FOOTBALL NOTES.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 12, 4 June 1920, Page 9

FOOTBALL NOTES.

% .VI - ' jtlNG'S BIRTHDAY FOOTBALL. % j STAR (6) v. ATHLETIC (6). ■U The following are the teams: — STAR. — Forwards : Smith, Hall, Adamv son, Sparks, G. Lilley, Murray, Leggett, Agnew. Backs : J. Lilley, Barraclough, W. Brown, H. Brown, John Oughton, James Oughton, and Jenkins. ATHLETIC.— Forwards : Meffin, McKenzie, Sparks, Roach, Sheehan, Miller, % Shepherd. Backs : Bryce, Horan, Cross, Mapietoft,, Cook, Kerr, Cosgrove. X ■ The first spell of this drawn game pro- , iuced lio good play and a scramble try to Star. The Athletic forwards were heavy in appearanee but did not impress one as grafters until they became well warmed up. Attack and counter-attack were the features of the initial stages of '*'• the game. ground defence and diving being weak, though Star forwards packed more tightly than Athletic, who showed high heads and lack of snap on the line. f'heiM heeling, however, was superior to ihat of Star and their passing more varied. Star following up was quick and concerted. Athletic was slow and straggly. Each setof speculated freely, often with disresults. For the first eight.minStar forwards got all over their oponenfs, and Athletic chances looked blue. ireep sparkled up and had more than teariWE the play but no score in the first Star 3, Athletic nil. After the breather, bad Star fielding let he Green attack, but Oughton cleared hrough not being tackled, kicking to niddle low, the excellent anticipating pBmfrs swarming into Athletic twentyve arui scoring fairly wide. — Star 6. Star ontinued to attack and nearly scored their marking, close-packing of ghtKforwards making their game more >mpact than that of Green who depended l srnothering, Roach and Leith catching le eye. A Star off-side was dropped by 'f eith,v and 6 — 3 was the tally. Ciean an-tq-man tackling was weak, though nS§|ous late tackles and illegal interhas rences cccurred. Lilley had a p,eriod of fence and came well out of it. Oughton d to retire injured, and Athletic for- ' took charge of the game. A Green .was potted between the posts, but the referee was not in position and the le umpires were side-tracked, rightly no ?cision was given. Athletic continued to and amid intense excitement, which ented itself in much clamouring, Green cored in the corner from a passing rush, iiving being disregai'd,ed by the defenders. >tar 6, Athletic 6. Star came ko attack at tncefemaking the other side's barrackers " Green at last got away to the wenty-fiv.e, where Star did some excellent efenee passing and kicking. Athletic orward weight now told and Star had to "fend until the end of the game which lded six all. This is the first Galbraith lield match in which the spectators really irred up players, the northern side line ! Ing crowded by over-eager enthusiasts ^ fk° hnpeded the game to hearten their 116 spective sides. raWwK-- _____ irofflfttBLEf SERYICE (15) y. BANKS AND «*■ LAW (3). Public Service.— Backs : O'Connell, Forate i;'ie, O'Callaghan, Saunders, McDonald, Dalgleish, L. Dalgleish. Forwards: land nerdh, Hunter, Anderson, Langbein, k s®rt!i,oat, McDermott, Bennetts, and Stobo. $ kii' Janks and Law.: — Backs : Gibbs, LopGilmour, Prain, St. George, Duncan, kes. Forwards: Fryde, Matheson, r Offi' ' lugh.ton, Knox, Kirkland, Pope, Ir- ^ and Wilcox. )n the grandstand stretch of honour . ika and Law* kicked off queerly and ' ^ .^Hplspeculated the return. The line in ^ um was closely packed, each side looklikeitrained combinations, but Banks I Law with a slightly better breakaway. Service wing-three had a ground ih instead of handling, and were lueky 1 .-■te. towards stand. From some vigormixes winger Sproat charged along line and juggled successfully a missl and a follower-up scored at the th-west corner. Public Service 3. ujs was showing up in excellent iling ancl tackling on a sward that gave wards[ the advantage, and Stobo nulli- . : 1 many of the Banks and Law efforts by icious wide anticipations. A period of dull play was relieved by a good >' I in from Lopdell, but Campbell soon an irresistible Black rush which ed ih the score reading, Public Service W an(* ^aw n^' Macdonald and George did some good interchanges of L? the latter continuipg longer in evi- ' ce. Sproat took the game out of monoy with a lonesome dribole to the corner. 'n an excjailesit pas&kig pash was initi-

ated by J ack Dalgleish in to Cameron who ran his limit well and threw the defence into a lump by passing out to Stobo. Public Service 9, Banks and Law nil. Play weakened for a time, when Fortune took a ibounce and ran strongly to the corner. Public Service 12, Banks and Law nil. A great Blue and Black passing rush from Gilmour to Prain to forward Pryde deserved a try, but did not get one. Spell ended, Public Service 12, Banks and Law nil. Public Service attacked early, but Dalgleish's kicking and dribbling when blocked- saved his side scores of times, Public Service at length attacking and rushing over in a black mass for three. Public Service 15, Banks and Law nil. Several good Bank and Law passing bout and forward rushes saw Prain handling last, but being tackled he dropped it and a forward scored, Public Service 15, Banks and Law 3. Much of the game was now in the backs and St. George and Gilmour did some excellent attacking, but their wings lacked body and failed to penetrate, the game ending Public Service *15, Banks and . Law 3. At times this game was football worthy of being copied. INVERCARGILL (11) v. WAIKIWI (3). Soon after kick-off Blues attacked but resultlessly, Waikiwi return finding them not all willing to tackle. Waikiwi went in for spoiling, bnt suocumbed to an Invercargill forward rush. I.F.C. 3. The only other score in the first half was a penalty by Blues. I.F.C. 6, Waikiwi nil. The second spell saw much give and take play with Forde, Khight, and Whyte c'onspicuous for Waikiwi, who had lost the services of the veteran Bourchier, his ribs being injured. In spite of their misfortune some excellent anticipatory play was shown by Forde, and some sound straight running by Knight. Whittaker of Blues had a day ont and led several desperate attacks from one of which he emerged ball in hand to score, the resultant goal bringing the score to I.F.C. 11, Waikiwi 3. The Waikiwi figures- came from a unique goal, the ball going well over after being twice kicked along by a player running at.top speed. It will make the match a memorable one from the fact that such a goal was kicked and — allowed. There was no further score. I.F.C. 11, Waikiwi 3. UNION (6) v. BLUFF (3). This game gave great delight to spectators from the variety of attack and the peculiarity of defence. Bluff were very speedy and several of their backs were excellent soccer players. Bluff scored first throuigh a back trying a pot and going nowhere nea-r it. However, his right wingthree got to the ball hefore Union had examined the attacker's license to advance. Bluff 3. Union did most of the attacking in the later spell, scoring two tries, from one of which the kick sent the ball on to the bar to rebound into the live field. This game was full of incident and Bluff several times nearly equalised the tallies. Time sounded with the scores, Union 6 Bluff 3.