SEDDON SHIELD

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 2

SEDDON SHIELD

RETAINED BY COAST

NELSON’S HARD STRUGGLE

The ; ; -BQ(:ciind?'chailen'ge - for the iSeddon Shield Splayed ' this season took place at G.rcyniputh. ,011 afternoon before :,4n-, attendance of well over two thousan|,i 'aiid • insulted.’ in a will for West-^a^: v by .46. v pojn.ts ,(3' beingrcpnyei’ted, ifwidfa penalty goal) to 11 poiii ; tsY(t\vo tries.' s one being converted an'd< penalty goal). The challenging team ; wag a very heavy one, the headed by the N-Z. repreisejitative D. Max. 16.6,, averaging 14st. ‘£fb;j .while the' backs averaged list. 3lfe.. , • "• 'Y ’. •

Nelson, -defending .the southern goal kicked off. k.There was no sun, . and no wind,, hut the ground was very, heavy, following the' train of, earlier in. the week;' The ..kick < off. went to ‘Martyn whose .retui’ii’.was) stopped- and; the' ball; went.out on Coast'2s. Kirkland brokb away .from -a Jooee line out but .Watson the visiting captain,' sent, play 'back, and. the'ball.., went 1 across -the field but iSCa.iidrettl ..found- the line. From a schfm 'M. Kelly' broke ,away and : Coast essayed passing but after' W. Hughes, had sent out to Taafe the latter passed

wildly to Martyn and . the ball • was kicked out. Tiwf©. • got. possession and

kicked to Glover, Nelson’s, full back, who made -a fine return past halfway.

The ball came across in a nice Nelson

rush to Busch who with a fine dash of

-speed beat Schroder badly but then went out. Prom the lino out Stewart

'went across and passed to McLean who wont down and the first set scrum

jva s formed. Const got the ball cleanly but after Scandrett and Hughes had handled Pong was caught in possession. Taafe saved but Watson tackled him.

From a line out Jones broke away, but his pass went astray. A free kick to Nelson saw the ball fumbled by Martyn and a s crum. formed in Coast 25. Nelson gained the ’.ball, Thompson, Carey, and Watson handling. Fong took the latter but Stewart snapped it up and went to the Coast line, where King broke through with the ball at his fee't and at the 25 handed to Fong, but Martyn

missed a long bad pass over Taafe’s head; ia Nelson rush following which. , ’imerj broke 'and the Coast forwards went with a rush, to N cl so 51 25, ,where offside play gave Martyn a shot and he kicked .a nice goal 3—o, third of the spell having passed. The kick off went to Jones who wa>s ■collared in possession by Drummond, but iScandrett relieved the danger, and King, Jones, M. Scandrett and Kirkland took place to Nelson 25. Here

Drummond wais injured in the' ankle and .Taylor .replaced him. The Uoast

continued to attack, Scandrett getting away and kicking. Some Coa s t parsing

was spoilt ’.by Fong, and a free to Nel-

son relieved to poet the outre. Stewart

came back and sent to Busch who beat iSchtoder again ' but Fong came across

and tackled finely but the ball tvenj-.to Stewart. who made a fine dash and

scored well out. He failed to improve 3—3.

Coast got the ball from the serum, and Scandrett sent to Hughes who cut

in but was downed by Carey. From a ’ line out Max wa s penalised and Martyn essayed a place, at goal but missed. A Nelson rush went to- Fong who lined, and from a scrum. Fong and 'Martyn had -a passing run, but Nelson .stopped nicely and. no ground was gained. The play was in Nelson quarters and .from .;i kick to Gilbert, tlie latter pot;ed poorly. Chatterton,

j Smith and Clark went away in a nice •;i loose riash, and then Busch went on j but Schroder made no mistake, this I .time and Thompson (Coast) brought l hig namesake down with a crash when ! lie wa.s looking ‘dangerous. A free kick | saw Gilbert .line past the centre. Coast ! carried play to Nelson' 25 where .Scandrett went from a scrum 'to Schroder, who wad held up on the line, passed out to Scandrett who made a strong dash but was held up, and McLean

