LEADERS EXTENDED

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20267, 9 August 1937, Page 15

LEADERS EXTENDED

STAG TROPHY RUGBY. OLD BOYS 800 RE FREELY. FRANKTON WIN AGAIN. Surprise hovered over the Stag Trophy Rugby competitions on Saturday until the concluding stages of the Teohnioa.l Old. Boys-Te Awamutu game when the championship leaders Just scrambled home by the narrow margin of 16 points to 14 after oonoedlng the territorial advantage to their opponents. The other games in the series provided interesting football and with Old Boys defeating Cambridge Stars and Frankton gaining a victory over Marist there were no surprises. Old Boys scored freely against Stars but the game was by no means onesided as the visitors repeatedly returned thrust for thrust. There was a keen tussle among the opposing forwards but in the attacking line the Old Boys baoks were superior. Frankton outpaoed Marist In the backs and their lighter forwards were more than a match for the heavy Marlst paok.

Results of the games on Saturday were:—

Old Boys 26, Cambridge Stare 14. Frankton 13, IVlarlst 0. Teohnloal Old Boys 10, Te Awamutu 14. TALL SCORING. OLD BOYB WIN AGAIN. Although not (brilliant Rugby, the prinoipal game at Rugby Park on Saturday, the Old Boys-Cambridge Stars encounter, was an interesting exhibition whloh featured some strenuous forward play and plenty of open back work especially In the concluding stages. Old Boys prevailed by 25 points to 14. The teams were:—

Old Boys.—R. Paterson; K. Reid, A. Llssette, Carroll; H. Lissette, Gillespie; Dovi; D. Paterson, Sharp, Jones, Klrkbrlde, Whittaker, Holloway, Turner, Barber.

Stars.—'Robertson; Wards, L. Kelly, Pennell; J. Kelly, Boyce; Hardy; Gear, J. Keeley, Kidd, Wallaoe, Allen, Cooper, Moore. ,

Playing with the wind, Old Boys were the early aggressors. Then the visitors had a turn on attaok with Hardy prominent and Old Boys were obliged to foroe. Already there were indications of fast exchanges when Old Roys rushed at the defenoe again, bait Reid was pulled down five yards from the line. Another baok movement was soon under way and Paterson joined dn after dashing up from the fullback position to open the soorlng. His kick failed. Old Boys 8, Stars 0. Shortly after, when Old Boys were attacking, Paterson was successful with a free kiok. Old Boys 6, Stars 0. With Gear and Moore the spearhead of the attaok, Stars commenced a oonoerted forward rush but when the backs were given an opportunity each man was oaught in -solid tackling and the Old Boys’ vanguard retrieved lost ground. Visitors Open Soorlng. Hooking from a sorum In central territory Stars unshaokled their baoks. J. Kelly staib-kioked and the bounoe beat Paterson. L. Kelly out In and. catching the rolling ball, made a bold bid for the line to tumble when within striking distance. Old Boys, bustled, were obliged to oarry behind. From the resultant five-yard scrum Old Boys infringed and J. Kelly had no difficulty in plaolng the klok between the uprights. Old Boys 6, Stars 8. The Stars forwards were breaking the faster from the line-outs and twl jg Gillespie was oaught while in possession even though Dovi was unloading quickly. Carroll, fielding a short pass from the base of ihe scrum, kloked upfleld but the wind carried the ball dead' It was Cooper who was responsible for carrying Stars to an attaok again as he dribbled through, then handled to feature Jn a fine dash but he was without support. Gaining a little ground from each llne-out and scrum Old Boys soon exerted pressuro again and the attaok became determined when Dovi worked the blind side. Fast following forwards enabled Old Boys to bring the line nearer and then, dashing out from a melee, D. Paterson scored. R,. Paterson was wide with a good kiok. Old Boys 9. Stars 3.

The home team was soon under war; again when Stars Infringed just outside their 25. R. Paterson attempted to goal with the free kick but the wind carried the ball wide. Old Boys frequented opposition territory now and the attack had prospects when each of the ibaoks handled in a speedy movement ‘bight onto the line. There Carroll fumbled and when H. Lissette made another thrust he was tackled in goal. From the scrum L. Kelly cleared for Stars. R. Paterson missed another fiee kiok and then Siars forwards moved In unison for Gear to get possession and penetrate to the Old Rovs’ twenty-five. Ruckling solidly, Slurs pressed with determination and Cooper butted through to score. Kelly, with a fine kick, converted. Old Boys 9, Stars 8. Further In Lead. With nil Ihe backs, with the exception of the fullback, in line, Old Boys essayed into opposition territory again and Reid, with a fine display of speed, made 30 yards on the left flank before being brought to bay. Bad fumbling on the part of the Stars hacks Jet Old Boys through again and Sharp tuckled the ball under his arm to dash Jn a bee-line for the posts. Almost there he unloaded to Holloway, who, unopposed. dived over. It. Paterson added .two more points arid the half-time tally Old Boys 14 Stars 8 Upon resumption Old Bovs were soon in attacking formation (but an infringement in I lie scrum curbed their movements and Stars look advantage of the wind to Initiate a thrust. Old Boys wore riding on the crest of the wave again when Reid received on the wing and galloped along the flank before cutting-in and in-passing to A. Lissette who scored. H. Paterson failed with the kick. <Md H„ Vs 17 Stars 8.

