CHAMPIONSHIP POLO.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2015, 24 March 1914, Page 7

CHAMPIONSHIP POLO.

SAVILE CUP.

FIRST DAY AT CHRISTCHUROH. (By Teleeraph.—Pf<H» Ajißooiatlon.l ■ Chrlstohurch, March £3. Polo play' for the Savile Cup bsgan at Hagley Park to-dtiy in the presence of a large number of spectators. The competition, was' under the general supervision of Mr. R. , Levin, secretary of the New Zealand Polo Association.

Haivartien, 19; Ranglora B, 1,

Hawardeh v. Rangiora. B.—Teams: Hawarden—F. Davison, E, Davison, Q, L. Rutherford', CO. T. Rutherford. Rangiora B— J. Chapman, B. Fear, D. Chapman, S. Townend.

Soon after starting E. Davison took a nico pass froni.F. Davison! and whipped it through. Hawarden,, I—o. A brief sortie lerl by S. Townend to the other end l-esulted.iii his being thrown and hurting his shoulder .slightly. In the next spell Davison hit a clever;long one from a difficult angle and succeeded in scoring. Hawarden, J. Chapman then headed a Rangiora. rush which resulted in a score from a long straight hit. HawaTden; 2—l. Warm play'followed, Hawardon making the pace, and E. Davison registered another goal, , practically without opposition. Hawarden, 3 —l. Soon afterwards cjever play by T. .Davison resulted in his galloping between tho posts taking the ball with him, arid then 'E. _ Davison galloped through all. opposition and scored. Hawarden, s—l. In the third spell hot play in front of the posts gave E. Davisoi) another chance, which he promptly seized,-and shortly afterwards' G. L. Rutherford scored.-' Jtist at the end of -the spell G:-L. Rutherford and E. payisou wore ■ associated in a rush which resulted in the latter putting the ball between the posts. Hawarden, B—l.8 —1. From tie fourth spell onwards the game- was a succession "of scores'for Hawardai, the final scores being: Ha- - warden, 19; Rangiora, 1.

Hawke'e Bay, 10; Pareora, 4.

.Teams.—Hawke-'s Bay. W. G. Stead, 0. Nelson, J. Lyons, E. Nairn. Pareora—S. G. Orbell, P. Elwortby, A. S. Elworthy, H. Elworthy. . The,, first spell opened briskly," and . within a minute P.- Elworthy scored for Pareora, but, almost immediately afterwards, Lyons equalised. Open, fast 'play in mid-field ■ was followed by Nairn scoring. Hawke's Bay, 2—l. In the second spell, even aud fast play predominated, • and the spell was full of incident. ■ Just on time, P. Elworthy squared the scores—two all. Pareora were hard pressed during .'tho sarly-stages of the next spell, and, after ' i brief melee in front of the posts, they saved by a long shot, but Stead intercepted, and shot a beautifully-accurate goal.' Hawke'e Bay, 3 —2. The opening of the fourth spell, was characterised by a brilliant-rush up field by H.'Elworthy, and, almost immediately, 0. Nelson, scored. HawWs Bay, , 4—2. After some give-and-take play mostly in- mid-field, 0. Nelson again scored for Hawke's Bay. The fifth spell bpened/with fast play, which 1 resulted in-.'Stead-'scoring. Hawke's Bay, 6—2.' Pareora Were now hard pressed for' soind)'timej but a ■ rally' got the ball out o'f the danger'zone just as time was sounded." Tho sixth spell opened briskly, "and, a' few .minutes after play started, P. »Elworthy shot a" fine goal. Hawke's Bay, 6—2. • Shortly afterwards , , 0. Nelson was successful ' in scoring .f<)ii'jF£itfoW*ftd followed with a : g6al,f6r the-same "side. Then abrilliant'picce.'of'play by 0. Nelson .result^d;,jn : ;'.a-'.sc'6ro -for', the ' North' Islanders; .. Hawke's Bay, : '• The final .spell opened.with fast play. Stead got the'hall well up, and 0! Nelson,, who was following, got.' the goal. Hawke's Bay, 9—4. A determined attack by Pareora was nullified by smart play, and, soon after, Nelson scored. Hawkp's Bay,, 10-^4:,, .Tlie gaifie" ended ■shortly after. . . •'. '~'■'/'.

Poverty Bay, 4j Hawke's Bay A, t

Teams: Hawke's Bay A—j. Ormond, F. M'Kpnzie, H.,A. Russell, W.. C. A. M'Kenzie: Poverty Bay—Phillips, Sheratt,- -Thornley,, Sherratt, .Randal, Sherratt,, John Murphy. Play opened very fast, and was well distributed. Poverty Bay drew first blood, P. Sherratt shooting a brilliant g0a1..:.- The spell" ended soon after. Play-continued fast and exciting, but the second ispell saw no addition .to ; ;the score! Hawke's Bay opened the - third spell strongly, but gradually Poverty Bay transferred play to their opponent's territory. Whilst an exciting melee was iu progress Thornley Sherratt's pony had a fetlock broken, and play was stopped for- a while. iWhen the £aine resumed Poverty Bay attacked, and J. Murphy scored. Poverty Bay, 2—o.

The end of 'the. fourth spell found Hawke's Bay attacking with tindiminished vigour, and, soon after, Ormond scored for them.- . Poverty Bay kept matters lively for some time. Hawke's Bay attacked strongly when the fifth spell opened, but a- splendid Poverty Bay rush took the ball dangerously near the Hawke's Bay goal. Then R. Sherratt, following up a rush, scored. Poverty-Bay/ 3—l, The sixth spell opened with a fast rush by Poverty Bay, followed by an equally, fast one by Hawke's Bay. A fino bit of play by Murphy brought ,tho ball in close proximity to_ the Hawke's Bay goal, but, in a few minutes,-it was at the other end. It did not remain ' there long, foi Murphy j-' , following up cleverly, scored. Poverty Bay, 4—l. ■ ... ■ • . Tho final spell opened with a strong attack by Poverty Bay. / With two minutes to : go play became very exciting, nnd,' though Hawke's Bay on one or Wo occasions looked like scoring, their oppone-nts proved too strong, and the came ended: Poverty Bay, i, Hawke's Bay, 1,. ... To-morrow's games are as follow:— Wairarapa v. Hawko's Bay; Christchurch, v. Rangiora A; Hawarden y. Hawke's Bay A. .