University Stocks High

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 365, 28 May 1928, Page 6

University Stocks High

IN-AND-OUT RUGBY RESULTS Macintosh Plays Into Reps. UNIVERSITY stocks tick a point or two higher on the Rugby exchange as a result of Saturday’s win over Manukau. The Students at no stage looked like losing, and are now Ponsonby’s closest attendants in the championship scale. The in-and-out character of the season’s Rugby results was sustained on Saturday, when surprises included City’s victory over Grammar, and a convincing return to form by Marists.

SATURDAY IN REVIEW SPIRITED VARSITY PACK FALWASSER AS DEMON TACKLER Gathering gloom and a whistling blizzard furnished a drab atmospheric setting for the greater part of the Manukati-Varsity fixture, starred as the feature match on Eden Park. Closely fought, zestful and often sparkling as the backs got away in line, the game nevertheless failed to maintain the pitch realised in some of the earlier struggles of the season. University always seemed to have something in reserve. For a start, they were sitting over Manukau with second use of the wind. Battling into the teeth of the easterly in the first and third quarters, Varsity yet stacked on eight of their eleven points in these periods, while only three points—and these from a lovely long-range shot by R. G. Bush —came to them when they had the wind at their backs. But the knowledge that they would have the wind in the final stanza must have given the students a comforting feeling of security. Apart from that, their general play gave them fairly adequate cover. The forwards’ return to form as a pack that can exchange compliments in the tight stuff and drive hard and resolutely in the open. Linton, Hinder ach, Black and Brooker was a great quartette in these fiery drives, while Matthias, deputising for Keene, made a job of the Manukau fivceig.ith line. RIVAL FLYERS Fireworks were the order every time Mac intosh or Falwasser got the ball. Until the second spell, when he was brought into second five-eighth, the elusive, bounding Falwasser was marking Macintosh, and he apparently considered it a point of honour that the Flying Scotsman should not escape him. As a demon tackier, Falwasser is superb. With a good all-round display, marked by clean handling and fast < hasing, Macintosh stood out among the* Varsity backs. Babbage made a real substitute for Carter at half, and iiis work behind the scrum has not been excelled on the park for many i ioons. while outside him Jenkin and Stutter combined elegantly, the latter’s k < t-ss vindicating the selector's faith in him. Varsity almost threw the match away v. he u, facing driving rain in the third M'lai-ttu-, they persisted in well-meant > it misplaced efforts to get the backs goir ' It was a policy that plaj-ed . tiriy the hands of the zealous Manukau pack, among whom Brimble, Young Housham and Kahn stood out as toilers. II ving tlung away chance after chance when the side held an attacking position in the opening session, the M ttnikau backs fully deserved the reorganisation they got at half time, \ hen Falwasser went to second fiveeighth in an effort to convert the i . g4<*d black and grey brigade into a reliable line. Little Leneham supplied them with plenty of leather, but something was not clicking in the outer fringes. Wat••no began well, but in the later stages became merely auxiliary fullback, \\ ith a pronounced weakness for speculating. Harris, at fullback, was often in trouble, lor which the Varsity forwards are to be praised, rather than the Manukau man blamed. Harris handled impeccably, and finally went off between a couple of ambulance men. It was left to Falwasser and Rata, taking the game as a whole, to be the Manukau utility men. Scoring had proceeded along wellordered lines. Burly J. Jenkin bumped across for Varsity, and Jenkin registered his tenth consecutive conversion. In the third quarter Black and Brooker sprinted 70 yards to open a hole in the Manukau defence, Black touching down, and in the fourth, after Housham and the Somewhat truculent < folding had scored for Manukau, after sorties by the forwards, Bush, who had relieved Blakey, sent a lovely shot between the props. This was the just penalty enaett'd for an illegal tackle by Watene, who fell into the error of .allowing Minns to “dummy” him with a throw-in to a line-out.

Ending 11-6, the frame quite accutely represented Varsity’s superiity. Referee: Air. G. Peace.

HEARD TURNS THE TRICK CITY SNATCHES GAME FROM FIRE A same that appeared to be lost in the first 10 minutes was retrieved in the last 10 when City met Grammar on Saturday. T. Heard, former King’s < ’ollege skipper, raising the flags, the winningpoints, and wild enthusiasm with a classic conversion from the touch-line. Grammar set the ball rolling merrily when they had the howling easterly at their backs, Weir and P. Skelton scampering through defence that had so far failed to settle down. Both tries came from good combined work, P. Skelton converting them from easy positions, so that 10 points were up within 10 minutes. After that the game settled down into a dour struggle in which City directed its efforts, with considerable success as the game advanced, to smothering the Grammar backs. A try went begging when McElwaine lost possession within inches of the line, and further points went begging when C. Fletcher, having scored under the posts, missed an easy kick, and then capped his failure with another 1* id miss from a free within easy range.

