RUGBY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19882, 11 May 1936, Page 11

RUGBY.

SEASON OPENED

dNTIR-UNION COMPETITION. ___‘. BRXGHT HL‘GBY PROVIDED. SOME SURPRISE RESULTS. Perfeoz weather prevailed for mu opening or the Mushy luulball seasun in the Wuihutu uu s.llurdu3‘, lhu gl'uunds being in alrlcmlid ordcr. ’l‘llu new inter-unit)" club cmupvtiliuu \\as inaugul‘ulcd in Hdmillun, Tu .\\\u.— mulu .und .\sul'l|m\;|lm, and the club uuxan-Luiuus \\cx'u commenced in the other al‘cas. ’l‘lw attendances at Humiltuu almwwl numc nnmuwmcut on last year damn: Ihu wuulor alimetiuu 01' the \\'uilmlu ll'uls. ’l‘lu: wr—yl‘ist: 01' the (lay \\‘Ls Ulu Buys' u\'t‘l'-\\m-lnnng defeat 01' Munkluu. Tech; niual UILI Buy: and Tc Amuluulu wonthe other victorious teams in the He“ competition, Marian. and Taupir] East playing a drawn match. Ruuln I! l ammo. Old Boy. 38, Frnnluon 5. Tochnloll Old Boys 24, Rovers 10. Mal-In 8, Tlupll‘l In“ I. To Awammu 15. 'l'lupll‘l Won

BRIGHT FOOTBALL.

