BIG RUGBY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 8

BIG RUGBY

RANFURLY SHIELD GAME WELLINGTON “REPS.” RETAIN THE TROPHY. CANTERBURY DEFEATED. •v The first game of the season for tho Ranfurly Shield was played yesterday afternoon at Athletic Park, when the ■Wellington representatives met those of Canterbury. The ground was in good condition, and there was no wind. The visitors, who had the disadvantage of _ playing with . the sun partly in their faces during the first half of the game, were not handicapped to any appreciable extent. Upwards of 10,000 pensons witnessed - the game, and General Birdwood, who arrived late in the afternoon, was given an ovation. Mr H. Paton controlled the play, and the teams were as follow:. Canterbury. Full-hack, Evans; three-quarters, Ford- Thompson, and McCormick; five-eighths, Yates and Boag; half, Sandmann; forwards, Carnegie (wing), Munro, Basel I, Bannister, Murray, Cummings, Parker, and Henry. Wellington. Full-back, Malin; three-quarters, McArthur, Algar, and E. Ryan; fiveeighths, Byrne and J. Tilyard; half, Roberts; forwards, Gilchrist (wing)) Elliott, S. Shearer, Moffitt, Harknees, Wilson, Price, and J. Shearer. OPENING FEATURES. Wellington (black) won the tons, and elected to take what advantage there wae by tho sun being at an angle, and to some extent in the faces of the Canterbury players. Hasell kicked off for Canterbury, and the return kick by Ryan went into touch at half-way. From tho first scrummage of the match Wellington got the ball, and Roberts w - as soon forging- his way ahead. He kicked when tackled, and Evans returned to half-way. The Canterbury (red and black) forwards were displaying a_ lot of dash, and,- obtaining the bail in a scrum, Sandmann slipped when passing it, but quickly recovered, ana kicked out of bounds. A rally by Wellington followed. The hall went through tho hands of Roberts and Byrne back to' Roberta, but McArthur failed to accept it. As a consequence, McCormick gathered it in, and made off at top speed- Roberts stopped hia career, and initiated a- combined attacking movement, but' Tilyard misaed a paiss. The Canterbury forwards embraced the opportunity, and by putting vim into then work placed the blacks’ lins- in danger. When defend- i ing a Wellington player offended against the rules, and Hasell kicked . a goal. Canterbury 3 Wellington 0 The play which preceded the score was vigorous, and the red and black forwards were applauded for their display. A PRETTY TRY. • As waa-expected Wellington worked hard to equalise matters. Byrne put in a sprint, and kicked, Ford marking. Murray got in front of the kicker and Wellington was awarded a penalty kick. The position was a good one. but Malin was not equal to the occasion. Wellington continued to attack, and a smart passing bout, which was exceedingly refreshing- to'.the. onlook-. ers, ensued. Roberta snatched tho ball up in the loose, passed to Tilyard, who attracted the opposition .backs in an approved manner. Algar then cut in, took the pass, and was over the line in a twinkling. Roberts made no mistake with the kick. Wellington •> Canterbury 3 It was an ideal day for throwing tho ball about, and no oxqairtuiiiiy was lost in doing so. The Canterbury forwards secured the bail on the majority of occasions in the scrums, but when it got amongst tho backs the progress that was toade was not meritorious. • GOOD WORK BY WELLINGTON. A dribbling rush in which the Shearer brothers. Moifitt ami Price were prominent kept tho visitors hard at work defending, and eventually they were forced. clown. J. shearer came through a scrum when play was m Wellington territory and tent the bail to hair-way, where a scrum was formed. Out came tho ball to Roberts, but he slipped and fell. The forwards rushed to the rescue and gaining tho mastery dashed away with the ball at toe till Ford arrived on the scene and kicked to touch.' Several infringements took place, and an attack, for which B. Shearer and Ryan were responsible, was nullified by a penalty kick being awarded to Canterbury. Each team was playing good football, more especially the Canterbury forwards and Uellingl ton. backs. Roberts made an opening i and passed out to Algar. The latter accepted the pass, and when tackled he sent the ball on to Tilyard, but a good opening to score was thrown away through McArthur failing to gathei the ball in. Play continued m the Canterbury territory for two or three minutes, when McCormick, marked and relieved the pressure. With: the scene of play m midfield the M ellingtou backs got under way, and Uojorts. Ryan, and Tilyard were bounding merrily down the field, but the latter got offside when taking a pass. A struggle in from of the Canterbury goal resulted in the defending forwards clearing, .but the black* were soon hammering at the defence, I recently McCormick was seen sailing away on a lone-hand mission, but he was unable to get past Roberts. Carngeio obstructed an opposing player, and after some give-and-take kicking from which Wellington gained tho advantage, the home backs sot away. A high kick by Sandmann gained a lob of ground I through McArthur slipping when catching tha ball, and the rods .made a determined effort to cross the goal-line. Ryan and Robert* gave momentary relief by short sprints, but Yates came through and with Thompson, m attendance looked like scoring, hut suddenly Roberts was noticed m possession of tho ball. He passed to Algar, who kicked, and tho attack had ended. J. Shearer got offside when a kick was II being taken from a mark by Roberts, I and Canterbury renewed tho attack. Interesting passing between Roberts, Byrne and Tilyard saw Algar cut m and race down tho ground with tho ball. He was beautifully tackled, but tha Wellington-backs were soon on the move again, and this time Parker came to his team’s rescue. A fierce loose struggle took place in front of Canterbury’s goal, and J Shearer snatched the ball up and dived across the line. Roberts goaled. Wellington Canterbury •' Ford put in a run along the line

