FOOTBALL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 August 1912, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY'S GAMES. There was a very fair crowd of spectators at the Park on Saturday afternoon in spite of the very.- uncertain weather. On No. 1 ground College and Old Boys tried conclusions, the former securing' h win by 5 points. On No. 2 ground 'Rival got-in their first win of the season by beating Nel.-on hy 18 points to nil. Practically all interest was centerd in in the College-Old Boys game, and the onlookers were rewarded" by a fast inlerestin'g exhibition. The' White forwards more than, held their nwu, -but .th,. Lacks were inferior both in combined mid individual play. COLLEGE V. OLD BOYS.

Old Boys won the toss and defended the Northern goal. From the Uick off the Old Boms' forwards ' took the bail to the College lin;>, but over-eagerneGs allowed Prussing to force, l'out returned the kick-out to Grace, who made a good inn down the touch line, being eventually grassed by Vereoe. Webber was instrumental in giving the Whites relief, .From a mark Vereoe. made a good but unsuccessful attempt at goal, Good play by Pere and McElroy put Old Boys on the defensive. The balls came out to Bo?eelmanV who made a dash for the line, but was collared in the im k ot time bv Baigent. who forced. Give and take plav followed, the forwards on both sides shewing up in some excellent lushes. Half-time sounded. College attacked early in the second spell, but gcod plav bv McKay relieved. College, however; were not to be denied. BertheJson secured and beat several opponents, but nullified his efforts by kicking tcu hard. A force down ..resulted... From the kick-out Hawke set his backs mo via;:, and a passing rush .in which Pi ussing, Chrisp and BcGselman participated ended in the last-named scoring. Prussing goaled. College 5 : Old Boys 0. The score had the etfect-of livening up Old Boys', who took the ball to College territory. Baigenf missed an easy chance to score by not falling on the ball, Grace kicking out of bounds, .shortly afterwards Pere made a. splendid attempt ai goal from a long-kick, missing the posts by a few inches. The Old Boys' vanguard again put College on the defensive, and the Whites made strenuous efforts to score, but without success. The whistle sounded shortly afterwards. For College- Prussing was the best of the backs and Hawke and Everett played well. In the forwards Pere, <Mcl)roy. and Berthelson were most prominent. The Old Boys' backs were poor, and missed the- services of Batchelor considerably. The forwards nil worked hard. McKay, Emerson, Sherwood, Liddle. and Stringer being the pick.

NELSON <0) V. RIVAL (.18). Very little interest was taken in game, and Nelson played throughou with eleven men only. The Rivals are a much improved team, and their play in this match was of a far higher standard than in.any of- their pravio": ••rames. Hargreaves .made a great difference to the backs, and ex cellontlv. ending up with three tries this credit.'Grias at half also nlayed well Watson and Bennett were the best of the forwards. Mr Coote refereed. JUNIOR CUP. College 7 : Rival 0. Harktneßs kicked a penalty and Semi potfWl a goal. Mi Canningion refereed. Stoke Industrial School 18. College B 0. Mr Boon refereed. STOKE IND. SCHOOL (13) V. .. COLLEGE B ((3).

The fourth class match played at Victory iSqnare : on Saturday pnn-cd to be an ' interest-in"- (tame. .The Stoke boys, who had the best of the game throughout, played well. The, College hoy's also played well, but did not seem at home with the siiiv tai-k!:ni-of their -opponents. Many fine passi.ll2 rushes were indulged in, by both sides. Tremberth, for Stoke-, scored two fine tries in the first spell, of which cue was converted. In the second spell two tries were scored for Stoke, by Ormond and Carroll which Wilson and Oee convert ed. The game, ended: Stoke IS, Colie«o nil. For the winners O'Brien. /Curry. Ormcixl and Gee played well, while. lr.i the- losers all had an equal share of the wei'k. Mr Boon itfereed.

