FOOTBALL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 207, 15 June 1936, Page 2

FOOTBALL

ASHBURTON RUGBY UNION. ‘ MATCHES ON SATURDAY. ’l‘he Ashburton Rugby Union’s competitions were continued on Saturday in excellent weather. \Vit-h the with—drawal of Allenton from the: senior conipetition all senior teams were engaged the second round being, commenced in the country. Technical Old Boys showed imprOVed form by running Methven the. leading team close in the match at Methven, while Old Boys’ prospects of winning the competition were set back a. etage by a. defeat at the hands of Rakaia, who reversed their defeat in the first round. Results at a Glance. Senior. Rakaia. 18, Old Boys 3. Methven 6, Technical Old 80y5.3. Junior. Mayfiveld 11, Rakaia 5. Technical Old Boys 11, Methven 11. Hinds Alt-l, Springburn nil. Methven A _l3, Old Boys nil. Third Grade. 1 ;\lethven 7 , Technical Old Boys 3. ; Allenton beat Hinds by default. ‘ Fourth grade. Methven 23, Allenton nil. | High School B 14, Technical 3.

Methven (6) v. Technicai Old Boys (3:

In a rather uninteresting game play—ed at Methven, Methven beat Technical Old Boys by six points to three. Methven was the first to open its scor—ing account? from loose play in Technical Old Boys territory. The backs got possession and all handled in turn to J. Lilley on the wing, who outclassed all opposition and after crossing the line near the corner ran round to score behind the posts. The kick at goal was not successful. ‘Methveu kept the game under control and play was conecl mostly to the territory of Techni—cal Old Boys. Get-ting possession from a scrum in the Technical Old Boys twenty-five the Methven backs again handled in an impressive manner and the movement ended in another score by Lilley. The try was not converted. Methven 6, Technical Old Boys nil. Technical Old Boys put up a, little stronger opposition helore half time, but failed to make an impression.

1n the second half Technical Old Boys produced a more vigorous attack, and were within an ace of scoring on sever—al occasions. It was from one of these movements, which took place early in the. second spell, that R. Vnrcoe was given an opportunity at a penalty when Methven infringed the rules in handy position. The kick succeeded making the score Methven 6. Technical Old Boys three. Technical Old Boys launched several other attacks, but failed to cross the line. The mainstays of the Methven team were the three Lilley brothers, who were well supported by Cleove. Mr A. A. Cox was the referee. Rakaia (18) v. Old Bays (3). , llakaia showed surprising form with the. hacks and forwards both playing well up to form in the match against Old Boys. Many of Old Boys’ hack movements were! broken up by tho Ba—kaia forwards, who broke up smartly from the serum. J. O’Connor was undoubtedly the best back on the ground and worked well. His clever cutting-in more than once left‘the Old Boys’

backs standing. All the forwards work—ed well. An infringement by a Rakaia player resulted in Kerr kicking an easy goal. Old: Boys 3, Rakaia 0. The score was evened up soon after when Rakaia took play into Old Boys’ twenty-five, where W. Moore gained possession from a, loose scrum and scored. J. Doig’s kick failed. Raknia 3, Old Boys 3. For the remainder of the spell both sides fought hard, but at half—time the score remained at 34111, In the second half Rakaia. forwards continued to attack, and from a set scrum all the backs handled for Ironside to score. Doig converted. Rakaia 8, Old Boys 3. The next try came when O’Connor received from Shannon ‘behind the serum and cut in, running iup to the full-back before sending tout to B. Doig. Doig’s kick was successful. Rakaia 13, Old Boys 3. 1 At this stage the Rakma forwards

were forcing the pace and play remained in Old Boys’ territory. O‘Connor gained possession and short—punted for Mead to follow up fast and go over. Doig converted. Ra‘kaia. 18, did. Boys 3.

JUNIOR GRADE 1 Playing on the Showgrounds Mayfield ‘ defeated Rakaia by 11 points to five. For Mayfield tries were scored by \V. \ Young, J. K. Sewell, H. Thornton, and‘ one was converted by Sewell. N. Douglas scored for Rakaia and converted his own try. Mr C. Stevenson was referee. The match between Technical Old Boys and Methven B resulted in a'dmw each side scoring eleven points. For Technical tries were scored by N. Jones, A. McCall, and A. Hioughton, one being converted by L. Kerr. For Methven tries were secured by A. Dol— R. Patterson and H. Adams, and H. Reid converted one. Mr A. Shannon was referee.

