RUGBY FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1941, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL

j SCHOOLS TOURNEY WIN FOR DANNEVIRKE. WAIRARAPA COLLEGE BEATS j SCOTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ‘ ' WELLINGTON. This Day. . Scoring under the posts and converting the try a few minutes before full-time, Dannevirke High School beat ’ Hutt Valley High School 5-3 in the final of the quadrangular tournament played on the Hutt Valley High School ' ground yesterday. 1 Wairarapa College beat Scots College 13-3 in the other match. PRIMARY SCHOOLS WAIRARAPA BEATEN. • (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, August 25. The primary schools Rugby tournament in Wanganui resulted: Manawatu beat Wanganui, 12-11; Wellington beat Wairarapa, 9-8. Games at Marton resulted: Rangitikei beat Taranaki. 11-6; Horowhenua beat Hutt Valley, 3-0. COLLEGES AT PLAY FINAL WON BY CHRIST'S. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Christ’s College beat Wanganui Collegiate School 9-3 in the final of the inter-college Rugby football tournament, played at Wellington College yesterday afternoon. Evenly matched both in the forwards and backs, the two teams provided several thousand spectators with a good exhibition of orthodox football, Christ's College winning the game because of a slightly more penetrating back line. Wellington College beat Nelson College by 15 points to nil. The Nelson . team was outclassed both in the forwards and backs.

REPRESENTATIVE GAME WAIRARAPA v WELLINGTON. z THE VISITING TEAM. The Wellington representative team to play against Wairarapa on the Carterton Showgrounds on Saturday next is as follows: Full-back. Callanan; three-quarters, Posselt, Martin, Hudson; five-eighths, Morton, Norton; halfback, Johns; back-row forward, White;' middle-row forwards, Mullett, Foley, Harvey, Rankin; front-row forwards, Haines. Oxley, Shannon. Emergencies: Church and Marsden. LEAGUE CODE WELLINGTON FINAL. The final of the Wellington Rugby League’s championship was played at Newtown Park on Saturday between Miramar and Petone South. For the winners tries were scored by B. Wood, R. Scott, and Bouzaid, Frank Fitzgerald (formerly captain of the Carterton seniors, who recently joined the league code) converting two. For Petone, Winiata and Hawkins each scored a try, Perkinson converting one and Hawkins kicking a penalty goal. The result was Miramar 13, Petone South 10. At the conclusion of the match, Crothers (for the Miramar team) received the Will Appleton Shield, the donor of the trophy making the presentation.