FORWARDS PREDOMINATE

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20505, 23 May 1938, Page 13

FORWARDS PREDOMINATE

TE AWAMUTU BEAT FRANKTON With a wealth of good forwards on ’lie field, the Rugby football in Hamilton to-day wag strenuous hut not brilliant. At Rugby . Park a large crowd saw Te Awamutu, one of the season's leading teams, defeat Frankton by 16 points to 3. Neither set of backs were finished in their handling or combination but good dribbling and sorurfirn aging characterised the play of both packs of forwards, of which the Te Awamutu set was the better. The following were the teams: — Te Awamutu: Teddy, Tippett, Mullins. Tombs, Hanna, McEwan, Bell, Clarke, Wvnyard, Daniell, Turney. McAlyine, Ryan, West, May. Frankton: Thompson, Davies. Heeps, Griffiths. Jones, Jackson, Wilkins, Ferguson, -Gray, Johns, Kidd. Sklenars. Dick. Bowler, Vincent. Wynyard opened the initial Te Awamutu attack which Bell sustained with a disconcerting run. Frankton infringed and from well out Teddy landed a fine penalty kick. Te Awamutu 3, Frankton 0. Immediately the Te Awamutu thrust was resumed and Mullins sped through a gap before unloading to Tombs. Mullins came again later, but a fumbled pass prevented penetration when five of the Te Awamutu team were lined up for the run-over. Frankton repulsed the attack momentarily. Then Tombs and Griffiths had a duel for possession, the former snatching the bounding ball for a dnd-ge past Thompson before heading for the posts. Griffiths gave chase, and downed Tombs. Te Awamutu Scoas He did not take the ball to the grass, however, and Wynyard was In possession, striding over the last- few yards. He tumbled, too, but from a sitting position threw the ball to May, who dived head-long under the posts. Teddy converted a pretty try’. Te Awamutu 8, Frankton 0. Te Awamutu were seekfng further honours but, with clever dribbling. Bowler cleared. Te Awamutu were gradually forced on the defensive and, kicking from a penalty, Jones opened Frankton's tally. Te Awamutu 8, Frankton 3. There was a heavy duel among the forwards before Bowler raked the ball to Wilkins. Then the Frankton backs threw the ball along the line to Griffiths, but the winger knocked on when the line was drawing handy. Tombs was the penetrating force again when Te Awamutu dashed to within an ace of home, but Griffiths and Thompson dumped him hard and there was no support to finish ofl the opening. The half-time tally was Te Awamutu 8, Frankton 3. Visitors Bcore Again Early In the second half, Tombs fumbled a pass but he recovered to set Te Awamutu attacking strenuously. There was a scrum. West had won the rake and Bell whipped on the blind side to Mullins, who sent Tombs diving over In the corner. Teddy failed to convert. Te Awamutu il, Frankton 3.