Excursions by the Grammar backs wt re checked by sound tackling by the ‘ ity rearguard, Kerr-Taylor and .Jacobs doing good work, while Crooke was an artful spoiler. Between' the forwards there was little, and “beg pardons” were apparently not the rule. Fell and B. Fletcher were playing finely lor City, \vhil§ R. Schnauer,

Cathcart and Potter were consistently at the head of the Grammar pack. In the second spell Heard kicked a penalty. goal, against the wind, which brought City within striking distance, and after the large change-over a prolonged sortie by City ended when Fell led a bunch of forwards over the line. The kick was from a prohibitive angle, and the odds were against Heard. But the ball sailed true, winning the match for City by 11 points to 10. Mr. G. Shepherd was the referee. TOO MANY GUNS PONSONBY DOWNS RIFLES Although College Rifles attacked from the outset, it was early apparent that the Ponsonby tactics would prevail. This proved to be the case when at half-time the score stood at 14 to oin favour of Ponsonby. After that, 11 more points were added to the Ponsonby total, and two unconverted tries were annexed by College Rifles. Despite the fact that a strong and gusty wind did not make for the best football conditions, the game was not without interest.

The College Rifle vanguard, led by Gallagher, Cumming, and the Souters, put up a stern fight, but with its speedy back division Ponsonby carried far too many guns, and the result was a foregone conclusion. Arnold Berridge was the promoter of most of the Ponsonby enterprises. With Lucas overseas, and McManus temporarily out of action, Berridge has become the key man of the outfit. There has been more than a suspicion that this has tended to spoil his position play, but at the same time it is a responsibility that should quickly ripen his football experience. The brothers Hook and Jamieson were again well in the picture, and Fraser, at fullback, was generally sound. McCARTHENY PROMINENT In the forwards, AlcCartheny was always prominent. He is rapidly developing into a first-class all-round forward, and on Saturday’s display mist go close to rep. honours. Charles Fleet, and Corlett also gave noteworthy displays, the former only marring a really godo game with one or two wild passes.

On Wilson fell the bulk of the College Rifles defensive work, but at the same time more attacking initiative could be expected of him. Blythe made several good runs, particularly toward the end of the game, when on one occasion he went nearly through the opposition on his own. Captain Wales controlled the game. NORTH SHORE WEN THEIR FIRST SUCCESS PENALTY GOAL ONLY Without the services of X. F. Solomon. the North Shore team appeared to be somewhat disorganised against Training College on Saturday. The absence of the well-known rover on account of the death of his father at Fiji, was severely felt, and some rather drastic changes in the team took plqcc. Stokes, who last week played centre-threequarter, occupied the position of second fiveeighths, while D’Authreau played as wing-forward. Despite the rearrangement both forward and back, North Shore managed to notch its first win, the nearest approach to success before having been a draw. The game was, however, uneventful, and few combined movements were seen, although North Shore, contrary to expectations, early gave indications of good back play. They failed to maintain the effort, and the match see-sawed throughout, neither side having any real claim to superiority over the other. The Training College backs had been rearranged, Alackey changing places with Broomfield as second five-eighths Graham, who had played centre-three-quarter, filled the role of wing-for-ward with distinction.

A newcomer on the wing was Connolly, and he did not disgrace himself Lawrie, who has in the past played for the Pukekohe junior representatives, appears to have definitely settled in the position of centre-three-quarter. He made his advent this season on the wing, but showed good form and shaped well as centre. On Saturday his opportunities were limited, but he played a solid game and defended well. Alackey, who hails from Whangarei, runs straight and handles well. Butler gave a delightful exhibition as fullback for Training College, and retrieved his side from many awkward situations. Stacey and Morton played go<?d games in the forward division. The North Shore pack was fairly strong, and Lynch played an excellent game. Fairgray, formerly back, took his place as a front-ranker in the scrum. North Shore was frequently penalised, but strangely enough, the penalty goal which gave it its win, came as the result of a Training College infringement. MARIST BACKS BEAT GRAFTON FORWARDS Right from the start it was obvious that the Maris t v. Grafton game would be a battle for supremacy between the White forwards and the Blue backs. Wanoa, Finlay son and Xoakes led the determined forays of Grafton’s van only to be repelled by the Loft, Earlly, Stewart, Corntliwaite combination which speedily turned defence into attack. Fortunately for Grafton the Blue backs passed rather wildly and spoilt many promising movements. In spite of this, however, Marist was a vastly improved team compared with the fifteen that went down so easily to City the previous Saturday. All the bright play of the game was in the first half, wet weather spoiling the latter stages. So greasy did the ball become, that accurate handling

