FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1930, Page 3

FOOTBALL

SATURDAY’S GAMES. ■ ■-■’ i 7 i ■ • 1 •••• ’ The' Excelsior-Rival senior game set down for Cass Sqxare, did not 'take place, Excelsiors not being able .tl; field a team. ■ .-V JUNIORS. ' H 'T&e Excelsior-Rimu .game proved unexpectedly , one-sided the Excelsiors showing out to advantage among the i backs, In the first spell tries came .Regularly, niostly as the result tof good, passing,crushes, Mitchell, Dale, ;.Schroder, Hughes scoring tries, Hamilton converting one. :JJ The' Excelsiors continued their sucin the second spell running up further eleven points, bringing tlitfir full score to 25, while Rirnu ;b\nV managed to secure three points (a' try by Ainger). For' Excelsiors if further scores were secured (by Dale, Palmer,•and Schroder, the last named Converting one. t'rtlMr MeGleary was referee.

l9nUv -j:.UNITED V, COBDBN. At-Victoria Park on. Saturday afterIm&nl (Irik fine but cloudy weather, befofeJ aifair attendance. United seniors .Jtati'dvdy staved off- defeat from the cyauthful Cobdefi fifteen, after a willing forward game by 11 to 9. The ground v-wastin -fiairrorder. L-nited, by winning .this*match, -proved themselves virtijatirtb ‘bS"the champion West Coast ■team for this season. The game, however, was a close call for United, and Cobflen were unlucky not to have won, judging the game on the merits of .play. Tries for. United were scored by Kennedy, Walton (2), the latter con?ibe'rting.;one, ■ while for C'obden,, Birch- 1 field, Rimnier and Keith scored tries.

ELAKETOWN v. STARS. Blakeioivn .beat Stars by 11 points (tries by Ronterey, Scott and Han-mrmf'-Hannam converting one) t-o f poi nts (a|>ti'y, hji .Fjiljg). •. , M.

3 SHIELD. - BY -buller; .' v ßy Telegrap.h—Per press Association WESTPORT, Aug. 23. .. In fine weather,’-before a large at- - tendance, Buller (holders of the Sec... to^da^-stalled off a deter;.; mined challenge by .-Marlborough, defeating the visitors by 15 to 3. rln the first' spell, Goodall scored aij,; uficonverted itry for Buller, and La*Tmbht a' try, which Gilbert converted,;* t Both teams played with great vTgouiV' second spell. Payne from a..free- kick, goaled.for Mgrlborough. Gilfieri potted; a goal for Buller, and .Greer :scored' ah unconverted try:

...The. Buller .forwards were, g . great pack', dominating the game, 'Goodall and 'McCabe being outstanding ( 'while in the home hacks Scandrett and Jones were particularly sound.

| forwards ..played a/ good (sparldingtgame, the ,pick of them -be l ’'ipg jfeatchett, Botham and.., SatLerley, whp"",Avere'pafticnlariy''■ prominent •Vdiil'e in v the'hack division TPotefe, Rosherts and Bartlett were the .most not-

able!Buller were undoubtedly.,, the. better •team," and. gave a much more impressive display than against West Coast last jteelc. ;Mr Empson, of Cliristchnrch, ably controlled the game.

WELLINGTON I RUGBY UNION. #r— TO BE SUED FOR MONE Y, LOST. v l:2 '• ' YAP • ■ r , t 'WELLINGTON,':, August 23. -g (nie^3Yellirifetojii.Riigbyv ; U.nix»ji >i6* ji’bt yet free of test troubles 1 for the season. It has to face another one in an action which is 1 being brought by Gerwho •is suing fbr £76 odd tostfißfoy .•■■••lost all • night i‘ .'waiters’’ ■ in -the queue art Athletic Park were deprived'# ihe'ib places' allegedly through the unions officials not having taken precautions to preserve, the. ‘■•first?; come first v Served” order in the queue.

The Rugby Union’s position, ft is stated, is that it .never undertook to the queue and. was only concerned : in selling bn the first come first served system at the box office.

AUCKLAND v, WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Aug. 23. In a game characterised more by vigorous willing work among the forwards than by .scientific Rugby football, defeated Auckland by 10 points to 15. Wellington’s points ’caip;o„fi&jtp'ftjtry'by Mafcktyy'j ..converted by Heazlewood; and ; two field goals kicked by M. Nicholls. (3 points missing). Auckland’s points were two-tries by Soloman and one by Hook, the latter being converted .by Courier, and -a’ field ;goal kicked by Weir.

