MAORIS AND FIJIANS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20908, 13 September 1939, Page 12

MAORIS AND FIJIANS

CITY IN STAG FINAL GOOD RUGBY FARE LAST WEEK Rugby enthusiasts in Hamilton have enjoyed one of their best seasons for many years with the standard of football in the Stag Trophy games on a much higher plane than previously, and the competition very keen. There is no doubt that the resuscitation of the City Club, and its excellent displays has done much to rebuild Rugby in Hamilton to its former level, and none will deny the congratulations due to it in reaching the final in its first year in senior ranks. With the Maori-Fijian Test on Saturday and the final of the -Stag the next week, enthusiasts have two more excellent games in store. The New Zealand Maori team will assemble in Hamilton tomorrow morning and the Fijian team will arrive on Friday morning. The match will commence at 2.30 p.m.. and the curtain-raisers will be a 7th grade primary school match at 12.30 and a Past v. Present Senior Technical Old Boys match at 1.15 p.m. Old Boys In Final Old Boys, who won the Slag Trophy in 1936—the year it was inaugurate.! [ —is again in the final and this team also h<v> deserved this honour. The ! team has played many bright games, [ the forwards giving the fast backj line every opportunity. In the middle of the season, Old Boys unaccountably I slipped a little, but on Saturday, in defeating Technical Old Boys, showed its true form and should prove worthy opponents to the City team. The final should be the game of the year if conditions are favourable to bright, fast football. There is no question that the team earned its right to contest the final as its win over Technical Old Boys was clear-cut. TJi« members of the side played much better as a team, while Technical Old Boys again lacked cohesion hotih back and forward. Technical was at a disadvantage, however, in that two forwards had to play in the backs. City’s Backs It was recognised from the very beginning of the season that City would justify its inclusion in the Stag* Trophy championship, hut it could not have proved its worth more than by reaching the final. Whether or not 'City wins the championship its fine record this year as a first season team will be remembered for a long time. It has been the even balance of the fifteen that has been responsible for JU success and in this respect several | of the hacks have played good football during the season. Best of the City backs has been Perkins, hut he The Wrecker, 8.4; Silver Slipper, 8.2. 2.SS—JOHN GRIGG £ TAKES, oT £300; two-year-olds; colts and g-eldings, 8.5; fillies, 8.0; 4 8.5; Tatting-, 8.5; Anklet colt, 8.5; :Skyrest colt, 8.5; Wild Fox, S.O; Gold Flight, 8.0; Princess Doreen filly, 8.0; Sunny Queen, 8.0. 3.3S—PEN.SCROFT HACK HANDICAP, or £120; 1 mile.—Wardress, 9.9; Great Swoop, 8.11; Walla, 8.6; Captain Bruce, 8.3;. Merry March, 8.1; Asia, 8.1; Scream-

er, 8.0; Prurient Prince, 7.13; Great Memory, 7.13; Lockit, 7.5; Shanghai Lily, 7.8; King- Gustavo, 7.8; Knight Commander, 7.7; Benevolent, 7.7; Sunnyland, 7.7. 4.IS—SPRING HANDICAP, or £150; 7 rurs.—Sovereign Lady, 9.0; Dictate, 8.13; [Silver Streak, 5.12; Second Innings, 8.8; ! Winning- Rival, 8.6; Paper Note, 8.5; [ Paissaform, 8.3; Rabble, 8.3; Lady Leigh, 8.0; Strip, 7.12; Kilrobe, 7.5; Glenogil, I 7.1; Spartan, 7.0; Gay Parade, 7.0. I 4.SO—RAKAIA TROT HANDICAP, of [£100; limit. 3.38; 1A miles.—Allan Wrack, iAx spear. Red Rock, Rlack Art, Cynic, Erin’s Lad. Glenholme, Great Blaze, Shadow Queen, Siege Gun, limit; Accountant, 12yds bhd; Taruna. 12; True Glow, 12; O-taua, 24; Smile Again, 24. EPSOM WINNERS NEW MARKS ANNOUNCED LIST OP REASSESSMENTS The reassessments of first and second horses at the Auckland Trotting Club’s August meeting show the following alterations in handicaps:— Winners: Sir Tony, from 3.49 to 3.45; Belfast Jack and Young Parry, from 3.5 to 3.1; Josedale Grattan, from 3.38 to 3.34; Stalky, from 3.39 to 3.35; Fortex, from 2.56 to 2.53; Francisco, from 3.29 to 3.26. Our Mcj Kinney, who won off 3.23, has been | penalised at two miles from 4.34 to ! 4.32. [ Second Horses. —Frontier Boy, 3.45 [to 3.44; Tc Roto, 3.4 to 3.3; Clay Pot, i 3.5 to 3.4; Tsana, 3.38 to 3.37; Gay jMoko, 3.40 to 3.39; Bedford, -2.56 to 2.55; Tangatu. 3.27 to 3.26. Kcnworlhy, second in the August Handicap, 'has not altered his line. Francisco was originally on 3.30, but gave away 12yds. Clay Pot’s penalty is tlie result of winning £7O in place money. Horses who ran third did not dislurb iheir marks. The marks of the penalised horses, at, a mile, mile and a-quarter, mile and a-lialf, and two miles, are:—

