SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 17735, 13 August 1917, Page 3

SPORTING

AUSTRALIAN TURF. | V.A.T.G. STEEPLECHASE. 1 (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) j MELBOURNE. August 12. | Received August 12, 5.0 p.m. The AUSTRALIAN STEEPLECHASE j resulted Caibye, 12.3 Battleship, 10.5 “ Old Mungindi, 12.2 3 All the acceptors started. Waimai piloted the field till the last time over the treble. Battleship took charge along the railwayside from Caibye, but the last-named was over the last fence first and won by halt a length. Time, 8 min. 301 sees B«;«e May, Van Homcreigh, Boyeo, and Union Arms fell, and San Leandro broke down. FOOTBALL. THE SATURDAY COMPETITION. Sports’ Protection League Banner matches were favoured with splendid weather and a ground in rare condition. On Rugby Park, Foundries were faced by Collegiate, who ran out winners by 11 to 6. The foundry boys put up a fine forward fight and scored 3 to nil in the second spell. Banks and Law put Public Service down by 17 to 0. McDonald, at centre for the Service, gave a sterling exhibition. High School and ’Warehousemen met on the Gladstone ground, where, after a strenuous encounter, the wholesale men came through by 9 to 3. SCHOOL GAMES. The junior school competition was continued on Saturday morning when, in an evenly contested game, Middle scored 6 points to North’s nil, and St. George triumphed over Waihopai by 23 to 0. Playing at the port Blnff sustained defeat at the hands of Tisbury by 0 to 0. To Rugby Park in the afternoon the game of the season —between South and St. George—attracted a host of juvenile partisans. On the occasion of their last meeting the schools had drawn (3 3) and Saturday’s game decided the premiership. Both sides made the play splendidly open and the game was hotly contested. Theic was no ssore at half-time. Well on in the second spell St, George seemed to lose slightly in dash and a South rush, headed by Foley, who was playing the best forward game on the field, took the leather to the opposition line, where K. Finlayson scored from a scramble. The kick failed. Shortly afterwards, from a five yards’ scrum, his half handed out on the blind side to Mills, who slipped through. No goal resulted and the. whistle blew immediately, leaving South as the season’s champions.