This match, played on the 8. M. dence by his breaks of 54, 1 37, and when Porter was w im Police ground on Saturday—after-few points of game, a steadily compiled break of 74. marred only by flukes at 35 and 63, and bringing the scores 985—796.
Bush was the first to make progress at the later session an breaks of 98. 91 and 54 showed that he was still in the running, Porter retaliated with breaks of 32 and 90: then came 35 from Bush, to which. Porter presently responded with 45. Thenceforward scoring was fairly _even-Porter made a break of 52, with 1 fluke (potting the white) at 50, Bush registered a break of 37 to which Porter replied with a break of 34, and then came Bush's break of 74, bringing the condition of the score 985-796. Br this time victory for Porter was of course a certainty, but he took sporting chances. and the winning stroke was a "ripper"—in off-the red from banlk-'At the conclusion of the game the championship cup and the trophy for the runner up were Presented to the contestants, and in reviking the presentation Capt. Barrett made reference to the excellent work done by_ the Hon. Secretary. Mr. H. E. Gibson. and Messrs. W. Campbell and W. L. Gerrard.
The game was played under the new English role that the umpire noon, provided an interesting game, which was watched by several hundreds of spectators, and resulted in a victory for the Football Club by three goals to one. St. Xavier's were without the services of H. Favacho and P. Oliveros, but the reserves who filled their places put up quite a good game and it was not the fault of the backs that St. Xavier's lost the game.
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