INTER-COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 50, 28 August 1911, Page 4

INTER-COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL

AUCKLAND DEFEATS NELSON. Th© match between the Auckland Grammar School and Nelson College teams was played as a curtain-raiser to the representative game. The Northerners had a particularly strong lot of forwarde, and touch of the Auckland victofy w due ,to thie pack. Auckland led ft half t-itoe by 3 to i>il, Dufa.ur chaemg and faiijng on the ha-31 ac it rolled ovxm- the line. With the slight wiad at their hacks Ndeou <lid much, bet.ter, and put their supporters jit good heart by leading eight k> throe but aiter considerable defence work the Auckland pa«k ,-work^^ down to the enemy's territory, and li'ishei' and tratfc scoretl excellent trice, Blundell converting the two. Nelson, dying away the faster, were never able to make up the leeway» and the game finished sa etated — Auckland 13, Neleon 8. Saxon ran over twice for the losers, Richmond converting. Mr. C. Atkinson was referee. WELLINGTOnIhSATS CHRIST'S COLLEGE. ffl* H&tntilLAPtf-* l>ft*Sß A9SOeiAW6N.I CSKISTCHURCH, 26th August. Wellington beat Christ's- College in the first of the inter-college games fo« day by 21 points to 15. As the scores indicate it was an open and interesting the henviei' team winning. Welhngton scored five tries, converting tbrpe. College scored three tries, and converted till.