1924 The Taranakian Vol. 13 No. 2 November part1 by New Plymouth Boys' High School

EDITED BY THE BOYS OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR.

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~o&t>mher, 1924.

TAAANAIU N•IUIL.O P•INT ,

THE

"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS .

Agri c ultura I No tes Annual Steepl echase Annual Sports A~t Glass Making Boxin .g Notes British Empire Scout Ja mborc<.; Cadet Notes Conce"rt Notes Cri cket Edito rial Exchanges F ootba ll H o use Notes Hi g h School F ootba ll So ng Lord Jellicoe's Visit Moascar Cqp Matc hes Notice to Subscribers 路 Preparatory Notes In Me moriam: R. H . Roc ke t. M.A. Sc hoo l Notes S hooting Notes Subscripti ons Old Bo ~rs' Associa ti o n Old Boys' Annual Re port Old Boys' Notes

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS. THIRD TERM, 1924. PREFECTS. Head Boy.-S. 1!'. l!'ookes. Boarders.- W. E. Alexander, J. D. Mackay, E . Gibsou, E. B . Matiou, B . B . Mahra;j, D. C. O'Halloran, J. A. Patersou, C. H . Strombom, D. G. Grant. Day Boys.-S. F . ]!'ookes, '1'. Fookes, G. R. \Vebb, D. P. McLean, M. Lysons, M. Robertson, R. Dolby.

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[ ESTABL.ISHEO

BOARD OF GOVERNO RS: H.

I~. BILL ING, ESQ.

{Ciiairmau.) S. G. SM ITH . M . P.

Dll. E. F. FooKES.

H. STRO:\G.

COMMITTEES. Football Committee.-Mr . Papps chairman), W. E. Alexander, J. D. Mackay, E . Gibson, S. F . Fookes; E. B. Mason an d J. A. Paterson (joint secretaries) . Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottrill (chairman), W. E. Alexander, J. D. Maclmy, B . B. Mahraj, K. Fookes; E . B. Mason and C. H . Strombom (j oint secretaries) . Swimming Committee.-Mr . Eggleton (ch airman), E . Gibson, W . E . Alexander, J. D . Mackay, T. P. Revell, J. Penman; J. A. Patcrson and D. C. 0 'Halloran (joint secretaries) . Library Committee.-Mr. McDonal d (chairman), T. 0. Jones, V. Barak, L . B. Watts, C. H . Strombom, J. M. H utchinson, R. Dolby, G. R. Webb, T. C. Fookes, H. Bellringer (secret ary) . Shooting Committee.-Mr. Bertrand (chairman), W. E . Alexander, C. H. Strombom, E . B. Mason, E . Gibson, J. A . Paterson, D . C. 0 'Halloran. Concert Committee.-Mr. Dobson (chairman), W . E . Alexander, A. Brodie, D. C. 0 'Halloran, T. C. Fookes, R. F . Buick, G. 路 C. MacDiarmid (secretary). Tennis Committee.- Mr. Johnson (chairman), W. E. Alexander, J. D. Mackay, M. Bree, D. O'Halloran (secretar y) . M agazine Committee.- Mr. Wilkie (chairman), M. Lysons, R. Dol by, H. Bellringer, R . F. B uick, R. J . 0 'Dea, J . Penman, G. R. Webb, G. C. MacDiarmid, W . Carter, W. E. Alexan der, B. B. Mahraj . Sports Committee.- Mr. Diprose (chairman), Mr. Braclb ury, E. D. Gibson, J. A . Paterson, H. E. Bellringcr, '1'. C. Fookes, D. G. Grant; S. F. Fookes and E. Mason (joint secr etaries). Poundkeepers. -B . Pease and C. Robb .

(Part T i me Master).

SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT.

L. A. NOLAX, EsQ.

J . S. S. MEDLEY, ESQ .

F. \ V.

H. J . EAVEs, ESQ.

ATK I NSON , ESQ.

L. C. SLADDEN. ESQ. E. P. \ VE ilSTEil, ESQ.

A. E . \ VASHEH , ESQ. Secretary and T r easurer E. LAS I路l.

~htff: PR INCIPAL : \V. H. MOVES , M.A.. B .Sc. ASS ISTANT !VfAS'J'EHS :

K H. ROCKEL, M.A. A G. JoHNSoN, i\1. c. C. G. BOT'I'R ILL, M .A .

V . E. KEIW, M.A . J . LEGGAT, M.A .

\ V. G. \ VtLKIE (Un iv . Ct::rl.)

A. \V . D IPI<oSE , M .A.

T. M. McDONALO, i\1.A. H . DYEH . R. C . \ V JLSON , l\I.A., H.Sc.

.-\. ] . PAPI'S, B.r\.

G. BEHTHAXD, (C Ct: r lilicalc). AGH IC LTUllE:

]. \ \ . CONXELL.

COMMERCIAL :

J. EGGLETOX.

G. M. PEARSON , M.A., Cantab. (Reli e vi n g). PHEPARATORY DEPA in'MENT :

G. H.

PoPE, M ISS K. CAMPBELL, i\IJSS

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN : DRAWING:

A. M. BHADB

REV. E. 'HY

CAMP.llE LL.

MUSIC: RES I DENT MUSIC MASTER : ]. DoB 'ON , L.T.C.L. VIS ITING:

M ISS YOUNG (Piano} .

DOWLING (V io lin}.

F. \V. G. MCLEOD (Wood and Brass}.

Officer Commanding.-Capt ain A . J. Papps. Contingent Sergeant-Ma jor.-Sergeant-Ma.jor J . D. Mackay. Contingent Q.M.S.-Sergeant T . Eaves. Orderly Room Corporal.-Corporal R. M. Dolby. Physical Drill Instructor.-Licutenant F. J. Egglotou.

No. 24 COMPA NY. Officer Comman ding.-O aptn:in G. Bcrtran d. Compan y Sergean t-M a jor.-Sc r geant-M njor S. F . :l!~ook es . No. 1 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.-Oa p t nin G. Ber t nulCl. 1 Platoon Sergean t.-Scrg ea nt M . D. Bree. Section Comman ders.- Oorpo ral s B . Bcnjam in , G. Fookcs, D. O 'Hal lor an , B . Mm·do ck. . No. 2 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.-Li eu ten nnt E . V . K en·. Platoon Sergean t.- crge:u1t \liT. A. Brod ic. Section Comman ders .- 0 01·ponll s K . Foo kr s, J. Th omson, J'. On l brait h, F. R ea cl . No 3 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.-Li eu ten ant L egga t . Platoon Sergean t.-Serg ea n t G. R. W ebb . Section Comman ders.-Oorporn ls '1'. 0 . F ool< (•s, C. 'VV. Green, M. Fl ct ch er, L . Ennis. No . 4 Platoon . Platoon Comma nder.-L ieut enn n t F. J. Eggl r t on . Platoon Sergean t.-Serg ennt A . J'. Pntcr son. Section Comman ders.-O orporn ls D . Grm1t, .T. Pcnsc, D. Orn\l'fon l, N . MacDia rmid. No. 110 COMPA NY. Officer Comman ding.-O npta in A. W . Dipl'Osc . Comp any Ser geant-M a jor.-Se rgca.n t-J\ [aj o,· IV . K A lrxnnil cr. No . 1 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.-Li eutenan t J'. L eggnt. Plat oon Sergean t.-Scr gea n t D . McL cm1. Section Comman ders.- Oor p oml s E. Gibson , R. Tlu tr hcn, 'J' . Revcll , T. J'on es. No. 2 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.- Li eutenan t G. Joll n so11. Platoon Sergean t.-S rgea nt l'vL .J . Roh ertso n. Sect ion Comman ders.-C orporal s H . Bell r ingc r, K . Bl akl ey, A . P etty, '1'. Syme. No 3 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.- Li cu t cnant '1' . M . M cDon:tl (l . Platoon Sergean t.-Se rg nn t :M. C. L yson ti. Section Comma nders.- orp or al s G. R a.v l ~·, IT . Ol son, R. R 1tcs, C. J ack son. No. 4 Platoon . Platoon Comman der.-Li cutcmm t Dyer. Plat oon Sergean t.-Re rgcnnt (' . D. R1Tomho m. Section Comman ders.- 'orpo rn ls 1 ~ . B . l'd a so n, 1\.J. 'l'h om so n, 0 . R Baunton , 0 . Oolli11S.

MR. R . H . ROOKE L.

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EDITORIAL. (R. M. Dol by. )

'l' is now some months since the first English public school boys arrived in New Zealand to take up their positions on farms. A short time ago it was proposed that some of these boys should spend after their arrival in the Dominion a year or two at some secondary school. The advantages of such a course are at once evident, as the boys could become familiar with the country while attending the school, and would probably accustom themselv es to the new surroundings sooner than if they went straight on to a farm. 路while at school they could study sub j ects which would be of use to them later on. Such a course would include agriculture and, preferably, some manual training which would ~lso prove very useful. Again, they would be able to make a number of friends while at school and so wonld soon feel quite at home. During the holidays they could secur e temporary situations on farms perhaps on those of some of their friends, and thus would gain some practical experience. In short, this scheme seems very advantageous for any boys who wish to leave the Old Country and take up farming in New Zealand, the only drawback being the early age at which they wonld have to leave home. Even this, however, is r eally an advantage, for, if they fou nd that they were not .路uited fo r work on the land, they conld return to England and still be quite youn"" enou{)"h to enter flny desired profession,

EDITORIAL.

'l'his year, for the second time, the school has succeeded in winning t h e Moa~car Cup and th e team deserve the highest praise for the important part they have taken in advancing th e ~c iJ ool to t he lligh position it now holds. Such a competition as t li a1· for the l\Ioascar Cup is very useful in bringing about fri endly competition between secondary schools, but there are, however, a few details in the management which could be improved. The chief of these is the date at which challenges may be entered. As the regulations stand at present a challenge may be put in at the very end of the season after most schools have broken up for the term holidays. Such a procedure is hardly fair to the holders of the cup, as it means that the team must keep in training, and practice whenever possible so as to be able to play at some time after the beginning of the third t erm. It is to b e hoped t hat next year the New Zealand Rugby Union will do something to remedy this state of affairs by fixing a r easonable closing date after which no challenges can be entered. Another annual competition in which the school takes part is that for the Imperial Challenge Shield. Under the present regulations it is nec essary to fire as many as possible of the total strength of the cadet company in order to secure a good average. \Vith a school consisting of up to 1fi0 boys it is possible to train and fire the whole company, thu. gaining a good average even if the individual scores arc not of ontst.anding merit. \Vhere, howrver, the school contains three or :Eonr hundred boys, the rxpcnse and time r equired to coach the whole contingent is so great as to make this proceeding almost impossible. Under such conditions it would be very difficult for a large school to make a good showing unles.· so much time were devoted to it as seriously to interfere with the school work. 'l'his can only b e remedied by altering the regulation s to a morr r·eason a ble form.

Most of the boys who attend a secondary school after pas:ing the matriculation examination either prepare to take the subjects required :for the University Entrance Scholarship Examination, or commence at once to keep terms in two or more subjects so as to obtain a section of their degree. The latter boys, during the whole of their degree work, will probably take four or five sub jects. In the Scholar~bip Examination a minimum o:E six

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,·ubj ects must be taken to secure the r eq u~red nu_mber of marks. At least one or two of these sub_J ccts_ w1ll be of no further n se to th e ca llClidatr for, if h e gon?g to take ]Jis degree in languages, h e wi!l _Jl01 r e(lJILL'C SCJeuce. an~l, _if on t he other hand, l1 c m1 ends to take a degree m S~ienee, he 'vill not r equire languag~:;. It. wo~1ld be a great deal better if the syllabus for th1s exannn_atwn were modified so as to allow of greater ~oncentratl?n. on the subjects most required by the eand1d~te, ~nd 1t 1s to J:>e hoped t h at, in the near future, the Un~vers1ty Senate Will see its way to alter th e s~rllabus accordmgly.

