HOROWHENUA COMPETITION.

Shannon News, 24 July 1928, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COMPETITION.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS. ; j Nash Cup. v Shannon .14 .v. Weraroa 6. • -Foxthn 15 v. Wanderers 14. juniors. North 30 v,. South nil. ...... Thirds. : Wanderers 5 v. . Foxton nil. . Weraroa beat Shannon, a High Schools. • Levin 11 v. Foxton 10. ' "• Primary Schools. t Levin 8• v. Shannon, nil: : NASH C7P POINTS.

The second series of games in ; the Nash 5 Cup round was played on Saturday, when Foxton had a close win ever Wanderers, at Levin,, and. Shannon on •their own ground defeated Weraroa. The junior trial match, for the selectionof the Horowhenua team to play Mhnawatu, resulted in an overwhelming. ; tory for the Northern division. i SENIOR. FOXTON v. WANDERERS. ; . A well eojntested game, between Foxton and Wanderers was witnessed on •the Levin Park Domain. The wither during the-afternoon was eoinparative; ly mild, witli oil absence of win;d. Foxton were present oh time with a- full team, but the local side were .not so fortunate and arrived late, one mail short. Dick Ryder, their full-back; has been unwell, and his place . was taken by Udy.. Wanderers)took the field,with 14. players, but the full number' was made up half-way /through the.: first spell, when Poad to,ok a place in the forwards. ■ An old : timer in. Nuthall ac-

cepted. a . game, arid had the honofir of putting on .a try. Play opened rather weakly, but improved as time vreiit on, and in the. second half it was good and . hard. When both teams had gob into their stride there was little to choose between them,, for. although the Wanderers were . solid on the attack, and their backs showed individual briilianyyj. th? visitors’, passing Was superior and their combination was on the Whole very consistent. . The teams were as follows: — 1

Foxton . (yellow and black). —Full., back, .11. Talyor; three-quarters. Rob.iii- . son, Westwood/C,.Proctor; five-eighths, Ball,. Moses; . half, Keri Hereiii; i.wihg, Huff;: forwards, Andrews, .Royal,Pine, , . Renata, Thompson,. AndersSori;: ..< ..“ Wanderers.(black).-—Full back*.:Udy;,. three-quarters, Ropata, Nichdlsotb Wil- , .ii liams; five-eighths,- J.. Parata, -Piar* ata; half,. f W- Parata; wing,:McDonell; ' forwards, Heremaia, Poad, Ward, Tatana, C: McDonald, Nuthall) Knqk. | * Wrinderers kicked off,; and Foxton Returned play with the help of a run -by* .Robinson; who repeated the performance after the blacks fiad made a brief irieursion. The home team gained relief through punting, and Tatanai With . a' penalty kick carried play on fo yhe ■visitors’ twenty-five. The Foxton forwards were on the alert, and a 'strcfng. ■ ■ passing movement enabled them ,toreach their opponents >■ quarter, i “ the blacks - were held-for some, : tixhe. .//The first score came to Foxton-when, following, a scrum, Robinson “ Cleveily y potted a goal from the twenty-five. ; ' Foxton 4, Wanderers 0. , ; Shortly after the resumption a free . kick was awarded to the blacks at " about half-way, in front of the goal, but no score- came of it: Wanderers ■' followed up" with a determined attack, arid from a scramble on the corner *T. Parata grounded the ball. McDonell kicked a difficult goal. Wanderers 5, Foxtori 4. " : * A whirlwind movement took the visitor’ forwards near to the blacks’ line, which - Was 'saved by a mark. A scrum resulted advantageously to the home team, and by means of a forward rush they scon had the yellows defending. Play was gradually worked back to midfield, where it hovered for a while indecisively, until a mark by J. Parata - was 5 the means of leading . his side to a fresh onslaught. A. free kick at the goal was taken at the. twentyfive, but was profitless. Foxton freed themselves and had another turn at attacking/which did not last long. The blacks, whose forwards were working well together, reached a position near • the line, where a serum ensued and In the resultant scramble Nuthall gained ' possession and touched down. Tatana was unsuccessful with the .kick from 'the extreme angle. Wanderers 8; Foxton 4. ; - In-a little while Foxtori were awarded a free kick from a sharp angle, but the ball fell just short of the goal. Wanderers soon returned t.o the] attack and reached a handy but from a line-out the ball-went, to the yellows. The home fjeam renewed the pressure, but had to fall back to half-Avay, from which Westwood, the visitors’ centre three-quarter-,, put in a good sprint with the ball'till he was tackled- .» ! ferii ;v We i twenty-five. : A penalty , came Foxton's way, and with the kick Taylor, landed a nice goal.. Wanderers 8, Foxton 7. Early in the seeond spell a free kick : - was awarded to, Foxton, and Taylor had a shot., witji a result riot often seen, the ball hitting the cross-jjaFrintT dropping back.,. After aloose attack by the* visiting Robinson got away with the ball at" hia toe, overtook- and pi'ckedftdKr up, and, beating two opposing players, scored a try in .•“• : Bolp’ fashion atfttheveoper. Taylor’s kick just missed the grial. Foxton 10, * Wanderers S. .... I ■.'■Mr* fifaqp- team were put.in ; ihe lead: ' ''-g^»in:’ ; -by.,.meaus o.f, a free kick, Udy . ,M V." -\ ~i‘ ■ ■ - •