TIOHNIGAI. IMPRESS. ROVERS MAKE .\IISTAKES. Taking advantage 0! the many min-‘ takes made by the llovers‘ team Tech“ nioal Old Boys won a bright match ou‘ No. 1 ground, Rugby Park. The pnce ; was a "cracker" i'i'om the start, 'i‘ech‘i nical staying the distance better. Both} teams made an impressive showing, particularly the winners, and thcyi should make their presence felt iui the competition. f The“ teams were : ’l'echnicul old Lime—A. Gibb; ii. ledy, U. Poi‘tcous, 1.). Buick, L. St. George, W". Stevens; J. Broad; L., Purdmgton, .\. ll.u'\\'ood, B. Peal-t, J. Ulough, 11. llul‘lnnd, A. lt‘uc, U. ilobiii—eon, u. Taylor. Hoters.——.\lcl\'inlcy; K. \\‘ilson, il. Jackson, L. )‘onng; u. llogci's, .\. Quinn; L. Wilson; .\. llloh', K. strunge, \V. :‘hupht-rd, .\. 'l'llUlllllmll}, 'l‘. 'i‘hompwn, i'l. llolnics, L. uhunihcrluin, A. Pickle-penny. iioxci's kicked-oil, Sicvens giving the ’i‘echmcnl tho aninuiinsc \\ilh 11. ucut cut. through and u ali‘ullg dash down mid-trcld, but oi'l'side play chucked pro—gress. L. Wilson and Jackson rotrleved a great deal or the ground and the play, which had opened very prominingly. continued that and exciting. Both acts or backs were throwing the ball about. but they lacked coho-i oion. With the wind behind them Technical Old Boys had the admntnge for ten minutes. but the visiting (orwarcll held them out until they were relieved by I. use. Pardington had an attempt at the goal a law minute! later but tailed. Rovers then set up - good ion-ward attack headed by the two Thompson brothers. From a coma) in Technical‘s territory they hooked, L. Wilson and Quinn handling. Rogers dropped his pass but L. Wilson picked the ball up and threw dorms field to A. Thompson. to Blair, who scored a line try close in. L. \\'ilson convertcd— ‘ Rovers .........:.-.. 5 Technical Old Boys .. 0 Quick Rotallntlon. Technical Old Boys then scored two quick tries. From a. line-out close to i hovers' line Quick threw the ball inl before Rovers forwards were all in place. Receiving the ball again he‘ crashed over. l’ardlngton fail-ed to convert. Almost immediately Buick was over again in the same place, a cross-kick bouncing right for him to‘ take in his stride a few yards from tho ‘ line. Pardington's kick from the‘ side line was a real good one— i Technical Old Boys .. 8 i Rovers ............ 5 The game continued bright and en-‘ tertainlng with the Rover forwards. holding the ball from the nippy op-‘ position backs. McKinley earned applause by saving well when hard pressed. A little later Technical were awarded a free kick and Pardington's shot when high over the right hand post. One has went up and the other down, but the referee gave it a goal. making the score at half time—‘Technical Old Boys ii Rovers ............ 5 The visitors lost no time in gaining Hw :nhunmgc (m the resumption though the wind had dropped vou—sidvrnhly, Linrumit folhmcd line—out nil 'l‘n-chnicul's goal line aunt thou thr-rc were [\\u ilw )'.ll'i| srl‘luns. Techniml \\i‘l't‘ l't'limwl, howm'cr, \\lli'll Jackson ll)i.~'“l‘<l in [MI shut :ii griml. ’i‘lu'. ’l‘n-chnicul lurks would not gL‘L going. lull. liovvi's‘ lvlu'ks hmi cvvr)’ chum-c. llngi‘rs could not him his pnssvs. lmwn-wr. unit llli‘ muvnmvnts iii-nit.» duwil. llm'crs \\i-r.‘ I'|‘\\'£ll'lll'll \\'lli‘ii L. \\'ilsnn \\as‘ full liy ’l‘. 'l‘hnmlison .1111 l ho {idslll‘ll mop, ll'li‘l\\'|)]| j...” (an, im: to canwrt. .\min 'l'm-hnimi llhl Ill>)~ i'vplimi inunwiinlcly. Lillil)’, .\‘hu \l‘lln and l'oi'imus hamllin: for Mullin—son to pick tho hull 111) hour the lino :1111l touch down. l’ni'iiingion convericd. Failing to back up again cost Rovers another try when the 'l‘cchnical for—wards dl'ibblcd throuzh, I’nrdinnion picking up and swoiwlnrr his way over. Pm'dlngmn converted his own try, making the score— Tt‘t‘llllli‘lll (11.1 nn‘w .. r3l lli‘\(‘l'.< R 'l‘llt‘. \l>il=li'> l‘clillnivul .\ll'Llngh hut \\n‘i'v nnw >hn\\ili.: Lil-l" ..I' ll‘.(1illl\‘-’. 'l‘ln'rv' \\vrv‘ hmny lilnmi<hvw li) llw Int-2m iill'l ’l'n‘i'hnhxul lllx—lll: .nl\dnt..:.~ .iz' ihu‘w- 1-almi up iii-“'l‘ w-u'v. 'l’hv \hitni“ hml the lt‘l‘l'llui'lJl illuminanfnr :v‘n minuhu hut rouhl llnl ilnNI llll'li' innwmrui‘ ut’i‘ l‘m-liinsill} -| rnruurwl Hl~h cuhnhml-wi in \. Thom]: “"i ““"Jii‘ ”W" l‘u' loud» >1: inur' {Lilml 'w com-"i Horn ii ‘I wwn uni |:.v\-. ~ "I H »\r x r Hit'vmvi in i!‘ .. l\ iwl "~‘ ‘iumni ' v i .\\ n \\l . ii i.. \umvé calf. ll ""i 'i' i "’-'i‘ l‘ r':\ \lnliili.‘ llli'lmll \’v at tho \\illil ”m \l\|lvv{‘~ hut H v Ill'l‘i‘l‘ “ 111-l Hill ll'll‘HH ~h-mwl4 ulni‘im‘ .\r In .in fur-m m John]: iirnuuh li‘l. Ilax pt“ \\ i~ .nm'lu'll m" ‘immrr, Imilv" 'lv‘ }\l\.~‘~ .mil 'll'i‘lillli‘Jl i‘u-"m‘vl irnm iliv I'll‘lllll.‘ ..rrmu, l‘ul'lhcr llii~l -l\- \ .Ihrl luck Hl

condition coat Rovers another three points when Stevens cut through in midfield and three out to Buick, who galloped over unopposed. Pardington failed. It was not long before Rovers scored again. Shepherd scoring from a forward rush for L. Young to convert. The game ended with the score—— 'l‘echniral Old Boys .. 24' llm‘ers 19 Mr J. C, Dibble was the referee.