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For the following account we arc indebted to t h e Taranaki H erald and Budget. Before the unveiling of the Cenotaph on th e afternoon of Tuesday, September 16, the Governor-General and party visited the school, where h~s Excellency presented the Challen ge Cup awarded by lums_eH for the N~w Zealand school sec nrinO' the best r esnlts m the Imp enal hallenge Sl1ielcl Shooting Comp et iLion; . 1923 was ~he second occasion on which the ~c li ool w011 t he enp, bavmo· also won it in 192] , tl1C firs1· ~'e ar of its prrsentat ion . Owing to the inclement _ weat~1er experienced during the clay, 1h e ceremony wa: JJClcl m _the 1\.sscmbly }~all. llis Excellency, who was accompamed by _Lady J elhcoc and the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, was met on arnval by Mr. \V. II. Moyes, t he principal, who presented the master~. Accompanying the Governor-Gener~l's party_ were h1s Wor.·hip th e Mayor (Mr. 1~ . E . W1lson), MaJOr-General C. W. Melvill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., G.O .C.N. Z. Forces; olonel-Commanclan t C. G. Powles, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C. to H.M. t1w King, N.Z .S.C.; Colonel J. II. vVhyte, D.S.O., D.C.M., N.Z.S.C.; Major _D. E. ~r emner,_ M.C., N.Z.S.C.; Captain Goss and Captam Curt1s. ;_ _wh1le among those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. R. B1llmg? Mr and Mrs. J. S. S. Medley and Mr. E. Lash, representmg the Board of Governors, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., and Mr~ . \V. H . Moyes. Apol'ogies were r eceived from the Hon. Sn· \Valter earncross, the Hon. Oliver Samuel, l\'LL.C., Messrs. R. Masters, 0. Haw ken, J. C. Rolleston and J. R. Corrigan, M.P. 's.

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''It is with a mingled feeling of pleasure and regret

th~t I have to welcome their Excellencies to this school," said l\fr. Moyes. It w~s a o-reat honour to have their Excellencies with them again ~nd he regretted that it was the last occasion on which they would visit the school in their official capacity. Not m;.ly on behalf of his school, but on be~alf of all the schools in the Dominion, Mr. Moyes desir~d ~o take that opportunity of expressing his keen appreCiatiOn of the great personal interest their E~cellencies had taken in the secondary school boys of tlus country. He felt he would not be exaggerating to say that when ~heir Excellencies left the Dominion they would carry With them the best wishes, affection and loyalty of thousands of schoolboys who had been fortunate enough to meet them. Nothing would bind this country closer to Britain than the o-reat esteem and respect in which their Excellencies >~~ere held by the people of this Dominion. Proceedi~g, Mr. Moyes said that no victory that the school had gamed had been more dear to them than this one. The kindness, sympathy and great interest taken in the school by his Excellency had made them regard this as one of the proudest achievements in the history of the school. ''We bid farewell to their Excellencies with sincere regret,'' concluded Mr. M oyes. ''Our best wishes for their future h~ppiness and prosperity o-o with them and I hope that, if ever they come again t~ these shores' the school will once again have the honour of welcoming them here." LOI~D JELLICOE 'S SPEECH.

. . His Excellency said it gave him great pleasure to VISit the school a second time for the same purpose-the purpose that brought him there on the last occasion. He recollected on that occasion that the school had already lost the trophy to Nelson and he fancied, if he remembered correctly, that he expressed the opinion that he did ~ot think it woul?- be long before the school recovered it. 1h.e prophecy might have. been rather rash, but it was qmckly fulfilled, and upon Its fulfilment he wished to congratulate the school. "I have just been visiting your nearest rival-the Technical College,'' said his Excellency ''and I must express my ad~i~路ation of the sporting ,;ay in which they took the dec1s10n when they thought they should have

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wou the trophy." (Applause.) Not knowing the conditions, proceeded his Excellency, they had thought they had won the trophy on points, and he admired the spirit iu which they took the decision, and the hearty manner in which they congratulated the winners. He was quite sure that, if it should turn out that the 'l'echnical College should win the cup this year, they would be just as heartily congratulated by the Boys' High Schopl. His Excellency commented upon the strikiug advance that had been made in shooting amongst the schools of the Dominion during the past two or three years, and he quoted a report issued by the National Rifle Association to the effect that in no part of the Empire was greater effort or more enthusiasm being shown. He was well aware of the difficulties in efficiently carrying out shooting in the arduous school life of this Dominion and the greatest credit was due, not only to the boys, but to those who had supervised them, that their shooting had been carried on and, as in the case of the school, that 100 per cent. of the shooting boys had competed. If the same fine spirit was shown in everything they undertook, the school must become a model educational establishment. If the same eagerness, keenness and sportsmanship were conveyed to the sterner work before them, they would make this Dominion a jewel in the cro路wn of the Empire. Indeed, it vvas already a bright jewel in the Empire's crown and it behoved the boys and girls to fulfil the bright future that lay ahead of New Zealand. "You boys are doing your duty and 1 know you 路w ill continue to do so,' said Lord J ellicoe. He hoped they would win the trophy again, but he regretted that he would not be here to present it. "\"le will regret many things when we leave this Dominion," said his Excellency, "but nothing, I feel, will approach the sense of parting with the boys and girls of this country.'' During the last four years they had come in close contact with the boys and girls and had learned to admire them, and had watched them growjug up straight, honest and pure, worthy of those who had come before them, and never forgetting the great Empire to wl1ich they owed their loyalty. "In bidding you good-by e, boys," said his Excellency ''I would like to express my earnest and sincere hope 'that there will be great happiness and prosperity

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before you and that you will all do your part in the building up of the great Empire . It is now my pleasur e to present the trophy so well -vvon and most heartily to congratula te the winners of it. '' 'rHE JEI,LlC OE CUP. 'l'he head boy (S. ljl. Fookes) then came forward to accept the h andsom e ::;ilver cup and was congrat ulated The cup i::; both by Lol'Cl J ellicoe and Lady J cUi eo e. iu::;cribed : 'l'hc DominioJJ of New Zcaiallll ChaliPHgc Trophy WJIJJcctiou \\'itl1 t lHJ lmpc1·ial Challe11gc Shield.

Prctielltec l i.Jy hiti Execllen ·y the Go,·ernor -Gclleral , Admiral uf t he .Fleet, Viscow1t J ellicoe, 0.1:L, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., 1922.

On silver ::;hielcb on the base arc inscribe d the names of t h e w.i1ming .·clJOol::; to date: 1921, New Plymou th Boys' High Sc1JO ol; 1922, Ncl:;o11 College ; 1923, New Plymou th Boys' High School. Bronze medaL· w ere aL ·o prc::;cnted to the boys who were member s of the team, as fo llows :-Serge ant-Ma jor J. D. Mackay , Sergean t-Major 1,7{. E. Alexand er, Sergean t M. D . JJrce, Serg·ean t l\1. C. Lysons, Corpora l D. C. 0 'Halloran, Cadet R Bu.ick, Cadet R. l''lctche r, Cadet N. MacDim·m.id. Eleven other boy:; wo11 medals, but tl1 , ·c were not present ed as the boys in question have now left ,-chool. Cheers were given by the ,-cbool for Lord and Lady J ellicoe, and his Excelle ncy, having a few minutes to ~pare, accomp anied by I1acly J cllicoc and t be lion. Lucy, mspcctc d the 1·ows of boy,-, chatting freely with them. They were also greatly intcre:;t ed in the photogr aphs of their previou s visit and in other school pictures which adorn t h e walls of the ball. BefoTe making his departu re, his Excelle ncy turned to the boys with a cheery: "Good- bye, boys; Kia Ora."

AGRIC ULTU RAL NOTE S. (R. Buick.)

Since the publica tion of the Agricul ture N otcs .in the previou s maga~ine work on the plot.: has been continu ed and n ew exper1m ents have been earned out. NO'l'ES ON GRASS A ID CLOVE R PLOTS . A compre hensive collecti on of gra,- ·es and clovers h a::; been built up and we have now some sixty differen t varietie s in the plots. \V e hope to add to our collecti on a." time goes on. Several rare varietie s true to name and a ara:;s new to Tarana ki-Kik uyu-w erc obtaine d tln·;u"'h the Departm ent of Agriculture; other::; were supplied by Newton King, Ltd., and Wr.ight Stepllen son and Co., Ltd. 'l'hese plots p1·ovide the neces,-a ry materia l for identificatio n by means of the stem, roots and leaves as well a:; by the flowers and seed::;, which is the u sual scientifi c method . For ::;tudy aucl ob::;ervat.ion these plots are very ::>nitable· meas1.u ements have been taken of rate of growth duri~g certain periods of the year, ability to recover after cutting and time of flowerin g, etc. As several of the varietie s have just been sown, complet e records are not yet availabl e, but the observa tions and tabulati ons will be continu ed. 'rHE I;'LQW EHING 01'' GHASS ES AND CLOVE RS. Time of :B lowerin g. 1. Poa Annua -All the year round.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

l\/[eadow Foxtail -Septem ber 3, 1924. S·weet Vernal -Septe mber 13, 1924. Prairie -Septem ber 14, 1924. Tall J;'e,-cu e-Septe mber 16, 1924. Poa Pratens is-Octo ber 1, 1924. l~atstail-October 1, 1924. Hawke 's Bay Perenni al Rye-O ctober , , 192-:1:. Wester n Wolths -Octob er 13, 1924. Canterb ury Perenni al Rye-O ctober 13, 1924. Chewin g's Fe,-cue -Octob er 18, 1924. Danish Cock. ·foot-O ctober 20, 1924. Italian l~ye-October 24, 1924. .Akaroa Cocksf oot-Oc tober 24, 1924.

AGRICU LTURAL NOTES.

15. 16. 17. 18. J 9. 20. 21.

Cr e:;te d. Dog:;tai l- October 24, Hl24. Crim:;on Clov er-Sept ember 17, 1924. Little Trefoil- October 8, 1924. Alsyke -Octob er 18, 1924. Red Clover- Octob er 19, 1924. Cowgra ss-Octo ber 22, 1924. White Clover- Octobe r 24, 1924. lt w.ill be seen that l\'Ieadow :B.,oxtail , b eing the fir:;t gra:;:; to flower, is an early gra:;s. It made excellen t growth in the plots and appears to b e worthy of inclusio n in certain 'l'arana ki pastures. 'l'he general opinion is tbat Covvgrass flow ers about the middle of Novemb er, but it will be seen that it bas flow er ed almost a mouth earlier. Gl~OW'tH

OF GRASS ES.

Measur ements w er e taken of growth made by 21 different grasses over a period of 24 days. The rows of gra. ·ses were cut bare on June 18 and top-dre ssed with lime and superph osphate at th e rate of 3 cwt. per acre. Prairie grass proved itself of great value as a winter :fodd er crop, its growth of 14 inch es proving its ability to grow during the colder months of t h e year, while t h e other grasses made compar atively little growth. Paspalum, which makes great growth in summer and spring, did poorly with a growth of 1 inch. Phalaris bulbosa, which is not u sed much, app ear s to be worth a trial as it gained second place with a growth of 8 inches. Italian r ye and \V estern-w olths both made fair gTowth. 'l'he f ollowin g table indicate:; the growth made by Yarious grasses. 1. 2. 3. 4. G.

Name of Grass. Inch es. Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Phalari s bulbosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Italian ryegras s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 \V estern-w olt h::; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 .Per ennial rye, Ilawke' :; Day . . . . . . . . . . G Perenni al rye, Cantcrl mry . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meadow Foxtail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 '!'all Frscue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

G. 7. S. !l. ~w •cl. v J'JHtl . .. .. ... .... . ... ..... .. . 10. 'l'imotb y ..... . .. ... .. . ... . .. . . ... . . . 11. Cocksfo ot ..... . . .. ....... ... ....... . 12. Chewin g's Fescue ....... . . . ....... .. .

