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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 72, 18 December 1917, Page 7

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OTAGO V. WELLINGTON. The Auckland member? of the Now Zealand Adjudication Board, Messrs. Grierson, Miles, and Harvey, have given their decisions on the five unfinished games pf the above match, wine being awarded to Otago at Boards 7 and li and to Wellington at Boards 9, 10, and 13. The final score is thus Wellington Club 11 wins, Otago Club 3 wins—a result that greatly flatters the local representatives. On this occasion the play all went one way in the peculiar manner that-is experienced once in a while in nearly all sporting competitions. In reality the teams are well matched, and this je shown by the fact that Otago made a tetter showing than Wellington did against the invincible Canterbury players. (The Canterbury team beat Wellington l>y two points, and Otago by only one point.) The following is tl\e score of the recent match, a noticeable feature of which is the entire absence of drawn games:— OTAGO. WELLINGTON. I Cleland, R. A... oßarnes 1 Balk, 0 0 Mason, W. E. ... 1 ■Ellis, A uMackay, W 1 Stenhouee.W.G. 0 Rolling 1 Myers, S. S 0 Still 1 Coombs, L. B. . OConnell. J. A. . 1 *Wright, G. D. .. 1 Gyles, S 0 Edwards, J lFmihy 0 *Boreham, .T. A. (1 Godtsplmlk 1 *Wnvd, A. E 0 Bsirraud, W. 1 , . 1 Allen, W. H. ... OM'Nair 1 Bitting flMaclcay, S 1 ♦Henderson, H. Hv fl Taylor, E. S 1 •Crawford, A 1 Gyles, senr 0

Total S Total 11 *Theaß games v;ere adjudicated on. The above clubs have now played each other five time.?, viz., in 1893, 1806, 1909, WIG, and 1917. The Wellington team, aided by a fair amount of luck, has won all these matches. Mr. Bnvnes, the local captain, has the distinction of having won Ms game in eaeh of the3e five contests. <*