FOOTBALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16787, 31 August 1916, Page 2

FOOTBALL

high ccirooLS' tournwikm. The High iSchool.i' touni.vmc ni »i nut tinurd on Ilie Cinslnonk Gioiincl \i h icl.iy when fins lii-ing ii .mis of S iliinl iv imi .mil tile uii.iimg teaiilb of Ihn sum d.i\ tiled The wiillnr «,i> line. .in.l tilt* ground in order 'lhue v ,>'. a. good at lend.nice; of tin pubhi C'JIKISJI IIbRCH \. ISOIIIIII.\SU Shoitly .ift< i lulf p.iM, 1, ( liiisidiurdi .uid taouthl.uul took ihu laid. 'J he conte.st, opiiKil uilh (Mil j)l.i\ Sii'ithl.iiHl wcro given a liec-kuk, ,iiid from ,i iionil 10 yank inside the (lin-tc liiulli hallu.iy lino Kingston su«fidid in jil.w ing .i sjili n did goal. The soul Ik in n0 , .-, win , plajiiiL; a u (ill combined ganu Aunt he i' fiee-l-uk w.ib yivcn aguiiht Clu is!( liuicii, but this timo Kingston's hick v.ini wide. Christ church lost .somo good dixmis thiough erratic pa&sing. SouthLind, jilajiug a better game than on S.iundav, in.ide things hot for their opponents, until the Blues' forwards, with ,i diibblintr iu>h, <..lined the ball to tho Reds' H\uii>-li\" Homo open play ensued near the lino, Iml Soutlilnid managed to aven a seore. Play went to tho other end of the pround, then again to iSouthl.md torntoij. and when half I timo was called Southland \uip deffiidins , . In the eecond half Christehuuh had the advantage of a bree/e with them. They haj-1 the npi>er liairl .it fust, but Soulhlnnd came along with a, ru c h, and <'hri'-tchurdi forced The ball vent to the RedV end. and .Southland forced Christehurdi pressed hard, and the bill going to Hall, just out eide the twciitv-fne line that plivrr coolly potted a neat, goal For some time Ilipre was play in neutral ienitorv, and both teams were playing h.iirl. Plav shifted to the Christchurch quarters, and afler a tu=sle near the line the northern r< presentativ n forced Southland kerit up the attack, and from i seiuii the bill went to the lnfks, and Frnspr got over nenr the corner. Tvincr slon's kick wrnt wide The ChnVdiiirdi representntives. were attacking when tho final ; st!e sounded Southland flmh School . 6 points Cbri&tchurch High School 4 points Mr A Wallace was referee. TIIHBC V OXAGO. The winning teams of Saturday, Tunaru and Otago, went to the field at 3.25 p.m , Otago playing with a slight wind in then , favour, while Tiin.uu luid to face a stiong 6un. For 20 minutes pl.xy hung ab'out tho centre, when Tiuiani woiked slowly into the Otago ground and tho local team forced. The Otago forwards were mainly responsible for a dribbling rush to the centre, and after a line-out Olago lcsuined their attack, and Giny got over the line. Fe.i's kick w<nt wide. A few minuses later a scrum was formed close to the Timaru quarter line, and for a breach of rules Timaru wrre penalised. The kirk at goal was not successful. Otago lemained in the Timaru territory for some time, but tho defence was good. From a nemm well into tho Timaru ground Otago took possession of tho ball, and in n good iu«h of the forwaids Gray again crossed the line. Marshall's kick travelled wide. Soon afterwards Timaru foiced An exchange of kicks wis followed by more play in the Tim.iru ground, until the Msitois got the ball, and in a loose rush earned it along till Cooke scored The kick was resultless. Just after the kick-out Timam scored again through Cooke following un 'very quickly The lcirk at goal was a fiilure. Timaru maintained their pressure and after some warm plav Thomas scored Cooke piloted the ball between the posts successfully. The second spell opened with great spirit, and Timaru weio soon en the defensive. Timaiu lelieved, but Otago returned to tho charge, and, following some play near tho lino, Fea dodged past several opponents and scoied. The kick at go.il was a poster. A little later Timaiu forced. For Timaru, Scott made an attempt to place a "oal from a free-I ick, but tlie ball fell wiile, .ind Fea, getting possession, made a smait run, lidding a <-crviceablo kiek. which found the line well down. At this stage Little (Timaru) with a, sprained muscle in his leg, and Tajloi took his place. Otago pressed, and the ball was kicked over the line, but the Blues lost it. Otago once more attacked, and Campbell cariied tho ball over the line but was unable to touch down \ scrum was formed almost on the line, and the ball went out to Ivciha, who ran over the line in a twinkling. The kick was a failure. The Timaru bovs ch.iiged icpeatedly but tho Ofago defence was unbionk.ible. Kriha collared veil When the bell sounded, plav was in the Timaru twenf\-fi\e. Final scores: Otigo His'i School .. 12 points Timaru High School . 11 points Mr Foster was referee Theio was tense excitement towaids tho close of tho game. Timaru made desperate eftoits to score, and OUsro strained cveiy muscle to keep their lead. The supporters of the Otago High School cairied the winning team off the ground shoulder high. RF&ULT of Tournament. The result of the tournament was: — Wins. Losses. Otago 2 0 Timaiu 1 1 Southlmd 1 1 Christehnrch 0 2 Today the \isiting teams will lea-ve Dunedin for their icspctive homes ENTERTAINED VT DINNER. The membcis of tlie \iaitiug teams and of the local team wcie enteitained at dinnei in tlie Ait l-ialleiy Hall at half-past & by tho Old Boys' Soeiotj. Mr A. A. Fiimh (president o£ the ai-sociat ion) occupied the clair A numbci of toasts weic happily proposed and as happily responded to, tho •speeches being interspciscd v ith ■nusic.il items. At the close the bojs sing '' Auld Lang S>ne" in a. very lusty and heaitv, n anner. PRIMARY SCHOOLS' MATCH. SOUTHLAND v. OTAGO. (From Odb Own Correspondent ) INVERC \RGILL. August 30. The annual ptimary schools' lnterprovmcial Rugby match Otago \. Southland wae played to-'cht\ under adverse weather conclit'ons. Heavy ram fell overnight, and, showers prevailed nt intervals during the' afternoon. This made the ball greasy, and difficult to handle. Pla\ing in the first '•pell with a ftion" -wind behind them, the vis.itois secured two tries, which were not converted. The scorers were Hawkins and M'Combc. In the second half Southland attacked strongly, after missing several chances during wild play, and gained a fiy and a. goal from the field, winning- bv i points 1o 6. The Otago forwauL playul .i \crv fine game m the second half. r l h< , match was pl.ivcd for the first time undei conditions, limiting the paHicipants to Q?t I v eight or under.

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