AUCKLAND RUGBY REPRESENTATIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 217, 14 September 1925, Page 10

AUCKLAND RUGBY REPRESENTATIVES.

MT. ALBERT V. HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL. This game was played as a curtainraiser to the inter-provincial game. Both the sides started off flashily, but play was even, with Hamilton, the more on the attack through having a' wind behind them. A number of handling attacks by Hamilton were well stopped, and Butler, proved a safe full-back for the home team. When the teams changed round, 'Mount Albert, with the breeze, at once set up an attack, and Somervell just missed a score. The visiting forwards and. hacks rallied, and by fast and sure tackling drove Mount Albert back as the home rearguard tried a parsing attack. Gilling and HaWke broke away to Mount" Albert's line, and here Tuck and MadiH were' stopped at the line. When beaten back to-half-way Gilling and Tuck broke'away and were stopped onVy at the line for Jenkins to break back pant the centre. A series of fast rallies outside Hamilton's twenty-five; followed and the local boys were several times stopped just short of the line. The spell ended without score. When they had the wind in the second spell Hamilton made a desperate bid for a score, and Butler was several times called upon and .proved safe. A breakaway by tho Mount Albert forwards and backs in a handling attack ended in I Wilson missing a try by holding on too long: Then Simpson, had a run for Hamilton, but when he was stopped and the hall dribbled over the line Monk forced for Mount Albert. When they turned round Hamilton at once forced an attack, and Hawke had a good chance to place a goal, but missed. Then the local boys set up a strong attack and Monk missed his pass with a clear run in. The score was only delayed however, for though ' the visitors tackled' desperately, a straight away passing- dash -gave Howell a try. There was no further score and the game ended. 1 Mount Albert Grammar -.. 3 Hamilton High School 0 • Mr. Paull was referee... CANTERBURY V. S. CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Canterbury played South Canterbury to-day, in bad weather and on a sodden ground. The Canterbury backs dominated the game, handling well, while their opponents relied on footwork among the forwards. Tries were scored by Ford (2>, Robilliard and McCormaek, Carleton converting three- The half-time score was:— Canterbury 18, South Canterbury 0. The visitors rallied on resuming, and Gerard scored twice. Dalley dashed over on -the 'blind side, then Tate bronght the Souths total to 9, but Ford scored and Carleton -converted, making the home team's lead, 26—0. Then Waghorn went over, and Robilliard dribbled, over, to score. Hay' then got over, and Dalley converted. Carleton got. over under the posts and converted. "Theu McGregor scored at the corner. .The kick failed. The final score was: Canterbury 45 South Canterbury, .... 8

JUNIOR MATCH AT TAIHAPE. 'WIN FOR HOME TEAM. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) : .' TAIHAPE, Saturday. The .■ Wangauni junior reps, met the .Taihape;' junior reps, here to-day in fine weather. and on dry ground. Talhape attacked. soon after the start and Wilson "kicked a penalty goal from a good drop iKick. Wanganui kept up a strong attack Tor a long time, and nearly got over r on three " : occasions. In the last few .minutes of the spell play was even. The -half-time score was : Tail-ape O, Wanganui "3. ;■ Play in the second half was fairly even, but Talhape added another, try by Smith, who kicked over the full-back's head and ijgot up in- time. Wanganui got going several times with promising rushes, but a .knock-on' spoilt each. They were rewarded 'when Park scored a good try, which was not converted, making the scores equal. The visitors had the best of the game for some time, but were not able to x finalise the attack. Towards the end of the spell the Talhape forwards played better and the home team held its _pwn. A fine passing rush-of the Talhape forwards ended in Roach scoring a fine try, which was not converted. For a time, if anything, -had the better of the game in the forwards, but the efforts of the backs lacked finality and the defence was sometimes weak. It was not till late in the game that tbe Taihape forwards showed up at all, but the backs were fairly sound .The game was rather ragged and not a good exhibition. SOUTHERN MATCHES. BLENHEIM. Marlborough defeated Hawke's Bay B hy 6 to 3, after a very close, fast and interesting game, on a wet ground, and with the ball fairly' greasy. Marlborough forwards predominated throughout, and, being well backed up by the back division, the home side had the best of the encounter. In the first spell - there was no score. In the second spell Hartell scored for the local team, Kivell equalising with a goal from a mark. Later, Phillips scored the winning try for Marlborough. . Toiley -(Hawke's Bay.) sustained a broken knee-cap in the second spell. MASTERTON. - The Redmond Cup senior football game :on Saturday resulted: Gladstone 11. Red Star 9. . . MANAWATU. , Goldfinsh and Cousins' Cup semi-haul: Old Boy§ 14, beat Woodville !). WAIPAWA. Te Aute beat Napier High for the Moaacar Cup by 21 to 6,

