RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1932, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

RESULTS . AT A GLANCE. SEN I OHS. Kiwi! 6, Ross 3. , Excelsior 16, -Rivals 3. ' JUNIORS. ; Itimu 23, Kokatahi 0. Iviwi 11, Ross 8. School 19,Grey mouth Tech. 16. /' ’ . ...A POSITION : OF THE TEAMS. The championsh.ijpi£f>ointß , a,re:

; •- • i ; . - ROSS DEFEATECTBY kiwis. EXCELSIORS’ WIN OVER RIVALSi Ideal weather prevailed on, Saturday afternoon for the Westland Rugby Sub-Union’s coippertitions,.... and the double senior attraction at Qjiss''Square• drAv a large attendance., Ross suffered their third successive defeat here at the hands of Kiwi by 6to 3, while Excelsior won against Rivals by 16 to. 3. A curtain raiser between School, and Greymouth Technical resulted in a win for the home team by 19 to 16. The whole of the gate takings Were donated to the . utieshployhiint tyfef ' fund. «! '■v-.A"" ; :

a EXCELSIOR 16, RIVALS. 3. -‘i There were several changes and rearrangements in the personnel of the two teams.' The. match started off at a fair pace, and within a few minutes a : good rush by Excelsior backs culi miriated in Schroder crossing far. out; Rivals equalised-soon! after, With a penalty by ■ Webstar. Both packs settled down! to some solid rucking, interspersed by •Tffcqueh.t'/ forties by the Excelsior backs, who threw the ball, about as often as they: Were able, several nice rushes, being witnessed. L. • Hughes gaVe Excelsior! the' lead againwith a low kick which jiigf/'cleared- thfe bar. Up and down play if olio Wed. until Nightingale unleashed affine/field goal from - just i inside? h'ailf I^ay/.‘fthe:;. clearing with yards to, spare. [ Just on half-time Connelly seoried after: Staines had worked play up to the line with a. good run. The second spell was ' n)ore eyeii thd:-e being Uo : ./score until ’ just on; time when .Schroder * touchbid down after a good effort. ;..!.•"•/

The Excelsior backs went well /- in the first spell, during which they wCre always on the move,. Mitchell send-ng the ball out wolf. Hughes made several gpod openings, and 'called on for a, fair amijunt of dkfehsive work, Mi i -§m a M a i ftjpte. Stainfcg* opened «up -play - wi.th several good runs and took A lot 'of watching, : Schfodef wall the most impressive vi’ingef, and ,\v.;s dangerous when hoar th goal line, His tw* tries were the Outcome of his own good work, Nightihiale was .wound; - at full-back The backs an a wbohe tymbiiud , ' well and provided most, cl the bright spots of a rather /quiet match." In, the! second spell they weri’ not so effective, lacking the finishing touches to their movements, while several promising rushes wens spoiled by the Rival forward?;

The Rivals backs again lacked combination. ..but .tliey: were, never, taken i lightly,-, fojf’, Resides maintainng a.solid defence ■ generally, they Were responsible for many bright solo- efforts. Heinz was the outstanding aback, while Webster and Hecrge played splendid defensive games. Pfahlert Was .at times prominent in dcitinuneid funs. Carter, at full-back, . got through a lot of. work, although he was caught several times in possession. The ' forwards . were more / evenly, matched, each shining in turn in the different departments of the game. M. Kelly, Freitas, ' King and Eager were prominent in the pack, while Bannister, 'Schist, . Larcombe and Monk, in particular,., worked hard in, the Rivals vanguard, . • ,•' E. W. Heieinan was referee. /'

KIWI- y. ROSS. This game resulted in a Win for Kiwi by 6 •'points (a try and a penalty goal) to 3 points fa try), game proved an inte;°stin* one. Both teams opened out the p’av, and there were quite a number of interesting - passing rushes that, just failed to finish, off over the coveted line. The play in the iflrst half w»s much faster than that of the second Half, but it was not till 1 within a minute of half time that the first score came to Kiwi, Stopforth getting over from a loose rush near the posts. The attempt to convert missed. In the second half there were a lot of line outs -and hard kicking, both sides handling well but every attempt to open out passing rushes broke down at a) critical moment. Seven .nrlnutes before time >KifeW equalised liiatters, Mason setting over' from a scramble on the line, but the- attempt at conversion also .failed,',-.From the . kick off the play Went to 'Bess end and in,a loose rush - -right in .front <jf the'goal posts a

Boss forward got offside -and from the ensuing nenaltv, Walker kicked a neat * goal. ■ was no further score and the game ended with Kiwi leading by three' points. There was very little between the two teams and the run of the play showed very little advantage to either side, _ ... i- L,.- ' • Mr A. Cutbush Was referee.

