FOOTBALL

Evening Star, Issue 8553, 27 June 1891, Page 3

FOOTBALL

. « ALHAMBRA v. DUNEDIN. The Caledonian Ground was the resort of a f- thousands this afternoon to witness thr-." football contest between the Alhambra aid tho Danedin team 3. Beth side 3 were in g--o.i condition, and the ground wa3 in cii i"! order. Mr Wyinks acted as referee, and Messrs Dawes (Alhambra) and Harper (D-itiffMt) as touch-line judge 3. The teams were constituted as follows: — V'iwera. FuU-bsck, R?ss; three-qui'.tsn v'r ii.n-.p Cunuinsrham ; ha'res U<\:i?, Ei-quilant, Hai?, Johnston, U'Laren (j). —Full-back, Harvey; tbrce-qnartm-Lvch Tahro.%; halves—Caff, Brooks; f.)-",vi'di-Turton (captain), Beck, Bsydell, Heenan, I-i?!cs. Siiikcildy, Mitchell, tower, and St-insfieM. M'fkary won the toss, and elected to pi "y \Vith the wind at his back. Turton set the" rolling, and Johnston carried the b'jl back to the centre. From a scrum the ball was sent out to Noel, who made off like a Ih-.i ; but Lynch collared him when he was v. (thin a dczan yards of the line. I--iics away and made a dashing run, Ve-iievcd the pressure on the Blues' line; but the Reds were not to be (Vc-nisd, snd ence more had play in thtir opponents' territory. Several s-ran-s in front of the Blues' goal-po3ts were fin-i -1 but a penalty kick awarded to PuKh-'ii gave the Blues a lot of ground. Ciipr-iK'nam got away, but was grassed by T- ■■■ :■■■•/ and immediately afterwards Downes r...:.' I at goal, but the attempt was not suc-cs-.Y'-.!, ; ind the Dunedin men were forced. y" r ',];', r j play followed the kick-out until th" B'ues were again forced. 00. play being rc -_, : -v,,>d. the leather was again taken to the B'ues' ground, and from a scrum g'~ M'Lircn picked up and passed to who pissed to Downes, and this was thia time successful" 'Score: Alhambra 3 points, Dunedin ,ni burton once more set the ball agoiDg, bat Dowries returned it well. Lynch made a ".oi run, for which he was loudly resulting in an advantage being £:>;>t :\ by the Dunedin, which was increased by a couple of penalty kicks awarded them. C-avfrrd kicked the ball well down, but Sullivan returned it in grand style. Some fast !•! iy f-dlowed about mid-field until Res-t'e->ii" rot a mark, from which Esquilant rVnt-ccisfnlly attempted to kick a goal. play was continued the ball was about the centre for a few rr> bl''t wuV collared by Lynch. From a scrum tho toll was passed out to Restieaux, who, when he could get no further, passed to D-wncs, who was over the line in a twinkYipr. The kick by Restieaux secured the rrr,r>- roiot. Score: Alhambra 6 points, Danedin nil. The Blues then carried the pluT into the Reds ground, but it Cvil not remain long in that quarter. F vr, a wild pass by one of the Dunedin lor-v.-rds Lvrjch took the ball and made off, msVn.-'"»fcveral of his opponents in fine style nat'l he met Baker, who collared him very r.ea'iy Some hard aEd interesting play f'olV ,-cl about the centre. A free kick was aw-T'led to Crawfurd, but Taiaroa returned the bill, and play again settled in the centre. Salii van made a splendid kick down tho field, &n* the Blues made several determined efforts to "et away, but were not successful. JU'Ckary had a clear field ahead of him, and mado'a good run, but was well tackled, and the bill was again sent back to the Reds territory Downea and Restieaux made two or three good attempts to get away, but they wore watched too closely. By capital passing play on the part of the Alhambra treks the ball was taken to the Bines' twenty-five flag. Restieaux got the leather into his hands and made a bnhant, dodgy run almost over the line but he was colared by Harvey in the mck of time. Halftime wa3 then called. In the second spell Noel scored a try, from which Restieaux kicked a goal. Final score : Alhambra 12, Danedin ml. PIRATES v. ZINGARI-RICHMOND, clave a at MontecMo this afternoon, was a forward game. Soon after play commenced Hume had to retire hurt, and the Pirates played a man short. No score at end o first seel!. Five minutes before call of tim- Moloney ran round and Bcored between the posts, Wintrop kicking a goal ZioganRichmond thus scored their first victory thu season by 3 points to nil. UNION v. UNIVERSITY. In the first spell the Union scored !1 point 3, University nW. In the second spell Tatters*!! got twe

tries and Smeaton one, but no goals resulted. A free kick to the Union resulted in an additional 2 points, ,Laing being the successful man. Campbell.gotatryat a later stage, and Thomson failed to make a goal. Final score: Union 13 points, Universif y ml. PALMERSTON BEAT NASEBY, after a good game, by one try to nil.