CLUB RUGBY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 145, 23 June 1930, Page 14

CLUB RUGBY

PETONE ON TOP

DRAWN GAME AT THE PARK

END OF FIRST KOUND RESULTS AT A GLANCE. SENIOR A. Marist' ..; 9 University .... 9 Petone ........ 6 Old Boys ....... 3 Eastbourne ... 14 Hutt 9 Berhamporo .... 8 Athletic 1 Ponelre 6 Oriental ...... 0 SENIOR B. Wellington ...... 11 University .... 0 Johnsonville ..20 Porlrua 9 Training College 5 Melrose 5 Old Boys ....... 12 Upper Hutt .... 9 Jllramar 31 Selwyn 8 ' Oriental, a bye. In ideal weather the first round of the •enior A, Rugby championship was concluded on Saturday, when the scoring in till games was remarkably close, and one or two surprises were, recorded. Marist University provided the: star turn at Athletic Park, a keenly contested game ending in a draw. The match came well up,. to. expectations, and the scores seesawed in; an exciting manner during the last.-few : minutes, Marist drawing level just;pn time. Two chases of almost the length" of the field.in the course of the ' playV provided titbits warmly appreciated by ;the spectators;: Perhaps the surprise of ife day was the1 defeat of Athletic at the hands of Berhampore in a game which, fori:the-moat part, fell a long way below par." Old Boys and Petone had an even go at Petone, the suburban team winning in the last few minutes. On the Hutt ground the home side encountered strong opposition from Eastbourne, who registered a five-point win after a strenuous game. An unconverted try and a penalty goal, both scored in the first spell, gave Poneke a win over Oriental. . . ■' As a result of the day's play the champibnship is left in a very interesting state for the second round. Petone are at the head of the ladder by a point, Marist i'next, and Eastbourne and Old Boys Another two points back. The points are aa'follow: Petone 14, Marist 13, Eastbourne li; Old Boys 11, Hutt 9, Athletic 9, Poneke Bj' Oriental 7, Berhampore i, University 3. : ; j.ln the senior B grade the games worked ■ipiit pretty well according to expectations, although University were far from an easy' ■proposition for Wellington. The points in this grade are now as follow: Wellington 16i Johnsonville 14, Miramar 11, Selwyn 10, Oriental 9, University 8, Old Boys 8, College 5, Melrose 4, Upper Hutt ■S^Porirua 2. . ~ %l SENIOR A V UNIVERSITY AND MARIST. [Although University did not reproduce against Oriental the form which enabled them to defeat Petone, there were many who expected the students to cause Marist quite a lot of trouble. From'the outset it ■ivas evident that University were out to rehabilitate themselves iv the public's Estimation,' and although their work lacked the finish that has characterised it in the past few seasons, they were persistent in, their efforts,- and.never let up. Marist ajso were on their metal, and played strenuously to hold their position on the championship ladder. The result was a game containing many flashes o£ entertaining play, but marred too often by illjudged '.passing, indiscriminate kicking, lank faulty tackling. When the broadcasting of the Test match ended the general .'standard of play rose noticeably. The • spectators, who numbered about 5000, had their share of thrills in the last few min.lites, and the majority left well satisfied yivith.the display. The result—a drawdid no injustice to either side. Marist spelled Mac Donald, and Mackiiy (University) was nursing an .injured leg, although both were in action before the game .finished. Ranison. appeared in his usual place for University, but has still to regain some of his'pace. The teams wove: "Marist: Curving; G.---'Barry, Brcderick, Condon; Robins, Eville; Keegan; Lander; Wynne, Ottaway, M'Hardy, E. Barry, Butler, King, and Cummiiigs. 