COUNTRY MATCHES. WHANGAREI. At Kensington Park. High School juniors 6, heat Portland 3, thus securing the junior championship, lifter a fast, open, spectacular game. For the school tries were scored by Abbott and Tilly: while for Portland Humphreys scored a try. DARGAVILLE. . In a third grade representative match Whangarei defeated Northern Wairoa by 13 points to 3. PCKEKOHE. The return match at I'ukekohe between Northern Waikato and Kaipara was won by Northern Waikato by 2S. to r>. HAMILTON. , ■ •. The only match played at Hamilton was A Binnie Challenge Cup contest between City, Hamilton, the holders, and Waipa-Te Awamutu, the Hamilton team winning by 0 to (i. CAMBRIDGE. In Victoria Square, in.fair weather. Cambridge junior reps, successfully defended the Boyce Cup by defeating Putaruru by 15 points to.-t). For the winners tries were scored by, Norris, N. Morse. Wilkinson, and McFarlane. Wilkinson kicked a penalty goal. The • local team was superior throughout. The visitors were very weak in defence, and showed little combination." A curtain, raiser, Te Awamutu v. Cambridge High Schools, resulted ih a win for the former by 13 points to S. ■_ ROTORUA. The game, Waiklte-Teteko (Mcintosh Shield match) was played at Arawa Park in- heavy rain, and resulted • Waikite 13, Teteko 3., . ' .. . THAMES. The Peace Cup match, resulted in a win for Thames by 24.points t0.3. TAURANGA. Te Puke beat Tauranga Z< to 0 in the Kusabs Cup match. A big crowd from Te Puke travelled by train and car. It was a closely-contested game. TE KUITI. Maniapoto defeated Ruapehu by 3 points to 0 after a fairly even game 011 a greasy ground.

DETAILS OF THE GAME. The teams were:— NEW ZEALAND. Full-back -. Gregory. Three-quarters: Delgrosso, Kirwan, Littlewood. Five-eighths: Saunders, Wetherill. Half-back: Webb. Forwards: O'Brien (M.0.8.). St. George, Herring, Singe, O'Brien (Dev.), •Avery. QUEENSLAND. Full-back: Craig. Three-quarters: Aynsley, Spencer. Gorman, -Crouch. Five-eighth: Moore. Half-back: Edwards. Forwards: Steinohrt, Henderson, Bennett, Purcell, Potter, Armbruster. .Before the kick off the teams lined up and shook hands. Queensland won the toss and played from the Stanley Street end, Wetherill setting the game going. An exchange of kicks between Gregory and Craig saw the advantage lie w-ith the reds and play settled down in the reds half. A penalty to Queensland saw Craig place a great goal from near the halfway line, Queensland 2 New Zealand 0 Some smart passing between the backs had the defence in trouble, but O'Brien's long pass to Delgrosso was badly directed giving' the winger no chance. Keeping up thee-attack Kirwan dashed through and -kicking over the line sprinted to touch down under the bar, Delgrosso goaled. New Zealand 5 Queensland ....' , 2 Spencer and Steinohrt indulged in passing which nearly brought off a score but off-side settled the good work. Both sides were playing fast and there was some excitement -when Delgrosso downed Craig with the ball at the visitor's twenty-five. Spencer off-side gave Delgrosso another chance in a .good position and lie made no mistake with the kick. Herring and O'Brien came through and put the New Zealanders attacking again but failure by Littlewood to play the ball gave Queensland a penalty; Off-side by O'Brien put the game in tlie blacks twenty-five where Kirwan, in attempting to get in a clearing kick, screwed the ball

right across the field into the hands i of Spencer who had only to run over the line. Craig's shot failed. New Zealand 7 Queensland ...... .>>-.-...... 5 Smart passing between the reds, in! which Gorman, Crouch, Aynsley, and Purcell were associated, ended in the last-named scoring a fine try. Craig converted. Queensland 10 New Zealand 7 It was exciting football, the backs on each side indulging in much snappy passing. There were not nearly so many free kicks given as in the first Test, and consequently the game was not pulled up so often. Kirwan missed Gorman badly and the Queensland centre streaked for the corner handing on to Crouch, who registered. A good but unsuccessful shot was taken by Craig. Queensland .... — 13 New Zealand 7 Purcell came away with the ball, passing to Crouch, who with only Gregory to beat sent on to Aynsley, but the latter missed the pass. In a movement started by Armbruster, in which -the ball was handled by a half-a-dozen of the reds, Steinohrt was only thrown out at the corner flag. Aynsley was making off for the .line but Gorman's pass found him offside. It was a far more open game than the first Test. Fast following up by Littlewood and Saunders forced Craig up and next Delgrosso made a spectacular run down the line. Wetherill, Saunders and Littiewpod were responsible for taking play to within a few yards of the reds' line, where Aynsley made use of a clearing kick. Right ou halftime New Zealand were awarded a penalty in an easy position but they did not have a shot. Wetherill went over the line with the ball but lost it and Herring, who was handy, also missed the touch down. Second Spell. Two free kicks in quick succession to the blacks, once because Craig failed to play the ball properly and again for obstruction by Gorman, enabled Delgrosso to turn the second breach J into two points by placing a goal. Queensland 13 New Zealand 9 Moores made a . great opening and passed to Potter who-, with four supports in an open field threw the ball anywhere but to Them. It was a piece of good luck to the blacks. When the forwards were scrambling for the ball one of the red vanguard's threw it to Gorman who made a tricky run before transferring to Crouch, who badly cut Gregory out and went on to score behind the posts. Craig goaled. Queensland -. 18 New Zealand 9 The whole of New Zealand's backs handled in turn and took the play to the red's twenty-five, where Wetherill started a movement which threatened danger. Saunders intercepted Moore's pass to Crouch and with Kirwan backing up- and waiting for the pass they looked certain to score. Craig grabbed Saunders from behind before he had received the ball and the referee awarded Kirwan an obstruction try. Delgrosso goaled. Queensland v.-^. - :■?■• ■••_>•. v_ : 1S New Zealand rV..-.-.'.".■■...., 14 Littlewood short-kicked light into Spencer's hands with the blacks all out of place and the visitors dashed for the line. Wetherill came across and got Spencer, but the latter had just passed to Bennett, who went over to score with Saunders tackling him. Craig added the embroidery. Queensland ....... > 23 New Zealand 1* A minute later, from a penalty, Craig placed hia fifth goal and increased the score. Queensland 2~> New Zealand 14

