SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

Northern Advocate, 22 July 1919, Page 3

SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

FOOTBALL.

me loutuaii niatcn Ofctwtseu CUe iN.o j. anu .no. Z teams, piuyed in connection wiin mc jpeaec vaiiees at jvensiiigton ram. on Saturday 'provey- a v< -'ry attractive leature ox aie ceieorauons. On paper the No. i appeared to have an undoubted superiority over the No. 2 t.Slacks), but this impression was not borne out in actual play, for the Blacks soon settled down to business, and it must be admitted that they were in the ascendancy for almost the whole of the game, scarcely ever once giving that they would not emerge victorious. The superiority of the Blacks, however, was not due to any combination shown by them, for rarely indeed was anything in the way oi concerted action attempted by them, strong individual play being their chief point. The forwards played well together, and were a powerful, fast set in the loose f although in scrum work they were less successful, scarcely ever obtaining possession, and in this connection Were eclipsed by the Blues. Th e Black rear division was severely handicapped by the loss of Courtney a few minutes after the commencement of the game the team thereafter playing a man short, and for a large portion of the time were minus a centre three-quarter. In the se r ecnd half George was taken out of ,the forwards and played centre three-quarter. S. Weston, for the Blues, also met with disaster for the Blues, also met with disaster in the first half, and had to leave the field, his position (wing threequarter) being filled by Garry. This was a serious set-back for the Blues, for Weston was playing a very fine game, and his retirement upset the combination of the backs very considerably. There was no score in the first quarter, whilst in the second Arthur Lamb kicked a fin e goal for the Blacks, for whom McLeod failed by inches only to register a try after a splendid run. This was the only score at half-time. After the interval McLeod scored an easy try for the Blacks between the posts, and he also converted it. In the final quarter Arthur Lamb and McLennan obtained tries for the Blacks, neither of them being converted. The Blues secured their only score in this quarter the pack heeling prettily to Pitman, who sent it to W. Lamb, who sent it on to B. Finlayson, who shot over at the posts with the try, but the kick flew wide. Th e game thus ended in a win for the Blacks by 14 points to 3. M r Smith ably controlled the game.