OalGey Stud io. OLD BOYR' FIRS'l' FIFTEE N, 1924. L. F ret hey, e, r Moo . B Leggnt, .T. ll, de Blun R , B ack Ro>~· : B. G. Howell ( ho11. se(· .), J. M cCly mont , R. vVilson(ma11ag er ). F. M. 'W hyte Atkin so 11 (rapt.), K. Bawlins on, C. D. Collins, Middle Ro>~·: A. H. Boon, R. B rc11·st e r, G. Morgan , P . A. F . B. Ne 11·ell. ey . Front Ro11· : 1-; . Olson, W. M . B uiJ a rcl, C. S mnr t, G . .i\Ior

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13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

Yorkshire fog ... . .................. . Crested dogstail ..... . ...... .. . .. . .. . Poa pratensis .... . .. ... . . ..... . .... . Meadow Fescu e . .. . .. . . . ............ . Agropyrum rep ens ............ . ... . . Paspalum ........... . . .. .... . ..... . . Poa annua . . .... .. . . . .. .......... . . . Brown top .. . . . ............ . ... .... . Red top .... . .. . ... .. . . . .......... . .

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RE CENTLY-PLAN'l'ED GRASSES. 1. Kikuyu (P ennisetum clandestinum) .-'l'his grass is grown from rooted st ems first brought from Rhodesia . It doesn't seed. It is looked on as an excellent pasture grass in South Africa and is v ery palatable. On an exp erimental area. in North Auckl and the roots were spaced in rows 5 f eet apart and 3 feet b etween the plants in rows. Lotus major and other clovers should be broadcasted between the rows when the Kikuyn becom es established. Th e grass vvas planted in the school plots on September 12, 1924, and is doing well at present. 2. Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria). 3. Pingao ( Scirpus frondosus) . 4. Ice Plant (Mesembryanth emum edule) . These three plants ar e planted along sandy seashores to prevent sand shifting. This is the first step in t h e reclamation and pasture establishment of such areas. NOTES ON MANURIAL 'l'RIAL, 1924. Th e t rial is to find out the b est amount of superphosphate to supply in growing potatoes. The variety of potato us ed as the crop indicator was Sutton 's Supreme. The potat oes were planted on August 20, 1924, in plots each 20ft. by 9ft. in m·ea. 'l'here were seven rows in each plot; the rows were 2-lft. ap art and the first and last rows w er e 1;j;ft . from each side. There wer e eleven plots and t h e sets of potatoes were planted 1ft. apart. Th e manure was applied at time of planting. A few plants had appeared above ground on September 20, 1924. 'l'he following waii tl1 e amount of manure (sup er ) applied on (•a clJ plot. p el' acre :- Plot ] , 110 manure; plot 2, 1 cwt.; plot 0, 2 cw t.; plot 4, 3 cw t.; plot 5, 4 cwt.; plot 6, 5 cwt.; plot 7, 6 cwt. ; plot 8, 7 cwt.; p lot 9, 8 cwt. ; plot 10, 9 cwt.; plot 11, 10 cwt.

AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

N.B.-At present by far the greatest growth has taken place on the heavier manured plots. 'l'he difference is very striking. Previous year's trials indicated that of the three classes of manures, the phosphates o-ave the best r esults. This trial should throw some liO'ht o~ the amount "' of phosphate to use. LUCERNE TRIAL. A n ew cut on the lucerne plots wa10 made on May 5 1924, and this wa10 followed by a fre10h cut on Septembe{. 26, 1924, and the weights in both cases showed that the Hunter River variety was making nearly twice as much growth as the l\Iarlborough variety. In t h e first cut it was. f~und that the Hunter River variety gave one and a halt _tunes as much h.1ce~·ne as the l\Iarlborough variety, and m t~1e second and thn·d cuts the Hunter River variety gave tw1ce as much as the Marlborough variety. Another point is that the third cut in both varieties o·ave three times the weight of the first or second cut. "' 'l'hus although it r equires several years' observations and re~ults before anything definite can be learned, the indications are that the Hunter River lucern e is more 10uitable for Taranaki than the well-known Marlborough luc ern e. COCKSFOOT TRIAL. . _Since the publication of the previous maga;~ine contauung notes on the cocksfoot trial, new results are at :I!..., or a start the Akaroa cock. ·foot made best hand. growth, but now (October 24, 1924) the Danish cocbfoot is 1~aki~1g t~1e better gTowth and i.· ::;lightly earlier, some of 1t bemg m flower already, while the Akaroa cocksfoot ::;hows no sign of flowering. The plot in which cocksfoot and cowgrass were sown together has made splendid growth and has an abundance of fresh green fodder . It has a healthy colour has made a high growth, and is free from w eed::;. This l)lot 10how10 t h e ben eficial action of a legume on gra10s. ~'hank s are due to F'. Cooper, Ltd., seed merchants, :\ elh~1gt~n, who donated some fifty-three packet. of seeds tor tnal m th~ plots. Some w er e sown on September 29 and the remamder on October 22. The results of these will be published later.

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In the New Plymouth vVinter Show, 1924, our Preparatory boys competed in the Mangold Competition of the Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs. The following are the results :-Noel Brookman, 1st mangold chart, 3rd mangold (show); D. Jackson, 2nd mangold (show). 'rhe Board of Governors' prize for the best kept plot at school was awarded to Noel Brookman. The new demonstration lawn, consisting of a pure 10 ccding of Brovm 'rop (Agrostis tennis) is making very satisfactory growth and promises to provide a good wearing surface, not greatly affected by unfavourable weather conditions. Early in the spring it was top-dressed with superphosphate at the rate of 3 cwt. per acre, with b eneficial r esults. RYECOl1-N (SEC ALE CE11,EALE ). Thi::; was 10own on May 28, 1924, to provide green feed in winter and early spring. It made b etter growth than It the other fodder crops and was relished by stock. was cut and carted out when about 4ft. high . It is a crop highly spoken of in Southland and should find more favour in the North Island.

HOUSE NOTES. (E. B. Mason. ) During the interval since our last number there has been a marked decline in the number of ''happenings'' iu boarding life, but this has not b een occasioned by a lessening of the youthful vigour, humour and " playfulness'' of the boarders. The houses are now under the charge of Mr. J. Leggat. By his efforts, following the enthusiasm shown by Mr. Kerr when h e was in charge of the hou:es in the late part of last year and the first term of this year, the houses have once more regained that discipline and spirit which are 100 cs10ential to the well-being aud .-mooth conduct of an establishment of this kind. An additional music-room has been built to meet the 'rbis room, reqnirements of a large number of pupils. being well lighted and exposed to t lt e stm, should prove a di tinct advantage to Mr. Dobson, who has hither to had to teach in rooms where the hygienic conditions were far from being good.

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Tlte two grass courts at the rear of the laundry have received a large amount of attention, and the labour expended upon them will no doubt be repaid as the season advances. Already the nearer court has been played on, while the other, though more sparsely turfed, will doubtless be ready soon.

vV e were not sorry to see the end of football this season, for it has been a more than usually long and strenuous one. Our chief regret was that t h e Day Boys could not meet us in our annual match when both sides fight for the honour of the party they r~present. Cricket is now in full swing and as everyone appears to take more interest in it this season we hope for a decided improvement in the standard of cricket in the school. \V e had our usual exeat this term-one week-end with the Monday on which to return. Great was the rejoicing when the next Monday was found to be Labour Day and this, too, proved another very enjoyable holiday. Many boarders went to the Labour Day sports and spent quite a pleasant afternoon at IN estern Park. A few of the younger boys won quite a handsome amount of pocketmoney in the juvenile events.

The younger boarders celebrated Guy Fawkes in the accustomed manner, in fact, some were so zealous that a certain master had cause to rebuke them in no uncertain manner. The erring ones were lined up in the Assembly Hall and numbered off. The total was 76. The master after a little strenuous mathematical reasoning, workecl out the maximum of ''whacks'' per boy which he felt he was capable of delivering to that great multitude. Soon the hall resounded with the whacks of a trustv cane and the howls and shrieks of the })ersecuted, who·; nevertheles. ·, appeared to enjoy the tragedy. The punishment of erring souls has taken a new form lately. Anything from fifty to two hundred weeds in the tennis courts is the favourite penalty. After one particulllrly lu crative "l1aul" the door of a master's 1·oom was adorned with sacks of the.'e weeds-the contents probabl:) amounting to thousands of those undesirable tenants of a tennis court.

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17 On the Saturday preceding Labour Day quite a number of boarders went out to Rewa Rewa range to a rifle meeting but not many were successful in gaining prizemoney, ~lthough a few won amounts not to be despised by boarders, especially when the term is so far advanced. The boarders took great interest in the Circular Road Race and nearly all who ·were able were present to witness the finish of the race. Most of them competed in either one or the other of the two athletic events which were held on the racecourse to fill in the time before the arrival of the cyclists. The long and cheerless Saturday nights during winter have been considerably brightened by the promoting by the hous~ masters of comm1.mitJ~ singing. Every b.oy ·eem.' to enJOY to the full these Impromptu entertamments, and a little variety is obtained by the performance of hakas at which a number of boys have made themselves quite adept. The Concert Club, it is rumoured, is about to favour us with a programme in the near future. The boarders look forward to these concerts and find that they disperse awhile the monotony of boarding life. It is a pity that the concert party cannot give more entertainments, but the members, it must be remembered, are not free from tl1e onerous duties of school life. One night when the boarders were at prep. a pungent, acrid odour spread through the whole house. Some boys .·cented the familiar odour and immediately shrieked "Fire! Fire!" and forthwith began to hunt industriously for the outbreak. Rumours quickly spread round the school, but the boarders maintained a disdainful air and were not to be confounded by such news. The conflagration was r eported to have engulfed the whole wooden part of the building, but the fire was ultimately discovered in a master's room. He had apparently spread his towel near a heater and the heat proved fierce enough to ignite the towel, and consequently there belched forth from the window ''huge volumes of smoke tinged with red from the blazing fire within.'' Boys seem to have a remarkable aptitude for bestowing nicknames and a few are very remarkable. Some at random are: Steak and Eggs, Frantic, Lord, Gobo, Betty, Bertha, Trollop and V oxy.

ANNUAL

CADET NOTES. (W. A. Brodie.) 'l'hat military training is considered one of the most important phases of school life is evinced by the time and trouble devoted to it; that its influence is beneficial is shown by the Cadets' increasing regard for discipline. On the other hand it gives the N.C.O. a confidence in his ability which is liable to stand him in good stead in after life. So again this year we have slipped back into the old familiar groove, perhaps to some a drudgery, but to most of us a pleasant duty. Immediately upon tl1e commencement of the third term a guard of honour of 100 picked Cadets diligently practised the various manoeuvres associated with such a body for September 17, when the Governor-General was to present the J ellicoe Cup and numerous Imperial challenge medals. Much to our disappointment the clay turned out wet so that the arrangements had to be altered, the presentations having to take place in the hall instead of on the cricket ground as originally intended. 'l'he usual class-firing, by which every Cadet haR to fire fifteen ronnel .. , has been carried on again this term, one platoon being on t h e range each clay. By means of Lieutenant A. J. King路' .. invention there is little trouble experienced in putting up targets, so that we have cliRpatchecl the clas.'-nring much more quickly than in previouR years. Fortunately with the advent of: fine weather we have been able to drill on the cricket ground again. During drill period a certain ma. ter is to be seen keeping an eye on the pitch to catch some unfortunate corporal or .'eJ路geant with his squad on the wicket.

ANNUAL

STEEPLECHAS E. (S. Fookes.)

