RUGBY FOOTBALL

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 188, 9 August 1924, Page 21

RUGBY FOOTBALL

I^ TE s aneTcomments. ,„„, i]l Blacks }md finished *•*.?£■ oid c,,un,ry lllcy >!Sud such,a tarjrc .mamijy <<tot they « v ere known us the unusual incidents occurred ! fl match at F* fSTfl«t .pell the be1.«.l &W but the ball was «ill in then placed a final » .rt I" tlic Bccond sl ' ' but the hull was in nlar. On tin* occasion made ft fine run and Wise he B g oal kick failed, and the w Plymouth Boys' High School *« unfortunate in losing us five-eighth in the panic *KwWi Collegiate School. Sβ thf boy referred to, Iβ rethe finest payers in fJsm Taranaki has produced for *Cc So good is he that the |K. Tjarbv Union placed him in fifteen. He will be »r"" tpd for some weeks by a f?lrbone, and his nben.ee from ftKfflrth High School team against Te Aute for the Bit CUPSECONDARY SCHOOLS. ikVeneof the championship fixtures L Led last Saturday, King's and J Heart meeting at the latter colTfflßßiL Auckland Grammar vVtieir annual match at. Lden i to this game Auckland Grammar glorious by 17 to 9, but, although "ore tie better team, they did not Lto win by such a large margin. Tans ots mainly a contest between liimrdi, and as such was not very Life though it was keenly conLi ttoH'bout. Grammar reverted iilar original back arrangement, but liaroari did very little work. snjs'it fallback was quite sound ti did Borne very good defensive Be three-quarter line did not as wry well, but Hutch inson and m did some good work indiviv.fflile Minna' try was the result dash. The inside backs were i teak, but Stewart made several openings, which he spoilt by bad 01. The forwards, however, made .fa tie failure of the backs, and irel t splendid game. Colgan did a tii mirk, but was not so much in ■ limelight as usual. Winstone was A all round, while McCarthy and i4m also worked hard. Hamilton rad ratter a disappointing game in ■ Wβ, their passing being very 2, and the inside men lacking t™. Brown at five-eighths showed !s9 capable of making good openS, fat ie was the chief offender as 9& bad passing. K. Anderson ijd i sound individual frame nt an, hut a player of his weight is ad in the backs. Tuck at rover ijid a splendid game, and it was aok of his openings that the te , only score resulted. He was one a best players on the field. The fulli, lawke, was also very good, #he is rather on the light side. i forwards, mainly, worked hard, imxni Sntton being the brightest. Ot tieir own ground Sacred Heart M defeat atthe hands of King's, em now playing a vastly improved a In the first half Sacred Heart the best of it, and were by oto 3. After "lemon-time," SW| King's warmed up to it and *np ten points, while keeping their ' W intact. McGlashan was in "Mform, and kicked three goals. *W scored a fine try at the end "fsing rush, his kick just going ». King's remaining three points : =*med by McMillan, who used 'PW to Beore at the end of com--W. For the victors, Lewis at "*? m shaky, but the defensive *« tte rest of the rearguard was MV good. The three-quarter line * get many chances on attack, Ut was too much cutting in on ,f ™ the In «de men. Story, also, by an injured leer, and foZ";P™ duce the f °nn he showed A?i ? mar " lme - The for(flli hey P la >' ed splendidly, l^t° Ut slightly the o PPonents in the scrum splendid game xffiF*' and broke through -{ or the lose ", the fulion the wing played <i to v ■- was Dot ver y ?- oo(1----'Kwbilo tt' a x Second i wo inside men w "e llheuL m obt ainin ? the >« l i ove '' spoiled *«tof wf andClar *e were the ?i » i vl P - aces the champion- *' ntereStins illmeelAr !, Position. Unt Albert Gri,n '- *»%C tn y ; andifthe y win will "»rttect P = TOffwith the light SP"Sft P ir hip - T,IC P amo "'^C^tCn 1 attractive PRIMARY SCHOOLS _ fee""Ntte „;; In spite of muddy 1 D f fi handled bail &**) Dl^ :ghthK and Clarke b ;i»iantly. The CUt,n dutifully, i, B Mlev p lOn standing. Lawfel 18 Ik o a f le ?l Gan,e - V f ove L t} l c Yer ™«"t pack. c^ C 4sa h n e d balll f in ! n C r ? -^ v Gan 'ev were coniNWl™? ,,llß r " sh «. All YelL Eid "nond-s r'^Sni 01,6 /- Mi,ls ha - Pu aiw h P rlmar y school to of T tln7 trophy w m ;• • R - U -' and a t a Mft 0 J -delegates it * **m>o■•» shield for coni - lL°4rovi ftll P rimar . v schools r 'onnalw lnce - c °mpetitions to ■. r , lo «>it\ at differ ?nt centres definite has been L 4, !^^? 1410,1 will Probably *fc eo£ a football week at one

I Position of the Teams. 1 The following is the present position lof the primary schools' Rugby competi- | tion:— I A GRADE. j The first round ended with Beresford Street and Maungawhau leading, and Ivowhai B one point behind. In the second round, Kowhai has defeated Maungawhau, tlius placing Beresford .Street first, Kowhai B one point behind I and Maungawhau one point behind Kowhai. Brresford Street lias yet to meet both these teams in the 'second round. n GRADE. ! __ The first round ended with Te Papapa first (IS points), Newmarket second :il:n. and Onehunga third (12). Since then Te Papapa has gained four more points, making its present total 22. As J only 10 points may be won by any team Jin the second round, Te Papapa needs ;only one more win to gain the chamjpionship. C GRADE. In tile first round Parnell won every [match and Remuera all but one. In : the second round neither team has had ■ii loss so rar, and provided that they I iiro not defeated in the meantime, their J meeting in a fortnight will decide the I fompetition. If Parnell loses to ; Kemuera they will stand even in points I and will play off. j D GRADE. I Ourran Street is leading, being yet j unbeaten, with Kelson Street runnerslup and Bayfield and Devonport next. As Currnn Street lias a lead of 0, and only 10 points may be gained in the third round, they should win the championship. j JUNIORS. I The winning teams in the five sections, ' namely, Richmond Road, Vermont A, Kowhai. Curran Street and Remuera, have been regrouped to play a final j knock-out round. The first week's play in this round resulted:—Kowhai 6, defeated Richmond Road 0; Vermont 11, defeated Remuera 0; Curran Street, a j bye. I ' The games at Cornwall Park this jweek were really exhibitions of "pea I soup" football. The grounds were in a worse condition than they have been j for years. Despite this, there was a ; keen struggle between Otahuhu and ; Cornwall Park, with the former side I victorious. A feature of the game was ; the splendid display given by the I Otahuhu full-back. J Mount Roskill easily defeated Royal Oak, who took the field with 12 players. The winners were far too inclined to talk. I Ellerslie juniors defeated Onehunga by 17 to nil. i