converted. Immediately afterwards the Canterbury backs got on several passing rushes, and although Bpil'.aoe by a serviceable kick relieved temporarily, the attack was renewed, and Wood taking the blind side, scored. The kick at goal was a failure. Grant, Gaffaney, and Rout gained ground for the visitors by some good passing, shortly after which Gray lost a chance to score by overrunning the ball. Cooke then had an unsuccessful shot at goal. Wood, the Canterbury skipper, was next conspicuous by a piece of smart work, and passing unselfishly to Gray, that player scored. Wood took the kick, but failed to convert. For the remainder of the spell play was of a scrambling nature, mostly in midfield, with the visiting backs making a better display than had been the case earlier. In the second half Canterbury commenced with a strong attack, and Gray got over twice in quick succession, neither of his tries being aan verted. A series of bungles on both sides gave Gaffaney a chance by intercepting a pass, and after easily beating both Turtill and Lavery, he scored behind the posts. Taking the kick himself, he notched five points for the visitors. This was the only score made by Bouth Canterbury, whose team was neverafterwards dangerous. Four

more tries were scored by the homo team, three, by McGregor and one by Ortnandy, none of which were converted. The game thus resulted: Canterbury, 29 points (eight tries and a goal from a try) ; South Canterbury, 5 noints (a goal from a try). Mr F. Evans was referee,—Herald.