The Football Season

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1031, 4 July 1904, Page 2

The Football Season

City I. v. Wast I. L Pub soniurcup fixtures wore continue'.! on Saturday on iho local reserve, wh<m tho ibovc mutch was played. The day was jeautifully line, and there was a fair at;ondancc, West, who had uo chance of securing the championship, woro represented by a wenlt team, a numbci of juniors having to bo played, but despite this they did not have much tho 'worst of tho play, and led at tho close of tho .first spoil by 2 points la ponaltj goal kicked by tfloPiko) to nil, City soon wiped off tho deficit altor tho second >pell started, Gnrvoy scoring near the coiner, and ten minutes before the game i ided Foster scored another try for City, lie latter thus winning by 0 points to 3. NOTES It is not much to tho credit of City that thoy succeeded in detailing their opponents when tho latter's weak team is con- ~,- sitkod, thcro being six or seven juniors in it; in fact thoy can consider theiiHolvea lucky that they won at nil, Their play was of an exceptionally low ordor, and one could hardly credit that it was tho samo leam tlin'. fought out former matches so determinedly. With the exception of ono or two all playod badly, ami thoy will need to shako themselves up if they hopo to defeat Suburbs next Saturday. Players that stood out very prominently on the West side wcro McPiko and Pomlrcll in tho backs, and Boxull, Ansell and Corbett in the forwards. West for a part of tho game had only 13, and then 14 men, and dining that period thoy wero more than holding their own, Marriott is very unfortunate in his football experiences this season, and on Saturday had to be carried off tho field, owing to an injured leg, This is tho third occasion ho has becji" laid out," Nest Saturday's match, between City and Suburbs, decides the Cup champion, ship. City havo got to win to secure champion honours. A draw will give them to Suburbs,

AUCKLAND MATCHES, \\v Telegraph.' I'n's: v.:,.c!.ii' •■ Acokland, this day. Tlis taking at Saturday rushy football mulches amounted to ill]. This ir, a record for cup matches in tlw ■:■■)]&,); the previous best being £lO-1, lieiu no Clirin* church. Unusual interest was aroused in the gamo City v. Newton, in which, after * keen struggle, both leanif left tho field without scoring, N.S.W. ASSOCIATION TEAM v. AUCKLAND, By Tflleurapli,— l'reßi Association, Auckland, this day. Tho Neiv South Wales Association Team played their second match in • New Zealand on Saturday afternoon, when they defeated Auckland by ihreo goals to two. Tho weather was perfect, and the ground in grand condition, The spectators, who numbered a littlo over a thousand, Were treated to an excellent exhibition. ENGLISH TEi\M v. AUSTRALIA

THE VISITORS WIN BY 17 POINTS TO 0. 0, WHITE GETS INJURED, 35,000 PEOPLE WITNESS THE MATCH, From Anooi»tkm.—Uopjrtgbt. Sidney, thii ddy. The uiatoli between Britain and Australia was played on Saturday afternoon in the proseuco of 35,000 people, Tho teams were:— ' Britain—Full, Loathes; throe-quarters, Morgan, O'Uiiou, Gabo, Llowollyn; halves, Hulme, Bush; fov.vcrds, Sive* wright, Harding, Dobson, Bovan, Trail, Swar.nell, Crowther, Saunders. Australia—Full, Vorgo; threo-nuartors, Bedwood, Hindmarsh, Wickliaui, Whito; halves, Evans, Baker; forwards, Bnrdon, Dove, Nicholson, Lutgo, Richards, Judd, Walsh, and Colton, From a Rugby point of view tho match was much uioro attractive than any > previously played by tho Britishers hero. During tho first spell the local uion, with ii strong breezo at their backs, had tho best of tho game, tho failuro to score being chietly owing to tho backs taking passes. At the samo tiuio they managed to keep tho visitors strictly on tho defensive At the close of the spell, C, V/hito, onoof tho colonial back division, was removed from the field, having fractured ut rib, end for tho remainder of the game Australia had only fourteen men on tho lield, Tho first spell ended without cither sido scoring. In the stoond spell Australia opened woll and appeared to be ablo to hold the Britisher.*, but a mistake on the part of Bedwood turned the tide. Then Bush, Llowollyn, Morgan, and Gabo put iu sotib remarkably brilliant passing rushes, which resulted in three tries being registorod, two of winch wero converted—ono by O'Brien and tho other by Siovwright. In addition lo these, Bush kicked a beautiful goal from tho field, Tho gamo ended— Britain, 17 : Australia, 0. Harding, of the'visitors. 1 vanguard, dis» tinguished himself in the opon by dribbling clovorly, and tackling smartly. For the colonials Wickbatu did remark* a'.ily woll until ho lost tho assistance of Whito, after which ho tired visibly, Baker, at half back, showed out con* spiouously, tackling woll and frequently inlcrcopting passes. All things considered. Now South Walos and Queensland combination was good, seeing that previously thoy had ouh ouo practice match lo'joiher, The Britishers played a heady gamo, showing lino judgment at critical times, and especially in tho second half thoy worked well together, taking advantage of every clmuco tillorded by their tiring opponents, PRESS COMMENTS, Pi<»» ,\«i neliition.—(iopyrliiht, Stdnit. tbJB d»y. The Herald says that play on Saturday all round was brilliant, tho evenness and, high standard contributing to an oxhisition j raroiy witnessed in Sydney. The Telegraph gives Australians biuobj crodit for holding their iormidable oppo-i nonts as woll as they did, The fonaof thel forwards was almost up jo thatoUho best! New Zealand form socu in Sydney,