FOOTBALL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIII, Issue 12243, 2 July 1900, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

V.v r SENIOR. CHAMPIONSHIP. • -The-weather was 'fine on Saturday after---Soon for the Senior' Championship matches,, but the .grounds were .greasy- from the: rei•cent rains. A record stun of money was taken at the gate. On behalf of the. Lin, "wood Club, the following ladies dispensed afternoon tea :—Misses O’Brien (2), Rudd, Adams, Watts, Walsh, Seaton and MadTdison. - . ~ , The present stage of, the championship is ehown by the following table; —

CHRISTCHURCH y. KAIAPOt r -The return game between Christchurch and Kaiapoi was played on the west- ground ■ at Lancaster Park. At the commencement Kaiapoi hadi much the best .of the play. D,. hfGregor, from a pass by Green, reached the goal line, and Christchurch was forced. Rice, and Parry went right down the field, where Martin kicked' into touch. Blackwell' and Driscoll headed a forward , rush from the scrummage, and, after a few • minutes’ play at the Christchurch goai- •- . Bne, Q. Green scored. The country team continued, to have much the,best of the play, but Harper got away, and a good ildck staved off the danger. M’Gregor get a mark, but the kick resulted in only a force down against Christchurch, and the -; passing of " Byrne, Harvey and Parry . -proved profitable after the kick out. Then) ; the Christchurch forwards played up, better, ..-wpd Ayers and Prost headed a rnsh ; totthe ju§t ,at half timev. /Tminediately upon _ resuming Harper made a splendid nip along - -.the touch line,- and beat all opposition, but, unluckily/..went, into ,touch-in-goal. . Byrne,. -Barry, and.-Rice-did Bpane neat -passing;,. ;- iyhich .gained ground, but. Green and H. _-Driscoll cut cdf-the play, and,. by .ocinbinedi .. footwork,-took the - ball to Ghnstchurch s | -twenty-five, ' Rice obtained possession of j, the ball, and, outpacing most of the Kaia- ' - pod backs scored behind the posts, . Harper , easily oenvertinig. After further play had tyt-an place, Ayer’s and) Bynje’s combined work caused Kaiapoi to take up the' dofenaive, but a free kick afforded relief, and, " after some forward ' work, in which the country beam appeared to advantage, “no aide” was colled, with the play in the Christchurch half of the field. The final ■cores were- —Christchurch one goal from dry, (five points); Kaiapoi one , try (three points). Mr B. W. Barry was referee.

ALBION t. MERIVALE. - The return match between Albion) and .Merivale resulted an a ■win for Albion by" eleven points (on© try, a goal from a try and a -penalty goal) to eight (on© try and a goal from a try). Albion kicked off from the east against the sum, and fixed play at Merivale’s quarter-flag, but the Merivale forwards • rushed the ball out at ' the centre, and, continuing the rush, Drake. ’ was able to dribble over the line, but Waftwo relieved by kicking over tie dead-ball Jine, Maebin ran. to Merivale’s, quarters, n scrum was formed, and Weston passed to Gray, who dashed over at the comer, but Lavsry failed to convert. After considerable play, Mairiuer headed an attack , on Albion, and forced’Western to carry the ; bell over the ," line. Wilson dribbled away from the scrum, and) out at the quarterflag, where Burrell failed to kick a penalty goal, but Marriner and Drake dribbled over the line and; forced Albion. -A passing rush between Robson, Gillespie and Gray brought play out near the Merivale line, and the Albion forwards rushed over, but -Burrell forced. Marinin got the ball, from V the scrum through Weston amd Robson, but was collared by Menzies, who, however, rl _. let him go, and he • scored .easahr. near: the posts, Lavexy converted. A forward rush ’ by the Blacks and an interchange of kicks centred play jnst at half-time. After the kick out the Merivale forwards drove play to their, opponents’ line, but off-side play prevented a score. Some time alter this, ■ however, the Merivale forwards, headed by Crosbie, Fraser and Cooke, forced Albion.

--Kicks were amterehanged, and play was ' ultimately taken into the Albion quarters. 'Chambers and Morriiier contimied the rush to the line, where Chambers picked up the -ball and passed smartly to Forquhar, who transferred to Forbes, enabling him to score.. .Burrell failed to' convert. After a great deal of play, Douglas and Johnson dribbled to neutral territory, but Crosbie , broke away, passed to Marriner, and, picking the ball .up again, scored, near the posts, and Burrell Converted. Johnson , and Gillespie dribbled to their ■opponents’ } line, where Albion was awarded a free kick ", through Oroshie handling the ball in the scrum, and Lavery put the ball over the , bar. A scrum in Merivale’s territory, and ij- : a mark by Mach in, from a dribble by Crosbie and Chambers, left play at the centre at call of time. , Mr H. Petrie was referee.

