THE SCORE BOARD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 11, 15 May 1939, Page 5

THE SCORE BOARD

Seniors Poroporo defeated Ruatoki Paroa defeated Whakatane 2-1-G. Taneatua 11 beat Wain-.ana 0. Juniors Poroporo defeated Star 11-8. Paroa and Old Boys drew IL9. Taneatua 9 Waimana 3 THE PLAY -SENIOR COMPETITION POROPORO'S GOOD WIN The teams were:— Ruatoki (green): Trainor, V 7 ;dker Paul, Rangi, Rangiano, Rangitane Hewitt, Baker, August, Benhur, W. Rangi, Ruri Poroporo (blue): K. Roia, R. Mour. tier, I. Riini, R. King, M. I'otcne P. Rangikotua, K. Waaka, M. "Mason, D. Mason, P. Merito, T. Hii, T. Tunui J. Wharewera, A. Moore ' 7 ? .Ngoungou. Ruatoki forced the issue from the kick off, the blues accepting a force. A solid forward battle ensue! with -varying fortunes to both sides. J.ed by Mason the blues broke clear again t";nd again but the green attack helcl good for ten solid minutes reducing .the game to stalemate. Merito relieved the position with -a brilliant dash 'through. Pnroporo assumed the offensive and M, Mason seizing the opening shot through to score. The Ruatoki boys were hard put to it to clear but by half time they once again held the initiative the score being Poroporo 3, iluatolvi •vO. The second half saw a continna. tjon of the heavier type of forward play, without the backs coming into the picture until Poroporo scored .again Riini going through after a nice passing movement which included eight plaA r ers. Ruatoki had now the low sun to content 1 . wi"h &. light ,cross wind and in spite of good rallying efforts by Baker, Hewitt and August play remained in the green half. The next points were notched by Walker who scored in the corner. Poroporo 9, Ruatoki 0. In the concluding stages the green jerseys broke clear and gaining territory won through to the line where Poroporo were penalised. Trainor kicked a neat goal Poroporo 0, Ruatoki 3. Mr B. Norman was refere?". PAROA WINS 24 TO WH AK AT AN E\S G Starting with 12 Whakatane were no match for P« ; *oa in the early stages. The blue backs were scrappy and the seven forwards were beaten in the scrums. Hohapat.i rushed through and handed on to S. Bluett who scored. Dodds opened bis tally •■ m gik points with a conversion . Wiiscn got offside and presented Dodds with a sitting shot to add another three points. A moment later llohapata , cut through for Bluett t c score again. Dodds missed the k'ek. Oswald came in on a Star j°rsey in time to save a score. However Stewart scored again, in a few minutes. Dodd making the score 16 to 0. In the second half Best missed a try narrowly. Then Simpson scored for Paroa. The kick missed, but Whakatane had charged to.) soon and the second attempt went over. The score was 21 to 0 and rujn sin,red * Whakatane in the face, but from then on 'thev played with more eo_ hesdon. Best picked a penalty and missed another narrowly. Later a Paroa man held on and Best kicke;l his second goaj. For ten hi'mute.s play was in the Pasroa paddock, with

Whakatane playing like a team and doing everything but score. Paroa swung down field and Dodds fell over to score. He missed the hard kick from the side line. Paroa were definitely the better side but it is doubtful whether they were 18 points ahead. Fohapata at centre puits some sting into the .backs and the serumwork is quite good. Dodds' kicking boot is a loss to \\ ha_ katanc. The Blue men aic still far frcm fit. Their handling was bad and it took them a long time to shake down. They could possibly stand closer up. As it is now they have a tendency (to run away from their supports. Rata,, Paroa, was sent olf by Mr F. Wederell for hitting a man in the stomach. Another incident was the disputing of Best's second goal by one touch judge after th<? kick had been allowed. The ball av;;s certainly close to the upright, but it c ecmed lo clear it by about a foot. TAMATUA BEATS VV AT MAN A Taneatua had much the better of the junior game against Waimana. They forced the pace and C. Mit_ chell scored in the first ten minutes. The try was not converted. I>. i rankland got Taneatua's second try and J. Mills scored just before half time. The second half was more even, but Waimana could not score. The Taneatua players were all eager workers. Best were J. Miles, C. Gee, and for Waimana H. Spanhakc and M. Ward law. THE JUNIORS POROPORO DEFEATS STAR The teams were:— Poroporo (blue): Kopac, R. Nuku, jP. Martin, W. Ilotene. 11. Nnku H. Hotene, P. Watarawi. J. laini N. Ijer T. Riini, L. Mason, J. Knife M. Xuku, K. Kelly G. Lawson. Star .(Blue .and white)- Thom, Green, Chambers (2) ? Stubbs (2), Stewart, Britten, Brown, Sullivan, Thorburn, Wilson (2). The game was a typical forward one throughout, the packs appearing to be keen and fit. Poroporo made the first onslaught and gave Star some anxious moments while it was obvious that the blue and whites were not going to be allowed to repeat 'the walkover of the previous week. Kelly opened the score aeeoun'with an unconverted try in the corner which Star was quick to avenge Thorburn going through at the head of a forward group and touching down. The try went unconverted. Poroporo 3, Star 3. The next try came from Martin who touched down after a solo run through the opposition shortly before ha]f time. The light blue jerseys dominated the second lia.lf the forwards work, ing like a machine and bustling through to the twcinty-five line. From a loose scrum in front of blues goal Ijer dashed through to score, Mason converting with a beautiful kick. Hard keen football ensued Star defending solidly in the face of swift forward attacks. The blue and whites responded by swinging their back line into action and Thorburn taking advantage of the bounce set sail for the line and touched down behind the posts. The same man converted and the game ended Poroporo 11, Star 8. Mr J. Denham was referee. OLD BOYS v PAROA Old Boys scored their first point im the junior competition on Saturday when they played Paroa on Xo. 2 ground at Whakatane. The 'game ended in a draw. Paroa score was one unconverted try and two penalty 'goals. Old Boys secured two tries unconverted and one penalty—nine ' points all. The game was played in ?|aite a good spirit by Maori and Pakeha and both teams from the outset made the game a willing go. J. Hapopa wo-s easily the best forward for Paroa although the others worked hard. The outstanding backs were Kor a King, W. Awa, S. Mold | and K. Keepa. The Old Boys made j many mistakes offside play particularly as well a.s bad tnekiiog, all but three of the players trying to part the Paroa's boys hair. Those mistakes when remedied will make Old Bovs a hard team to beat. Of the players Rowson was good av, fallback and Moore ajt centre should make a capable first five.cighth. •''oodwin. and Tippett also played well. The : forwards didn't play as well as they did last week and the best of them were Cleland, Harrison and Dean.

Marks who was tried at live-eighths is a good forward and that's his place. Many of the others played as if they lacked training. There was no push. Paroa'ts poiints came from two penalty goals kicked by J. Hawcvj and J. Hapopa respectively and a tvv by S. .Mokau while Old Boys notched two tries( Tippett and Cleland) and Jvowson kicked a penalty goal. 31 r Jackson was referee. HOCKEY Results in the Rangitaiki Association's competitions included. A grade Rangitaiki 1 drew w-ith Rnatoki 1. S. Learning scored for Rangitaiki. B grade: Rangitaiki R beat Whakatane B by 3 to 0. Topp (lolebrook and Sainty were the score;s.