RUGBY FOOTBALL.
,"■ SATURDAY'S RESULTS
SENIORS. Shannon 11 V. Wanderers 3 Weraroa 28 v. Hui Mai 9. JUNIORS. Miranui 12 v. Shannon 8.
THIRDS. Poxton 15 v. Tokomaru 3. Weraroa 16 v. Wanderers-0.
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
SENIORS.
SHANNON DEFEAT WANDERERS
The old rivals Shannon and .Wanderers met i" the second found of the competitions on' the Levin grounds on Saturday When' Shannon reversed the result of their first meeting by defeating them by 11 points to 3. Up to this game Wanderers had not suffered a defeat this season. The game was a hard one, but the play was patchy and most' uninteresting from the spectators point of view. Tile game was a forward one, in ...whicli the Shannon side excelled. On the oceasions that the Blacks got the ball from the scrums W. Parata attempted to set. his backs, in motion but the Shannon v forwards swarmed over them, thereby settling any chances of a. passing movement. Practically througout the game Shannon had the best of it and when placed on the de-
fensive were', able to hold their opponents. The teams were as follows: Shannon: Full-back, Marsh; threequarters, Whyte, Roberts, Robbie; five-eights, Mitchell, McKenzie; half, Walls; forwards, L. Dalzell, N. Dalzell,' - Moody, Hirst, K. Dalzell, Satherley, A.. Williams, Eobbic. Wanderers: Fullrback, Ryder; threequarters, Ropata, Williams, Kuiti,; five-eights, T. Parata, N. Parata; half, W. Parata; forwards, McDonnell, Here- • maia, D. McDonald, Bond, Tatana, C. i McDonld, Knox) Ward. Shannon-kicked off against a strong I cross wind and play had only been going about a minute when they were awarded a free kick just inside Wanderers 25, Whyte converting. Shannon 3, Wanderers 0. From a scrum W. x Parata sent the ball out to N. Parata but the latter was collared before ho ■could get rid of the ball and the Reds •kept up the attack, Tatana clearing by a kick to Roberts, who kicked out. Following the- line Out Whyte got possession- and made off, passing to N; Dalzell, who on reaching the full-back, short punted to the line, where a serum was ordered. The Blacks got the .bah and W. Parata cleared. Reds conthi- j ued to press in midfield, but the Blacks held them. Two free- kicks in quick succession were awarded the Blacks, but on each occasion the Reds quickly worked their way back with forward rushes. Then-the" back division of the .'•• Blacks, took a hand at attack in which the ball travelled along the whole line but little ground was gained, owing to. their poor handling of the ball. A forward rush by the Reds saw Ryder save nicely by a long kick which Marsh took smartly, finding the line at the half way flag. Soon after Mitchell made a good run and passed to Roberts,, who overran the ball, which Ropata picked up and made off with, but was pushed out after traversing a short " distance. From the line out Reds went away with the ball, Ryder'again saving. Soon after Marsh raced for the line,, passing to Roberts, who was collared on the line by Hemnaia. From a scrum, the Blacks got the ball, Williams and Ropata in a passing bout carrying pl.ay down the field only to be , immediately brought back by the Reds by a dribbling rush to the Black-line, where Heremaia kicked into touch. The Blacks then worked their way to Reds territory where from a line out Tatana got. the ball and .working his way through the opposition scored. D. McDonald failed to add the extra -points. Shannon 3,. Wanderers 3. On resuming Blacks had the Reds defending,'a free kick to the latter easing their position and ..following' up tht kick they dribbled the ball to the 25 flag, where from a line out T. Parata kicked well down the field. Soon after Blacks tried to open up play among their backs but the collaring by the Reds prevented them gaining much ground. A series of scrambles followed, honours being even. Following a dribbling rush Robbie and Ropata after a good race over the line, ended in the latter forcing. Half time sounded with Blacks attacking and although the scores were equal, Shannon had had the best of it. The second half had just commenced when Kuiti'got winded. Following up a mark by W. Parata, the Blacks carried play to Reds 25, where first T. Parata made an effort to get through but was collared; then a passing bout between Kuiti, N. Parata and Tatana ended in the latter being pushed out
five yards from the line. From a * scramble Marsh cleared to near the half way line, the Eeds gradually working play into Blacks territory, a hard kick, by Robbie compelling Ryder to force. Reds again had their opponents defending their line, a hard kick sent the ball over, Ryder and Bobbie racing after it, but it was dead when they reached it. Reds continued to pres 3 the' Blacks, N. Dalzell scrambling over near the posts. Whyte converted. Shannon 8, Wanderers 3. Reds again made a strong attack, but Blacks forced them back and- amidst exeitement Williams made a fine run through the opposition, but failed to get past the full-back, Marsh, by whom
