COLLEGE RUGBY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 173, 24 July 1930, Page 16

COLLEGE RUGBY.

A FINE GAME.

KING'S BEAT WANGANUI.

A MARGIN OP THREE POINTS,

In a fine, hard tussle at Mangere yesterday afternoon, King's College succeeded in registering a win against Wanganui College by adding a converted penalty goal to tlie equal scores of eight all in the last quarter. Prom start to finish the match was typical of good college .football, being clean, fast and hard-iought. .Wanganui's forwards did for Wanganui what the King's backs did for King's. The teams were: — Wanganui.—Fullback, Bunny; threequarters, Kemp, Coleman, Innes; fiveeighths, Allison, Frehner; half-baok, Buchanan; rover, Hartgill; forwards, Willock ii., Dawson, Kirkcaldie i., Bell, Glendining (captain), Canning, Davidson. King's.—Full-back, Coles; threequarters, Jackson, Caughey, ' (captain), Bryan; five-eighths, Lewis, "Howden; half-back, Macindoe; rover, Richardson; forwards, Heath, Smith, Maning, Stokes, Mitchell, McCarthy, Walker. The game commenced with a willing rush, King's swiftly transferring play into Wanganui's twenty-five: But Wanganui at once retaliated, and switched the game to King's quarter. Kemp, who was given the ball in a passing rush by Wanganui's backs, made a strong run for. the line, but was pushed out. After play had reverted to midfield, Bell, in a fine solo dribbling effort, brought the Wanganui attack back again to King's territory. Wanganui's backs here initiated a passing rush, but King's successfully smothered any chance of their opponents scoring. Then' Glendining, gathering from a line-out, made a bullocking dash down field, but, on short punting, •was unable to gather up the oval again. Then Allison, in a solo effort, brought play perilously near the opposing goal but King's smothered the attack in tX After the change over, Lewis followed up hard on a punt into Wanganui s area, but the whites managed to clear. The first score came when the Kings backs, gathering the ball up from the loose, let it out to Caughey, who made a brilliant dash downfield, passed over wide out, and then ran round to score between the. posts. Coles converted D l£e good bustling work on the part of the whites brought play into King's twenty-five, where they were awarded a penalty; Bunny's kick, though good, failed. After the kick-off the game was switched alternately up and down field. King's sccond try resulted when Caughey followed the ball over Wanganui's line, after there had been a brief scramble for possession and scored. Coles failed to convert. Shortly after this the bell rang for half-time, with the scores: —

King's College . . 8 Wanganui College .. • ■ 0 bout of ' kicking marked the resumption of play, neither team gainin" any advantage. A passing rush by Wanganui- ended in Innes being pushed out after a strong run. Trebner tried a " dummy" that didn't come off. A dash by Kemp brought cheers from the° crowd, but ho was pushed out in King's twenty-five. Then Allison gathered up the oval from the loose, lost it, then securing it again, leapt over between the sticks. Glendining converted neatly. King's College Wanganui College .... «• 5 A passing rush by King's resulted in Caughey getting away, but he was unable to make much ground before he was pushed out. Then Wanganui's pack, with the ball at toe and led by Hartgill, got away into King's quarter, where Buchanan, picking up the oval from the tight, sent it along the back line until it came to Kemp, who sped the remaining distance and scored, but Glendining's kick went wide. With the scores eight all, the crowd began to get excited, and bursts of cheering had the instantaneous effect of speeding up the play. Wanganui began to press King's seriously now, play centring for about seven minutes in King's twenty-five. But at length King's broke free and brought the game back to Wanganui's territory perilously, near the goal. An infringement by a Wanganui player at a critical moment, gave a penalty award to King's, which Coles converted, thus putting King's three points in the lead. No further score resulted in the last ten minutes of play, but the whites were making great efforts to at least even the scores again. A great dash by Canning upfield appeared as though he might achieve Wanganui's purpose, but the fact that he was unsupported and kept looking back for that support slackened his speed and he was overtaken. After a great game the bell rang with the final scores: King's College ........«II Wanganui College . ..... .... 8 Mr. E. C. Stretton was referee. Previous Results. Seven games have now been played between the Colleges, four of which have been decided in Wanganui's favour. Following is a list of the results of previous years:— 1920 —King's won, 17 —9. 1923 —Wanganui won, 16 —9. 1925 —Wanganui won, 19—6. 1926—Wanganui won, 17—3. 1927 —Wanganui won, 16—14. 1929 —King's"won, 15—3. won, 11—8.