FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1929, Page 3

FOOTBALL

THE DITTMAN SHIELD.

GREYMOUTH V. WESTLAND

The game for the Dittman Shield ,on‘ Cass Square oii/Saturday afternoon attracted a large number of spectators who were rewarded with an in-

foresting game, that'had many sparkI ling incidents and some slow features. I The game ended in a* win for Hoki--1 tika by 19 points (five tries, two be-’ ing converted) to 13' points (three tries, two being converted). in the first spell Grey decided to [ defend the southern goal, and HokiI tika kicked off and almost immediately a jpassing run saw Pfahlert go near the line where Speers tackled cleanly. A penalty ,ito Grey for picking out of the. scrum saw Grey relieve to the centre, but from the linC-out “ the ball went back to the Grey 25 line where Hokitika secured and the ball coming out smartly Davidson loosed the leather'to Houston, J.. King and Nightingale, who scored close to the posts. J. King goaled. s—o.

■ From the kick out Walton secured and made a nice line kick, but R-. I King returned. Then Houston broke away smartly, and passed out but the ball, went forward and the play went past the centre. From a passing run R. King got off-side and Jenkins had a shot from inside half-' way, that fell short. Back the ball | went from Nightingale to Coumbe, who opened out nicely, but Ferguson got badly off-side and almost following the. relieving kick Wilson was penalised for a similar offence, but J. King’s kicks gained no ground. Then Birss broke through a. line out [ in fine style to Nightingale, who fell j in front of the ball, but Davidson saved the danger and found the line at the 25 flag. Greer marked from a Red rush and the ball went to J. King who stopped a danger and then opened out a passing run in which Nightingale and Pfahlert gained ground but Kennedy tackling solidly stopped the advance. A scrum followed in the Grey 25 and J. King picking up sent it on to Nightingale who made a nice opening and passed to R. King, who went over near the corner to score a good try. J. King failed to enhance and the score was. B—o with twelve minutes gone. ■ Following the kick-off, Stevenson returned but Hagai* was penalised for off-side.- . Then Jamieson went to A. King who stopped him. Davidson broke away with A. King, but Jenkins sent the ball back and there followed several return kicks, a longer one. by J. King causing Grey to force.; From the kick out a scrum

followed and J. King let Houston away but Greer stopped him. Pfahlert continued the attack but Greer and I Coumbe were safe, but the ball Went out again from the ruck to R. King | who boat Kennedy and crossed well . out. Hughes failed to improve j though the kick was a good one. 11—0. -- -

A mark by Jenkins was returned by J. King well past the centre. A White forward rush saw Walton well tackled, but Kennedy carried on, and a bad kick across field by A. King let Dodson and Wilson \ away till Pfahlert tackling well stopped the advance. Some Tough and tumble

loose play followed. Then McKenz

broke away to Stevenson who knocked on. A pass forward by Bell to Jamieson put the latter off-side and

from a line-out. Freitas and Hughes gained possession but lost the hall and a fine opening. Then from. a scrum the ball went to Houston who was tackled and a loose rush in which Birss, A. Wilson and Bell were prominent Went the whole length of the field, the home backs being badly beaten, but Dodson kicked too hard on the line and Hokitika forced. Davidson returned a long 'kick and

the ball went to Speers who returned to Stevenson, wlio was tackled and a Grey rush looked dangerous till Birss was penalised for pushing an opponent, J. King finding the lino at the centre. 1 The Grey loose rushes among the forwards at this period gained much ground, but the ball came back with long kicks by King and Houston. Then Coumbe marked and Pfahlert gained possession bill

Jamieson upended him and David,so kicked through, to A. King, but h

knocked on. Jamieson broke back but A. King tackled safely and broke away hut lost the ball. Then Birs c broke through but he was stopped and a loose rush saw the ball travel from the centre to the Grey lino wllcrti Davidson and Hughes went over together the former scoring. Hughes failed to improve. 14—0.

