A FINE JUNIOR GAME.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 14

A FINE JUNIOR GAME.

Institute juniors had a.full afternoon'■ work with Y.M.O.A. on Kelburn Park, for play was fast and1 willing, in spite of the heavy grcraod ana the greasy ball. Right through, the game wai played in very fine spirit, a tip-top game in every respect. Institute did not play up to form- during the first quarter of an hour, probably because the team had been changed round considerably on account of Wenden been injured oH the previous Saturday, but later the team settled down, and more than held their own in the second spell. Young Men certainly kept the Institute defence1 busy in the first spell, showing better combination and. a deal of .pretty individual work. They were unfortunate in not opening the score before half-time, aa they would have done had their shooting . been up to the mark. ■ Institute scored early after the spell from a simple aribugh shot following the Y.M. goalkeeper's one mistake, a miss-kick. Jeffries set a new standard in shooting shortly afterwards, banging in a ball from a position ten, yards from the' back line and fifteen or so from the goal with such force that the referee and (he goalkeeper did not see it. There was a doubt about it, though spectators were agreed that the ball had gone through, and Institute did not press the claimYoung Mfn speeded play up in the last few minutes, but could not draw even.Calvert, who usually turns out on the right wing, played a fine game for Institute in the backs, and Bradshaw, in spite of a full set of bandages following a cycle accident during the week, played a very useful game. Atkinson, for Young Men, was placed as centre-half during the first spell and as centreforward during the second, »nd in both positions, was a valuable, member of- his team. The, Y.M. goalkeeper played a splendid game, one of his saves, from a penalty kick in the area, being really brilliant. He made only one mistake, and 'institute saw the opening. Mr. H. Yeomans controlled, the game in a way thoroughly satisfactory to/both teams, paying particular, attention to the charging rule as affected by the recommendations recently derided upon.