FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1929, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

BULLER V. COAST. * The selectors, Messrs J. Tiplady, J. Bradley and J. T. Deere,. selected the following team to represent' ‘-'Buller against West Coast on Saturday:—A.' uralmni, O’Brien; Bonifacio) ’Griffiths (captain), Quinn, Holder, !, W:' White, J. (Audwcll, R. Gardiner, J. Etheridge, Goodall, Haddock, G. Stun it, Lockey, McNeight. Emergencies: M. Robinson, T. Coiiholly, "'O. Jones (backs); A. Pain, J. Stewart, J. McNally (forwards). 1 1 ALL BLACKS WIN. AT NEWCASTLE. • • (Australian Press Association)', Newcastle; July 3. In the presence of' four , thousand people, the Newcastle rep team to-day played the All Blacks On the Sports Ground. The teams were, as 'follows: All Blacks: • Stringfellow; : Waterman, Carleton, 1 Geddas; Oliver, Gundy; Dailey! (captain)) Hook; Snow, McWilliams; Mahoitey, Steer®, Reside; Palmer, anl Souter. Newcastle: Burke; Hammill, Doyle, Breen (captain); Middleton, Neville : Rutherford ; , Howell; AVard, Pooley, Jones, Swan, McKenzie, • .Sanderson, Greaves. ■.* : ■■■<•■* > ;: ! Nepia did not play owing- to an injury- to his back. 1 ’’ -• TII6 All Blacks started .off ’in a manner; that '.suggested - that 'they wo(fld prove' to. he .a ' superior team : in every . department of.'the M game.. Fine pack work,, and brilliant', passing, in which Geddes J fehdne, (d ivert’ features of various stages of the match. • The New Zealanders were, npt long in scoring,'! and.!'they bsialilihifcd ii nice lead, before Newcastle, per medium of Hammill, scored a try, wnich was converted. The All. Blacks continued to show fine play. Their forward line was exceptionally good. Newcastle however scored a try again in the first half'; making the scores; ' • ' New Zealand 11.' Newcastle B.V- ; • After the interval, the All Blacks carried the game before ■’ 'them, and, with the exceptioil''6f individual efforts by one or : two'men on the Newcastle side, the Ideal 1 team' were outclassed.” : 1 : - G-oddes, AVatermdii, Ouiidy, Oliver and tStringfelloW were a tower of strength to the All 1 Blacks side. In the second half the Newcastle team tired. . : ' ! Dailey, the New Zealand captain, went off-(the'field 'fiftriy in the second half with. an' injhretl shoulder. .; The final score Whs: • New Zealand 35T ' 7 1 j Newcastle 8. - 'k l : " •-' ••- ■ TARA N'AKI BEAT j WELLINGTON. " 1 ( in * mjnupe; ; V - ; ! ‘' : ''#AWEM, j July 3. *• A. crowd estimated , ' l i(t( , 'ibetween'' five and - six tlidtisVimcl witnessed the an- - nual Rugby game between' the Taranaki aiul Wellington provincial fif- , teens this ’afternoon, when .Taranaki 1 ’ took the decision ’ by six poihts’ (tiy and penalty goal) to 3 (d I '.*’penally goal). As indibatecL by tile ! l«iw M.iics the game was ’a hdrdloff&Ht ‘ battle, with the sides fairly eve illy matched, . though a slight margin of the tern-' torial honours had to be credited to

Taranaki. The visiti’g team \Vns c -n----siderably below Wellington strength, notable absentees joeing tlrfe r All Blacks C. G.” Porter, M. Nicholls, R. Rushbrook, and Nepia’s fuil-baek rival. Heazlewood. Two of Taranaki’s best scoring three-quarters wore not available, while the forward, A. KiieJi was absent with the touring All Blacks, though the Taranaki side was more truly indicative of’the province s Rugby strength’ than was the . case with Wellington’s fifteen. ~.( . ■ ■

Tile play throughout was,.'character- J is'ed by suro tackling which, prevented the exploitation of the open order of passing. Passing bouts, were repeatedly essayed by both rear divisions, and their stoppage detracted from the spectacular interest. Wellington’s middle backs, with L, M. Johnson (second five-eighths) and. R. Pelham (centre) as star performers, were niXu'e sudden and resourceful in attack than their opponents, but this advantage was offset by the relentless spoiling of the home men, who, with the All Black, F. D. Kilby, at the base ,of tlie scrum, D.. Johnston at second fiveeighth, and H. W. Brown, at centre, Were also often in the picture as a swift attacking force. Taranaki’s forwards ruled the lineout and tight scrummaging, having a decided superiority iii weight. Despite tin's,. the Wellington, hookers took the greater share of the. scrum balls while tjio Wellington pack, ; as a whole, 'held the advantage.in,the loose play. Almost faultless exhibitions’of full -back pla ; v ,wqre.,igjvon by {he resnect-ivo last liners, A. Collins (Taranaki) and F. Cormac;]v : (Wcllington). , ''. . .The visitors opened Tlie spore within four minutes, when .Conn nek, from wide out at the..twenty-five,.succeed-ed with the second of two .penalty kicks. The spell was . well,, advanced, when Collins converted from a penalty, for Taranaki; half-time fuuiing the scores three all. ,-

The second spell was tested at a. lively pane. No score resulted till r, minute before time. Fop:,several moments Taranaki lmd been penned in their own twenty-five, a successful counter-attack developing when thf forwards surged to"midfield, when.the. rover, A. Gny, made , sensational

ruii. Stopped near the line by Dinniss, Guy retrieved the ball, and sent

whs wing, Fookes, over for an unconverted ti-y.

AYIN FOR AA-AIR ARAB A

OVER BUSH DISTRICTS

AT AS,TEUTON, July 3

The AVairarapa Rugby representatives td-day accounted for Bush District reps to the tune of twentynine to liil in a ragged, disappoin . ing game. The Bush team gave a great display, their forwards being superior to the green pack, but the backs of both sides played soundly. The match showed tKe.+ is still much room for improvement in the Wiiirarepa combination.

The first spell, which ended live to liil in AA r airarapa’s favour, was a colourless exhibition, but in the' second half, the AVairarapa forward 1 -- packed better, and the - backs handled with more effect, putting on 24 more.; points, of which F. Fuller, in hik first appearance in rep football, was responsible for 17, comprising one try, five conversions- and a potted goal. Cooke scored two tries, and Yates and N. Devine one try each. The Ranfurly Shield was not at stake. ,

: N.Z. A r . AUS-TR ALLAN N \V.AT,S. ' ; ’J. ' . SYDNEY, July 3. Teams from the New Zealand and (Australian Naval Squadrons - engage. 1 -in a Rugby game to-day, when tip.Nedri Zealatiders won by’ 34 points tVi. Uv McNeill.' and Murray scored the, tries, for the> Now - Zealanders.