Frankton’s opposition was strengthened now and the forward tussles were hard. Hanna, Intercepting, set Te Awamutu advancing, but Griffiths fielded a kick and galloped up the flank before kicking a long ball into touch, to gain 4 0 yards for his side. Te Awamutu had to battle to regain that lost ground and it was the forwards who did the work. Then Tombs put a little more ground behind Te Awamutu. In a flash the complexion of the game swung around. Te Awamutu were beaten in a line-out., and Gray dribbled through with Vincent handy. Gray picked up. threw a long pass to Heeps, who galloped Griffiths into position for a great run up the flank, out-pacing the field. Near the line he was trapped and thrown hard and the ball flew forward in leaving his grasp. It was a close call for Te Awamutu but the visiting forwards soon had the play back in their favour. McAlpine was the spearhead of a Te Awamutu forward dribbling bout and a Frankton player infringed, giving Teddy a chance with the kick. He failed, however, and Frankton forced down. Tombs maintained the pressure with a fine penetrating run on the flank. Wynyard’s Fine Try The Te Awamutu forwards were hriiV ng pressure to bear and W ynyard was making frequent efforts to penetrate- The chance came from a line-nut, from where he sent the bail to Bell, until Hanna tucked it under his arm for a fine side-step to baffle Jones for a run to within 10 yards of the line. He was tackled hard but out of the ruck flashed Wynyard again and lie tumbled over under the posts. Toddy had little effort in converting a good try. Te Awamutu 16, Frankton 3. A phalanx of Frankton forwards swept the field and Te Awamutu infringed. Jonps. however, failed to land thp penalty kick. Towards the end of the game Jones plavcd first five-eighth and Jackson wml out to centre. The change saw r steady attack by Frankton, who hemmed Te Awamutu into the twentvfl\p until the game ended with the Te Awamutu 16 Frankton 3 Mr E. H. Dickey refereed. TECHNICAL SUPERIOR TE AW A M V T l ’ t ROVERS BEATEN • (Spprtai to Times) TF AWAMUTU, Sunday At Te \wamutu on Saturday Technical nir] pov; met Hover? and defeated them by in point? to I ?. a came ;n which Tech nical had the tipper hand rhmmrhnut. Their were to.. f«.r the local backs, although the local forwards were better Technical: W. Dalbeth. n. Whyte. F. Haughev. 1 Littlejohn, K Thompson. J. proad r. TetziafT. T. tVMeara. C. Shannon. * r,unn. .t Flannacan. U. Tail. H. Barber. smith, v. Howling. son. Young. Halt, Watson, McGovern. L. Jnwsev. Ticklepennv. Thompson. T. Mackv, W. Vgahoe. W. Mcoi. pendray. Meredith. Rover? kicked ofT and advanced downfield throwing the ball about well. \ 11 y t o r on > but iv? kick feu wide. Rovers’ forwards nlcal's twenty five Tickle] • • ■ a wav and the ball went out at the corner Technical dnbb’e I '-itt of trouble and had Rovers hustled, but Ucdruther saved and Rover? were penalise i. Palheth bad a shot at goal but hi- kick was wide. \ certain try was lost when Haurhev held o n and Rover? relieved. A penalty against Rover? gave Pa'beth a chance and he put it straight between the posts to give Technical the

lead. Nlcol broke away again and Young made a run for the corner but was well tackled by TetzlafT. O'Meara was Injured and had to go ofT and was replaced by Brown. Technical backs were away, but lost a good opportunity. Flannagan picked up and raced through for a good try. Dalbeth Just missed with a good kick. Technical 6, Rovers 0. Rover? bustled down field and A. Thompson went over Tor a good try. McGruther missed the kick. Play was scrappy. From the scrum TetzlafT broke around the side and scored at the corner. Dalbetb's kick hit the bar.—Technical 9, Rovers 3. The Lead Increased A pretty piece of passing by Technical backs arter the Interval ended In Haughey scoring under the poets for Dalbeth to convert. McGovern took play downfield with a nice clearing kick. Taking the ball neatly Dalbeth ran through and scored under the posts and he converted It to make the score. Technical lf. Rovers 3. Rovers’ forwards were toiling hard but had no support from their hack?. A penalty to Rovers allowed Young to put over a good kick. Meredith led Rovers’ forwards through, hut a penalty saved them. N gall op and G. Jowsey were almost over but Jowsey lost the ball. Macky then scored near the corner. Young’s kick was Just outside the posts. Hard play took place and C. Jowsey was ordered off. Y'oung went around the scrum and Dalbeth tackled him on the line, but he scored at the corner. McGruther failed to convert and the final scores were: Technical i 9 Rovers 1* Mr J. Madgwlck was the referee. Juniors: Te Awamutu 17 v. Ngutunul 11; Plrongia 13 v. Ohaupo 3; Rovers 26 v. Parawera 0; Walkerla 10 v. Korakonui 0. Thirds: old Boys 6 v. Te Awamutu 0; Plrongia 14 v. High School 13; City (Hamilton) 20 v. Rovers 3. Fourths: Te Awamutu 11 v. High School

