COMPETITION CLOSED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 766, 12 September 1929, Page 13

COMPETITION CLOSED

: MARATHON WINS RUGBY SENIOR B \ ONE GAME IN A SECTION 2 Termination of the A and B * , sections of the senior competition vvith the exception of the final A J ; game between Ponsonby and Unim - versity on Saturday week, was de--2.! cided upon at the weekly meet- - - j.ng of the Management Committee Jj \Z of the Auckland Rugby Union last * * evening. «** Marathon was declared winner of * •> tho B section, and it was resolved to illsend the club a letter of congratulation. * <»lt was also decided that the Ponsonby ill and Varsity game should not count in «- the Silver Football competition. It 2‘*was pointed out that if that course of 2 "faction were not taken, it would not be s*" fair to the Marist and Manukau clubs * which were not many points behind 2 j Ponsonby in that competition.

* •» There was some discussion on the ? playing of the lowest A grade team * against Marathon, but Mr. Nicholson * pointed out that it was unreasonable * : to expect Grafton, the team at present 1 bottom in A grade, to play on the * ' same day as the Ponsonby v. Varsity * . game had been suggested. It was 2 also mentioned that Grafton was only »- one point below College Rifles, and that 2 in the two matches those two teams had played they had had one win \ ! e&ch. ► According to the Junior Manage- * a ment Board’s report, the following * teams had been given permission to * travel: Eden third grade inter- * ' mediates to Rotorua on Saturday with t Mr. E. Russell as manager; Training ■2 College third grade intermediates to * Te Kuiti on Saturday, It was also * recommended that a third grade inter- * mediate representative team should be 2 sent to Huntly at an early date. * The New Zealand Union advised * the reinstatement of D. E. Keane and * G. H. Geard. J Ponsonby Junior B team was given * permission to travel to Morrinsville on 1 Saturday, and Suburbs was given per- * - mission to send a team to Matakana. I * A request was received from the * committee of the law and insurance 1 ' annual reunion for the use of Eden ; Park on September 23, Dominion Day. .> It was decided to offer the Show--2 grounds and to suggest that, if Eden » Park were considered preferable, the { committee should apply to the Eden .. Park Board of Control. I The reinstatement of A. C. Turley * was recommended to the New Zealand * 'Union. The King Country Union wrote ask- [ ing for the curtain-raiser game to the « British match in 1930. It was de- ** cided to reply that matches to be played as curtain-raisers would not be considered until next season. The following ground officials were appointed for Saturday: Show- * grounds, Messrs. Matthews and Craig; Point Chevalier, Mr. Worsfold; North Shore, Mr. Ellworth; Onehunga, Mr. Heigh way; Mangere, Mr. Williams.

