FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5321, 3 September 1928, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

LAST SATURDAY’S MATCHES. RESULTS AT-A GLANCE. POLAND CUP COMPETITION : Paeroa 11, v. Piako 5. Waihi 13, v. Hauraki Plains 3. KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION. JUNIORS. East 15, v. Wc.t 6. THIRD-GRADE. West 8, v. East 6. I’OLAxND CUP COMPETITWA. PAEROA AND WAIHI GAIN WINS. Tlie Thame: Valley’ inter-union competition for the Frank Pojand Memorial Cup was continued on Saturday afternoon, the Paerda representatives playing against Piako at Te Arolia, and the; Hauraki Plains fifteen visiting Waihi. Victories were gained by Paeroa a,pd Waihi, an,d as a resfult these two teams are leve.l at the head of the competition ai]|d will have' to play off to decide which, one is to hold the cup. PAEROA V. PIAKO. a fair cro.wd ox spectators witnessed the Paeroa v. Piako match at Te Arolia, which ended in a, win for. the former by' .11 pointe to 5. The' game was a Door exhibition of Rugby. Piako started qff well with some nippy passing movements, but after twenty minutes of play the dash was gone an|d from then onward -mo.;t of the proniinenit features were the result of individual effort. They were weak in defence, and, their bad .tackling was the cause of their losing the match. O Donoghue was the pick of the Piako fqr.wards, and was an honest, worker, from start to finish. Munro played a fine, game behind the pack, and gave Ills backs every opportunity to Show their, metal. Lipsey was, the weak link. Arkle played a good game, and Towers was very prominent but ■e.ndea.voured to cjo far too much qn his own. For. Paeroa Froj t and Southby were, the outstanding forwards. Nield, as rover, w.a;s. poor, while Mcßae, the half-back, and Smart and McKar.vey, the two five-eighths, were decidedly weak in their respective positions. Lockett bore the brunt of the defence, tackling soundly ajl .the time, while McQuatters was outstanding in attack. Rare played well, but W.a.tene on the wing was not impressive. The teams were as follows:— Paeroa. —Rate, McQuarters, Lockett, Watene, Smart, McKtyvey. Mcßae, • Nield, Brown, Fitch, gquthby, Neil, Frost, Poland, Johnson. Piako—Goldsbury, ’ Arkle, Towers, Reid, .Lip-ey, Stewart, Munr.q. Cleave, Fife, Mace, Luxton,, Clarkin, Wallace, Riddle., O’Donqghue. Paeroa kicked off, and Piako immediately set up a loose rush which went tq the line and the visitors forced. Passing and a loefse .rush by Paeroa put Piako on the defensive. Rare punted, high and by following up regained possession. With only Goldsbury to, beat he -scut out to Smart, who failed to hold the ball an.d an easy try was missed. Play swung tq Paeroa’e end, and from a scrum neat passing by Piako saw Towers cross the, linie for a wc-11-dererved try. Reid converted. Piako 5, Paeroa 0. In • loose play Towers failed ,t'o take, the ball on the full and Paeroa rushed to, the Hue for Pia,ko to ifo|rcc. Piako worked down the field in loose play, and a centring kick by Reid, followed by a high punt on the part of Towers, put Paeroa, in a precarious pqsitiofi. However, in a serum on the line between the posts Piako committed a breach and the visitors cleared. In open play the ball went to Reid, who had an unsuccessful drop-kick at goal. In the second- rqund Piako set up an. attack which terminated in a force. Pressure w.a.s. renewed by Piako, but with- a free kick Mcßae opened up for Southby to lead a forward rush into the home team’s, territory, where Munro, cleared. Smart gained possession but sent out a bad pass which wa • intercepted by Arkle, ami play went into Paeroa’s twenty-live. Solo work by McQuar.ters opened up the game for P.a.erea, and with a speculator Smart kicked over the opposing team an,di by following up scored a try. Lockett failed tq convert. Piako 5, Paeroa 3. From a line-out at halfway Frost broke away and made a great ruii dawn the field, but through his being unsupported Paeroa lost the opportunity to nco,re. Paeroa kept up the pressure, and in loose play Watene passed In to Southby, who scored a good try near the posts; Mcßae converted. Paerqa 8, Piako. 