'University: Black; Hislop, Rainson,. Goodson; Irwin, Mackenzie; Mulvihill; Aim; Hart, Beaumont, Blacker, Blakeney, Hope, Diederich, and Cormack. , The playing conditions were favourable for the open type of football which both teams are capable of producing. Marist set the ball rolling with the sun jn their faces and against a northerly breeze. The defending abilities of the students were nfrjell tested early in the game. M'Hardy, Condon, Broderiek, and Robins, figured in aj&nappy passingibout, which sent Rpbius ■byer, but .the umpire's,flag was up. Marist were in the ascendant, and threw the ball about freely.but mishandling was too prevalent for the attacks to be driven home. Some sniart defensive work pulled up v thrust by Condon aud Eville, .and in subsequent play University had , a greater share of the running, Ginning doing a lot :of;fine work at full-back for Marist. There was an exciting episode when Kanison made an interception near his own'goalrime and broke clean away. Reaching :Cnming, he kicked downficld, the ball going over the goal-line. Goodson joined in' the chase, the three running almost neck and neck. Goodson crossed the line first, but the ball eluded him, and Marist were, able to force. University were doing most ofthe' attacking, and at length were rewarded ; when a clearing kick by Coming rebounded from Aim, and the latter «v able to dash through and score.. Ramson'i kick from wide out was not quite good enough. University 3-0. A ; reprisal by Marist went for nought when Broderick tried to get through on , his Own, when he had a man ready for his ipass. Aim had to receive attention" to a cut above the eye. University were soon attacking again, and Ramson missed a penalty, kick from a likely position. The first spell, which had, been decidedly in favour, ended shortly afteriwards. h Marist played up after the interval, and were frequently near to scoring, but overeagerness was largely responsible for: the iscore remaining unchanged. Eventually : Ottaway forced his way over from a forward scramble, .Cuming failing to convert the try. 3-3. Goodson retired with an injured arm at this stage, and Mackay tame on. University were still mainly ipn: the defensive, and only solid tackling kept Marist out. A sparkling piece of play, in which the ball was handled accurately by Keegan, Robins, Broderick, and Gr.r Barry let the winger in for a try which Cuming failed to improve. Marist C-3. Lander.then had to leave the field, and Mac Donald came on to play second five-eighths, Condon taking over the wingforward position. A breakaway by Irwin received support from Mackenzie, and resulted in play being shifted to the Marist Ijrie. The defenders were penalised, and Ramson landed an easy goal. 6-6. Backs and forwards, University were going great guns, and some exhilarating exchanges followed, with Marist also showing up. There were only a few, minutes to go when inside the University twenty-five Ramson intercepted a pass, and set sail for the line, with Broderick and Cuming in pursuit— about a yard behind. Amid great excitement Ramson just managed to reach the objective as he was tackled by Broderick. Gormack failed to goal. The issue appeared: to be decided, but Marist were not done with, and in a spirited finishing rally Mac Donald fought his way through the University backs, and handed on to G.> Barry, who 'crossed at the corner. Keegan missed the kick, and the game ended: University 9, Marist 9. ■ Mr. J. Moffitt refereed. !|a chapter of accidents. iln a game.remarkable for the number of casualties'but :little else, Athletic, without then? guiding genius, Porter, suffered defeat at the hands of Berhampore by ' 8 joints to 7. Both teams fought every itch of-the way,'but Athletic, »whose backs lacked penetrative ability and their forwards cohesion, were like sheep without their drover. Both packs concentrated upon feeding their backs, but poor handling by either side and effective defensive measures on the part of Berhampore militated against open football. The_ one bright effort of the day occurred in the first spell when, following an interception near tig own goal-line, Poulton wan tfcrongh the opening in a flash, and, showing a fine-turn of speed, left his pursuers