he was well collared. Both sides now took a turn with dribbling .rushes, from one of which the Blacks were penalised, Williams securing the ball by a good run and kick returned to centre, where Robbie broke away with the ball at his too, later picking up and passing to L. Dalzell, who kuock-ed-on. Again the ball travelled up and down the field, a free kick to Blacks was returned by Marsh finding the line Avell over the half way mark. The Blacks worked the Reds back and ■a breach on the part of the latter enabled Tatana to have a shot at gaol, whicli missed. Hirst by a fine kickfound the line well down. A mark shortlv after by Ropata sent play back, only to be removed again as the result of a splendid mark thy Mitchell. From a line out N. Dalzell got away with the ball at his toe kicking over the line and in a race with Ryder both overran the ball, L. Dalzell who was following up .close behind scoring. Whyte failed to convert. Shannon 11, Wanderers 3. From a kick out N. Dalzell secured the leather and raced through his opponentts, and kicked to the line. The Blacks came away with a rush but failed to get through and the Reds getting the ball from a scrum were able- to clear. Soon after time was called. Mr Davie controlled the game.
WERAROA (31) V. HUI MAI (9). Spectators who attended at Manakau on Saturday did so expecting to see a good, even game, but theirMiopes were badly shattered. The first'half .was interesting and go.od ploy was witnessed on both, sides, but the seco.ncljiaipvas all in favour of Weraroa, who proved far superior than their opponents. They opened up the game in go,od style, passed well, and outpaced the opposition on several occasions. . From the kick-off Hui Mai attacked, and Weraroa immediately accepted a forcc-do\vn to save. Then came a reverse and'Weraroa were soon attacking vigorously under the goal-posts. From solid forward play Rangi Broughton .lashed over the line to draw first blood. The kick at goal was easily converted by McLennan. Play had only been in progress five minutes, and the score was the means of placing Manakau on their mettle. Ransfield, with a fine dash, carried the ball down field and the line was in sight. On being tackled he sent the oval to Bryant but as the pass was low the ball was overrun and a score was lost. Then came an ,old-time run by the veteran, Bob George, who ran through half the backs and carried the ball to Weraroa territory. A pretty passing rush followed, Enoka making a run and passing to Wallace, who transferred to Bryant, to Tahiwi, who raced across at the corner. Wallace failed, to convert, 5—3. Gardener then put in a good run, but gradually the ball was carried to Hui Mai quarters and Tuna had, an unsuccessful shot at goal. Rhodes headed a rush down field, but back the ball was carried. Hopa made a dive for the line but fell short, while .-shortly after J. Broughton potted a line goal from the side-line, 9—3. Tahiwi responded with a nice run to Weraroa .ine, but a free kick • relieved. Then &oha put in a fast run, transferred to Gardener, who just failed to field the ball/' losing a probable score. A free kick saw Wallace have an unsuccessful shot at goal, after which' Bob George made for the line, only to be called back when a score, lo ked likely: ■ Tali wi followed by gSod play, but the Weraroa backs, playing with great lash, carried the ball almost the length if the field, but Bryant saved and prevented a score. Wallace followed by a iodgy run and passed. t,o Enoka,, but as he pass was a difficult one the oval .vas knocked on, and Weraroa shortly if tor forced down. From the kick out fahiwi put in a good run but. passed vildly, and the opposing forwards rushed play to the other'end of the ground. Weraroa worked strenuously to score, ■ and Hui Mai were lucky to force down. I Shortly after a loose rush saw the ball I .in the Weraroa line. Rhodes made a I letcrmined dive, for it, but missed by J nches, but Tana, being handy, touched I ..own. Wallace's kick dropped short, I )—6. Hui Mai continued to be the aggressors, but time was called with Wearoa three points to the good. The second spell saw Hui Mai a )catcn "team, and although they played .plendidly at times, ' Weraroa played oetter,. and soon after the start comnenced to pile on points at an alarmng rate. The northerners immediatcy. attacked, euabling Broughton to pot. _'he ball, however, dropped short. Bryint was again prominent and forced )l«y i over Weraroa line by attempting i pov. A free kick to Weraroa shortly if tor saw Tuna kick a fine goal, 12—6. '-.ater, he had another shot, but the ball lit the centre- of the bar and rebounded into field of play. Shortly after .iangi Broughton ran in at the corner Mil Warren converted by a splendid tick, 17—6. He repeated the performmcc by scoring another try, which McLennan converted, 22 —6. Then came line play by Hui Mai, and Bryant, after a splendid run, dashed over the line. He failed to add the major points, 22 — 9. After this the game was practically all in favour of Weraroa. J. Brdughton dashed over the line, but the try was not converted, 25—9, then Warren dodged through, but Graham failed to convert, 28 —9. Then J. Broughton again outpaced the opposition and scored, but Graham failed to pilot th« ball .over the bar, 31—9. The game ended. Mr. P. McLcavey was referee.
