Flashes From Saturday's Sport

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 170, 21 July 1941, Page 4

Flashes From Saturday's Sport

RUGBY

Touch and Go.— Holding the powerful Army forwards well, anl outplaying the backs in the inside positions, Marist' Old Bojs fully carn. d their S ~0 win on Saturday. Barchaid, Bee and Xeary were much more effective on attack from set positions or in reversing ,i broken offensive than the Army inside backs, and it was from opportunities made by them t'h.if the Marist .«< oris came. Mai-soy, McLean and Smith diil notable work in the Army front line, arid Perriam (centre three-quarter) made two scoios ior tu o wings, but Marist, bofii brick and forward, won the day by keeping on lop oi the opposition. It was, however, the % cry nai lowest of u ins on the play. Positions of Teams Points CTh. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts Qrmmmar Old Boys . 2 1 - 1 16 12 3 Marist Old Boys 2 1 - 1 u 9 3 Suourbs 2 1 1 - 30 21 2 Papakura Army 2 1 1 - io 13 2 Takapuna 2 1 1 - so 27 2 Olahuhu 2 - 2 - 11 The Game Was a Thriller.—lie!'eated 13—'J by Grammar Old 80-, s on a ground that suited their type ot loot'oail, Suburb* yet made the game a thriller, and it was jU.-Jt tiie luck of tiie play that turned lortune Grammars way. j. Gilmour, one ot tiie most consistent goal kicks in the game at present, made two fine conver-t-ioiis, while tiie Subuibs missed an easy one; with the luck the other way the goal-kicking nught have leversed the result. Though C. Brady was absent irom his place behind Suburns' scrum the team was well served by lliniwon at half, and Suburbs' game generally was up to its best standard. It happened, however, that there are players in the Grammar pack more competent than most other forwards in countering Suburbs' unorthodox method of <i swift switch from backs to iarwards in a passing movement. One of these is Warren, whose anticipation of the danger point and judgment in opening up a counter thrust by his own forwards had a deal to do with Subuvlis' iailure on the <lay. He and halt-back Gill, v. ho made two tries for Grammar, were the team's notaible successes of the game in turning the .balance their way. Grammar's rearranged rearguard, including a new threequarter line, did not get much chance on conventional attack, but by the enterprise shown in meeting Suburbs' eccentric game one would judge that the team's game will be none the worse for the changes. Loss For Suburbs.—Flaying his final game of the season with Suburbs on Saturday before goinr; into the army, D. Brady was the team's outstanding phi.ver. Time and again he made openings for outside backs and inside supporting forwards that deserved a better fate. It was probably his best game of the season. Should he be drafted to Papaktira his present form at five-eighth should make the Army team a VPry much more dangerous scoring combination.

Otahuhu At Headquarters.—'Making its first appearance at Eden Park for severul weeks, Otahuhu played an interesting match against Takapuna, in which the better combination of t lie latter carried it to victory, 12—6. Both sets of .backs attempted t,o make the .play open, with Takjipuna showing more thrust and quick to take advantage of mistakes 'by the opposition. When Otahuhu did pet pr>fasej=sion among the hacks the {rooul work of Moj le, ha lit, and Hedge, first fiveeighth, was spoiled by the slowness and uncertainty of the outside men. Down three points at the interval, Otahuhu ■worried the opposition for a long time in the second spell, hut the necessary finishing touches were lacking.

Brothers Shine.—The Rogan ipair, R., centre, and H., ■wing, stood out for good play in the Taka.puwi rearguard, both on attack and defence. H. Rocan roistered two of the three tries scored, and in association with his (brother had a hand in the other scored by the centre after the latter had made a fine opening. Butler, nt full-iback, -played a cool and coHected came which served him well when Otahirhu was pressing for so lone in the second spell. For OtahuHru, H. IYiesft was a source of gTeat strength in the line-outs.