standing, and scored a surprise try. Heazlewood, right on his game, was a tower of strength in ; the Athletic backs. M'Dougall and Burnett were a couple o£ hard-working forwards. Of the Berhampore fifteen, the half-back Hooper was, as usual, outstanding, while Laing and W M'Donald did much to check the aspirations of the Athletic backs. - The issue remained in doubt until the final whistle. The teams were:— Berhampore: Hurley; Brettis, N. Taylor, Cookson; Laing, V. M'Donald; Hooper, Glennie; M'Donald, Charles, Cameron, Seymour, Martin, Miller, .Mason. Athletic: Heazlewood; Sulhngs, Poulton, Morgan; Butland, Osborne; Burgess; Ward; Adam, Watson, Boyd, Fraser, Burnett, M'Dougall, Howard. ... Athletic kicked off against a light breeze and were immediately into their stride. Ward, came, through, and Athletic were handily placed. Berhampore gave two difficult"^ chances from infringements, but neither of Heazlewood's kicks succeeded. A long pass by-M'Dougall sent the Athletic backs away, and Morgan crossed the line but; was brought back owing to a knock-on. The Athletic forwards came through, but a mark by Cooksou and a fine line-kick changed the venue of operations. The Berhampore forwards, haying dominated the: play, were able to give their rearguard every opportunity to Junction. Hooper fed his backs cleverly off the feet of, the Athletic forwards, and Cookson was brought down near the line. Sullings received a kick on. the back, and retired to the. side-line, .Binham replacing-,., him. Hooper elected to go on his own from a scrum, but after a jinky run was brought down inches only from his objective, and Athletic' forced. The Berhampore backs, came again, and it took the united efforts of three forwards to stop Laing. Berhampore had .been having things all their own way until Poulton intercepted a pass near his own goal, and clapping on the pace ran the length of the field to score a fine try.' Heazlewood's kick failed. Athletic 3, Berhampore 0. Just before halt-time the Berhampore pack hooked the ball, screwed the scrum, and at the end of a dribbling rush M'Donald got across. Brettis was unable to convert. Berhampore 3, Athletic 3. During the greater portion of the second session Hooper saw to it that his backs got plenty of the ball, but the efforts of the line were inconclusive. From a forward scramble in neutral territory the ball was kicked through to Heazlewood, who dropped a beautiful goal. Athletic 7, Berhampore 3. Shortly alter this both Binham and Mason were injured, the former being replaced by Goodall and the latter by Pope. Athletics run of casualties did not end till Butland retired hurt. A re-arranged back-line consisting of Osborne and Poulton, five-eighths. Howard (forward); -M'Dougall (forward), and Morgan, attempted to keep Berhampore out, but,shortly- before time Hooper sent Glennie away to score: near the. posts. The latter player,converted his own try, and the game ended :YBerhampore 8, Athletic 7. Mr. J. Gilchrist was the referee; './■■■■ \ PETONE JUST GEI HOME, f Finishing more"strongly'than their opponents, Petone.: just managed to beat Old Boys> at Petone Oval, by 6 points to 3. The match,'which was played in a high wind, soon resolved itself intp a contest in brawn ■ between twb packs, and was usually •downright dull. It took Petone 75 minutes to. score their, first try, and but for tlie: fact that they finished with such determination, at-a time when Old Boys were obviously jaded, they might be called extremely lucky-to win. The teams were: -Old Boys: Hawker; Wylie, M'Donald, Rushbrook; Taylor, Hawkins; Bydder; Lamason; T. Reynolds, Bray, M'Pherson, Patterson, Menzies, C. Reynolds, Emerson. ■Petone: Davies; Huxtable, Pollock, Walker;1 Nepier, Lambonrue; Coman; Carr; Coulston, Potts, Fell,, Martin, Wilson, Pickard, Reid. ' Against both wind and sun in the.first spell, Old Boys shot into their stride at once, and Petone had to force down, Lamason just losing a race to the ball. The Old Boys', forwards were definitely better than their opponents in/ most;,of: their work/though the' Petone hookers were cleverer. Possession of the ball, however, was little use to the Petone backs, for their play, lacked purpose and was marked by.bad handling. It was after ten minutes, in which they were repeatedly dangerous; that Old Boys scored, Bydder catching the opposition napping f after nood scrum work and ducking round in fiosscssion to lob a pass out to Rushbrook, who shot over. Lamason lacked