5. After half-time play was ragged for a few minutes. From a scrum in midfield Piako hooked and the ball travelled out to Towers., who put in- a goqd run, and l entered Paeroa’s territory. The Paeroa forwards wbrked out. again. Goldsbury endeavoured to clear from a forward rush, but his kick was blqcke'd and the rebound saw the ball go out near the hqme team’s corner flag. The Piako forwards cleared, and after an interchange of kicks Paeroa. forced. Neil retired and was replaced by Morrow. In tight Play near Piako’s twehjty-iive smart followed up a kick and a serttm op the line resulted. Piako gained the advantage, but with a penalty kick Paeroa resumed the attack. Mcßae failed with another free kick and the Piako fqrwards swooped down the field, the quarter ending with Paeroa defending. Open, play ensued in| neutral .territory for a considerable time after the commencement of the last round. Paeiba gained ground in loose' play, but. Towers broke through and cleared well down the field. The Piako for- 1 wards followed up well, and the half was sent out to Arkle, who was collared: after crossing the line and lost poshes,sioin, the ball going tq the deadball line'. A lengthy period of open play ensued, until Poland matte q dash from halfway only to lose control when near the line, the ball going out in g'oal. Paerqa attackel and half a dozeii men broke through and ma,de for the line with one man to beat However, what should have beein a. certain try was messed up and Piako I

cleared. Play swung to the other, end o; the Held. In a stubborn defence Frqst came out of the ruck with the ball at toe and dribble past the halfway lin,e. supporters then joined in, and a fine effort terminated with Nield scoring between the posts, Mcßae failed with the kick. Paeroa 11. Piako 5. Immediately afterwards Rare too,k a high punt on the full apd ran right through the opposition. He then dropped the ball to his feet. mjt unluckily lost control when cross the line. The game then ter* miqated without further score. Mr J. Mannix was referee. KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION. EAST WINS JUNIOR CONTEST. The Paeroa Rugbv Union’s Junior knoek-Oi'ut competition was concluded qn Saturday, when the East team had a comfortable win over We;A in the final game by 15 points to ©. For the winners H. Moore and F. Clayton scores a try each, J. Rackham kicked a penalty goal, H. Moore dropkicked a goal from the fiell, and Rackham converted one of the tries. For West Sb’fleld and Poland scored a try each. THIRD-GRADE JIATCH. WEST DEFEATS EAST. The East and We-st third-grade teams met as a curtain-raiser to the junior knockout game on the local domain on Saturday, and after a very close game West won by eight points to. 6. C. Williams and C. Chisholm <• Scqrcd tries for. West, an,di Chisholm converted his own try. East’s points were compiled by G. Vercoe with a try. and K. Curtis with a Penalty goal. THAMES VALLEY TRIAL MATCH. TEAMS FOR NEXT SATURDAY. In order to try aut the players before finally selecting the Thames Valley erpresentative team, a trial match ha,s ; been arranged for. next Saturday at Te Ar.oha between a team picked frqm the Hauraki Plains and' Piako seniors and a fifteen selected from the Paer.oa and Waihi players. The following men! have been selected to play in this trial match :— Piako-Plajna—Full-back, S. Goldsbury (Piako) ; three-quarters, Reid (Piako), Towers (Piako), McPherson (Plain ,) ; five-eighths, Munrq (Piako), Glotwbrthy (Plains) ; half-back, L. C. Masters (Paeroa) ; rover, O. Cleave (Piako) ; forwards, Mace (Piako), J. Dobbs (Plains), A. Kelk (Plains), F. Mulgrew (Plains), A. Courtney (Plains), O. Donoghue (Piako), A. Hutchiqson (Plains). Emergencies: Forwards, Riddle (Piako) and A. Fisher (Plains); backs, H. Wright (Plains) J. Catlin (Plain j), Stewart (P ; ako). Paer.oa,-Waihi. —Full-baick, Rare (P); three-quarters, Saunders (W), Lockett (?), Swann) (P) ; five-eighths, JDiliimorc (W), > Mcßae (P) ; half-back, Snqdgra?s (W) ; rover, C. Hume. (W) ; fqrwards, Fitch (P), Craig (W), leaton (W), Southby (P), (W), Poland (P), Walters (W). Emer- ? geneies: Radford (W) aqd McDermitt (W).