and was grassed by Ryan, after which McCormick got nicely away. He passed to Boag, who sent it on to Yates. The latter was collared, but' Hasell was handy, and ho dribbled to the goal-line, but lost the ball iu crossing. CANTERBURY’S HARD LUCK. It was exceptionally bad luck, and the effort fully deserved a better result. Wellington cleared the danger zone, but Canterbury came again, and from a penaltj - Hasell made a good attempt to land a goal. It was now Wellington’s turn to attack. Ryan brought off some fine lino kicks. Moifitt was collared close to the line, and the ball going over, Evans forced it down. FAST, OPEN PLAY. ’ The sun had sunk behind the hill when the teams changed round. Boag changed places with Ford. For a >rhi!c play after, the adjournment remained in neutral territory, until the reds’ forwards got. together and with Murray in the van they swept down tho field, and Ryan saved the situation by a kick, and Canterbury was placed on the defensive. Dashing forward play hy the reds raised the enthusiasm of the spectators. Ryan kicked across the field, and McArthur was collared by McCormick before ho could get going. Away went the Canterbury hacks, the ball travelling from Yates ‘to Ford, to Thompson to Boag, who passed on to Parker. The latter' crossed the line but was held up, and from the resultant scrum Wellington was forced down. WELLINGTON SCORES AGAIN. S Shearer and Price took part in a dribbling rush, and a Canterbury plaver carried the ball over bis own goal-line. A scrum was formed, the ball came out at the side, and Gilchrist shot across with it. Roberts placed a goal. Wellington Canterbury d From this to almost the conclusion of tlie spell Canterbury had hy far tho best of the play, and was unfortunate in not scoring. Time and again Wellington’s goal-line _ was reached, but nob crossed, and just before the final bell went the prettiest piece of passing seen for years on Athletic Park took place. Starting from his own goal-line Tilyard broke away, and after every back had handled the ball, Alvar was collared within a foot or two of Canterbury’s goal-lme. It was an excellent conclusion to an interesting game. The final scores were;— Wellington 15 Canterbury ; d STUDENTS AT PLAY ANNUAL UNIVERSITY MATCH. VICTORIA COLLEGE'S EASY VICTORY. The annual match between Victoria College and Canterbury University teams was plaved at Athletic Park yesterday as a curtain-raiser to tha Ranfurly Shield College defended the south end of the field, and Canterbury kicked off. Two spells of 3 o minutes each were played. » LOCAL TEAM AGGRESSIVE. Canterbury (red) opened J M gramme with an attack, James Malifroy, Cooper, and Bennett took part, and Victorias 2o yard line '-as reached, where the ball went into touch. From the throw-in the Bjeens got well away with a passing bout, and Canterbury was hard pressed, when Coope saved by a timely kick. Victoria College was securing the ball in the scrums, but time after time when > Anton set his backs in motion the sure tackling o Canterbury prevented a score. On one occasion Jackson. Aitfcen. Barker and I racy were associated in a movement wluch had Vvery appearance of ending in tne last named player crossing tie. goal-line Bennett was,- however, equal to the r bilitv placed upon him, and grassea Tracy in fine style. There was a con. siderable amount of hanging to the ball, and free kicks' were fairly From one, Scott, for the home side, kicked at goal, tho boll going just outeido a post So far the greens had been hav ing far the best of the argument A kick by Cooper was the means of placing Victoria College on the defensive but tha advantage was not sustained. Ait he a secured the ball, kicked well down the field, and the return bo m st smothered, the visitors were again struggling to keep out their opponents. An infrmigerhent gave the greens an open the scoring account, and Scott sent the ball over the bar. Victoria College " Canterbury , - u A dribbling rush by Canterbury .forwards reached a promising stage when Siddells, full-back for College, reheveu the situation by a kick to touch. Bdr nett, by intercepting a pass, got well away for the visitors, but Barker overhauled him. . From a scrum Anton sent the ball to Jackson, who transferred to Aitken, and the latter’s progress was not stopped till he had almost reached the goal-fine. During a loose rush Jackson picked the ball up, passed to Scott, who had no difficulty in scoring. ills kick at goal was a failure.