'I'he annual steeplechases were held on Thursday, October 2, at the New P lymouth Golf Club's links at \Vaiwakaiho. Through the generosity of the club we were a Uowed the nse of the Club-hot1se as a dressing-room,

STEEPLECHASE.

All the morning the weather had been threatening, and shortly after noon there was a h eavy downpour for over half-an-hour. Fortunately the weather cleared and remained fine until after the senior event. . The sodden nature of the turf and the strong head wmd prevented fast times from being esta blishecl Sixty-eight competitors started in t~e junior event, which was won by K Scott (30sec.), wh1le C. Roberts_on, who started from scratch and finished 50 yards behmd the winner, covered the course in the fastest time. In the senior steeplechase there were about 250 starters, the winner being S. Spiers, who put up_ a fi~e performance, starting from 30sec., and also reglStermg fastest time. The second boy home was D. Robertson, . who started from scratch and ran a plucky race. It 1s an interestincr fact that in the last two years brothers have been seco~d in both the senior and junior races. In 1923 Wilson, D. (senior), Wilson, _E. _(junior) ; 1924, Robertson, D. (senior), Robertson, C. (Jumor). The capabilities of the competitors had been w~ll craugecl by the hanclicapp ers 1 as shown b;y the f~ct that m both the races a short hancl1cap competitor fimshecl first, a .-cratch man second, whilst long and short handicap c?mpctitors were well cli.'tributed throno路hont the first thirty to finish. .TUNJOR STEEPLECHASE. 'fhc Jtmior Steeplech ase, 路w hich was decided first, waR rnn over the same course as in previous years. Owing to the dead nature of the t nrf and the fast pace set, the limit men were soon caught. The _field then began to string out into groups, when r:unmng along the sand-hills, where three boys had obtamed a good le~d . Soon after Scott and Gardiner were leading, but With l1alf a mile to go were joined by Hinkley, C. Robertson and JolmRon. Comin()' through the last gate, a couple of hundl'C'd ynrd. from home, Scott as.-umed t h e lend from Robei'tRon and finished stron gly with yarcls to spnrc. The next three men, Hinklcy, Jolmson nnd Gardiner were cloRe 1og ther. Details:Actual t ime. 1. K. Scott ( 30sec.) ......... .... 13min. 56sec. 2. C. Robertson (scr.) . ..... . ... 13min. 27sec. 3. C. Hinkley (scr.) ............ 13min. 35sec. 4. N. J ohnson (20sec.) . . . . . . . . . . 14min. 2sec.

ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.

5. Gardiner (20sec.) .... . . .. .. . . 6. A. Smith (30sec.) ... . ........ 7. Madgwick (40sec.) .......... 8. Hudson (20sec.) ... . ......... 9. Kedgley (scr.) . .... . . ....... 10. Watt (scr.) ....... . ......... 11. Looney (10sec.) ........... . . 12. Crowe ( 40sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. H. L . Thorns on ( 40sec.) . .... . 14. Cress well ( 30sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . 15. E. Harvie ( 40sec.) .... 路 . . . . . . 16. N. Saunders (90sec.) ... . .. .. 17. Dunn (90sec.) ... .. ...... . ... 18. Pitt (scr.) . ..... . ...... ..... 19. J . McLean (10sec.) ......... . 20 Phillips ( scr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 14min. 15min. J5min. 16min. 14min. 14min. 14min.

lOsec. 24sec. 36sec. 2lsec. 2sec. 3sec. 15sec. 54sec. 57sec. 49sec. 6sec. 57sec. 35sec. 45sec. 45sec.

The next to finish were: D. Jackson (10sec.), Palmer ( 90sec.), Insull ( 40sec.), G. Saunders ( 40sec.), Ford (30sec.), McLean, P. l<'airbrother (90sec.), Lewis (90sec.), G. Harvie ( 40sec.), P. JVIoyes ( 40sec.), 'l'rueman (30sec.). SENIOR S'l'EEPLEC HASE. The senior course was the same as in previous years. A handicap of 2-搂- minutes was conceded by the scratch competitors , D. Robertson, C. Gilmour and D. Crawford. After covering half a mile D. Robertson had greatly improved his position. On returning to the links from the beach Spiers and Davis were in the lead well ahead of the Davis soon dropped out and rest of the COirJ.petitors. Spiers led over to the fairway by about 100 yards from Robertson, who had come up from scratch. Then came Waite and Warner. Going round the hill Spiers greatly increased his lead and won with ease by 48 seconds from Then D. Robertson, with W aite and Warner close up. followed the other competitors . eparated by very short intervals. Details : Actual time. 1. S. Spiers ( 30sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24min. Osec. 2. D. Robertson (scr.) .......... 24min. 18sec. 3. Waite (70sec.) ........... ... 25min. 40sec. 4. Warner ( 60sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25min. 37sec. 5. H. H. Brown ( 80scc.) . . . . . . . . 26min. 7sec. 6. J. Bea ven ( 50sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . 25min. 39sec. 7. Buckeridgc (60:ec.) ... ... . .. 25min. 50sec. 8, J. Jiutchinson ( 40sec.) .. , ... , 25min, 31sec,

A. J. PATERSON. Captain First Fifteen, 1924.

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9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Li. Hi. ] 7. ] 8. Hl. 20.

'l'uffer y (10sec. ) . . . . .. . ... .. . '\Y. Rawson (30sec.) . . . ... . . . . List ( 60sec. ) . . ..... . .. . . . . . . E. J ackson ( 40sec. ) .... .. .. . . N . lVIacDiarmid ( 30sec.) .. . . . . Betts ( 70sec.) ... ..... . . . . . . . Buick ( 80se c.) .. . .. ... . .. . . . Brocli c (10. ·cc.) ... . . .. ...... . R. Brown c (60src.) .. . . .. . . . . Lobb (fiOsec. ) ... . . . . . .. . . . . '1.'. Bellr inger (60src.) .. .. . .. . B~1Xt er ( 60sec.) . . .. . . . . . ... .

25min. 25min. 26min. 25min. 25min . 26min . 26min. 2:imin. 26min. 26min . 26min . 26min.

5sec. 35sec. 10sec. 59sec. 53sec. 4sec. 48scc. 42sec. 34scc. 36sec. 46scc. 51sec.

The n ext. 1'o fi niRh w er e : Bcnnock (11.0se c.) , \Vn lsh hnm (1.30src .), Georgc ( 60scc.), Tclfon] (30sec.), J.JI.lWrcncr (60sec.), Strombom (30scc.), Gilm om (scr .), Grif fi ths (llOscc.), Gorringe (70scc.), D. Cr awfo r d (scr. ), Brec (10scc.), Forsyth (40sec.), J. \V. Rmvson (llOscc.), Gra cc ( 100sec.) , \Vebb ( 80sec.), Berry m an 80sec.), Grnszning ( 80.·ec.), Ro ebuck ( 40.-ec.), Collins (:3 0sec.) , R. 0 'De a (120scc.) . CHAlVIPJONSHIP POINTS. Scnior.-G ilmour 5, Cr awford 3. •Tnnior. -\ Va rn er :), Bn ck ericl ge 3, L obb 1. Under 14.-0. Robcrt son r, IIinJdcy :1, K r cl gley 1. Uncl cr 12. -IT. L. 'l'hom son G, E. JTarvi e 3, Tn sull 1. T n clr r 10.-N . Smmclrr.- :'i , Pn lmrr :1, Iwwi s 1.

CRICKE T . (B. B . lVIahr nj .) Although the Senior Group started practice about the middle of October and competition match es started . oon aft er, the First E leven, on account of th e '' Sports'' and t h e ·w retch ed w eath er conditions, h av e not b een able to complet e a mat ch yet. The long-await ed Old Boys' match even t uated on As a r esult of the firs t day 's play School Octob er 25. has put up a good tally and hn s disposed of four of the Old Boys' team very ch eaply, so th e finish ought t o be ven mor e inter esting t h an tha t of th e match at t h e Pukek~lra Park last season.

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A match has been arranged for the E leven against Nelson College, to be played at t he end of t h e term. It is to be hop ed this will become an annua l fixtur e, for it will go a lon g way toward s stimnlating int en~::; t and enthusiasm without which there can certainly b e no hope of reaching a high standard. In conclu sion, we wish to thank Mr. T. Bates and Messrs. Bellringer Bros., for thrir kind donation of cricket hats.

BOXI NG

NOTES.

(E. D . Gihson.) Thursday evening, November 6, saw one of the most successful boxing t ournaments that has yet been held at the school. The Assembly Hall was completely filled with enthusiastic spectators and their appreciation of the bouts witnessed was evinced by t he h earty applause given at the end of each round. The contestants were very closely matched in nearly every case, and this fact, together with the strenuous training of the competitor s, resulted in many interesting and w ell f ought bouts. Much credit is due to Mr. Eggleton and our newly appointed boxing instructor, Mr. Thompson, both of whom sacrificed much in making our tournament a successful one. vV e are also greatly indebted to Mr. Potvine f or hi s invaluable services as r eferee throughout the championships. During the evening Mr. Thompson and R. Loveridge (New Zealand amateur light-weight champion) gave an exhibition of various punches, and later on S. Higgins and Loveridge fought a very interesting exhibition bout. The following were the officials :-Ju dges : Messrs. vV. H. Moy es, J . \V. Connell, J. L eggatt. Timekeeper: Mr. G. Bertrand. Announcer: Mr. A. J. Papps. Glove stewards: Messrs. H. G. Dyer and G. Pope. Medical examiners: Drs. Milroy and Fookes. Official recorder: Mr. R. Wilson. Seconds : E. Gibson, vV. Alexander, J. 路 D . Mackay and J. Paterson. Mr. H. Potvine gave entire satisfaction as referee.

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NOTES.

'rhe following w er e the winners of t h e various champion ships :Senior Ch ampiom;h ip (LC'ppcr l\Iemoria l and Chaney Cup ) .- L . Ennis. Under llst. Cl.J ampiom;hip (Kidcl Memorial Cup).R. F letch er, 10.4. Under lOst. Championship ( Chiv er .'' Cup ) .-R. \Yard, 9.3. Under 9st. Championship (m eda l ) .- J. Galbraith, 9.0. Under Sst. Championship (medal ) .-N. Roebuck, 7.5 . Under 7st. Championship (m edal ) .-R. Satherly, 6.7. Under 6st. Championship (medal ).-V. Madgwick, 5.1. Under 5st. Championship (medal ) .-B. Crow, 4.10. The following bouts w er e previously decided:Under Sst. : Ro ebu ck beat 路w asher; H. Fookes beat Cleland 路 Barlow beat B eaven; and \Vybourne beat Ross. Und~r 7st.: Satherly beat Carter. Under 5st.: Madgwick def eated Andrews; J\lercer defeated Korkis. The bouts consisted of three two-minute rounds. Vve are indebted to the Taranaki Herald for the f ollowing r eport of the championships:THE BOUTS. UNDER FIVE STONE. FinaL-B. Crow (4.10 ) beat Lile (5.4) . Crow had every bit the hest of th e fi ght in the fir st round, and forced Lile from corner to corner. Lile made an effort to parry his opponent's blows in the second round, but Crow had him completely at his m er cy, and the fi ght was stopped. UNDER SIX STONE . Final.-Madgwick (5.1) defeated Mercer (5 .6). Madgwick, although lighter t han Mercer, had the advantage of a longer reach, and u sed his left to a dvantage. In the second round h e continued to beat off his opponent with his left and an occasional right cross. As Mercer was plainly distressed the r efer ee named the winner before the conclusion of the round. UNDER SEVEN STONE. Final.-R. Satherly (6.7 ) d efeated R. Hutchen (6.13). This contest was decidedly more interesting than the last mentioned, for the boys w er e evenly matched in every

