RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 117, 17 May 1920, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

A DAY OP SURPRISES. MARISTS BEATS COLLEGE lllfl-KJS. UNIVERSITY' GOES DOTVX TO GHAMMAtt. mnV'"'" ,^, ~,h "'J- wino nnc a soft turf mnrt> conditions excell<>.(t on Saturday f.-ir piajriUft football, hut the heat or excitetw^.r'" , ! , r,,, i" lr "< 1 to kcop the ooiirit- ~r ' '""ii ---ponaiors oil KdoD Park m> to ißtayliiK point when the second strips of I land liiiVh» U f- 1 , i IUc " llsnl(!M of <"<■ Auckland Hugl.j I „!,,„ , wre , )lare( , Th ioitfiiient was provlilrd two ways for on !Ao. . srnmid th,. Mai-lst Kmtu'.-rs sinus a mrprlsc by beating Collese Itlflei. In a Ir.nlvcM.y prnwded ".* mar" , ' "'''"'' CUli * i '" f " vo,lr " r liraui- , i :i» CraniinarlTnlviTsity match wis n<it Kiile.. I nlviTsit.v (.-ami- last week for tivli':imi,ai:!;i "",ta" tal, ?h« c Kn^il?, , " ,, ; 1 " 8 ,;"y runrtlW. and Uht, were i;PM,rt"f h^ s TX^ t tn^ uer X U ln , e 'si,"!* "5,"'.,",,-!,'}.. bu "!, l f n S Pai-e. with the : h'v U v"' r l ,'!''.' W '"'" •""""■ "" e Plei'e-klckin'e T),-, Mari«i Bn.th'erslt'oH^ , ;- ,{,„,,., Raine was clianictcTised liirotißhoui hy [l. v ii points tv s wansts, m,.. wou I-XI-V-KUSITY V.~aitAMMAK Wrtih* lino ™M™hrnto?Tttm*?aXiV.* hax ''« ,U "" "on" .rorin'-l"? t" nrk ' "'^''' ! len ' ll> '' >i »' "l!»hln- ■ S.>::ip fi:,..Vl'i.v-kl"kinit , .raiiinujr h, ,ho ]~ad «~ain. for he plain' two Ocld Boal- In qnirk R.i.-.-eftrion. .•:>. v ....-., 40 yanh, or „,„„,. , Bcf ,, r( , balf . tlm(l ennte l.raiuinar mm-pil ahead asain a< the ended °/< Y7n'? ,: " n ""■)»■,.''"-' »>c sneM 2 ~ , Grammar's favour. The eoniliinatiou lmprov«l in n,o early part of the se.'oml spell, and a penalty S oa] In- Gas. 1 parl.-h helped Varsity up to M-fl \ f or . mir,i rush and a try hy KronfcUl wi. offset up a similar Bt:a.-k l.y Varsity, and a ! to- li.T Luo.-s. .piny Jennie mmewhat I ramd at „*„. „,„ there was S o little betnpen the team* that exeltenient ran hlsrh ■ as flm one anil then the other snined the: the \ 1 ] t ]' 10 llrlilcr s ' rorc »*anie anil ■ (irammar 17 Tnirersity ......'.'.'. 12 Mr. CiiiTe n-as referee. MARIST V. COLLEGE RITLES. College played with the advant.tie Of tilp ! wind In the fixt porri.in and were soon I pressing, two klek* by Barker pilttlnß them I In good pnslTlous, OTtrlen retrlevlnc the : first, hut rolleee were almost .iver under' the coal. Marist certln B a free, the otx.-ome ' of a desperate tussle. Fletcher headed a I rush that took play Imrk to Olßrlen. illere- ! atmirtrt ('. Fletcher essayed a drop at coal trh!.-ii went a little wide. College kept I tiieir opponents on the defence, anil airier- ! son looked like pettiuj over liut passeil wildly. t'hanclnjf round. J'arl-t soon put a different completion on the same, ami cood vrnrk hr Enrlly wns rollowpd by n forward rtash. In which Peters was nearly over. CoMpcp came invar with a run started by Flet.-her. and when ("CRrlen missed tnckllnc I Wilson the latter looked like scoring. !>nt Sim.'t> iniercepted a pass. After some | pi.'knl nt> on the n:n. and otitpai'in; the , oppovifinn eiL'ored uiuier tho for 1 axon 1 to convert. The two blues" forwanls \vere | beatins College, anil after Earlly had narrowly failed to get over, a srruni was I forjjiod under Ihp goals and 'Marlst pot a I penalty, whlrh turned to an-ount. I Soon nfter Somervllle zot over and O'ißrien I converted. Afier tbe resumption 'Knrker 1 pi-ked up on the outside of the scramble. I and scored at the corner. The ki.-k failed. I leavlnz the score even—c all. The I reiiiß Inrtpr of thi* sppll wns pvpnlv fiiijcli t i out. without any ciianze in tlie t«ositlon.

