MERIVALE v LINWOOD.

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

MERIVALE v LINWOOD.

• and Lmiwckkl met on. tho p-uth jjvonn.rt. th 1 former having <v>nsidorabiy tlio bottr of ti)-> j.imc. Linwood k : ckrd f.ff th? wind, but i wor.? alnicf-t nt cure to .net, on tho defensive, P. M:>nzirr* nearly j crcssin.s th:> Y.n? at* tho result of a j parsing Liuwood w?rp forced, ' and after tht? kick-cut Ormandy intercepted n pare and removed play to mid- I field. Got.d kicking hy the Merivalo j ; bucks tovik the hall back to the Linwood I twenty-five, and i:i a. loose* rush Rich f-curod thn ball and pawed to Shankp, who foorfd. Hardinjjham failed with an ca-sy rfiot at gial. A good run by Ormandy transferred play to tho Merivalo twenty-five, but a free-kick relieved them, and as the result of a lon.g i kick by Miles Linwood wero forced a.ga'n. kicked high, and the wind carried the. ball back, crralling Bond to score MerivaloV wcoad try. '■ Shanks failed with tho kick at goal. Linwood then livened up, and a smart run by Ormandy. who was well backed up by Friifser, ended in the latter scoring. His kick at goal was a "poster." Merivalo were again compelled to defend, through a spectator interfering with th? full-back, but Piki relieved by a gocd kick. Th» remainder of the spell was in favour of Merivalo. At the opening of the second spe.M a good kick by Frasor found touch in the Merivalo twenty-five, but the Blue forwards coon cleared their lint?. A lot cf uninteresting play at the centre followed, until a loess rush gave Hardingham an opportunity of scoring between the posts, R. .id* convert ing the try. After the kick-out Meriralo wero forced twice in Hicce.sfion, and again a little* later on, as tho result of a. drcip at goal by Temptetom. The Blues, however, returned to tho attack, and iai a scramble under the Lrmvood goa.l Rich secured the baTl and got across tho line. Reid failed with the kick at goal, and time wae called shortly after with the scores— Merivalo 11 paints (a goal from a try and three tries); Linwocd 3 points (one try). Mr R. W. Barry was referee.