LEAGUE GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 172, 24 July 1939, Page 14

LEAGUE GAMES.

STILL LEADING. MT. ALBERT BEAT MARIST. SURPRISE DEFEAT OF SHORE.

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T Kin I". l'J filv 11l "i 7 I 117 I "ill 11 M.iVl-l II ' !i I.W IHI 1M l"ii pii Kuril ••■ II -Hi '_' IKi U.'IH li MOUNT ALBERT RECOVERY. Holding mi ii il vii ii fii tr>' .if n ultial-' point. MnrNl played i|i>|-iT-iti'l.v In i Iμ- Un.-il pliasi' of iliflp inn i i-li ii ifti lii »t M.iiinl AlbiTi in ii" .■ll.lr.M "111- In 111.11 l Mil' 1.M.1.'1'- I>IT. lilll (W.I rouveried irli-H in i|iili-k "11. i—'l"ii brought ili'l'.'iii in M.iri-i, Tin , } pill up ii great Hhiiivlnir. nmi "i lime* disclose.l I.miiii piny I or H v.-r.v lil i£li order. In Hi.' pn->( two miili'hi'M Hit' Mmi-I-i Inside hiu-k piny luw I lmpniv.ll in ii irri'nl e\iont. nmi tin , I'-am appear* In liiiv.' 1 , ..mi.1 n Hvi- oigli'h wlili great piixxililllMi'M I" Hughe*, His all-round pi it y mi Saturday mini.' him mm oiiiMiaiidliig player, iiiiil mil' Iry Hint lu< p>l a> III" rrsuli nf Incisive running nmi »wll'l changes of direction was ~,„• i.r I In- r.'.il lilsrli lights i.f 111r> mai'li. IliiiNiHi plnyi'il wi-ll In tho centre, ami gave l'.m.il ~pp.μ-i unit i.-s L. Mis wings. KrlrkHim ninl l-'lnlnj -on were piirtU'iilni'ly good in rlii' forwards. It wan nut until Iho game wni well advanctnl Unit I In , Mount Albert lenm-plny ruse t<. Its usual standard, and 111• ■ir irri'iil I'l.nviirils riin-li'il Ihi'iii through. Shail'mlt. CiiiniM-iui nmi (liinnjni; were nil deserving of places In tin- N''W Zealand team. I VValkor plnyi'il brilliantly nt h.i'f-buck, I lull: the Unnhiiin-Punnldson riiinbinnl Inn was nut as IniproHsivo In attack us usu-il. Tin , , lnttor, however, was at his peak us a goalkicker, iiml his six goals wa« u liitr factor In lilm side's vli't.iry. Hnrdgrnvc was iu.,r.' ImpreHnlvn iim n Wing Minn Mclnnarnc.v. t h< , Nfw Zealand representative, although t hi- j latter has youth tin his shir, nmi ruiM determinedly. HlirrlffrilVi' has experience and rrlalns his Hpi'i'd In n remarkable way roiisliliM-liiif his lonir HosiiclnMim with Ih.triiiiir. In 111.- ahs.Mir.' .if Me I,n rn 111 ii his pin ra nt I'lill-hiick has hern lillcd by Hansen, whii would pi'.ihulily be much hupplcr In his old place In the forwards. For Mount Albert tries were ncornl by Hanluriivi' Ct>, and Herrin«. l>oiuil(lsoti convprted two, klikcd three penally kouls nml one Meld «onl. For Marlxt Hughes. Halsey an.l Anderson scored tries. AnderMon eonvertvd one and kicked two penalty uouls. RICHMOND GO DOWN. LnokliiK the guUUnit hand of Solomon, nnd bolus nl«o without throe other Sfew Zenlnnd representntlvee In Mitchell, Mills nnd TlKleton, tli«> Rtciiinnnd team never looked like emerging victors In their match with Maniikaii, and they wore greatly handlenpped pluylnj; a man short in the second halt'. N'epla kiiVo. n illHplay that wne so pood thnt It could only occasion roffrots thnt ho Is not In tho New /ealaiid t«nm to jto to Knjrlnnd. while Brodrlok'n display at wlnjr three-quarter was refreshing after some of the weak dlsplny* In the position given in tho recent trlnl matches. It rod r Irk Is a versntlle nla.vor. and with speed and over tint weight Is n decidedly unusual type of hack. Chase wan brilliant, mid Meinl and