WALK-OVER IN LEAGUE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 696, 22 June 1929, Page 12

WALK-OVER IN LEAGUE

PONIES MAKE HACKS OF NEWTON MARIST AND RICHMOND CLOSE SUPERIOR all-round combination and masterly back play gave Ponsonby an overwhelming victory in today's big League game, Newton being defeated by 42 points to 3. Ivingsland-Athletic started well against Devonport, but the champions held the upper hand in the second spell to win by 19 points to S.

Marist and Richmond had a close tussle at Grey Lynn Park, the Tykes winning by 11 points to 9. At Ellerslie. City won from the home team by 10 points to 0. Ponsonby v. Newton

The teams: Ponsonby.—Moore, Schofield, Riley, Winters, Thompson, Helgrosso. Mein- j tyre, Skelton, Payne, Mutt, Stevens, Pagan, Gardner. Newton. Herewini, Butterworth, Little, Hardgrave, Hill, McLeod. Cammick, Francis, Hall, Rhodes, Middleton, Page, Howie. Play opened quietly, but within a few minutes Ponsonby was five points up, as a result" of a brilliant dash by Thompson. The Ponsonby five-eighth got the ball from Riley in a loose scramble outside the Newton twentyfive and badly beat the NeAvton defence to score under the posts. Helgrosso goaled. Ponsonby 5, Newton 0. NeAvton staged a brisk recovery. Hall, Howie and Rhodes leading some solid rushes into Ponsonby territory. Then Helgrosso flashed out in two quick dashes, which shifted play under the Newton posts. Prom a scrum Ponsonby secured. All the backs to Winters handled for the latter to score a try which AA r as made easy by the Newton backs being out of position. No 'goal. Ponsonby 8, Newton 0. Newton’s next rally was attended by better luck. Hardgrave snatched up the ball in midfield and streaked through to Moore, beating the latter with a tricky side-step and eluding Helgrosso to score a beauty half way out. Hill's kick was outside. Ponsonby 8, Newton 3. For the next quarter of an hour Ponsonby had all the better of the game, but its play lacked finish. Finally Moore ran up and started a. passing rush, Helgrosso, Plutt, Skelton and Schofield handling for the latter to score a nice try well out. Helgrosso missed. Ponsonby 11, Newton 3. Helgrosso started another Ponsonby attack, but spoilt it by hanging on. Then Thompson flashed out in a quick movement on the far side, which ended in Mclntyre’s passing to Helgrosso for the latter to score under the posts. The scorer goaled. Half time sounded a minute later, the scores being:—; Ponsonby 16 Newton 3 Brilliant work by Mclntyre and Helgrosso gave Ponsonby three more points shortly after the second spell

commenced. Delgrosso went through a weak defence for a try under the posts, but missed the kick: Ponsonby 19, Newton 3. Working like clockwork, the Ponsonby backs swept up the opposition again for Schofield to score. Delgrosso goaled: Ponsonby 24, Newton 3. Tfi-e game was now becoming very onesided. A fumble by Herewini enabled Mclntyre to break through for an easy try. Delgrosso goaled: Ponsonby 29, NeAvton 3.

The fleet-footed Ponies were now making hacks of Newton, and Skelton galloped over for an easy try. Gardiner goaled: Ponsonby 34, Newton 3. Newton was now having its full share of misfortune, for, at this stage. Rhodes had to be carried off the field with a badly injured leg.. Flutt’s failure to touch doAvn the ball when he was over the line lost Ponsonby a try, which was cleverly engineered by Mclntyre, but a minute later Skelton scored and Gardiner again converted: Ponsonby 39, Newton 3. _ Delgrosso got Ponsonby's final try. Gardiner missed the kick, and a hope-

| lessly one-sided game ended with tl scores as folloAv: Poneonby 42 Newton 3 Mr. V. Simpson controlled the gar well.