OLD BOYS SUPERIOR

FRANKTON OUTGLASSED. \VIXXI-JRS' BI'STLING TA-CTICF. in a game \\’hif‘ll was not. brilliant but. in \\'hlv'h there were some. hrith puising bouts ivy the lllxl Buys' lmvks. I-‘l'.unktmi. last year‘s champions, were. oulrlnssed by 0M Jim's on the, .\‘n, 1‘ ground at, Rughy Park on Salurcimfi From start to finish the 0111 Boys' fnrwards busilml the opposition. enabling the barks to work effectively. The teams were:— Oid Boys—ll. Slox‘ry; V. Voice, A. Llssette. K. Reid. J. Carroll, ‘ll. Lis—sette; A. Gillespie; J. Tietjens, A. Gudseil. \\'. \\'hittaker, C. Holloway, I-‘. Jones, Ge}? Chilly. R. Nicol, C. Thomas. Frankton.—-Gordon; A. Grifl‘itiis. J. Denz, Jones; Ferguson, G. Snodgrass; L. Thwaltes: Hughes. ’l‘ui Rau. J. Tristram, Steere, Gllmer, Skienars, Hail, Goodall.

Frankton klcked off defending the Whitiora end and the Old Boys' forwards took play to Frankton's twentyflve. Several passing rushes by the Old Boys‘ backs were frustrated through hanging on by the lnslde backs. Shortly after the commence—ment. of play A. Llsselte from well o‘ut npened the score by dropping a. beauti—ful goal— Old Boys ..r... . . ..z‘... 4' Franklon .. .»....... 0

The Frankton forwards took play into Old Boys' territory and Grimthsl received the ball to get well away. but ‘ was called back for offside. The Old hut: tut-\\'ards immediately took plat/i back' to the Frankton twenty-five and Holloway picked up the ball to force‘ his way through to score the first try. of the season in senior Rugby. Lts—‘ setto convertcd— 4 Old Boys w. ... .. . 9 l Frankton ..... ... . . 0 t A Spectacular Try. . t The Old Bays‘ forwards were on the hall all the time and had Frankton on the defensive, but several movements by the Old lioys‘ hacks went astray through faulty handling. Frzmktonl rallied and made a hold attempt to‘ penetrate the opposition. hut Voicei cleared, Frankton again took up the‘ attm‘k and Old llnys forced down. Frankton were awarded a free kick a little later in a handy position, hut‘ Gordon missed with the kick. ‘ The Old ißoys' backs then took play over the half-.wsy line and the Lissette brothers were prominent in a. nice pas—sing bout. A. Lissette passed the bell to field who ran across field and passed to Voice, who dived over in the corner to score a spectacular try. A. Lissette narrowly missed converting. the bell hitting the post—'Oid Boys x.;...m...... 12 >Fren’kton .... . . . . . . . . 0 The Old Boys' backs again figured in an effective passing movement in which TI. Lissette passed to A. Lissette, who sent out to Voice. Voice beat a. man and sent in again to A. Lissette. who sent Carroll over to score between the posts. A. Ltssette. added the extra points, and half—timel was called with the scores— ‘ Old Boys i 7 ‘ Fraukton . . ..-—.. . . . . 0 . Frlnkton Bustled. Soon after the resumption Dam. and Griffiths carried play into the Old Itoys‘~ twenty-five, but Old Boys were relieved by a free kick. Frankton pressed again. Snodgrass passing to Ferguson. who passed on to Jones. who kicked to Carroll. who was thrown out in the corner. Old Boys took play to the other end of the field for H. Lissctte to secure from a serum and dive over. Carroll narrowly missed the kick from an easy angle— Oldßoys 20 Frankton 0 ‘ The Old Boys‘ forwards were bustling Frankton and shortly afterwardst Thomas took the ball from a scramble and got. over wide out. A Lissette‘ failed to convert. The Old Boys“ forwards again had Frankton on the defensive and Geff Chitty and \Vhlttaker. who were foremost in all for-t ward rushes dribbled the ball through‘ for Chitty to gather up and score. Carroll converted— Old Boys m. .. . .32.. . 28 Frenkton Beers. Old Boys resumed the attack and} had the opposition hustled and Hello-t way. who was playing a sound game} nearly got over again. Dcnz :uul llrlmths azaili figured in a dash through the (”4‘ Ru) 5‘ liar-ks anti (iritlilhs Silli‘—.\'i|‘[b[tl‘l| several men to lu- wulinrml near the line. The Frankiun forwards rvsunlrli the attack, ’l‘ristrnm ilrl‘ukiug through and (trifliths gathered up from a cross—kirk to I‘ll“ i'l‘lliill in svnru lu‘hilui the posts. .\‘umlurnss f;n.ill‘(l—— ililli=4')s ‘33 l’raui‘tun 5 (Ital thru- immmtiutrly hall Frankluu on iiit‘ llwi'unsiw :lmi liwll'l' Chilly hul—ilil‘iu'tl his way through in arm-p Iw—-tm-cn the posts, conwrting his own try. Just before the call of limp Denz faii»‘d to goal from {t diilluuit angle ‘ from a penalty. Frankton were again i overwhelmed when the Old lioys‘ for‘wzirds ran through for \\'hittakcr to Lht- pullrd down in Franlilon’s twentyllve, The game ended with the final st‘lll‘os—lt‘ui iinys 33 l~‘ranl\tnn 5 i .\ir it. .inhnstnn was referee. 1 ...—_.....