For Weraroa both backs and forwards played with dash.- Broughton (2), Warren, and Hopa played splendidly, while the forwards all played a dashing game. 1 Tuna put in a lot of solid graft. Individually Manakau players did but collectively they were a failure and played far below expectations. Bryant put in a deal of clash in his work, and saved his side repeatedly, while Wallace did well. Enoka put in fast work, but occasionally spoiled his play by running when a kick would have been to better advantage. Tahiwi played better tkan usual, while Roha put in
solid work. Ransfield als.o did well. The forwards lacked their usual dash, weiVJow in following up often overran the ball, and were weak in bCium work. With better combination the/ would have been seen to advantage.
JUNIORS.
SHANNON v. MIRANUI
The above teams met on the Shannon Domain and after a well ..contested game played in friendly way Miranui won by 12 to 8. Mr Parata, who was to control the game, failed to appear and after a long delay, the local teams agreed to Mr T. Waston, of Miranui, taking the whistle. He was a success, giving general satisfaction to players and public. The ground was in tfood order and both sides had an equal advantage of the wind which blew down the field. » . The teams were as fallows: — Miranui—Full-back, Mabey, Three-, quarters, Croon, Humphries and'Crawford; five-eighths, Goodwin and McEwan; half, Young; forwards, Farrell, McEwan, Polglasse, Mason, Simpson, Batt, Contes and Picard. < Shannon.—Full-back, Birchall; threequarters, .Tamieson, Satherley and Thorn; five-eighths, N. Holden and B. Holden; half, Gray; forwards, Coyle, Lankshear, Pratt, Ngatoiuna,. Warman, Crombie, Whyte and Robinson. The first score came to Miranui, when they were pressing Shannon, a Red back in trying to clear, struck a Miranui player the ball rebounding, Simpson fell on the ball scoring. No goal resulted. The next score came from a penalty. Croon kicking .a gaol 6—0.. The next score came after a good rush by Miranui .forwards, Batt crossing. The kick failed. Half time was called with the score Miranui 9, Shannon 0. / In the second spell playing with the wind, Shannon was expected .to do v much better and they improved a lot. Good passing among the Red backs eventually let B. Holden away, he made a determined dash for the line, scoring a good try. The kick failed. Miranui 9, Shannon 3. An exchange of kicks was in the Greens favour. From a line out near Reds' line Young scored. No goal resulted. Miranui 12, Shannon 3. The Red backs made several good attempts to score from passing rushes, but wcre ( not successful, until Gray sent out to N. Holden to B. Holden, who cut out a man, sending on to Jamieson, who scored. N. Holden kicked a splendid' goal from the side line. Miranui 12, Shannon 8.. The Reds tried hard to improve their position, but the Greens were equal to the occasion, It was hard to follow play afterwards on account of the light, but just on time; N. Holden was pushed out at the corner.. Warman who was playing a good game until well into the first spell had to leave the field through an injury to his, leg, Curran taking his place. The forwards of both sides played well, contesting every inch of ground. For Miranui the best backs were Mabey, Croon, Goodwin and . Humphries, the former giving a splendid exhibition as full back. The best backs on the Shannon side were the Holden Bros, who are third grade players, closely followed by Gray and Jamieson.