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r espect, and did not h esitate to make it willing. I-Iutchen vvas the prettier boxer of the two ; his footwork was Satherly did the clever, and h e used both hands fr eely. than likely more was it and leading, the of greater part His his aggressiv e tactics that gave him the decision. no by e er w but wildly delivered were times all blows at means la cking in force. Satherly scored in the second ronnel with his le£1-, but h e w as genera lly met with a nice rig-ht cross that made him guard his fac e. A str enuous pace was set by Sathcrly in the last round, but I-Iut~hen stood up to him in a commend able mann er and provided 1h c sp ectators with an excihn g bout. UNDER EIGHT STONE. (7. 5) outpoint cd Barlow Sc mi-finals. ~Ro e buck were all in tbc winner's which rounds three (7.Jl ) after II. li'ookc: (7.13) defeated Wybour ne (7.13); favour. \Vybour ne was a ver y dctermi11 cd boxer, but failed to counter Fookes' straight left, which r epeatedl y smashed into \\ ybonrne 's f ace. Final.-R oebuck beat li'ookes. Fookes used bis left well but Roebuck never failed to connect with his right cross, which often found a mark on Fookes' face. The first round was even . Tn the second Fookes was more aggr essiv e, but in coming to thr · attack was in clin ed to let his gna rd drop. This eventual ly proved to be hi s downfall, for Ro ebnck connecte d with a few r ight s to J·h e jaw tbat left Fookes in a dazed condition . UNDER NINE STONE. Semi-fin als.-H. Brown (8.8) defeat ed Green (8.12); Green h ad weight and reach in his favour, but owing mainly to apparen t ignoran ce of the game h e failed to advantag e by either of these points; his face was ever an open target for Brown's left. J. Galbrait h, a bye. Final.-J . Galbrait h (9. 0) beat H. Brown (8.8) . Galbraith had the attributes possesse d by Brown's former opponen t, and h e certainly made use of t hem. His long reach made Brown's straight left of no use, cons equently the lighter boy h ad few chances of getting his blows home, exceptin g upon t h e few occasion s when there was any in-fightin g. Brown gallantly survived the first two rounds and the ma jor portion of tbe la st round befor e he wa13 forced to acknowl edge defeat.

:BoXtNC NOTES. UNDEl~

'l'EN STONE.

li'iual.- R ·ward (9.3) defeated K. 1\iley (9.5). \\ arcl 's powerfu l left s and rights to the body complete ly upset Riley at the start, but h e settled clown later in the round and occasion ally connecte d with his opponen t's f ace. Riley 's blows had little effect on ·ward, who was boxing magnific ently. His footwork was a treat to watch and his blows wer e n ever signalled and came cleanly from the shoulder s. W arcl lost little time in mixing it in the sec ond round, and after landing a few lefts and rights Hiley 's condition was such that the r ef er ee was forc ed to stop th e bout. UNDER ELEVEN S'l'ONE. Semi-fin als.-A. Brodie ( 10.1 ) beat M cLean (10.7 ). The first round was very even. McLean was, however , slight ly in the lead owing to the fact that h e had a longer r each than Brodie and used his left more skilfully . Brodie improve d immense ly in the second round. He 'vas by no means a scientific boxer , but his abundan ce of pluck and enduranc e more than atoned fo r t hat. Brodie 's persisten t attackin g upset l\1cLean in the last round, and h e won comforta bly. Fletcher Fletcher (10.4) beat D. Co op er (10.2). scored h eavily with a beau tiful left, but in using it h e was inclined to let his guard drop from his face, so leaving it expose d to attack. Coop er fo u ght through the first and ~econd round ~ in a cr editable manner, and now and then conn ected wit h a right cross. li'lctch er wa: U>;in g both lwuds to perfectio n in t h e last r ound, but the fi ght had to be brought t o an end as Coop er was beiug punished too much . Cooper mad e a very plucky :howi:ng, however , aud wa.· applaude d by t h e spectato r.· as h e left the ring. .F'inal.- li letcher d efeated Brodic. This was by f ar the most exciting bout of the evening. Broclie continue d to employ his tactics of continua lly rushing t o t h e attack and endeavo uriu g to rattle his opponen t. His attempts io ruffle li'letch er wer e futile. li'letch er show ed a far better knowled ge of t h e game than hi~ opponen t, and at the end of the first round had a comforta ble lead in points. Brodie did his fair share of leading, and both boys deliver ed some stiff blows. In t h e second round Fletcher drew Broclie 's left time and again and right crossed him with a powerf ul blow. Broclie 's blows were inclined to b e wild, and his opponen t took the majority of them on the

FOOTBALL.

g~ove . Fletch er took advantage of every opeJJing afforded lm.n ~n the .la~;t l'Olllld, anc1n·pcatrdly drove hi~; lightni11g lcH m1o h~ .· opponent'~; fac e. Brodi c kept up a clogged attack until the sound oJ the gong, but l1i~; efforts were not r ewarded with success. SENIOl~

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L. Enni.· (10.6 ) clef at •d \\' . P •nnJaJl (10.-1:). Ennis although ~;hort •r in t he r eac h of t ll c two, u~;cclllis left witl~ ~letermination. His one endeavour wa s to make th e fightmg clo:e and :o make Penman\ long·er r each u~; eless. Thi.plan was naturally the b est to adopt for the shorter boy, and had Penman but k ept the bout open the possibilities ar e that h e would have won. Ennis scored with nice left Jabs to the bo~ly in t he :second round, but was stopped upon one occa . Ion by a stiff upp er-cut. P enman absorbed a g?od deal of puni.-hment which could well have been av01~ e cl h ad h e been aggres~;ive in.-tead of continually k eepm g on the defence. Ther e was litt le of interest in the la st round; Ennis continued to do most of the l eadinO'. Both boy.- Vi'er e over-fond of clin chino·, and this naturali)r robb ed t h e fight of a gr eat deal of it:o interest.

FOOTBALL. (A. J. Paterson.) 'l'he 1924 season has, like its two predecessors, been mo::;t ~ucc es~ful from every point of view. Not only has the First. Fifteen attained the high standard set by the two prevwus teams, but t h e junior teams also have shown a gratifying improvemen t on t h e standard of previous year s and, alt hough we are lo sing many of our best player.::> at ~he end of t h e year, the outlook for the future is ~till bnght. Good r esults, however, can only be obtained 1f ~n. future the fifteen devotes itself as seriously to trammg as tlus year' · team has clone. At the be()'innin"' of th e season matter s did not look bright, for the fi~·::;t fe; games wer e most crude e1:nd unas.suring; but gradually playe!·s w er e : ortecl ont wto th e1r correct places, and combmatwn b egan to ta k • ::; lwpe. By the Lime haU t h e sea~on wa s over the t eam was HOt r ecognisable as the same which took the field earlier in the season and we r ealised that, d espite the ab::>ence of many of ou{· previow year's

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champions the team :ohould put up good fights in t h e inter:chool games. 'l'he first game was the l\•Ioao;car Cup game with vVanganui 'l'eclmical College. In this the team played disappointingly, and although we managed to snatch a narrow victory, the team realised that much better efforts were n ecessary and trained accordingly. 'l'hen [ollowed the annual fixture with W an ganui Collegiate School, played this year at New Plymouth. In this game the team came to its true f orm, but lmfortunately Alexander, our moi:it exp erienced fiv e-eigh t h, broke his collarbone and wa.- out of action lmtil the last match of the season. His los.- was greatly felt in t h e r emaining matches. Then followed the most str enuous game of the season-that against 'l'e Ante for the Moascar Cup, from which \V C emerged with honours even. The following Saturday found our Auckland Grammar School friends here, and after a brilliant game our opponents were victorious by three points. This was the first defeat sustained for three years, and we wish to congratulate the Grammar School boys on their succes ·. The t eam then left for Nelson, rather weary and worn, but the trip freshened us up, and on a muddy ground we emerged vict orious. The holidays then gave t h e team a muchneeded r est, and it was at full str en gth and at t op form for the last match of the season, that against Mount Albert Grammar School, whom w e were pleased to have with u for a few days. On a wet clay th e team gave its best exhibition for the year and succ eeded in retaining the Moascar Cup. Thus ended a very str enuous and successful season. The Second :B'ifteen has al. ·o had a most successful season, and is probably better than any second fifteen of the past. Being considerably h eavier t han the First Fifteen, especially in the forwards, it was able to provide excellent practice games for the first. , and no praise is too high for these boys who came out clay after day without fail to give this much-needed practice. In the Taranaki Third Grade Championship it did very well by winning most of it:o matches, and would have clone still better had it not had to supply as many as five or six players for the First Fifteen when some of th e latter were injured. , 'l'he Third FHtcen succeeded in wi1ming the 'l'ar anaki li'om·th Grade Championship . 'l'hey played consistently clever football throughout the year, and put t h e seal on their perfmonnances by brilliantly def eating Hawera Technical School First Fifteen in the finaL

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'l'JJe FourtL, l!'ifth, and Sixth Fifteens played in the same Fourth Grade Championship with varying f.iucce. s, but the experience gained by all these boys will be of great value next season. Lower down the School wa · divided into groups each under a master well versed in the art of the game, and all experienced a pleasant season. vVe wish to thank 1\Ir. andlVIrs. l\IIoyes for .·o kindly entertaining visiting team. · and our own, the good p eople of New Plymouth who took visiting teams to their home. during their stay in this town, and the masters who have clone so much for us in the way of organising our games and coaching the teams. To Alexander, who represented Taranaki against Wellington and played a brilliant game, and to our last year's capta in, H. \Y . Brown, now in England as a member of the All Blacks, we also extend our congratulations. \V e confidently expect great things in the fnturc from the r two players. COMPETITION MATCHES.

'l'hc first match was against Star. Although 11t • ground wa. · sodden School played good football, w.inni.11g the match by 17 to 0. lVIackay kicked three penalty goals. Bellringer and Crawford scored a try each, one of which Paterson converted. The second match was played against Rahotu at Rahotn. Good play was hampered by a ~:;tl·ong· wind, but ll CYer1 1l cll'ss Haltotu dcfratccl m; bv 17 to 13. Crawford scored t"·o tries and 1Vlacl;.ay coHv~rtc d both and l\icked a pemLlty. 'l'ltc 1hirclmatclt "·as played against Okato Hutl iu au unintcr •sling gmne School wo11 by 1± to 13. Tries were scored b~v 'l'iplady, lVIackay and Alexander, while Petty converted one t ry and Urawford kicked a penalty goal. 'l'he Iom·th match wa:; against H.ahotu, and School, ,l'lJo played brilli<mt fooi b;1ll, left the fidel victorion;; by ~4 to .). Cntwiord sco l'cd 1hrec tries, N. .1!1 ooke!:l, 1VIackay aud 1£1mis one ·acL. l\Iackay COliY crtcd t hrc · tric:;. 'l'he fifth match was played against Old Boy:;. School took the field without several of the permanent members, who were sufferin g from injuries .·ustained on the previou s Saturday. lVIackay, S. Fookes and Fletcher scored tries, the final score being 9 to 5.

MOASC AR CUP. Presen ted by t he N .Z. Mounte d Rifles Rugby Team for compet ition among the Second ary Schools of New Zealand .

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l'hc sixth match wa s played against 'l'nkapa, and after a very close game School emerged winners by 8 to 6. Bellringer scored one try and Mackay scored a try which he also converted. Although w e had competed in the First Junior Competition with mark ed success, we found it impossible to complete the programme of matches owing to the number of secondary school engagements w e w er e about to fulfil. SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENTS.