Hinds had a runaway victory oyer "Springburn at Hinds, winning by 44 points to nil. Mr o’. H. Miller was referee. Methven A and Old Boys, who have lost only one match to date in the junior competition, met at Methven on Saturday: when Methven A won by 13 points to nil. W. Reuse and G. Weilly each obtained one try, while T. Sullivan kicked a field goal and J. Mclntosh obtained a penalty goal. Mr S. Alex-i ander was the referee. i THIRD GRADE. Methven beat Technical Old Boys by seven points to three in a. match at the ‘:Showgrouncls. For the winners D. Harrison kicked a field goal and D'. Lemon scored a try, and for Technical L. Muir kicked a penaltygoal. Mr L. Hadley was referee. Hinds defaulted to Allenton. FOURTH GRADE. Methven secured a. runaway victory over Allenton by 23 points to nil in a match at the Showgrounds. Mr \V. Stephens was referee. In the match High School B v. Technical, High School B won by 14 points to three. All the 'points for the winners were secured by T. Sampson, and R. Manson scored a try for Technical. er J. MacMillan was referee.

THREE- REFEREES RESIGN

NORTH AUCKLAND INCIDENT.

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. At a Special meeting of the Nor—thern \Vairozt Rugby Referees’ Association last night, three referees tendered. their resignations and walked out of the meeting. The meeting had been called for the purpose of discuss—ing the attitude adopted by the Nor—thern Vv’airoa. Rugby Union over the ordering off of a. spectator during the progress of a match a fortnight ago. The referee- repo-rtedithe matter to the uniion, which decided to call the spectator to give. his version. A sub—‘ sequent meeting of the union, after? hearing the spectator’s denial, which was supported by two members of the union, that he called. the referee an offensive name and suggested that the irefere should be wearing one team’s l jersey, the union took no action. After a long discussion last night the referees decided to send a deputa—tion to the union,‘this resulting in the resignation of Messrs Vennell, Hough—ton and Parore, who considered that the union should :have backed up the referee. Mr Vennell was the referee concerned in the ordering-off incident.

IN OTHER CENTRES. Christchurch—Christchurch 19, Mel'— ivale 16; Albion 10, Old Boys 6; Athv letic I‘2, Sydenham 6; University 9, Linwood 6. 'l'imaru—Zingari 20, Old Boys 14; Celtic 20, Geraldine 5; Star 19, \Vaihi 4. Wellington-——Poneke 12, Athletic 3; Wellington 18, College 0.13. 3; Petone S, Marist 6; Hutt 20, Eastbourne 17. I)unedin—Saiturday’s matches com—pleted the first round. The leading team Southern, suffered its first defeat when it went down to University. Results: University A 20, Southern 15; Kaikorai 17, Dunedin 8; Taiel'i 24, Zingari 11; Pirates 20, Alhambra- 12; Union 41, University B 3.

Greynmuth _« In a. ‘l'ejp‘reseutative Rugby match \Vest Coast overwhelmed Inangahua by 65 points to 3, after leading 46-0 at the interval. Hokjtika—ln the Dittman Shield Rugby re})l‘esentativ‘enmtch ‘Westland (holders) defeated South \Vestland 13—3.

THE LEAGUE CODE. ENGLAND BEATS QUEENSLAND. ‘ BRISBANE, June 14. England defeated Queensland by 19 points to 4 to—day in a game which, while not a brilliant spectacle, revealed

the magnificent cover defence of the Visitors, and the consistency of Hodgson’s goal-kicking. Queenslancfl was quite una‘blewo make any headway against the defence, its few opportunities fallingdown through faulty handling.

TH E ASSOCIATION GHDE.

THE ASHBURTON CLUB. There was another large attendance of players at the usual Saturdap prac. time of the Ashburton Association Football Club. The club has been notified of the draw for the King’s Birthday (June 23), which is : ‘ 1.30 p.m. Ashburton v. Canterbury B. 3 p.lll.——Westland v. [Canterbury A. These games will be played at English Park, and, weather permitting, shbuld afford a good afternoon’s entertainment. The final selection of the Ashburton team will he made this week,- and it is hoped that the team selected will improve on the last performance against the Canterbury team. The club secretary (Mr S. McElhin—ney) has been notified that the Centerbury B team to meet Ashburton will be the same that played Ashburton on June 6. * AUSTRALIANS BEATEN IN TRIAL ‘ MATCH. {United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, June 14. The Australian Association football team which left for New Zealand in the ‘Wangalnella, played a. trial match against Sydney, the latter Winning 64. IN OTHER CENTRES.

Christchurchm-‘Vestern A '3, Western B 2; Rangers 5, Linwood 1; Thistle 2, St. Albans 0; Technical CB. 2, Nomads 1. Auckland—N.Z. Navy 1, Imperial Navy 0 (challenge match); Mount Al- - Grammar 3, Thistle 0; Ponsonby 4, North Shore 2; Comrades 3, Metro College 3. “ \Vestport~—Buller 3, Nelson 1; Buller retained the Dawson Cup.