Teachers' Narrow Margin. — Beating Oral ton B—6,8 —6, Training College hacks were the superior all-round set. B. Faire. at centre, played a much improved game, hoipirr responsiVe for the fine opening which led to the first try, and scoring the second him self iri a cut-through which baffled the opposing backs. The Graft-on forwards, with Mull and Don in the van, wr>rked hard, hut the hacks failed to combine effectively at any stage. Boss?, on the College win?, ran with determination, but was generally cramped for room. Tate, the Grafton full-back, came through a hard afternoon's work with credit.

ROUND THE LINKS

t Pt PI'KF ClUß.—ln the qualifying ronnil for fhi Pupuke Cup, played in confunctlon with the first round for the Hawcs' Cup (three-round ec.lertic). the order of qualifying was n- follows: F A Carson 71, T. C.ooding 71. E. T. Brown 71. A. R. Smith 71. W. J. Thompson 73. D. Ingham 74, 1,. N. Crimp 74, W. J. Skelton 75 B. S Kinff 75. W. E. King 75. L. H. Saunders 75. A. Service 75, R. Durham 76, V. Oborn 76 W. O. Worrall 76, E. W. Mill 77.

NORTH SIIORE CLUB.—A bogey match played on S-'Mrdnv « fol 1 — —A Whv. '111. "II square: D. W. Mason (17). 2 down: B T. Golduater (7). 3 down; O. J. Reid (4). 4 down; W. Shaw (9), 4 down.

UTTRANGI CT.UP.—The following were the nest ca.vis returned in the S'atleford bogey handl"P _ played at Titirangi:—H. P. JaffrFv, S4: R. P. ratr, 34: H. Hiy. 33; J. E. Winter 33. Jaffrey won on the count bark. PJavinc In fie above competition N. A. Naismlth holed in one at tfe seventh hole. 103 yards.

AKARANA CLUB.—In the final of the handicap match-plav competition over 36 hol»s for the Coltm?n Cup, R. Davie (12) beat R. P. Williams (15) three and two. Over the second 18 holes Davie returned a score of 76 gross. The medal round competition was won by L. G. Crawshaw, —15 —69. The next best cards were: R. Davie. *0—9—71; W. Dickinson. 85—14—71: P.. H. Lewis. 75—4—71: L. B. Johnston. 74—1—73. PlaylnK the thirteenth hole of 105 yards. J. Gregorv holed In one with a tee-shot,, the ball flyln* straight for the pin and rolling into the nole.

REMT7ER4 CLUB.—A Stab Word bogey, was won by B*ll *nd Porter with a total of 44. The next, best en re's were:—Rout and Yat.es, 4<; Gallowey and Shale. 43: Dclaney and Ralph. 43; and Summerville and Yates, 43.

OT A HI'HU CLUB.—A Stableford bogey was plaved by mnmb'rs of the Otahnhu Club, and was won by ,T. Harris. 35. his medal score belntr 79—9 —70. Other good parr's were:—R. E. Brown. C. Reader, and O. L. Clark. 34.

OHAKEI CLtJB.—A Stableford botrey. placed In two grades, resulted:—Seniors: R. Morgan, 39; S. Chappell. 38: J. Edwards. 33; D. Munro. 33- A. Whi'e. 32. Juniors: A. Smellie. 34: H. Robertson. 32; D. MacDonsld, 32; H. Obee. 30. In addition, a combined Etableford, concealed partners, was alsn ployed, and was won by R. Morgan and G. MeLlskey, 66.

AUCKLAND CLUB.—The lust scores returned In a Canndten medal foursorr.r* event olaved by members of the Auckland Golf Club at Middlemore on Saturday were:—N. C. Whitcombe and R. P. Worley. 82—11—71: C. N. Jaccbscn and T. A. H. OUphant. 81—9—72: W. Kerns and V. Viscoe. 85—12—73; C. H. Wyatt and E. B. Brown. 82— 8—74; J. McK. Wilson and J. L. Blackmore. —77; sir H. Horton and G. C. Henderson. 90—12—78. Unal of the captain's prize event: B. H. Menzies beat J. H. Goyder. 3 and 2. In the flrst round of the George Cup medal contest the results were:—O. L. Martelli beat J. S. McCoy. 2 and 1: W. Kerns beat A. Fair. 2 and 1: A. J. Friedlander beat J. Hubbard, 2 up; E. L. Bartleet beat H. Everton, 4 and 2.

