Football.

Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 63, 18 August 1919, Page 5

Football.

A. y Notes by " Wanderer.") Tfaa fiQ-vl oontoife for Mio Sr.Hh Oaji Rugby Union Banner ai.il Gup took plaoe at Balclubhsi on Saturday, between Crescent and Toko. The game was played under wrctebe.i weather conditions, nnd it was difficult to Bee what good could resu't to ehhor player 3or spectators m iba Rugby Union insisting on the match being played. No doubs they lud reason f.;r so doing. The game ilsslf doc 3 not call for much comment; it was purely u scramble from start to finish' with occasional flashes cf good play, and both teams deserve credit for the lino spirit in which thoy contested the game under Bnch wretched conditions. The only score of the diy was from a passing bout between the Ovor.cent backs, which relied in their ropring at the comer. No gor.l resulted, and tho gamo ended with the o-v-ro. Ctc;c:nt 3 poiDtr, Toko. Ni!-~-:lju?"!r ; )i«;nf- the season's contest bo a c'ikc, with Orescent holders of, the Banner and Toko, runners up. The Toko, team has very good groin.) d.; for complaining of tbo wc.y one of tho line umpires carried cut bio dutiei on Saturday. It in ti.nn tho. (Tubs bos'i-red themselves, ai it is difliculb to see why, with good and imparti-d men npsoeiated with them, th? i'miidfiifc tf -the Union should make the selection, and lib; authority for v.o doing ia still more obscure. 'The'Tola, te:iui joiaa a'.l'locil followers of the sport in extending songraii:lation to fcho Crascnt-team on their w'm aa thoy h-sve phyad well throughout tho season- and Invo been very keen on securing tho Banker.