_\ DRAWN GAME.

MARIST AND TAUPIRI EAST. I‘ll\\‘ lIHIIUI'I‘ .\HH'EMENTS. Slmninl In ’l‘imosk \(‘v,\HlK\\\'\lll,\, .\‘utlnwluy. ’l‘hv Hm malvh nl' lhv smsun :H. lmrllnntnn \\us }\l-I}(‘ll nu SJHIMII)‘ lwhuH-u 'l‘uupiri Fun! and .\luvisl. [llO I‘mull Imin: 2| Allanu 'l‘hu lunms linwl \llll .x~ lnHmu: 'l'uupiri. rliulwrlwn. I‘vun z". llu‘lv. ~ lrluul. Unis '3 , Hath-y v‘.’ . 'l’.l_\'lnx'. .\h'Nn'nL 1%)1'110. livlu‘ln'l'. linmv. \\':,->tnu.

Marisk—dicGrall, O'Dey. Gassldy (2). Kilpatrick, St. George, Dempsey, Mills, Trotter, Ryan. Long, Belgrave, Haggerty, Lomas, Devcich. Very unspcctacular football characterised the entire match and lack of condition on both ‘sides made the game very ragged. ‘O‘Dey was responsible for the first bright move when. making a. spirited dash towards the line he al—most. scored for Marist. who were playing against. the wind and facing the sun. Soon after Byrne scored a try for Taupiri and rHarle kicked successfully. Play roamed haphazardly all over the fl'eld'then for some time. Marist came’to light first with Kll—patrick who scored, but F. Uassidy‘s kick failed. )lul'ist were later award—ed a penalty try and Cassidy \\'as this time sucwssful with the kick. Marie was outstanding in several manoeuvres by ’l‘uupil'l, which followed, and halftime came with the score 8 all.

In tho serond half neither team scored and play was very ordinary. St. George, although young, showed great promise, and Kiln-atrial; was also a trier. llzu'le \\'us also prominent and Taupiri‘s half—hack, Peue. played. a great game.

WIN FOR TE AWAMUTU.

