Football in Provinces

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 76, 21 June 1927, Page 12

Football in Provinces

HUNTLY (From Our Own Correspondent .) Rugby. —It was an ideal football day on Saturday, cold and nippy with no rain or wind. The chief feature of the play in the Union Rugby matches was the goal-kicking of Badeley, the Old Boys’ fullback, in its game with Huntly. Five kicks and all over the bar in the right place was his tally, running his team to the quarter-cen-tury points against Huntly’s halfdozen. The Hamilton team has a very useful man with the boot, and in addition, an all-round player, for his work was outstanding on the day, while Hart, Wliorsay and Carr were the best of the locals. Orini went down to Pukemiro United on Craig’s paddock by 14 to 6. The winner’s tally was made up by Connew (1), Waugh (1), Adams (1), Waikato (1), Canterbury converting one. For Orini Lornie (1), and a penalty by Buchanan were the scores. Murray, Lornie and Laidlaw were best for the Orini team, and Waikato, Waugh, Adams and Canterbury, who played a sound game, the pick of the Pukemiro lads. Soccer.—The star match was Thistle and Railways, played on the newlyformed ground here. The area is still very spongy and might with advantage be left at p’resent, to allow of the grass obtaining a better hold and stabilise the section. The club is deserving of the highest praise for making its own playing area, and shows what enthusiasm and energy will do. Thistle’s lead could well be copied by other codes. The result of the play in favotir of Thistle was just about a criterion of the play, though the result was in doubt till the whistle blew. Stewart and White goaled for the winners, thanks to good openings made for them by T. Gavin, who played a good game throughout. Stewart also headed one into his own net, thus presenting Railways with the solo point. Chalmers was on the sick list, nursing a bad ankle, and Buchanan played rather poorly for once. Moon (left back) was as good as any on the day. and was ably assisted by Gardner and A. Moon. Maxwell, Stewart and Gavin for the winners were the best of the Thistle forwards. Pukerimo seniors played Wanderers at Hamilton, and put the necessary unit through into the net to get a solo victory- Rumley scored the deciding goal in a match devoid of any outstanding incident. School Soccer. —Huntly B journeyed to Glen Massey and a good game resulted in a draw, both sides securing a solo goal apiece? Silich, for Huntly, and Mountford, were the scorers. Beadle, Whorskey and Ashcroft were conspicuous for Huntly, Mountford, Marshall and Brown doing yeoman work for the Glen lads. A good display by Huntly this, for Glen Massey boys are very hard to beat on their own ground, and this is their first failure to win outright. Huntly A and Pukemiro had a battle royal for supremacy, and the former triumphed by one goal to riil. Cliff Stephenson scored for the winners and he. with his brother George, and Jack Bate, played best. For Pukemiro Jack Fleming, Jack Dunbar, A. Wood and R. Troughear were the pick. D. Robinson is a good boy, too. League.—The senior League continued on its victorious march and put it all over Frankton by 25 points to 5. The winners’ figures were put on the slate by Smith (4), Jones, Paki and Miki (1 each), George Raynor adding .the goals on two occasions. Muir landed one which Everitt goaled for the big railway station town. For Huntly Rayner (2), Stevenson, Smith and Timms were prominent, and the brothers Muir and Everett did best work for the vanquished. Ngaruawahia “came a thud” against Huntly juniors to the tune of 29 to 9. The lads from the winning town know a fair amount about this code, and the score-sheet reflects the difference. Northmore showed that the motor accident he was in a fortnight previous did not affect him, for of the eight scores *he was responsible for five. Watkins,, Attrill and Hosoof added on* apiece, and Raumati, who played a safe game at fullback, booted one over the crosspiece. Northmore, .Connolly (best of the vanguard) and Kuapper, were the pick of the winners. For the losers Tittleton was head and shoulders above anyone else in the rearguard, and Dare the best of the front rankers. A schools trial match, Huntly A and B teams, resulted in the crushing defeat of the B’s by 26 points to nil. Frank Rayner, Jim Brooks and Jack Hanui were the chief scorers for the winners, who simply walked away from their opponents. WHANGAREI (From Our Ot&n Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, Monday A high-class exposition of senior football was shown spectators at Kensington Park on Saturday, when Maungakaramea gained ix victory over Old Boys by nine points to six, after a hard-played, exciting game from kick-off to whistle For Maungakaramea, scores were made by Jones, Litt, and Beehre, a try each, while for Old Boys Abbott, who is a very fast winger, scored both tries. The goalkicking of both teams was not up to its usual mark, no scores being added from this source. HIKURANGI V. MANGAKAHIA Hikurangi had a rather easy victory over Mangakahia on the latter’s ground by 15 points to nil. The play