MORRINSVILLE UNION SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP KEREONE BEAT OLD BOYS (.Special to Times) MORRINSVILLE. Saturday Brilliant play by L. Russell, the Waikato half-back, and vigorous forward rushes led by the Leeson brothers gave Kereone a comfortable win over Old Boys by 17—3 in the opening day’s play of the Morrlnsvllle Rugby Union’s senior championship. Old Boys won the championship last season for the first time, thus Interrupting Kereone’s long tenure of the title, but on to-day's play it appears that Kereone have a better team than for many years. The teams were as follows: Kereone: A. Cameron, R. Earl, R. Clarkln, C. Drabble, 3. Watts, T. Mellow, L. Russell, J. Leeson. T. Wilton, A. Semple, H. McIntyre, Harding, T. Clarkln, G. Leeson, E. Leeson. Old Boys: B. Soanes, F. Saxon, A. J. Aitken, M. Fahey, J. Ensor, W. Scholium. J. Thomas, V. Ensor, O. Faulkner, G. Brooks, R. Young, J. Young, W. Clark, B. Mellars, p. Holes. Referee: Mr W. A. Moxsom. Early in the game Kereone attacked and a well-placed short kick went over the Old Boys line Tor Russell to follow through smartly and score. A Tew minutes later Russell kicked a penalty goal Trom the twenty-five. There was no further score before the teams changed round. In the second half Kereone faced a strong sun, and were kept defending for a time. Aitken kicked a penalty goal from close range. From that stage onwards Kereone forwards infused greater dash Into their play and repeatedly broke through the Old Boys’ defence. G. Leeson, the tallest or the three Leeson brothers, whs outstanding in solid rorward play, and he scored after breaking away from a line-out at the twenty five. A Tew minutes later E. Leeson. the youngest or the brothers, headed a rush to score near the Old Boys’ posts. Russell converted. For a time Old Bdys redoubled their efforts and had Kereone defending, but could not drive home their attacks. Russell made a good opening on the blind side to send R. Earl over Tor the final try of the game. Kereone 17, Old Boys 8. Old Boys were pressing in the last ten minutes, but Russell drove them back time after time with kick to touch whenever a scrum or fine-out broke up. Kereone’s superiority in forward play enabled them to give Russell plenty of the hall throughout the game and he excelled Jn long passe? to set his backs moving or In kicks that gained much ground, up the touchllnes. Terriers v. United The youthful Terriers team maintained their winning sequence by defeating United by 17—5. A feature was the accurate goal-kicking of George Wetere. a young Maori forward, who kicked three penalty goals and converted one try Trom the sideline. Terriers' points came from tries by R. Davidson and B. Robson, one of which Wetere converted, and three goals by Wetere. For United Crewther scored a try which D. Morris converted. Mr G. H. Kirk was referee. Junior championship: Kereone a beat Waltoa 3; Terriers 8 beat United 3; Old Boys i 9 beat Rovers 6. Third grade: Kereone 6 beat Old Boys 5; Terriers 36 beat United 0.

PUTARURU OUTCLABBEO CAMBRIDGE’S WIDE MARGIN FOURTEEN POINTS TO NIL (Special to Times.) CAMBRIDGE, Sunday, The Putaruru senior representative team visited Cambridge on Saturday and In a bright exhibition the home team won by 14 points (one converted try and three penalty goals) to nil. There xvere many Interesting movements In an evenly-con-tested game and It was Hewitt’s accurate goal-kicking that gave Cambridge Its good margin. It was only solid defence that kept. Putaruru from putting on points on a number or occasions. The teams lined out as follows: Cambridge: Haworth. Charlton. H. Peake, Pennell, Meredith. Hammond, Fmilds. Harbutt, Nlrholl. Watts, Kidd, E. Beer. Hewitt. N. Hall and P. Beer. Putaruru: G. Berg. G. Childs. M. Conder, M. Murray, G. Mate. L. Long. J. Smith, F. Wright. Gabollnsky. Brennan. Berrell, Jamieson. Hudson. Ntcholls. Cameron. From the kick-off the visitors forced Cambridge Into their twenty-five. Putaruru backs looked dangerous when Childs received from his Inside backs, but was Torced out in the corner. Cambridge forwards returned play to half-wav, but an Infringement by a forward let. Putaruru back to their twenty five with a penalty. The heavier home park again look play to the visitors' twenty-five but saTe linekicking saved. Peake Scores Putaruru handler) beautifully when Ponder sent out to Childs who made a great dash for the line, hut Haworth saved with a sound tackle. Following up fast. Peake and Pennell beat G. Rertr. Putaruru’s fullback to the corner where Peake scored. Hewitt cleared the posts with a beautiful kick. Cambridge h, Putaruru o. Handling well again. Cambridge sent from Haworth to reake. Haworth securing again to find touch on Putaruru's corner flag. fter a couple or unsuccessful shots at goal by Hewitt. Cambridge forwards again rushed play to the visitors’ terrltnrv where a penalty was awarded Cambridge against a visiting forward's infringement. Hewitt goaled. making the score; Cambridge s. Putaruru n. From a loose forward rush. N. Hall picked up. hut unfortunately knocked on when a trv was certain. Just before half - time a penal tv kick was awarded Cam hrldge just inside half-way. Hewitt goaled with a splendid kick. Cambridge 11. Putaruru n. Resuming play T. Kelly replaced Hammond at first five eighths for Cambridge, who kicked ofr. taking play to thr visitors’ line, but Putaruru returned play with a good forward rush. Murray (Pll- - intercepted a pa-s from Peake, and made a brilliant run to the home twenty five, sending on to Mate, who did not quite make the goal line. Putaruru’s Solid Attack Putaruru forwards were giving the home team all they could manage and In a dribbling rush Putaruru forced Cam - bridge mto their twenty-five, hut a visiting forward infringed. Another forward rush found the vt«irors pressing m front or the goal posts, hut Haworth eieared with a kick to half-way. Neat play was seen When Peake cut through the whole defence, taking plav to the visitors’ line. Where he handed op to Pennell, who looked dangerous, hut was forced out in the corner 4nother penalty for Cambridge gave Hewitt a -hot at goal, which cleared. Cambridge 14. Putaruru 0. Cambridge forwards forced the visitors into their twenty-five where after a series of force downs. Putaruru counterattacked. but gooti tackling by Haworth and rcnnell saved. A penalty kick to the