HOKITIKA D.F.S. Y..GREY TFJOHk t - : *sy W . s.■ ;• • NICAL. ■

As a curtain-raiser to the senior fixtures, this match 'was'productive of bright football. The home. team held

the upper hand in the first half, run- ’ ning up 16 points, tries being scored by Howat } Parker, Richards and Redder, Adamson converting two. : Tilfe local backs made a god showing : all through while the forwards were continually, bustling the visiting pack. The second. spell saw Greymouth making strenuous efforts to pull the game round, and they undoubtedly had tile best of this half. Pedder added another try for School, while Grey ran up 16 poitits, the match ending 19—16 in'favour of Hokitika, Tries for the visitors wen* scored by Kibble (2), and Gijmour, Mathieson converting two and kicking a penalty goalAMr MtC’leary controbed thte garnet ( - . ' &i JUNIOR MATCHES. "" i JF • ;

Ross mist Kiwi at Ross on Saturday, the game hieing fain’yr even throughout. The Kiwis proved the winners by 11 'points, to 8. For the visitors tries were scored by , West-, Stapleton and Cagney, Hamilton, converting one. Allen and Mitchell scored for Ross, Parker converting orie. J. Collett was referee.

Playing at Kokatahi, Riimu defeated the home Jteam by 23 to nil.

AT GREYMOUTH.

At Greymouth Stars heat Cobden by 8 to 4 and United beat Blaketowii by 16 to 0,

SUB-UNION V. MERIVALE. *

The iselisctors ha vie chosen the following team to represent the Westland Rugby S l ub-Unjon next Saturday in the match against MeriVale, runnersup in this Christchurch senior competition:— Full-back: Mason (Ross). . ' Thr :e-quarters.: Schroder-. (E), 'Staines (E), Pfahlert (Rivals) • FiVereighths : DieJncins (K), W. Hughes, (E). • ; Half-back: Davidsen (E). ■

Forwards: Martin Ross), B. Kelly (E)! Ct Wright;Ross) ; L. Hughes (E)) Groweott- (R'nml. King CEO, J. Jones (Ross),. Walker (K).

Emergencies: B?ck, .West (K), forward/M.'Kelly!(E.). ;/ ' GREY V. SYDENHAM. . , The seV-tor (Mr-A./A. Adams), has chosen the Greymouth team to meetijSydbriham, the.winners of'the Christchurch Seniorcampionshin. at • Greymouth pn Saturday next :—Collins, A. Fong, G. - Gilbert, L, Mnrtvn, J. J. Rimmieivß. Scandrett, H. M> Petrie, H. G. Wilson, J. Mahoney, M Scandrett, W. Deere, E. •' Jones, J. Keitji, M. , Jamieson. Enter.— (Back) L. Lindbom, (forward)-Bunn.' BAY OF PLENTY BEAT MAORIS.' (Per )Press Association Copyright;) ' m o »- m ■■■ . s= ; -Tfc PUKE, July 23. The fourth game of the touring Maori team wa* played at Te Puke today against Bay of Plenty who bent the Maoris by .28 to hi!,

EUSH DEFEAT MARBORQUGH.

BLENHEIM, July 23,

Bush opened their tour cf Marlborough, Nelson and Golden Bay by defeating Marlborough in brilliant weather by 11 points to 9, after a hard and fast game.. Both,sides threw the ball about willingly, but the handling and parsing were indifferent ,witli 'the result that few back rushes were really dangerous. Bush scored through the weakness of, the Marlborough ipiside backsi who were easily gapped. The yisitihg forwards were, in better pondi'bion and played with more devil, led by Mahoney. ’ Ytarlborough were flow off the mark, but made great efforts to win in the second spell, when there . .condition petered out after ’they got two tries in quick succession. .

Lett and Harris got tries for Bush, Lett converting one, .-and Harris kicked a penalty. Pa’cchet and Diack scored tries for the losers, and Diack kicked a penalty gaol. '

IN OTHER CENTRES,

CHRISTCHURCH, July 23,

Sydenham won the Rugby Championship bv beating Merivale to-day by 10- points to 3, WELLINGTON, July 23.

Rugby.—Senior A.—Eastbourne 9, Varsity 6; Pe'tone 11, Hutt 6; Poneke 10, Athletic 10 j Marist 24, Oriental 10; Old Boys 11, Berhampore 8; Wellington 21, Miramar 9. Senior B.— Petoue 38, Marist's; - St. Patrick’s College 0.8., 31, Training College 0.

AUCKLAND, July 23. Rugby.—Manakau 9, Grammar 0; Marist 12, Technical Old Boys 6; University 20, Grafton 9; Ponsonby 16, Otahuhu -5; Training College 17, College Rifles 0.

■ ui For;‘ Pt«. Excelsior /, 7>~ ,1 v)- '' 118 14 ,■ RoSS \ ■M ••3 — .52' ; ,# 10 £ Kiwi • ■ 5* :r 3 —. "51 V 33 10 Rivals 2 5 1 42 63 5 Itimu — 7 1 25 116 ■■ .1