was hard and clean, but the miners proved tob solid lor their country opponents in both the forward and back divisions. Scores were made for Hikurangi by Wyatt and A. Cunningham, a try each. Findlay kicked a goal from a mark, and Mclnnes and McDonald each kicked a penalty goal. HAMILTON HAMILTON, Monday. It looks as if the Rugby premiership at Hamilton is going to be disputed between City and Old Boys, who each have six wins to their credit and one loss. Next in order is Frankton, which has four wins and three losses, but always manages to do the unexpected thing. City gave a dazzling display against Ngaruawahia on Saturday to win by the handsome margin of 35 points to 7. The winning team, which did not meet with serious opposition, gave its best exhibition this year. Brilliancy marked the display given by H. McGregor, City’s second fiveeighths, who migrated from Ponsonby (Auckland) to Matamata, and is now at Hamilton. While he has not shown conspicuous ability in other matches this season, he played a superb game on Saturday and made hacks of his opponents. The dummy was his masterpiece and he worked it effectively time and again nonplussing the opposition. With Johnston running fast and straight outside of him, he had practically his own way. His exhibition was the best seen in the Hamilton fixtures this season and if he continues to reproduce that form, he will become the crowd’s idol. Clemett signalled his second appearance in senior Rugby this season by playing a very fine game and proved hard to stop. The City threequarter line was a formidable combination and had Schultz, the first five-eighths, handled better, the score would have been a cricket one. City, who were beaten by Frankton recently, has only to develop Saturday’s form again at the next clash with Frankton to make that team “look sick.”

