KAIAPOI v. CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 5

KAIAPOI v. CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Kaiapoi (Yellow) and Canterbury College (Cardinal) met at the Polo Ground, when a drawn game was played without ' scoring. The play at the commenceimcnt was mainly confined to neutral i territory, but Canterbury College soon j had thoir opponents j.laying .a defensive ] gnmp, but cne of the College backs, when near the Kaiapoi line, lurked too him!, and the ball wont out of play, and thus spoilt, a good chance of scoring. A j rush, by tho CclUge forwards took the play into the Yellows' territory, where a i frcr> kick was awarded them. Bnungarl j hnd a *hot at goal, but was un'ucc:«i I fill. From a lino out which followed. 1 obtained pcf<wsion, but ! when near tho Kaiapoi goal line hn j slipperi and fell, nnd a good kick by (Green saved tho Kaiapoi filiation • Kaiapoi then rallied, and play w;:s Taken into the Cardinals' twenty-five, but HiMider*on by a good run removed dancer. College then rcsnine-d the attack, and had tho Yellows defending. A littlo Inter a mark was obtained by thorn, but Uaiinqart's kick went widt» After an exchange of kicking h.alf-tim<> . was then called. On changing ends tlit* i Yellows assumed the aggnwive, and lud i tho Col'ego defending for some time. • eventually a force being regi>t<Med ! against tliem. A forwanl ru«h. head!ed by Cook nnd Collins, removed the. er.?no of action from the centre to near i the Kaiapoi goal pOvSt. where, after a !m< W, Blank bad a pot at goal, but hi<s j kick went wide. Tho game wae con- ; fined to Kaiapoi's ground for somo time, j and College looked dangerous at times. After a forward ni-h by the. Cardinals, Harloy got tb.o ball, but a knock on when "near tho line lost him all chance lof scoring. A scrum followed, and Msi Lennoii was nearly over, but wae. stopI p«l by Green, who. by a line kick, relieved. College ogam returned to tho attack, and a r»>h liy the forwards was j >av<.vl by Murphy, nnd the same playor I saved and stopped tho College from *corI ing a fow niinut«<fi afterwards. A mark i and a irtv , - kick were awarded to College ! just l> fore time, but Baungart was unable to put the first over, and a K-iiapoi forward —Blackvuil—touched tho .second, jiinri it was not ailowe-d. Time was then 1 callc-d. Mr P. Cleai-y was referee.