Jamieson was next prominent but 'he was well tackled by Freitas and King from a mark gained 65 yards. Hokitika again attacked and a parsing rush on the line was spoilt by Kennedy . intercepting for the third time in a few minutes and letting Bell away down field. Then Jamieson

got the ball, hut R. King stopped bin: and half-time was called. ”

The second half opened with Grey showing far more dash. • From a lineout the forwards broke away and Carried play to Hokitika quarters whpre Freitas was collared in possession and a scrum .was formed. Grey, gain-

ed ' the ball and Walton passed ' oi

smartly to Jenkins to Jamieson' wli

went over scoring an easy though smart try. Bell converted an easy kick. 5—14. '

Slow passing among the Red backs saw j. ijeil cievcrly intercept and go well down the field. Following a scrum a fumble by J. King saw Jamieson get away, but he was stopped, and a fast loose rally followed in which many handled without either side gaining much advantage. Then A. Wilson broke through, to Stevenson but the play came back to Hokitika’s lino, a scrum taking place five yards iout, a force fqllowing. Then Jenkins returned to Nightingale who found the line well to the centre. Walton broke away in a solo run to Stevenson, ■ and was nearly ; over, but a mark relieved and the return by Speers was sent out at the centre by Hughes. Bell and Hagar had a tumblo for possession but Ellis got off-side and relieved. From a scum

Houston went away op his own, but his late pass went awry and the ball was kicked to Stevenson who made a poor attempt to pot. A free kick to Grey for an infringement relieved

and then a cross kick sent the ball

to Jamieson who gathered cleanly and with a fine effort outpaced his opponents and scored his second try near the posts. J. Bell failed with the easiest of kicks. B—l 4.

Midfield . play followed and return kicks by A. King and Jenkins saw the' latter gain ground. A loose rush

took the ball to Stevenson who was beaten by the bounce but J. King saved wit'll a clever mark and his

kick was a beauty gaining fully 77 yards to the bounce which went out of touch.

Line-out play followed in Gi’*y

quarters and from a loose rush under the posts, Coumbe kicked, and Jamieson ten yards off-side took it. Hughes took the .penalty shot, bid the ball hit the upright and worn outside. Loose desultory play followxl for several minutes without incilent and then Kennedy intercepted a passing run and went to Nightingale ind kicked but Pfahlert relieved and

ith Houston took the play back

fokitika again attacked with a loose rush hut Freitas picked up a dead

ball. A. Wilson and McKenzie tool, play back, but Davidson, Houston and King took the ball to Speers who cook his mail., Mid-field play followed and from a scrum Davidson opened out but J. King’s pass was inter•epted by Kennedy who went straight down the field to Nightingale . and passed to Greer wlio went over to score, a fine try. Walton' converted md the score was 13—14. i(

Hokitika again attacked.-.and there were some exciting’ rallies inside the Grey 25. From a .scrum Davidson tried the blind bide but was held up and then an , attempt to open out play was smothered, but the hall •ame back to the line. Then from another scrum Dawidson got the ball and made a smart dive.. beating l’is opponents, who were waiting for the pass, and lie wont on to score a real good try. J.-King converted. 19 —13.

With only a few minutes to go, Grey sent the ball, away to Jamieson who boat R. King with pace, but J. King came across fast with a fine dash that reached', the winger and downed him. A loose rush took play to Hokitika’s ling.(ft force resulting. The remaining few minutes play was generally in neutral ground, neither side-having much the advantage and the game ended in a win for Hokitika hy 19 to 14. The game was a peculiar one. In the first half Hokitika had all the

cotter of t-life play running up 14 to (I. (lie backs combining well and the forwards getting the ball. In the second half the visitors got the ball for the first half hour, and their loose rushes gained much ground. The backs did a lot- of intercepting, b"f. th.ev failed to make much advantage of the ball when it was in their possession, far too much kicking being done, Jenkins in particular using his boot far too much. Jam-

ieson made several fine runs, but be was poorly fed. On the,day J. Kin" was easify the best player on the field. Davidson, Houston and Nightingale worked well, while R. King found want of pace a disadvantage at times. The forwards , worked well

generally, none showing out above their fellows. The Grey forwards were ably led by Birss till he retired at half-time. Bell (2) and Wilson were the most prominent of the others. The backs did a- lot of inter-

cepting and at times were off-side, hut they tackled well, though their offensive play was not persevered with as it should have been. A. Cutbush controlled the game excellently.