SEVENS-SIDE TOURNAMENT. ' Notwif standing a cold bleak afternoon a vfirv large.attendance of spectators assembled' at "trie Park,yesterday to witness the special senior and junior seven-a-sidc tournament. Five for the senior competition and nine for the junior. As in the last tournament the- ! senior'final''was plavcd off between Coi- ;' lece and Old Boy,", the latter team again oarrvimr eff the honours, after a nardj fo-njrH and excitinsr fame which had to j b« blavcd'soveral"minutes over time.■■ To the iunior competition (some verv fast , sanies eventuated, and the exhibition ■" trivVn bv the teams was very m-omisin?. | Go'We' 1 ' B team, after playing _ four secured a well-earned victorv. • For t>e fir*t 'time on. record the Npl^J 1 ' Club fafled to nut a team into the field. : Tn the final -•match against Old |Bcrthelscri. the .Cellesje forward, ha<i

'fflE&~-'-the misfortune to sustain a broken collarbone. His place was taken by McIlrov. .Messrs Batche'or, Cooke, T reweek,, and Canninaton refereed in the various matches. SENIOR. COLLTIOE (24) V. OLD BOYS B (0). Te College team were altogether too good for their opponents. Grace secured i\\}.> tries in quick .succession. From a passing rush Berthelson seoured, and. beating several opponents, passed to Chrisp, who ran in.behind the posts. Old Boys attacked strongly, and Stringer got over; but the referee gave 25

out. In the second half, Hawke and Chrisp -scored from passing rushes. Prussing converted three of the tries. OLD BOYS A (13) V. RIVAL (0). Old Boys attacked, and a passing rush ended in Webber touching down behind fhe vposts. Vevcoe goaled. Fro'm the kick off Rival pressed ; but McKay intercepted, and running nearly the whole length of the field, scored. Vereoe failed with the kick. Rivals again pressed, and good work by Plar-greavc-s and Watson saw them within an ace of scoring. In the second half Emerson scored, and Webber added the major points. OLD BOYS (3) V. WAIMEA (0). Early in the game McKay secured, and got over near the corner. The kick was successful. Waimea threw the ball abo'tit freely, and upon several occasions looked dangerous. In the second spell a passing rush, in 'which all the White backs were associated, znded in Boyes scoring. Vereoe failed with the kick. FINAL . OLD BOYS A (6) V. COLLEGE (3). It was. anticiaptod that College would win without much trouble. The Old Boys, however, played up well, and were assisted by the frequent poor parsing o'f the College backs. Early in the game Prussing had an easy shot at goal from a a free kick; but the ball went wide. . Old Boys then attacked, and the ball came out to Boyes, who beat the whole College team, and scored the best try of the day. Vereoe failed to jonvert. College how pressed, and from a gc.'cd passing rush Grace got over. No goal resulted. . Half-tin:e sounded. In "the second spell Mcllroy replaced Berthelson, who had) 'i.een playing for some minutes with a broken collar-bone. Play was very strenuous, both sides attacking alternately, , and making determined efforts to secVe. Chrisp nearly got over .from a passing rush, but was well collared by Emerson, who shifted play to College territory. Here the ball came out to Boyes. who transferred to McKay,, who, in turn, .= 2nt it on to - Webber, and that player finished up a good dodgy run by scoring. No. goal resulted. Webber was. carried shoulder high from • the field 'by Old Boy sm^crters. -*-'-'-'-■- .TTTNIOPv. • COLLEGE B (11) V. WAIMEA B (0). College were much the "better team,, ?.nd had no difficulty in winning. Tries were scored bv Muir (2) and Grace, one being converted.HOPE B (3) V. OLD' BOYS (0). This match was evenly contested, Old Boys missing' reveral opportunities to score Haycock scored for Hope. WAIMEA A (5) V. RIVAL (0). Honours in the first spell were even, neither side scoring. On changing ends Hall scored. The- same player*converted. HOPE A (8) V. RIVAL B.(0): ; ■ .Webby and Thomasson scored for the winners, one of the tries being -converted. • ■::■ COLLEGE B (23) V. COLLEGE A (8). Both sides threw the ball about freeiy and gave a fast interesting display- Mu.r >). Robison. Hall (2). and Andrew scored for the B's, five being converted. Blair and Lang.bein sec-red for the A s, Blair converting one. WAIMEA A (5) V. HOPE B (0). This was a hard fought tussle, and had to be plaved several minutes over time MeGlashen scored for Waimea. COLLEGE B (10) V, HOPE A(3). Muir and Andrews scored for College, both tries being converted. Thomasson scored for Hope. FINAL. -COLLEGE B (6) V. WAIMEA A (0). The College, boys were much,smaller and lighter th.au their opponents. .They playcd pluckily, however, and secured si well-earned and popular win. HalJ and Robinson scored for College, neithar try being converted.