FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11763, 29 July 1916, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

TO DAY'S RUGBY. BENEFIT FOR JOHN HARVEY. GREAT CONTESTS AT PARK. To-day's Rvi£by matches were as good a.~ any of the season. There was a good match on each ground, and a close contest. The games were the ordinary senior competitions, but the gate was given for the benefit of John Harvoy, a Canterbury 'representative forward, who lost his right kg in an accident recently. There was a very largo crowd of spectators. LINWOOD v. OLD BOYS. OVAL. Linwood—L. Donaldson, F. Clepp, H. White, J. Hirst, L. Smith, A. Malzard, A. Boon, T Round, G. Elvy, B. Stewart, 0. Tuvpin, A. Morrow, L. Hvnes, H. Heslip. S. Hooper. Old Boys—A. Carrick, J. H. Parker, E. Livingstone, J. Corbott, H. H. Smith, A. D. Tench, A. A. Thompson, R. Smith, W. Williamson, S. Bushell, R. Duncan, G. Francis, A. Hunt, H. Sparrow and C. Gray. Linwood kicked off with wind and sun behind them and an even period of tight play ensued, until Gray broke xwa.y with the ball. Linwood used the line, but again Old Boys dashed *ap and 'from a mark outside the twenty-five Tench had a shot at goal which' fell short. The Linwood fiveeighth cut off a promising attack by Old Boys in midfield, and a good forward! rush took play right to the Old Boys' lino, where marks gave relief from a serious situation. A penalty gave Donaldson a shot at goal, but he miskicked, and Livingstone broke through. Linwood attacked again, and the Old Boys speculated and missed. Gray led a counter-attack which was nearly pushed home, as Donaldson misjudged the ball. White extricated him from a tight position, but Parker fielded well and mad© a good dash for the comer, where Gray was held up a yard from the line. Tench made another opening, and the hacks tried to pass, but the Linwood tackling was very good. _ Clepp beat his man on the right wing, and sent play right down to the Old line, where a series of sciMms end_ed_ in a force down, Morrow just missing a score by a foot. Old Boys came back, and; in a scramble on the Linwood lino one of the school forwards got over, but was held up, and. a force followed. Judicious kicking took Linwood back to tho Old BoyS, 1 line, but tho forwards were evenly matched, and nothing came of it. The Linwood tackling saved them from many an attack, but hard kicking in the loose lost them a couple of scoring chancesWith the wind and sun Old Boys set up an immediate attack andCorbett was grassed by Donald'son a yard off the corner flag. In another attack Parkei potted, and a Linwood defender was pushed over rather uucsroinoniously while waiting for the ball. Linwood were waiting for a free kick, but it was awarded to Old Boys for a subsequent bit of off-side play, and Tench landed a goal. Even play ensued until tho backs got going, and although they were hold up on the left wing, a. line out set them going on the rightwing, where Livingstone let it out to Parker, and he scored. A few moments later a pretty passing bout took place from some loose play near _ Lmwood"s goal, and Livingstone whipped out a pretty pass to Thompson, who scored. The kick failed, and Old Boys kept up the pressure. From the drop out the hall went out to Parker, w_ho was' tackled near the touch line. He passed in to Smith, who made a greatdash infield through the Linwood team and scored, hut the kick missed again. Old Boys were getting the ball regularly in the scrum and' line-out, but Linwood worked play back, and from a free kick for holding Donaldson, landed a nice goal. Old Boys still had the better of the play, as Linwood ldoked outeven when thev had the ball at their feet. Old Boys lost a great chance, owin? to misadventure, for Parker passed back to a Linwood man when he was a yard off the line. A little later Corbelt was over, 'but wes held Old E'ovs won by 12 points (three tries and a penalty goal) to 3 (a penalty goal). Mr G. F. Atinson was referee.

MERIVALE v. BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. South Ground.

