FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3658, 28 June 1927, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS. SENIOR. Wanderers 11 v. Shannon 9. Awahon 9 v. Weroroa 11. County won from Qtaki by default JUNIOR, Weraroa 8 v. Foiton 6. Miranni 24 v. Awahon 9. Shannon defeated Hui Mai. THIRD GRADE. Wanderers 9 v. Weraroa 0. POSITION OF TEAMS.

SENIOR GAME. WERAROA (11) v. AWAHOU (9). The above senior game was played on the racecourse on Saturday and attracted a fair number of spectators. The playing area was practically covered witlisurfacewa-. ter, which in places was inches deep and several of the players were subjected to involuntary baths. The condition of the ground and the greasy ball made it practically impossible to handle with ' accuracy and the game was confined mostly to the forwards. Wernroa (white) did most of the attacking although Awahou (black) livened up in the second spell and had hard luck in not scoring a win. Within the first quarter of an hour Weraroa had scored 8 points. The first try was a gift. The Awahou backs hesitated with the ball over the line and Lambert took possession of it from him and scored, Roy Cole converting. Weraroa s—Awahou5 —Awahou nil. Shortly after Cole sent the ball over from a handy position as the result of a penalty, Weraroa 8 — Awahou nil. Whites continued to attack and the play from there on till half-time mas of a ragged nature, Reid, Fuller, Moses, Westwood and Hakaraia battling hard to even up the score. In the second half Awahou rushed play to white’s territory and Robinson made a dash for the line, but was pushed out in the corner. Moses, Reid and Fuller were prominent in another attack and the latter dashed over in the corner—Awahou 3 —-Weraroa 8. Awahou uow bucked up, but ■ the Weraroa full back was equal to the attacking movements. A free kick on the line gave white’s relief. Play then went back and forth until Taylor got possession and crossed. The kick was a failure—Awahou 6 —Weraroa 8. Both forwards and backs played determinedly. McLean intercepted a passing, movement between Hakaraia, ~ Reid, Westwood and Hindu and streaked for the line to score a good try. Cole took the kick which failed — Weraroa 11 —Awahou 6. Awahou again attacked and Weraroa forced. A Weraroa back intercepted another black pass, but he was well tackled by Fuller. Weraroa again charged Awahou line, but they were sent back; and as the result of an attacking movement by Moses, Fuller and Westwood, the latter beat the opposing bacE and crossed. Taylor failed with the- kick, the game ending Weraroa 11 —Awahou 9.

c .s *-3 ",6 «S $ ’3 tc .3 ‘3 CU £ £ © U3 a3 £ t: • • s £ 3 0 Ju £ O County 7 6 i 0 85 35 12 Hui Mai 6 5 i 0 81 30 10 Shannon 7 4 2 1 92 40 9 W'derers 7 4 2 1 77 53 9 Weraroa 7 2 4 1 32 78 5 Awahou 7 1 6 0 43 101 2 Otaki 7 0 6 1 32 95 1