broke away, 'where a hard kick sent back play and Nelson forced under the posts. From the kick out Flower's and Chatterton 'broke away, but W. Hughes stopped ia nasty rush in good style. A free'kick to. Nelson for lifting in the scrum, but *W. Hugheg returned to Clover who lined well up. From a scrum Coast ..were again penalised but W. Hughes took the kick and passed to Fong, who dummied through several opponents but was taken by Watson. McLean got offside, and. Fong went a.way but handled on the ground and •waa penalised. Fong soon after wars bustled and kicked across to Busch who went away but was clowned by Schroder. Clark broke away in a dribble but W. Hughes lined, and then Carey was offside. Martyn failed to improve, and Clark, Chatterton, Smith and.. D. Max went away in a Iqose rush, but M. Kelly picked up from their toes and sent to W. Hughey to Fong, but the latter passed wildly and Schroder had no ,change to collect. Coast continued to (attack and the ball went from Scandrett to Hughes to Fong, who sent over Taafe to Martyn who knocked on. The attack continued in front of the post s 'a,nd Fong, Hughes and Taafe handled, the la tier sending infield where Busch knocked back and King dashed in ' and scored near the posts. ‘Martyn goaled and the (score- wa s 8 3. .and half time was called.

The second half opened with return lacks and then Schroder and Busch exchanged. A poor pass by .Scandrett was beautifully taken by W. Hhghcs, but McLean took him and Max (2) and Taylor came away Schroder stopping the rush. Nelson got the ball from the scrum and Watson was taken by King. Stewart carried on hut Fong took hint, but Watson and Busch went on and beating Gilbert badly Busch was nearly -over, coming down a few feet from the line. The coast forwards relieved the clanger but Thomson (Nelson), (Stewart, Wa*&on and Busch went away with a fine passing run that ‘Schroder and Hughes jointly stopped and the latter found touch at Coast 25. Nelson continued to attack and Minx was ‘topped by Gilbert, but after a. hard forward struggle in Coast quarters a, forward, rush saw .the ball taken, over - theline' and Max 'scored. Stewart kicked., a nice goal, .and l the spore was'B—B; From the,kick,off Nelson. attacked,. Thompson,,. Stewart and ijoyce vbreakijig '"away ,jmt .-W: -.Hughes? was fchei’e'- to stop them (and -./the for" wards- led . by B. Kelly and Kirkland took the ball , to Nelson •; side, of hjt'lf viay.. There, Übast;.-were;', penalised and Watson lined-at/Coast 25, Nelson passing was .broken .by Taafe. who . wentthrough; to „ pass to,Schi)oder wlxo sent inwards but, Fong failed . ..to; take,. Martyn was-collared in possession, b’pt kicked v across- to Bins eh who . lined sti aight ’ out. Coast attacking, with a passing ruin;,. W. Hughjas- short-punted apd ! Gloyo,r ' was penned on hi is line. Passing between Fong, / Taafe and Schroder saw the laiter kick .across but Watson, got the ball and lined. Reel .forwards came in front of the posts but a free kick relieved Nelson, Back came the Coast , backs, Soandre,tt, W. Hughes, Fong, Taafe ~&nd Schroder taking part the latter being thrown out after crossing the line ,at the cornel’. Coast continued attacking and a pacing run saw Fong, Taafe and Schroder on the line, the latter being . downed. McLean 'broke away from -a. scrum to the 25 when Max got offside, .but Martyn’s kick ‘at goal was a poor one. Some poor 'Coast passing lost ground and then:*-.a-,, hard kick by Scandrett forced- . -Nelson. Coast continued to aifctack. dstrongly but, the backs were not handling too well and ground was lost. A passing run from the scrum saw Fong, break.-to Taafe, but BnSch tackled well right on the corner. From the line out Thompson, Stewart, Carey and Busch handled, 'but the latter was taken by Taafe. From -a scrum inside Coast ,25. King got. offside. Kirkland broke way but Thompson saved. Jones broke awav and kicked *oit Glover returned W. Hughes marked nicely. From a tine out and following scrum .Tones broke away and picking up passed to Marfvn. Taafe and Fong handled and the latter crossed to score. Martyn failed to improve 11—8. Jones missed the kick off but W. Hughes relieved but Watson sent play •back. Nelson attacked, but Schroder cam© round and kicked out at 25 flag. Coast were .then penalised in the scrum and Stewart kicked a good goal again evening the scores 11—11. With the last quarter of an hour entered the gam© continued to be very exciting. 'Gjilbert saved a dangerous pacing run, tackling Boyce. Then play went to Nelson quarters where Coast attacked .strongly, and in a loose attack ‘L. Hughes just failed to keep the ball in, some five yards from the line. A scrum near the Nelson line ■followed and Coast securing, Scandrett passed out to W. Hughes, to Fong, to Taafe who just got the ball to dash over near the posts to .score. Martyn goaled. 16—11. With five minutes to go, Nelson .attacked strongly, but the Const defence held and King and L. Hughes brought back the play. The ball travelled up and down I he field till time was called with Ceast victois ‘by 16 to 11. Tlie game .proved a hard one throughout. ’ Coast forwards proved a fine combination and they secured the ball in the scrum on a large majority of occasions, havingj almost a monopoly in the enk first spell. Agnin s t their heavier op-j pcheats they packed and pushed far bette,. and hi the line out the play was about even. The game wa s of a more solid than brilliant nature. The Coaist- backs failed to handle as well as’.they (should, W. Hughes being the exception:- Feng and Taafe -made veryj few attempts to go up the field, and j the across;the‘field passing gained veryj liLtle’groiind on most, occasions. Tn the ( early (.stages both -Schroder and Martyn j handled ‘bady, but they improved as.