GAMES FOR SATURDAY Following are the fixtures for Saturday ... n-xt Representative Match.—Wellington v. Auckland, Eden Park No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. F. R. Sutherland. Pollard Cup Final.—University v. Technical Old Boys, Eden Park No. 1, 1.30 . r p.m., Mr. J. G. Gasparich. Second Grade A. —Ponsonby A v. Grafton, Showgrounds No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. M. Kronfeld. Third Grade Open.—Ponsonby v. Newton, Showgrounds No. 1, 1.30 p.m., Mr. M. Kronfeld; University v. College Rifles, Point Chevalier No. 2, 3 p.m., Mr. E. C. Stretton. Third Grade Intermediate A.—Grammar - v. Y.M.G.A., Showgrounds No. 3, 3 p.m., Mr. E. W. Culpitt; Ponsonby v. Suburbs, ' Outer Domain, 3 p.m., Mr. I>. V. Moore; Takapuna v. City, North Shore No. 1, 3 pm., Mr. C. F Stratford; Grafton v. Northcote R, Point Chevalier No. 4, 3 p.m.. Mr G. F. Saunders; Manukau v. North Shore, Onehunga No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. V, Keefe. Third Grade Intermediate B.—Marist v. Otahuhu, Outer Domain, 1.45 p.m., Mr. p- V. Moore: Manurewa v. Public Works, Manurewa, 3 p.m., Mr. L. Bay; University v. Kingsland, Showgrounds No. 2, 3 p.m., Mr. J. Sheppard; Parnell wins by default; Grammar B, Northcote A, byes. Fourth Grade A.—Otahuhu v. Northcote, Showgrounds No. 4, 1.45 p.m., Mr. T. H. Robinson; Manukau B v. Ponsonby. Onehunga No. 1, 1.43 p.m.. Mr. V. Keefe; Grammar v. Eden, Point Chevalier No. 2, I. p.m., Mr. E. C. Stretton; Kingsland, North Shore, byes. Fourth Grade B.— Grafton v. Technical Old Boys, Showgrounds No. 2, 1.30 p.m., Mr. J. Sheppard; Manukau A v. Papatoe- • Papatoetoe, 3 p.m., arranged. Fifth Grade.—Ellerslie v. Marathon, Green Lane, 3 p.m., Air. E. Pemberton; Grafton v. Otahuhu, Showgrounds No. 4, 3 P.m., Mr. T. FI. Robinson; Technical Old Boys v\ Marist, Showgrounds No. 3, i.4y p.m., Mr. E. W. Culpitt; Suburbs v. Ponsonby, Point Chevalier No. 4, 1.45 Pm., Mr. G. F. Saunders; Manukau wins by default. Seventh Grade.—Ponsonby v. Northcote, Outer Domain, 1 p.m., Mr. H. A. Cambridge; Otahuhu v. Manukau, Mangere No. l, 1.45 p.m., Mr. A. Cole; Marist v Suburbs, Potter’s Park, 2 p.m., Mr. Al. A. Edwards; Panmure v. Eden, PanP Mr - B. Bird; North Shore wins by default. r> R iff Sei l\’ es -~~Nless r s. W. J. Thompson, P. Martin, B. Ellworth. M 4*t c ‘hes.—Radley and Company v Gratia, Oratia, 3 p.m., Mr. D. Kennedy; ■Harrison and Gash v. Dominion Motors, 145 P* m - Mr. E. A. MackinJflV’ H? uum oil Company v. Campbell Aiotors, Swanson, 3 p.m., Mr. E. A. Macr’,nijs4l ’ Tattersfields v. Browne and Geddes, Green Lane, 1.45 p.m., Mr. E. remberton; St. Heliers v. Panmure, Fanmure, 3 p.m., Mr. E. Bird. %. WANGANUI BEATEN OTAGO’S NARROW WIN from Our Otm Correspondent WANGANUI, Today. In a fast even game the Otago touring representative Rugby side narrowjy defeated Wanganui by 22 points ° The visitors scored four tries * Wo P ena lty goals against six les, so that Wanganui lost for lack °f a good goal kicker. >V anganui took the field short o-f several of its usual players, but neverwith a strong side. . or . Otago Fookes and Davis played ell m the backs, with Findlay and workin £T hard in the forwards, xuiby was the best player on the field ana was ably supported by Tilley and Ambrose. K. Gibbons, Ward. C. Gibons, Oxley and Heise were the best v _ Wanganui forwards. PIAKO V. MATAMATA I’rom Our Own Con'cspondent TE AROHA, Today. . changes have strengthened T^ e Piako Rugby representative team _? Pi ay at Mutamata on Saturday. *»YK*J fwerson "’ill Play at second five‘ghths beside his brother, Neil Ifwerat centre-threequarters. Next Saturday’s team will be; —S. Golds- -- Tf N. Ifwerson, Burr, K. awerson. Arkle, Stewart. F. Goldsbury, ■p r ,?j Vn ’ Samson, Mulgrew, McLaren, Pa >’ ne » and Dalton. EmergenRefd ark * n « Goodfelow, Rackham, MATAMATA, Tftday. Jh© Matamata team will be:—StewFawcett, Vosper Kneebone, Egan, "Vies, Douglas. Story, Aoake, Stevenson, Higgins, Flutey, Ensor and Syme. Emergencies: Campbell, Brown (2) and .. Eraser. Juniors to play Hamilton at Mata*nata for the Waikato junior champion-

