BRIGHT RUGBY

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19894, 25 May 1936, Page 18

BRIGHT RUGBY

—-—. l l INTER-UNION COMPETITION: l rum“ lxcn-me GAMIB. i mus VERY EVEN. i —— E Further bright games were provided In the Hamilton district inter-Union Rugby competition on Saturday. when games were played in Hamilton. ’i‘e Awamutu and Nsaruawahia. The grounds were all in splendid orderi and with ideal weather prevailing: blight book displays were witnessed in all matches. The attendances were sflocted by the \\'aikato race meeting. . Remit: It I Glance. Inlet 21, To Awamutu Rover: 5. Mm" 18, Tauplrl East 13. “I". Awlmutu 18, TOChnioal Old lon 9. ‘ Old Boys 41, Touplrl West 0. EXCITING MATCH. 'I’AUPIIII EAST AND FRANK‘I'ON. ' GAME ENDS IN DRAW. With first one team and then the other in the lead, and the game ending with both teams equal, the match on No. 1 ground. Rugby Park. between Frukton and Taupiri East. provided uniting Rugby. The hacks threw the l ball out in great style, the game being lost and spectacular. The teams were:— l‘rsnktoanerguson; Grimths. Denz. Hoops; Jones, Snodgrass; Pearson; Tristram, Hail, Davies, Steere, Gilmer. Puget. Sklenars. Glasgow. Touplri East—C. Robinson: B. Cieiand, h. llarl, J. Davies: R. Puke. W. Solomon: N. Pene; M. Taylor. ‘O. Beloher.-'H. Catiey. C. Weston. L. Davis. (l. Muirhead. J. Byrne. W. Rowe. A neat side-step by Hart gave the visitors un early advantage and with} the forwards pushing hard they werei close early. Ferguson cleared in the; nick of time. however, and Pearson. found the line well down. The Frank-. ton bucks operated smartly, Jones cutting through nicely. Denz fol-l lowed him and took his pass well, but; was smothered near the posts. The. position was quickly reversed, Byrne‘ and Taylor leading Taupiri to Frankton‘s goal-line. ’i‘hc attacking backs worked and, Harl dnmniied well. but delayed his; pass a little too long. The play was fast with first one side having that advantage and then the other. buti there were too many mistakes for" either Side to score. Jones cut; through in splendid style twice. but; both times he was smothered quickly.i Frunkton Score Pint. l Solomon was doing some good work| but eventually Davies and Hall drib-i bled downfleld and then threw out to. Snodsrass. and Griffiths and in asaini to Jones. and Stecre. who crossed the' line. J. Den: converting with a 31'an kick—‘Frankton . . . . .z. . . . . '5 Taupiri East . . . . . . 0 Taupiri then set up a great counterattook. Rowe breaking through to pass to Cstiey, to Taylor. who ran round under the posts, Harl converting to} equalise the scores— Taupiri East ~ ... . . -.'i l Frankton 5 Frankton were on the attack immediately. Davies taking the kick 01! and throwing well out to ~Buodgrass. to Jones. to Dean, who s’hort punted well. but Heeps was forced out. Pens and Harl brought play back and Solo-' mon narrowly missed a drop kick at] goal from close in. Taupiri forwards: were swarming all over the Frankton pack. but Hari failed to take a pass. and Snodsrass kicked through the gap. Taupirl were awarded a free near the halt-way mark as the halftime bell rang. but W'. Solomon failed. After the Interval. Denz. Jones and Griffiths started the second hair at a great pace. but] met very solid tackling. Jones andi Denz operated again. the latter again? stab-kicking well. but the bounce beat: him when he followed through and Catley. Taylor and Belcher again gave the visitors the territorial advantage} Pléy moved to halt-way when the' Frankton backs participated in another bright movement. the fullback coming into into the rush. but Grifliihs dropped his pass. The 'i'nupiri forwards were going great guns and Cleiand and Hart combined nicely down the 'lne for the last named to score in the corner, He Just failed to convert— Taupiri East. . . . . . . 