ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2825, 17 July 1916, Page 9

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

SATURDAY'S MATCHES. Institute Old Boys, who were minus five of their, regular players, on account of' injuries, suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday last at the Basil Reserve, Marist being'their victors. The game had not long 'started before Marist Brothers' team registered a score. This sudden revers? put Institute on their mettle, but ;i,t. half-time the score remained unaltered. At" the beginning: of the second half Marist 'repeated their first-half performance b.T ftoriiig 3- second goal not long after the kick-off. Institute set to determinedly to reduce the score, and eventually succeeded through Duncan. Folio-wing up their success, Institute bombarded, the Marist goal, numerous shots hitting the crossbar, in fact. Institute did everything but score. Marist retired winners by 2 goals to 1. OTHER. GAMES. F6urth A Grade—Y.M.C.A. 1 goal, Wadestown 1. Fourth B Grade—lnstitute 5 souls, Brooklyn ml. Empire 2 goals, Petona nil. Fifth A Grad*-St. David's 1 coal, Institute 1. Y.M.C.A. 1 goal, Marist 1. Fifth B Grade—Thorndon 3 goals, Institute nil. Wadestown 2 goals, Marist 1. Sixth Grade—lnstitute 1 goal. Empire nil. Swifts 3 goals, Marist nil. Schools.—lsland Bay 1, Marist !C (2), nil, Wadestown 3, Clyde Quay nil.