On Easter Saturday a seven-a-side team, comprising l\Iackay, Patersou, Fletcher, Alexander, :i\Iason, Gibson and Ennis, journeyed to Kaponga to take part in the tournament. In the first round we defeated Kaponga B by 13 points to nil. l\!Iackay scored two t ries, both of which In the he converted, while Pater son sc ored one try. second TOlmd we met Stratford A, who d efeat ed us by 13 \V e wish to point:> to 3. Mackay scored for School. tilank l\Ir. and l\Irs. l\IIoss for so kindly entertaining us. On June 3 we enter ed two teams for the D ewar Shield to nmam ent at Stratford. 'l'he A team was d efeated in the first round by Stratford A by 3 points to nil. The B team, how ever, played meritoriously, r eaching the semifinal, where Toko, the ultimate winners of the tournament, defeated them by the narrow margin of three points. W ANGANUI COLLEGE MATCH.

Tile \\ angauui Collegiate team ani vcd on July 24 aucl w er e met by 1\fr. 1\IIoye::;, Mr. Papps and mem bers of tile School team. Once again we hav e to t h ank the kind people o拢 this town for billeting the W anganui team. 'l'h e matc l1 wa::; played in fine weather and after a ::ip 路ctacular and exciting game School emerged victoriou:>. \\ c arc indebted to the Taranaki Daily News for the following account:\Vanganui ki ck ed of[ with t he :> till at t h eir backH, and th ' Ne w Plymouth back.路 almo:;t iuuuecliately openccl out in a couple of bright pa::>sing rush c::;. The passing, however, wa::; h esitant and the visitors tackled solidly and Hooking cleanly the New Plymouth forwards surely . s nt the backs racing to the twenty-five flag, and the attack was sustained till Duncan broke through with a tricky run. Both t eams were settling down to their task,

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the deadly tackli11g, however, preventing dangerous invasions by either set of backs. At this stage the visiting qacks were handling splendidly and swept the home team back to the twenty--five line, where Ormond was grassed. A free-kick against the visitors swung play back to half-way, where a poor pass from Ormoncl to Carroll let New Plymouth through. An exciting passage occurred when H. McKenzie initiated an in-and-out passing bout which carried \V anganui well down the lin e, but the New Plymouth for·wards with a splendid rush swept right down the field and Gibson appeared to score. '!.'he referee's verdict, however, was a scrum out. Throwing the ball about in a breezy and convincing style, the visiting backs swept down almost into New Plymouth's territory, where Scanlan tried a penalty kick which went astray. Wanganui h eld their advantage t ill the New Plymouth forwards carried all b~fore them and shot the ball out to the backs. The leather came to K. Fookes, who had two me·n in attendance. Shaking off a half-tackle by H. McKenzie, h e cut in brilliantly and made a stab run for the line, scoring a splendid try near the posts. Petty narrowly failed with the kick. New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Jury and Bernau led the visiting van back to the attack, and Scanlan broke away spectacularly before whipping the ball out to W. McKenzie. The latter passed forward to Carroll, and an almost certain try was thrown away. vVanganui passed out from the scrum, and only sound tackling k ept the line intact. Once more the New Plymouth forwards brought relief, and from a line-out Alexander cut in and whipped the leather out to Fookes. Revell was the next man and h e dashed through like a champion to score a brilliant try by the pbsts. Petty missed another easy kick, and after half an hour's play the score was : New Plymouth .... . . . .......... . Wanganui .... .. .. . .. .. . . .. ... . .

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The New Plymouth backs unwound another of their brilliant bursts, Mackay racing t hr oug l1 to J·h c twentyfive flag. Petty made a promi,·in g run but pas. eel wildly to l\Iackay, and Scanlan jumped into the breach, .·napping up the ball and making a thirty yards dash along the

tou ch-line to scor e iu the comcr. Carroll 's kick f rom a difficult angle was short , and immediately after the halftime bell ::;o unded with the scor e :New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vVanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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\V anganui had a slanting sun to face in the second spell. '!.'he home back::; quickly jumped into their stride, but Uardner wa~:> the first to hoist the danger .::> ignal, his pass after a breakaway uot being accepted. Two kicks by N cw Plymouth rebounded and \ iV anganui swarmed clown. A line-out took place in the corner and W. McKenzie n earl y scored, Petty forcing just ahead of him. Paterson gave r elief and play crossed the half-way line, where Ritchie put himself offside. Mackay made a good but unsuccessful attempt to turn the chance into points. New Plymouth were making the pace a ''cracker,'' the ball being throvvn about with a sparkle and precision delightful to watch. l\Iackay was sent away on a clash for the line, but McKenzie came in well with a diving tackle. Out flash ed the ball through the backs to the other side. Crawford lost possession, but picked the ball up smartly at the twenty-five flag and, after a short run, passed in to the forwards. :B'our of them were together and S. :B'ookes took the pa. ·. ·, hurling himself over the line to score. It was an inspiring piece of good forward play. l\'Iackay 's kick was short and low . New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W anganui ...... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Another surprise wa s in store for W anganui. Alexander, after cutting his way through ti1e visitors' ranks, threw the b all to :B'ookes, who cut in and passed in to Revell. l\1ackay joined in at the end of the chain and raced over at t h e corner and round n ear the post~ . Alexander converted, r aisin g the score toNew Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 \.minute late1· 8 . .B'ookes was off-side just outRidc his 1w ent y-fty e, and, CH lllan ki ck ed a :splendid goal. New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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l'layinO' ~with superlative dash the home team, bo~h backs and forwards, swept down in loose passing ru~~es, an in-field kick by 1\tlackay, . well followed up, pr01msmg trouble, but H. McKenzie, who had played a good game tli.roughout, was there to force the ball. . Duncan too~ an involuntary pass off-side and vVangamu were penalised just outside their twenty-five. Mackay made a splendid attempt, the ball sailing a little outside the p~st. Crawford kicked hard and H . McKenzie forced agam. After a long period of inactivity the W anganui backs emb arked on another excursion, Scanlan penetrating the defence, but Carroll failed to accept a pass in a splendid position. \V anganui were getting the ball more from the scrum, but Scanlan was apt to carry his cutting in tactics too far. Ormond found his feet but passed short to Carroll. Mackay dashed in and drew away from Ca.rroll, endino· a spectacular sprint of sixty ya rds by scormg a try which had the big crowd on the tip-toe of excitement. He failed to add the extra points and the score read:New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .Alexander who was reported to have broken his collar-bone in the first spell, received a fresh injury and had to retire. Fookes and Revell closed up and McLean came on as centr e. Bright passing bouts in ·w anganui ': twenty-five tested t h e vi. itors' defence. Following. ,a period of tight work and a hot melee under \Vangamu s "'Oal posts Scanlanmade a determined dash clown the line, giving a 1;rctty in-field pass to Cnnoll, who was prom1)tly upended. New Plymouth suffered another casualty whe11 Mason, the half, retired injured and waioi replaced by Grant. Ormond da:hecl through, being tackled near the lin e and vVanganui strove hard to dimini.-11 t h e gap in the sco1:es. The dying stages saw vVanganui still on the attack but play had swung back to midfield when the whi.·'tlc ended a memorable match, the final score beingNew Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·17 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 l\olr. A. H. Guy refereed. In the evening both teams ·w ere the guests of Ivir. and Mrs. Moyes at a pleasant dance in the School Assembly Hall. The W anganui team left for home on the :B'riday morning.

MT. EDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL MATCH,

On Friday morning, September 22, the Grammar School fifteen arrived with Mr. Rvder a former master of our School, in charge. During th~ir stay here they were billeted ·with citizens of the town. \¥ e take this opportunity of thanking these people. 'l'he match was played in a fin e school spirit and to the Grammar fifteen we extend our hr artiest con,.,ratulations for their brilliant victory. b After the match the .two teams dined at the Terminus Hotel and afterwards proceeded to Everybody's Theatre where a very interesting programme was screened. Mem~ bers of both teams were the guests of lVfrs. Rocbnck at a ycry enjoyable dance on l\'Ionday night. \V e were unable to see the Grammar team off on account of our leaving for Nelson before they left for Auckland. However, most of the Grammar tca.m were at the station to bid us farewell on Tuesday morning. 'fhe team left for home on Tuesday night. \¥ e are indebted to the 'faranaki Herald for the following account:The teams took the field as under:i\~lckland Gra mmar .-Eclmonds, Minn s, Matheson, llntclnson, Stewnrt, Ilorslcy Merccli1·h \Vells \Vinstone Wathin, Colgn_n (captain), J\;IcCarthy, ;fhomp~OlJ, Bailey:

On. N.ew Plymouth Boys' High SchooL-Petty, Mackay, Lovcnclge, Crawford, Revell, K. Fookes Mason Paterson (captain ), 'fiplady, Bcllringer, S. Fooke~ Bleak'ley Read Ennis, Gibson. ' ' ' Playing with the sun in their faces in the first quarter, Grammar commenced to pass immediately, Hutchison over-running on the ·wing. In the next instant Loveridge High School's centre, got a very bad .. mack on the head and was out for some time. He ultimately played on but was very groggy. 'fwo penalties against High School followe\1, and from the second Hutchison went near goaling. Senclmg· th e ball back quickly Petty returned play to half~ay. Obtaining possession from t he scrummages and the lme-outs, Gram1~ar attacked and passed nicely, but the ball went awr:zr .m the three-quarter line, and Loveridge headed an exc1tlng rush to Grammar's lin e, but the defence held, Horsley and Math~son were next seen racing

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awa~r down the right wing, but Mackay marked when the latter centred, and Petty later found t ouch at half-way witlJ a g-reat kick from almost 1mder th e bar. Grammar's tall forwm:cli'i h11cl an rn~y task in the lin e-onts, and IIntchiRon nncl Mathcson fta : :dH'd awa y on the left wing, but with a brilliant tackle Loveridge cut the movement Grammar's fast, h efty forwards played havoc short. among the School backs, smoth ering Mason, the half, who seldom h ad posseRsion in the early stages of the game, the back s consequently lacking their usual swift passin"" rushes . '.J' h e Grammar rearguard, well served with the ball from its doughty pack and .b y Mereditb, the half, showed great dash and speed, compelling School to defend hard. Petty at full-back was magnificent with his linekicking and fast f ollowing up, which time and again Just befor e th e first quarter closed turned the attack. l\Iinns, receiving the ball from his in side men, made a great run down the left wing, being thru st into touch by Petty just as h e was about to score. High School attacked on changing oYer, but their passing seemed to lack its u sual crispness, and by the time the ball reached a winger there wer e always three Grammar men to deal with him. Mackay went near goaling from a penalty, but Hutcbison recovered a lot of ground with his kick at half-way. Matheson, a dangerous man, cut through beautifully. His pass was over-run and Grammar lost a fine chance to open the scoring. It was apparent, however , t h at they could not be kept out for long, and almost immediately swept down field, Hutchison running with great dash on the wing. Just in front of the line Petty took him and h e passed back into the ruck. Matheson got across, but was recalled. .After several scrums right on tbe line McCarthy dived for a good try which Hutchison failed to improve. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 School played bard with th e forwards attacking. Grammar were penalised at quarter-way, and from an angle Mackay regi. tercel a poster. Soon after Grammar registered a second try when Loveridge, when def ending, misjudged and kicked infield. Horsley fielded the ball, and in a flash sent away a fast line of b acks, Hutchison ·w ells' kick grazed scoring as he was felled by Petty. the outside of the post. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 High School ..... , , , , . , . , , .. , . , . . 0

_School retaliated "':ith a dashin g rush into Grammar's t~rntory, where. Lovendge, beating his inside opponents mcely, passed wide t? P at erson, who sent Mackay racing down touch for t h e nght corner, where he scored after a fine run. Mackay failed to improve his try, and halftime sounded, the scores being:

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In making the opening which culminated in School scoring, Loveridge got another knock and had to b e assisted off the field. He was unable to continue, and the School team wa~ re-arranged, 0 'Halloran going into the pack, Read playmg rover, and Pater son taking the centre of the three-quarter line. The On resuming School showed improved form . forwards battled hard against their bigger opponents and commenc ~d to feed their backs, who passed better. Gramn::ar &'ot mto trouble through Edmonds fumbling a long kick from Petty, who tackled over the line but Edmonds saved t h e situation for hi. · side by holding' the ball tight. Grammar st alled off a number of attacks by stalwart defence . Revell tried to cut in under the bar and Grammar School were not to be late~· touched down to r elieve. demed, and th~ fo~·wards _swarmed about Grammar's goal, where Read, p1ekmg up m the loose, dived to score near t~e post. Mackay, though awarded no charge, failed to kiCk an easy goal, the ball veering outside the upright. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Excitement on the terraces became intense . School continued to show bett er form in the backs on the attack but ~rammar al~¥ays appear ed dangerous, the visiting five-eighths showmg more initiative and cleverness than the local pa~r. School were. ha1:d put. to it defending when Hutchison found the hn e m their quarters with a ~rand penalty kick, but Hutchison and Matheson h ad no J~stificat.ion in attempting drop-kicks after making splendid. openmgs. They were both poor attempts and allowed the1r opponents to clear to mid-field. Grammar's attack became hotter. Colgan made a splendid run from half-way, and then sent Matheson and Hutchison sailing abreast ~own the left wing, with only P etty between them and the line. Petty was equal to the occasion. .All Matheson had to do was to pass to Hutchison and a try was a certainty,

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but just when the latter expecte d the ball h e saw Matheson cleverly grabbed , ball and all, drop like a stone. Hutchis on got moving again and raced for the corner. 'fhen all of a sudden h e cleverly attempt ed to beat the defence by sh-ooting a long pass in-field, where half-a-d ozen Unfortu nately he threw the ball men waited to score. forward and play wa>: recalled after the ball had be en forced. Gramm ar h ad missed their ch m1ce, but continued to press. Scl10olm anagecl to keep them out nntilth e final quarter . It was apparen t that the po.·sibil ity of a draw was not satisfac tory to Gramm ar, who up to this stage h ad appeare d cautious . Throwi ng ca ution to the winds, but keping a ·w atchful eye, tl1e visitors began to throw the ball about and open up play in the hope of fmcling a weakne ss. '!'h eir bncks speeded np consid er ably just befOJ· e the close of tllr third qnnrtr1· nncl showecl fln sh es of b1·illiant combin ation an cl passing . On changin g ends for the final period School had to contend with a. low sun in their fac es, which had trouble d Gramm ar in the previou s spell. 'l'he game became faster, with School attackin g, but they were confron ted with a solid defence, which at any momen t the norther ner seemed capable of turning to attack After defendi ng for a. time Gramm ar got into try-gett ing action. The backin..,.np of one another was excellen t, ancl running with great clash they made ev ry tackler feel the weight of a runner. The visitors swept the field in a rush in which bacln:; and forward s took part, seeming always to have two men Crawfo rd turned the rush by to the defende rs' one. finding touch, and School kept them out for a. while. Then, as the result of one of the finest concert ed passing moveme nts one could wish to watch, came a brillian t try. From a scrum n ear half-wa y the ball flashed along the line to Hutchis on, on the left wing. Blocked , he returne d it infield, where his inside backs and forward s swept down in a line towards the School goal-lin e. For a momen t the rush faltered , and then W atkin, th e last of nearly a dozen to handle, dived in for the try midway between the flag and posts. Hutchis on fail ed at goal. Gramm ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Even then Gramm ar by no means appeare d safe. Excitin g play followe d and enthusi asm ran high on the terraces as Crawfo rd went racing for the left corner,

Oakley Studio. FIRST FIFTEEN, 19 24. ( H old er s of Moasca r Cup. ) Back Row: S. A. Tiplady, K . vV. Bleakley, T. P. R evell , D. 0 'H: ill ornn, L. G. Loveridge, F . L. Read, R. F letcher. Middle Row: E. D. Gib so n, S. 1<~ . Fookes, vV. E. Alexande r (v ice-cnpt. ), A. J. Paterson (capt.) , J. D. :?11:ackay, K. F . Fookes, L . Ennis. Fro11t Ho11路 : A. Petty, E. B. Mason, H. E. Bellringer, D. 0 . Cr:tll' forcl.

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School where he was forced into touch at the flag. threatened to scor e, but the defence wa~ brilliant, every !llan getting his opponent as the ball flashed out to School's wingers, who were well marked. In an instant the scene changed, play sweeping to the opposite end, where lVIinns, then Horsley, were thrust out at the corner. The scrummagers of both sides worked hard at the corner on School's line, the players fighting for possession, and School cleared to quarter-way, where the Grammar hookers sent it back, but the wings got ahead of the ball. School worked up the line iuto Gram!llar'::> twenty-five and strove hard to find an opening. From the line-out the home backs attacked, but lVIackay over-ran and Hutchison cut through alone. Petty tackled his man beautifully, and once again saved a certain try. Both teams were showing the effects of a t itanic struggle, but School made one last desperate bid to score, the backs attacking in a fine run. lVIackay got possession and fle-vv down the wing for the right corner, to be cut down six feet short of the lin e, just as the gong sounded time, the cores being : Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 High Schoo.l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 lVh·. L. Goodacre was refere e.

NELSON TRIP. 'l'he O.u 'l'ue::>day, ll.ugu::>t 26, we left Ior Nelson. Grammar fifteen and quite a numb er of well-wishers assembled at the station to bid us farewell. After a tiring jom·ney we arrived at Wellington at 7.15 p.m. in time to catch the Ngaio, which left at 7.30. Most of the team retired early to bed, but we little knew of the unusual surprise t hat was to be our experience oCLtRidc Nelson Harbom. \\ e awoke after a beautiful trip acros::> to fi.nd our good ~l1i1 motionle.·s a11cl our ::>LUTOLUJdiugs <.:ompletely hidde.u by the presence of a thick fog. l.u a few homs' time the pilot arrived and we followed as we thought in safety. However, after proceeding thus for about a mile our good ship ran aground and we vvcre forced to r emain there until the Regulus took us off. \Ve eventually arrived at Nelson wharf six hours late. Our brief stay on Lhc mud-bauk cuabled a member of the party to .·how his .·kill as a fisherman.

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vVe were met on the wharf by Mr. lVIcKay and several of the boys of the College. After being introduced to our ho~:>ts we were taken to our temporary homes.

through School forwards kicking too hard. Invin was prominent in saving for Nelson by two nice marks. School were now having the better of the play, but the backs could not get a foothold in the mud and several promising bouts broke clown. From one of these the Nel. on forwards, led by Mills and N ewman, broke right through, but found Petty a stumbling· block. School for wards, led by Tiplady and Fooke:, broke away, and Nelon again were forced. 'l'hen the ball wa · kicked across the field to Loveridge, who mad e a good run and sent a.· beautiful pass to Mackay, whose speed enabled him to ·core in the corner. He failed to goal.

In the afternoon we indulged in a ing the ground in a very hard state.

~;hort

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The n ext day we played on a flooded ground with rain falling all the time. Open football was made impossible b:y these adverse conditions. W e take this opportunity of thanking J'IIr. and Mrs. Broad for their most enjoyable dance, which we all appreciated very much, also our hosts, who did t heir utmost to mak e our stay a pleasant one. 'l'he day after the match we were taken for a delightful motor drive through the orchard districts to Motueka. That night we boarded the N gaio en route for home. We wer e given an enthusiastic sencl-oif, and I think that most of us will never forget the pleasant time which we had at ''Sleepy Hollow.'' 'l'he following account appeared in the Taranaki H erald:'l'he t eams took the field as follows :Nelson College.-Biggar, Bell, Dyer, Croucher, Rutherford, \Vilkes, Irwin (captain), Airey (wing-forward ), Dart, Budclle, Newman, Collin s, Mills, Anclerson, Smith. Ne\v Plymouth High SchooL-Petty, Mackay, Loveridge, Crawford, Revell, K. Fookes, Mason, Paterson (wing-forward, captain ), Tip lady, Bellringer, S. Fookes, Bleakley, Read, Ennis, Gib:on. Nelson kicked off and School opened with a passing rush, but Crawford was blocked on the wing. A forward 'l'he School forwards being offside, Nelson relieved. launched a series of attacks, but repeated fr ee kicks to 'l'he College forwards beat College sent them back. School in the line-onts, one dang·erous rush b eing stopped 'l'he game at this by Petty in characteristic fashion. Then Nelson ~:>ta.gc consisted of spirited forward ru~;hes. worked down by means of several free kicks, but K. J;-,ookes kicked high, followed up, regained, and put School on the attack. Biggar, the J\'elson full-back, who played a fiue game throughout, saved several dangerous School rushes, in which Ennis, Gibson and Pa.terson were prominent. Nelson were forqed three times in qui•ck succession

High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A high kick by Petty found the Nelson backs out of place, but Petty threw the College full-back over the corner flag. This was at half-time. The rain ceased soon after the resumption of pl~y, but the field was m a wretched state. School opened w1th a fine passing rush from the scrum to Mackay, who was well tackled in the corner by Croucher. The Nelson forwards rushed play back. From a free kick Rutherford Then came the best movement of the failed to goal. From a scrum the ball travelled along t h e line match. of the School backs to Crawford, who passed in-field. The forwards gained possession and shot the ball back again to Revell, who handed on to Loveridge, who scored near the posts. Mackay goaled. High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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'l'h e Schoo.l forwards continued to attack, but another epidemic of free kicks spoilt their efforts from now on. The Nelson forwards, playing with renewed vigour, penned School down, several scrums on the line giving School an anxious five minutes, but t b e defence held good. F'inally t h e Nelson backs tried to open out, but the School forwards, led by Paterson, swooped down and carried the ball to half-way. Then Bellringer and Ennis led a good loo.·e ru. ·lt to the N el. ·on line, but Biggar saved finely. chool backs opened out and the ball travelled nicely along the line to Mackay, who was beautifully tackled a yard off the line by Biggar. School kept trying to use

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4] Boys' High School (Black and White) .- Full-back: Petty (10.7 ) . Three-quarter:.. : l\IIackay (·11.J2 ), Loveridge (11.7), Crawford (~ . 10 ) . F ive-eighths: Rcv ell (11.1 ), K. Fook es (10.4). Half-back: Mason (9 .7 ). Rover: Paterson, captain (10.5). Forwards : Tiplady (9.9 ) , Bell ringer (10.4), S. Fookes (11.7), Bleakley (12.7) Read (10.7), Ennis (10.7 ), Gibson (10.10 ) . Reserves:'Bac ks, Grant, l\IIcL ean ; forwards, Eaves, 0 'Ha.lloran.

their backs, but invariably lost gTound, as the Nelson forwards s·w ept through quickly, taking advantage of mishandling. Nelson then failed twice in succession at goal from fr ee kicks, but continued to keep School penned down. l\IIackay r elieved by a good kick to the College twenty-five. B ellringer went off .·lightly injured, 0 'Halloran r eplacing him. In t h e last minute School forwards brok e through. 0 'Hallo ran picked up and passed to Ennis, who made a fin e run and worked across the field to IIIackay, who accepted a pas.· and :;cored in the corner. ~r1 1 e gam e ended : Iligh School .. . . . .... -' . .......... 11 Nelson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 On the day's play t h er e wa:; little between the two sets of forwards. Ennis, B ellringer and Paterson were most prominent. The School backs were better on attack than Nelson, vvl10se backs played a purely defensive game a11cl w ere no mntch ill speed or combimttion for School's. SCHOOL v. TE AUTE.

