The annual fixture between these schools took p'ace on Sa'urday afternoon on the Recrestion Ground. In the first five minutes the Public School forwards made a rush down the field, and after some good dribbling by the forwards R. Purcell succeeded in netting the ball. Thereafter the game was very evenly contested and no more goals were seed. The shooting was feeble on both sides, but the Public "School would have scored several times if Encarnagio had not made very safe goal-keeper for St, Xavier's.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.