RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 170, 19 July 1924, Page 21

R UGBY FOOTBALL.

NO TES AND__COMMENTS. m tin<' on the All Black tour, , the '• Wellington Post" o i bg re?reued that the renf 31 / jir v. R- Meredith, a serviCES Jhle*Rusbv controller, coach, presented to Auckland interval in the North B \ils and match in 1002. At that T ' S t he Northenera had a commandlooked like running out n Tnners As they were lined up. "But they T0 it vet "-the burly Otago f , (later a 'Wellingtonian) having j ft that the shield went with ha and the pair vrent at it] Tt'hard hi the second spell, assisted; £ Drake, Fanning, and the others, j \ the flying Scotchman—Duncan-j iir-eorin S tries at wing throe-! ZS with the result that finally i r&rath Islanders won a sensational : ™lh But the Aucklanders took the | USrfy Shield back with them all the same. __ SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Only two games were played in last miseries of matches, the Mt. Albert. : H,* game being postponed, as the taerteam were playing at Hamilton. There they were successful in defeating the High School fifteen by 17 to 8. The feature of this game was the, Jrkling display of the Mt. Albert : reirniard, who delighted the spectators j witi many brilliant movements. N. Jenkin, the captain and first five- j eighths, played a great game both on attack and defence, and he made many snlendid openings for his outside men. He waa served well by Pirritt, the icmm-lialf, who, nevertheless, was handicapped by the old rule tnctics of the Hamilton forwards. Monk, at centre, also cave a fine display, his clever work riving the wings, Kirkpatrick and Ash, several clear runs. Both these outsiders j played with plenty of dash. Ewen, at ( rover, spoilt the" High School backs' j attempts at passing almost constantly, while Harrop and Moses were the most conspicuous of the pack. The city team were unfortunate in losing Henderson early in the game. Their pack missed j this"hard worker and fine hooker badly j The home team's backs were almost j bewildered by the visitors, and on | attack they were never very much in i the picture. Hawkes, at fullback, j played a very Bound game, while Brown, five-eighths, and the. half, Madill, were also good. There was, however, a weakness in the High School five-eighths, ; and the outside backs were more or less starved. The forwards made amends for this, arid played a great game both in loose and tight. Hart; the rover, wae always in the limelight, Hapburn and Sutton also being prominent. The Auckland public will probably have an opportunity to see Hamilton High School in action early in August, when they will play Auckland Grammar. It is to he hoped that the country boys will play up to form. In a mid-week game Auckland Grammar, with a weakened team, proved far i too good for Training College. The I dark bines scored four tries, three of I which were converted, while Hutchison also kicked a penalty goal. Three of the tries were scored by forwards, Colgan, Orr and McCarthy each obtaining one. The other fell to Matheson's bag as the result of a good piece of work This player remedied his cutting-in fault, hut almost went to the other | extreme in letting Hutchison have the | hall too soon. McCarthy and Orr were , prominent in the van, which for a great ! part of the game was without its leader, Colgan. Grammar "B" proved no match for Sacred Heart last Saturday, the College Defeating them by twenty odd points. I The victors were the superior team, but Grammar "B" had them defending on several occasions. The Tykes' backs TOe fan-, but they are not Versatile on attack, and it was the bullocking play of their heavy pack which gave them the Ppe. Moore and Cuming were conspicuous in the victors' rearguard, while MicMonagle, Clarke, and David showed j JP in the forwards. Neither Grammar B" or Training College have any tbance of getting near the championaip final, hut they are both to be conpatulated for the way they turn out e«ry Saturday. Two games have been plnyed lately, «c results of which are of interest to iWklanders. as the victors in each case ™l probably oppose local College n"f■ttja. The annual game between Te Ante and Wanganui resulted in a win lOt the Maori boys after a fast and "en game. Tβ Aute will probably be Paying the leading Auckland secondary raool 6ome time in August, and those wo saw Te Aute in action last year ™Look forward to this game keenly. .*'* Plymouth High were successful '"lending off the first challenge for the aonscar Cup, when they defeated "Ugamu Technical College" last Saturla 4 llo,tlerß are reported to have sound pack and a good set of backs ™ year. It i s to be hoped that at *!»' one of the two Grammar Schools ™ have a try at bringing the coveted ™Pay north. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Utafw • tUe best B ames oi la st week fflont a • between Kowliai B and Ver- « A, which the former side won by , Kowhai lads have • 1I y ne forward division, and lootwork was a treat to witness, <C rtiC M ar i SlloVVin S U P P r °- bariT "\ Tdo side, too, hae some good gmatenal, but in this contest parfcrwari; ias star ved through the tCt ke o piDS the p la y to ° much to W-mS Ple f' in the ""guard, did whole f „ Work at times - the toda «T m Were to work more to their mS W °»] d becomo BtUl a tou & !i er ytetion. The Vermont lads, though k «nTJifi "?,* dis S raced . and played football throughout ft a ? ran all OTe r Newton While pJI tune of nearl y 30 to nil, equally dominant fM Vernttot^ whai B acc °unted also was T* £ b - v 13 t0 nil. The game Mi,.™ th . c Previous week, princifSfc S Road ' almost always a