The wind was tricking players of both sides but gradually Stars assumed the offensive hut an attacking kick

■was carried over tooich-in-goal. Jones and Holloway formed the spearhead of the next Old Boys offensive whloh culminated in A. Lissette failing to And the uprights with a free kiok. Botih teams were mixing attaok with defenoe as the fortunes of the play changed rapidly. ReM robbed Stars of possible honours when ihe again cut-in brilliantly but stumbled in attempting to beat the fullbaok, In passing on three of the Old Boys fumbled but when Dovi set the baoks attacking again Old Boys had four in the line, whloh was unopposed, and tf. Lissette had a dear run to fall over the line Just as he was taokled. R. Paterson was short with the kick. Old Boys 20, Stars 8. Attractive Play. Lissette baffled the opposition with ■strategy and made ground before being pulled down when support was lacking. A brief period of central play followed from which Holloway broke away from a scrum to lead Old Boys to the attaok once again. The first determined Stars’ attaok for some time was staged when Wards received from L. Kelly and oaitpaoed half the field before tumbling with Carroll entwining his legs. Cooper maintained the attaok but when Stars heeled oleanly from the sorum the Old Boys’ line met the attacking baoks man for man In solid tackling. Co-oper was a fraction wide with a free kick. Old Boys were throwing the ball about In attraotive style now but still the Stars forwards, aided by the wind, made a formidable barrier. When endeavouring to clear, Gillespie miss-kicked and the ball flew behind him and the bounce beat Paterson. Gear, always an attender wais up on the next bounoe and buffeted his way aoross the line to soore. Cooper’s kiok lacked elevation. Old Boys 20, Stars 11. After a long defensive Old Boys attacked again and from a sorum near the line Dovi threw a long pass to cut-out Gillespie on to H. Lissette, who handed out to A. Lissette. The oentre flung on to Reid who stalled and was luoky to get free from Boyoe who attempted ,to tackle him. Reid ran round to score under the posts and A. Lissette converted. Old Boys 25, Stars 11. Stars attacked Immediately and when awarded a free kick, J. Kelly made no mistake. Old Boys ........ 25 Stars 14 The ‘ score was unchanged as the game ended. Mr A. €. Watkins refereed.

FRANKTON AGAIN PREVAIL.

WINNERS' BRILLIANT FORWARDS. MARIST LACK FINISH. Frankton repeated their performance of the previous week, when they defeated Marist on Saturday by 13 points to six. The losers were unlucky not to get over on numerous occasions, when they oarrled the ball within striking dlstanoe of their opponents. The seoret of Frankton’s suooess again lay in their fine pack of forwards, who worked hard from beginning to end. The teams were : Frankton.—Heeps, Griffiths, Everest, MoDonald, Jones, Pearson, Sykes, Fergusson, Jackson, Goodall, Sklenars, Gray, Dick, Ogilvie, McPherson. Marist.—Mo Grail, Sharkey, Day. Stott, Jones, Bythell, Webb, McDonald, Kane, Belcher, Best, Scott, Flynn, Deverell, Mitohell. Soon after the commencement of play a back movement resulted in Griffiths scoring for Frankton. The kiok missed. Frankton 8, Marist 0. Marist broke away from near the half-way line. First Goodall and then Ogilvie were conspicuous In the loose. Heeps was caught in possession and the Marist forwards packed round until Ogilvie broke away to score. MoGrail’s kick went wide. Frankton 3, Marist 3. Marist Well Held. Soon afterwards Frankton were down on the Marist line. From the sorum Sykes received and passed to Pearson, who short-punted for Everest 'to piok tup and hand on to Griffiths. He left his main standing to soore under the posts. The kiok just went over. Frankton 8, Marist 3. * The Marist forwards broke away and Best dribbled the ball out. From the line-out Webb lost possession, for Kane to pick up and fling the ball out to Flynn. He was forced out near the corner But Belcher snapped up and dived over. The kick missed. Frankton 8, Marist 6. A line-out near Marlst’s touch saw Frankton gain possession. Sykes passed to Pearson, who dive-passed to Pones but Dwyer intercepted and Marist got away. Half-time came soon after with no alteration to the score. Frankton 8 Marist 6 With the wind in their favour, Marist were able to make use of their long kicks and from a low punt by Sharkey they followed up and were soon in Frankton’s territory. Pearson took the ball from a line-out and threw a long pass to Jones. He made a good attempt to get over but was forced out after he had gone about ten yards. Again play returned to Marist’s territory. Jones Gets Away. Jones was the next to get away but the movement broke down when Pearson missed a pass. However, Jones handled again and ran past half-way to send a short pass to Everest, who raoed for the line to touch down under the bar. Everest’s kick sailed between the up-rights. Frankton 13, Marist 6. With play again In Frankton’s territory, Belcher forced his way through the sorum, but Frankton secured and Pearson made a short dash hut Bythell picked up and after a brilliant run kicked too hard and Frankton forced. A scrum on their own twenty-five was won by Frankton but Sykes gave Jones a poor pass and the opportunity of forming a good scoring movement was lost. However, Griffiths picked up and handed on to Everest, who was forced out before he had gone very far. A few minutes later Frankton had Marist pinned on their own touch line. From the scrum Jones marred a pass and Belcher and MeDonnall broke away to half-way.' A line-out in Frankton territory saw Marist gain further ground when Belcher and DeveriU both made bids to score. The ball \ was lost behind touch. Marist made good use of a free kick, Which was awarded them soon after the twenty-five drop-out. A serum near the loucli saw Best bundle his way towards the line, but he was brought down ten yards from his objective and Frankton forced.

