FOOTBALL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4445, 29 April 1930, Page 2

FOOTBALL

SATURDAY'S msur/rs. SEXTO ifKoxt on 09 v. ('nunl y 0. Wanderers 17 v. Shannon nil. .TUN TOR. Fox tun 22 v. Koputaroa 0. Tokumarn li) v. Slinmion 11. llui Mai 3 s'. W'aadorers nil. THIRDS. Wanderers S v. Buxton nil. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. S?jq i £ 5 Wanderers 'j 2 0 031 3 I Eoxlon 22 0 (I SI 3 1 Olaki 22 0 ll 17 5 I Comity 3 0 2 0 0 07 0 Klnmiiu!) 2 0 2 0 3 31 II llui Mai 3 ll 3 0 S 31 0

SHANNON -WANDERERS,

Tlir s|>eel;itors witnessed one of the iao>l disgrnrefill exhibitions ol! Rugby set. seen in the dial riel at Shannon ini Saturday, when Wanderers (dashed with the home team In the senior competitions. The referee (Mr. 1 lend) signally Tailed to deal with I hose responsible Tor ioll e h ji|a\ imlil llie erovvil loived him lo lake notice. The game had tiei \ a open ranee oT ending in a

■•iloiniy brook." Things were bad enough in Ihe lirsi spidl bnl alter the (dian.ee in'er the game been me wry rough and il was not until the I'mtesls oT Lhe speelalors had been

si ronvjy vnieed that lhe relVri'e decided |.o take aeiion when lie ordered Tat,-ilia (captain of the Wanderers) and Williams (Shannon) on (lie line, bnl even then rough play euiilintted and lhe nexi in “el his walking' ticket was Satlirrlov

(Shannon's eaplain) who was very soon a Tier followed by T. Pa rat a ( \\ :,a nderers ). Alter these dismis-

sals lhe came was played as il should Re. Il is honed that the an J ii<»t il ifs will not ollow tnrilnyV; exhibition to pass wit limit a llior - i i:i;h investigation and the imposing oT titling penalities, on the offenders. The game ended in Wanderers (liTealim: Shannon bv IT points to nil alter a ragged display.

EON TON v. COUNTY. At Levin on Saturday the Eoxtoii seniors del'ealed County by in points to nil. County found it difficult to held a Tull team and lined out with 13 men but the Tull strength was made up bv reinforcements includim;- tun veterans —.1. .) O'Connor and P. J. Harry (an old North Island rep.) The latter did not come hack in the second half, km! “dark" kepi going and despite the drawbacks of middle-age, was able to give some good assistance in the I h ree-ipm rt er I iue. The teams were as follows:

Foxlom— Full-back, Taylor I hroe-r|unvfei's, Thompson, Robin

soil, \Y. Moses; live-eighths, IVor!<‘r, Stevenson; half, ,K. Ilirini; for wards, Hull twiiu;'), Kravchenko Harrison, Renata. Richardson, Wilson, Fuller, MeCarl liv. Comity. —Full-back, Piilii; threequarters, Winter, Royal, O’Cnimoi" lie, cigli l Its, F.ilwa rds, .1. MeLeav cy; half. Reilmiia; forwards, R. Si i lair (wine), Xahona, Larsen Loud, Ifallanmre, K, .Mr Leaver Larrv, foie.

Foxlon (yellow and black) kicked "II t ruin tin* weslern side, ami were so.ni making no race ~f it. The passim*.' am! handling of the hall hv I heir forwards w;is a h eal to witness, and l lie hacks worked with hination. 11. Taylor, at fill;lack, was ibe trigger for manv .-i iliseha I'gc ol lol'ee, and no! ald v fine "-'■m was shown by If. Robinson

iI h ree- 1l artri er) and C. Proctor Ili ve-oigh| hs ), h.,1 h of whom were "eal and speedy ami were respou- ' ihi.* for some .spectacular runs. Murine the early part of the spell l hroc scores were regislere.l at in"'r'als of abend live minutes. 1 ■.unity invaded al 1 hues, even as lar as the coal line, hut I lie visitor.'.’ hacks were as solid on dc- *•• iicc as on initial ivc, and (ln-sc in-

irsi.uis were repelled in rompnra

lively brief time. There was no lack of individual merit ,• nnoiig the

•: i; l.ji > I'i ( \ ul' t hi* Cmiiilv men, hill 'hmll gh lack ul eo-ordin:ll ion ihev "Men ;il ere.--.s-purposes, makii..any sustained offensive impos•iiih'. Half-time* was called wilh ihe visitors score* at '.>7. Unit' and Thompson had obtained two trios *acJi. and Wilson, Robinson, Tayior, I* nllor and Sie'vonson one* oaoli. Ilirini converted l.'onv and Taylor i *ne*. Will. .I. .. i 1 ,

Wdh line sun behind tln*m in the i-e-ond halt, I lie* magpies playoil " il l* sl, mowhat more precision, hut i'o.vlons organisation continued to "'ll against, ihem. Plav had only iii'en re*.sinned a few uiiuales, when I larrison took a pass from Moses ml loin-hed down hchiml tile* posts, ihe goal brought I In* score to -lit. 1 oiinly had several close-views of *he promised lam! which failed to materialise for I hem: (they were nearly over on one or iwo occasions. hul l''o.\Ton wen* either quick to force in' lo cel the ball out of ihe rack. Muff was the next, to score Tor I'h>xl on, and the goal was added. Soon aft rewards Procter s'd an easy try front a passing rush, and conversion followed. Robinson made a great solo run from about ha If-w.ay and enabled his side to add another try and coal. Other tries were secured by Thompson and Stevenson, and were converted, making the total 07. In a final etlort the visitors met opposition at the corner, and after a line-out and a couple of serums the ball was kicked out over tin* goal-lino and lime was sounded.

