RUGBY FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 11

RUGBY FOOTBALL

INTER-UNION COMPETITION I'Ul’l'llll IXOITING MATOHIS. DISAPPOINTING ATTENDANCES. With weather conditions again ideal come excellent games of Rugby were witneeeed in the Hamilton district. in—-let-«union competition on Saturday, but the attendances at. all games were very disappointing. At. Rugby Park two very interesting games were played. but the gates showed very little im< movement. on the previous weeks. ma Boys and Te Awamutu maintained their undefeated records on this ground in two close matches. The games in the outside centres were also very exciting. but here also attendances were disappointing. Reunite at a Glance. Old love I, Technical Old Beya l. I'. Awamutu 14. Mel-let. 10. Revere 11, Plankton 11. Teuplrl Int 19, Tauplri West a. _.__. MARIST DEFEATED. WIN POI Tl AWAMUTU. . GOOD EVEN GAME. In a good even game on No. 1 [round on Rugby Park .\larist went down to ’l‘e Awamutu. who were rather lucky to win as .\larist had most of the territorial advantage and _did most of the attacking. The Te Awa—mutu defence was sound and both backs and forwards were quick to take advantage of .\tarist's weak defence. 1 The teams were:— Te Awamutu.——B. Lewis; G. Crulckshank. ’l‘. Baker, \Y. Tombs; M. Bell. J. Hanna: E. Adams; J. Wynynrri, F. MoAlplne, J. Twiney. J. .\skew. W. Danielle. I‘. Play, 1:. Craig, N. Grace. Marlet.—P. McGrail; Kiipatrick. W. Cueldy. O'Dea; St. George. Dempsey: .\ltlle; Trotter. F. Cassldy. Ryan. Bel— STHVC, Lang. Devclch, Lamas. Flynn. The .\larist backs threw the hall about freely from the commencement and In one movement nil lhn hooks ineluding the full back. handled Early in the game i". Cassidy had an un—luooeelful attempt at kicking :1 Ron] from a difllcult angle. .\ little later Tumey broke away and heal, several Merlot men but knocked on. .\inrist continued to press the. opposition. .\iilh milk]; two attempts at (lunimyiniz his way over. F. Cassidy had nunthcr unsuccessful attempt at goal from a difficult angle. The efforts of the .\inrist hacks wero‘eventuaiiy rewarded \\‘hl'n they ran through the opposition and h, St. George paaled to a forward. Dcvcich. who pulsed to Flynn. Flynn scored Wide out. F. Caesidy falling to convert. 'i'e Awamntu rallied Twiney took the bail beautifully to score linfippnmt imIWeen the Delta. Bell comm-ind“ Te Awemutu . . . . . . h Mariel ............ 3 ' Te Awamutu on the Attack. The .\tarlet backs again attacked and were unlucky not, to ecore when‘ Dempsey was pulled down just. sllnl‘l‘ of the line. Te Awamutu were saved‘ by a free kick. W. Cassidy inter—E cepted neatly and broke away. but was tackled with no one in support. Te .\wnmutu asaumcd the aggressive and ran the .\iarist forwards and backs on their feet. .\lcGrall rross-kickedl to save. but Tombs, \the. Te Awamutu‘l centre. followed up fast and gathered up cleverly and passed to Bell, who} was tackled. but he carried on and scored wide out. Bell failed to con—vert. Shortly afterwards Tombs broke away again and evaded poor tackling to pass to Baker. who scored wide out. Lewis missed with the kickTe Awamutu .... . . .. it .\larist .1 F. linssidy again unsuccessfully nttempted to goal from a penalty from half-way between half-why and '23! yard line, in front of the iron]. .\im-ist I were again pressed. but Kiipatrirk came round fast and saved with n good kick. ’l‘he .\[au'ist hacks made another hid to score. \\'. Czissitly rul— InR out. two men before passinl: till O‘Dea. but, the pass was forward. t'.! Cassldy was nearly over a few inn-l ments later. but was well stopped With a smother tarkle Just short of the line. Shortly after the interval .\l.’lri<l look Play into To Awnmutu territory and ilepsey. securing in :1 hnmiy lumitlon. pulled a neat field goal— I Te .\wamutu . . . . .. ii 1; .\larht T Te Awnmutu increased their lvnd n2; few minutes later. when l'lcll kirkedl a brilliant coal from a penalty near the touch line. F. Ifizissidy hurl :m—----other unsuccessful nttempi in cool. and Bell later luiiscil an easy chance from a penalty. Marin. Efforts Fall. The .\inrist hacks were rnnlinunlly ntlm‘klnx and l'i'r‘qut‘ntly wnui ucnr in srnrlmr. A free kirk suvml 'l‘n .\wn‘l