the game,".wore on. ■ With the ball in possession for most of the game Coast ■baickß proved very disappointing. ■ The Nelson : f ijackg had - very little of ; thq ball; in the . .game," but they made fay better u's? of their, opportunities and their aftack . bad far more danger in it than t-hat of. their opponents, while 'tjieir line kicking :^vas' a decided feature. The heavy- Nelson pack stood up - well tQ their .work, but'they Were more than, held up by. the Coast pack. Glover, the Nelson 'custodian,"-showed to bette r advantage, than Gilbert, while the Nelson centre captain, had a distinct advantage ' over "the Coast captain on' the day’s plajjr; The Coast had the better of the play thanks to the fine work of their forwards gird the genre represents about the difference on the day’s play.

Mr C. lSi Crawford of Christchurch was referee.

WEST COAST V. BULLER

SOUTHERN TEAM UNALTERED,

Tlie West Coast team to play Buller on Saturday in defence of the Seddon Shield is . unchanged except that W. Buchanan replaces W. Ogier as one of the two emergency forwards.

NEWMAN SHIELD MATCH

GREYMOUTH, August 14

The Greymouth Main School and Hokitika Primary School teams met on Saturday for the Newman Shield, the home team winning after an even and exciting game by three to nil, a spectacular try scored by Me Hugh, just before time. f

KOKATAHI Y. KOITERANGI. The final contest- of a series of three matches between Kokatahi and Koiterangi, for a cup presented by Mr E. Sheriff was played yesterday, both teams having won one game previously. There was a large attendance of spectators wlio showed much interest in the course of the play. The game was an even one and ended in a win for Kokatahi by 9 points (a try by Growcott, and two penalty goals by Shivas) to 6 points (a. try by Adamson and a penalty goal by J. Roberts). Mr M. Wallace was referee.

NORTH OTAGO V. MARLBOROUGH

OAMARU, August 12

111 the Rugby match North . Otago defeated Marlborough bv 16 to 6 in a game productive of bright movements, though rugged at times. The lighter home pack carried the honours in the loose play, though the visitors won the set scrums.

RESULTS IN OTHER CENTRES CHRISTCHURCH, August 12. The last club games of the season were played to-day in perfect weather. In the final of the knock-out coihpetition for the chal’enge shield, Merivale 11 beat Christchurch 9. Sydenham 12 beat Athletic 6 in a friendly .game. WELLINGTON, August 12.

Rugby, First Division: Old Boys 19, Marist 3; Pet-one 17. Poneke 11; Hutt 17, Wellington 7; Athletic 23, Oriental 3; Eastbourne 19, St. Patrick’s 9. Second Division.: University 45. Hutt U.