getting the goal. Wanderers 11, Foxton 10. It was not long before Foxton were attempting the same performance, but without- success. They put up a strong attack, and were given another chance at the goal, but again without result. Tat-aua relieved to half-way, and then took play on to the twenty-five. The reply was a dribbling rush by loxton, which might have ended in a score, but for a knock-on. The Blacks were kept on the defensive, and, from an opening by Moses, C. Procter crossed the line with little opposition and ran round to score about 10 yards in. Taylor converted the try. Foxton 15, Wanderers 11. In. the course of the remainder of the play, of which the teams had fairly equal shares, there was a stoppage due to Procter being dumped heavily while in possession of the ball. After a feAv minutes he recovered his wind and Avas able to resume. Williams, Wanderers’ light wing three-quarter, showed up to advantage in several sprints. Generally there Avas nobody handy to take the ball A\ r hen he was tackled, but in the end -he got going Avith a fairly elear way open to the line. It appeared as though a free kick' Avas awarded his side for obstruction, but the ruling was a penalty try to Williams, and the kick by McDonell was an attempt at eon--version, Avhich missed by an extremely narrow margin. The game ended just afterwards, with the gcores: Foxton 15, Wanderers 14. Mr R, Sands was referee.

SHANNON v. .WERAROA.

So far the two matches played i* Shannon for the Nash Cup have been farcical. On the previous Saturday Wanderers arrived over half-arf-hour late, with a scratch team, and again on Saturday Weraroa were half-an-hofr late, in putting in an appearance, 5 arriving Avith only eleven players, making up .their team with one.Miranui and three Shannon juniors. In the first spell Shannon kept Weraroa ou the;defeusive practically throughout, and at half-time were leading by 10 to 3. On resuming Shannon appeared content ta hold their lead, by playing, a defensive game. Although. Weraroa made repeated attempts to get over, Shannon’s'defence held until just on the call, of time, when* Lankshear crossed. ; Weraroa kicked off and early in the piece Broughton, after beating several men, reached, the full-back (Marsh) and, short-punting,, beat the latter for the ball and; scored. Warren failed with the ;kiek. \Ferar.oa 3, Shannon nil. j 1 .The Reds; tiien launched an attack and carried/play , near Weraroa’s 25. line; but their opponents were able: to .hold, them; The ball travelled up and down from the 25 line to centre several .times at,a fast rate, but from a hard kick by a Shannon forward the ball went over the dead line. Play hovered around midfield for some time until McKenzie set going a fine passing movemerit among his backs, a forward pass spoiling the effort when near the line. Whyte .from a mark soon after bad ari unsuccessful shot at goal. Thii wa* followed by Carter opening up to Roberts and. Robbie, the latter being collared near .the line. The Rods then came with a forward rush, Avhich ended'in a scramble near the line, from which Williams beat an opponent and touched doAVn. Hirst converted. Shannon" 5,' Weraroa ,3. The Reds in their eagerness to in-, crease their; lead, were penalised three times in quick succession for off-side play. In Weraroa’s 25 Walls essayed to pot a 'gdal."/’ft aVus Y good attempt, the ball going judt’ outside the upright. The Red 3 continued to attack and *K,. Dalzell got the ball and after beating several men, passed to Satherley) who rail over to score under the posts. Hirst was again successful Avith the the spell ending Shannon 10, Weraroa 3.

The second half was uninteresting. Tie Reds playing a defensive game. Weraroa made determined efforts to score, but lacking combination these efforts went unrewarded. At times the game; became rough, several bouts passing unnoticed. Towards the end of the spell play travelled up and down the field, Walls eventually drop-kicking a splendid goal from a serum on Weraroa’s 25 line. Weraroa then attacked the Reds’ line, and on the call of time Lankshear, a Shannon junior, who had been playing well all day, crossed Shannonline.' His club-mate, Mason, was entrusted with the kick, but failed to convert. Time was then ctolled, with Shannon 14, Weraroa 6. Mr E, Sevan had charge of the game. THIRD GRADE. A fair attendance of spectators visited the Foxton racecourse on Saturday afternoon to watch the mateh between Wanderers and Foxton thirds. The game waa very tam'e, the good play being very spasmodic. Several times Foxton were on the verge of scoring when they were penalised for infringements. During the game Wanderers’ forwards managed to get the ball out and cross the line. The kiek at goal was successful.—Levin 5, Foxton nil. HIGH SCHOOLS. Levin High School defeated Foxton on Saturday morning by 11 points to 1(1. The teams were pretty evenly matched. The backs on both sides put in some very good work, especially in the second half.

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