FOOTBALL.
(By “Toueldine.”)
A mu leh for the Perron u Cup on •Saturday lust resulted in u win for the Crusaders hy three points (o nil. The "nine wus very evenly contested throughout, und some good fool hull wus witnessed. The Awuhon hueks were slightly superior lo their opponents, hut the Crusader forwards kept the hull in (dose pluv, awav from the Blue hueks. There wus no score in (he first spell, Tuvlor scoring for Crnsuders in the second hull'. Air L. Currie controlled the "nine in u very efficient manner.
The position of the teams for the Pcrreau Cup is .-—Crusaders (i points, Awahou 2. The former have only to win one game more lo secure the (up lor the season. The Crusaders' supporters are confident that they can win the Cup, but the Blues are determined lo put up a hard fight to the finish. To secu,iv the Cup, it is necessary for (hem lo win the next three games.
Saturday’s match was again rather unfortunate for the players, no less tlnm three Crusader players heing injured. In the (irst spell, Kruse injured his knee, and Thomson sustained a sprained ankle, and both wen l compelled io retire from the game. After half-time Perreau received a nasty eat on the foreAfter having it temporarily bandaged, he resumed play, receiving great applause from the spectators. After the game the doctor i'oitml it necessity to put two stitches in the wound.
Mr P. Petrie has presented a shield for competition, over the last four cup matches. The object in presenting the shield is to keep up the interest in the games to the end, in the event of one team winning the cup in the early stages of the competition. The shield will be open for competition each year so long as football is kept up. In the event of the game falling through, the team then holding the shield will continue in possession of it.
Last Saturday’s match was the first for the Petrie Shield, so Crusaders are one game in the lead.
The gate money on Saturday netted £2 5s 0d for the Injured Players’ Fund.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1853, 16 July 1918, Page 3
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358FOOTBALL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1853, 16 July 1918, Page 3
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