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half-time when Crescent got a try. In thesecond half F. O'Flynn got two splendid trieswhile Crescent got another, try. Finan wasour best attacking hack while M Tarpey \Vnflthe praise of all by his Slik nulil tat hung,CU P.MI'N(,PET v. ROCKWELL.This, our only cut) match, is one if whichthe J.C.T. may well be proud. While notwishing to take from Rockwell's will it mayfairly be said that the score did not representthe play. Our team was slow to settle downand Rockwell were Ii points up within tenminutes. After that we held them wellthough we were playing against it strongbreeze. Our misfortunes were ut yet overhowever. Early in the second half we lost T.Tutcinty who was playing splendidly, andbefore the team had settled down in the reshuffledplaces we were another eleven pointsdown. Despite the big lead and the fact thatwe were a man short we did not give up hopebut stormed away. C. Hayes gave us our firstscore and this was followed by another tryby .1. Howard At this stage we were havingH i'. ui in' c a going. P'f rt'MUNGRlT ANNUALthe end, however, F. O'F'lynn scored the besttry of the match, running from inside his ownhalf. It is impossible to pick nut anybody forspecial men' ii in a match in which all didtheir part manfully.'Ill lRl) (it' B R[ ( BY.\V&' must begin these notes by congratulatingM. Tarpey. C. Hayes, J. Geaghan, J.Howard and T. Tuomt'y on being selected toPlay for the J.C.T. It is worth noting that ofthe eleven points scored in the Rockwell matcheight were scored by Third Club players.When the season opened it was evident wehad plenty of good material to select from.T. Tuomey responded very well to the traininghi' got as full back. For it player of one year'sexperience he shows great ability. Hehas plenty of courage and his kicks areho' h ace u rate and powerful. E. Cogan whoalso played as full is good but needs to get tothe ball more quickly. In the three-quarterline J. ('allanan was mst prominent. He gavehis wings plenty of (-penings. E. O'Connor isfast on the wing and K. Breen and I). Deadycan bring off nice combination work. I.. ('reaghin itai'k and l'funee. M. Tarpeyplayed n the wing for the J.C.T. lie has agood head and is a very hard worker,Gighan J.played serum-half on the third clubfield. He has a splendid pass from the baseof the s(-rum- M. Merritt was our out-halfIle has good hands and is very fast. In theforwards we lacked neither weight nor speed.C. Haves was our hooker lie is tireless andPlays all-oul to the end. J. Goggin was honkerin the opposing pack. He is speedy and hardworking.R. .lannioui and B. Deady are twovery grind Sec ml row forwards who get lowand push hard. C. O'Brien, J. Tuomey, S.ATHLETICSCricket, handball, Cennis.Goggin and B. Hanifin were also useful in theset serums. Finally J. Howard who playedlock for the J.U.T. is 'a real asset to any serum.His forward play is excellent.S0 far we have indulged in praise. Let usnow set some of our faults. here as in othergamei, we seemed to find it difficult t0 keepour places and do our own special work andnot somebody else's. Our hacks found it hardto move up the field instead of across thefield. However with plenty of good we setourselves to correct these faults as far aspossible.42Owing to the Dr. Keane cup matches continuinginto the summer term our cricket,handball and tennis did not start as earls' asusual. Judging by the entries for the tour-naments in tennis and handball and the keennessshown at the nets we are sure to havea successful season.TIll l I I. 1 k!t;1uu, Ft. \I.nui'ii I. 1'uuun'v,J. Iboird, C. I-itc, B. Dead'Tarpev.Rapt. M. Merrill. .1. Cahlanan.j. i'uiinicV, B. l)ealv, K. ltreeui.