Our Sports Summary

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 21, 25 May 1922, Page 31

Our Sports Summary

[To ensure insertion without delay, notes intended, for this page should reach us not later than Tuesday morning of each week.] DUNEDIN. The Christian Brothers’ School football teams did well again on Saturday the sth grade Rugby defeated Green Island by 22-6, and the sth grade soccer drew with Technical School, 1 all. The St. Patrick’s Harriers hold their weekly run on Saturday, from Roslyn. The attendance was very good, 24 members having participated in the run. The pack, under the whistle of Deputy Captain Mcllroy, led along the Main Road to Kaikorai, where they branched off to the road leading to Burnside. This they followed until the Southern Reservoir was reached. The homeward run was made via Mornington. 4444444444 AUCKLAND. .. Details of the Irish Olympic games to be held in Dublin next August have reached Mr. M. J. Sheahan in a letter from Mr. J. J. Welch, who is director of the Tailtean games (writes our own correspondent). The programme includes athletics, cycling, football, hurling, rounders, hand-ball, pipe bands, swimming, and boxing. It is proposed that a. committee be formed in each country to make arrangements to send competitors to the Homeland. The promoters of the Tailtean games cannot, owing to their limited resources, defray any travelling or other expenses. They, however, have formed a- transport subcommittee, which is engaged in securing concessions from steamship and railway companies so that competitors and visitors can go to Ireland at a minimum of' expense. The competitions are open to all amateurs who were born in Ireland, one of whose parents Mere born in Ireland, or two of whose grandparents on the one side were born in Ireland. The organisation is of a non-political character. 4444444444 WELLINGTON. The senior Rugby football team of the Marist Brothers’ Old Boys’ Association had a rnn-away victory last Saturday, when they met and defeated Wellington by 22 to nil (writes our own correspondent), Marist are a. great combination this year. Their forwards have plenty of dash which seems to increase as a match progresses, and this undoubtedly a splendid asset on the football field. They have played three games so far this season and Avon two; championship points 4. The juniors playing against Selwyn won by 6 points to nil ; while the 3rd grade team were defeated by Sehvyn by 3 to nil. Playing against Wesley the 4th grade team won by 17 to nil. The sth grade team, . which is showing a marked improvement, drew with Athletic. CHRISTCHURCH. On the football field last Saturday Marist senior team suffered its first defeat at the hands of Merivale by 13 points to 3 (writes our own correspondent). On the day’s play the better team won. Varsity defaulted'to the Marist junior team. In the 3rd grade Marists defeated Varsity by 24 points to 17.* North Canterbury were beaten by Marist’s 4ths, the scores being 22 to 3. The sth grade lowered Merivale’s colors by <2l to 3, . but the 6th grade suffered defeat from Technical College by 18 to 6. At the convent grounds, Convent ex-pupils B team playing basket ball, defeated Y.W.C.A. A team < by 10 points to 6. : At Sydenham, Convent ex-pupils A team were successful against Kia Ora by 31 to 11. • - . ASHBURTON. r Celtic senior football fifteen met and defeated Old Boys on the Ashburton Domain on Saturday last by 14 points to nil (writes our own correspondent). There was .a great gathering of spectators, due to' the fact that so far

this season, both teams have an unbeaten record. With the first round nearing a close, Celtic are one point ahead in the competition. During the match a Celtic back named, Glassen had the misfortune to receive a kick on the ankle and was removed to the hospital for treatment. As it is feared *a small bone has been broken, an enforced spell of five weeks’ treatment hospital has been ordered. The presentation of trophies in connection with the St. Mary’s Tennis Club was held in the Masonic Hall last Thursday evening, the president of the club (Mr. V. Cullen) presiding. The president congratulated the members of the club on the keen interest they had taken in the sport, and hoped that the coming season would show still better results. The following Mere the winners of the respective trophies: — Ladies’ singles, Miss A. Lennon; improvers’ singles (ladies), Miss McCormick; combined doubles, Miss F. McSherry and Mr. F. Lennon; men’s singles, Mr. F. Lennon.

SHAKSPERE AND SPORT.

From the Harvest: Did you know,that the one-and-only William Shakspere was a football enthusiast? Perhaps he played centreforward for the Stratford Swans v. Mudhampton Rovers. That we know not, but here are'some quotations which seem to prove that he was a keen follower of the great -winter pastime; “Down! Down”“Henry VI.” “Well placed “Henry V.” “An excellent pass!”— “The Tempest.” ’ J “A touch, a touch, I do confess!” — “Hamlet.” “I do commend thee to their backs!” —“Macbeth.” “More rushes, more rushes!” —“Henry IV.” “Pell-mell, down with them!” —“Love’s Labor Lost.” “I’ll catch it ere it come to ground!”—“Macbeth.” “We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns!” —“Henry IV.” “Being down, I have the placing!” — “Cymbcline.” “Let him not pass, but kill him rather!” —“Othello.” “Fatal points and ’twixt them rushes.” — “Romeo and Juliet.” “But to ’the goal!” — “Winter’s Tale.” Surely here is proof enough that the Bard was a good old sport!

“The Church of Ireland”

According to the Church, Times (Anglican) the Church which Gladstone disestablished is in a somewhat parlous state. Our contemporary thus describes the situation: “The Church of Ireland has already had more than its share of the Irish troubles, and at a. moment when it might do much for the appeasement of the country, it finds itself faced by new difficulties. In the South and West a gradual decline of Church population has led to the, union of parishes, with a consequent sale \)f glebe houses and lands. These often pass to Catholic ownership, with the result that the Church is still further weakened. In some parts of the country the union of benefices has gone so far that the parochial system is in danger of disappearing altogether. The Irish Church cannot now maintain the number of clergy to which it has been accustomed, and it seems likely 'that in the near future it will have to work largo areas from centres, by means of a mobile ministry. This, again, may lead to the absorption of isolated families into the Catholic Church.