ASSURED OF THE HONORS

NZ Truth, Issue 1127, 7 July 1927, Page 14

ASSURED OF THE HONORS

V Christchurch Team's Position In ;\ Matches

Vkrom "N.Z. Truth's" Special Christchurch Representative.) 1 bn of the Soccer test between Canada and New Zealand, last Saturday, the Rugby games were played away from Lancaster Park;, . '

'THE princip&l match was that be--1 tween Varfcity and Albion, which was playedtat Rangiora m order to- assist' the North Canterbury club ■■ with a ground improvement scheme. Varsity Xou \a closely-contested fame by six pQint^to three. Varsity's win was not altogether unexpected. The grounop^w'ere heavy after rains «md severe frosts, and so the condi-* ' ofans were all m favor of the Varsity forwards, who, since their vacation have formed the most solid and useful pack in" the competition. Whatever chance ' Albion had of drawing level with^Christchurch, , • vanished with theft defeat on . Saturday, 'and the red -and -blacks are now assured ,of %e^ season's „ honors., L \ - Albion Trere again without the serT^ces off Jack Steel, who injured his ' ' Ibb a f ortniirht earlier. His presence, Swever, would not have saved Albion,' «l« they -were beaten Jn the forwards. * BWty8 Wty X/d couple of We 9 and *rith an ouna/ot 3iick would have dcorTd m??e w^reas.the best Alblott\*uld 3to™alV W*Hy,foal, per medium mf H J^lßurne's boot. v v^ JanW Park, Papanut, lf i h nStclxurcK had little difficulty m deLlnwVofl by 20 to 3. ( Lmwood's BBBfl^^B j?urpin. \ BHHBBnBuBUBow^ ground m the North Hk^Sß^^SßhL S^WQv-vin which brief;

fifteens 'of Boys' High School and Christ's, College drew "a much larger attendance to the College ground than there was at the Soccer test at Lancaster Park. * , Prior to the,game School had shown great form and had not been defeated m competition games. On the other hand, teams which School had beaten rather easily had m turn defeated College. On the face of this it looked any odds on School winning comfortably. The play, however, showed that it is not a safe prediction to go on results of preceding games. Rain had made the ground heavy, and when the big College forwards lined out with instructions to keep the game tight it appeared as though School's task was not going to be so easy as was* generally' supposed. Some of the College forwards were as big as men and must have weighed thirteen stone. They were big enough to eat the High, School lads', but it was a case xof brains versus brawn, and brains won. The game was not quite so spectacular as many that had preceded It on account >of the College methods of keeping the play tight. They recogr .nlsed that their 'only hope of keeping the suore down was by keeping the ball away from the School backs as m^ch as possible. They ''succeeded very -well m their endeavors, "but „ School got .their fair sh'aretof the ball from' the scriims*a;nd the backs gave' a fine display of hand^ ling., *. It wasp only the foolish tactics -of the senA.nd_ tlfre^eljg'hthjft "tyjio persisted V m r^SHb^Scn'DQi 'of jGgUjer opportunities