8 Frankton 5 Catiey received .1 had cut on the chin from n sprig nnti rctlrcd for at—tention at this stage. lie resumed later, however. I Ixoitlng closing stages. Frankton then scored from a very nice hark movement. Hooking the hall in midfield hulh Jones and Benz made progress before giving the ball} to Heeps. who scored well out, Denzi fnlilng in add the points, it wasl the speed that heat Taupiri— i Frankton 8 i ’l‘anpirl Exist . . . . . . 8 ‘ Fronkton wort- awnrdcd a penalty in a handy position on the resumption. hut Snodess just idiicd. 'i‘nuplri Float were not lung in replying a quick ohangc in direction by .l. Davies and weak tackling by ankton allowing L. Davis to score under the posts. Harl convertedTaupirt ............ 13 Frankton 8 Another good run by Jones and hen: gained a'ronnd. but the tackling did not. i‘nllrr. Griffiths being allowed no room in which to work. ’l‘anplri sustained the pressure. Dcnz coming back fast to save \\'cll. 'l‘risiram and Griffiths than hrokc nwny, tho formr‘r drawing: the full-hark. but Grlmihs knocked on with an opcn field in front. ‘ Kicking high and following up fast Tauplri had Frnnktnn \vr‘ll on the dct'onshe. Denz and linens than made thirty yards in a passing bout, hut llari tackled wr‘li. Ttxr Franktun backs then operated snurtly again. but each man was tackled in turn. Again Prankton worked. Dom ruttinz inshlo and pa<slnz in again in the forwards, but the tnrklin: \\'.N stain sound. Griffiths nude .l dot-erminr‘d chart. to score. but was pnllmi down. Fed by Denz ho triml Imin. runnln: from the side lino in the middle. The Tmpiri pluwrs got into finch others wny ""ll lw xiii Y‘lltl' iiii‘uuxii in sl'ui'v unnl-‘r ihw Innis, \‘nodsiuiss run— W‘rlm: un lillil‘. Inikin: Ihr smrr—w humid-in i.'l ’l'uiudr but ... .. . 13 .\lr 12. ’l'hut‘lu: \\ns the referee.

i BRIGHT BACK DISPLAY. i ___ l l Ivuuusr's :Asv WIN ‘ i l I \V. CASSIDY IN FORM. i l l l —— . In a rugged game which was made‘ i attractive by the splendid combine-l ition of. the Marin backs, Msrist de-l ' tented Rovers on No. 2 ground, Rugby? Park. on Saturday. Though on a de-‘I fenslvo throughout most of the game the Rovers' forwards put up a great fight and were a match for the Marist pack in the tight. l The teams were : . .\isrist.—P. MoGrall; Kilpatrick, W. *Cassidy, R. Broderick; R. St. George. .iiui Dempsey; B. Mills; J. Trotter, D. Ryan,‘ F. Cassidy, C. Belgrave, R. Lang. 0. Devcich, Lamas. Haggerty. Rovers—D. ‘Hinton; L. Young, C. Rogers, B. erin, L. \\‘ilson, A. Quinn; G. McKinley; J. ‘Hinton, B. Elliott, .\'. Royes. A. Thompson, 'l‘. Thompson. \V. Owens, E. Holmes, A. ’i‘ic‘klepenny. After several scrambles the .\larlst hacks got away nicely and shortly after the commencement W. Cassidy secured and “dummied” nicely to beat a man. and passed to Broderick, who ran half the length of the ileld to score wide out. F. Cassidy's kick just missed. , Rovers immediately pressed and were near to scoring. but a force saved Mariel. The Marist backs all handled again and Broderick just fail—ed to get over. Infringement iu the serum by Rovers gave F. Cassidy a difficult penalty kick but the attempt failed. Rovers immediately attacked |andi McKinley sent his backs away. ‘but the winger, Irwin, fumbled. I Rugged Play. Play became very rugged for a spell. being confined mostly to the forwards. The Marlst backs made the most of every opportunity and were close to scoring on two oooav alone. The Marist forwards then took the ball at their feet and Kilpatrick gathered up and passed infield i to Ryan, who throw of! two men to score. .\i-cGra‘ll's kick missed—- . .\larist ............. 6 Rovers 0 1 From a scrum Lang secured and 'passed to St. George, who sent the ‘backs away, “I. Cassidy cut in and nnada a determined dash for the line | to score a good try. MeGrall failed ~ to convert. A few moments later W. ,Cnssldy, who was playing a great 1 game, broke away again and after run—--1 nlng 40 yards passed infield to Lang. who attempted to set the Marist backs ‘ going. but a forward pass held up the ‘ movement. - . Rovers rallied and from a serum .in i his own 25 l-rvrin secured and streak—:ed for the line to score a good try i which Young converted—i Marist -............ '9 | Rovers ............ .'1 l Shortly after the commencement of the second spell feeble tackling by iMarist gave Rovers seVeral oppor- [ tunities of scoring, but faulty handling l null-tiled their efforts. Marist nearly increased their lead when Mills ‘worked the blind side and passed to [Broderick who was brought down over the line. but a twenty—five scrum ". was ordered. A few minutes later loii'side play by Rovers gave F. Cassidy an easy chance to goal, but the attempt failed. Mllie’ Bmm Try. Marist continued to press their opponents, but the Rovers‘ pack offered ‘ strong oppoeition. There were lseveral scrambles right on Rovers‘ line. Mills finally secured from a l scrum and neatly out out the opposing first five-eighth for a smart try. Mo— Grail failed to add the extra points— Mari5t:........-....12 Rovers WW... 5 Most of the play in the second spell had been in Rovers‘ territory. but ‘ they rallied and took play to the Marist I twenty-five, but the Marist backs took Iplay right back to the other end of the field. Following a high klo-k one ' of the .\iarist forwards passed to Mills and the Msrist backs handled in turn for Kilpatriok to score in the corner. F. Cassidy missed with the kick—- . Marist 15 Rovers ............ 5 A few minutes later Mills kicked upfield. and Ryan followed up to l'securo and pass to F. Cassidy, who ‘ fended off two tacklers before scorjing wide out. The scorer failed to convert. Marist resumed the attack and R. St. George sent out. to W. Cassidy, who best two men before pas-I j sing to Broderick, who went over near the corner. Dempsey failed to goal. The final scores were—- ‘ .\iarist .........-... 21 Rovers 5. Mr n. Frazer was referee. WAIPA SUB-UNION. PLAY AT TE AWAMUTU. \\'lN FOR LOCAL TEAM, ' OLD TECHNICALS GO DO\Vl\'. i -——-. ; (Times' Representative). TE AVVAMUTU, Saturday. Playing on XO. 1 around at Albert Park. Tc Awnmutu, this afternoon, ’l‘e .‘ .\wumutu seniors gained a victory of .I to points to ‘.l nvcr Technical Did i Boys from Hamilton. The ground ;‘ was in fine ordcr and with conditions [‘ fairly good a hard fought game rc- ;‘ suited. Although there was little .inf a really spectacular nature the run of the play was such as lo keep ihc spcctntors interested. i ’l‘hn teams lined out. as follows : 1 Technical Old Boys.-—ledy, Portem :1 nus, Buick. Stevens, (‘.ihh, St. Gent-[rat 1 Brand. Cnricr. Rae. Pearl, llnrlandq 1 Taylor. Glough, lleu'wcnd. Pnrdington , :' 'l‘c Awumutu.—l.ewi.-. \V. 'l‘ombsn 1 \\'. Brady. ’l‘. Baker. .l. llzuinn, .\i. Bell, r H. Adams, .1. 'l'urncy. 11, Spence, Fll s .\lcUpine. \\'. l'lanirll. .l. Askew, (‘..l 1' (hair, J_ Scott, 1". Grace. ‘ Prncticaliy right from the bell 'i‘e «Ausmutu attackcd and the visitors _ ' found rriici‘ in a force. However. the 9 local tcam came again and taking .1 i. pass from Dnnicll. ’l‘urncy opcned his a icnm‘s scoring account. Lmvis {nilL ed with the kirk—- ] t ’l‘c Aweuuuiu . . .7... .1 ,_‘ pi 'l‘cchnicni Old Boys .... 0 i “rho Tallies Level. ‘ ”i \ rchlintnry mm'mncui hy the visi—--3 tors cnrriml ihmu on to advantage and 7‘ the rcsuiiing play culminated in Porn. ' iuxtuu onunlisinz \\ith a pcnnliv kick—i'! 'l'm-huimi 0.1:. .... . . ‘ 3 "I To .\wuiuulu .. . . . . .. 2: . '. 'l'liv PIN." mun-d lurk in 'l'i‘i‘hnival's‘ ianipvtiw for .1 \\iulc. hut l'nultv ' I|n>~imr ivy thc 'l‘c .\\\:unutu inn-ks huh—t ‘wwmwl limiters for tho \i.~llui‘.~ and} they hold the opposition back for at