Shore v. Kingsland The teams: Devonport.—L. Simons, L. O'Leary, Scott, T. O’Leary, Seagar, Rhodes, Coghlan, St. George, Casey, Ruby, McCarthney, Rule, Clarke. Kingsland.—Angelo, Carter, List, Christmas, Nasey, Sims, Lucas, Railey, Wilcox, J. Carter, Ramm. Play was loose and uninteresting, but Avas even, and for the most part it remained about centre field. Kingsland was getting the ball from the scrums, but its backs could do little in the face of Shore’s deadly tackling. Then from a loose passing bout Carter secured and raced down the line. He punted, but was obstructed. Kingsland was granted an obstruction try. Railey missed the kick. Kingsland 3, Shore 0. A good run by L O'Leary put Shore on the attack, and from a loose scramble in the far corner Seagar secured a pass and dashed over for an unconverted try. Score —3 all. Shore started a series of hard attacks, but failed to pierce Kingsland s defence. Gradually play moved down the field in favour of Kingsland. A snappy passing turn by Christmas and Railey hemmed Shore in on a light defensive. Christmas managed a return pass and raced over in the corner for an unconverted try. Half-time: Kingsland ® Devonport 3 Shore started off in lively fashion in this spell. Following up fast, L. O’Leary managed to take up and score in the corner. Simons missed the kick. Score, 6 all. A dash down the line by the Shore winger, L. Scott, resulted in a loose forward scramble on the line. Ruby scooped up and dived over for a converted try. making the score 11 6. Rhodes swerved through to make a brilliant opening and after a good sprint down the field passed to O’Leary, who had no trouble in over for a converted try: Shore 16, Kingsland 6. . Railey goaled with a beautiful kick for Kingsland, making the score 16—-8. Shore now bad the better of the play Kingsland being outclassed. A neat rearguard move featuring Rhodes resulted in O’Leary racing over m the corner. Simons missed the kick. Final score:

Marist v. Richmond The teams were:

Richmond. —Hanlon, Coote, Noble, Mincham, McKinnon. Davis, Agnew. Jenkinson, Colebrook, Ramsay, Lennie, W. Jones, Walker.

Marist.—N. Campbell, Batchelor, Brady, Bulcraig, Brisbane, McDonald, Hassan, G. Campbell. O’Brien, Hickey, Moisley, Young. McKay. Referee, Mr. B. Emerali.

Grey Lynn Park was a morass for the Marist-Richmond clash this afternoon. In ten minutes’ slogging forward play, the only bright move was by Richmond’s backs, but Bulcraig downed Coote. Marist had a life when N. Campbell held on after being bustled by Lennie and Jenkinson. Mincham managed the penalty. Then Brisbane nearly scored, but stumbled over a fallen Richmonder. Richmond came back and this time N. Campbell and Brady saved well. Flurried against, Marist fell back and Bulcraig was floored behind his line. Jenkinson got the try, but the kick missed. Richmond 5, Marist 0. N. Campbell pulled Marist up two points with a penalty. After Brisbane made an opening, Marist worked to a corner lor O’Brien to score. There no goal. Marist 5. Richmond 5. Then Bulcraig shot over in a corner for an unconverted try and the halftime score was: Marist 8 Richmond 5 After quarter of an hour in the next half, Mincham landed a penalty, and the score stood B—78 —7 for Tykes. Tempers were frayed on occasions and once Brisbane forcefully rebuked a Richmond man in a piece of scrambly play. Mincham sent across a penalty and Richmond led, 9 —B. A try to Marist by Hickey came from a scrambling rush. There was a good deal of hard play until time which came with the score: Marist 11 Richmond 9 City v. Ellerslie Play was eevn and Avilling from the start on the Ellerslie football grounds. No score was made in the first halfhour, though good combination on both sides in attack and defence made the game interesting. The Crewther brothers did good work for Ellerslie in a fine run right to the goal, only to be robbed of their opportunity at the critical place. Shortly afterwards McLaughlin carried the bail past six Ellerslie men and passed to G. Perry for a try as he was tackled by Dufty right on the line. Barchard converted. The play ran up and down until Barchard found a hole through the Ellerslie men to score and convert. Ellerslie retaliated with a brililant run by Oliffe, who passed to Johnson who ran out near the line after they had gained nearly fifty yards. Ellerslie kept pressing the City defence. Fumbling and wild passing spoilt several good chances. After half-time fullback Dufty’s penalty kick put the local men well into City territory. After a quarter of an hour the visitors’ willing forward work took play right down to Ellerslie’s line and only a spirited defence stopped two or three apparently sure scores. Ellerslie recovered their lost ground momentarily by a series of deep kicks, but the ball was soon back in the local twentyfive; Tooman cleared well from a passing rush by City’s threequarter line, and the game remained even to the end. The final score was: City 10 Ellerslie 0 l Mr. P- Rogers wa? the refers.