STUDENTS AT PLAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3882, 7 August 1928, Page 66

STUDENTS AT PLAY.

DUNEDIN AND CHRISTCHURCH. THE ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. (Photographs in This Issue.) , The annual tournament between Christchurch and Dunedin Training Colleges was opened on Tuesday in Dunedin. Both colleges have put forward their best available champions. SWIMMING. The tournament was started with swimming contests in the Municipal Baths. The local contestants proved ' much superior, both in the ladies and men’s sections, and scored 244 points to 94 by Christchurch. Dunedin thus secured two points for the shield. Haughton, a wellknown footballer, was outstanding in the Dunedin ranks, and Miss Edzer, also of Dunedin, won several of the ladies’ events. "There was a great tussle in the Ladies’ 66 2-3 Yards Breast-stroke between Miss Edzer and Miss Rankin (Christchurch), the latter winning, amid enthusiastic cheers, by no more than a yard. Messrs-J. L. MTndoe and H. H. Henderson (of the Otago Swimming Centre) acted as judges, and Mr P. Mathieson was the starter. The following are the results: —

Men’s 33 1-3 Yards. —Haughton (Dunedin) 1, Crossman (Christchurch) 2. Won by two yards. Time, 18sec. Ladies’ 33 1-3 Yards.—Miss V. Edzer (Dunedin) 1, Miss M. Morgan (Dunedin) 2. Won by a yard. Time, 20 4-ssec. 100 Yards Men’s Breast-stroke.—Barl-trop (Christchurch) 1. Park (Dunedin) 2. The winner used a good breast stroke, and, swimming well down, won by three yards. Time, Imin-30 2-ssec. Men’s 66 2-3 Yards.—Haughton (Dunedin) 1, Barltrop (Christchurch) 2. Won by a yard. Time, 49 3-ssec. Ladies’ 66 2-3 Yards Breast-stroke.— Miss Rankin (Christchurch) 1, Miss V. Edzer (Dunedin) 2. Won by a yard. Time, 68 3-ssee. Ladies’ 66 2-3 Yards.—Miss V. Edzer (Dunedin) 1, Miss M. Morgan (Dunedin) 2. Miss Edzer used a strong, easy stroke, and led all the way, winning by five yards. Time, 48 3-ssec.

Men’s 100 Yjards Medley.—Barltrop (Christchurch) 1, Haughton (Dunedin) 2. Won comfortably by five yards. Time, Imin 23 4-ssec.

Ladies’ 100 Yards Medley.—Miss V. Edzer (Dunedin) 1. Miss Brownlee (Christchurch) 2. Won by a couple of yards. Time, Imin 44sec. Ladies’ 133 1-3 Yards Relay.—Dunedin (Misses V. Edzer, M. Morgan, Stone, Brownlee) 1, Christchurch (Misses Dunbier. Rankin. Costello, and Mayo) 2. Won easily. Time. Imin 37 l-ssec.

Men’s 133 1-3 Yards Relay.—Dunedin (Bruce, Blue, Park. Haughton) 1, Christchurch (Crossman, Wallace. Barltrop) 2. One of the Christchurch team injured his ankle, and Crossman swam the first and last lengths. Christchurch established a good lead, but in the last lap Haughton overhauled Crossman and won by inches. Time, Imin 26 2-ssec. Men’s Plain Dive.—Haughton (Dunedin) 1. Kirk (Dunedin)- 2. Haughton gave a good exhibition, and won by a fair margin. Ladies’ Diving.—Miss V. Edzer (Dunedin) and Miss Dunbier (Christchurch), dead heat. The diving was of a very fair standard, but none of the contestants got up off the board sufficiently. The first three ladies were very close, and .jfter an extra dive had been ordered the judges were still unable to separate Miss Edzer and Miss Dunbier. LAWN TENNIS. In the afternoon the lawn tennis section of ,the tournament was played at Anderson’s Bay, under ideal weather conditions. The visitors secured 137 games and Dunedin 88, or 14 seta to two sets, and as. a result the Christchurch College won two shield pointe. - There were several very closely-contested matches, ■in which it appeared that Dunedin might win. In the match between Misses Armstrong and Vesty and Misses Gloyn and Whitely the score stood at 6 —B, but Christchurch managed to get the remaining three games. Howarth and Hill played Arnold and Clarke, and when the score was 6—B the Dunedin representatives were playing well, but again the Christchurch players pulled off the victory. The following are the results:—

LADIES’ SINGLES. Miss Howell (Dunedin) beat Miss Dallas (Christchurch), 9—B.