AUSTRALIAN DERBY M. McCARTEN TO RIDE BEAU VITE (linited Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Conyrlg-nt) SYDNEY, Sept. 12 M. McCarten is to ride Beau Vite in the Australian Derby. This decision was reached by the toss of a coin with the New Zealand jockey A. E. Ellis, McCarten winning. Beau Vite’s owner, Mr 8.. Stewart, lias been in a dilemma concerning a rider for the colt. lie desired to be loyal to Ellis, but believed McCarten’s greater knowlege of Australian conditions would be a factor in the Derby. Beau Vite has thrived since arriving in Sydney and galloped an easy mile at Bandwick to-day. His condition could not be faulted. Defaulter was given walking exercise t-o-day with his off foreleg encased in an antiphlogistine poultice. Some days may elapse before any attempt is made to work him-

is now inclined to run all over the field too often instead of steering a straight course. When up against a great tackier like R. Everest last Saturday Perkins found his way blocked on many occasions. His determined running, however, gave -him a passage past Everest on occasions. If he straightens up that run his penetration should attract attention in Wellington at the trials. Atkinson is a particularly promising five-eighth in the City backs and when he increases in weight he should develop into a great attacking inside back. Gerrish is to be commended on the fine defensive game he played. He had a task in watching J. Everest and he performed it admirably. Another Grand Display One of the features of the Old Boys—Technical Old Boys match was another grand display by Doug Paterson, the big break-away and he again demonstrated that he was very unfortunate in being injured when Waikato trials were in progress. There is no forward in Hamilton with his speed, handling ability and anticipation, while his tackling is far superior to most backs. As a siderow forward Paterson would hold his place in any provincial side in New Zealand. Un Saturday he scored three tries, and all of them resulted from grand cooperation with lhc backs at the right moment. He also kept Tetzlaff, Technical’s half, well in check, without be-

One of the best front row players in New Zealand, who will be playing for the Maori All Blacks against the Fijians in Hamilton on Saturday.

ing consistently offside. Old Boys forwards, generally, played much better football than did the Technical forwards. They will find the grand City pack a much tougher proposition but with Bremer, Waite, Egan, McLean, Reese, Bary and Jones fit the backs should get their share of the ball. J. Richardson’s experience and weight was worth worth a good deal to Old Boys on Saturday, while without a full game to play he went well in all departments. Properly fit he would be a great acquisition to any team. Prolific Scoring In matches played by the City team this season K. Ghell has scored 108 points. The majority of these have come from penalty kicks and conversions. He has been of great value to City in that direction and in addition he is a good type of loose forward. On Saturday he played a solid game against Frankton, but he roves offside a little too often to he classed as Hamilton’s best loose forward. Clarkin played another fine game as the best man in the loose in the City pack. As an all-round forward he is excellent.

Broad in Fin© Form Great interest centred on the displays of J. Broad, halfback for Old Boys, and P. Tetzlaff, halfback for Technical Old Boys, on 'Saturday, as Tetzlaff was substituted for Broad as Waikato half after the first match. On the day Broad was vastly superior, but it must be taken into consideration that he had more opportunities on attack. The excellent showing of Old Boys back line could be attributed, in no small measure, to Broad’s excellent play, as he shot his passes out smartly and accurately, and varied his play well. It was in this department of the play that he eclipsed Tetzlaff, while the Waikato halfback was no better on defence. Both played with scrupulous fairness and never tried to take the ball before it was clear of the scrum, though Tetzlaff was inclined to kick the ball back into the scrum or back into his forwards when he was in trouble, and thus put his forwards offside. Both teams were also well served by their fullbacks, Slow for Old Boys and Fraser for Technical. Slow showed more dash and came up to take the ball much better, while his lengthy and accurate line-kicking was a great acquisition. Fraser also handled faultlessly and kicked with judgment.

