RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 298, 10 September 1920, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL

WELLINGTON V. SOUTH CANTERBURY

TOURING TEAM WINS GOOD GAME

By Telegraph—Special Reporter. Tlmaru, Sentembcr 9. In etorious weather nnd Ijcforc an attendance of over 30)) Bpectatci'B.the »ctlindon tourim- TCusby team met and ucfentcd South Canterbury by 32 n°\" ts .. l ° 16. It was a eooil same to wattli, the pare being oa from start to iimsh. I Wellington backs were too clever for Uiili, opponent!?, Roberts particularly shinm<r. no was ably supported by Rrooks. Sulli van (who more than justified hlB inclusion), and H. Nicholls. Jt-yan was colom The home backs were never danpuous, Storey being hardly noticed, lho forwards were about even, the pick oi tnc Wellington scrum being Price. Calcinai, ii'iH the Shearer brothers. , Wellington Kicked off, and after the usual retuniß n forward rush, headed bv Prlco and S. Shearer, resulted m Calciiul scoring It. Nicholls converted. Immediately after H. Nicholls made u men opening, but his brother missed the. « I'rom the resulting line-out 11. received, and foolinc all the opnoßitlon ?avc the leather to Price, who crossed tne line. The kielt -was a failure. The home team now woke up. and bad tackling let them flown iield, and lrom a scramble Cabot, scored. Seott converted, n cUiiilton, 8; South Canterbury, 5. Scrannj play followed until Seott dropped a ko.ii from a free-kick. The scores now being even, the Wellington forwards began to aesert themselves, and lrom half-way iu Kicholla set his backs noma. All handled the ball to Sullivan, who. going on; beat three men <ind ecorcd a beautlinl try under the posts,. M . Nicholls J,, 0 major points. ' Wellington. 13: feouth Canterbury, 8. Play was now ol tin tin and down nature till just, on half-time, vhon Scott kicked a coal from a mark. Wellington, 13; South Canterbury. 11. On the resumption, Storey played liveeighths, but this made very little difference. The home team set up a hot attack, but' Hughes and Calcinai brought the play to their opponents twenty-live, and from a marlc if. Nicholls Price next scored from ft loose riisli, fli. Nicholls again beinir successful with t)io kick. Wellington. 21: South Canterbury, 11. Fumbling by Ityan a few minutes later caused Wellington to force. From the drop-out, the Wellington forwards took charge, and Roberts nicked up. and, cutting in, passed to Wilson, who crossed the line. Jt Nicholls converted. In the concluding stages. Cook scored for tile home Scott converting. 6"ll'™n and S. Shearer crossed for Wellington, the former a<?ain making a great run. \\ lien the whistle went the score was: Wellington, 32: South Canterbury. 16. Mr. It. M'JCenzie (Duncdin) was referee.

NATIVE FOOTBALLERS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA NEXT YEAH. The Management Committea of the New Zealand Bugby Union last night- endorsed •a proposal by the chairman (Mr. G. . Pladc) that a Native team should visit New South Wales next year under tho jurisdiction of tlie union. Mr. Slode reported tliat he had conferred with Mr. Nihora on the subject, und as a result bfi (Mr. Slade) had brought down a dellnife proposal. His plan wan to play a match between teams representing the North and South Island Natives at Auckland early in the season for the purpose of oelectitiflf the combination to tour Australia. Tie Riifrnestcd that the .New Zealand team should leave Auckland early the following wee!;, play a, series of not more than seven matehcßin New South Wales, and return via "Wellincton. meeting there a palteha team before disbandinc. The funds in hand could co financing the tour. Mr, Slade ad'lJd that if his proposal appealed to the committee !ie would immediately act in touch with prominent Native Ttnjrby enthusiasts and also open up lUgotiations with New South Wales. . Tho committee endorsed the suggestions or the chairman, and it was decided as -a preliminary step. to Ret into touch with Jfr. Parata.

AUCKLAND BEATS TARANAKI. Tly Telegraph—Press Association. New Plymouth, September 9. A Rugby match between Auckland and Taranaki was played hero to-day in the presence of 4000 in fine weather, and on a. dry ground. The game proved hard and fast. It was keenly contested, and there were some fino bouts of 'passing. Auckland proved -victors by 17 points to 11. Soon after opening, fast following tip had Taranaki in difficulties. Kobs passing out and Stratton scored. Column equalised with a- penalty goal. Auckland had tho better of the remaining stages of tiio first spell, Singe and Mooro scoring from forward rushes, and Stewart irom a. pass. Laxon converted the latter try,, tho spell ending- Auckland, 14; laranaki, 3. lho Tanwfaki forwards played a great gamo in tho second spell and Day added a tiy almost immediately. V'<l er - fron ;-.i l ' I J, L" liant 'passing bout-, -Hicljey scored ..nd Colman converted, makmz the Auckland, 14; Taranaki, 11. The , local team penned their opponents to their | own tventy-flvo, missing two or three •ilmort certain tries, and one free kick oppoaitc the goal posts. The issue remained n dniibt until the last moment, when Auckland broko away and lUdely scored from a iinc passing l)out.

NEW ZEALAND UNION 1 TIIE MOASCAR CUP. Tho Management Committee of th® hw Zealand Rueby Union met last nielit, Mr. G lt^afdedd D cdlo ! ")ty the semi-final of the Moasrair Cud , comp / f,i, XM North Utah School v. Auckland Grammar fichool-nt, Pnlmcrston North on -September 18 and the final between the Ohristclmrcn Boys' Hleh School and the winners of the oTOu-fliial at Wellington on Wednesday, K Correspondence was received from the HokUncra Buebv Union with reference to It* boundary, and the matter was rcfericd In 'he annual meetlne. - •> . The munaecr (Mr li. A. Howe) of the S"Uth Island country tourinc team renortdd that, the behaviour of the mcmWn nf It combination throiißhout the tour was excellent. Although from a nlayinj! noint of view the tour was not- a success, it was eratifyiniato know that the Zealand Itnehv ifnion had done incalculable miort hv creatincr enthusiasm and fosterwtr ihSVamo aminwt the smaller country unions, no also conßratulated ths \ari«yus unions under whose control matches were pln-ved for their Bplendid treatment of the team, and in this respect ho snccially mentioned the Bay of Plenty and tho Northland Unions. The team played clno matches, of which thw won two. A motion was adopted thaiikine Mr. Howe for his successful management of tho team, and expressiue the crmuon.that the tour had done a great amount of pood amongst the smaller unions in tho Dominion.

PUBLIC SERVICE TOURNEY. The third round of tho Public Service tourney will be played on Saturday, alio fixtures are:—Defence llcadauarters v. Government Life Insurance, Dunna Street No. 4. Mr. Leith (rcferccl: Pensions v. Public Trust, Mr. Haub. The 0.P.0. Postal v. C.P.O. Teletrranh will be played dunn<r the week. Tho following team will represent Messrs. C. and A. Odlin. Ltd., in a match for the Hardware Ruaby Cun aKainst Messrs. fc. V. Mills and Co.. at Dunna Streetßurt, Watchman. Murray. Jiobson. Ginecr. Shaw, Doncehue. Lewie, Watt* (captain). Smith, Chisholm, Criino. Noble Hawker and Eyan. Emei'Kcnciea: Bradford and Watchman.