VITAL MATCH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 178, 31 July 1939, Page 13

VITAL MATCH.

MT. ALBERT WIN.

DEFEAT OF SHORE. SEASONS HONOURS ASSURED. Wh Si"""* A '« rrt - their match a * TWth Shorn on Saturday w aß a vital on, «nrl hv w,nn,n« it they became rh P Aucki.m.l fniotbv League champion* of 1D39. as with .. 1,-.„1 ot five points in the table and t«vo ,i.,tcl,« to bo they are in an una.Milah If poxitmn.

All Mutches on Saturday wore plaved ronsonhy defeated Mari*f rather eaeily I; J '" , •»«»«««» to fiuieh ahead ot i: -m!!h wo?,.- V "'"' Mam,k '"' drew. "'"• " li,v l«. v, Miirint 5 M.iinikiiii 0, v. City -J.

CONSISTENT TEAM WORK. To Miuinl Albert has fc-oiin tho honour ot h.;1..« ih,. Auckland ",,-, .„„" 11 lii I l >■■ (it ifl'Tli 1 i i i " "^'l , l Mil 111 - of Hi,, ntinr eaniH, have not chopped their ripiiiul half-hack of tu< sciihom the luwt nt.Hcknff second «v e -,.| K ht»! in t'b, ~,,1,7. M.uMldson and a full-back In McLachlnn wlHiMe play has heeu t'lUllMcHs in match WPi-n, tho forwards liiivp 1,,. P | V relatively an m'Z ,1 , "' t s '"' dh '"f- Herring, QunetaJ nni| t ameron there were forwards up to th« rcprpspntatlvp standard. Even In Ru.hani, Mclnnarney and Loatherbarrow on the r way to Enjjland with the New /'■aland (Pan,. Mount Albert were able to '■'ipublv fill their placed on Saturday for th,. vltnl mutch with North Shore nnd » rrorjr Wh well ,l, S( <rved. Playing con cltlona could dcnrerly have been more unpl'isunl. but In „ mixture of rain, hall 17 ■ J S "« n, " SO i Ml '"°tt>»» WH S pluycl, the pffortH of the forw.irdH of both teams bplne moHt pralneworthy. Shore tried hard, hut Mount Albert were In a sound position pnicflcally all the way.

-"I 1 " J , '?* B*'8 *' ■ Hne constructive game at mil-back for Shore, Cheutor disclosed ureat pace on the wlriff, and Terry played a striking B»mn at half-back. Condon was outstanding In the Shorn forwards lor Mount Albert. Gunning and Walker ■cored tries and Donaldson kicked a penalty GOOD PONSONBY FORM. Playlnß fontball of n hrluht ami open nature, Pnnsonb.v ovcrshaifowrd Marlst nn.l won cnslly, much for the reason that PntiHonby showed jireat readlnesu lu seize ■curing chnncps.

r iiiisonby tried the experiment of playnjf I'eterHen lit win* three-quarter, hut bad hanillluu on a couple of critical occasions marred an ntherwlse good display. «'arr slmwed brilliant .'.ttneking skill, but minus K.iy and Uiley, the Ponsonhy backs,did not rlsn to the plane they have reached on other occasions.

.Much of Hip Ponsonby success was due to the clever hooking of Flanagan, whose work had a sharpness that was Impressive although he was well matched by Flulayeon, his Marlst rival. The forwards of both teams were even, and there wan a dash In the 1«,0,e rffty. f?*»^ 1 - R. Orotte save one of the b«at halfback displays o( the season, Halsey ran in splendid determination on the winjj, (Hover playud his usual clever OJiU »ouncf lull-back game, while Hudson In the centre lave an exhibition which stamped him ux the belt player in Auckland in that position.' For Ponuonby, tries were scored by Carr (2), Dunning and Young. Morgan converted two.

Anderson scored for Mnrlst and con verted his try.