Frankton’s Weakness With City slow to settle down in the game on Saturday, Frankton had a chance to get a good lead early, which could have changed flie complexion of the match. Frankton’s attacking weakness, however, lay in the first five-eighth, 'Cassells, with the result that tlic backs were not able to utilise to the full the early opportunities. Atkinson kept him well in check. J. Everest made some breaks but on the whole he was well watched. R. Everest defended brilliantly, and his hard tackling caused consternation in the City ranks on repeated occasions. Main F*rankton weakness in defence lay in the fullback, who was not the team’s regular custodian. It sadly lacked the services of J. Ward, who has been in good form recently.

Much Improved Game A much improved game was played by Old Boys captain. J. Carroll, against Technical Old Boys on Saturday. He was more decisive on attack than he has been of late, while his rush-stop-ping was also much better, and often he had to stop both Technical fiveeighths. One of Hie best movements of the day was when he was up with Parsons to take the in-pass and send D. Paterson away for the first try. Parsons, on the wing, had more to do than B. Paterson, and did it well, while these two kept Goosman and Whyte well in check throughout. La the five-eighths line Crozier" made quite a promising debut at Rugby Park, and with more experience should develop into a good link. llis main concern should be to feed his fast threequaL’ters and tackle his opposite number. He only tried the cut-in once and that was when lie was close to Technical's line, and a good try resulted, when D. Paterson was again up inside him. R. Finlay, Old Boys cen-

tre, was again a tower of strength on defence, his tackling being masterly, but he had few opportunities on attack. Good Men In Bcrum Best of the City forwards on Saturday and probably the best tight forward in Dutton is in fine form. Against Frankton he secured a good share of the ball and assisted Scott well in the line-outs. In the tight he was always in the picture and often had a share of the ball in the j open play. Barr, Spiro, and Johnson, were all in the tight, , too. Scott’s experience as a Rugby forward is of great assistance to City, and the way he performs in the Jineout is responsible for a great deal ol the team’s success. Team Work Lacking Again it was the lack of team work that ruined Technical’s chances of victory against Old Boys on Saturday. The team has many very fine individual players, hut only at one stage did the members show any combination and then, throwing the ball about from all positions, they looked as if they might turn the tables. However, the players dropped back into their individual efforts and lost Whatever prospects they had. Flannagan strived hard to lead the forwards as they should be led, and Tail and Hills followed him, but Smith, Barber, Anderson and Bankipr hunted on their own too much, and lost touch when 1 they broke away. Stancich and Jordan, two forwards, played in the fivc- , eighths line, and they handled well and tackled solidly, but were also quickly stifled by Old Boys flank forwards and backs. Haughey. at centre, saw all too little of the ball, but made one really brilliant break again only to throw out a poor pass. Good Loose Game Frankton forwards played a better loose game than City on Saturday, but when the latter team's forwards packed around to stop the rushes they usually drove Frankton back, as a result of the superior weight. Elliott and Dick played the best of the Frankton forwards, with Moltzen again backing up splendidly throughout.

1rn. 11m. Urn, 2m. Sir Tony (T.) .. 2.29 3.7 3.45 5.1 Frontier Boy (T.) 2.28 3.0 3.44 5.0 Clay Pot .. 2.27 3.4 3.42 5,0 Te Roto .. 2.26 3.3 3.41 4.59 flay Moko (T.) .. 2.25 3.2 3.39 4.54 Belfast Jack .. 2.24 3.1 3.38 4.54 Young: Parry .. 2.24 3.1 3.38 4*.54 Tsana .. .. 2.23 3.0 3.37 4.53 Stalky (T.) .. 2.23 2.59 3.35 4.49 JosedaJe Grattan 2.21 2.57 3.34 4.48 Bedford .. .. 2.19 2.55 3.31 4.45 Fortex .. .. 2.18 2.53 3.29 4.42 Francisco .. 2.16 2.50 3.26 4.38 Tang-atu' .. 2.16 2.50 3.26 4.38 Our McKinney .. 2.13 2.47 — 4.32