TECHNICAL 0.8. V. FRANKTON An unattractive game marked the meeting between Technical Old Boys and Frankton at Hamilton on Saturday, when the former scored four unconverted tries to their opponents’ one. The Frankton pack again asserted itself in the loose, and was too strong for the opposition. The Frankton backs are not a particularly dangerous lot, with the exception of Snodgrass, their half-back, who generally shows good form on all occasions. He has played some fine games this season and has a great partiality for working the blind side. OLD BOVS WIN AGAIN Old Boys registered another easy win on Saturday when they “cleaned up” Huntly by 30 points to six. Old Bovs were at full strength, while Huntly were without the services of three of their best backs. An outstanding feature of the game was the splendid goal - kicking of S. A. R. Badeley, who converted every one of the six tries scored by his team. CAMBRIDGE DEFEATS MATAMAT A CAMBRIDGE, Staurday. Cambridge senior representatives won their first match of the season this afternoon when they met and defeated Matamata by 11 points (three tries and one converted) to 4 points (a potted goal). For the winners C. Thompson, the local speedy wing three-quarter, scored two fine tries, the first from a combined passing movement, while the second was the result of a sensational corkscrew run, in which he beat half of the visiting backs. Cambridge’s third try was from a loose forward rush. Egan drop-kicked a goal for the visitors. On the day, the locals were the better team. Though they had the advantage In weight, Matamata vanguard was better in the tight, and had the advantage in scrum work. The locals shone out in the loose, and their backs were more versatile. Matamata rearguard crowding one another too much. It was a good, hard and fast exhibition, though on the whole it could not be called brilliant football. There was a lot of mishandling and forward passing. Junior games resulted: —Hautapu and Leamington, drawn game, no score. Tauwhare 8, beat City, 6. Third Grade.—High School, 15, beat Leamington, 0. WAIHI (From Our Own Corresjtondent.) WAIHI, Monday. On Saturday Paeroa representatives visited Waihi, and engaged the local representatives in the first game for the Poland Memorial Cup. The first half v/as a very poor exhibition of Rugby, a noticeable feature being the large number of attempts by Paeroa to kick penalty goals. In the second half Waihi forced the pace, and ran out the winners •by 6 to nil, Black kicking a fine penalty goal from a difficult angle, and Howard scoring a try in the closing minutes of ihe game ROTORUA (From Our Own Correspondent.) Rotoiti 15, Waikite 6.—Rotoiti played its old game of tight forward play, Waikite relying upon its backs to win the game for it. Rotoiti forwards played strenuously right through the piece, and hampered the efforts of Waikite to allow its wings scoring opportunities. The score was no indication of the game. Two of Rotoiti’s tries (both converted) were obtained after glaring infringements had occurred. For Rotoiti, Sergeant and McDougall,- in the forwards, were trojans for work, while Hinton at fullback played his usually safe game. Waikite’s captain, Pini Haupapa, the versatile leader of the haka during the recent tour of the Maoris, played cne of the best games seen here for years. His knowledge has increased 100 per cent, and he is a tower of strength wherever played. The best try of the day came from a brilliant opening by him, when playing behind the scrum. He cleverly beat four opponents, transferring to Tupara Morrison at the right moment. Morrison showed his old determination, forcing his way over for a try. Dick Mason and Sheaf played well in the forwards. Waikite was unlucky to lose the services of Duncan Cox, who left the field with a twissted ankle. Juniors. —Waikite turned the tables on City by 13 to nil, having all the best of the game. Playing good open football, and feeding its backs in the characteristic manner of this club, Waikite gave City no respite. For Waikite, Nicholson excelled himself behind the scrum, Gugu Mitchell supporting well. Dorset played a safe gamo at full. In the forwards Hill (“Tarzan”) played a great game, using his feet well in fine dribbling rushes. For City, Hay, in the backs, worried the opposition, while in the forwards Mathieson and Parsons played well to avert defeat. In a school match Tauranga High School beat Rotorua High by 8 to 6. Bright football was played by these teams, and roused the spectators to a great pitch of excitement. All the boys played good games. It is to be hoped that more games like this will be staged before the season closes. Next Saturday the senior representatives journey to Matamata, while Matamata’s junior representatives *ry conclusions with the selected of Rotorua’s juniors at Rotorua The Rotorua team is: Reid, Young, Simmonds, Basham, Mitchell, Steele, Nicholson, Richards, Cameron, Scott,. Parsons, Boord, Mathieson, Allen, Hill. SOUTH AUCKLAND Preparing For Canadians Interest in who will represent the Red and Whites against Canada on July 20 is now beginning to be aroused, and there is no doubt that some changes from the last Brown Shield team will be made. Robertson, a recent arrival from the Tyneside, who plays for Pukemiro, has given two excellent displays in Hamilton recently, under the eyes of the sole selector, and must be considered a good “probable.” Rumney, who scored the winning goal for Pukemiro against Wanderers last Saturday, played for HWhiilton United (now defunct) last season. Chalmers was resting last Saturday owing to an injury to his ankle, but should be available for Frankton Railways against Wanderers in the real Hamilton battle next Saturday. Ted Hall, the ex-South Auckland skipper, left for Australia last week and Pukemiro in particular feels his loss. Kennedy, Wanderers’ inside left, seems to be getting slower than of old. There seems no apparent reason for this as he is quite a young man. Huntly F.C. have lost a real broadminded sportsman in Mr. Chris Bowron who has been long connected with the Association football throughout the district. Wanganui has yet to be met for the Brown Shield, but there doesn’t seem much likelihood of the match taking place before August. Johnny Tait, of Huntly Thistle, must be about the oldest South Auckland representtaive still playing for the Association, and he is still going strong.