Merivale—W. Thompson, J. Benson, G. Pemberthy, L. Beavis, R. Ford. H. Burnett, T. Pain, E. Moslev, G. Watson. B. Warren, A. Henry, J. Kennedy, C. Kircher, D. Stevenson, and L. Clarkson. „ , . Boys' High School—A. E. Goodwill, W. Buckhurst, IX Inglis, E. J. Bowes, J. Wright, L. S. Woods, K. Henuie, D. Maxwell, IX Hills, C. A. Frost, R. M'Meekan, J. Fraser, IX Waghorn, K. Sterling and J. Lew. Merivalo won the toss erad School kicked oft against the wind'. Offside play by Rennie gave Pemberthy a shot at goal, but hi? kick fell short. From a passing rush Ford made- a good opening, which allowed Beavis to touch down behind tho poits. Pemberthy ■ missed the easy kick. With the aid • of the wind Merivalo took play into School territory, but a free kick relieved. Another passing rush by tho Merivalo backs ended iu Pemberthy '-coring beside the posts. Ford missecf tho easy kick. After a period of even play Merivale wore awarded- a free , kick, but PeniVn-tliv mis:ed the shot at goal. School now played with the wind. From a scrum Ronnie set his i backs going, and a good pacing rush ' was ended by Buckhur t touching down beside the posts. Woods easily converted. School kept the play in the Merivale twenty-five, and after several attempts to score from pa-sing rushes by their backs, Bowes touched down in a handy position. Woods again converted. Half-time was called immediately, the score,? being : —School 10, Merivale G. Immediately after the kick-off a crosskick had School in trouble, but Buckhurst saved by a timely force. Merivalo made strenuous efforts to score, but School managed to keep them out. Just on the call of the third spell Henry broke away, and scored a good try near the corner. Pemberthy kicked a good gcal. On changing round Merivale by a forward rush carried' the ball to School territory. The ball was kicked over the lino and Ciarkson, following up fast, scored. Pernherlhy's kick fell short. Merivale had the. better of the remaining piny, and the game ended in their favour by 1-1 points (four tries and a goal from a try) to 10 points (two tries and tr.vo goals from tries). Mr G. A. Ormnndv was rc-feroo. CHRIST'S COLLEGE v. MARIST BROTHERS. WEST GROUND. Christ's Co. lege—C. Coll, Cooke, Cowi.sliaw. Luwiv, Matson. A. F. ; Hind marsh, H. 0. Hiadmar»n, H. W. ; I'.j'i'i.il.uu s , Sti'ackan, 'iothill, Reeves, Maci'arlr.ne, Warren, Williams, Gerard and Loury. Marists—L. Dono'in.', 1.-i'lcj, Benson, !\.!:<>un, .M'l or.u;i!.-;i, i,. I ■ : .i:-". H. Fitzgerald, l-huui, Fliis, FaKey, IX Jr'itzgeraitf, Crocke, JUiuphv, !• raiiiw and Foley. Marists kicked oil, against the wind • nnd sun. College had the better of the early exchanges, Matson and Lowry being prominent. The ground was very ; greasy, and this nffect-ed the play. Marists slowly worked the- ball to the ' opposing line, and a shot by L. Dono-

liuo almost potted a goal. Marists maintained the pressure, several scrums and throw-ins taking place near tho College goal-line. College by vigorous kicking transferred the play, and made a scoring opportunity by a passing rush, but Cowlishaw missed tho last pass, and Marists secured, and with an open field L. P. Donohue rustled ahead and scored. Fitzgerald failed to convert. Marists' hustling tactics appeared to put several of the Collegians oif their proper game. Fitzgerald marked from a easy position, and his kick at goal was not fruitful. Some of tho Marists' methods did not meet with the approval of the crowd. Give-and-take piny followed, and College held the «>dvantage for a spell. The Marists fullback was playing well. No further score took place before the interval. _ On reversing Marists showed superiority, and Matson's fine tackling saved a score more than once, but tho Greens persisted and M'Cormack Kcorei!. Khouri's kick from an easy position rebounded from tho cross-bar. Within a few minutes M'Coramck again scored for Marists, Fitzgerald converting. Another try quickly followed, L. P. Donohue being the scorer. M'Cormack's kick was successful. College put in some pretty passing rushes, but the Marists' defence was very sound. At this stage College played much better, and had they shown a, less " beg-your-pardon " attitude in the earlier stages the Marists would not have had such a big lead. Towards the end Marists again recovered tho advantage, and obtained further tries, scored by Crooko and Khouri, neither goal-kick being successful. The game ended with the scores,—Marists 22 points (two goals, four tries) j Christ'B College nil. Mr E. Luttrell was the referee.

JUNIOR GRADE. Boys' High School A and Technical College played' a drawn game on the school ground, each side scoring 3 points. For School Reece dropped a penalty goal, and Sisson scored a try for Technical College. Playing on Merivale ground, Christ's College B defeated Marists by 8 points to nil. For College Currie and Williams scored tries, and Averill converted one try. Playing on College gronnd, Christ's College A defeated Boys' High School B by 41 points to nil. Talbot (4), Hargreaves (2), Rich, Delatour, Coates", WaJlis and Cocks scored tries, Contes (3) and Battey converted tries. Playing at Sydenham Park, Sydenham A defeated Sydenham B by 17 points to 3. For Sydenham A Johnson, Hodgson, Coulson, Shelton and Stewart scored tries, and Johnson converted one try. For Sydenham B J. Young scored a try. Playing at Lyttelton to-day, the local Boy Scouts team defeated the District High School Old Bovs bv 21 noints to nil. Parker (3), Collin's (2), M'Gill and Rutherford scored tries for the •winners. Mr W. Woods was referee.

OTHER. MATCHES. A team from the Christchurch Club beat Ilangiora by 22 points to 3 at Rangiora. Mr H. C. Wilson was referee.