CUPS DECIDED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 63, 18 September 1939, Page 5

CUPS DECIDED

, PAROA TAKES BRACKEN ; . WILSON TO STAR The Bracken, Cup, in . Poroporo's 'keeping for eight or nine seasons, .passed out of their hands and was given to the tender care of Paroa on Saturday Avhen the R.M. Cup Avinners beat the holders by eight points to five in an, interesting and spec•tacular game. Poroporo started with good dash' • and scored first; Parioa evened the - scores and there was a period of rather aimless play until Paroa scored "to take the lead. In the last five minutes Poroporo went into their • ■opponents in. rare style and battered ceaselessly but Paroa's Maginot Line -.held up under the bombardment. \ The teams were:— - Crapp, Villis, Hohapata Icing, Hotene, Stewart, K. Kingi, Fox B. Harawera, Lawson v Simpson, Kingi, SteAvart, Dodd. Poroporo: Kororika, Merito (2), Kingi ? S. Moelte, M. Hotene, Riini Tunui (2), Hotene. Riini, Ngouiv -\gou, Mate (2). Rangikotua. Poroporo kicked off .Avith the sun against a slight breeze. They pressed, P. Merito left-footing to the corner. He fell heavily a little "later and Avas injured. I. Riini miss•«d a long penalty but his team kept up the pressure and Riini nipped round the scrum to score. Thd liick succeeded. (.VO). Paroa seemed slow to settle do\vn j "and they were probably a little bustled, but the saturnine Crapp at fullback was very solid. P. Merito missed a penalty. Poroporo looked ■dangerous in bursts from the line•out but Paroa tied the score Avhen Hohapata gathered an infiefld pass : and diagonailly under the posts in a determined run. He. converted ;his try. (5-5), Paroa cleared after Poroporo attacked and HaraAvera lost the ball x)ver the line. Simpson now went off McCausland eventually replacirig him. Hohapata was playing a ?good game arid missed in the 'corner by little; then the first liveeighths cut in, but passed out when lie might have scbred had he held on. In the second Spell play Avas a bit .scratch}' ¥or a time. Dodd missed a . lbng shot, and Avas nearer Avith a second one. Then, ten yards over half way, Hohapata refused to let him liave a penalty and tried for goal himself. As he probably expected j "the kick missed. Play was largely in Poroporo territory. ran and sent on to /Hohapata Avho dodged down the line, passing out to his Avinger and tali-

an inpass to score. It was a brilliant rjun. Dodd missed (8-5). P. Merito tried hard with a pen- • but the ball was under the "bar. Paroa pressed and looked like scoring, one player to do well in • several rushes being Lawson, but towards the end of the game Poroporo 'swung into action. They hammered first on the left corner: and then in the right. In the left corner P. JMerito gathered the leather and dived, but he was held in midair. Had lie been a bigger man he might have . scored. Scrums on the line and five 1 yards out saw an epi?. struggle, but Paroa defended determinedly until the game ended. Mr B. Norman refereed the game. It had its rough but gen-1 *crally was well under control. STAR BEATS TANEATUA "Star decisively beat Taneatua in "the' Wilson Gup final by 21 points to five. Tariea'tUa held Star for the first x'-'-spell, but in the second, they could 4 not cope with the Star backs. Star scored early when Brown •crossed. The try was not converted. Much of the play was inside Taneatua territory } but their forwards were vigorous and cleared well. k 'Eventually the ball was whipped .smartly down the Star backline and •sent infield again for Green to score. "Thorburn goaled (8-0). This was the score at halftime. Star had no passengers, but the pack, hardly worked as a unit in the first 'half. They improved later. It looked like a score when D. Stewart came round the scrum and kicked to the fullback, Crapp picking up and throwing out to him, but Stewart was held on the line and Syk'-s saved well. Eventually, after Sykes had missed a C. >litehcll scored for Tanes.tua. Tt was giTt try. Syltcs converted (8-.>). .battered the line but could not cap the rushes off. Thom, playing quite a useful gf-me, looked like getting clear, but D. Stv.wa.rt •scored. Thorburn converted (13-5). {Continued at foot of next colum;:.)

Thorburn a little later goaled a penalty (lfi-3) then D. Morpeth got n well-earned try after he had lost the ball further up Hold Thorbunvs shot at goal ay?.:; signalled as an 'outer' by the line umpires but the referee ruled that it seraoed the oar and this was - the final score. The Rev K. J. WaNon refereed.