SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16455, 17 June 1921, Page 3

SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

PRIMARY NOTES. RTCBT FOOTBALL. The ionrth round of the Senior srade htJ passed and Mar is t Brothers ate still ujideieatvd. Until last week West Christchurch and Yew Brighton, were level half a VoifLi behind M’arists. but tfie dei-aut of TTer Bright on by Mari*ti* has left the Btruggic between West and the leaders. TTitse twe teams meet a fortnight hence, stud the ners will undoubtedly cany c the comp« ’ition. A good game should result as West Christchurch drew 3 all with Fast CbrisV church, who in turn wore defeated by arista by 6 to S in a toendJy eariy xbis term. Tho fourth round of the Junior grad© aupears to have, brought the rossihie winner :* light. After the third round Lin-.aood Opawa and Biccartou were level with fare* wjn3 cnee. Linwood were beaten last Friday and the defeat- of Opava bv Biocarton seems to indicate the latter as the roost Hkelv carry off this graae. Elmwood Riid Sydenham at.ill lead in the light-weight grade, and a. good match should eventuate when they mset in the tenet* round. Marist Brothers are still half a point behind Elmwood and Sydenham, but will have to beat both of them in order t* win the competition. SENIOR GRADE. AU .five mat chew were got off in this grad* East week, and the position of the team' row is:—Marist Brothers .4 points;. West Christchurch (3$ points l . Sydenbam <3 points'. Elmwood and New Brighton points). TValtham i2 points). Addington (1$ pointV East Christchurch il ooint). Richmond and Wools ton <3 points) East Christchurch seem to have no bide whatsoever in their competition matches. They were very nnforf unate not to bear New Brighton and West Christchurch, end would have drawn with Svdenham only fo- a mistake regarding the position of the. goal line, but the climax oi their bad luck wu purely reached last Friday. They played Addington on Albion ground, and after the Crßt five minutes held the upper hand. In ihe first few scrums the Addington hookers, H. Howard and D. Wilson, obtained th«* bail and their backs did some pretty passt ing. Soon, however, the East forward* t-howed their superiority and brought play lip'to the Adduigton line. Here it remained for some time and finally Luke, half-back iiivarl round tbe scrum, beat two men and panned to Macarthy. who dashed over a* tbe corner. A. Jackson failed to convert. Halftime pounded with the score Ji-p in favour cf Last Christchurch. In th* second spell th» Fast pack led by E. Turpis and O. Fraterdomma*ed th«= game. East got over aerer*’ i-.tnes, bnt did not succeed in setting the ball grounded. Towards the end of the game Macarthy. the East wing threc-ouarter, obtained possession. Ho attempted to kick for the line, but screwed the ball, which went acton* th<- Cold and rolled under th«* goal posts. Edward dashed up and ecor*-d The same player converted. About two minutes remained for may and Ens* as* up j u strong ofTensl*-e. There was no seor». however, and the -am* •mded 5 to 8 in favour of Addington. Mr J. Meozies was Sydenham had not their best side against Woolston. ami the gem* was and*® close. In the first epel! the Svdenham halfback. J. Philpotf. got across and registered a. try, which was noi converted. Up and down play followed. Manger and Bound y playing well in the Woolston forwards and the Woolston captain In the backs. In the second snell Sydenham had the better of the game. A. Harley and L. G'asson doing yeoman service in the forwards. They, however. could not get over the Woolston lire, and the next score was a nice goal kicked by -T. Howison from a. pona-lty. A. Cooper and A. Forbes did good work in Ihe tight, but P. Murray retaliated bv a nice piece of dribbling. Further tight play in which A. Hawkins wns prominent ended Iu Witbarns kicking a penaltv goal for Sydenham. With the score 0-0 against them, Woolston attacked strongly, b--,- fi, Cook, vho --a* playing a sound game, saved the sit nation for Svdenharn and tbe game ended without ary further score. A close game was witnessed between Elm wood and Waltham or tho Boys’High School ground. Tho sides were very evenly matched and the piav fast. The Elmwood backs wer* slightly superior to thoc e of Waltham, but. Elmwood were not quite so good in the forwards. Yevertheles?. Elmwood’s two tries were scored bv forwards. P. Hill arc? G. Miller. Neither was converted and Elmwood won by 6-m!. C. Welsh (wing three-quarter) and V. Hood (five-eighth) tdayed -sell for the winners whilst their halfback. S. Chester, was excellent both on ettack and defence. In addition to .‘bos* who scored. B. Cocks and A. M’Gibbon did well in the forwards. Marist. Brothers met Yew Brighton and i casilv accounted for (hem to the tune of I 30-nil. In the first fUe minutes W. O'Loiifrh !in scored from » passing rush. The kick failed. 3-0. Another passing rush soon afterwards saw J. Mannix. the centre threequarter. score under the post®, J. Morriese." converting. R-0. New Brighton now at tacked, but Marist graduallv worked rack nod J. Morrissey landed a good goal from n, penalty. I!-**. A forward rush saw Noonan score near the tou~h lino. 14-0. In tho second spell New Brighton onlv crossed haHwav oner and Jlarisi scored frequently. Y 7 ! M'Ca uibridge scored. Morr -sev convertinsI in-o.' D. Galvin added two tries one of { which was converted. ‘JeO. J. Morriss'w, ■•• ho was playing a grand game in the 1 Marist barks, got over wide out. the gamo ending 30-niT. "Richmond played West Christchurch on Mori vale ground, and there never was anv doubt a? to which side was goinv to win. The final score was OT-ni? arain«t Bichroond. who. however, put up a very plucky fight against a heavier and faster side. H. Fowler, the Richmond captain, played wefT in defence, whilst T. Ingham end C Kiner ’ ford oi-ca«=ionaTTv shone in attack. A.. Taylc*~ ! was another oTurky p!av*r on the losing [ ride. "VY. Thomson and "VY Svlveater each i scored leo <Ties. A. Tic-ber** converting on* Tor West Christchurch. ''l' Sylvester also notted a goal from the field. Other good pi avers on the winning aide wer* P. Co-c end A. Nash, whilst A. M’Auliffe and P Rmith also showed fair form. JUNIOR GRADE The. fourth round was got o2 successfully :a*i weeti end the teams now stand a? follows: - Riccarton (4 points). Linwood and Opawa (3 points l . Lyttelton Borough ajid St Albans «2J point*). Beckenham. ShlHc-* and Wbareiiui (2 points'. Lyttelton "West <1? point). Norms? and Somerfield (1 point) and Fendalton ifi points). Lyttelton Borough played Bockenham **- Lancaster Bark and won by S points to n. Beckenham scored one try. and LyttcTcn two by P. Stiven and C. Robinson. ik Hardy converted one try for the wjunerf Normal played Wharenni on Old Bo> s gronnd and the game was closely contested, neither side crossing tbe other’s goal line After exeiring plav, B Cox marked the ball *-lose up to the Norma! go*! and dropkicked a 500 d goa?. H B Hogwcod and. ,D. Broad in the forward?. H. -Johnston and R. Woods in the bscks olayed well for Nor ma’. who were defeated by 3-nil. Mr Mackis was referee. Lyttelton West, who until last week hnd not scored a victory, unexpectedly defeated Linwood. who were considered ?.s likely t* carry off the Junior competition. The gam* was played at Lancaster Park, and LyttVTton had the better of it throughout. R_ Scott and V. Gilmore scored tries for Lyttelton. who won by 6-nii N. Frisk and X. Holst also played we!! for Lyttelton.