TO-DAY'S GAMES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16426, 14 May 1921, Page 10

TO-DAY'S GAMES.

UNION BUGSY. MARISTS WIN AGAIN. SIABISTS 14, LXICWdOD S. CHRISTCHURCH 6, 'VARSITY 6. OLD BOYS 17, SYDENHAM 6. Marists are still unbeaten. To-day, on a t jund, thov defeated Linvrood by 14 to 6. playing with better combination all through. Linwood had the weight, but >ot the wind.” There were no surprises, except that Christchurch just headed \ araity. Merivale. and Old Boys won their yi*mes without trouble. There woe a big crowd on Lancaster Bark in spite of the heavy weather, and the "gate” netted sdd towards the Aitken Benefit Fund. ALruuy ticket returns are not yet in. MARISTS (14), LINWOOD (8). Junwood won 1 lie tos-u cud Merisi.® oft e*ain»t % fairly "trovif ml. *- Cunißiings returned the V,*lt. »?•*>*- lowed up off-eide. Merisis elected to h eorum, which ended in a scramble. In broke »-w»v with a dsrh. hut overran i sliunery hall. When (her did jet nast, tho, hall-way line, a penalty gave Manats the chance to work back. Fitzgerald snappe P in the loose and mode :* nice opening. Marl.t,' barks were off end tho crowd cheer; ed. D M’Corinack sort it on to Blazey . passed to James M'O.rm.ck *“>»*»«« came up on the wing at a groat, bat. but tho defence hustled him out. Man-do kept up ■the pressure. Two Lin wood ba«» and Smythe wont over. Kane converted 1 a. beautiful kick. Markets .... • * Linwood 0 Then Linwood attacked. A scrum on Mariats lino saw Davis miss a hovel pa*e. boa Kaos foroed. Another heavy Linwood nttac)c b>oke the defence. W. Camming dived over between two lJariat players. The kicx at goal failed. Marist- J Linwood ... * f/nwood went at It Again. luroin. W and Hobson dribbling up to the comer play switched to the other side where Brown made a, good run. tie was noict Up. and Marists cleared through a penalty kick, Turpin book ploy back to ;he twentyfi •». Dan M’Cormick beat Gillica *ot the bail, and Marists resumed the offensive after a fairly long interval. J. M’Cormack and Ixmdrlgau raced hard after a high kicl. IT’Cormaok got it, but held oil when tackled. The free kiok did not let Linwood out of danger. Smart work gave Fitzgerald the opportunity, and lie secured a clever try. Kane’s kick fell short. Marists . - ° Linwood ..... * The situation changed through a determined effort by the Linwood forwards. Out oi a scramble near Marists’ goal-line, W. Cummings dodged across. Dav.s converted. Marists .... . . 6 Linwood .... .8 Wien fftvel pegging, the pace grew hotter. Fitzgerald intercepted a peas on his own aide of half-way, put the ball at his feet., and dribbled through seven or eight opponents t<» ibe other end. Turnin stemmed the rush. Mo punted down field long and high, a magnificent b-’ck. and the rest of the nack ioined in the Jiunt. Marists were shaity for the minute, but Dan M'Cormicfc paved. The icore at, half-time was : Marfats . . .8 Linwood . . .8 Immediately the necond spell opened, Marlats wore compelled to force. Next* minute Lit wood had to force. It looked ns if play was going to be gruelling. Dan M’Cormick led the attack by kicking high. Only surefielding by Delamere countered this move. A forward rush found the gap. Instead of picking up, a Linwood back “ speculated " to the line. Ellis rushed up and took the over. J. M’Cormaek's kick went low. Marists 11 id n wood ft "When D. M’Cormick mane an opening with • pass, Fitzgerald was waiting handy. He side-stepped and touohed down, ft surprisingly eaj?y try. Kane’s, kick was poor. Marists . . .11 Linwood ... .8 Marists dominated the remainder of tbe game and Linwood faw little of the halfway lino. J. Mullins took a one-handed pass and made a. dabh for the corner, but the way was blocked. A charged-down kiok let Marists away again. There was a race for the ball, and Wright just forced in time. Tho Marist forwards made the next attack, but thov overran on the lino. A Linwood break-away was brief. .f. Mullins cut through and sent .T. M’Corinack and Fitzgerald off. A ’<;id gerald spoiled the chance. An off . idc punt to the line fi::i lied om >f • -i.-i wet day games ever seen on t!i • Scores: Marists . . . .11 Linwood s

