CHRISTCHURCH.

NZ Truth, Issue 473, 11 July 1914, Page 11

CHRISTCHURCH.

Old Boys 16 v. Sydonham 3. MarivaJo 37 v. »Var»Uy 0. Albion 9 v. Llnwood 0. Chrl»tchurch 14 v. Mnrists 0. None of the C\lU<\t T . tea ins <loin« battle. In the ehatnplotiHhlp matchea litttt Saturday, «itiulttle<l for buncben of roam. I'May «>n the \vhol« w;ik an flat a« Hit entcrlnlnnferit In Uethcl. MIShIVALK v. •VAHBITV. Mcrlmi'p, who with oifV.J3oy» fwrc on tho mirface of the honors .H«u, met 'Varsity and knocked the embryo degrco wuitchcra ciiuiploicly out ot

shape with a score 'of 37 points to nil. 'Varsity's top-notchers were apparently "week-ending" somewhere* judg-. ing by the milk and watery team with which the maroons decorated the field against a pack- with Meri vale's reputation. Meriyale, on the : other mitt, were' themselves right from the word "so" when Atkinson bagged the first three points. :.. 'Varsity at once had a shot at stopping the rot, but Merivale's forwards were glued' to the ball and per medium of Has'ell's boot mostly,, waltzed their score- up to, lGpoints at "lemons."; Cleary played \ the overture of the. second half; by collaring from Merivale's rearguard's passing rush and notching triplets. c Livingstone and Hopkins almost polished ..things up .for 'Varsity, but:,the opposing .vanguar'dj blasted Ythe effort, and Cleary punted, across to Read who, with Hasell's assistance, ' gave the scorer another five points to dot down. " ■ Occasionally 'Varsity spat out ginger which went, close to scoring. Between times, however, '. Merivale poured m generous doses of consistency and had rattled their credit up to' 37 when it was time to go home: 'Varsity's forwards ;were disappointing and without Dobson and Dailey would have been "chronic/ 1 B. P. Hopkins Was one of the College back rank corner stogie's. R. H. L.tyings'tone was ditto,' ; only' more so. Merivale' pack were' "hot coffee" to the core, confidence, m 'their own strength being. ;a big" factory This stunt, can be overworked and the good hanie'.of a_ whole team, be jeopardised by "the-r-er—over-confl-dence of one player, whomi. Referee^ Gray's optic seemed to miss, 'last Saturday. .. ; i "■; . . .: ' Y . V , Cleary was, prominent , among the Merivaleahs all day. C. Atkinson was a snorter on the three-quarter mark. ■ Of Merivale vanguard Maxwell: was luminous, whilst, m the goal-, kicking department, E. Hasell couldn't go wrong. .... OBD BOYS v. SYDENHAM. Few gleams of brilliance relieved the dullness of the scramble between Old Boys and Sydenham. Sydenham could have done a great deal better lif they had collared all chances offered. " Having sent Hllson home with a cracked collarbone early m the prae Old Boys were deprived of one-fif-teenth of their starch throughout the, game, which was chance No. 1 and biggest that Sydenham. didn't avail themselves of.. There wree othersmany others, treated likewise. , ■. Sydenham's fuli-back> Doell, made, a bold bid to score at the word "go," but with his failure came Oldßoys's lust for points, and Boag and Crawshaw justified to the extent qf a quintette quick, and lively. Then before; Sydonham knew what had struck 'em, Boag dribbled along from midfield and, flummoxing big Doell," shared another five .points with Crawshaw and rattled the score up to ten. ! Taylor snicked a trio and Crawslvaw did, likewise before, Greatbatch came to light with triplets for Sydenham, which Watson didn't convert. Old Boys, ■ 16 points; 'Sydenham, 3 points. Crawshaw. was the pearl of the winning side. A ; couple of efficient As.D.C. were Taylor- and Boa'g. . R. G. Hickmott, playing at threequarter, had his colors on for the first time- this season and played a "classy" game. ■ ... Doell, Sydenham's full-back, wasn't up to his usual form. H. Watson was always aj. the point where business was most brisk. CHRISTCHURCH \v MARJST BROS.' Of the Christchurch-Marists match the note still stands that Martets were; beaten by superior weight rather than? by superior science. The Christchurclv. forwards were as brilliant as their backs wero otherwise. ' Marists's vanguard put up a great display as far as their inferior weight allowed them. Their backs' display of brilliance was unfortunately not "consistent. . . ' Mehtrens played well for '.he red and blacks und the two fivcreight'n men, Gulney and Robinson^ were also conspicuous. Morgan and Burns wero the ahlnins j lights of the forwards. A. Fanning was a consistent Marlst. forward, and P. Amodeo, five-eighth, upheld the reputation of the green.* AH the scoring was done m the s^c-' ond half, McDonald breaking the tcofor Christchurch shortly after (ho "breather," t!>e points afterwards rapidly running up to 14 when play concluded. ALBION v. LIN WOOD. There was nothing exceptfona I.;*1 .;* brilliant about the Albion- Linwood' set-to. Albion seem to have let nut several reefs .m their sails and, on la«t Saturday's form, can be reckoned onto finish iho season somewhere near tho middle of the premiership Mat., Llnwood's big stumbling block is their keenness for attacking. On Saturday Atbion quietly resisted these "bull at the gate" tactics and kept tho score from moving either way until the last half when they had the oppoKirig forccH worn down and easily snicked their nine points which meant victory. Llnwood were unfortunate m the early stages of the game m losing Hobson, who ran against somebody's foot and hobbled orf. ' Gray and Ward plnyed consistently for Albion and a couple of colts also shaped well. I-Mmmuls und C'umml»s.s played the forward jjiime for Llnwood.