TO-DAY'S GAMES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16456, 18 June 1921, Page 10

TO-DAY'S GAMES.

UNION RUGBY. MARISTS’ NARROW WIN. ' Y-avsl'.y returned to the senior competi- ♦ i to-- vi\ uuu lour games wore played. two r.t ilnrTstor P»rk nnd «« at the Show 1.1 -.vanda. Var?ify, with a aor&tch team. w..;0 able to fully extend MerJvalfi. but Svdenham defaulted to T/inwood at hahMarista narrowly beat Albion, and Christchurch continued their improvement ».- beating Old Boys satisfactorily. rtebI.VWOOD '25. SYDENHAM S. MEIUVAT./R 16. •VARSITY 4. MAIvJSTS 6. ALBION 3. CHRISTCHURCH IT. ODD BOYS 3 CHAMPIONSHIP TOINTS. The chminpionship points are a* foil vws:

p.v . j OH.CH. (17), OLD BOYS (3). Old Boys kicked off. Soon after tie .tart ; Cai-.Biohurch were awarded a penalty about j the twenty-five mark, ami Orchard kicked , a goal. Christchurch 3, Old Boys 0. A few j sxiliutes later Christchurch wore awarded arother penalty almost at the same spot, ; end Orchard again kicked a goal. Christchurch 6, Old Boys 0. After this tfce Old Boys started to attack. They wove awarded a penalty in a fairly easy position, but C. IC. Gurney failed with the kick. Then Christchurch came away with a good nassmg rush, but a forward pass robbed thorn of an almost certain try. Most o? the passing rushes tried by the Old Boys were spoilt by one or other of the backs dropping the ball- Just before half-time Christchurch took no the attack and carried play right into the Old Boys’ territory. Here they were .yr-rdkd another penalty, and for the third : rrv» a goai was kicked., Knight being successful. The score at half-time was.— Christchurch . . . . .9 Old Boys 0 The second spell opened with an attack by Christchurch, but a free kick relieved the position for Old Boys. For a considerable time play kept about half way neither aids being able to gain an advantage. Then Cowlishaw broke away, and after a good run scored between the posts. The same player added tho major points. Christchurch 14, Old Boys 0. Good play by C. E. Guinev put Old Boys on the offensive, and Maxwell following tip fast, dribbled over the line and scored. The kick at goal failed. Christchurch 14, Old Boys 3. Christchurch returned to the attack and a great bout of P&sirisj amongst their backs ended in Cowliihaw scoring again. This try was not converted. Christchurch 17, Old Boys 3. Time was soon afterwards, and" the game Christchurch . . . . ,17 ■Old Boys .... 3 Mr Grover was referee. MARISTS (6), ALBION (3). Marists kicked off. Albion by a series of short line kicks carried play to Marists’ twenty-five line. Marists retaliated, and Kirwin, getting tho ball from a scrum passed to M’Cormack, who beat a man nnu ► cored. Kane failed with the kick. Marists 3, Albion 0. Albion were again hard pressed, but were saved by a couple of good marks. From a scrum M’Cormack passed to Fitzgerald, who handled it badly, missing hiß chance. A misunderstanding between Kune and Brosnahan as to who was to take the ball from a long kick enabled Albion to force Marists back to their twenty-five. The Albion forwards pressed Marists to their goal line, but a long kick brought play to midfield. A free kick by Albion again brought the ball to Marists’ twenty-live. Later, after a dribbling rush, O’Malley passed to J. Mullins, who was downed by Buchanan on Albion goal line. A free to Albion relieved the pressure. Play was then carried to Marists’ territory.. From a pass in Marists got tho ball, and returned to the attack, and J. Mullins got right through the backs to the goal line, where he was collared. Soon after H. Mullins got over as the result of a good passing rush. Kune failed with the kick. Half-time was then sounded with the score: Marists 6, Albion 0.