muiu. The .\larist backs got away again, however. R. St. George sending" out to W. Cassidy. the hall going on to D‘Den, who dived over in the corner. .\icGrail narrowly missed with a good kick. To Awamutu ...... N Marlst ............ 10 Marist were definitely the aggressor; and made every effort to overtake ToI Awamutu. but they lost several goodl Opportunities. Ryan secured and sent 1 out to St. George. who passed to W.! Cassidy. Cassidy went hard upheld: and passed to Kilpatrick. who had a, good chance of scoring. The winger dropped the ball. however. He laterl made an attempt to race over the line: but was pulled down. The Te Awe—i mutu defence was sound and the .\larist thrusts were consistently repulsed. Marist lost another chance when Trotter dribbled the ball towards thel goal. Other forwards took the hall] on at their toe but the hall was kicked MO hard into dead-ball area. The! game ended with the score—fl‘e Awamuiu ... .. . ii .\farist. 10 Mr rli. Pirritt was referee. OLD BOYS PREVAIL. DEFEAT OF TECHNICAL. LISSE’I’I‘E IN GOOD FORM. ’ In the match bn No. 2 ground On Saturday Old Boys prevailed over Technical Old Boys by B'pointa to 5. The forwards ol.’ both teams worked, particularly well, although none of] them scored. J. Carroll‘s try was al good piece of work, Haughey's score for Technical was the result of good combination between the books. A. Lissette put five points onto the Old Boys‘ total. his penalty kick being successful from nearly half-way. At half-time the scores were equal, but the second half was definitely in favour of Old Boys. The teams were : Old Boys—JP. McLaughlin; F. Voice, A. Lissetie. K. Held: J. Carroll, 11. Lissette: T. Dov]; A. Gudseli, \V. Whitaker. W. Cambridge. 1“. Jones, C. Holloway. G. Chitty, G. Thomas, J. Tietjens. Technical Old Boys—H. Liddy: vC. Goosman. G. Porteous. D. Buick; \V. Stevens. A. liaughiey; J. Broad; li. Harland. B. Pearl. 1.. Pardington. C. Robinson. J. Ciough, A. 800, Carter. G. Taylor. Technical won the toss and Old Boys were bring hard pressed in their own, twenty—Eve after the kick off; A freel kirk awarded to Old Boys saw Llssette; find the hue just in front of half—i way. “'iih play operating in the middle! of the field the ball came to Liddyq whose kick was too hard. the ball falling behind touch where Old Boys form-d. F‘r-“ui the half-way mark G. Chitty' l-roke nway. but was held up near they touch line. where his pass went astray. Old love Open the econ. Dovi received the ball from a loose scrum and after beating two men was pushed out near Technical Old Boys' twenty-rive. .Soon after J. Carroll! initiated a good breakaway which was! held up by the referee‘s whistle. A free kick to Old Boys brought them once more into Tschnical's half. iiccelvlng the hall (mm the line out (‘l. Porteous, Technical‘s three-quarter. mode a nice break away but lost the; hall for J. Carroll to pick up and run through and score for Old Boys under tho post. LissettEe converted—flidlloys 5 Tin'hnicni Old Boys .. 0 .\i‘tcr the kick—off play remained in the mid lloys‘ icrritory for somel time, .\ free kick to Technical gays, l’ardinglon a chance to open their' score. lull tho hn'li passed outside thei uprights. A good piece of follow-i in;: up by J, Carroll took Old Boys, into lhc Technical half. but the playori failed to gather in the ball which; found ihc line, i K. hold was instrumental in starting u good passing rush which gained Old' l‘soys .1 lot of ground. I From the half—wny'mrlm L. Pm'd-l lnxlon pickcd up. dummicd a man. and with it. short punt carried the hall on: to the Hid Boys‘ touch line. He?" failed to rcznin the leather and Old i‘mys forced. i Carroll Promlnent. _ ‘ Technical were now pressing hard. l-ut Old Boys were too quick in‘ uniherim.r in the hull before it crossed‘ the touch line. A scrum on the half way lino gave Dovi the ball. and he' found the line in Technical territory. From the loose the ball came to Portenus. who. after a good run, was“ tackled. the hall going astray. From; the Old lloys‘ iwcnty-ffye Carroll in—E lcrccplod and he and 'l'ictJens carried; the play down the field. Pardingtoui hroke away from a scrum on the touch 1 From a scrum the bull travelled to. :llna and carried ploy to half-way.§ Harland. the Technical half, whoi handed on to llaughcy. who dummiedi his man. and scored near lhe post.| l’nrdingion converied— l Oldlloys 5 ' ’l‘crhnicnl Old Boys . . 5 ‘ Soon nilcr the. kick—off the. hall, lrovcllcd from tho looso lo Dori, who‘ huudcd on to Lissctlc, the hall ihen‘ going to livid~ who lost it, linlf—timc. come. with the M'ul't‘S unchanged. i .\itcr lhr iuicrynl llm 'i‘cchnii-ui} forwards kept tho Old Boys wcll iuf thrir own territory. .\ free kick, sm‘cd tho laitrr. lhc hall finding tho; lino nrnr halfqvuy. \Viih his ml—; vanlagc Illd lioys carricd tho play into: 'l'rchnlcni‘s territory. From the Lip—l position touch line the Technical for—; words combined in a rush carrying the ‘ imli the length of the field, but Oldl Boys forced. ‘ Lloaotto Kloka Well. i .-‘\ good movement by the Ozd Boys" hacks took play into the Technical half. llrund received the hall from ihc scrum and with a nice run gained about ‘ls yards before handing on to I’ardinglou. who knocked on. lleid rcceived the hall from a punt and \inh a fine run lmnt. lhc ’l‘cchnirnl forwards only to I‘m hold up hy Liddy about to yards from tho llnc. A piccc of off—side play by the Technical forwards. Kayo Lissrttro an opporiunily to put the hall over from ncnrly half-way—-l'lhllloys 8 Technical (lid lloys . . 5 McLaughlin, who had received an injured shoulder, lcft the field and “IN rcpim‘rd by R. Slurry. \\'ith Hid Boys llircr- points in ”l 0 lmd ’i‘oohnicul prosard hurd. hut ihr opposition forwards curricd play into ihn ’l‘cchuicai‘s half. hovi i‘crriymi lhv' lmli from tho scrum :md uitcmpird in fol-cc his way nvcr. llv lost. pos—ae‘ssion and a lweniy-ilvc was awarded. \\’iih play at. half—way linic mom. i thi- scores bring-m—----illd Boys .. . ... _ . R , chhnical Old Boys . . I?» Mr E. ii. Dickey “as the referee.