WEEK-END RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 227, 20 June 1921, Page 7

WEEK-END RUGBY

BERHAMPORE’S GOOD SHOWING

PONEKE NEARLY BEATEN

Poneke 6, Berhampore 5. Oriental 16, Wellington 8. Athletic 14, 'Varsity 11. Marist 24, Selwyn 3.

Saturday saw the completion of tho first round in tire local Rugby competition. All the teams have now played flight matches. Poneke, with eight wins, 'AAve 16 championship points to theiicredit, with-Petone runners-up with l-d points. Next in order are Borhampora 10 points. Oriental 10, Athlctio 7, Marist 7, Selwyn 5, ■’Varsity 2, and Wellington 1. Thera was a good attendance at tho Athletic Park, where Poneke were matched against Berhampore. The skyblue fifteen put up a remarkably good fight, and Poneke were lucky to pull off a win. The game was mostly confined to tho forwards, and it was marred by too much whistle. Marist, who are rapidly coming to the fore, put up another good display, and ran all over Selwyn. Athletic, defeated 'Varsity with difficulty, while Oriental nearly went clown to Wellington. Indeed, at one stage in the second spell the score stood at 8 all, but before the call of time Oriental managed to annex another 8 points.

PONEKE V. BERHAMPORE

Berhampore had the best of the opening clashes in their match against Poneke at the park. Tho Red-and-Blacks had the northerly wind in their favour, but their opponents attacked with vim. B. Algor finally broke up the attack bv kicking down the field, and fast following up saw W. Christopherson pushed out in the corner. Berhamporo again assumed the aggressive, and manoeuvred into a good position. Valters punted too hard and Howard, who had followed up, reached the ball a second too late. Poneke failed to clear effectively, and presently, from half-way. Puller had a penalty shot at goal against the wind. It was « splendid kick, tho ball just going outside the uprights. The Berhampore forwards 'dogged the Poneke Sacks and when they got going in the loose they were hard to stop. Once, when they were carrying all before them, E. Christopherson saved with a timely short-range mark. 'An uninteresting line-kicking duel ensued in the course of rjhich neither side’showed to advantage. Ram then -set in, and its' arrival fi ignalised bv ragged play. King missed what for him was a fairy easy kick at goal from a nenal/y. The Berhampore forwards Commenced to get the ball from. 0 scrum, enabling Hickling to get away. He hung on to the ball too long, however, and lost. D Algar intercepted and relieved by punting d o^® l3 ’ ling counter-attacked m brilliant « ion, streaking from his own to within a short distance cf the Poiieke twentv-five, where ho was hauled by B. Algar. As he was tot ' kled the fleet Berhampore three-quarter de - Iv found the line. In a few seconds ' however, the Poneke forwards-who were becoming increasingly aggressive-tu - ed the tables on Berhampore. The bry Blue’s-defensive work wm marred by frequent infringements. Inside .f mlnirtes King hod three penalty shots nt goal from relatively easy rosition , one of which ho piloted between the ■nnofa —Poneke 3; Berhampore, 0. Berhampore reciprocated with a A OO rus h P which when P n saTd5 aTd Fh te field Ml He was noorlv support?and lost the ball. Half-time came 7'S'JX-S. S h”" 1’« vantage of the f nrwnT d<i worked in ,-> ° n -n, kick —Berhampore, 5; take with th Ik kick-off Poneke Poneke, 3. i rom vends inTinS n Ki™? essayed to goal, side half Y- -bortr. ,’oneke were hut his kick fel e h . pGTbamnow straining every . ■ band, pore had the 01 tn at { nn , )3 , w nta for and were, beating their d thn ball in. the serum. va3 with an injury . Before long. h£:l P,neke th % W through Jodw to duller, IttaXg forwards inundated Lini ever prominent, An «ii 3e d for which they were penalised for « being off-side ™ of r»imh M tim« this made the of its interest, a . d a kick crowd verv piqu.d. tho hlilf-wov t f X w S i rise mifilbne, but the ba of gttme twice the t* ll a. sprint to the S 0 "owJ a Mt%co r s were still 'hammering Away at Poneke. Hr. Simpson was referee.

MARIST V. SELWYN. Marist and Selwyn cur-tain-raiser at the J aT |j v< . rp outclassed. Manat <,ot hy in the first ’ ™ ree d. MurW. Mahoney (2) iwy a phy twice inverted. 1n the second spell but ? came from a free hick, v” s f ur . Connop scored a try to ki( ,kod phy goaling, and nd jera penalty. I lay wa ' v . ere • , "nd causTo number of mistakes. Tta W.Crf was: Marist 24; Selwyn. 3. Mr R. T. Bailey was referee

