RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4464, 12 June 1930, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

I' I-VI ( RES AVI) REFEREES FOR FA TCI; DA V. Ihe li :< 1 1: rc ~ ;< rounds aml referees for next Saturday in the I loro wleuiin Rugby compel it ions a re as under : Senior: -( oanty v. Wanderers, at Levin, Mr. R. Fr.mgliton; llm Mai v. Shannon, at Shannon, Mr. I*. McLcavey ; (tlaki v. Fox I on, a I Foxi .in, Mr. .J. Smith. Juniors. — Pnrnparnumn v. ITui Mai, a I Manakan, Mr. K. -Davis; Waikamie v. Wanderers, at WaiImane, Mr. T. Para I a; Kopularoa v. Foxton, al Foxton, Mr. D. fade; Shannon v. Tokomaru, a I Tokoinarn, Air. IT. Pini: Otaki a bye.

At Faliialtm yesterday Dnnncvidke defeated Basil in the Beltbington Shield match by 1-1 points lo 3. Bush annexed Ihe Shield from ITorowhenun last year. ALL BLACKS FOR FIRST TEST MATCH. Tin l following nineteen players have been chosen and from these fifteen for the first test will he selected at the. trial mnleh to he played at Oamarn on Wednesday next; — Backs: Xepia (East Coast), Hart iCanterbury), Lucas (Auckland), Oliver (Wellington), Xieholls (Wellington), Lilbnrnc (Canterbury), Cooke (Wellington), Johnson (Wellington), Al ill (Wairarapa). Forwards: Porter (Wellington), Cottrell (Canterbury), Irvine (Waive ra pa), 11 ore (Otago), Finjayson (North Auckland), Sleere (Hawke’s Bay), Afe Williams (Waikato), Fatly (Auckland), Stewart (Canterbury), Hazlel (Southland).

Sl/RF CLEF DEFEATED BY OR OF A DOWNS.

Yesterday afternoon Oroua Downs seniors visited Foxton and played a return mnleh with the Foxton Surf and Life Saving Club nit Easlon park, which resulted in a win for the visitors by 11 points to HI. Foxton kicked off with the wind amt after some ragged play near Down's twenty-live the Foxton for- . d-. darted a dribbling rush lo h cm! ,1 in Smith crossing well ..at. Anderson converted. Oroua D...\ ns now began to press and kept Mu- bail in Foxton twenty-live , e. from a free kick Scott tail'd. d a goal. Half time was called iili tin* scores —Foxton s—Downs5 —Downs Al'tur kicking off Downs rushed ::u- ball lo Foxtim's goal line where t'oxion were penalised for offside play. Scott kicked another goal. I'oxloa now pressed and kept the i.-,iiors busy and from a serum Small got the ball and crossed in a handy position, Francis converting. Downs kicked off and found the line well down m Foxton territory where they kept hard at. it and cie m.t to he denied for Aloffatt secured and dashed across, Scott converting. The game ended with ! oxloti pressing hard on Down's goal-line. Downs il —Foxton 10.

Mr. R.nise refereed the game. BRITISH REG BY TEAM. POINTS FOR, .145; AGAINST, (51. Of the seven matches it has plavi a. in New Zealand the touring Bri-li-h team has won Jive and lost two. Ii lm- -cored a total of 1-15 points, ami has had til points registered against it. Details of the matches played so far are as follow: — May 21 —v. Wanganui, won Hi—3. May 24 —v. Taranaki, won 2.1 — 7. May 28 —v. Manawhemia, won 34—8. May 31—v. Wairarapa-Bush, won it) —(5. June 3 —v. Wellington, lost B—l2. June 7 —v. Canterbury, lost B—l 4. June 11 —v. West Goast-Bnller, w on 3-1 —11. BRITAIN DEFEAT WEST COAST. EAST SCORING AT F,NI). Greymoutb, June 11.

An interesting and for the greater part an even game between Britain and the West-Ooast-'Bullor combined team was witnessed on a damp field in fine weather to-day Ly live thousand people. The visitors won by 3-1 points to 11, compiling two-thirds of their points in llie final ipiarler. till when the .-.cores were equal. The local men played w T cll up till then, the forwards being superior in the loose to tlu* Britons, who, however, had most of the ball, their backs very frequently advancing in a line which was broken only by good ta.elkling. ’I fie British pack’s objective was to give Spang- the ball, and he pivoted the attacks which made full use of the opportunities only in the final stages, as the movements previously broke down, often through faulty handling by the outside men. The \isitiitg backs changed places se\cral limes, lad the tide was only definitely turned when Jones-Da-vies wenl up from full-back to the wing and gained three tries in quick succession when the local men were tiring. The home backs, without getting many attacking chances, essayed these only individually, failing mostly by lack of cohesion. The visitors were plainly anxious when the scores were 11-all. Well into the second spell, out of over a dozen penalty kicks the West Coasters were allowed but three, one being successful. Tlie most creditable fries were probably the two which Morley gained by dashes

in the first spell, while Wilkinson gained two later by keeping well up with the backs, he being the outstanding British forward. The teams were as follows: —

Britain. — Full-bae'k, Jones-Bn-vics; three-quarters, Alorley, Murray, Novis, and Knowles; stand-off half, Spong; scrum-half, Poole; forwards, I few, Parker, 0 Neill, Hodgson, Dunne, Ivor Jones, W il-I'in.-mn, and Prentice (captain). West ( oast-Buller. —Full-hack, A. Hraham (Balter); three-quar-ters, M. Jamieson I West Coast), SFilbert (Buller), Alarlyn (West 1 oast); live-eighths, A. Fong (West Coast), Al. Houston (West Coast); ball, AL Davidson (West Coast);

vingForward, A. McCabe (Buller); liookers, R. Onrdincr (Buller), J. Bell (West coast); lock, F. Freitas (West Coast); sides, Y. tioodall (Buller), A. Wilson (West Coast); back row, S. tfrogan (Buller). W. McXeiglit (Buller).