RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 195, 16 August 1920, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.

GRAFTON DOWNS COLLEGE RIFLES.

GRAMMAR HOLDS THE LEAD.

STUBBORN GAME BY MARISTS.

PONSONBY 24. NEWTON S.

The Auckland Rugby Union <lirb champiunshil.s were continued on Saturday in lieaiitifiillv- fine weather, and there was a fnir .ilt-iiflnni-.. at K.lcn Turk, where the senior mulches were played.

On No. 1 -round College Itifles. somewhat weakened by the absence or Wilson and Fl.:. her In Australia nnd by Grlerson Ihrmigh illness, were up against, a stlff proposltion iv Grafton. The latter team had the better of the game practically nil ihrmicli. but faulty handling of the ball by i heii l-a--kfl lost chances In the first spell, whl.ii e'.ded without srore. A rearrangetneni of the Grafton haeits brought results in the second spell, anil both backs and forwards threw the hall about to some purI'""», Kcorlni; 17 points to 3 put on by tbe

The Eiime between Marist Bros. Old Boys and tlrammnr School OIU Boys on No. 2 ground was n stubborn battle of the forwards, In which the Marist Bros.' pack had rut her the better of 'the argument, but ihi- nlnplncss of the rtramnuir backs turned ihc tide lii their favour, giving them a win br 11 points to 3. Pnnsnnby were too strong for Newton, and won hy 24 points .tn S. The championship table now stands:— Ch. P. W. _. D. F. A. Pts. (iramninr fir. — 1 101 5.1 11. Ponsonby S r. 3 _no 113 10 Grafton S 4 3 1 87 100 9 Marist firm hers 7 4 :i — AG 62 H Cnllpee Rifles .. S 3 4 1127 103 7 University 6 2 3 1 86 80 5 Newton 8 — S — 2C 101 -> GRAFTON V. <-OLLKGE RIFLES Grafton further enhanced their showing in the championship by beating College Rides hy 17 points to three. What a vast ■ iiimire frnni the first mntcli of the season, when College Itlfies ran up a cricket score .icainst a Grafton combination! Throti-h----nnt the first spell tlrafton looked like tiie old Orafton. with their pack rather l.entir.tr the Rifles' pack, and their backs making, mistakes at the rritlcnl moment, rh- result was that the spell ended without score. In the second spell, with Kingston ft centre, the rira-fton bucks did some fine work, that brought success, nnd their backs nun- forwards worked together, with the result stated.

Moore. Hansen nnd Mct.eod were the most conspicuous of the Grafton pack. Which, out-tilayed the opiposlne seven de-si-iie e-cellent work on the otflier side by 'M.-lnnrs and Fletcher. Kingston, at full-iia.-k in the first spell, and at centre threeouarter later, was the shinimr light of the i. ; ':irton backs, of whom Gnspnrich and s--H? _■ , nln '"'"' well throirchoiit Nixon sp"Ut his p.av by fnm'hling a lot. Pilling w_ ".. :o '.' "I** , the on,:r r ""ese Rifles backs that played up to form.

nrt.vM.M-AR nt-n Rnvs'v MAItrST 011 l BOYS.

