IN WELLINGTON

NZ Truth, Issue 1126, 30 June 1927, Page 12

IN WELLINGTON

(From "N.Z; Truth's" Special Wellington Rep.) boRBMOST m the games wjis that between Old Boys and Petone, which provided the 5000 spectators with a thrilling exhibition o£ the code. The high scores by each side naturally meant an abundance of incidents and some flashes of good football. Half-time saw the score. 12 to 11 m Petone's favor, but hardly had the second outing commenced, than Old Boys gained the lead and they maintained it to the finish with the scores 22 to is.- ; ' 'Varsity, by defeating Poneke by 17 to 13, maintained their position on top of the championship ladder. ' 'Varsity are this season playing better football than ever m the past and now that they have proved themselves m the first round tliey will be very unlucky if they miss this opportunity to be acclaimed the 19_7 champions. The students are never a beaten side until time is called. Poneke gave them a great game, the. red-and-black forwards setting m amongst the green backs iri an endeavor to prevent the flying machinery from functioning to advantage. Old rivals m ■ Marist- and Berhampore got head and shoulders into it at Newtown Park and both gave a very fine display of forward- play. The pace was always on and at times things were more than-; .willing. '. ■Ih the last few minutes Marist jumped their score from nine to nineteen and ran out winners with the scores 19 to 6.7 Oriental gave Wellington a very close call and there -was not muck between the teams m playing merit. To the finish it was a tough battle, and although Wellington maintained a three-point lead the issue was always m doubt.. All the same, the yellows deserved their victory for the reason that they produced more initiative than did Ories. ..' 7 . . Blunt and Dacre had nothing on Athletic when it came to tallying up a score on" Saturday. 51 to" 11 is a mammoth score m senior football.