FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1930, Page 3

FOOTBALL

* . NEWMAN'SHIELD. ) A team of 19 scholars under a masfrom the Westport School is visit- ' ' Ning Hokitika this week end, arriving on Friday evening and returning on Sunday. Tlie team play Hokitika on Saturday in the semi-fiiial of t ;the Newman Shield Rugby contest. The game will probably take place in the afternoon, : but the actual time has not yet been decided. It is proposed to billets the visiting boys, and tlte Rector, Mx -L Ll- Men-.. zies would lie glad 1 to receive offers to put up a boy for the twof.nightk', tfip| full complement not yet beijng;'iHade up| A phone message or be wdp corned in this ■■■ ; :j~ ‘m

i * m WEST COAST RUCBV; UNION. The Aveekly meeting of the executive of the West Coast Rugby Union was held last evening at Greymouth. The matter of W. McKechnie playing for Blaketown. Club' last Saturday after he had agreed to his transfer tof Star Club was discussed at length, but ~ no action was taken. . ' The referee, of the United-Blaketown senior match, in his that he had occasion to ask- '-a' : player named idannam td'retifcd &s he* Considered he was not tfr ihl'ough an injury earlier in the game. Mann am had refused to igo ..off and he;, had ordered him off. f Mr Williams asked hjow it vyas that - the referee replaced Hannan)} lft t ihe ordered him off. ;

Mr O’Donnell said that the -refer e£“: should have asked him to stand on .the. line for a time. There was no rule to convert this action. Mr Eggleton Considered the referee had overstepped the hounds. ThC referee’s action was endorsed. Mr Williams asked that referees he empowered for the future to ask any player considered unfit to continue to ’ The E.e|eree. in the Exeelsior-Brunner senior ■match ori'Saturday reported . that the former team had arrived half an hour late. It was decided that ; notified that in I on |ifie Union books in / being field* wjthm}ftf|| teenfi] minutes '’time' ; ‘wou-t|J be strictly Aai;..invitation j .was ot # sen|:|a repij^^ff|fyb;||p|li|^l t ?;j rjupiieef' frorf||Sept^i|^p|jM|J|Wff® wishing them|/gr /(j and fha spr!|}j|iihV f and.;'ha the able- fo atten d flthey ■ would'notify‘Otago); early| \' t , \ , :% Th£. explanation*; from:' Excelsior sen-' iorsjgjjhat they their jgarjj.;' r "' on Saturday week. countv of three players being away on" leavgiand three players being sick, was ac-epted. , application 'United]; seniors teaiftjdo arraffgjjfa clulfj&i fter tlpj ha<£ jjoncludj|a was approved.”"; TBf rules governing the Wise Cup as were approvecp'andlSa|d||/ 4ay|iSeptember 20th. wa££&ledt&l’ the|§jate for the match between the' 4 chaMiion junjoy, fifteens .of Gjeymout\i andlmesjlatiiid, to he .played at Kutnara; It wss de'cfSed to notify Westland Sab- . TJnid’u to this effect. Senior fixtures: Cobden v. BlakeA| •grouiid (Mr T. Mclntpsli^;. United v.| Brunner at 'Paik at 3 p.m.. B. gi-bund ;(M?~W., Pripaf) ; Stars vT Excelsiors i& Hokitika at 3 p.m. J:i ■- ■

TOtJR. N.S.W. WIN BY 28 TO 3. m- m.T4U% SLWWi - r ,Y (Australian Press Association) ~\P ' * i in South Wales defeated the British touring Rugby team by 28 points to three. New South Wales scored six tries, and kicked five goals, while Britain scored one penalty goal. The match, took place on the Syd-_ ney •'Ground'- in s the presence of 11, -spectators.-Tlie ' weather ~ wassummery, and the ground was as hard % as a rock. . \ It was expected' that, as this was ) the would play brilliantly, exploitin g vtine-v International : Rules to their advantage; "V s in the previous two matches. However, with a weak back div isio^^ihe i; ivifTitors were quite belofr form: Their forwards were listless. The? passing was erratic, almost the sole exception being Spong, who enhanced his reputation in. endeavourijhis.-- aide in -tile ''second’ '&£*. BAici**»iort of tries demoralised'the British play. ' - Cerutti and Ford replaced Woods and jFinlay ,iit the, New. South Wale?, as,.cabled ; on September 9th. The. British,'tfam, >vas as cabled on Sep-:, teimber Bth. The New South Wales forwards held M their own.v.in. ;i thp >serl)mmages, an£ K they weye’i vastly: superior and more

•?, t T' ‘ • * r . ;'iii. tbie line puts, and |ifso speedier, in the loose. "'.'Was'''resoucceful, adbj*)Siß varied moves wiere enJcelleiitiy^supported in attack, particular!^'by, the centres, Egan and Towers, while Ross, who graduated in medicine on Tuesday r |liowed all liis old form at. fu.llba’ck/'.v\. : 'f' . _» At half time %ew Wales 10; Britain 3. * ffeEQQNb:' SSESLL.

Oerutti, seizing a change, through the-British centres' fumbling the hall, 'dribbled. ititlnd then gathered.>it up, after which lie accepted a return pass from Storey and scored a brilliant try-,: T yv-::. . . f" > Then Morley, anxious to intercept, 'allowed Towers to cut-in and score. iDrißpes converted both tries. He also converted three tries from, four attempts in the second spell.

Rrentice kicked a penalty for Britaiip after" which the Englishmen rarely ti'dukled the New South Welshmen except when Spong broke through. V| *'' "Cfossniari" twice crossed the line, outpacing his opponents. Knowles, Ford and White scored -tri^B—for- New South Wales, each doing so after 50yds solo runs. Ford initiated a movement, when itfVsifc . British 2'5. v TheEnglislimcn; tired' and spiritless long before tlioi whistle l ' blew. 1 Their thred-fjuarter passing was mainly latteral, only Spong’s straight running gaining ground. ? ...... ~-lie ' other 1 hand-, •" New-- -South introduced blever • tactical tnoyes,' exploiting their pace to the fullest.

Malcolm’s reverse passing to Ford sis the ,serum was breaking u;p twice -caught--the' defence napping. The British inferiority in the forwards is exemplified by the fact that rarely packed. He was generally Jdr / bhances in the' - loose, though being frequently offside spoiled his display at times. During the second spell the play ;jvas exceptionally ragged. , After the final whistle, the teams joined hands, forming a ring in midfield, nnd sang “Auld Lang Syne.” the British team is leaving for Melbourne to-morrow. _ Sobey witnessed match, after his operation to liis knee, which ip 'i iieHeyed" tq; haye 'been - successful, but it is doubtful if he will play i' l .England during the coining season.