Best Prominent. Best was again prominent when Jones was caught in possession. He picked up and kicked the ball hard downfleld bait In ■spite of following-up fast, he failed to reach It and the ball went out behind touch. Frankton were again severely tested, wthen from a llne-out Marist broke away. Flynn and Belcher exchanged passes and Anally Best handled. A tussle within a few yards of touch resulted in a scrum. Frankton hooked and Sykes relieved with a kick. However Flynn gave Marist back 15 of the yards they had lost, when he charged out of the loose with the ball in his arms. Heeps grassed him and the ball went out. Marist came close to sooring Ave minutes later when Best followed up, kicked the ball, but was beaten for the touch by Pearson. The game ended with the score: j Frankton 13 j Marist 6 The referee was Mr K. Matthews. | JUNIOR RESULTS. ! j Junior.—Karamu won by default l from Railway; City 11, defeated Technical Old Boys 9*. Third Grade.—Frankton 10, defeated Technical Old Boys 8; City 17, beat Old Bovs nil. Fourth Grade.—Frankton 30, defeated Technical 6; Technical Old Boys won by default from High School; 'City A I*s, beat City B 3. TE AWAMUTU MATCHES. WIN FOR TECHNICAL OLD BOYS. A NARROW MARGIN. Technical Old Boys were very lucky to secure a win over the local team at Te Awamutu on Saturday, Te Awamutu having- a territorial advantage for the best part of 'the game. The teams were: Te Awamutu.—B. Quin, H. Bennett, K. Tippett, W. Tombs, J. Turney, J. Hanna, P. Bell, W. Danlells, J. Wynyard, L. McAlpine, H. Wynyard, M. Grace, S. Danlells, L. May, A. West. Technical Old Boys.—DaTbeth, Porteous, Whyte, Gooseman, R. St. George, Littlejohn, Broad, Clouglb, Barber, Flannagan, Peart, Pardlngton, Taylor, Carter, Rae. Technical kicked off an-d attacked but a penalty relieved. H. Wynyard led a Te Awamutu attack to Technical’s twentyfive but Bennett was pulled down In time. A splendid dribbling- rush by Technical carried play down to Te Awamutu’s twenty-five. The local backs swung Into action but Gooseman grassed Turney. Technical were penalised and McAlplne’s kick Just missed. Te Awamutu kept the vtlstors defending but were rumbling badly. Littlejohn cut through and his pass went astray. Then Dalbeth had a shot at goal, Quin clearing with a good kick. Te Awamutu attacked and J. Wynyard tried to force his way over but was held up. From a scrum In front Te Awamutu received and Tombs cut through and was pulled down from behind, short of the line. A penalty to Technical saved them. Te Awamutu were back, but over-eager-ness spoilt their movements. J. Hanna ar>d J. Wynyard were prominent in an attack but Dalbeth was safer. Tombs Charged down Dalbeth’s clearing kick and Te Awamutu almost went over, but again a penalty (relieved. Gooseman kicked through and with Whyte In support got away, but a knock-on spoilt the movement. From the resultant scrum Technical heeled and the ball travelled to Porteous who raced over. Pardlngton failed with the kick, and the scores were— Technical 8, Te Awamutu 0. Gooseman and Whyte again broke away but Quin saved. J. Wynyard, McAlplne and Danlells led a good rush, a forward pass spoiling the movement. The local forwards were pressing and they could only get to the corner flag. Half-time came with the scores unchanged. The Beoond Spell. As In the first hair, Te Awamutu again attacked and P. Bell bustled over at the corner for a good try. McAlplne failed with the kick and the scores were—Te Awamutu 3, Technical 8. Te Awamutu Torwards came through but the ball went Into touch. The forwards then took part In a passing movement and the ball travelled to Turney, who ran over for an easy try. McAlplne failed badly with the kick.