DUNEDIN.

NZ Truth, Issue 471, 27 June 1914, Page 11

DUNEDIN.

Little could he expected from tho looballcrH ln*t Suturduy, owing to wild wind*. Hlcot. muck and flood*. All round H won n. very unfavorable tfny for the* Kfimc. ftn«l tho various tcama Arcs 10 by complimented far turning out «o brnvely. und facing olvmcnuti condition* of a uevumly trying order. 'VARSITY AND 80UTHKUN. 'VnrtUty and Southern fnced tho i>l«monui. tho ball nnd tho crowd on Cnr» i««b*-<>ok Orounda. Tho lAtt<sr fAtj»dAUou prcaontcd a fourful Kpcctxiclo of

messy muck, . when- the game terminated m a draw. In fact it was one long ."draw" through, the mud. * Southern showed .up m remarkably . .fine style, and seemed at : times imbued with the determined spirit actuating the elements. . i; Casey and Eckhold .. were daisies, while 'Varsity had air good forwards. At the same time 'Varsity did not show- up particularly well, but, >having regard to the conditions, caustic criticism would be off-side. KAIKORAI v. UNION. • The only other game worth recordI«g was the Kaikorai and Union clash at Bishopscourt The forwards and backs of the Kaikorais seemed tip-top lads, of course allowing for the prevailing conditions. Union appealed to be longing for the game to cease, and little wonden. It got washed off the field by 15 to the duck egg. V The hillmen have an admirable man In Dryden, % who just seemed as game and lively as a fresh young thing on a cosy tennis court.* ZINGARI y. DUNEDIN. - The ground was fair at Tahuna Park, but despite this Zingari and Dunedin engaged m a sickly fray. Saturday at Tahuna "Park was a fearful day. Each team accepted a duck-egg, so It only remains to compliment the demnition ball for its remarkably frisky freaks.