NEWTON'S GOOD SHOWING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 182, 4 August 1930, Page 14

NEWTON'S GOOD SHOWING.

Newton commenced ' the season very promisingly, but have of late lost air form, and Ponsonby were expected to gain a very easy victory. As things turned out Ponsonby did win by the margin of* 18 to 7, but nevertheless Newton were responsible for ia. better display than their previous efforts. Perhaps with a little more support from the rearguard they,may have turned the tables on the western suburb's team, as the'forwards were quite superior. Ponsonby. gave.a fair exhibition, but will have to give a much better display if they have to preserve their place at the head of the championship. - .

Newton attacked from the kick-off, solid work by the vanguard peiining Ponsonby on the defensive. Ponsonby then swung to the attack, Angelo making a brilliant opening in midfield ■ before sending out to Melntyre, who cross-kicked. Lunn, following up fast,'took the ball on the full and dashed across. Delgrosso's kick went over the top of the upright. Mclntyre initiated the next invasion, , sending out to Delgrosso, who cut through in a flash, and then transferred to Riley, who finalised in a good • position. Delgrosso converted. These reverses saw Newton strive ■hard to penetrate the defence, being ultimately rewarded when St. George scored under the posts. D.enipsey made no mistake with the shot. Soon after Newton were awarded a penalty. Dempsey wiping off two points .of the, deficit. Half-time came with Ponsonby leading B—7. With only one point difference, both teams made strenuous efforts to score, but erratic handling spoilt many excellent- opportunities. Briinble flashed away, but wifch only AVilson to beat lost possession. Gaining from the loose, Skelton cut in, to send Schofield across, Delgrosso converting. An invasion headed by Schofield and Riley had Newton in trouble, the last named- eventually scoring. Delgrosso again converted. In the dying stages, Francis made a valiant effort to reduce the leeway, but the defence was sound and Ponsonby ran out winners, by 18 ,to 7. '\ Wilson, at full-back for Fonsonby, gave a sound display, repelling many invasions by fine line kicking. Schofield had more opportunities that Winters, but both made the most of any that, came their way. Angelo and Delgrosso were a tower of strength, making some really clever openings, the former especially shining in great defensive play. Mclntyre fed hi 3 supports to advantage. There were a couple of "shiners" in the forwards,.but Skelton nnd Moore were always at. the head of affairs. Dempsey gave! a great' display, as ■ custodian for Newton,' his kicking and fielding being grand. C. Brimble put in some flu da,shes J but was , wasted with the failure of the inside backs to combine. Hill wn off form, but .'E. Brimble did great work on dnfence. Fei-rall; made the .inosf 1 o<" any chances to get his backs at top, and 2l an;exce}len,t. i>.a,cK. Francis, Mollett,' i&d i St. Grf v se_we;es_inost noticeable. ■ ; '

RICHMOND DISAPPOINT. After the fine showings they had been giving of late, many were quite prepared i , •• the defeat of Richmond by KingslandAf.letics, when they met as'preliminary to the chief attraction at Carlaw Park on Saturday. The final score, 13—8, was a fair criterion of the game, as the Richmond backs failed to show anything like thenusual fine combination and were outshone in the forwards. The handling of the inside backs was very erratic, numerous chances going astray through this fault. It was early evident that they sadly missed their five-eighths and skipper, S. Prentice, who ■failed to turn out. On the other hand, Kingsland did show some semblance of combination, but they were also at fault with their handling, and they owe their victory to the fine display given by the forwards. They were superior to Richmond pack in a« departments. Breaking up fast from the scrum, they were on the red and blue backs in a flash, and gave them no chance to get going at top. Richmond attacked strongly from the opening, and had Kingsland hard pressed to keep them out. However, they were not to be denied, a high kick by McKinnon being mulled by Longville, and Mills' following up fast, snapped up the ball and dived across.' This reverse saw Kingsland make determined efforts to pierce the defence, but the tackling of the maroons was deadly. A determined dash by List placed Kingsland on the offensive, and from a scrimmage, H. Carter received, to cut through brilliantly wide out. Herrings shot was a good one, but just fell short. A rather excessive amount of kicking was being indulged in by both teams, and play was very ragged. From a scriim in Richmond's quarter, Kingsland hooked, and Dix sent Lucas away, but the latter dropped his pass H. Carter was in attendance, however and snapped up the ball in a flash, and went across under the posts. Longville made.no mistake with the kick, \vhpn pressed. hard, Richmond were penalised, Longville turning the kick to account, and at half-time Kingsland led 10 to 3. The second spell opened in quick style, Richmond mond launching an onslaught, from which Peckham wriggled his way across. Mincham converted. Then Kingsland took a hand, a determined run by R. Carter further increasing the reds' lead. Both teams made every endeavour to score over the concluding stages, but there was no further addition at the end, with Kingsland victors "Vor the winners, Longville dia not give his usual safe display, but his line-kicking was excellent. Cox was evidently out of. his place on the wing, his display being disappointing. Carter must be one of the most determined wings in the code while his defence was very solid. List is inclined to forget that he has another man outside him and many chances went astray through him hanging on too long. Lucas gave an inglorious exhibition, his form being too bad to be true. Dix worked hard at the base of the scrum, and of a hard-work-ing set of forwards, H. Carter was outstandin" The Richmond full-back, McKinnon, gave a good, all-round exhibition, extricating his side from numerous difficulties. Mills was the better of the two. wings, makintr pome very fine dashes down the line. Mincham was not seen to the best of his ability, lhc five-eighths, -the Davis brothers, collaborated well together, but their efforts amounted to nil. owing to the faulty handling of their supports. Peckham was as elusive as ever behind the scrum and frequently delighted fans with bright, penetrating runs. The forwards were toilers from the opening, with Lennle, Ritchie and Potter always to the fore;