confidence, '■ and his'-'kick .was poori ''Petone were playing much below form, and their backs were scrambling about badly. Once Rushbrook, made a useful dribble from the twenty-five line, but missed the ball at the end of his journey, and Old Boys were rarely quick enough once the openings rose up. They were dominating most of the game, and the best chance Petone had was missed through Pickard, right under the posts failing-to take a pass which Nepier shot out to him after a useful cut through. Taylor, the Old Boys' second five-eighth, was injured, and M'Donald moved in to fill i the gap, Rushbrook going to centre and Malcolm filling the vacancy at wing. Rushbrook soon made a lovely opening, but as he drew the full-back Wylie failed to take his pass for a clear run-in. The spell came with the score: Old Boys 3, Petone 0., With the wind now- slightly behind them, it looked good for Old Boys, but the Petone team played with greater vim and the ' forwards, quick behind- useful kicks,'-made much trouble for their opponents. Nevertheless, for twenty minutes there was no score. Play continued in the same desultory fashion, with much mulling of the ball, scrambling' in the loose and line-kicking, and scarcely a clean back-line rush.1 Petone were making good use of the southern and gaining much ground by clever kicks. ' Once Old Boys looked dangerous, but a see-re was. missed through the forwards being slow to seize a chance down near the Petone line when their opponents were caught out "of position. At last Petone pressed, Walker marking an attempt to clear. The forwards were fast under his kick, and 8 speculator from the ruck saw the ball" handily before Huxtable on the open side of'the field. He raced up, gathered in, and crossed the line. Davies could pot goal. Petone now began to play -with added confidence, and within ten minutes they scored again. Bydder tried to speculate, and the ball rebounded off his own forwards over the goal-line. There were two scrums, and Coman,shot round the second to gain a try. His kick was wide. Old Boys were not disposed of, and in the final stages they pressed hard. Once Hawker, by" a long kick, let them in close, and Bydder threw a long pass out to M'Donald, who, had he been able to move, could have opened the way for a score, as there were two men outside him. A prompt tackle downed him and AVylie, getting the ball afterwards, tried a pot from right in front, the ball flying under the bar. The game ended with the score: Petone G, Old Boys 3. Mr. C. Calcinai referecd. •A POOR GAME. After a poor game Poneke defeated Oriental at Newtown Park by 6 points to nil. The winners scored a try and' a penalty goal in the first spell. The play opened brightly, and there were several good passing rushes, but it soon degenerated into a drab spectacle. Neither side showed much combination, and wild passing and bad handling were responsible for frequent mistakes and ragged football. The forwards of both, sides worked hard, but there were a number of infringements in the scrums. Oriental had the better of, the game territorially, but the backs could not finish off the movements started by the forwards, and the Poneke full-back, Foote, played a sound game. On the day he was the best back on the ground, and Lochore, the Oriental full-back, was also good. The following were the teams:— Poneke (red and black). —Foote; Edgar, Barratt, Neal; Pelham, Gilbert; Julian; Currie; Jessup, Rene, Fraser, Shearer, Moore, Joyce,. Welch. , Oriental (black and white).—Lochore; Kelly, Wilkinson, Foster; Davies, Packnatz; Jaggers; Hill; Tasker, Smith, Graham, Pringle, Cove, M'Millan, Biggar. Poneke won the toss and played with the sun on their backs. The Black a.nd Whites attacked, t and Foster, failed with a "pot.". A nice'piece. of work by Pel-, ham put Poneke on the"offensive, but the defence was good. Twice Neal was unsuccessful with penalties, but a nice run by Julian paved the way for a pretty try by Neal. Neal's kick missed. Poneke 3,, Oriental 0. Jaggers fed his backs well, but the passing rushes repeatedly broke down. A° good forward rush led by Jessup took the play into the Oriental twenty-five,' and from a penalty Shearer kicked a good goal. Poneke 0, Oriental 0. After a spell on the defensive the Poneke pack came away again and kept