Victoria College 6 Canterbury University b The ball was hardly in play aga.it, when Jackson enabled Aitken to.cut n>, and he ran through the opposition and scored between the posts. Scott added th** major points with the kick.

Victoria College H Canterbury University 0 Just before half-time a forward rush by College forwards ended in Lighten obtaining a try, from which no goal was kicked by Scott. Victoria College 11 Canterbury University 0 VISITORS' WEAK BACK PLAY.

At the commencement of the second half of the game College attacked with vim but the defence was sound. A second effort, however, broke it down, and Hanson dived over. Smith was not successful with the kick.

College G 'Varsity ® Yitken sprinted and sidestepped, and removed play to quarters, but Cooper was the stumbling block. From 3- free kick , Varsit.y attacked, but the greens’ forwards saved the position by a creditable sally to half-way. Canterbury forwards were now more than holding their own, but the necessary support was absent. Robertson, at full-back, kicked well and gained a lot of ground by finding touch, buc there was no finish about the backs as a combination. Craven had an unsuccessful kick at goal from, a free Kick; then tho College backs took play, trom one end of the ground to the other by a nice passing rush, .and Tracy scored. Scott missed with the kick at goal. College 20 'Varsity 0 The final trv was the outcome of a cross-field kick. Day gathered the boll in and shot over the goai-hne. He took tho kick ffiimself, but the ball fell short, and the game ended;— Victoria, College 23 Canterbury University 0 Mr H. Brooker was the referee.