These two teams met in n strenuous strn-cle on No. 2 Ground. Eden Park, the «T i', . '!'*■ '-hamnlons-hi- i-rJramrnarl r- slim- on the hl« e-d 0 f a 11-3 points' Icily jifter four lwr.n||_ thnt we r e fast. exciting, and interest-nlworhtng throughout. Will.. It wii.« renllr the backs that hmi—ht victor.- to the whites, they hv no means hud thintrs their own way, for a soli.l defence confronted tb»m almost without exception, hut "evertheless they .bowed un to ere-.ter nilTnni_ e than the onnosln-e vnnmnril. eonibinatln-n stnndlnethem in eoorl stead, whereas th" coloured r-nr-ks invcrinblv worked i-livldunllv. It -..•,, ,-hf. eoinirre'' forwards that put tin the ldir fizht for the losors. the vanguard sMni _ best In the dnfenslve work. Tn the first ba'f the -white forwards put In sovernl irood combined niovements. trat they were hv nn means n« aggressive lithe blue and black forwards. The score was "-3 nt »'"> end or the fr-st e»lf. from a nern'tv '— T>urns nnd c try by N'eholson to a snlondld try nccnnnted for by Oramrnar undoubtedly hnd the bei- of the r.'nv In 'he second half, nnd another try rmT" In them n« tho result of a fluo forward etTort that OI«non nut Mie flnls-h-'ne ti-i-i. to by scorini. Burns adding the extra pr.lr.rs. v,.~ ■...„ winners 01«-.n„ Good. P.I-eMrt-J-e. Clent nnd Tnvlnr showed no w*ll. Vhil» for ibe lnsprs 'fin . woo oivrstJinrtl. <?: in fact, he "-ns -rohsMv the most dashing plnvr on the Held. Xf-t to him en.-Nfa-rtsts- Hiie cnroe ToeVer. Doherty, Martin, Malloy, . •' Como=kev.

ti..„ pv.-Unrpent r-f a section of the spectators reached n hitrh state during tb« s f r „™-] O . pnil comment "was free, so much so it it the referee. Mr. Meredith, cautioned one of the spectators. . ON. O.VRY V. NTr/WTCN. Tonson by had an cas-r task ne-alnst Newton. K-'inm they defeated hv 24 ti 8 In a iirintorrsMni' "Time relieved by ftp. . PS of Individual brilliancy. There was little tn choose between the two nnei-s. Hinit-h the bines se-ured mo-re r-eniien-tlv from tbe seruan-s. Ponsorihv'* backs, however, were tleeldedlv superior. tl-0...-h they hnri"- seemed tn extend themselves Ross did mucTi bird work. P"d n-ii. In pood seo-rinir form, bis Vickine nl=n heintr a feature, while Murray „-,< ns soli' 1 as -nsaiel. TTirms. in n cons-ni'-u-is blue Jersey. st-od nut nmnne- t'." Vewl"n T*°.'-k. being ~„ i. n rke<l un by -McDonald. Tbe scrum -~f ,-.< In the tMefc of the fray out. while T_n<M-ille. who was ™-"TT W ° f-NVlnn'- firs' -ore ™ **-*'*£ VZ n^l^ r s,„ extricated his side from several tight corners. T-ii-.i C-ade—Grammar ol- 1 _■>" *>-2. , " Tw-ny 3S. beat St Step-en's o.' Thames Old Boys !>. beat SiAiirlu ?.. ' -~_.„ r-.sT.rt-p W. Grammar" Old Roys 11. Post and Telegraph 8, . ' T.„ rr ,plt S. ft ov .p .Matches -W_ --tone. Ltd.. 11. bwt .T T. Crai-tr. Ltd., -i. John Court Ltd. 14. li-t Hntehlnwon 'Bros. 0 Geonte. Cx»urt, t t,l. drew wiMi .Smith and Caughev.6 all. ■Maclocn 6 (two penalty goals by Gsborne). Are- with T.-t.p-sifleld. Ltd. 6 (two tries by Kerr and Wlnks^. PRTMARY SOHOOLS MATCIH'ES. .lunior Grade.—Vermont Street 5, beat T ' :l ß r c!r_d°e.-Xewton East 3, beat Bayfield 0. _ SECOXDAKT SCHOOLS. V ttrade.—Grammar A 60, beat Techr'esl 0. 'Sacred Heart 28, beat Grammar M B Grade.—Grammar 17. beat Sacred "i-'ciLe-Grammnr 16. beat Technical PKAOK MEMORIAL CUT. AT HAMILTON. my Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) • HAMILTON, Saturday. The King Country Rugby team visited Hamilton this afternoon, and played a ehn-en"" match for the Peace Memorial cup ?«>- eondi'tlons prevailed for the c-rne. which wu won by Ha™'" o "' *• holders of the cup, by 19 to 9, a.ter a fast dltgh School played Hamilton m'-h School this morning, at Hamilton. Hamilton won by 20 to o. THAMES V. BAURAKt. There was a fair attendance at P»rawal on Saturday to witness the,/epresentat ye matches, the newly-formed Hauraki^ Plains Itilgbv Tniou sending two teams, both oi which were defeated. A curtain-raiser. Plains B Seniors v. Thames Juniors resulted in a' win fo Thames 'by 11 to nil. The big ninti-. Plains Senior Representatives v Thames R Representative-, provided an easy win for the home team. The scorers for Thames were Jamleson (2) ana Itl.-kett. Duffy goaled three tries. Connor score,! for Hauraki Tlalus. Mr. Gordon was referee.