the Black and Whites penned in. Twice Shearer, was unsuccessful with penalty kicks; and the spell ended with Oriental on*'the i attack. Oriental had the better of the opening of the second spell, but the backs lacked initiative, in attacking and did not look like scoring. Lochore had two unsuccessful attempts at goal from penalty kicks. Kelly made a good run down the1 line, but was unsupported, and Foote cleared. Wilkinson intercepted nicely, but kicked when reaching Foote instead of attempting to swerve, and was beaten in the race for the ball. The Oriental forwards now held the upper hand. A "pot" by Lochore sailed wide, and the Red and Black forwards lifted the siege. Shearer led up a dribbling rush into the Oriental twenty-five, and a passing rush followed, but Pelham knocked on when he had a dear run in. The play was now very uninteresting. The Poneke forwards put in a sprint, but Lochore cleared and.the game ended in midficld. Mr. J. A. Wilson.was the referee. HUTT AND EASTBOURNE. A stern arid keenly contested game, with two, sides equally. determined to win, resulted when: Hutt and Eastbourne' met at the Hutt Recreation Ground. In the forwards Hutt held a decided advantage, but .the Eastbourne backs... were a little too good for their opponents. The clever work of 1 the Eastbourne inside backs, with two determined wing three-quarters to take advantage of their openings, turned the tide in their favour when the game was going against Hhem. The absence of Cooke' very much affected the play of the Hutt backs, ' who did well but were not able to make much headway in their passing rushes. The Eastbourne forwards played excellently in the loose, although-they 'were not up to Hutt's standard' in concerted forward attacks. A draw would have been a fair indication ot the merit, of the teams. The teams wore:— ' , Eastbourne.—Clark;: ..Murray, Armstrong, Dinniss; E. Foley, Chesterman; Martin; Price; Gibbons,, prummond, N. Dellabarca, Sleep, Pudney,.' J. Dellabarca, Read. ...'-. ■ ■.-;•'- . Hutt.—Jarman; . ; Russell, :. Ball, Kees; Pomare, .Feeuey; M'Kay;, Hinton; Hinton, Monigatti, Todd, "Roberts, Skilton, Dowsett, ;Woods. Opening exchanges were even. A. clever opening by Feeney let the Hutt forwards through. A penalty in an easy position was given to Hutt, but Pomare missed a simple kick. Eastbourne pressed for a brief period, only to :be driven back by a strong kick. The ball was kicked by Jarmau into the hands of Murray, who made a strong run before being tackled from behind. Shortly afterwards a penalty was-given well out, enabling Todd to land a fine goal. From' the kick-off the leather was punted with such force into an Eastbourne player's face that it rebounded to the goal line, where J. Dellabarca, who- had. followed up, picked up and scored. There was no goal. An Opening . that was next made by Al'Kay gave Hutt a chance to score, only Eastbourne's sound defence checking the. movement. Ah excellent run by "the Eastbourne backs set the side on attack..'.Murray shortly afterwards made an effective run, the Eastbourne backs now showing greatly improved form. • When Hutt looked like attacking, Jarman's poor handling allowed Eastbourne to race away downfield, Murray ending up with a try. A long kick by Ball set Hutt right on Eastbourne's line, and after being repulsed once, they came .back again. Their next points came'when, a penalty allowed Todd to goal from a difficult angle. Keen play, with Eastbourne pressing, marked the close of .the spell, .E. Foley once being thrown out just in time. The score at half-time was: Eastbourne 6, Hutt C. ■ A-slight advantage in the play held by Eastbourne at the opening of the second spell was checked by Hutt. The' Eastbourne, backs; theu. .moved, away in. a bright 5 passingi rush, that' ~ 'ended in .Jlur--ray; storing 'after an -excellent run. E. Foley converted.' Hutt's attack from 'the kick-oft", was turned, to no. account by more' brisk passing ; by' the Eastbourne backs. ■Monigatti led the Hutt forwards down the field. -A ■ penalty given in front of, the .posts.: missed.'