AMONGST THE JUNIORS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9733, 22 May 1897, Page 3

AMONGST THE JUNIORS.

[Br True Bi.tnt.] The, FUg contest, Linwood Second v, Albion Second resulted in a win for Linwood fey S points to nil. This was a hard fought f<=. from start to finish, a.x><3 was only dfkl lusitr on c&ll of O T 3E?rfen IJIlilSflll! lii! bpifin •coring e> try under the post: and kicking -a. goal. The game was mostly monopolised by the forwards, and taking it all throngh Albion.had the best of the play- They

, pUyed i hard determined game, and should they keep up the form they have lately disjilayed mast te in the running at the finish. Hoasack, at full-back for Linwood, had a hard afternoon's work, and got through it creditably, through a fumble or two marred ta otherwise good performance. The same Itmarks apply to McLenahan. Ormandy *a> the best'of the three-quarters, and keeps m> his reputation for consistency. Oliver .played a safe game, but the ball very seldom came his way. BulKvant, D. McNamara and Phillips were in fair form, but the team could, with advantage, play, one less back, and 'strengthen the acrnm. " Amongst the forwards E. O'Brien played a good game Wrtoughout, and the win is due to him for . hit fine run right through the opposing team. M. McNamara, Gaw, Pearce and Adams *ere the best of the others, the whole play-

ing well together. Craddock, at fnll-baok for Albion, wns nn questionably the best back on the ground, his taking of the ball and kicking leaving toothing to be desired. Of the three-quarters fifay, who played in his bare feet, was about ft* w»t, Foreyth being decidedly off colour. W. Archibald did fairly, but had few opportunities. Hobbs the better of the wlvea, putting in a considerable amount of |wd work ana captaining his team splendidly. Hendy, W. Ledeham, Johnson and McKeazie amongst the forwards were most Prominent, though all played well and with good combination. Mr Hiddlestone wu Kreree,

There is trouble in the juniors camp j*tween Linwood aud the Permit Committee. *h* facts of the case are \w follows :— wnwfiod A Cup team had to meet Christvmch. B, but only ten men of the Linwood ttttnputin an appearance, but there were •ome of their club's B Cup team, who had pet a match, on the ground, so they played «■* the A team, first of all getting word Wto the referee that it would be au right. « iras very evident that the referee in $ueetion did not know that there is a rale to toe C.R.U. Annual that debars a member ■» A team playing for a B team, *j> rice vena. The outcome was that ■«• Permit Committee had to go into •jj* affair, and after careful consideration decided, as Linwood pleaded ignorance «the law—which I might say has been in »«» a number o£ years—that if Linwood Would let the match go by default, so to •P**k, to Christchurch, they would look " Sf° n li M n ? matcn having taken place for ">e Cap; in fact, it simply meant it Jould be taken as a scratch game wtween the Linwood A and B teams combined and Christchurch, and then •Wse B men could still play for their team. *J» my opinion, aud I think in the opinion °J a good many others, this was the begt Pj*n that the Permit Committee could have Wopted. It was getting over the difficulty ** * '*> r and proper manner, but the powers •* the Linwood Clnb would not have this. *atj must have the win and their men re« fwtated to the B section. The consequence w that these men have been debarred from Playing in the B team, and the rule distinctly »JB they cannot. lam sure the Linwood ymb s committee would have acted far wieer «» the interest of the players if they, had wten the alternative offered them by the rerunit Committee. I trust thie will be * I J!ttiung to the other clubs that have two 1 «cams entered, not only this season, but ia I time to come. ■ 1 Sy denha , ,n ' e form against Kaiapoi, on the \ • M »nwy club's ground, in the Flag contest # on Saturday was very poor, and they sufI J" ed w de M b y, 19 pointe io nil. M&aki, Iα ™ &aia P,° l _ Blti Prer, again played a grand Mf*™> Barrett wae also to the foVall

useful and was successful in crowing the Sydenham line, and so was Maber and Solomon.

Men vale's B Cup team had not a great deal of trouble in beating New Brighton by 13 points to nothing. Mittriner was in great form, and scored two tries. Burrell placed two goals from tries, and also showed good form in other respects. The same club's A team had an easy win against Sydenham, defeating them by 16 points to 3. Chapman played a good game for the winners, and so did Fraser, while Ulewetfc was a hard " grafter," in the scrummage, and he also scored a try. Muir, the Sydenham skipper, showed fair form in the back department; as did Rowe. Alexander played a fair game forward and was well backed up by Jacobsen and Green. The President's Cup contest Linwood Third v. Sumner, at Woolston, was won by tho latter by 3 points (a try) to nothing. McConnell, full-back for the winners, was in grand form, his kicking being excellent. McConnell, his brother, at wing threequarter, was the best back on the ground, putting in some very fine runs. He scored the only try in the match. The other backs seemed all at sea. The fot wards are a heavy lot, and put in some good work, S. McHarg, Killick, Bamford and Bantruin being the best.

Henderson, the Linwood full-back, played in his usual style, being very safe. The three-quarters, like most of the Sumner backs, were all over the place, continually wandering about and kept getting amongst the forwards. Glennie was only fair. Gerard was undecided what to do and did not get his passes out well at all. The forwards seemed to be all to pieces, no system being apparent in their packing. Wooller, W. Pearee and Blakely were about the best. The referee was not appointed by the Union. He seemed very undecided in blowing the whistle. The ground was very uneven and hardly fit to play football on.