OLD BOYS (17), SYDENHAM (6). Old Boys kicked off agoinst tlie wind. L'p and down play marked the opening stages cf the game. Oid Boys were on the point, of scoring when Sydenham came away with ft lush that carried play right down the field. A force-down resulted. From the kick into play Old Boys set up a strong attack which ended in Bowes scoring. The kick at goa! /ailed. Sydenham then attacked, and a scramble near the line resulted in Great batch scoring. Tho try was not converted. Th© change over at the end of twentv minutes gave Old Boys tho advantage of ‘the wind. Their forwards, following up «, high kick from a penalty, carried jrlay right in front oi thft goal posts, but a force-down resulted Old Boys continued to attack, though at times the Sydenham forwards started rushes that looked dangerous. The slippery ground •nd greasy ball made fast back play almost impossible, as the Old Boys found to their cost. Just before half-time Bowes (Old Bovs) scored from a scrum near the line, the halfback, Guiney, working the blind side, cleverly. Guiney converted. Tho score at half-time Old Boys . g Sydenham . . .3 The Sydenham forwards attacked nt, the start of the second spell, but off-ride plHy spoiled their efforts to some extern.. However, Old Boys were compelled to force more than once. The Sydenham forwards continued their attacks, and a line-cmt near the goal 2iue gave a chance to get over. The kick at goal failed badly. Sydenham were still attacking when the whistle sounded for the charge over for the last quarter. With tbe wind in their favour Old Boys set up on attack. A good piece of play by Maxwell (Old Boys) ended in his adding to their score. Guiney missed an easy kiok. Immediately afterwards Boag scored far out, bat the try was not converted. Just before time, Bowes scored for Old Boys, after a spectacular run down t-be line. Tho kick at goal failed. Tho final scores were: Old Boys Sydenham * Mr W. Duggan was referee. MERIVALE (17), ALBION (9). Th 'S?™ opened uneventfully. Wilson opened Albion 3 seore with a successful penalty kick. Albion 3, Mexivale 0. Fire, minutes later Penberthy retaliated on Merivale's behalf with a similar score. Albion made a dash for thet other end, and Johnson, following up smartly, scored a trv, which was not converted. Albion 6. Merivale 3. It became plain that Mwivale were not going to have the game all their own way. A hard tussle followed, in which Albion seemed to have a slight advantage. The half-time score was: Aibion 6, Merivale 3. When the game resumed Albion had to piay against wind and rain, whereas before they had Loth behind them. Forward play continued to be the characteristic of the game. On acoount of the state of the ground play was loose and indistinct m its individual features. Penberthy took a penalty kick for Merivale, but it went wide. The play went up to Albion's goal, and Ford scored a try from a crosa-teok. Merxvale 6, Albion 6. Albion rushed their opponenta back to their home quarters, hut V they were thrown back, nnd Ford repeated W his success. Penberthy failed to convert. f [ Mervrale 9, Albion 0. Albion took a grip on » thftxnselves and forced Merivale back again. A § penalty kick or Wilson, went wide oi the

mark. Merivale took their turn at assault. The ball came across the field and Ccchrano and Buckley took it over the line. Ford dived, forward and scored a try. Penberthy converted with a fine kick. Merivale It. Albion G. Ford caused considerable amusement by his next try. Starting- on the right wing at about half-wav. be went across to the left wing nnd scored. Penberthy did another good kick, but failed to convert. Merivale IT, Albion G. Apparently Albion h*d been worn down. They threw back Merivale, but could not sustain the attack. Later, however, thov got back to Merivale'e goftl-liv«. and Shaw' c ot a try from n. line-o-nt. The rime ended in Albion’s half with the scoresi— Merivale 17 Albion ...... 9 Referee, Captain. Grover. CH.CH. (8), -VARSITY (5). This game was played on the south ground. 'Varsity kicked off with a crosswind. and in the opening stages tbe Christchurch back kicked the ball to Galbraith, who clashed over and opened ’Varsity’s score. Campbell’s goal kick was successful. ’Varsity continued to press, and following a passing rush. Calder back-kicked close to the Christchurch goal-line, but Christchurch secured nnd forced. Most of tho play was on the line, mainly in the Christchurch half. A timely mark stopped a Christchurch attack. but shortly afterwards from a nenaltv kick Richards shot a -cod goal. ’Varsity again attacked, and Campbell bad a penfllty shot at goal, but failed. At half-time the scores were : - 'Varsity. 5: Chris! church, 3. Christchurch had a good opportunity to score early in the second half, but Cowlishaw missed a pass. Christchurch had the better of the exchanges but the play was rarely exciting. Tho ’Varsity goal-line had several narrow escapes, and. at last. Dingle secured from n scrum and scored for Christchurch. Rich arch’s goa I kick failed. Tho game ended : Christchurch 6 ’Varsity 5 Referee, Mr Mb B. Fuller. NEXT SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The following i* the draw for next Saturday's Senior games: ’VARSITY v. MARISTS. ALBION v. SYDENHAM. OLD BOYS v. MERIVALE. LINWOOD y. CHRISTCHURCH. THE FRENCH TEAM. WILL VISIT AUSTRALIA IN 1922. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received M*y 14. 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 14. Tbe New South Wales Rugby Union has been advised that tlitf French teem has definitely fixed its tour of Australia for 1922. It is hoped to make a world tour by including South Africa. New Zealand and America. The team will be about thirty etrong.