. "Ilutt continued- to • press, but a long kick cleared. At length", not to' be, denied, ■ they came back! again, and. when a penalty was given Todd this time , made no mistake. Eastbourne again 'held a > slight, ascendancy,' their movements on Hutt's line almost; meeting ■ with success. A great rush by the Hutjt forwards swept all before them. Ball took a mark, but his attempt, at- goal- was unsuccessful, the leather hitting an upright. Eastbourne next broke away, and when . Hutt attacked again a penalty for offside sent them back. Eastbourne kept up ' the attack until the Hutt forwards once more raced away. When the tide turned, N. Foley, who came on when Pudney retired hurt a few minutes previously, put the result m Eastbourne's favour by-kicking a penalty goal: -Hutt pressed strenuously until the end>. being on their opponents' lino almost all the time, but the final score was: Eastbourne 14, Hutt 0. Mr. IT. Pilchcr' was. the referee. SENIOR B MIRAMAR^S WIN. Miramar met and defeated Selwyn at the Polo Ground by 21 points to 8. Play I was somewhat ragged for the greater part of the time, although now and agaiu there were some bright individual efforts. Selwyn were first to score, Hancock obtainiug a try, which Leggett converted. For a long time after this Miramar were aggressive, but their efforts lacked finish. However, before the -.spell•' ended Algar kicked a penalty goal. Selwyn 5, Miramar 3L- In the ; first v spell Selwyn had done very well, but it was a different story in the second half, Miramar putting on 18 points. After a bout of passing in Selwyn's twenty-five, Condliffe potted a goal, giving Miramar the' lead by two.points, but a few minutes later this was lost, Leggatt; taking full advantage of a penalty kick-to Selwyn. Selwyn 8, Miramar 7. From now on, though, Miramar were on top. Calciriai kicked two penalty goals, Davidge scored a try, which Calciuni converted, and Thompson topped off a passing, bout .with 1 a try. ' - UNIVERSITY FAIL TO SCORE. For their match with University at Kilbirnie, iWellington were without the services of Johnson and Oliver, who were in Dunedin. Wellington, however, maintained their' record of- successes, although their score was-not as heavy a one as "in some previous matches. Nicol and Webb scored, for Wellington in the first spell, neither try being converted. In the second half Wellington easily had the better of play, but only eight points came their way—a' try by M'Lean, converted by Kilby, who also kicked-a penalty goal. The game thus ended: Wellington 14, University 0. ■ . .'-. A DRAWN GAME. Training College and Melrqse met at Wakefield.Park, and the game ended in a draw, each side scoring five points. There was no. score in the first half.. In the second spell thef backs of both teams -were in the picture with some good combined runs,.but solid tackling checked progress. It was near the end of the game when Training College Bcored1 a try which was converted. ' A determined effort was then made by Melrose, and it proved successfur, Granger crossing the line for a try. Hunter- converted-, and the game ended: Training College. 5, Melrose 5. THREE POINTS WIN. Playing at Upper Hutt, Old Boys got home with three, points to spare from Upper Hutt. The final score was: Old Boys 12, Upper Hutt 9. Tait (2) and R. Lamason scored tries for Old BoyE, and Hawker kicked a penalty goal. LOWER~GRADES Junior. Athletic- 32, Selwyn S. Tries for Athletic were,scored byißailey, Norris, Robbie, Williams, and Diack. Brown converted the-five'tries, and kicked a penalty goal; Tindell potted a-goal. For Selwyn, Churchill scored a try. Sewell converted, and also kicked a penalty goal. Poneke 0,- Hutt 0. Old Boys 9, Orientalß K. Miramar Q, Melrose 3. Wellington "A 27, Taita 7. Hutt A 10, Wellingtpn B C. Third. - I Oriental: 3, University, A 0. '