CURTAIN RAISER

The curtain raiser between School and Old Boys proved an interesting and well contested game victory rest-

ing with School by 13 points to 12 Mr D. Heenan Was referee.

THE BANTAMS

The final sevcn-a-side game among the bantams was played School defeating Convent by 3 to 0. School therefore hold the Shield, while Convent secured the football. Mr Haybittle was referee.

BULLER V. CANTERBURY B. tßy Telegraph—Per Press Association.; WESTPuRT, Sept. 14. In the presence of a large gathering, and in beautiful weather, the Canterbury B. reps defeated Buller’s representatives this afternoon by 22 points to 9. The game was always interesting. The Buller forwards more than held their own with the visiting pack, holding up the Canterbury passing movements, although the sun and wind were both with the visitors in the first spell. Canterbury led at half

time by only 6 points to 3, a try being scored by Serra and a penalty goal By Olliver for Canterbury, and a penalty by Graham for Bullev. When the teams, turned over, Buller pressed persistently, but Canterbury came away with a rush for Olliver to score an unconverted try. Goodall and Quinn added tries for Buller, levelling the scores.

In the closing stages, however, Canterbury rattled on tnree tr.es in quick succession, the scorers being Brown, Gibbs and Hazelhurst. Rhodes and Payne each converted a try..

MARLBOROUGH BEATEN

BLENHEIM, Sept. 14

Marlliorougli were defeated by 23 points to 9 by the Wellington Colts team in ideal weather.

HAWKES BAY Y. TARANAKI

NAPIER, Sept. 14

Hawke’s Bay to-day defeated Taranaki in a very fast and exciting game of Rugby by 16 points to 14. The visitors led by 11 to nil at half-time, but .n the last quarter the home forwards made a remarkable recovery, and smashed everything before them. With two minutes to go, Taranaki led by 14 to 11, then the Hawke’s Bay. forwards swept into action, and finished up with a try, which was converted, just before the bellraiig.'

MANAWHENNUA V. WELLINGTON

. WELLINGTON, Sept. 14. In the rep Rugby ganie, Manawlienua heat Wellington by 24 points to 20. This was' a last-minute victory, Wellington being in the lead almost to the end. In the second spell a bright sun wAs proving disturbing to Wellington, who in the first spell Jed by 17-3.

NORTH OTAGO V. OTAGO B. DUNEDIN, Sept. 14. In a ragged game, before 1500, North Otago' defeated Otago B. by 13 1o 8. Sumpter and Ross scored for the winners,- Hunter converting one try and kicking a penalty. Sutherland and "Watts scored for Otago, Prebblo converting one try.

HAMILTON CUP FINAL

HAMILTO, Sept. 14

The final match of the local Rugby championship was played to-day. It was won by Marist Club, who defeated Old Boys by 9 points to 6, after extra time had been played. .

CANTERBURY V. OTAGO. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 14. Canterbury looked like piling up a cricket store against Otago in the representative Rugby match to-day. The home team, scored 21 points in the first spell, but in the second spell the visitors held them, and the result was a win for Canterbury by 21 points to 10.

WELLINGTON V. AUCKLAND

AUCKLAND, Sept. 14.

In a hard game, with flashes of spectacular play, Wellington defeated Auckland at Eden Park to-day by 22 points to 16/ <■ • . Playing with the wind in the ; first spell, Auckland was at one stage leading by 13 to nil, but Wellington was not to be denied, and in the last ten minutes of the game the visitors notched three tries, and cbmple'ely overran their opponents. The conditions were <7ood, and there was an attendance of 20.000 snectators.

For Wellington, Porter, Mackay and Wilson scored tries, two of which were converted by Heazlewood, who also kicked three penalty goals. For*Auckland, Minns and Lucas scored tries; Bush an(l Corner converting one each. Bush also kicked two penalty goals.

RUGBY LEAGUE.

AUSTRALIANS V. BATLEY. LONDON, Sept. 14. In the Rugby League football match between the Australians and Batley, the result was a win for the Australians by 27 points to 5.

SYDNEY CUP FINAL

SYDNEY, Sept. 14

The Rugby League premiership was decided to-day in the presence of sixteen thousand spectators, when South Sydney won fairly easily, defeating Newtown by 30 points to 10.