TAUPIRI WIBT DEFEATID. . (Timer Representative). TE AWAMU’I‘U. Saturday. The Rugby football season opened in the Wei-pa Union's area to-day. when a full programme of matches was played. Playing on No. 1 ground. Albert Park, the Te Awamutu seniors met Taupirt “lost and gained the decision by 15 points to 9. The tennis lined out as follows: Te Awnmutu.—~'D. Vincent, R. Brady, G. E. Grui-ckshank. W. Tombs, M. Bell, E. C. Adams. J. Turney. F. Mic Alpine, M. Grace, \V. Daniel}, R. Spence, \V. Grace, ii. Willis, J. Scott, J. Hannah. Taupiri VVest.——G. \Velch, Fowler, Morton, .\lolesworth, \Vitson, Harris, Tye, Amikiti, Bull, Johnston. Muir—head, Hood, \\'eich, Engel, Saunders.] From the kick—off play centred in mid-field, neither team gaining any ad; vantage until ’l‘aupiri forced the local team to their own back line. Gradually 'l‘e Awnmuiu worked their way back and illannnh crossed the line follow—ing a smart forward rush. Vincent failed with the kick —- Te Awamutu . . . . . . . . 3 Taupirl ........... 0 \Vild passing cost Te Awamutu the advantage, but a free kick awarded to Teupiri in a handy position was of no avail. An exciting incident occurred when Hannah Collected a pass from Tombs and, dashing from huf-wey. passed the major part oi’ the opposing team to gain the line. Although he lost; possession Cruickshank came up in time to score. The kick at goal failed— Te Awamutu x.-,....... ‘6 Tanpiri .. . . . . .3. . . 0 Taupiri tried again and. inking a pass in To Awamutu‘s twenty-five Morton made a bold attempt, to srore. but was hronxht down a enuple of yards from homo. Following miti—iil‘itl play another iirifzht rush took 'l‘nllpiri within striking" disinure anti \\‘ilsnn (“ii not have any 4iiilivuii in openingr his team‘s account. from a tree kirk'i‘e ;\w:unlliu . . . . . G 'i‘nupiri . . . . . . . .».~. .-., 3 A Bright Movement. Al‘irr n lioriml or renirni play a: iit'ig'ht lliii\'l'|lil‘lii h)’ the To Awninuiui harks npenmi the play and they ilti-‘ vnncod the pin) for 'i‘onihs to iiiiii three more points to his team's tally. Vin—cent failed to mhi the major points—. ’l‘e Awnmutu . . . . . . . . 9 ’i‘nupiri 3 The half—limo whistle blew with play in neutral territory. L'Don resumption play remained near the half-\\'ny line for a while before Spence broke away to give his team a brief mlvanlnxe. Returning from a Slight reverse the local harks had an—niher turn for Crnirkshonk to (rain ground with :u unmi line rush. \\'hen nppns‘mi hr trunsi‘orrmi in Bell. who hurt no irnuhh- in nrossinr the line. \\'iiii: i'niiv-ii with the kirk—— 'l‘o \\\.'unuin 12 ’i'.lui\il'i .‘i From iiw i‘nilnwin: play the ir‘r—i‘iinl‘iJi minmimxu rv'muinmi \\iih ’l‘nli~ piri runl :i pvnnitv iiiuh Mlu‘n li)‘ \\'il—sun whit-xi .mnihrr ihrw in ihvir i.|ii.\'*‘ 'l'.ni]uiri i‘. Tombs Scores Again. i .\hiwsi iivliwuimini)‘ the tum] imml returned in tho i|iiii'i\ ~||lii rim-ninth." iiii‘ lmll i'mm i‘mli. ,i‘iiiltiis l-y-ussml iii" iilil‘ ”min \I. lh'il Lilli-i] \\.|h liii‘ ixin‘ix-w i :I'i‘,\\\.liii'li ii. 1 intro: I'i the \i iini‘v Emmi il.i‘ii in ir‘tiiii'n/

the deficit and two or three times they had the opposition. on the defensive. However, their efforts were unsuccessful and play returned to neutral territory. A smart: interception near half—way ‘by \Vilson carried the visit—ing team ahead. but they failed to hold the advantage amd the home forwards once again carried play out of danger, However. persistent attacking had its reward 'end Taupiri came again for \Vilsou to acid to the score from a penalty— . Te Awamutu ....:..... 15 Taupirl ........... 9 Returning to the attack Te Awamutu drove hard. but ’l‘aupiri stalled their efforts and gradually returned the at—tack to ’l‘e Awamutu's twenty-the. but a free kick taken by \\’ilson failed. The final whistle blew a little‘ later without any alteration to the score. Mr Taylor was the referee. LOWER GRADE GAMES. . JUNIORS AND TIII‘R DGRADE. The early stages of the game be—tween Old Boys and Tokonut juniors did not produce very much of an exciting nature, but. play livened up in the latter part and the score hoard showed a ‘win for-01d Boys by 6 points to 11. \‘Vaikerla A defeated Wuikeri‘a B. at Waikeria, by 38 points to 8, and Te Awamutu defeated Ngutunui 'by 11 points to 6 at Ngutunui. Juniorg-Frankton 32, Ruakura 0; Te Kowlmi 11, Rovers 6; City 10. High School 7; Technical Old Boys a bye. Third.—Franklon 18. Technical Old Boys 3; Technical School 24, City 6; Old Boys a bye. The third grade games resulted as follows :—'l‘e Awamutu 32 v. High School 16; Old Boys 9 v. Suburbs 5.