CITY'S STERLING EFFORT. Hard rucking throughout tliHr game with Mnnuknti gave City » definite territorial advantage, lint In spite of constant Attack In tin- (-losing singes they could not improve mi the half-time score, I) all. Mantiknii backs were brilliant In Hpnxms and Nepia at full-back ittoad out as the bent player

2eli li f^ tl Ji le an L) VWtUe - '«»-*<*, Ltood up th. «' ii L adV T rß n co,l(li t'onß, handling ,f thVil' JI p V ery "'" H »il "lakiiiß the most was ankle-deep over a large part of the

a^;v ß «&i,,»-Sa n Ihhs orn "th °" nttae S had the *""»P «»' in th» L,L Ka , m fj Awhit u and Mahima, he "". arsh and Br( xl>-ick, i. M.nnkS'&e?!' 0 StoO<l ° Ut amOn « the rl^'S ,, n7;Xw!S?S ed (§f anTfor" "StyX Bras.sey, Smith and Silva. y T

SINGLE POINT TO SPARE. m ll , |ci' I '"win 1 c ' u "V ,PHr t0 tiefcat in their mi, cli with Papakura, a last-minute try carted opposlMon as ntwli as they rPf,"|,"d parPnv'did' r" h , ' 0 f " rwards - Only'!„ 'in 1 orPl.iv did Rlrhmoncl have an advantage, but hn players kicking hard an* followine (ifipii<(. ir, p, u .i, ease w frenuentlr cHllmi "... and it was remarkable it did ™t crack more oftm than it did. Of the for Hr,m Ih ,) 7' m '- MC , Lej<l - lla **y "* 8 it hm i "i 0 , , ; 0 a,w »y» to the fore for Klc-hmond while the oi.-k of the Papakura T J^ ancis *"<* »n*th. P wSb „ h R. ri >n*y behind the winner's pack P MnrT'V',- K . Oad au l?P° rt f >-oni WUliauis, w"re"t?iir (,r,,h 7j l - Kronfeld and Fletcher w. re trlera on the winga when the ball Tho rt !'; t^" V, While R'-amley dually did the right thins at full-back. Crocker the apakura half, overdid trying to force hi« woMlrt . °"~ tho strugglinK packa ani , his hacks more opportunities. Wright I oskPii and Reeve were sound on defence fvh I .' , \ , r - t PriSl "S,J vlth UmltPd ■ opportunities cmlft. U tl,e fullback '«• with

For Richmond tries were scored by \V,.;h , - n ! hl ! m an(i Br °n<lihea(J, while 7,i ' ° ne try - Both of Pa P»- *" r . « t'i'-H were registered by Pogarty a n ;»U COnVerted ° ne ** « d kic^

GRADE GAMES. SENIOR RESERVE. Mount Alhert 30, beat Shore 0 Poneonby beat Marlst by default Mount Albert hes scored 114 points In against Bameß, ° nly fonr point * City 9. bent Manukau a. Richmond bent Papakura, by default. SENIOR B. Otahuhu 13, beat Point Chevalier 3. THIRD GRADE. Richmond 10. beat Northc-ote 0 Otahuhu 3S. beat p:ilprslin :!. FOURTH GRADE. Mount Albert fi, beat Shore 0 PoiiHonby 19, beat Northcote «. Otahuhu 'J4. beat Manukau n Richmond '44. beat Newmarket 0 FIFTH GRADE. Newmarket 21, beat Point Chevalier 8. Richmond 0, drew with Arondale 0. SIXTH GRADE. CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. Richmond 8, beat Otahuhu 0. Mount Albert 10, beat Ellerelie 3. SEVENTH GRADE. Papakura .". boat Ponsonby 2. Richmond 11, beat City o. SCHOOLBOYS. INTERMEDIATE. Ponsonby a, drew with Point Chevalier 3. GAMES IN PROVINCE. WHANOAREI. -Newton (AucKlanJ) JU. beat City (WhaII K , ' TGI ) il, . ... GAMES HI, SOUTH. WEtUWBTON. Central 8, beat Mlramar 7 Petone 30. beat Newtown 3. CHRIBTCBIJRCH. Sydenham 27, b*«t Bt. George Iβ. Rtccarton 13, beat Wftlmairi 2. NBW PI4TMOUTH. Athletic 3, beat Stratford 0. QUEENSLAND BEATS N.B.W. BRISBANE, July 30. Queensland beat New South Wales by 23 points to 13 in the Rugby League representative mutch played to-day.

New South Wales was al«o beaten on the previous Saturday at Brisbane, 29—13.

t'nmprtition ladder:— Points Ch. p. w. [,. n. f. \ rta mm„mi Albert 14 it a i ..- 8 ,:.: .;"■ ::: i ? g .'.■« i»« j? HM..n..nd .. „ 7 7 I fc