RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 28 July 1919, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL

TALI SCORING

N SATURDAY'S MATCHES

deal weather conditions prevailod on turday when two of the leading terms , tho senior championship, Athletic and "tone, did somo very tall scoring. The ituro on tlio Athletic Park—Petone v. elwyn—attracted between four and five

'lousand spectators, and while the ganio ias not strikingly interesting there were fashes of brilliant work. Selwyn put tp a good light, but taey found their opponents a very difficult proposition, ami victory went to tiio" suburban team by 37 points to 12. The ground was in 'fairly good condition.

Petono won the toss and played down field with the sun benind them. ■ In spito of the glare Selwyn took the offensive and had Petone blinking hard soon lifter tha game started. A score appeared inevitable, but Petono secured- the ball from a lino out and were' away, when Malin effected a pretty save, and with a good kick found tho line in Petone's 25. A breach gavo Jiarlo a-chance,-but Thomas caught the ball, and play went oil in raid-field, when a pretty piece of combination work by Petone was witnessed. Corner, picked up from a scrum and passed to. Thomas who passed to -Cole, the last-mentioned delivering a splendid kick into tho Greens' 25. Selwyn broke away and pressed hard, but ■ llill saved and centred tho ball, which "Ambler dribbled up. Peart nimbly picked tho leather up and passed to" SPKay, who smartly cheeked the Blues' chance of scoring. After up and down field play' Petono had to force. • • Again Selwyn backs "tried to' establish themselves, iu'Kay' and A. Wogan breaking away, und tho combination of Peart, Twomey, and Marshall was pretty to'watch. Their efforts were foiled Uy Dickens, who gave Heedy and Shanailian- a chance.- S9I-, wyn's goal was in danger when Malm took a lucky mark from Thomas and .elieved tho situation for a moment, but during tho scramble which followed tho Blues wero awarded a free kick, and Ambler drew first blood.. Petone, 3; Selwyn, nil. Selwyn maintained _ their pressure, and Earle started a brilliant liiece of combination work. Marshall took tho ball from Uarlo and passed to Peart who returned to Mat-shall, and tho latter centred amidst loud applause. Petone initiated a strong rush, the outcome being a try by Ambler. He also took tho kick and failed. Petone, K; •Selwyn, 0. Shortly alter, with play lit the Greens' 25, Hamilton took a. neat 'mark, and Ambler did'the rest.:. Petone, 9; Selwyn, 0. Tho battle continued in tno centre of the field, and if- anything was slightly in Solwyn's favour, when Marshall failed the take, tho ball, o-nd Corner nipped in and maoe a great run from half-way. Malin failed to check him and ho scored amidst .applause. Ambler converted. Petone, 14; Selwyn, 0. Comer received a, slight and ho was given a spell by relieving Hill, full back. Following this Selwyn wero uwnrdetl a free ki'ck, which A. Wogau tried to improve on, but tho kick was charged down by-Parker; Wogau, however, followed up and before the Blues wero fully alive to tho situation he was over. He failed to' convert. Petone,, | I!;.Selwyn, 3. Petono wero again. threatening tho Greens' line, but Malin saved only to permit a scramble in front of tlio posts, during which Hamiltoii potted a pretty goal. Petone, 18,- Selwyn, 3. The second; spell opened with Selwyn in full attack, and tho Blues had to force. Selwyn baclcs.. were doing excellent work, and play was in Petone's area. An infringement by- the Bhms. in a' ficruni gavo'Marshall a chance to kick a beautiful penalty goal. Petone, 18; Selwyn, C. A little later the same player was unfortunate to miss a remarkable hick from half-way, tho ball passing just underneath the bar. The Blues opened up and Nicholls took the leather,. 1 passed to, Corner wJio transferred to. Hamilton', tho latter falling over the line at the corner. Ambler failed with the kick. Petone, 21; Selwyn, li- Again the suburban backs asserted themselves, Nicholls passing to' Hamilton and on to J. Shanalian, who, although chased by A. Wogan, got over. Ambler converted. Petone, 26; Seiwyn, G. Play continued up and, down the field with the Greens doing their best to improve matters, but they wero lacing full energy. W. Thomas picked up the leather in a loose bout and scored after a iong run. Ambler failed with tho kick. Petone, 29; Selwyn, G. Selwyn nearly canght the Blues napping, but Hill saved, and shortly afterwards Petono delivered an onslaught.. and through Selwyn's unprotected left wing 13 jwers dribbled the ball and. scored. Ambler converted. - Petone, '31; Selwyn, li. The last quarter of an hour saw the nmy mostly ill the Blues' 25. De Clif■onj who had played a fine game, mado .1 g.'sat effort and scored in the l-ight-the run knocking him out nipo-.,irily. Marshall failed with the Petone, 31; Selwyn, 9. .Another t. followed on some protty combined work by the Greens. M'Kay opened tho way; passed to S. Wogan and the ball went on to K-ohika, A. Wogau, back to Kohika and on to Shearer, who scored. It was a brilliant effort. A. Wogan failed with the kick. Petone, 31; Selwyn, 12. With two minutes to go and with the play very fast, Petono. entered the Greens' area. Nicholls secured possession and handed to Hamilton, who passod to W. Thomas and tho final try was registered. Antbler missed' the kick and the game ended: P<itone, 37 points; Selwyn, 12 points. Mr. Ned. Perry controlled the game.