On resuming Albion took up the attack, and caught Marists napping. E. Buchanan, the wing three-quarter secured the ball and dashed over. Tire kick was taken by YV. L. Henry, who had hard luck, the ball striking ihe top ol the near post. Muriels G, Albion 3. Muriate then forced play to Albion territory. and became dangerous until a speculative kick got the ball clear of the danger zone. By a series of short line kicks Albion lor .ed play to Marists’ twenty-five. The latter, retaliated, but Wilson saved. Inter-c-ijtir. : play followed, mostly in midfield, with neither side having much advantage. Mins', s attacked with determination, and lor some time kept Albion on the defensive. A good passing ruih by Albion was smothered bv Bresnahan. btu immediately after a further rush carried the ball near Marist's goal line. Marists attempted to recover, but Henry :-avcd. A long kick by Albion sent the ball near Marists' line, Kane cleverly saving. Play continued mostly in Marists’ territory, ami at one time, when the Marists re-Vuated Henry sent a beautiful kick out nqar Marxists’ iine. Both aides then played Wf vigorously, the hall being kept mostly m f midfield. The game ended without further score. • -Marists .... .6 Albion ... . . 3 Reieree, Mr W. B. Fuller. | MERIVALE (16), 'VARSITY (4). j 'Varsity with a scratch team pet up the ! flxst attack, and from a loose rush Trogurtha pot.tsd a goal. ’Varsity l points, Mori vale ! 0. After a Jot of straggling play, Evans , made an opening and shot the ball to Ford. 'Hie wing three-quarter ncored. Evans failed to convert. ’Varsity 4, Merivale 3. Merivale gained the next try through ouick work behind a scrum. Evans slipped past the opposing inside backs and touched down. He converted his own try. Merivale fi, 'Varsity 4. At the start of the second speli, 'Varsity made the pace fairly lively and Calder almost scored. Merivale counter-attacked, i«d by Henry and Forsythe, but they were speedily thrown back. Another rush, following fifteen minutes’ stiff battling nearly had more success. Burley got over at the corner. Evans’s kick fell short. Merivale 11. 'Varsity 4. Then Urosnan, Evans and Ford .bToke away on the blind side, Ford scoring. Hardie converted. The gam© andedf:— Merivale 16 'VArsity ...... 4 Refarea, B®v W. B. Scott. LIMWOOD (25), SYDENHAM (3). Sydenham, four men short, played a very amusing game against Linwood, who concentrated on the passing game. I>inwood scored iu the first flvo minutes, following on a loose rush to the Sydenham line. The ball ivas kicked out from the scrum, and Brown had only to pick it up to score. Davis failed to convert. A passing rush gave Linwood another try almost iminedi--1 alely, althouh Davis, who scored it, should have been pulled up for a palpable knockon. Davis converted. Then \V*atson ran in es ilv, but E. Cummings missed. 11-0. Another easy try bv Watson was followed by one as easy by Hewitt, Turpin and Cummings missing with the kicks. Bur son scored the next, and Coe converted. Then Linwood were penalised for off-side play, *tnd George landed a goal. AVatson continued Linwood’s score with a simple try, picking up the ball alongside the scrum, but he oould not convert. The score «.t half-time when Sydenham decided not to continue, was: Linwood SyfVrbrm P P

NEJf.T SATURDAY’S GAMES. MARJ/(iTS t. LINWOOD. 'VARSITY v. CHRISTCHURCH. MERITAtE v. ALBION. OLD BOYS v. SYDENHAM. SECOND GRADE. Albion draw with ’Varsity, each eiclc scoring three points. For Albion Plackett scored a try and C. S. Penlington scored for ? Varsity. Mr S. Goodsir was referee. At Lancaster Fark Christchurch beat Old Boys, leaders in the competition, 14 points to 11. For Christchurch Fleming (2), Johnston and Kirby scored tries, one of ■which Richards converted. For Old Boys, Ford (21 and Corbett scored tries, one of which Tench converted. Old Boys and Christchurch have now ?n equal number or points in the competition. Mr J. T. Peake was referee. Merivale v. North Canterbury, played at Merivale ground, was won by Merivale by 3 2 to nil. Scorers: For Merivale. Tate* scored two tries and Brosnan and bitfield a try each. Referee, Mr E. G. Keats. Marists defeated Lyttelton by 6 points to 3. For the winners M’Donald scored a try and Anderson kicked a penalty goal. Clark scored a trv for Lvttolton. Mr W. Duggan was referee. Lin wood v. ’Varsitv. played at Linwood Park, was won by Linwood hr 11 to 9. Scorers:—For Limv.ud. M'Clay scored two tries and I?.. Bruff scored one. Turpin converting two. For ’Varsity, Edmunds and Dunu scored and Bell potted a goal from THIRD CRADE. Playing nn Gollege Ground, Technical A defeated Christ’s College by 9to 6. For the ■winner., Mitchell scored, and Richie converted. The last named also potted a goal. "Williams and M'Havdio scored for College. Bovs’ High School v. ’Varsity A. played at. Bov.’ High School ground, was won by Boys.' High School by 69 to 3. Referee, Mr E. Empson. Linwoocl A v. ’Varsitv C*. played at 'Varsity ground, was won bv ’Varsity C by 34 to ‘3. Referee. Mr H T. Fuller. Svdenharn defeated Merivale by 13 points to 7. Mr T. Pain was referee. Old Bovs defeated Technical by 12 points to 0. Referee. Mr J. Weston. Kais.poi won bv default, from Linwood P>. St. Bede’s College beat Riccarton A by FOURTH CRADE. Kaiapoi (> defcat-ed Christ’s College B 3. Mr H. Robinson was referee. Christ’s College v. Belfast, played aat College cricket ground, was won by College b}’ IS> points to 11. B.H.S. v. Linwood, played at Polo Ground No. 3, was won by B.H.S. by 30 points to 9. Referee. Mr E. E. Luttrell. North Canterbury defeated Merivale by 14 to 0. Mr W. E. Cockroft was referee. St Bede’s (8) defeated Riccarton (6). FIFTH GRADE. College A v. Technical, played at College ground. North Park, was won by Technical by default. PENINSULA SUB-UNION. The Peninsula Sub-union competitions today resulted: Seniors—Little Akaloa 3 defeated Okains Bav 0. Juniors—Little River 33 defeated United Bays 0, and won the Junior Cup.

w. L. D. For. A Set. Tl. Kforista . 10 __ — 205 30 10 . 9 2 — 172 51 G Old Boy* . e 6 — 7:'< 97 G Christchurch . . e 5 — 13.1 152 (5 ''ylnwood . . 5 1 234 63 bit A’cion . 8 7 1 5G 113 3 i ‘ V.irpity . 8 8 32 42 3 frydenham • ° 1C — 89 291