MID-WEEK RUGBY

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 15 June 1933, Page 3

MID-WEEK RUGBY

CITY BEATS MEREMERE

MATCH PLAYED AT HAWERA'

By 17 poinbs to nil City defeated Meremere in a mid-week Rugby competition fixture; played yesterday at Hawera. Hlea-vy rain fell throughout the l -game, which for the- greater part was a lifeUes® forward struggle. In the final 20 minutes, however, City made a bright rally! to compile the whole of its points. The teams' were: City.—Hart, TuOloch, Newell, Camcross, Blloor, Veilvin, O’Brien, Findlay, White, Shady, Watson, Corbett, Ke-r----ri-sk, Envois, Gray. Mere-mere-. —Geary, Allen, Greenhanks, Hardwick, Reeves, 'G. Parnell, Bloor, Drayton, Wallace, TownsemL Steiner, Geary, Andrews, -Murray. Meremere opened the attack, City fording twine,' in the- early, stages: of the game. A -movement by the City batiks e-nfmie to grief owing to the slipper in ess of the ball. Ciity forwards pressed and While nearly crossed. City lost a, chance of soaring; When the ball went out- almost on the Meremere goal-line. The Meremere forwards broke through and, with Ciity out of place, swept down the field where Hart picked up very cleanly and with a; fine kick averted the danger. A forward rush -by Oiityi saw the -ball kicked over the Mere-mere goal line and Velvin won the race to it to score til© first try of the game. Hart converted with an excellent kick. After Meremere had forced again Haft kicked over the line and Velvin, coming up fast, just beat the Wall to the dead ball line and scored. The- kick -failed. Another offensive followed, send near the goal line Carncross liin-nded) to Velvin, who dived over to score again for City. Hart failed with. a., difficult kick. Immediate] v afterwards the ball was kicked to the) More-mere goal line and Findlay followed fast to score. Seventeen point's c-cmie up- with City’s last attack ; O’Uriel i handed to Ounicross, who sec-rod) in the corner. The kick failed. Mr J. Kenny was- the referee.

SATURDAY’S TEAMS

Empire O-hl Boys, Cluh’-s- teams for Saturday’s South. Taranaki games are as follow :

iSle-n io-rs.—Campbell, White, Dowdle, Hooper, Morrissey, Leo, Dvmond, Nolan. Robinson. Ingram. Baldwin, AjUfilie" - , G arrow Malcolm, Smith, Jobson-. Herbert, McLean. . Thirds.—-Smith (3), MV-Gla-cle, Dvmond, Ora-op, Warren. Tov. Conwa.v, Moore. Ferro tt. Ooifll. Young (2), Kemp, Tippett, McDonald, Chadwick!"