PONEKE (8) V. ORIENTAL (0). The' Poneke-Oriental senior match was 'pkyec! at Kilbirnie in the presence'of a fair crowd of spectators. Poncke lost the toss, and kicked off. with the sun in ■their eyes. ■ Tho first score camo soon afles the commeitoment of the game. * From a scramble near tho Oriental lino Brown picked up and fell across the line. ilnliu was successful with tho ki-jk. Ftom this onward tho game continued in and around midficld. At halftime poiieko were leading 5 to nil. . In the second half the game became very willing—Oriental ovemlling, in fact —'out Poneke, try as hard as they would, could not pierco the Oriental defence. Just on.the call of tiitfe, however, Troy, ft'o.ii a loose scramble, got across. Malin failed with tho kick. Poneko thus ran our winners by 8 points to nil. Mr. G. Wale was referee. •ATHLETIC (62) V. WELLINGTON (5). 'I he score 1)2 points to 6 tells what tho Aili'.utic-AVollijigtcn match 'at Duppa Stftot was like. Wellington's bad tackling was the main cause of tho cricket score. For tho winners Paton scored tluvo tries (ono converted by Holey), L. Roberts two (ono converted by E. Roberts], Chestennan four (E. Roberts convertii.g one and Cunningham another), ■ ' M;Cm-lie, K. Roberts, W. Ryan, H. ...i,; jf-jjinningham, E. Latham (converti.:l l;'-j himself], and Church each scored a uv. , in addition, E. Roberts potted a f;oal. ' ; Wellington's total was made up •'f a penalty goal by Hull and a try by Brookes. Mr. A. C. Kitto was referee. Junior Games, There was a large attendance at the Hult Recreation Ground, to witness the ■ match between Berhampore and Hutt •juniors,, and the spectators woro rewarded by a game which was full of interest right from tho start. Soon after the commencement, Routley scored for Hutt, but (iriorson failed to convert. A spell ot bright play followed, and after a scramble near tho line, Cirierson scored, but did not convert his try. Half-time was called shortly afterwards,"with tho score: Hutt,' C; Berhampove 0. The second spell was mostly in favour of Berhamnore, and it was not long before they opened their score by a penalty goal, Kicked by Walters. Just on the call of time, Hickman scored under the posts, but ,an easy shot was missed, leaving the final score a draw—Hutt, G; Berhampore, G.

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES. WAUiAJtAFA v. IItJSH UNIONS. . .liy Tcloi.Tapii—Sp'.'i ial Correspondent. Masterton, July 27- • Tim representative match played on Saturday at Eketahuna between Wuirn'rapa representatives and the Bush Union representatives resulted in the former team winning by 25 points to 3. In the junior' match played at Carter'ton between teams representing IVairaTapa and Bush Unioji, the former won bv 12 Dointe to 9. < '

WASGANUI DEFEAT MANAWATU. By Telegraph -Press Association.

Wanganui, July L'fi. Tint representative itiigby Union ganio between Wanganui and Munawatu was played here to-day in brilliant weather. The home side won a last and open iliiniij by 22 points to 8. I'lay in the curly sialics was even. Canuop and Dailies scored for the home side, Head converting one try. Carroll scored for Ilm visitors," .Stewart converting. At half-time Waiigamii led by-8 to 5; ]n the second spell Wanganui had all tlio bust o." tliEi game, and tries were added bv Packer (2), Svenson, and Green; liaddelev converting one.