Mr. .1. Smith controlled the game, which was played in a most friendly spirit.

JUNIORS. PONTON v. KOPUTAROA. Foxton and Koputaroa met on Easfon Park on Saturday last Refare a fair crowd of spectators, a he teams lined out as iollows: Kopularon (red and white).— Stickles, Davis, Hobson, J. 3IV>(;regor, 31. MeOregor, Seifert, 1. McDonald, Peni, 31. Taylor, MeOregnr, Jury, (!• Me Don a Id, Walton, Carroll, 'Barry. Eoxlon (yellow and black).—!,, (InIV, Hofmann, IT. Hull, ( raon. Williams, Ohrystail, Hartley, Burns, Wright, Smith, Hinds, Barbel 1 , boI,bison, Taylor and Anderson.

'the play. Iwputaroa won the toss and el- , med lo play with the wind and against the sun. From the kick-oil play remained in the centre o| the held until Williams marked and kicking high placed Eoxlon in a ijkelv allocking position, lhe locals essaved several passing' limits, Imt Williams and Chrystnll had not settled down, their handling being c.rafir. Evenlnally Croon kicked ihroiigh and Me,Donald jusl sated with a handy mark. The kick saw play carried lo the other end and lhe Kopmaroa forwards nicking

well were making good progress. ’| be reds were awarded a free kick ii: :i ,j,iod position lmt MeDoiialn i: nl,.,| p, lift the ball. The red fov-;,i-d> came again and looked dan"ei'otis when H. Hull saved nicely, hupiitarmi were awarded another , -y kick Inti Stickles failed lo add points. \Yilliams forced. The locals then took a hand at attacking jiud when in good (ids it ion Williams essayed to kick through instead of [■rcsiiig. Immediately aflev the ~• j me player aitempted a pot with two unmarked men outside him. The -a,i'll ended shorllv afterwards'with neither side having scored .

The yellows jumped rigid into the attack front the kick oIV in the second spell and were hammering the i eil oo.al line in no time. The local I orwards were almost over three or four limes and eventually from a serum right on the line Smith came i lean through the serum and scored a first class try. Huff missed the kick. From the resulting kick out Smith, wlm was playing a dashing ilie set his barks going Mild a good bout id' passing resulted in Croon i einir forced out three yards from i lie line. A serum ensued inlineuiatelv and Hartley and Croon with

a perfect blind side movement brought up 3 more points. Williams missed a difficult kick. Kojin (a roa took a turn at attacking, till I when they looked dangerous Williams saved with a good mark. Shortly afterwards If. Huff kicked hiv.li and following up last gathered tiie hall and scored a good try. lie added the extra points. The red

made another rally only to be driven hack liy a brilliant line kick 1. .-in Wiiliiums, who was shilling on uei’ciiee and altaek in this half. i'i'oiii a melee in mid Held Chrystall mil! I In* hall to Huff, who cut in, made a com! opening,', passed to Williams, who improved (he position

d ilien handed to Croon who

■.cored. The Iry of I lie day. The yellows immediately came again ill on I lie k ick off and Hinds pas-

-od to his hacks, the same line ha lulling again lo lei Croon finish a mil her good movement. Williams failed to goal. Fox ton looked dane I'm is again. Fluff dribbling over * nly lo lie beaten bv the bounce and Kopuiai'oa forced. Shortly aflerv, ards Smith ga I hei'e.l up and with * him mined run crossed under the posts. FTiiIT converted. Time was ceiled slmrlly afterwards and Fox lon left ! lie held victors by 22 points lo nil, all scored in the second spell. Mr. R. Broughton, Ihe ex-FToro-

. ieuma-Manawatn and New Zealand Maori rep. gave a First-class '"splay with the whistle.

FREF, FOOT BALI

A new development in the controversy between the Hornwhemia Rugby District Council and the Shannon Borough Council over the terras for the use of tin* .Shannon M'unaiii for football in the current season, look place at the meeting of him ma nagenieui eommiitee of the Moiner body at Levin on Tuesday. -'■l the last meeting a committee was set up in select nnolhor ground in Shannon, the management committee having rejected the Borough Coiim-iFs offer of I lie Domain oil Ihe same terms as last season—namelv, .CIO. fn the meantime, the Shannon Football Club, with the ..ill of some of iis supporters, sent an offer to the Borough Council to lake tin* ground for £lO, it being (lie Club's wish to sub-let it to the. management commit tee and so

make sure of a suitable local play-ing-field. This plan did not meet with the approval of the majority p resent at the meeting in Levin, and a resolution was passed, by ,-i good margin of votes, to take advantage of the previous aliernalive offer by the Borough Council to allow the Shannon Football ( Ini) file use of tile ground lor nothing- mi condition that no charge is made at the gates and no collection taken up.

eeting an additional Hood light on Easton Park on condition that the whole installal ion be vested in the Council. After some discussion on the matter it was decided to hold the letter over until next meeting before coming to any finality. The ITorowhemia Rugby Council wrote, enclosing a list of fixtures for next Saturday, which showed that no game would be played locally, all three teams having to travel. it was pointed out that it would be impossible to arrange the necessary conveyances to take three loams away on Saturday and the Club’s delegates were instructed to endeavour to have the fixtures varied in order that at least one Eoxlon team play on its home ground. It was decided to hold a dance in (he "Masonic Hall on the evening of Wednesday, May 7th, the date of the 3taori-Pakelia rep. match locally.