PARAPAEAUMU V. HUI MAI JUNIORS. The above game, which ended 16 all, took place at Paraparauinu on Saturday, and proved, a very interesting and spectacular game. The Hui Mai backs gave a splendid exhibition of passing; but their centre three-quarter was often caught in front of the ball and thereby spoiled quite a few promising rushes, but on two occasions the referee missed these breaches and tries resulted. Other than this the game was most interesting, although at times the play verged on the rough side and.one incident resulted in. a Paraparauinu player being ordered off, and for three parts of the game the latter were one man short. H.ii Mai won the toss but there was no advantage gained and (' Pram" kicked off facing the southern goal. Even play followed the kick off till "Pram" took play to Hui Mai's 25, where the latter were penalised but a somewhat easy kick was -missed. Several- good Hui Mai passing rushes were pulled up by good tackling and "Pram" were eventually compelled to force. Play settled in "Pram" territory when Hui Mai full back secured and cross kicked, and their backs securing saw- a good passingrush end in a clever try which Was concerted. Hui Mai 5, ".Pram" 0. Hui Mai were playing much the better game at this stage and their nippy passing and cutting in were always a thorn to the opposition. Up and down play followed both sides being called up to force. Half time Hui Mai 5, "Pram" 0. Soon after the kick off Waite secured in Ilxii Mai 25 and dummied his way across to score a go.od try, but he missed with an easy kick. Hui Mai 5, "Pram" 3. Immediately after Hui Mai came away with a good rush and carried play to'"Pram" 25 where their backs secured, and a forward pass escaping the referee, they scored in the corner, B—3. "Pram" immeditely took play to Hui Mai line where the latter were penalised and Pou did the necessary, B—6. Almost immediately Hui Mai came away with a passing rush but Kitching intercepted at half way and after beating the full-back, scored "Pram" 11, Hui Mai 8. Immediately after Hui Mai rushed play to "Pram" territory and the backs securing a fine try was scored at the corner. A great conversion from the touch line made the scores Hui Mai 13, "Pram" 11. Not to be denied "Pram" rushed play to Hui Mai line where McGregor secured and crossed under, the posts for Pou to convert. "Pram" 16, Hui Mai 13. Time was nearly up and both sides were hard at it ! till Hui Mai secured near half way and after a glaring forward pass they crossed the line but the kick at goal missed and the scores were
even, 16 all. The game ended soon after with the scores unaltered.
OTAKI THIRDS (21) V. HAUTERE (6). A deal of interest centred in this contest and was witnessed by an interested crowd. The game was a fair one, with play, generally, in favour of Otaki who won, 21—6. Tries were scored by G. Wilson (3), R. Mcrwood (1), and Wallace (.1). Cheer converted three. For Hautere Rolfe kicked a penalty goal and Edwards scored a try. Mr. A. George was referee.
SCHOOL BOYS'. MATCH. A game for the. Austin banner was played on the Otaki domain on Saturday between Otaki and Manakau school boys. The local boys, a deal heavier than their opponents, forced play at the start and it appeared that a substantial .score would be recorded. They, however, lacked finish, trusting largely to luck. Jacob Utiku drew first blood, scoring a nice try for Otaki. He failed to convert. The Manakau lads, putting more vim into their play, gained an advantage and shortly scores were equalised, Bcvan scoring a try which Brenman —a one-armed lad who played splendidly—failed t,o convert. The spell ended with play in favour of Otaki. The second half was of a more even nature, the Manakau midgets playing remarkably well. They more than held their own, but failed to again score. Otaki worked hard to cross the line but likewise failed. Mr. Buchanau was referee. FOXTON DEFEAT LEVIN BOYS. The Foxt.on lads defeated Levin by 14—0, but the scores are no indication of the game, slay being of a fairly even nature. Foxton boys, however, passed better than their opponents, and for this were rewarded by several tries. After the match the Levin b.oys were, royally entertained. ■■■ MAKERUA,DEFEAT LINTON BOYS On Saturday the Makerua school boys journeyed to Linton, where they met. and defeated the Linton boys, by U'. points to 3J The latter were the first to score. From the kick-off Makerua. forced their way to their- opponents line, where C. Dalzell passed to J. McEachen, who scored a good try which was converted by A. Wood. A free kick to Makerua was entrusted to A. Wood who safely piloted it between the uprights from nearly half way. Soon after the same player scored a try, but he failed to. convert it. ■•;... At the conclusion of the game, the headmaster, Mr F. Taylor, on behalf of the Makerua boys, thanked Linton for their hospitality, assuring them of a good time when they visited Makerua for the return match..