r. SYDENHAM. Sydenham 'cardinal and blue) kicked off against the sun, and. Lin.wood, {green and , .black) soon went to the attack, and a loose rush sent the play to Sydenham’s end, aid ' the Cardinals were forced from a good , penalty attempt at goal by Revell, Sydenham then assumed the aggressive, and good , . footwork by M’Naanara and 'Gerard sent the ['■l ball out at Linwood’s corner. Phillips and F. O’Brien relieved to the centre, and Watcon headed a sweeping loose rush to Sydenham's line. The ball was eventually rushed over, and the Cardinals were forced. Even S 1 ’sty ensued till'Mason, Reese, Gerard and ’Naanara broke away in a passing rush. They lost the hall near Linwood’s line, but O'Brien, backing up, dribbled ' over and Reese converted: The Green backs retaliated with several passing rushes, one '• -'. : of which almost ended in a score; HalfV- time : was called ' with play in Sydenham’s ■ comer. When the game was resumed, the ’ ' Cardinals', speedily rushed to their oppbr, - 1 neats’ line, and Phillips saved with diffi-. culty by kicking out at the-comer. Mono‘l‘- ■ tonoiis forward work. followed, till Revell and Phillips, by combined passing and kick- -. ing, placed Sydenham on the defensive. Mason lacked to mid-field, where Revell secured the ball and passed to Brunsden, who ■ charged along the line. 'Phillips backed up, and the forward and the centre passing ‘ alternately,-beat the entire opposition, and Phillips scored. Revell failed with the kick ' at gqal. The Cardinals, in turn, commenced a'"fresh assault on the Greens’, line, hut Campbell intercepted a pass, and shifted play to the centre. The forwards followed up. and for the remainder of the game gave Sydenham an anxious time. Revell got . clear away once, but lost his chance by neglecting to get up sufficient pace. Smith

and Price also. lost an opportunity by unskilful manipulation ,of the balb behind a senna dost) to Sydenham’s , line. The game ended in favour of Sydenham by five points to three. Mr F. T. Evans was referee. • JUNIOR FLAG. The Christchurch-Albion ; Junior Flag match.' was won by Christchurch by five points to three. 'For Christchurch, Louiseon scored a tty, which was-converted by Van Ascii, and for Albion, Moore scored a try. .‘Mr W. Irvine was referee. Lyttelton First won its. match against Kaiapoi, Second by default. The match-between the Sydenham and Linwood Junior Flag teams was played at Sydenham, and, after a very even contest, Sydenham won by six .points (two tries, scored by W.'Walsh and J. Milne) to three (a penalty goal, placed by W. Howell). Mr H. Hooper was.referee. Merivale and Richmond met at Richmond, and after an . interesting game the former won by twenty points to nil. For the winners, Webster, Chamberlain, .Cornish and Fraser scored tries, and Garrard converting one each. Brewer also placed a goal from a mark. -- Mr G. S. Simpson was referee. , , PRESIDENT’S CUPOwing to the illness, of-’several players, the Boys’ 'High - School 1 was unable to put a team in the 1 -field, and its match against Sydenham C went to the latter team by default. 'The ChiTstehureh-Albion B match went to Christchurch by default. Sydenham B defeated Lyttelton Second by seventeen, points to nil.' For the winners, Kett, Round and M’Phail each scored a try, Kett placed, two goals from tries, and Round potted; .a goal. Mr J. S. S. Cooper was referee! 1 The contest between Merivale A and Sydenham. A produced a good struggle, the former team winning by three points (a try scored by J. Saunders) to nil., MrH. Harrison was referee. ...

Linwood Third defeated, Richmond Second by. fifteen points to nine. For .-thefwinners, tries were scored by Caere, Sutcliffe and Agassiz ; Woods converted one of the tries, and .also kicked a goal from a mark. Richmond's score consisted of three tries, obtained by Waters. Mr G, M’Gregor was referee.

.Albion A won its match against Christ’s College by eight points to .five. For Albion, Barrell and Phillips scored tries, from one of which M’Nicoll kicked a goal; and for College,' Cotteriil scored a try, from which he kicked a goal. • Mr E. Minifie was referee.

OTHER MATCHES. ■ A match between ■Strange’s* team and the Imperial Club, played on Saturday, resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. The Primrose Club defeated the Moa dub by twenty-five -points to nil.. A match played between the Waiwersu and East Christchurch teams resulted in a win for the former by -.thirty points, to nil For the Waiwera team, tries were scored by Chappie (5), Ford (:|, Soanes and Hogwood. Melrose defeated Sandridge by six points to nil. Two tries were'scored by G. Pearce. The Secretary of the Pirates Football .Club, Asliburtou, has been instructed to arrange a match with the Dunsandel Club, at Ashburton, on July ,12, and one with the Springbum Club and-a second fifteen on the following Thursday. The club’s annual ball will be held on August-1.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS REPRESENTATIVE MATCH.

WELLINGTON v. NORTH CANTERBURY.

, A large number of little folk assembled at Lancaster Park on Saturday to see the match between teams representing the Wellington and North Canterbury Primary Schools, and their continued cheering added excitement to the game. In weight the competing teams were about even, but the local boys, were slightly heavier, in the forwards. .Canterbury started badly. The forwards played with no dash, .and the backs fumbled jwretphediy. A; loose rush took the ball to the Canterbury line, where EUas picked up -and dashed over. No-goal resulted. Canterbury now livened .up, and played a vigorous forward game. Good kicking sent the i ball to the Wellington end, and in the scramble that ensued Weir picked up and darted over. Close failed with the kick at goal. In the second spell the play was very even.. The local forwards performed well in the loose, and the visiting backs gave good passing displays at times. The match, then ended in a draw, each team having scared three points. Mr W. G. Garrard was referee. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Juno 30. ■ ' In to-day’s senior championship matches, Melrose, beat Petond. by, "six" points to four, Athletic’bcat Old Boys hy ten points to nil,

and Wellington beat Oriental by six points to three.' DUNEDIN, June 30. In the senior football matches, Kaikorai beat Union by three points to nil, Alhambra (fourteen points) beat University (five points), Southern (eight points) beat Dunedin (nil), Zingari. (three points) beat Pirates (nil). " Alhambra is now, leading by three points, and the championship seems a certainty. _____

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