POINTS AT A PREMIUM

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 4

POINTS AT A PREMIUM

'Expectations 'of an interesting contest between Marist and Athletic at tfewtown Park - were - .spoiled by the rain, lne ground, holding at first, very soon became in'such a" condition as to make good football an impossibility. - The ball .became heavy and players found difficulty in keeping • their feet. ' Only three points were scored and those by Marist. It was a game of lost opportunities, each side missing ohariaes, but .particularly was this so m tha^ica96;ofr'iAthlctic'-at one stuge of the first-spell. ' •■■ •«Thf?t«a-ra s 'wore as -follows:— ' :i>MaJ&t:' '•■Hepbum; Ericsson, E. MoGre'evy;' Bacon; -Ganley, Langdonj O Connor ;■ Fleming. Ottaway, Keegan, Leahy, J. Butler, H.- Butler,: Fitzgerald, Blatch. Athlotic: Scotland; Badlaud, Thomson, Forbes; Evans; Patrick; Upchurch; Wye'th; Mollior, Logan, Jolly,. Dixon, Boydv Wells, Watson. ■ - . It was midway, ..through; the first- spell that Marist obtained the try which was to represent'-the-%inning-point'B...ui -tic game.; The ball: was kicked over the Athletic goal Kne.: Scotland,-the-Athletic i fftll-lMclsU: .ancL.lLt?.B?rald who played.a fine 'game throughout, dived for it .to-.! gether, but Fitzgerald was just a.fraction quicker; The kick was not a'difficult-one,', but Hepburn missed. In subsequent .play Evans was prominent dn two individual efforts for Athletic and on each occasion Marist had a narrow escape. Solid pressure was maintained by Athletic for some time. In a race for the ball, similar to that between Scotland and Fitzgerald, Thomson appeared to beat McGreevy, but no try was awarded. Just before the end of the first spell Hepburn went very close to'kicking a penalty goal for Marist, the ball just dropping under the crossbar A good start was made by Marist in tho second spell, McGreevy, when an Athletic back-failed to get the ball away, narrowly missing a try, Logan retired with an injured hip after play had been m progress about 15 minutes and was replaced by Cooper. Each side had opportunities, but no doubt largely because of the bad playing conditions they were unable to make full uso of them, and the score remained unchanged. The referee was Mr. A. C. Swim.