Wellington B 14, Eastbourne 10. Old Boys A 9, Melrose 0. Upper Hutt 20, Old Boys 80. Onslow 6, Wellington A3. Poneke 30, University C 0. Petone 10, Miramar 0. Berhampore 25, Hutt 5. Marist 11, Seatoun 3. Athletic won by default from Institute. Karori 9, University B 3. Intermediate. Oriental116, Berhampore 3.' For the winners, Williamson (3) and Potton scored tries, Dawson converting two. Athletic 13, Wellington 0. Poneke 8, Taita 3. Moera 27, Miramar 0. Marist C, Upper .Hutt 3. . ..- Karori 11, Technical College. -0.8.-0." • • , ■ . Fourth. . Marist. 16, Oriental, 8.. ■ ;.'■■'. I'etone A 41, Miramar 0. , , Petone B. 11, Old Boys A 8. Johnsonville 24i Old.Boys B 6. Wellington A.22,'Onslow 3. . Eastbourne' 9,' Wellington ,B. 5. . Poneke 11, Athletic' 3. Technical 0.8. 49,'Seatoun 0. ■ ■ ■Fifth. ' ■■■;.■•■. Technical 0.8. 5, Selwyn3. Melrose 17, Old Boys 0. Wellington 8, Eastbourne 6. Poneke 7, Karori 6. Petone 40, Miramar 0. Athletic 3, Johnsonville 3. - - ■ Sixth.; ' ' . Miramar ■ 13, Johnsonville 3. I'etone 28, Athletic 'O.Wellington 6, Hutt 0. ■ Seventh. I'etone 18, Wellington 3. I Miramar 14, Athletic 0. Melrose 41, Oriental 0. Eighth.' . Johnsonville 9, Wellington. 3. Miramar 9, Marist 5. Eastbourne 26, Institute 0. ANOTHER FIELD DAY. ; Again on Saturday all the Petone teams playing scored wins. The senior fifteen defeated Old Boys, and the third, fourth A, fourth B, fifth, sixth, and seventh grade teams were also successful. The junior team had a bye. The. fourth A team's record is now as follows:—Flayed 8, won 8, points for. 325, points against 0. PLAY IN OTHER PLACES (By Telegraph.—Pres Association.) . AUCKLAND, 21st June. Kugby matches were played in cold weather and grounds were heavy after rain. PonsonbyJl3, Technical' Old Boys 12; .University 11, City 6;Marist 17, College Rifles 13; Grammar 9,' Grafton. 5; Manukau'B, Training College 3. ••■■,■,•■:.■■ MASTERTON, 21st June. Old Boys 18, Red' Star 16; Gladstone 13, Masterton 8; Greytown 9, Carterton 5. NAPIER, 21st June. Rugby at Napier and Hastings resulted as follows:—Technical Old Boys 8, Pirates 5; M.A.C. 6, Tatnatea 3; Napier High School Old Boys 13, Celtic 8; Hastings 18, Hastings Old Boys 6; ■■'■,- ; HAWERA, 21st, June., Hawera 11, Okaiawa 5; Kapo'nga 3, Waimate 0; Patea 18, Athletic 11; Opunake 22, Eltham 13. ■■•."■• ' ' ' WANGANUI, 21st June.' Technical Old Boys 14, Marist 10; Aotea 17, Old Boys 9; Fii-ates 9, Ratana 3. CHRISTCHURCH, 21st June. Rugby matches1 were played in a strong north-west wind/ which changed to a southwester with heavy rain just before the games ended. Merivale 8, Albion 3, deposing Albion from the position as leading team. Old Boys 30, Technical .Old Boys 0; 'Varsity, 15, Linwood. 4; Christchurch 49, West Old-.Boys 3. . , / ' NELSON, 21st June. 1 Rival 3, Waimea 3; Nelson 50, Wakatu 5; Old Boys 13, Pirates 5. Junior: College 5, Old^Boys.3; Nelsonll, Rival 0; Wakatu 23, Pirates o.' - MANAWATU V. BUSH JUNIORS ,■ . ' PAHIATUA, 21st June. ■ ' JUiinawatu defeated. Bush juniors to-day by 9 points to '3.' .Tries^ were scored for the victors by Youle, Wright, and Holden. Sykes scored for Bush. WAIRARAPA V. HAWKES BAY (By Telegraph.-Pregs Aggodation.) MASTERTON, 22nd J.une. The ; following team has been selected i " to represent Wairarapa against Hawkes Bay in a return match to be .played at Carterton on Saturday next:-^ ' Full-back: L. Roache. (Old Boys). Three-quarters: . F., Fuller ■ (Greytown), C. Stringfellow (Greytown), . P., Jury (Greytown). • ■ • ! ■Five-eighths: •T. Corkill- (Red Star), R. Jury (Greytown); .. ' ■ • Half-back: J, Mill (Old, Boys).. < Wing-forward: J. Donald' (Greytown). Fcirwards: Irvine (Carterton), Reid (Cartertbn), Harvey' (Masterton), M'Gregor (Gladstone), S. Willqughby (Red. Star), Fairlirother (Carterton), Reside (Gladstone). ' " ' . ' Reserves: Backs, J.vDenby (Carterton), It. Fuller. , (Greytown). Forwards, .J. Walker (Gladstone), J. Churchouse (Carterton). .. • , ■ • WIN FOR BULLER (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , WESTPORTi 21st June. In cold, wet weather, the Buller representative Rugby team defeated Wanderers (Motueka) by 18, points t0,3. With the wind and rain" behind them in the first spell; Wanderers kept ■ play fairly . even, scoring a \ penalty ;goal (kicked by X; Holyoake). In the second spell Buller dominated the game, and tries were scored by Goodall, OBrien (2), Lamont, Dalziel, and a penalty goal by Ollhert. ...