A long kick by Craig saw the ball go dead, and Wetherill trying a tricky drop out, got his side in trouble, when Gorman beat him in a scramble for the ball, secured and sent on to Crouch, the latter passing to Aynsley, who run over the line and around to score under the posts. Craig registered his sixth goal. Queensl-_nd _ 30 New Zealand -• 14 Purcell and Moores threatened to Score, but Moores was ruled off-side. The visitors were playing all over the New Zealanders, their snappy passing and backing up having the blacks' defence continually, in trouble. Purcell snapped up the ball within 20 yards of the New Zealand line and handed on to Steinohrt, who. did the rest. Craig converted. Queensland 35 New Zealand .14 After Spencer (had penetrated the defence, he shortrkicked the ball over the line, Potter and Henderson raced to touch down, but Kirwan got there first. All interest had now left the game, because it was seldom that the New Zealanders ever attacked, and practically all they were doing was running after the Queenslanders. There -was no further score. The final score was:— Queensland 35 New Zealand 14 Mr. Eipley was the referee. CANTERBURY V. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND DEFEATED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. The League match Canterbury v. Auckland was played to-day in dull weather. The ground was heavy and very greasy. Soon after the start Canterbury were penalised and Mason landed a good goal for Auckland. Then' Henry had a shot for Canterbury from a penalty, but the ball went just outside the posts. Canterbury attacked repeatedly, but their handling and the passing of their backs was- faulty. Up and down play followed, each side taking a hand at attacking. Once Auckland nearly scored, Canterbury being compelled to force. Cole, of Auckland, broke away with the ball at his toes, but Fitzgerald saved by kicking over the dead bail line. The visitors continued to attack, and from a scramble Te Whata scored. Mason failed to convert. Canterbury for7™u*'£??% aw !? wlth a stron S dribbling KS* '* pother saved well for Auck" w_N. - .. A minute later Auckland were forced. Half-time was called with the scores: Auckland r, Canterbury .______!_!* o In the second spell Parkes (Canterbury) got away, and a try seemed certain, but a pass to Henry went wrong, and Auckland forced. Henry had a shot at goal from a penalty, but was again unsuccessful. From a scrum near the goal line. Henry picked up and dived over for a try, which he failed to convert. Auckland attacked, but twice free kicks saved for Canterbury. Once again Parkes broke away with a great run through the j centre, but O'Malley failed to .father ia the

pies when a try seemed certain. £_____£. while the visitors, attacked, but kept them out. Play was the other end of the field. o'M_l_»y >£_,_' away down the touch line, but w_, *__» collared by Bass, the Auckland «_*«. l Just before time Polasehek dribbled thmnzh and scored, thus winning the umi & Canterbury with nn uncooverted trr Th game ended: •' IBe Canterbury •____.._... m ~- .. „ Auckland **—•.? SOUTH AUCKLAND TEAM. " Following are the men picked to rer.™ - sent S_outh Auckland next WednesdayS. Raynor. Smith, Hemingway, Joh_Je«T Piki. Jackson. G. Raynor. Met_z.e*iiE*' Tutt, Timms, Finley. WH.on. Eb__TkS* cies : Dufty, Mifci. Jackaways, Davis WELLINGTON LEAGUE TEAM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON-. Saturday. The following is the. Wellington Ruauv League team to play Anckland at Wemi__-. ton on Wednesday-.—Smith. Gray, Hodgson Evans, Ryan. Brace, Mouatt, Carroll GrW Shanahan. Partridge. Ramm. Emeri_6nrie s : Rlddell Armodt, Hawthorne, __%s*_ Porter, Elder. SIXTH GRADE KNOCK-OUT. In the sixth grade B kno«.-k-out competition Richmond beat City by 14 points to 11 after a very exciting game-