Play was fa st at the beginning, bnt staye d in midfield. Soon K er eopa bnr.t through, but his backs failed to handle the slipper y ball nnd Crawford fo und touch. l\l[ackay put .in a great rn n for School, being tackled inside the twenty-five by Turei. Smart defensive work by Crawfo'r d broke up a T e .Ante fo rward rush and play hovered inside Te .Aute 's twenty-five. T e Aute were penalised for offside and 1\IIackay, from pa st quarter-way, landed a grand goal. High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Te Aute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

On Augu t 14 t h e 'l' e Ante team arrived by mail train and w er e taken to l\IIarsland View. l!'rom former exp erien ce: we knew t hat the T e A ute team would b e a solid proposition, and this fact was fully born e out as the report of the match which appeared in th e 'l'ar anaki Herald will indicate. 'l'he match between New J>ly111outlJ Boy:' High School ;md 'l'e ~'l..ute ollege for t he 1\Ioa:-;car ~ up was played at Puk ekma Park 'l'h e w eather, whi ch broke dull and cold iu the morning and threatened raiu, brok() about midmorning, and steady though light rain made conditions anything but pleasant. 'l'he ground was very slippery and in some places w as quite :loppy . Notwithstandi ng these conditions, t h er e was a large attendance, every vantagr point in t h e gl'Olmcl being ntilis<'d to v iew the gam , w hi ch was exh ilal'atin g- <1J1cl excit in g throughout. 'l'h<' tl·ams 1ook tlt · field as follow :T c A ute College (B lack aml Heel ) .- .l!'ull-baek: 'l'urei (12.1 ). Three-quarters : Smith (10.4), K epa (9.3), Ruru (10.12 ) . Five-eighths: Rapaera (10.4) , Seymour (10.0). Half-back : Potaka (9.3) . Rover: IIorowai (10.4 ) . Forwards: L each (13.0 ), Kaa (13.0 ), Kereopa (13.5), Wanoa, vice-captain (13.7), l\IIackey (11.8), Huata (10.6 ), 'l'ibble, captain (12.11 ) . Reserve: : B<lck, Whaipooti (10.0); forwards, \Vickliffe (11.4), Grace (12.4).

Potaka, 'l'e Aute 's clever half, was workino- his backs well and for som e time School W<'l'C hard pn t t;' it defending. W anoil l1ad a shot at goal when Sc hool were p enalised, but was widl' and School attac k<'Cl. 'l'e Aute forwards were showing the Hdv<m1age of f·heir great weight and \Va.noa led a strong rtJRh into School 's territory. Petty ·w1th a goodlncl< to t on ch ch eck r d thrm. 'J' e Ant e were controllin g t be scrnmmn gN: and with <1 series of short passing ru slws worked into School 's territory. el10ol wer e p enali.<;ed fOJ· ":feet up" and Smith ao-ain found toucl1 in side the twenty-fiv e. Tc Aute backs op~ned ont, but School wm·e tackling and smoth ering t h eir dan"'erous rushes "': e~l. School w er e holdin g the heavier team well,. but the v1srtors were too quickly around the scrum to grve the School ba cks mu ch ch ance of ()'ettina away · Te Ante backs w ere doin g all th e pas. ing. was too slip~ pery for good backplay and 'l'e A nte with possession from the scrummages suffered m ore in this respect. School pa.:sed, but Crawford on the wing failed to hold the slippery ball. . Fookes made a dash for th e corner and passed m to Bellrmger, who was felled just short of the line. School continued to attack ~nd played h ard, but Te Aute ~orwards da slwd through with Kereopa and \Va uoa h eadmg th e rush. Pett~r got int o difficulties w it h the wet ball, ?ut ~nally made a good save. School were again penalJ, eel m the left-hand corner, and ViTanoa put t h e ball just

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under the bar. Petty was playing magnificently at fullback and his fine line-kicking repeatedly stemmed Te Ante's forward rushes . School attacked in a fine passing rush, which saw Crawford make a great dash for the lefthand corner. A pass infield to Paterson saw the School wing-forward just fail to reach the line. School backs brightened up, but the spoiling tactics of the visiting :Eorwnrcls combined with a .·lippery ba ll were breakmg up manv of their back rushes in their initial stage. Considering the conditions tb e backs of both sides handled t~e ball exceptionally well and the work of the School pack m holding and stopping their opponents' heavy rushes was Just before half-time Mackay made another brilliant. attempt at goal from deep in the field, sending the ball j m;t under the bar. At half-time the score was stillHigh School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Te Ante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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High School attacked willingly on resumption, but Te Ante gave no chances. 'rurei found touch at half-way with a great kick from the twenty-five, and from the lineout School backs swept away, Crawford being downed by Turei in the corner just as a try looked imminent. Mackay had another unsuccessful try at goal from a penalty. Te Ante forwards were playing a dashing game in the open, and Leach and Kereopa led the pack into School territory. The complexion of the game changed at every instant, and immediately Paterson and Gibson were conspicuous in leading the School pack back to 're Ante',· line. School began to hook the ball from the scrum despite the weight against them, but in the line-outs they had it all against them, the burly Te Ante forwards breaking away in fine style. Te Ante attacked again, but before they had time to score School had sent them back. Potaka, Te Ante's nippy half, and Ruru combined in some nice work on the left wing and for some time the visitors threatened to score there, when Petty swept through from the back and put in a great run into the opposing territory. Still in midfield, the game continued hard and fast, It was wonderful with neither side in the ascendant. defensive tackling, though School developed a tendency to go high. School attacked hard, Loveridge and Mackay making a great run down the wing, a.nd the latter passing infield to Paterson. In a scramble School forwards got Again the acro&t, but were recalled for a knock-on. School backs threatened, again the forwards thrust over

43 the line in a scramble, but again they failed to touch down cleanly and play returned to midfield, School being nnfortuna.te not to sco~·e. From h alf-way Mackay dashed away p~ssmg to Lovendge, and sent him away down the ri"'l~t wmg. Mackay ?ame up on the outside, and Loveridge sent the ball to hun, Mackay taking tb e ball on t h e bounce 'l'e to dash around an d tou ch down behind t h e posts. Ante appealed for forward, and the referee recalled Mackay and mvarded a scrum. Te Ante ~hen attacked and Ruru went close to scorTe Ante pressed hard, their heavy pack pushin"' mg. ~he scrummages and gaining yards. Te Ante were stri;~ mg har~ to sc~re, but th.e School defended tenaciously, K er· eopa therr rushes m the early smothermg o ·. . ·sta"'es 1 \V ano3: were both close to scoring when Te Ante anc weTe penalised and Paterson found touch at half-way. Rapaera marked, and his kick again put the visitors on th: ;t~acl:, but Mason, with a ma1·k followed by a good With fo~ '~ ar cl 1~1~h, changed the scene momentarily. dner condrt~ons the game was becoming faster, with Te From a scramble on the line Tibble A.ute ~ttackmg. drvedm and scored well out. \Vanoa failed at goal.

High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Te Ante ...· ... . .......... . . ..... .

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vVitl1 hono~rs even intense excitement prevailed on ~he terraces, whrle the Te Ante team played with increasm~ dash. School delved into it vigorously, but appeared a little rattled, proba~ly. as the result of their hard luck,

but tlle game ended wrthm a few minutes-a draw: High School .···················· 3 Te Ante ......................... 3

The Te Ante team gave their haka at the end of the match, to the amusement of the crowd.

SCHOOL v. MT. ALBERT GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Th~ Mt. A lbert Grammar School arrived at New P lyrouth m charge of Mr. Hardy. Their record in Auckwas a ver:y fin~ one, they having won the Secondary sanhd · c ool Champwnshrp. We are indebted to the 'l'aranaki Herald for the report of the match.

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rrhe teams took the field as under :Boy~' High School (Black and White) .-Petty, Mackay, Loveridge, Crawford, K. :F'ooke 路, Alexander, Mason, Paterson (captain), Bellringer, Tiplady, S. Fookes, Bleakley, Read, Ennis, Gibson.

Mt. Albert Grammar School (Light Blue) .-Butler, Ash, Monk, Kirkpatrick , \Vilson, Jenkin (captain), Pirrit, Ewen, Harrop, KimlC'ar, G:wdner, 1\i(oses, Bark, Brownlee, Hen derson. High School won the toss and elected to defend the northern goaL Following a scrum at midfield, the visitors obtained possession and Pin路it sent Wilson away. He transferred to J enkin, and the developmen t of a pretty movement was spoiled by a knock-on. The Blues immediately began aggressive tactics, and a free to School brought relief, Petty finding touch at past half-way. Mt. Albert secured from the throw-in, and Loveridge wa responsible for breaking up another fine movement which was developing among the visitors' rearguard. The ball was returned to the Aucklander s' territory and fast following up saw Butler caught with the ball and he was penalised for holding on after the tackle, and Mackay, who l1acl to go wel1 back towards the centre line to get a kick, placed a fine goa l, and drew fin;t blood for the holden; of the 1Tophy, arousing great enthnsiasm among the spectatorR. 'fhis was renewed when, within a few minutes, after there had been some fine exchanges of kicki11g between the teams, a penalty was given against Ewen for offside play and Macka:v registered another goal for New Plymoutl1 from close to the same spot from which the fir:t one was kicked. The kick-off was followed by a scrum and the School were penalised for lifting their feet before the ball was in. Petty fielded the ball cleanly and set his sid e off again with a good kick, and fast following up saw Mackay and Loveridge reach Mt. Albert's territory before they were stopped. The Auckland forwards were now putting a lot of sting into the game, Kinnear, Bark and Brownlee showing out conspicuous ly. Monk had an unsuccessfu l shot at goal from just inside the half-way line, and when the ball was returned Ash took it very cleverly on the full as he was running up, and cutting right across the field drew the defence and then sent Monk and Kirkpatrick away,

SECON D FIF'l'EE N . Oaldey Studio Bnck Ro"路: T . HH ell , K. W et er e, '1'. JotH' s, M . Flet cher, R. M. Robertson, D. 0'1-I::tllor::m , J. Pease. M iddle Ro11路 : K E:~ ves, J. M unlo ch, S . Hutch en, T. Fookc., W. Brodie, D . McLean, A. \Valk er. Prollt Row: D. G. Grnnt, R. J. G:~l lnn i t h .

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the last-named getting near to the line. He then punted over Mackay's head and followed up well, but Petty saved the position by marking and finding touch well down the line. Play for a time hung among the forwards, both packs fighting hard for possession of the ball. S. Fookes, Patterson, Tiplady and Gibson were the most conspicuous in the hard-working set of local forwards and they resp onded to every challenge of their opponents, going down gamely to stop onslaughts, and repeatedly breaking right through the scrummages. Some very tight work was seen, and neither side was able to make much impression on the opposition, until Alexander, who did great work throughout the game, found a weak spot and dummied through, passing to Loveridge, who was able to dash over and 路core near the posts. Alexander took the kick, but failed to improve the score. rrhe kick-off went into touch from the throw-in. Mt. Albcrt secured and the ball travelled right out to Ash, who made a great run down the line but was splendidly tackled by Crawford. rrhe ball was shot across field and Kirkpatrick got possession, and h e raced for the line, but }o!';t po.-session when ~etting within striking distance, and Petty was again a blc to clear. School then developed an attacking movement, which broke down at Loveridge, who fa iled to gatl1cr in a somewhat difficult pass. Mt. Albert continn cd to attack, and they a}!';o had two shots at goaling from penalties, bnt neither was sncccssful, and the first :pell ended with the score: High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mt. Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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On resuming after the interval the visitors attacked hotly and ru:hed play into the home side's territory. The defence h eld, but a mistake by Mason gave the challengers a chance, and they notched ,their only score in the game. The ball came clea'hly out of the scrum to the School half, who at once dived into the ruck with it, and losing possion, a local man was caught playing the ball off-side, and from the free kick awarded to Mt. Albeit Monk placed a beautiful goal from a muddy position near the half-way line. Rain was now falling more heavily than at any other t ime during the game, and the ball must have been exceedingly difficult to handle, but both sides did well, and play ranged up and dowu th e field with lightning rapidity, the