TARANAKI V. WANQUNU! A GREAT RECOVERY. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. WANGANUI, June 3. The representative Rugby football match between Wanganui and Taranaki was played here to-day in beautiful weather. In the first half Scott and A. Lockett scored tries for Wanganui, and Stewart converted one. AV anganui led hr eight points to nil until twenty mim utes from the call of time, when the visitors, who had tho heavier forward team, got the upper hand. From a scrum on tlie home line Hrovvii scored a good try, and soon after. King and Malone scored, as the, result of forward rushes. Column converting one. Tho final score was Taranaki 11. AVanganui 8. THE GAME IN HAWKE'S BAY • AVAIRAEAPA DEFEATED. PEE PEBSS ASSOCIATION. NAPIER, June 3. The representative match. Wairarapa V. Hawke's Bay. was played this afternoon under perfect conditions, and in the presence of nearly 3000 spectators. Play was somewhat ragged in tho first spell, during which Wairarapa scored eight points (tries by Bacon and McCracken, one of which was converted by Murray). while the homo team failed to score, although very close to it on several occasions. In the second spell play was very fast, and there was good football,, both sides exerting every effort. The home forwards showed up particularly well, and mainly due to their fast sweeping rushes Hawke’s Bay put on 14 points. Johnson kicked two magnificent penalty goals from difficult angles and also converted a try scored by Swain, who made a great rUn from over halfway. Just on time a try was also scored by Batchelor. AVairarapa only managed to add three points to their score and thus suffered defeat by 14 points to 11. Major E. Cockroft was the referee. _ A JUNIOR GAME. Kaati-City (Gisborne) third V. defeated Pirates (Napier) bv 4 points to 3. AUCKLAND DEFEATS KING COUNTRY. TAUMARUNUI, June 3. A representative football match, Auckland versus the King Country, was played hero to-day in fine weather. There was a large attendance. The King Country team put up a good fight in spite of tho visitor’s heavy scoring, making the game fast and interesting. The final score w-as: Auckland 32, King Couu'T’homas, Nicholson, Wilson, Lucas, Taylor, Gasparich and V. Badeley scored for Auckland, while Baden Thomas scored twice for tho King Country. Dick Roberts, the well-known representative, played a sound game for the King Country. A MATCH AT MASTERTON. By Telegraph.—Special to the “Times.” MASTERTON, June 3. A football match • was played at Masterton this afternoon between a combined Red Star-Masterton fifteen and the East Coast representative team. Owing to the heavy nature of the ground play was confined for the most part to the forwards. The game w r as won by, the Red Star-Masterton team by six points to four. Willoughby (Red Star) and Perry scored tries for the winners, and Innes potted a goal for East Coast. OTAGO HEAVILY DEFEATS CANTERBURY. PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN. Juno 3. The interprovincial Association football match, Canterbury versus Otago, was played, at Culling Parky to-dav in splendid weather. The result was a win for Otago by, six goals to nil. TO-MORROW’S FIXTURES MATCHES, GROUNDS, AND TEAMS. Following are the fixtures in tho senior and junior Rugby competitions to be continued to-morrow: SENIOR. Petone v. Wellington, Hutt No. 1, 2.45 p.m.; E. Tregear. University v. Athletic, Petone No, I, 2.45 p.m.; O. H. Cleland. Berhampore v. Oriental, Kelburn Park, 2.45 p.m.; G. E. Bradley. , Selwyn v. Poneke, Athletic Park, 2.45 p.m.; A. C. Kitto. ■’ junior. Petone v. Oriental, Kilbirnie No. 3. 2.45