Miss Rankin (.Christchurch) beat Miss Brownlee (Dunedin), 9—2.

Miss Gloyn (Dunedin) beat Miss Armstrong (Christchurch), 9—l. Miss Vesty (Christchurch) beat Miss Whitely (Dunedin), 9—5. MEN’S SINGLES. Willberg (Christchurch) beat Rivers (Dunedin), 9 —4. Beatson (Christohurch) beat Taylor (Dunedin), 9 —4. Howarth (Christchurch) beat Arnold (Dunedin), 9—5. Hill (Christchurch) beat Clarke (Dunedin), 9 —5. MIXED DOUBLES. Willberg and Miss Dallas (Christchurch) beat Rivers and Miss Howell (Dunedin), 9—6. Beatson and Miss Rankin (Christchurch) beat Taylor and Miss Brownlee •’Dunedin), 9—l. Howarth and Miss Armstrong (Christchurch) beat Arnold and Miss Gloyn (Dunedin), 9 —6. Hill and Miss Vesty (Christchurch) beat Clarke and Miss Whitely (Dunedin), 9 —6. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Misses Dallas and Rankin (Christchurch) beat Misses Howell and Brownlee (Dunedin), 9 —7. Misses Armstrong and Vesty (Christchurch) beat Misses Gloyn and Whitely (Dunedin). 9 —B. MEN’S DOUBLES. Willberg and Beatson (Christchurch) beat Rivers and Taylor (Dunedin), 9—5. Howarth and Hill (Christchurch) beat Arnold and Clarke (Dunedin), 9—B. Result: Christchurch, 14 sets, 137 games; Dunedin, 2 sets, 88 games. THE DEBATE. “ SUMMER-TIME BILL.”

In the Allen Hall at the University last night a debate took place between representatives of the two colleges. The speakers were:—Christchurch. Miss Heenan, Mr Fullerton, and Mr Billborough; Dunedin, Miss Brownlee, Mr Gray, and Mr R. Taylor. The subject was: “ That the Summer-time Bill as enforced last year be made law.” Christchurch took the affirmative. Dunedin the negative. The judges (Mr W. J. Morrell, Mr J. B. Callan, and Miss F. Ross) gave a unanimous verdict for Canterbury. They placed Mr Fullerton as the best speaker, and Miss Heenan as the second best, while Miss Brownlee, they said, was very close up, and decidedly superior to the other Otago speakers. Canterbury won two shield points. BOXING. VIGOROUS CONTESTS.

In the Marama HaTl, University Buildings, the boxing contests took place in the presence of a large crowd. There were some close contests, and all through the boxing was vigorous. Messrs D. Paterson and F. Foster were the judges, and Mr P. Torric the referee. Results: — FEATHER-WEIGHT. Spencer (Dunedin) beat Hamlin (Christchurch), knock out in first round. LIGHT-WEIGHT. Stirling (Christchurch) beat Taylor (Dunedin) on points. WELTER-WEIGHT. Kirk (Dunedin) beat O’Connor (Christchurch) on points. MIDDLE-WEIGHT. Kirk (Dunedin) beat Cadwallader (Christchurch) on points. HEAVY-WEIGHT. Haughton (Dunedin) beat Mulcock (Christchurch) on points. As vunedin secured the majority of the bouts, it won two shield points. DUNEDIN WINS THE SHIELD. The tournament concluded on Wednesday, the day’s programme including basket ball, ladies and men’s hockey, and Rugby football. In the evening a very successful dance was held in the Allen Hall at the University. The first game of the day was the basket ball match, which was won by the local college by 13 goals to 10. The men’s hockey match which followed was drawn, each side scoring a goal. After lunch the ladies’ hockey teams met, the game being won by the Dunedin tekm. The football later in the afternoon resulted in the local team defeating the visitors by 21 to nil. With these three wins to-day the Dunedin Training College becomes the winner of the intercollege shield by the comfortable margin of six pointe. The following table gives the details of the points won in each section of the tournament by the two colleges, two shield pointe being given for each win, and one point for a draw:— Christ.

BASKET BALL.