Turning for the Inst quarter. M.ir'.st rcmninpo" and Thonmia took a ! kick from Parker, and maile a flnp run. pas*, inn eventually in a handy position, anil Wilson ins-t kept the attack at bay. IMnrlst | were riiht on the line. iuml F.arllv picked rilßricn fniled to Improve. Collpre ntrnckpd , temporarily, but OlHrlon pnlled them no with n m'nrk. At a<hotit h.ilf--wny Karlly secured, and kicked down the lln» to nines, who was smothered by fast following np. Time enme soon" after with Marlst attacking, the game, ending — Ms<rist Brothers li ■College Rifles 8 ■Mr. W. "Meredith was referee. XUWTON V. rONKOXBY. Thp Lines won the toss, and N'pwton kicked off against the wind. Txiosp forward i l*'ny compelled Ihpm to fircp linmed'atf-ly. Thpy c.imc up to thp other twenty-five, only to he driven bnck again, and tlipn to rptiirn play to the cpntre. From here Murray put In a strong run. nnd scored at the corner. Prentice's kick falling. On ohnngIns 'ronsonby Immediately rnsTipd, upfield. and wild passing produced another force down. 'Dpspitp the wind Pnnsonby kpnt pegging away, nnil at Inst Ross cot over npnr thp corner fine No jronl rpsulfpd Good work 'by Wilson and McKay gave Newton thpir first cbnnce to att.ick. lint their forwards lnekpd cohesion and their lincks were ineffective, nnrt Rlghton ran clean in. Prpnticp kicking a. line goal. F.xcppt for a line dpfpnslrp run 'hy "Wilson or NVwton. thpro was littlp of incident till half-time Rounded, with thp score unaltered. Thp second spell opened with a continuation of Ponsonhy nttneks, rellevpil liv n nue run by Wilson, which was straightway I nullified l>y pathetically wak dffpnfp. Fron' thp loose in Xpwton's twpnty-flvp Mntlhpws spcured. and ran right In on his own. McMnnus , kivk going widp. Thp return to thp kick-out was fon-Pd. but no relief nnd wpak defpnpp was only f-ffpe-tire through prratic attnek. Twicp Npwron wprp for<*p<l. ;in«l thpn Marshall toucherl ilowii nftpr a loose shamble on the line Thomson successfully pilotpil the bnll over For n I'ripf space there werp flnshps of lirisrht irdiviilual play, intprs-pprscd hy not vpry polite remarks 'by Homp of Mip pliiyprs nnd criticisms or [he tactics of one team l«y thp line-umpirp. All. however was i taken in good part, nnd nftpr furthpr rag- ! ged football. Matthews made the rim of I Hip liny, and registered his second try I l"rent!co'.x attemM failpil. I ronson'hy °*> i Ni-won : o I Newton soon after secured a free kick fW ami kppt up a hripf attack, where Murniy, from n ppunlty, I maiip a poor flttpinnl ni gi.nl. From a I piTiini In thplr twenty-flvfl thpy wpre ! awarded a frpp kick for infringement and ! Mciiiiiiald hiPirpt-riially potted, time sound- I ing as the 'ball was forced. Mr. Hancock controlled a vpry poor ltnt cheerful game. SECOND cradf.. I College Uiflps ( 11) drew with flrafton (11). fonsonhy (20) beat Suburbs (in, (irommar (151 beat St. Alhan's (Id fnlvprslty <Z) drew with Marist I Brothers ['.'•)■ j THIRD GRADE. j ' Collplp Rifles (I'll bpnt V.M.f.A. Ci i 1 University (14) beat Thames High School ! •Old Hoys (3). I I'onsonuy won by default from Graft on I I'arnell (lil) beat Grammar (8). J FOURTH GRADE. ! Marist Brothers (13) beat Ellerslie (?). i Grammar Old Boys (30 > beat Telegraph : iMessengers (3). ; i'onsonby (Iβ) beat Tarnell (Tl). Hunt two tries. Jensen one. Jensen converted two and one penalty. j FIFTH GRADE. j j I'onsonby (11!) beat Marist Brother* ill). : Grafton (17) beat Telegraph Messengers ' (0). > I'onsonby (13) beat Marist Brothers Old I Boys (12). Graf tea (S3) beat Foit and TelegrapS ' (0).