ORIENTAL V. WELLINGTON. a mind forward game resulted from the meeting S Oriental and Wellington At 1 e Duppn Street Park. Both these teams have good forwards, but their backs sadly lack combination and dash. Tnere were occasional Hashes ot ok ulay but these were generally mulltd through faulty handling. Riggs. t‘ Oriental wing-three-quarter most of his opportunities hut the.lw.llter seldom went his way. Brands (Welling ton) and Moffitt (Oriental) each did ox ccllent work in the forwards. Oriental commenced with a vigorous rush into the Wellington twenty-five, an I the* Yellows were compelled to lorci. Wellington then settled down, and .play, for a time, lingered in the centra Of the field Oriental drew first blood. From a forward attack the ball was picked UP near the goal-line, and transferred to Wilson, who dashed-over. Armstrong failed to convert. Oriental, 3; Wellington 0 Oriental continued to press, and ehort.lv afterwards they again scored, Parker getting across from loose play near tho Wellington line. Armstrong was successful with the kick. Oriental, ft, Wellington. Of Wellington now made amends. From a passing rnsh-the onlj successful one of the game—the ball wen to Cunliffe, who scored In the corrie . Tull did not convert. Orient al, 8, « lingfon. 3. Wellington forced tho play, and when half-time camo had Oriental defending. . In the opening stages of tho second spoil, the Wellington vanguard played ’irifh great vim. In a dribbling attack Scott picked up the bell, and, after

beating several opponents, scored near tho goal-posts—a good solo ofiort. Tull converted. Oriental, 8; Wellington, 8. With the scores even, excitement ran high. Wellington continued to force matters, and more than once camo within an ace of scoring. At a critical moment, however, Oriental were relieved bv a free-kick, and play edged into Wellington territory. Oriental began to get. the better of tho play, and shortly afterwards Griffiths scored from a short passing bout. Armstrong’s effort to convert was unsuccessful. Oriental, 11; Wellington, 8. Wellington endeavoured to equalise the score, but could not penetrate the sound Oriental defence. In the closing stages Oriental invaded the Wellington area and Gair scored from a dribbling rush. Armstrong converted. Oriental, 16; Wellington, 8. The game ended without further score. .Nr. A. E. Neilson was referee.

ATHLETIC V. UNIVERSITY.

The game between Athletic and University at Kilbirnie was uninteresting, and after a match in which the forwards on both sides did most of the work. Athletic scored a win by 11 points to 11. Athletic’s first try was scored by Morgan Duncan, wing-three-quarter, through in fine style. Roberts did not succeed in adding the extra points. Hall made a brilliant run B hortiy afterwards, but he was off-side, and his chances weie nullified. The next try-for was made by Black, who heat the Athletic full-back. Scott did not convert. Roberts, the nippy Athletic five-eight got away with the next try of the game, running about a quarter the length of the field. The kick was easy, but it was missed. Give-and-take play was the> r ule at this stage, and Hitching, one of the youngest University players, got acioss after a hard tussle. Scott co .’ 1 y’ ert ® the try. and half-time camo with the scores: University, 8; Athletic, 6. On resuming, Athletic pressed and after a pretty piece of work Robeit scored an unconverted try. Sutton followed this quickly by another, 'vhich was converted by Roberts. Six in t lead. Athletic were fairly confident, but a brilliant passing bout among the University backs nonplussed the defence, and Dixon scored in great style, the kick failed. Shortly after the game ended with the score: Athletic, 14; University, 11. Mr. Kitto, was referee.

Junior Grade. Old Bovs. 35, boat' University, 0. Wellington v. Berhampore, no score. Oriental, 6, beat Athletic. 4. HuH. 25. heat Poneke. 0. Petone, 12, beat Selwyn, 8.

Third Grade. Berhampore, 9, beat Selwyn. 0. Old Boys, 15, beat Oriental. 3.

Fourth Grade. Poneke. 13, lieat Maridt. 0. Oriental A, 20, beat Y.M.C.A., 0. Athletic, 6 points, beat Petone. 3. Old Boys, 20, beat Miramar, 3.

Fifth Grade. Oriental, 6, heat Marist Old Boys, 0. Petone, 43, beat Upper Hutt, 0. Poneke, 8 points, beat Hutt, 3. St. Patrick’s, 6, beat Scots College 0.

Sixth Grade. Petone 13, beat St. Patrick’s College, 0. Y.M.tFA„ 6. beat Petone B, 5. Wellington College, 25, heat Poneke, 3.

. Seventh Grade. St. Patrick’s, 9 V beat JSolwyn, 0. Scots College, 8, . beat Poneke B, 6. Petone, 18, beat Wesley 0.

MATCHES ELSEWHERE

IN THE WAIRARAPA

By Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Masterton, June 18.

A well-contested game took place at Masterton this afternoon, between Red Star and Masterton Seniors, resulting in a draw, six points each. Remini scored tivP tries for Red Star, and Diggins and Mason scored trios for Masterton.

At Greytown, the Carterton seniors beat Greytown by 11 to 3. At Carterton, the Gladstone seniors, beat Featherston by 30 points to 8. Junior: Championship.—Red Star (18) heat Carterton (9). Red Star have now won tho northern division of the junior championship. Greytown heat Featherston B by 50 points to nil. Mauriceville beat Masterton by 6 to 5. AUCKLAND MATCHES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, June 19. University (8) beat North Shore (6); College Rifles (10) beat Grammar (3); Ponsonby (28) beat Marists (0); Grafton (51) heat Parnell (5). CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS. Christchurch, Juno 18. Linwood beat Sydenham by '25 points to 3; Mori vale beat ’Varsity by 16 to 4; Marists beat Albion by 6 to 3; Christchurch beat. Old Boys by 17 to 3. DUNEDIN MATCHES. Dunedin, June 18. Kaikorai (14) beat Alhambra (0); Zingari (20) beat Dunedin (0); Port Chalmers (9) beat 'Varsity A (8); Pirates (10) beat Union (0). FINE PLAY BY SPRINGBOKS VICTORIAN TEAM EASILY DEFEATED. (Rec. June 19, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, Jnne»l9. The Springbok footballers, a few hours after their arrival, met and defeated a Victoria!! team by 51 points to nil. The visitors showed fine combination and swiftness. —Press Assn.