This match was played on th Polo ground on Saturday afternoon, The Public School won the toss and played wich a strong wind at their backs. spite of this the Cathedral School drew first blood, A. Carey netting the ball few minutes after the start. Then the Public School began to show excellent combination and s good run down field was completed by Barrera scoring goal for the Public School. Other goals were aided by T. Wood (2), Barrera and J. Katz and the game resulted in a victory for the Public School by five goals to one. The Cathedral School had the lighter team, bat the Public School played with only ten men for the greater part of the game. For the Cathedral School Newcomb and Macdonald showed capital form and Holroyd, at fall back, pat in some splendid work.
This was the second match in the first round of the competition for a cup presented by Mr. J. D. Bentley. The ints in the competition o far are: hanghai Public School, 2; Holy Trinity Cathedral School, 2; Thomas Hanbury School, 0.
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