FOOTBALL.
NELSON COLLEGE v. NEW PLYMOUTH HKift iSOHOOL. A SPLENDID GAMEThe third of the series of school match?:, ,<,l; place at Pukekura Park yesterday afternoon between Nelson College ant! New Plymouth High School in almost ideal weather conditions. A splendidly-contested game resulted in the visitors winning by 13 points to 9, and the scores might just as easily have been the other way about, so evenly matched were the teams. Indeed, New Plymouth had really hard luck in the early stage of the game through Beekbessinger, after a clean run, losing the ball as he was touching down behind tho goal-posts- - The match was fast and lively troughout, and as an exhibition o. school P.'iighy was worth going a long way to see. Not a few expected the New Plymouth toys to go down badly, but right from the beginning they showed that they had to be seriously taken account of, their attack being solid, their following up persistent, their passing good, and their footwork excellent. The first half was in favor of M<ivv Plymouth. In the iecond half tbj advantage lay with Nelson, particularly towards the end of the game, when the team threw the boll cbont, aiid good, passing rushes by the back* resulted in a couple of tries being scored. Mr. Johnst- n referced. New Plymouth set the pace from the kick-off. Wills intercepted, and came dashing down with the ball, which ho threw back, and close, line work followed Then Hamlyn put in a clever run, the ball travelling through the l:H!ids of most of the New Plymouth lacks, but the Nelson defence stayed the onslaught, as it did a few nrnutes later when New Plymouth
•ndulged in another passing bout. ■Some good kicking by the respet ■ live backs and Nelson rushed the loea! line. Hero M'Kay saved by A timely !wi-k. ifrom f'e resulting play, Buck"'irdt came through, and passed "to Bcek«»?.i ii'ger, who transferred to Meuli, but tie hitter dived behind his own man ' i it seemed there was a chance to .iii n successfully. Willis, a minute or two Afterwards, intercepted, beat hia man. and passed to Beckbessinger, who •.: raked for the V»a. but, unfortunately. Inst the leather as he was touching down between the posts. It was a smart P ; cce of work on the part of both players that deserved to be crowned by a score. New Plymouth battled hard till the end of the first quarter. The opening of the second quarter waß ■narked by clever -play on the part of Mills, who penetrated most of the opposition until he reached the.last line of defence, where he was spcnrely held. Nelson made another effort, and opened up the game, Mills eventually corkwrewing right through and scoring a nrett.y trv, Oundy converting. Nelsou i, New Plvmonth 0. Some good play by New Plvmonth took the play to Nelson twentv-five, where M'Kay goaled ■rora a freekick. New Plymouth 3, Nel--on 5.
Tn the second half the New Plymouth forwards started off excellently, taking H'-e plav to the enemv territory. M'Kay "•eoured from a scrum, cut in on the blind sirfp, drew his opponents away, and passed to TieckVssinger, who dived over. MKp.v was unsuccessful with the kick. New Plymouth 6, Nelson 5 Then Nelson put great vim into their plav, and >iew Plvmouth was kept busy defendin? Nelson were passing splendidly, and thev were all but over once or twice, but New Plymouth managed to e'ear bv good work, in which Buckhardt, Osborne, and Atkinson were prominent. Titer, when play had been worked into Nelson's twentv-five, New Plymouth were awarded a free-kick, and M'Xav piloted the ball through the uprights from a difficult angle. Tt was a meritorious performance and was enthusiastically acclaimed. New Plymouth 9 Nelson 3. Then Nelson came asrain. Mill secured avid scored, Cundv goaling. Nelson 10, New Plymouth 9. New Plymouth livened up, but smart kicking transferred, the venue to local quarters, where Sutherland passed to Oundy, to Baxter, who scored the last try. ' Nelson 13. New Plvmouth fl The whistle sounded a few tt'nutes later.
The local boys and their coach (Mr. Rider) are to be congratulated upon the excellent fight they put up. They were, a. the day's play, in no way inferior to iheir opponents, and it can fairly be riiA they were unfortunate in not getting the verdict, though no one begrudged the visitors their heard-earned win. Nelson is a splendid team, and play with great spirit and concertedness. Mills was a host in himself. \PKay (captain), of the New Plymouth boys, and ho were the outstanding players on the ground. They are the makings of great players. During the name Harrison (New Plymouth) was hurt, and Renaud took his place, and later JPDonald and Langbein (Nelson) mot with mishaps and were replaced by Robertson and M'Kay. I WELLINGTON COLLEGE DEFEATS CHRIST'S COLLEGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. The second game of the annual intercollege football tournament was played to day, when, after a fast and excitingly bard same, Wellington College defeated Christ's College by 6 pointsto 3. The play was chieflv confined to the forwards, (hough at times Hindmarsh and Wilson, for Christ's College, and Davidson, NicolT and Ward, for Wellington, made some fine runs. Nicoll and Davidson scored' tries for Wellington, while Hindmarsh scored for the southerners, none of the t'-ies being converted. The following team will represent the New Plywnuth Rovers in their match against Waitara on the Recreation f-roundi to-dav. at 2.30 p.m.:—Wvlie, tlnrloßtone. Sutton. Deane. Sims, Way, Cockpr. Bedford. Hurley, Penniall, Boswell Hooker, Singh, Ward. \
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