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Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 35

allowing, the ball to bonnes to him instead of rashing in to bake ib on the fall, and Jamas will never be a r«liab'e full back until he girea up s peculating and tcujta more to bis hands. Burfe, Mabheson, Macdonald, and PrieaS did gosd work among the forvrxrd'd, who d-'ssrre Credit for bheir tackling. • . • The match between She Duuedtu aud Uuiversiby teams was a somewhat uninteresting onoi Tbe first; spell especially was, on bhe whole, very tame. In the seoond spell, however,, matters beoame much more lively, although tbe game could nob bo regarded as ft good exh biiion of football. Thore waa comparatively little pjkH?ing- indulged in by either side, bub. a great deal of rv>ugh scrum work. The fsKJt that there was a strong soath-wesb wind blowing may, to gome extant ab least, afford an excise for this. In the flrsb spall, when the University team played against bhe wind, they were 'omuwhab hai'd pressed, bub they gave a better account of themselves in the oeond spell. Foot. 1 , Craa, M'Farla'ud, G-egtf, Bimmars, M'Ara, and Gibaoa all did good service on behalf of the Light Blues.; while tho most prominent o£ the Dvinedin te&ra ware Sbcphenson, M*rtin, R Jgfr^on, Johuotoae, Mason, and Toothill " . ' Want ef training and want of combination wore noticeable ia bobh the Alh*mSra and 1 Zmgari-R'-ohmond teams. The Zingari hacks, however., proved a !oug way toa good for t&e buck division, of the Alhtmbrft, who v7ese play- j ing three halves. H^ig for a while wsw b>iad ab 1 full b%ck, bub in the ee"cond half Ros« was taken from three-qaarbers aad stationed in his old position. Th« passing; of buth teams was very poor, and bhe game rfghfc through, particutarly towards the close, was very rough, one or tw of the players open'y displaying illfetliug. Webber was the pick of the Alhambra backs' but on no cciaaion w*B a»y of them particuk.r'y promineat la tuo forward division G'rea and Watson deserve to be singled out. Watson was- particularly prominent, bub was responsible for a good many infringements of the rules. Isaac, Williamson, and Fordyoe were the best of tbe Zingari backs. M'Farlane did good work amongst the forward?, bub ha did nob use his backq sufficiisnWy. Hobbi also »ho ved up occisiooally. " . * The Union team had lha beat of the play agafnsb Caversham. Their forwards were better iv the serums, securing the leather of tenest, but the close attention p%id to the half bocks by the opposing wing, men prevented their gaining much, ground. Scrum followed ecrnm in monotonous succession till well on in tha "first half, when tbe Colou>s, having worked the ball down to the Union lines, were awarded a free kick. Lawry, who took the kick, secured a flue goal. The Murooos were not long in equalising matters, for from a loose scrum near tha Caversham's lines M'Dontld gob possession and Ktad<x a strong da»h over the lino. M'Lennan failed to convert. The early parb of tha B£O£d half wai much like bhe ficub, bub during the last pwtrof the game the Union b*oks gob on some good passing rushes, none of which, however, resulted in n ssore, and the g*me ended in a drtvw. • . • The tackling of the Caversham tesm was ; admirable, and they also played with unexpected' smarfcaeas.- Lawry (full back) was in bis beat for as, tackling and kicking well, while M'Le&nan (centra three-quirber) and Borgets (half back) also pub in Home good work. Stalker (wing forward) was very prominent, but he was allowed nvicb more latitude by the referee than he is hkely to get again ; still his tackling, and general smartness effectually prevented the opposing; half backs doing anything with the ball. Of those in the pack C&vanagh waa perhaps tha best. Dredge (wing ehreequar£cr) waa the best of thaTJoion backs. He ms.de some dashing runs, end on more than one occasion was within an ace of scoring. Jackson (full b»ck) also did well.