p.m.; T. H. Jones. University v. Old Bo:#, Euppa street. No. 3. 2.45 p-m.; G. G. Dennison. Marist v. Berhampore, Duppo. street. No. 1, 2.45 p.m.; J. S. King. Athletic v. Poneke, Newtown Park, 2.45 p.m.; J. Moffitt,. Wellington v. Selwyn, Newtown Park. ÜBO p.m.-, J. Francis. Hiatt, a bye. The referees and teams are requested to note that the Rugby Union will insist on team slips being handed to referees ■ before matches commence. Attention is drawn to tho rule that failing the pro--1 duotion of properly drawn up team slips as stated the match may be awarded against the defaulting side. , If both teams ore in default a loss may be ’ counted against each the teams SELWYN CLUB. The following teams will represent the ; Selwyn.Club iu the various grade matches i to-morrow:— . _ , Seniors v. Poneke. Athletic Park—Murphy, A. Wogan, Carmody. Peart, Flack, Webber, Earle, Peacock, Rose, Smith, S. Shearer, Bourke, _S. Wogan, J. Shearer, do Clifton. , Juniors v. Wellington, Newtown. l.aO--1 Burke, Ridgley, Dceley, Gordon, L. and H. Linley. Eaafgate, Patching. Geary, . McDonald, Reeves, Kent, Desmond, - Bramloy, Cooper; emergencies, Chap■man, Mclnnes. and Collier. Thirds v. Y.M.C.A., Duppa street— McKenzie. Whittington, Lindsay, Sutl ton, West, Meßready, Sage, Mcßroady. . Henry, Braid, Furness, Watson. Hill, ■ Brion, Draper; emergencies (backs). ; Walls, Edwards; forwards. Silk. 1 Fourths v. Athletic, Lynll Bay—Adnm- ■ son, 1 Bruce, Harris, Gordon, Warner. 1 Penno, Davey, Gordon. Cairns, Budge, ' Hughes. Barber. Hill, Gallon, de Lisle; I emergencies (backs), Johnson, Brien; forwards, Winchester. Colvin. ! Fifths v. Scots College, College. 1.30 McMillan, Brion, . Bridges, Compton, ■ Craig, Direly, CVhecseman, Slanbridge. I Milled. Austin, Schultz. McGavin, Mol- , Her Miles; Walker: emergencies. Hanson,’ Wonnocott, Roberts, Fitzmaurice. PONEKE CLUB. Tho following is the Poneke senior team to play Selwyn to-morrow: : Malin, McArthur, Algar. Chnstopher--1 son. J. Tilyard, F. Tilyard. C. Tilyard, : Power, Hlliott, Hughes, Baker, J. Calci- • na i, U. Calcinai, Troy, King; emergency, SlateT- ORIENTAL CLUB. The Oriental Club will bo represented to-morrow by the following teams:— Senior v. Berhampore, at Kelburn, 2 45 : —Capper, Heley, Fuller, Avery, Griffiths, Hanson, Jones, Thorne. Brown, Moffitt, Harkness, Jermyn, Emerson, Pearce, Gilchrist. Juniors v. Petone, Kilbirnie, No. 3, at 2 45 sharp—Shaw, W. Mcllraith, Sturrook, Kingston. Climo, Ridings. Barnes,

Gair, Poultcr, Caddick, Bennett, Hataway. Smith, McGill, Watts-; emergencies. King, Baber. Thirds v. Scots College, at Miramar, 2.45 p.m.—Burton, Clementson, Gruer, Bromley, Mummery, Clark, Allen, Gray, Wakelin. Hall, Smith, Hunt, Brimer, Powell, Stevenson; emergencies, Dryden, Fourths v. Miramar, at Miramar, 1. at 2.45 p.m.—Watts, Conway, Currie, Tullock, Edwards, Hepburn. Green, Mathieson, Jackson, Peterson. Hickey, Fisher, Look, Ormahdy, Smeaton. Shell, Hayward, Coombs. Fifths v. Petone, .Kelburn, P- m ' — Hunt, Wildermoth, Fuhrmann, Clark, Brownley, Andrews, Appleton, Garbett, Jackson, Irvine. Leamy, Clisby, Handcock,- Porter, Dobson, Askew, McLennan. Y.M.C.A. CLUB. The following will represent Y.M.C.A. third-class against Selwyn, at Duppa street, at 2.45 p.m.;— Watt, Connan, Galloway, Trim, Tollev. Charters, Hulse. Sleight. Mitchell, Gaylor, Nioholls, Rankine, McCallum, Brown. Wallace. RUGBY FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY WEEK. Following are the fixtures for Saturday week, June 12t.h, 1920: — Petone v. Oriental, Petone; Athletic v. Seiwyn, Athletic Park; University v. Berhnmpore, Duppa street; Wellington v. Pcnekc, Kelburn. NOTICE TO SECRETARIES. To enable details of teams to be published in Friday’s “New Zealand Times” club secretaries are asked to forward names of players not later than 9 p.m. on Thursday.