MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1776, 14 June 1913, Page 30

MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

CLUB NOTES AND CHANGES. # P.;J. Eynn i 3 expected to fill a green Jersey for Victoria College to-day. ltyan lias been suffering from a bad ankle, but ,ds now recovered, or thereabouts. The College team which was beaten by Oriental last Saturday at .Tohnsonvillo • Jind. five junior backs in its fifteen. Now Zealandors' will regret to hear of the accident to I'iki, the.half-back of the Maori touring team. Piki was a first,flass half, one' of the gamest and one cf the best all-round. The cablegram states Jthat he had a leg broken in a mix-up on j»the playing field in Sydney. Tlie little wo 'lave seen of Piki here gave the impression that there never was a warm fcorner in a game without Piki being well '•in tho thick of it. One of the finest games Piki ever Tegistercd to his credit was played on tl.e Palmerston North Show Grounds a couple of years ago. The amount of work ho got through on that occasion was almost superhuman. Even our own "Freddy" Roberts never crowded so much defending and attacking into an hour and a half. Poncke are expected to make things merry for Athletic this afternoon. The Tfed and Blacks are quite capable cf' it if they rise to the occasion. T. Beard is a doubtful starter for Collego this afternoon. St. James created a very welcome diversion at the Park on Saturday last by taking sixteen men on to tho field. It ,was quite inadvertent, of course, In order to prevent St. .Tames having a monopoly in diversion, Athletic gave their star humourist, a gentleman by the name of Patrick Murphy, an opportunity to show his quality. The Blues presented "Paddy" with an excellent chance to score a try, but ho scdrned the methods of mediocrity and punted a beautiful goal. That in itself is delightful; >;.ut tho prize

joke is that he was not off-side at U.e time. The writer is prepared to mnko this latter statement on oath.

Victoria College will liavo Billing, lring-three-quartar, out playing again to-day. Enting, was wounded in a recent engagement..

.*' :'lt is .understood that B. Lambert, the extensive Wellington buck, is leaving this city. '. Lambert will bo a sorcro ..loss to the Wellington Club, for whom he played three-quarter and full. lie was their best all-round back, and an exceptionally vseful man for running up a few points by goal-kicking. Lambert got a place as fullback in. tho first Wellington representative team chosen this season, and notwibhftanding his tod showing in Khe match (against Wairarapa) might have been given another chance, as it is currently reported that it would take a let to induce the selector to drop him. : ' While writing of Lambert and his failure at full-back, it might bo suggested that lie should have been tried as a wing-three-quarter, seeing that we arc short of a good wing. This scribe would like to seo a man of Twomcy's stamp installed as full-back if such a man is not required elsewhere.

East, of Victoria College Club, is likely to find a permanent place in the senior team. Ho shaped well against Oriental last Saturday. He has lots of pace, and is in other respects promising.