THAMES V. SOUTH ISLAND. The following team has been selected to represent Thames against the South Island .-nun try touring ten in at Thames on Angii-i 2,-»:-Heath, liillamore. Winder. G. lluchnn. ' Pressing. Cilpln, Griffin Barrett, Hayward, fioldsbury. Hay ward, Alexander, Young, Poland and Lo_uis. PAEROA V. PIAKO. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) TE AROHA, Saturday. Ihe Paeroa-Plako match was won by the former by 6 to 3. Tries were scored for the winners by Johnson. Barrett, and White. Gilpin scored for Piako.

W.IANGABEI. HIGH SCHOOL RETAINS TOE CUP. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, Saturday. The Rugby football final junior cup E,._ _ k P .' aTed ° t n . the Hif s h Sch ° ol ground re",-i?»H . WP _? v K 'r i P aka a "d High School __h _. "i m *. h School retaining the cup _?. t t c *_ an >P'onshlp by 18 points to 1(5. atter the finest match of the season. The game was fast and open throughout. High School making up great leeway In the last quarter For High School tries were scored __._' mb ' •_ ,J,mb ,3 »- Sargeant, and Macken none being converted. For Kirlpaka tries were scored hy Tattlev. Fife, and Saunders while Ferguson converted two. was referee * pena,tJ ' soal ' Mr - Ba ßfis PAEROA V. PIAKO. The Paeroa-Plako Junior Representative match was iplayed at Paeroa on Saturday. and resulted in a win for Paeroa by 11 points to _ TAURANGA BEATS TE PUKE. The match for the Kusabs Cup was played at Te Puke yesterday between Tauranga and Te Puke. Tauranga won by b points to 6. R. Perhcrbridge, the 'Te I uke forward and Bay of Plenty representative, had his right leg broken". WAIRARAPA V. TARANAKI. The match Wairaropa v. Taranaki. at Carterton, resulted:—Walrarapa 0. Tainnakl 3. Anderson, the Taranaki full-back, retired hurt, but not seriously. WELLINGTON CHAM. lON-HIP. WON BY PETONE. (By Telegraph.-s-Press Association.) iWELLINGTON, Saturday. The Rugby championship final resulted: Petone 12, Po-neke 3. INTER-V_iR.SITY MATCH. WELLINGTON V. AUCKLAND. A ' D.RAW.N GAME.

W-BLLINGTON, Saturday. -.An-'nter-. -ive-sity match, Auckland v. Wellington, re».„lted In a draw. The game wa-s played tn four spells of twenty mlnutes each on the Newtown I'ark, which was practical.!- a quagmire. Clark scored a try for Auckland, and Nlcol for Wellington. " OTAGO CUA'MriOXSHIPS. DUXEDIX, Sunday. ■Ut the Rugby competition yc-terrtav, Albambro beat Kaikora! by S points to 6 and University beat Pirates 'by 22 to S. A thai-bra is thus practically assured of winning the senior competition by one point from Univensltv.