visitors just missed. Childs showed up to advantage in a number of back movements Tor Putaruru but time came with Cambridge defending - and the score: Cambridge 14, Putaruru 0. Mr C. Wallace rerereed. Other Result# Juniors.—Northern 19 v. Learning-ton 0; Hautapu 8 v. United 5. Third Grade.—Learning-ton 9 v. Northern 3: Hautapu 8 v. United 0. Fourth Grade.—United 11 v. Hautapu 6. IN OTHER CENTREB SATURDAY’S RESULTS Auokland Ponsonby 5, Grammar 0: Marist 57, University 9: Grafton 30, Otahuhii 15; Manukau 8, Shore 8. Pukekohe White Star 9, Bombay 9; Old Boys 15, City 16. Dargavllle Ruawai 45, Te Wliarau 0; Southern 6, Dargavllle 8; Kalhu 6, Northern 0. Thames Physical Training 6, Huimai 0. Taumarunul Athletic 12, Ongarue 6 (final Grattan Banner); Taumarunul 14, Hikurangi li. Manukau Bub-unlon Clevedon 28, Manurewa 0; Ararlmu 19, Karaka 9; Klngseat 9, Drury 6. Whangarel Senior—City 4. Maungakaramea 3; HJkurangi 8, Old Boys 7. Senior B Pipiwai 16. Whatitiri 13; Manaia 0, Country United 0. Napier M.A.C. 18, Pirates 6; M. 8.0.8. 13, Napier High School 8. New Plymouth North —Tukapa 21, Star 14; Stratford 16, Old Boys 0; Clifton 12. Eltham 3. South—Hawera 9, Opunake 8; Okaiawa 19, Athletic 11. Masterton Red Star 11, Masterton 8. Wanganui Karerau 24. Marist 3; Old Boys 24. Waverley 8; Technical Old Boys 25, Pirates 3. Palmerston North Massey College 6, St. Patrick's 3; Kia Toa 22. Feilriing 5; Palmerston Old Boys 10, Feilding Old Boys 5. Wellington Senior A (first division)—Athletic 22, Hutt 3; Marist Brothers Old Boys 9, .Tohnsonville 8; Wellington 20, Poneke 15; Petone 9, \yellington College Old Boys 8. Senior A second division i —University Jl. Wellington 6; Eastbourne 17. Pirates 3; Oriental 17, Miramar 6; St. Patrick’s Old Boys 6, Athletic 3. Oamaru Athletic 12. Old Boys 11; Maheno 11, Excelsior 9. Christchurch Air Force 18. Technical 6; Linwood 14. Merivale 12; University 3, Albion 3; Athletic 11. Sydenham 0; Sunnyside 6, Old Boys 5. Dunedin Pirates 33, Union 3; Southern 6. Kaikorai 6; Alhambra 7. Taieri 6; Dunedin 9. Zingari 6: University teams were absent on vacation. Invercargill Old Boys 17. Pirates 6; Marist 13, Star 9; Invercargill i 5. Bluff 6. Tlmaru otri Roys if. /.mgari : t-tar *?*. Celtic 3 ; Temuka 6. Geraldine 0. Taurancia .1 udea 14. United Services 9; Rancataua 14, Cadets Ji