; From start to finish the game was played at a rattling pace, and in a not particularly brilliant exhibition, ’it provided plenty of exciteipent for 20,000 people. BARRY CUP i __ ‘ , 4 WATROA, Aug. ,23. ' Wairoa successfully defended the Barry . Cup here to-dav against the. Pe\verty Buy rep. football team by six points to nil, after a good fast game.

BUSH v. MAXAWATU

PALMERSTON N., Aug. 2-1. At Rugby on Saturday, Bush Union 19, beat Manawatu 14. i TARANAKI v. AIANAWHENUA. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 24. Taranaki Rugby reps defeated Manawhenua by 39 to 5 on a dry warm day. Taranaki.had its strongest team in-the Held,,and the margin might have been considerably wider had not Taranaki become.lackadaisical in the second spell towards the end of which Manawhenua scored and • converted a try. Taranaki in tlie early stages frequently swept the .field, with , rushes that left the opposition standing.

AUCKLAND VARSITY v. FIJI. SUVA, Aug. 23. The second Rugby test resulted: Fiji 11, Auckland 6. Robinson and Henton scored for the visitors, and Boyer a try and Grey 2 tries for Fiji. Wright converted one. The two Auckland tries were the result of interceptions by Rae the visitors’ half, back, who played a magnificent game. OTAGO BEAT S. CANTERBURY.

TIMARU, Aug. 23. Otago scored a runaway victory over South Canterbury to-day by 37 point.* to 16. Tire visitors were superior in all depart in nets, the speed of their backs being the deciding factor. INTER -COLLEG E M ATCH. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 23. In an inter-college Rugby tourney match Nelson College team drew with Christ’s College, 6 all, two tries each, alter a magnificent exposition of the game by both teams. BRITISH RUGBY TEAM. OUTPLAY N.,S.W. BACKS TOO GOOD.

(Australian Press Association) SYDNEY. Aug. 24. At ; tlie Sydney Cricket Ground yes : terclay, before about 30,000 spectators, the British Rugby team won the first match of their tour, defeating New South Wales in ail overwhelming manner by 29 points to 10. The Areather was cool and cloudy, artd after a week’s sunshine, the ground was excellent, and was not hard, because of two days’ watering. Tilt teams were as cabled on Friday.The first half ended 12 points to If in the Britishers’ favour.

In the second half the visitors monopolised the scoring, gaining four tries in the last fifteen minutes. The scorers for England were: Aarvold (2). Wilkinson, Novis, Reeve, Hodgson, om each. Bassett converted two tries and Black two. Bassett.also kicked a penalty goal.

For New South Wales Ford and Towers secured • tries, and Ross converted both tries.

Only at one stage, towards the end of the first spell, did New South Wales seem likely to hold the heavier team of the visitors. Then the .play flue’ uated from end to end..... New. South Wales during this period gained a preponderance of the hail from the scrum owing to Kendrew, of the front rank, receiving an injury which twice necessif tated ambulance attention. 'i For twenty-five minutes in the secod. spell there • was no score.. Then New South .Wales was outflanked right and left. They subsequently crumbled before the penetrative attacks. L At the final whistle, a > voice front the bill -called : “Send for Bradman!” r, Britain’s mastery., wa-s Hot; over thb New. South Wales forwards, who held their own in the line-outs, and also in heeling from the rucks, hut the backs. Bassett may not be as great as Ross, the New South Wales full hack, who was called on for an extraordinary defence, but the visitors’: full hack was accurate in his line finding l , and thereby saved his forwards tremendously. The wings and the five-eighth were New South Wales’ weak links. V The New South Wales selectors chose ail attacking three-quarter line, with the featherweight Grossman,, and the inexperienced Carlton, - the Olympic sprinter, as flanks; Neither of the two impressed. In the Test team changes are certain. Grossman' was innocuous agairist Reeve, who refrained '. from heavy”tackling, he only once, when, it was. necessary, collaring Grossman, after giving-him two- yards start. Consequently the good work of Totyers. King and; Malcolm. wa.s •valueless. 'The‘New South Wales kabks throughout, were lined for attack, and .they left Spong room-to dance,, dodge and feint;-. • ' ' " S.pong was easily -the .best- back of the dnv, and he fully sustained his Now reputation, Novis, as centre, was excellent support. .Tack Ford dropped from forward, back to ’the three-quarters, in the second half, but he was unable fo aebieve the overlapping of a man when possessiop was obtained,