FOOTBALL SEASON. SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNEY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 84, 10 April 1911, Page 4

FOOTBALL SEASON. SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNEY.

RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S j GAMiES. The Wellington Rugby Union's annual seven-a-side tournament was held at 'the Athletic Park -on Saturday afternoon. The attendauee was close on 2000, and the union-Is accident insurance fund is expected to benefit to the extent of about £40. If anything, the afternoon was too hob for football, and towards , the end pla^jjai's became very tired. * - * The senior competilSon was won by the Athletic' Club's A team, and in the fifth grade the Melroue Club eupplied the winning team. First Kouad. Old Boys, 6, v. Souttiem A, 0. Oriental, 11, v. Southern B, 0. Wellington College, 13, v. Athletic B, 1. Victoria College, 8, v. Selwyn, 0. * Athletic A, 10, v. Wellington, 0. Melrose, 1, v. Poneke B, 0. Poneke A, 5, v. St. James's A, 3. Petone, 18, v. St. Jamest's B, 0. Second Round. Victoria College, 16, v.' "TOellingtonCollege, 1. ■ Oriental, 9, v. Old Boys, 0. Poneke A, 8, v. Petone, 3. Athletic A, 11, -v. Melrose, 0 g Semi-finals. Oriental, 6, v. Victoria Cceßlege, 0. Athletic A, 14, v. Poneke A, 0. Final. • Athletic (Evenson, Cunningham, Kerr, Wilson (2), Greeks, and £Vall) and Oriental (M'Bain, Pyle] Perry}, Stubbs, Tyrrell, Paterson, and Chant) contested the final. The game was faidjy strenuous, but Athletic always had* a little in hand, and eventually wan by 6 points to nil. " '. FIFTH-GRADE. In the first round oi the fiftl'-grade competitions, Petone beat St. James by 9 points to 3, Melrose defeated H'oneke by 13 to nil, Wellington College beat St. Patrick's College by 5 points lio nil, and Athletic beat Selwyn by 19 to nil. Melrose defeated Petone by 3 pohste to 1, and Athletic beat Wellington College by 8 to 0 in the semi-final, and, after a very closely-contested game, Melrose beat Athletic in the final by 6 points to 3. -. '' / Referees who officiated during the afternoon were : — Messrs. Mctrtin, Church, Slines, Jones, Newman, Ingram, Fordyce, Simpson, Nelson, Stsnden, Card, Meredith, and Evenson.