-- W. Harris and M'Donatd were the best ef the forwards. Mr F. Lowry acted &s referee, but gavo anything- but general satisfaction. He s-jems to l»ct the experience which a referee in senior matches should have. One cause of di'pconteufi w&s the fftct that ha only allowed 35 minutes' play in the second spell instead of the allotted 45 minutes. • . • The game bebween the Seconds of Union and Caversham was confined to bhe forwards. ' Corbett, Stewart, Ford, and Logan each scored tries for the Unioa, and Ritch'e converted one of these. ■ , • Sv.me good play was shown in ther drawn match between the Zicgari - Richmond and Alhambra Seconds by Gray, H. Smibb, Hjre, G*rdiner, Jelly, Campbell (Zipgiri-R'ohmoad)',, M'Lennwa, M'Kf-nziei M'Culladj, Pahoy, and Forsyth. (Alh.vmbra). • . ' University and Dunedin Second^ only played two half-hour spells, bat the 'Varsity piled up 29 points, Ulrica ?coriug' throe- times and A. Graham, B. Graham, Bray, Thompson, and Hay one each. Thompson kicked a penalty goal, and Spenca coaverfced a try. The Dun- , edin score consisted or a try and' a penalty go*l. • . •" Paoifte played 1 a good mdiTidual game on Saturday, bub Iwked combinaUbr.. Their opponents (the Stiar) played a plucky g»m» againstr a much heavier team. • . * The 43' points pufcnp by the High- School mixed 'team against the Union Third are not ' likely to be 1 often equ^Hel tihis season. Fisb.«r, ' the School captain, crossed the line four ifimes, Rubertson and Mattbenvscn twice each, and Uieher, Barbleman, and A. Hood once' each. , C. M'BTensre^ who gava pronsise last year of becomiwg' a good place kick, improved' five of the triea: * . • The Queen* Park (Association) team were palpably not fet home on th& Boslyn's | ; gtound on Saturday. Their combination was ' very loose taroacrhoutr- and! passing uncertain. ' MacDonrid' «nd Spraggon put in some splendid ■ dfcfdn«ive -work. The lattec's kicking was . much admired 1 , and' waa the mean* of preventing a much bigger score being registered. j '- * . ' The- Rbslyn followers ©f the "socker" game appear to ba in batter form than 1 ever this y*ar. Their forwards work weil tiogebher. Peter' M'MiHau shone outi ao- tha be»lr forward on the ground, but he has' a tendency fo- getf off sfde. Wafson and 1 B1B 1 own are well mated' ok the right wing. Dobson's half-back pfry was undoubtedly good. His placing of the ball to ois forwards was muc& admired. ' . * Holgate led tbe MorniDgfcon (Association) team in good style. Kingstone and Nagle played' a hard, fast game, while Sparrow, Anderson, and Robertson were good on the defence. Thomas antf Dobson, at back, gob through a lot of work in flue style. Gregory, in goal, has a tendency to come out boo far from goal. " . ' Fof Ztfa'amiia v. Morniogton, Brown, 3i'lnrtoe, ami Jay pUyed very hard, bub there appeared a tendency to shirk work and bo nob help bhe backs. Adams played ' with his head at centra' half, and often eared his side. Lichtenstein and Simon played bard ab back, but the pace of bhe Mornington forwards ofbea spoilt their return. ■ . ' Kilgour played a rattling game for the Northern, and the Clark brothers ab back and Elder pub in a lot of work, Shelmerdine, though playing hard, was inclined to be a little rough, gos the Racgero Vboog, Adams, and

Pirifi (the latter sooring twice) played well ; the otliar sootita bsing Adami, Ceddor, and Paters. • . • Roslyn Second possess one or two good shootera. Turner, B-iskull, Weight, and Brown are the pick of tho team. Queen's Park Second show vory good fo:'-n, bat thuir passing ia weAk. Lothian, Gr»h»rn, M Kebterick, and T. MiJlec wcro prowinent on S^urday. '.' N irbhoru Second »ho*rsd souis ep'.endid defenoa against the Rangers. Irvine and Adams were vary safe at full back, and Johnston, Bunfell, Roberts, Clark, and Kilamtin pb.yed well. Russell, of tho Ringers, played a splendid gatao a.'i full back, as did Gilbert (half back) antf Hi>lknd (forward).