-ship will bp picked from the following: ! Fitzgerald, Sheat, Henry, Oates, Ford, Brown, Tanko, Sutherland. Bragg- ' Simpson, Fell, Hill (2), Hawes, Carroll. Smith. Gunn, Hawke and Malii- I gan. COMFORTABLE WIN WELLINGTON BEATS WAIKATO BACKS THE DECIDING FACTOR From Our Own Correspondent . HAMILTON. Wednesday. ' Playing aggressive football, Wellington defeated Waikato by 22 points to 6 at Rugby Park, Hamilton, toaay. T here was an attendance of between 1,500 and 2,000. Growing the ball about freely, \\ ellmgton looked very dangerous in the opening stages and only good defensive work by Skeet, the home fullback. prevented some of the sieges from being successful. Wellington operated a good deal in the opposes, 25. From the scrum the visitors heeled and the ball reached Cuming who dropped a goal from the field. ’ 1’ ollowing the kick-out Waikato reached the visiting 25 but it was Quickly driven out. "Wilson got "Wellington clear of danger when Waikato proved menacing before the opposing goal-line. & ANOTHER POTTED GOAL From a return kick by Skeet, Heazlewood secured and with a great effort dropped Wellington’s second goal f r ° m the field. From midfield Huxtable gathered in and sent the leather to Foiey, who fed McDonald, the latter scoring an easy try. Heazlewood’s ?h°t. from close to the touch, failed. v\ aikato came to the fore when Anderson, the wing, dribbled to the front of the visitors’ goal. He and his supporters very narrowly missed scoring. Subsequently the visitors were penalised and Hawke goaled. Wellington, 11; Waikato, 3. After half-time Wellington attacked strongly, but was repulsed. Buckingham threw a long pass to Kemp, who dashed over in the corner. Hawke’s shot at goal failed. The visiting forwards again made matters willing in the home 25, but solid tackling met them. Heazlewood just missed a penalty shot. Keeping up the pressure, Wellington broke the defence in the last quarter, Julian touching down. Heazlewood’s goal-kick missed. Wellington, 14; Waikato, 6*. The home side then took the initiative and Hawke gained territory with a line ~kick. Wellington defended well, but was penalised in a dangerous position. Hawke’s attempt fell short. Waikato made a final effort to cross the line, but Hawke was stopped 10 yards away. He failed also with another penalty. Rushbrook scored for Wellington after a nice pass-

ing movement, Julian going over again just before time. Heazlewood converted, leaving the final scores: Wellington. • 22; Waikato, 6. NOTES AND COMMENTS While the score is a fair indication of the strength of the two sides. Waikato was unlucky with some of its goal kicks.

In the second half the Waikato hookers operated more satisfactorily and provided the backs with a greater share of the ball. The Wellington backs, however, showed sound speed and tactics and had the home side worn down through heavy and constant defensive work. Julian, tho visiting half, was the bete noir of the Waikato backs, for it was rarely he mulled or fed in the wrong direction. Other towers of strength in the Wellington rearguard were Cuming and Huxtable, the latter being exceptionally able on both attack and defence. Heazlewood, the fullback, was fairly sound with his return kicks and his potted goal was a masterpiece. The forwards were a hard pack, but were well niatched against the Waikato van. Hawke and Kemp were the most prominent players among the Waikato backs, the former being partic.u-

and nippy in the open. Kemp played a sterling game with a dash of his old-time agility. He showed the crowd that he has plenty of pep left in him yet for representative play. Skeet, the fullback, put up a fair showing in view of the big task set him. Anderson, the Mor-

rinsville wing, was not outstanding in this match. Buckingham, the home half, livened up in the second session, and was sound enough on defence. Bayly was useful in the roving commission. Of the forwards, J. Hooper, J. Dagg and A. Cameron can be singled out as players responsible for good spoiling work and general proficiency. TARANAKI’S EASY WIN POOR MANAWHENUA GAME Press Association PALMERSTON N., Wednesday. In a game that failed to raise the enthusiasm of spectators the Taranaki touring Rugby team today defeated Manawhenua by 15 points to 3. Both teams were disorganised by the absence of regular players, and the match was a dreary succession of dropped passes, missed opportunities and generally slovenly methods. Taranaki deserved the win, but was not particularly impressive. HAURAKI PLAINS From Our Own Correspondent) KG ATE A, Today. Tho following teams will represent Hauraki Plains against YVaihi on Saturday next, the seniors at Kgatea in a Poland Cup match and the juniors at YVaihi in a Sharebrokers’ Cup match: Seniors.- —F. B. F. Scott (Turua), K. S. Graham (Turua), J. Hedley (Patetonga), YV. Costello (Patetonga), J. O'Carroll (Turua), A. Elvin (Turua), F. Costello (Patetonga), G. Elvin (Turua), R. Beasley (YVaitakaruru), J. Fraser (Ngatea), C. Blaclclaws (Turua), YV. Dimmock (YVaitakaruru), P. Clark (Kgatea), R. Madgwick; emergencies, G. Hutchinson (Turua), J. Marshall (Turua), E. Tierney (Ngatea). „ Juniors. —T. YVhite (Turua), A. Stanley (Kgatea). L. Coxhead (YY'aitakaruru), YV. Ryan (Kgatea), YV. Findlav (YVaitakaruru), \'. McPherson (Kgatea), A. Olsen (Turua), H. Kirkman (Kgatea). C. Murray (Kerepeehi), K Caie (YVaitakaruru), S. Nicholson (Kerepeehi), M. Caie (YVaitakaruru). F. Donaghy (Ngatea), A. Nicholson (Kerepeehi), L. Pett (YVaitakaruru).