IN OTHER CENTRES.

i CAMBRIDGE SUB-UNION. i i ‘ smson opm‘s. i ‘ LEAMINGTON AND UNITED \VIN. i (Special to Times.) i CAMBRIDGE. Sunday. i The Cambridge Rugby season opened on Saturday in tine weather. 'i‘wo senior ‘nwtchcs were played at the. Square, and a good nitcndanro saw chilnington deieut Northern, and I'nitetl Ilcat iiulltapn. both games providing interesting football. ‘ Leamington v. Not-thorn. . Shortly ai'tcr the start Garland opened a nmvcntnnt i'nr Learnington. hut l’eake failed to pass and was caught in posses—‘sion. ’l'ht» lilucs continued to attui'li, and illurdy snnmmii up Ili‘fll‘ lilo iinc. to open ‘the snot-v, N. lloltnvs converting. Play twas taken back immediately, however. and F. Shaw secured from a scrununage to ‘score. Kidd failed to convert, making the score, Lcamington 5. Northern 3. i From the kick—air, Leaminutou were very aggressive, and from a scrum near ‘the line a passing bout developed for H. Peaka to dash across for a this try. Holmes tiust missed with the kick. ‘ Resuming alter half-time, Northern were awarded a penalty 5 yards past the half-WilyY line, and Kidd (Northern) found the upr ghts with a splendid kick. Holmes and POBKB “'Bi‘e seen in I 3000. movement, ‘tbe latter running 20 yards to score that second try. Holmes missed the kick, ‘This gave Laamington a lead or it points with 9 minutes before time. Almost im-‘ mediately after, Northern were aguin penalised, Garland increasing the biucs’ lead when he kicked a splendid goal from well out. \\’ith a few minutes to 30, Nortlr ern made a strenuous effort to decrease their opponents’ lead, Bryant leading an iunsuccessful rush to the blue and white line. The game ended shortly after with Leaming'ton the winners by H points to Cui ‘ Mr E. Scott refereed. H-utlpu United. United won the toss and chose to play with the sun at their backs. United, with a good movement. took play to the Hnu~ ttapu line, where F. Coulter scored from a imelee. Hewett failed with the kick. Re‘suming, United continued to attack, but the Hautapu defence was sound. and a ‘combined forward and bark movement ‘took the play to the United line. where McKee went across, but the ball just fell dead. liilutapu were now throwmg the ball about, ttnd United were hard pressed for some time, until Smith landed a splendid line kick, placing his team in a handy position. The defence held, however“ and when the haif»time sounded shortly after, play was in the centre or the field. The second spoil opened with u brilliant back movement by United, every buck handling, for Wilson to cross hick, where .\ioorc secured and went across for a good try. llcwctt kicked at goal. but went wide: United 6, Hautapu 0. Hautapu gained possession frotn a scrum and opened a passing bout, hut Meanie neatly intercepted and made a dash of 30 yards to score well out. Hewett added the ex—tra points with a long angle kick. United 11, Hautapu 0. From the kirk-off Hautupu pressed hard, and J. Kelly Kicked a Seed penalty goal from a ditllcult position. Shortly afterwards United went into the ODDOBIMOH territory. when P. Beer led a brilliant dribbling rush, but was run oil‘ a few yards oil’. Hautapu were then penalised. and Hewett kicked another goal giving United an ii-point lead with 14' minutes to so before time. The end or the game saw United attacking, but the [sitadrémxieinained‘iunchanged: United is, .. . r . . J. I) - » . the Whistle. otthin controlled Juniors. Leamington 6, Northern 6- ' - Puherimu 5: Karapiro 5. H-‘i‘lilkl’gll‘lte‘lil 17' ’lltird grade.—Lvamtng-ton 5, Edited .1. llantapu it, Northern 0. ’ M MORRINSVILLE sun-UM|ON_ FIRST (JAMES OI“ SEASON. . »W ‘ Only about a hundrcti smrtntnrs 1‘ from players and omrials. laupnde‘l'flgplllll":‘ lllurrinst'llie Rcrl'mttmn Gi'illlllii on Sat-‘ Iltrtidy to see t/iw ilrsl mutt-hrs of “it? .\lnrrinshl'ie Rugby Slti)~l'ttiott‘s season. t'i'hc ilrst round of senior mutt-hrs is for Linc .\inrshnii Cup, and the scninr championship will not commence until May 30. ’l‘itcrc are four senior teams in thc competition. The junior Championship. in which eight teams are. competing, was also started on Saturday. Kareono 20, Klwltlhl 0. The Kereone senior team, which last season won the Binnie Cup as the oham~ Non or champions throughout the \Vai—kato, was not cxtended in heating thc new Kiwitahl team by 90 points (three ltries. one ronvrrsion and three penalty goals) to nil. Kcrcone turned out at full strength, the forwards lad by .l. and fl. Leeson, the Waikam representative, forwards. while the inside harks were L. Russell. ‘.\l, nodmin, \\'. Cnmrrnn land In. Clnrkin of last season’s .\lorrlnsviilp lrepresentatlvc tram. Kiwitahi dirt well in huld tltn l'f‘rit’ltliliahit‘ Knrennc tram for most or the R'ilml" and their line was (‘rnssod only thi‘f‘i‘ times. 'l‘hn Kiwiihhi Mam inrludc: most of tho \lnnrl mayors in tho suh-unlnn and has ltm‘n (trunnisnd thrnnsrh Iltn r-ntltusinsnl 0i" .\ii' 1.. 11. Larnnr nmi otltcr i’nnthnll sunnurtm‘s ul' ihc Kiwlinhi distrlrt. As this was it'lwiiahi's .ilrsi cnnm ihkt‘fltl‘l' ihnrr was an nhsrnrn ni‘ lcnnt work. and thc harks \\‘crc not a: :ttlllll‘ Ml tlnfcnt-n a: tlm sr‘.‘l=i\nml Kort»mtc llili‘k~‘. lack of knnwlr‘dri‘ nr iitn mir‘: WNI lhwtlnhi n nutnhl‘r nf ttr‘naliins. :tntl \\'. ililllf‘l‘llil. tit:q \iurrinsl'iiir‘ Y'i‘i‘l‘i" ~l‘ilillli\’i‘ yualltirlwr. was :tltlu in lurk iltrre twnuiiv zu:t|:. 'i‘iu‘ srnrcrs rnr lhl‘i'i‘lflli‘ \\vrt‘ .l. lit-unit and i. :‘mrlnn tz‘i. \\iliil‘ \\‘. i‘nnwrnn mnvcriml nun try and Lirimd tltrnn pnnrtlitcs, \ir \\'. \lw\wln \\.‘|- I’t'il‘l‘i‘F‘. ’ Old Buys 26, Terriers o. ‘ ttw um nota' ~"ili"i". artvwml ll\' \ i tutu“, ““41 no :llillr'lliv in mnutn: up [a Dls sm'e against a weak Tal'rlers' team-