Miililma wtTi} In excellent form. Manukaii played one i»f their charaftorIsttc, oiK>n eitnioK. nnd although errors wore made ut times, the bull was thrown nbmit In mi attriictlvQ way that delighted the spectntors. Rlrlnul and Marsh were outsiandlng Manukaii forwnrdei. The RU'hmond forwards plnye<l evenly, with McLood tho bost. Kor good wrrlcf Kramley wan tho most consistent Richmond back. The Inside back play was not of the combinative kind to give the wings real chnnces. but some of the Individual elTorts were both bright nnd good. Webb got liU pns.xeH away well, I'otler varied his play with judgment, and lira ham's ability tn sldo-step and get off tho mark swiftly r i<t him well Into the picture at times. For Mnnukau irloH were scored bv Magiilre, YViberg. HroUrlek, Rlrlnul nnd Clwiho, Hem I kicking a penalty goal, and I convortlnK three trie.s. | Kor Richmond tries won , Hcored by S. Broiidhend and Potter. Tukle kicked four penalty goals. SHORE'S DEFEAT BY NEWTON. Weakened by tho absence of Its four Kiwi players, North Shore was outplayed liy Nowton In the enrly stages of the game on No. 2 ground. A good recovery reduced the iinargln to a single point, nnd nt the end Shore wan attacking ilesporately. The game wait fast and full of incident from Htnrt to finish, although neither side reached great heights. No player wan particularly outstanding on the winning wide, and among the barks Dempsey, brought up to flveeighth, h*and«rs, Stephens and the two McKen/.les shored the nononrs. Anderson did good work In the forwnrda, in addition to kickIng three (foals, and M. I'roctor was always In the picture. North Shore's most prominent player waa E. Scott, who seemed to be wherever h« was wanted, and retrieved many an awkward situation. Barrett also ployed a (rood forward gamo, and Axman, nt halfback, made plenty of openings for the men outside. Chatham, A. Brown and I 'lit. all played eoundly. Newton's points came from a single try T>y Beattle, converted by Anderson, who also kicked two penalty goals, nnd a field Itnnl by W. McKenxle. For North Shore Burnett scored two tries, which Cheater con verted. PONSONBY STRIKES FORM. Fonsoiiby showed fine form to score a convincing defeat o*ver I'apakura, although tho play of the losing Hide was not up to tho standard of recent weeks. Without Mllllken I'apnkura forwards lacked cohesion In tho first half and their opponents, led liy Morgun and , Brlggs, had things much iheir own way. In the nai'kH, too, Pmmonby was clearly Hiiperlor on tho day's play. VVIIIInms gave line service at half-back, getting the ball away smartly With long, accurate passes to ■". oiing, who also played , a line game. Among i apakurii'd bucks Anderson and Mclnncs « i re prominent, but there was no concerted Murk done by the side. Kor I'onKonhy Carr, Fiinnell, Briggs, iMinnliig and , Williams scored trien, Morgan con verting two. I'apaknra'M polntrf came from n trv liy Mci lines, converted by 11111 l self and penalty goals by Mcinnes and (ircer. OTHER RESULTS. HKNIOR RF.SBKVK. Mt Albert in, bent Marist n. Shore 13, bon I Newton 7. Poneonhy li, beal I'apnkura 3. ' mctimoiid W i,,i by default from Manukaii. _ RDTonrrA. ! Rotorua in, boat City (Auckland) 12. ' GAMES IN SOUTH. CHHISTCHURf-H NKW PLYAIOLTH etratford h. beat Tlkoranel'a. WELLINGTON a? to n» i: ,, I ,' p . nt u Mlrnmar to.