MAORI-PAKEHA MATCH ON WED-
NESDAY.
The following teams have been, selected to play in the Maori v. Pakeha match, to be played at the Levin Park Domain, on Wednesday, at 2.45 p.m. MAORIS. Johnson , Roberts Warren Wallace Mete T. Parata W. Parata Hakaraia (wing forward) Dick McDonald Hemnaia Hurst . Tatana -C. McDonald K. Ransficld Weihipehana Emergencies. —Backs: Taylor (Foxton), E. Broughton (Weraroa), Mitchell (Shannon). Forwards: Naliono (Weraroa), Pyne (Foxton). . ' PAKEHAS. Eyder Bobbie"- Wcstwood~ Procter Fuller McKenzie Walls L. Dalziell (wing forward) Moodie Andrews - Ward Satherlo-y K. Dalziell Cole * McDonald. Emergencies. —Backs: Bry&nt (Hui Mai), White' (Shannon). Forwards: Williams (Shannon), Rhodes (Hui Mai), Kilsby (Weraroa). ' ■ ' SHANNON TO THE FORE. The selectors of the Maori-Pakeha teams have paid a line compliment to the Shannon Club* by selecting thirteen of their players —four in the Maori team and nine in the Pakcna team. The game will be played at Levin to-morrow. SATURDAY'S FIXTURES. Senior Wanderers v. Weraroa, at Levin, Mr E. Sands, Foxton v. Shannon, at Shannon, Mr ,-T. Parata. .. , Junior Paraparaumu v. Maungatuku, at Paraparaumu, Mr A; George. * Weraroa v. Hui Mai, at Manakau, Mr K. Davis. Miranui v. Foxton, at Foxton, Mr E. Bevan. Third grade. Tokomaru v. Weraroa, at Weraroa, Mr W. Peters. Wanderers v. Shannon, at Prouse's Paddock, Mr H. Hemi. Otaki v. Hautere, at Otaki, Mr P. McLeavey. V SHANNON FOOTBALL CLUB. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The Management Committee of the above met last Friday. Present: Messrs Gray, Richards, Birchall, Wilson, Coyle, and Easton. Mr Birchall, presided. An apology was received from Mi-
Brown and also from the secretary. Mr Mitchell, on account of sickness. ' Before proceeding with the business the President, Mr Birchall, said thai since their last meeting, the club had suffered a severe loss through the death of the late Mr Martin Dalzell, one of their prominent members. • Haying known him since he was a small cKildT' he felt the loss-in a double sense, 1 botl: from a personal as well as a playing point of view. He moved a vote _oi condolence with 'the family, whicl. wa s carried, members standing in silence. A letter was received from tht Manawatu Union stating, that all. thin grade teams keeping engagements or the 4th June, were to have entrance money refunded. Mr M. Covle congratulated the de • legates on tneir good work, re tin Mason case. The meeting moved a motion of sym pathy with the secretary, Mr Mitchellmembers expressing the hope that In would soon be restored to health aiu strength. Mr Birchall said the club had beer in existence nearly 30 years and s<. far as he* knew, no attempt had eve:, been made to have a history of th< club written up. He thought the long or this was held over the harder it would be to trace back correctly tin necessary details. He moved that «*" committee be set up to g,p into the matter. Mr Richard, in seconding the motion said that it was a good move, and a lot of useful information could be obtained and an interesting history made.. Messrs Richards," Bireliall and Dalzell, were appointed a committee to arrange details. Members were not satisfied with .the way new rules;were being made every week, making it hard for referees; players and public. The general opinion* of the meeting was that no new rules should be made after the rule books were prijited and the season started, and the delegates were instructed to get a remit through the local union to the Now Zealand Rugby Union as soon as possible.
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