RUGBY FOOTBALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 56, 21 July 1947, Page 5

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SATURDAY’S PLAY REP. GAME DRAWN Play at the Domain on Saturday was marred by a cold strong wind. This made conditions, especially for spectators, very unpleasant. The grounds were in fair condition but were stili showing the effects of the recent rains. No. 1 ground still had the nasty muddy patch which made things unpleasant last week. In the senior .grade Whakatane drew with the visiting Poverty Bay rep. team- 11 all in a .hard game. Play was as fast as conditions would allow. Sure tackling by both teams was a feature of play and some good movements were made by both. In the junior section Paroa defeated Wairaka in a har'd tussle by 12 points to 6. Poroporo suffered a walkover defeat at the hands of United who won 38—0.

WHAKATANE 11, WAIKOHU 11 The teams were as follows: Waikohu: Scholium, B. Hollis, H. Bridge, G. Graham, Charteris, J. Ruru, M. Forward, G. King (capt), E. Newton, A. Wells, Hata, Wirangi, Haukamau, Pevreal, J. August. Whakatane; Tina Riini, W. King, Ratahi, Laurie, Nuku, Hohua, Crapp, Berg, Cleland, Dodds, Martin, Semmens, Wilson, Te Pou, Hona. Dodds and Wilson were repaced by Tetahi and Marra during the game.

Whakatane commenced with the sun in their eyes. Waikohu quickly took the initiative and forced their way into Whakatane. territory. From a lineout Waikohu took the ball to the opposite side of the field. H. Bridge put in a brilliant run and dived over in the corner, carrying the corner flag with him. He received treatment from the St. John Ambulance before returning into play. Bridge, a small player, showed a clean pair of heels to anyone on the field when he desired and is a grand little footballer.

Waikohu next took the ball in front of their own goal and streaked through with little opposition. The situation was saved by a blue man who neatly intercepted a pass and found touch with a good kick. The first score was made by Whakatane. A dribbling rush took the bail up and after a long skirmish Te Pou scored in the corner. The kick missed. Whakatane 3, Waikohu 0. Waikohu scored the equaliser just before half-time when Wirangi went over. The kick missed. Whakatane 3, Waikohu 3.

Half-time came with no alteration in the scoring. Soon after half-time Whakatane, with the sun behind them now, took a further 5 points.

From a scrum Tetahi forced and T. Hona converted. Whakatane 8, Waikohu 3. Waikohu evened things Up once; more. Newton got away with a-clear run for the line. A blue man caught him up and tackled him 5-10 yards from the pole. King who was coming up in support took over and scored between the posts. Scholium converted. Whakatane 8, Waikohu 8.

Waikohu put in a determined ef- : fort and got through into Whakatane territory. A series of skirmishes close to the Whakatane goal ended when, from a movement by the backs, Graham went over. The kick missed. 1 Waikohu 11, Whakatane 8. Time was short and Whakatane put in a determined effort. King scored by the kick missed. Whakatane 11, Waikohu 11. Both teams went hard at it but no further alteration took place. Mr J. Brown was referee. JUNIOR GAMES i , UNITED 38, POROPORO 0 United played well and had no trouble in defeating Poroporo. Scorers were: Rutherford (try and conversion), Skelton, Carling (2 tries, penalty and conversion), Quigg (2), G. Goodall, Curran, Patterson, Howat (conversion). Mr C. Wells was referee. PAROA 12, WAIRAKA 6 A good game but Paroa was undoubtedly the superior side. For Paroa D. Tawa (2), J. Whetu * anpl.J. Simpson scored and for Wairaka J. Lafferty kicked a penalty' and scored a try.