which had to call on some or its uniors to new I full team. Tries for 01% Boys were scored by D. Leece (a), Howanh, A. Carter and R. )lohn. Two tries were converted by Aitken. who also kicked a field goal. Mr G. H. Kirk was referee. JIII’I’OI‘I. Mvotumeoho. last year's Junior champions, were defeated by Eastern Combined by 9 points to 8 after ‘3 very even game. .\iotumuoiio led by B—3 at half—time. United lined the best or the game against Old Boys and won by 16—8. The new Bible CIRSS Rovers team DUE “D 3 Hood resistance on Terriers, who won by 6—.3 after the first hnlr had ended without score. Kereone failed to get a full ieam and defaulted to Tahuna. _..—_.— TE AROHA UNION. SENIOR MATCH. _ CITY E‘s—MAORIS I‘." Tim "UNIV Sr‘nlnn in 'l‘:- .\l-him \\'li: (umnml on Sailu‘duy \\'illl l|ll‘ grounds In splmullri nx'dr‘l', lmi \\‘ilil u minor «iiialmmming attendance ul‘ quovlanors. num Hm Clix and Maori [mum \\'r-ru in 11PM” lii‘aliy I‘uil .‘irnnkiil. and lilo n-umr‘ mmuphv [ml was :1 11'0an (‘xhibilmn nl‘ liutzhy. im<llii'm'onr'c in the seams 110wa largely ul(i‘HHiiilblf‘ in minor lni<mkos ni‘ flitl .\inni'ls. which enabled City players ta race through to Sl‘ni‘e. .\iauris kicked on’ and quickly got into City Krnlmd. Foliowink a scrum d nPnalty ‘kjrk was awarded .\ienrls and .\H‘Ailsier isucvnssl‘uily smelled—Maori: 3, cdty 0. ‘E. nurbarich dashed through and started 1 a City rush. rrnm whirl) J. .\lnioney sr‘ororl and also woulod—linuris 3. City 5. .\iaoris twain tnnk up iht‘ nzressivm 'i‘nki. .\iunu and Lipsey showinz up prominently \\'ith a vigorous dash iiiildoli l‘olim'cd ihe pressure. and following up a Imm, \\'eii-i ,ludn‘f‘ri kit‘k. Rowe N‘DFSPd [hr “(in nmi‘ .\ialnnoy rorisiernd thn major points—i .\laoris 3, Clu- [O. City l‘ux'ward; mam“ m‘mnui with a r‘nmhlnmi niTm‘i. but .\ii'w Alisim‘. Tukl and Lipwy rmlt‘kly took linpin)’ hark. Firkin: up the own from «1‘ spiritwi Innino xlurtilm-r sr‘mnpm'm‘l (WM. and )iuioney afrain gunlmiiliflm‘ie 3, Clix 15. The Second Half. in Hm wound spnii .'I innsn rn=ii i'MuiiNi in liq-mm” v‘i‘n~~ii|2‘, hut .\luiunvy': fliIt‘mw ni Raul i':uiwl \illtli'h li. 4‘iiv I~'. \ lmllmm run by I!]v~l'\' I‘Xll'lll'll up illu play for \i‘lum. iln- \\;l~‘ lymuulli Ilu‘.\|| h_\' \\'xlmn. \ «rum \\.|~ I-v“vllx-,i and HM )vuiiwr “Nil nut. in \in';|h.m|. \\lvul Ira-hm rvu- xhv “(iv and mum-ii \l:lm'r‘| 4:. {NY Ix‘. \ \l‘.‘Hi'ull~ ”Mark 113' ::i\'i pm't‘ \Hllnill‘i' :l l'iiiHil'i' w ;:.‘I|II llin‘ Ln" mui hi' :lim wvui Hi.- mil ”\l'l' \qum~ 1;, 'll\' -."i. \i.il\"i\ luau-VI Hi! \\HII ~mWinn: \'mu I|qu m \M'v All‘lt‘i'lliiiiml >i\|4-I \innn ~~rnvwl \l:|m'l~ 1). lil\' -.':. Hm \\‘.h unil'kh' ivvlln\\'v‘:l I|\' \lv\il<vvr wl'uvmrl Hm llnr‘ \I:IH!'|: le‘i I’|l\ :‘II. .IH~| nil ihr‘ r-m nl’ mu.- “.mn “mm-ii .nm \llluuwv mm Hw ivniu-y er Hun» lul‘c. ilxv gum» I'll-Lu: \Hru'h I: INY I‘. Mr \\‘. Jonas \\3s ieieree.

