ORIENTAL BEAT VARSITY.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 7, 9 July 1923, Page 10

ORIENTAL BEAT VARSITY.

A very ragged game at WakefieW Park between Oriental and 'Varsity resulted in- a win for the former by 13 points to 3. Apart-from the damp and unreliable state of the ground, conditions ■were ideal for the playing of good football, thowiud, a fresh southerly, giving no particular advantago to either side. Both teams were in a particularly talkative mood, and the players had. not infrequently to be admonished, and in some cases warned for this lack of control. Oriental had the upper hand throughout the game, and had play been taken a little more seriously, they would undoubtedly ( have won by a more substantial margin. The teams were as follow:— ■ ■ .

Oriental.—Newall; Smith, Greig, Carroll ; "Wickens, Hume; Tulloch; Simmonds; Brown, Hepburn, Moftiitt, Pringle, Biggs, Bennett, and A. Gilchrist.

'Varsity.—Sutherland; Biggs, Marks, Mnlfroy; M'Kay, Jackson; Hart; Scott; Webster, Martin-Smith; M*WilUariis, Bolland, Adams, Wiren, and M'Eae.'

-. The College men kicked off against the sun, and some scrambling forward play followed in neutral .territory. . Prom a line-r.ut, Oriental secured; and the forwards, taking the ball at their feet,'almost succeeded near the \Jeft corner flag. A free-kick was given against 'Varsity near the twenty-five line,'and Simmonds successfully piloted the ball over the cvos3-bar. Oriental 3, 'Varsity 0- The Greens camo back determinedly upon the resumption of play, and tho forwards, keeping the leather well under control, took the ball down-field. A good mark by Moffiitt held them up when past the half-way line, and the Oriental forwards. > getting well beneath the "up-and-under" kick, tacked down as soon as the ball was secured, and pushed the College forwards back into their own twenty-five. Hart whipped the ball a.way to Jackson as it came, out of the five yards' scrum,, but the bad pasßiiig which 'followed ouco

more gave, the Oriental,forwards.a. cliancc to vise their superior weight. 'Varsity v;ero penalised between the half-way and twenty-five lines, and Simmonds added three more points to Oriental's tally by another good place-kick. Almost immediately after this Jackson also made good use of a free-kick and notched tho only points which stood to 'Varsity's credit when Ihe game ended. Oriental 6, 'Varsity 3. Moffitt headed a good movement by {lie Black and White forwards, but lie received a hard knoclc which temporarily incapacitated him. Throughout the second spell Oriental

forced the play and had matters almost nil their own way. Simmonds kicked

I -wildly from a penalty right in front of 'Varsity's-goal, and from an even more advantageous position lie again missed :in opportunity a few minutes lateiv Upon play being transferred to half-way;-Moffitt centred and the forwards started off down-field, but Tulloch tried to roll the leather along 'A\e ground, and M'Eve, at. the head of the Collegians, led them towards the Black and White goal. The refsree ordered a five-yard scrum, but Hart, behind the Green pack., missed badly, and Wickens got a-way. Oriental forced hard, and Hume,..'sensing an' opportunity, drop-kicked a great goal, from the. field. ' Oriental 10, 'Varsity 3.' Marks sprinted down the wing, anil at.* the right time tipped a nice pass to Malfroy, who was grassed, however, by the fast-movingi Oriental forwards. A. Gilchrist made, a. fine run along ths win*, but on reaching the line was held' up by the Green forwards. Moffitfc secured, and amid many 'cries to pass, and much advice from his colleagues, put; hig head down and unsuccessfully endeavoured to "bullock" his way through the College defence. A few seconds later however, Pnnglo gathered up the ball and dived over. ; Wickens failed to convert. Oriental 13, 'Varsity 3. These were the final scores, and the whistle sounded with Oriental attacking strong- ■ Mr, J. B. Watson had no easy task as referee. ...