CAMPBELL AND EHRENFRIED CO. MENNIE AND DEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 185, 6 August 1900, Page 2

CAMPBELL AND EHRENFRIED CO. MENNIE AND DEY.

The annual football matci b. ween th| em ployees of the Campbell and Ehrenft.en Limited, and Messrs Meimle a^^^d" place at Ellerslle on Saturday,- ""d to ; n a win for the former team by 6 nou«»; nil. Although the weather looked iW W p g lug, very little ruin fell at Blle"lle g us the afternoon, and a number of; spe-lt" ' t , watched what proved to be a yeij■'"!%% Ing game. Bnrrackers on both .f^^f.^tO' greaty en evidence, n«d not being .UM> ° muster the rather long names of f^hf^ in the short time required to ton", some short words of encouragement W tn^i favourites, they dubbed the one "Beer -ato the Other "Biscuits." No sooner lnul P« begun in earnest than it was very; ■■?/£'"„ that, the superior weight of "Beer t WJ told i>n the scrum, as here the opposuh forwards were beaten every time. , backs of both teams, however, were fliere evenly matched, and "Biscuits' uaa l» thnnk the good play of Melntosh ana iv» associates for saving them time uraM»"«' At half-time the score stood it A to> n'jj Burns having scored a • try for ■■' si« After a short spell, when boer a>nd h<9CU.£ were served out on the field, play wa« io- , suraed. A repetition nf i.ne fnrai^r Pl" then ensued, "Beer's" forwards t'.jrrr'« , everything before them ujitll "Bliful! R. ;.. backs came to the rescue, ruaKtng "■? earn* • most Interesting. Some ten m nuws l>w«' = j t'me, another try was scored fy: •Is:" '» ■ ' ■Symons, and the score remained the saint at the ftnleh of the game— Campbe.! ana Bhrenfrled, C; Mcnnio and Dey, 0. , v