IN THE PROVINCES. I Auckland.—Technlcal Old Boys 9. (’irammar Old Boys 8; Ponsonby 17. Training College 1L; Marlst 9. College Rifles 3; Grafton 17. University 17; Utahuhu 19. North Shore 6. \Vellington.—Eastbourne S, Poneke 6; Athletic 2U, .\larlst 0; \\'elllngtou 119. Petone 17; Old Boys 15, Butt ’7. l New Plymouth.—’l‘ukapa 34. UN, ‘Boys 5; Inglewood 8, Star 3; Kapongn 17, Okaiawa 0; Stratford 2'2, United 0. Christchurch—Old Boys 10, L'nl— Verslty 6; Christchurch 24, Albion 3:: Sydenlmm ‘22, Merimle ’ll; Sunnysidu 1 18, Linwood 8. ! Palmerston Norms—Massey 00110ng I 1:. United 0; Old Boys 21. st. )m-l l'i‘fili's lU; Kin. ’l‘ua ll}, [Wilding A 11;} [Veildin‘ar Uld Boys 9, Funding 1) LL . \\'ungauui.——-l\'uiurau 11, .\lnri.~| 3:! 'l'cchuiuul Old Boys 11, um Bins Hzf l’irulcs l‘l, llatunu 3. i Napier.—Napier High Srhuul Uld‘ Boys 16, Murist Brothers Uh] Buy.» 1’: [Rulings High :‘chuul mu Buys I>,| Pirates 7. 1 lMinimum—Alhambra 22, University I: ll; ix'aikorui 5, L'nchrsit)‘ .\ G; ~\‘Lrullu‘l‘n 18, Dunedin Il; Union I”,] Zlnunri 3; Piratrs 19. Taieri llli lluntly.—llunlly liigh Schuol old 1103's it), lluntly Juniors 3. _..—_—

LEAGUE FOOTBALL. ‘

. The results of the League matches in Auckland on Saturday were as I'ol- - s—Manulmu H. Richmond 8; .\larlst 131, .\"cwlon U; Davenport 10,‘ lMount Albert 5; Ponwnhy 21, city 10.!