spell. However, steady torwardi play pressed Technical back and} twice they were compelled to clearl the way by forcing. I Even play followed for a spell.l neither team providing much of an! exciting nature until 'l‘e Awamutui forced their way downfield in the facel of stem opposition. Hanna made ai bold attempt, but the rush was haltedl when Taylor intercepted the former‘ player‘s pass. Once again the locall forwards had their own way, butl Spence missed a good scoring chance: when he was pulled down a few yards . from the line, Nevertheless. Tel Awamutu's tenacity was reward-ed] when Brady, following up fast, col-L lected the ball and, dodging Liddy.§ went over for a. try. Bell made no mistake with the kick— Te Awamutu . . .-. . ..:.» 8 Technical 0.8. . . . . . . 3 From the resultant play the Technical backs tried to open up the play, but the opposing forwards stalled their efforts and the half—time whistle blew without addition to the scores.l , Upon resumption the visitors pres—sed hard. but Tombs kicked well and was instrumental in returning them to neutral territory. From a scrum Technical worked the blind side. Porteous making a brilliant run down the side line. He was stopped within a few yards for the line and Te Awamutu worked back out of danger. Spectacular Play. Play was centred in the mid—field for a long time and was confined mainly to the forwards. An exciting interlude was provided when the ball went out to the backs and Stevens passed out to Porteous. who made a. brilliant dash down the line and gained the back lie. adding three more points to Technical‘s account. Pard~ ing toninigton failed with the kick—'l‘e Awamutu .... .. . . 8 Technical 0.13. 6 A scrum infringement near halfway gave Technical a chance and with the wind behind him Pardiugt-on failed narrowly with a shot at goal. It was a splendid kick and fully deserved to achieve its object. He had a similar chance a. little later, but once again a line kick went astray. Technical backs made a smart dash a little while afterwards, but an even smarter counter move occurred when Hanna intercepted a pass from Pardington and relieved the position. A very bright back movement with Tombs, Bell and Hanna showing out. carried the local team within striking distance and from a melee in front of the posts Dnnlell went over for a score. Bell~converted—— -Te Awamutu .. . .=. .-.~., 13 Technical -0.8 ... .. . 6 Te Awamutu added still further to their score almost immediately after-l words. when a bright passing rushl with the ball passing from Tombs to Brady, back to Tombs and on to Hanna, resulted in Tombs regaining posses—sion to add a further three points to his team‘s tally. Te Awamutu ........ 16 Technical 0.8. ...-runs 6 The Final Stages. A short period of loose play favour—ed Technical and they followed up their advantage to press the locals‘ back; A penalty kick in a good position gave Technical 11 chance of improving matters and Pardingtcn made no mistake— Te Awamutu ”..-".‘.. 16 Technical 0.13. ... .. . '9 Te Awamutu had an anxious time when the visitors brightened considerably and 'held them back on their own line for a long spell. However, timel was drawing to a close and it seemed! that the visitors would have to toill hard to make any difference in the score. The position was relievedl when Baker collected and rushed well' down field before he was brought down. Both sides were still working hard when the final whistle blew shortly afterwards without any alteration to the score— Te Awsmutu ...-..nr.‘ 16 Technical 0.8. ... .. . 9 Mr R. L. Adams was the referee. OLD BOYS’ BIG SCORE. DEFEAT Q! TAUPIRI WIBT. \VINNERS‘ EASY VICTORY. (Times’ Representative) .. NGARUAWA’HIA. Monday. The Rugby game between Old Boys and Taupiri West. played in bright sunshine at Paterson Park, Ngaruawahia on Saturday was too uneven to\ be of much interest. The final scorer was 117 points to nil in favour of Old Boys. The teams lined out as follows: Taupiri West—G. Welsh. Morton, Wilson, Catley. Amakite (3), Bull. Engel, Saunders. M. Welsh. Fowler, Tankers. Kingl, Barton. Old Boys—Tietiens, Voice. McLaughlin,rlleeps. Dovl. Lissette (2). GilleSpie, Thomas, Ccpmhridge, \Vhit—taker. Holloway, ‘Cliittt’. Gudsell, Jones, Cari-oil. Svcnson.