—Te Awamutu 0, Technical 8. In a solo movement W. Tombs cut | through the defence and went over near the posts. J. Hannann converted and Te Awamutu led by 11 to 8. Gooseman broke away but was pulled down, and Te Awamutu were penalised In a handy position but Pardlngton’s kick lilt the man on the mark. A beautirul passing movement by the Technical backs ended In St. George scoring under the posts for Pardlngton to convert, making the scores: Te Awamutu 11, Technical 8. Porteous and Whyte broke away but Quin tackled the former in time. Tippett then cut through and Dalbeth caught him Just short or the line. From a scrum on the line Te Awamutu hooked and P. Bell dodged over for a good try. j. Hanna’s kick was Just outside the post, making Te Awamutu 14, Technical 8. Technical attacked, and a scrum resulted on the line. From this the visitors hooked the ball and Gooseman went over at the corner as he was tackled. Pardlngton missed the kick.—Te Awamutu 14, Technical 11. A series of scrums occurred at half-way until Te Aw'amutu forwards broke away. Bad handling by local players let Technical through and Gooseman collected a cross-kick and scored between the posts. Pardlngton converted, to give Technical the lead by 16 points to 14. Te Awamutu set out to make up the leeway and J. Hanna cut through but was well tackled, and Technical were lucky to force. Te Awamutu were attacking and Tippett again raced through but his pass went astray. The local team were penalised and Pardlngton had a shot at goal from lhair-way but railed. Bennett raced over but was recalled. Dalbeth was penalised for holding on and J. Hanna had a shot at goal but failed badly, and Technical Old Boys .. 16 Te Awamutu .. .. 14 Mr R. Annibal was referee. JUNIOR GAMES. Walkeria 26 beat Tokanul 3. Third 'Grade.—Old Boys 17, High School 13. McGregor cup. WAIHI DRAWS WITH TE AROHA. TE AROHA, Saturday. Walhl (challengers) met Te Aroha (holders) In the McGregor Cup contest at Herrles Park, Te Aroha, to-day, when there was a large attendance of Rugby enthusiasts. Te Aroha kicked off against a southerly breeze. Walhl at once assumed the aggressive and got Into local territory. From a scrum the. hall went out to Burgess wiho with a fine llne-klek took the play to hair-way. Conceried action by the Te Aroha forwards, headed by Sisterson. Rowe and Beagley, made ground, which was quickly regained by Walhl In a scrambling bout, l.uclwlg broke through and got Into Te Aroha’s twenty-live before being brought down. Walhl forwards, headed by WalTord and Jarvis, Toreed the play and rrom a penally award Ludwig sent the ball over the bar.-—Walhl 3, Te Aroha o. In a determined forward dash Walhl again put. the locals on the defensive. Rowe, well backed up by Sisterson. raced downfleld. lni«. Wallil’s twenty-five, and a Te Aroha forward loose rush resulted In Rang! crossing the line.—Walhl 3, Te Aroha 3. Walhl was placed on the defensive near the line until McNamara relieved. Te Aroha attacked again, and from Williams the hall went out. to Jackson, thence to burgess who scored.—WalTho second' spell opened very vigorously. Clever passing among the Te Aroha backs, with Jackson arid Rang! especially Into Waihi's !\venty-live, but the pressure I I'a :n-- In Te \ " -'i.i !''<■ ■k- lo p! W iihi ! very busy defending. Iron: a penalty against Walhl Burgess successfully goaled. ! \Y,i. i I'■ \ \ ilrf <Tininrd j loose rush bv Wailil forwards got right down to the line. The ball went out j to McConnell, who scored.- Walhl 6. Te j attacked, but Rae, snapping tip the oval, i ran to half-way. Missing the hall rrom ft long kick, Ludwig let the locals Into Walhl ground. Right on flic call or time 11. McNamara scored, the game end- i Walhl .. .. ..9 i Te Aroha .. .. .. 9 j Mr D. Cole was referee.