became almost impossible, and, a bright game degenerated into a series of forward scrambles in mid-field. Alarist backs gave an excellent display. Perhaps Earlly’s experience and Loft’s speed had something to do with the improvement. Loft outpaced the opposition on several occasions and was unlucky not to add more points to the Blue total. Stewart played a game out of the box as centre, drawing his man cleverly and giving excellent chances to Stoupe and Johnson, who were also in form. Cornthwaite was safe at full. Battling hard to control the game the White pack under the leadership of Wanoa gave Marist some anxious moments and, had it received more support from the backs, would have won the game for Grafton. Owing to the absence of Liddell and Guru the Grafton back line had to be completely changed and the failure of the new combination cost them the game. Turei and Paewai were the only men in the rearguard to impress. Taylor, who occupied Turei’s usual place in the last line of defence, was particularly disappointing. In a pack that was overshadowed by its opponents, Howard was the only man to shine, though the forwards as a whole grafted hard and gave their backs quite a fair share of the leather. The final score was 16 to 8.

PAKURANGA HUNT MEET AT MANGERE In spite of unfavourable weather on Saturday, there was a large following of huntsmen at the meet of the Pakuranga Hunt Club, at Alangere. During the early part of the meet, hares were very hard to raise. One was eventually located on Air. Self’s farm, and after a very short run a kill was registered. The next quarry put up a very strong run, leading the chase right round Air. Self’s extensive property, and made a straight line for Papatoetoe, leading the hunters on to Alullcock’s swamp, just opposite the Papatoetoe railway station, where it turned, through Air. Litchfield’s farm, on to some gardens and through Air. W. W. Alassey’s farm on Buckland Road, through the adjoining property on co Alassey Road, where it found shelter. The concluding run of the day was only a short one, the hare being lost on the road, near where the former one disappeared.

EXPERIMENTAL SIDE TEAM TO MEET WAIKATO BERRIDGE-FALWASSER PARADOX The Auckland representative team to meet Waikato on June 4 has been chosen as below: L. Paewai. C. E. W. Macintosh, L. Hook, A. Berridge. A. Falvvasser, C. Badeley. A. McManus. B. Fletcher. B. Palmer, A. Finlayson. Knight, Wanoa, Cathcart. Anderson, Batty. Emergencies: Jeffries (Marists), Minns (Varsity), Fell (City). As chosen, the side is plainly experimental. Astern of McManus the arrangement must be surprising to all. Berridge, a top-notch five-eighth, gets a place as wing-threequarter, and E’alwasser, champion wing, has a place among the inslda backs. Falwasser plays for his club as five-eighth, but only because the team lacks backs of any pretensions. In placing Berridge and Hook together in the threequarter line, the selector (Mr. V. R. Meredith) appears to be seeking some substitute for the dazzling SheenLucas combination that went away with the All Black team. C. E. W. Macintosh has earned his place, if ever a * man did, but a genuine surprise is the exclusion of Dr. J. R. Hindenach, the clever Varsity hooker. As selected, however, the 1 forwards are a tried and trusted lot. BASKETBALL SATURDAY’S MATCHES Matches played under the auspices of the Auckland Basketball Association on Saturday afternoon resulted: Senior Grade. —Waratah 12, Seddon 6AVC \. 4 ' iJ Jniversity B 1 ’ Edendale Second Grade. —Rata 6, Y.W.C.A 4Richmond 14, Lynndale 11; Victoria 17,’ Tahatu 10; Edendale 26, University 10 Third Grade.— Y.W.C.A. IS, Richmond 15; Edendale 9, Belmont 4; Manukau 14, Seddon 6; Grammar 13, New Lynn 2. Fourth Grade. —“ Herald" 12, Interliouse 2; Wesley 14, Lynndale 7; Y.W.C.A. 9, Manurewa 6; Otahuhu 12, Papatoetoe 12. Fifth Grade. —Y.W.C.A. 9, TaTmtemai Guides 0; Surrey Hills won by default from Grammar; Seddon won by default from Interhouse Mauve. Sixth Grade. —lnterhouse Gold 5, Technical College 4; Interhouse Red 17, “Herald” 8; All Saints’ Guides 9, Browne Bros. 2. Seventh Grade. —Turners and Growers won by default from Interhouse Mauve; Manchester Costume Company 13, Seddon 0.