The basket ball match was fast and open, and provided an excellent display of this game. The local side had the better of .the game throughout, indulging in the short, quick pass in preference to the old long pass, which has been largely discarded in the south owing to the ease with which interceptions can be brought off when the ball is passed high and long. Miss V. Gloyn, the Dunedin captain, was not in the best of form, and missed a lot of comparatively easy shots. The visitors were kept on the defensive for the greater part of the first spell, but they managed to secure four goals. Dunedin, however, was combining well, and although it had no easy task to overcome the solid Canterbury defence, it was able to double the visitors’ score, the position at half time being: Dunedin 8, Christchurch 4. Christchurch played much better in the second spell, and scored six times to the home side’s five. The final score was: Dunedin 13, Christchurch 10. Dunedin’s points were scored by Misses Gloyn, Temper o, and Catenach. The scorers for the visitors were Misses Harrison and Hopkinson.

MEN’S HOCKEY. The men’s hockey match was a very evenly contested game, and a good crowd of interested onlookers was treated to a (me exhibition of the technique of the game. The scores were a fair indication of the relative merits of the two teams Both teams were good in attack, and kept the game fast and open, but the Christchurch team was slightly trickier and cleveier than the home side. Dunedin lost points on account of players being caught out of position. An instance of this was to be found in the work of Bailey, the right-wing, who, on two occasions, centred brilliantly right in front of the goal mouth, only to find his efforts rendered abortive because there was no one there to take his pass. Both sides owed a great deal to their goalies, Ferguson (Dunedin) playing a fine defensive game, and Palmer (Christchurch) saving his side on numerous occasions. The game was very hard in the first spell, and when half tune was called there was no score. Dunedin looked like scoring at one stage, but Sounness, in the van of a fine rush lost his stick, and Christchurch was enable to save.

On resumption, Dunedin attacked strongly, and after a good piece of combined play King found the corner of the net with a fine shot, putting the home siclc one up. The attack was well maintained, but frequent infringements lost the local players many chances. It was not until about 10 minutes before time that the Canterbury side managed to secure the goal which equalised the totals. Huston, who had played a consistently good game, found the Dunedin goalie out of position and sent in a hot shot. The last stages of the game developed into a desperate struggle for the deciding goal, but time was called with the score:— Dunedin 1, Christchurch 1. GIRLS’ HOCKEY MATCH. The match between the college girls’ hockey teams provided an interesting game, but the home side was too fast and clever for its opponents, and it won comfortably by four goals to nil. The Dunedin team is the winner of the local A Grade competition, and Christchurch is the runner-up in its corresponding grade. The teams were as follow: — Otago—Misses Traynor, Jurd, Cormick, Hopkinson, Woodhead, Reed, Donald. Aitken, Kingston, Arnott, and Tippens (goal-keeper). Christchurch—Misses Lucas, Horensell, Bowden, Rankiwell, Hayward, Brunning. Elsmore, Campbell, Ashcroft, Tilleyshort. and Mrs Norton (goal-keeper) The Otago team did most of the attacking in the first spell, and goals were scored by Misses Jurd (2) and Hopkinson (2), and in the second spell Miss Cormick esme into the circle and hit hard’, the goalie stopping, but Miss Jurd then sent the ball into the net. Miss Ashcroft and Miss Lucas were always prominent in the play of the visitors. Messrs R. Wallace and J. Gray were the referees. FOOTBALL MATCH. The match between the football teams provided a fairly interesting contest, but in the second half , the play became a bit ragged. The home team, back and forward, was too good for its opponents, and it won easily by seven tries to nil. None of the tries was converted. The teams were as follow:— Dunedin —Backs: Roberts, Sherriffs, Wallis, Hubbard, Mathieson, Haughton, Bruce; forwards: R. Kirk, Monerley, Blue, E. Kirk, M'Gregor, Sampson, Park, wingforward, M‘Arthur. Christchurch —Backs: Fullarton, Wade, Gore, Bradley, O’Ccnnor, Beath, Holyoake; forwards: Wilson, Henry. Bull, Collings, Brown, Crossman, Williams; wing-forward, Grant. The Dunedin backs soon got going and Wallis, who was in practically every scoring movement during the afternoon, made a fine run to pass to Sherriffs, who scored. Bradley then showed up with a fine run, Hubbard catching him close to the line. M'Arthur scored the next try from a passing rush, and then Wallis ran half the length of the field to give Hubbard a try. Wallis showed up in another run, and Hubbard scored again. At half time the score was 12 points to nil. In the second half Wallis and Hubbard (2) scored.

Holypake gave his backs plenty of the ball, but their passing was too slow and much too straight across the ground.

Mr Fr Lee was referee.

Dunedin, church. Swimming .. 2 — Lawn tennis .. • 2. Debating 2 Boxing .. o —— Basket ball .. .. 2 — Men’s hockev .. 1 1 Ladies’ hockev o Football .. 2 — Totals . 11 5