LEAGUE

Manukau In Form.—After giving its best display 01 I'he season Manukau beat North Shore on Saturday -by 22 poiute to 7. The Manukau backs showed splendid combination and worked with speed. The inclusion oi Ivan Gregory at centre three-quarter straightened the attack, and lie gave a good display of centre p'av. Gregory played for Manukau part ol last' season, lie is a product of Kotorua school football, but did not play aga.ni until 'lie joined up with Manukau. lie is srt lOlain in height, weighs 13 stone, and is 10 years ol age. Gregory is a nephew ol S. \V atone, who now turns the scale at 17wtr 711). As a result of Shore's defeat the club shares top position on the ladder -with Richmond.

New Half-back. — Making his first appearance for Manukau »ii the maivh gainst North Shore w,is \V r . Major, a half-back built on stocky lines, who defended gamely and sent out good passes to his supports. Major cuims from the l'ort W'aikaLo district, where lie was oue oi the leading players.

Five-eighths Excel.-In t.lie match between Ku.-hniond (,'JI) and Pnnsonby (IS) file outstanding backs were L>. Solomon, tor liit hmoud, and A. Kay, for Ponvoiiiby, tile Auckland representative live-eight lis. It was Solomons constructive play and a solo try near the end of the match that saved Richmond from defeat. Kay was in splendid form for l'onsonl.y, and altogether he scored fifteen po.nts—six goals and a try.

CITV DO WELL.—City registered easily their best performance this season by accounting for Newton to the extent of 35 points to 9. The red and bacus did a lot of good work in" the second half, -a-hen speed and swift attacks played an important factor in piling up a high score. The city backs have not been seen to better advantage. With Grotte playing at five-elghi-h and Donovan in the coach's place at halfback, there appeared to be more thrust in the attack. The two young players. Brassey and Gould, did excellent work in the three-quarter line for City. Each scored a try from sheer speed.

CLARKE OUTSTANDING.—No performance at Carlaw Park this season equalled that of Clarke, the City full-back, who was the outstanding player on the ground. Not only did Clarke kick seven goals, but frequently he raced the three-aunrters Into attacking positions. Clarke continued his strong claims for the full-back position in the next representative game.

COWLEY BACK TO FORM. —A feature of the back play in the early game between Mount Albert and Marlst on No. 2 ground was the bright play of Cowley, the brilliant Mount Albert three-quarter. Taking clean passes frcm his supports, Cowley repeatedly cut through the defence, his pace and straight running proving a thorn in the side of the opposition. Time and again he was well fed by the Mount Albert half-back fMoore). and made many f.i-st runs before meeting solid tackling. Cowley scored a great try in the second half as the result of being quickly served from a scrum, by his pace and by his quickness in cutting out two opponents. AH through Saturday's game Cowley gave a real glimpse of his old form.

TEAM CHANCES.—SeveraI changes were made In the Marisfc team for the game against Mount Albert. Wiberg. who usually fills the full-back position, went to half-back and shaped very well. Wood was tried at five-eighth and teamed well with McWilliams, while the new player. Taripo, again played a fine game in the three-quarter line. He is fast off the mark, end as a result of his quick movement almost scored a try, losing possession when almost over the line. Anderson, who had been absent for several weeks, was again seen in the forwards and played up to his usual gcod form. Breed was the outstanding Marist forward.

SOCCER

Leader Loses at Last.—Thistle suffered its first loss of the season to Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys by four goals to two. The game was fast and keenly contested, and the result was a fair indication of the l'lay. Pour out of the six goals scored during the game came from brilliant movements and solo efforts, which were finalised by shots that gave the goalkeepers no chance. For Mount Albert, Clark and Hutchinson both scored after clever footwork, beating two and three defenders before letting loose their finishing shot. In scoring his goal, Patterson rushed in from the left wing to connect good and hard with a centre kick, which went right across the goal mouth. In one of Thistle's goals Woods got liis head beneath a long, high pass from Wiseman, and neatly landed the ball into the net. Scorers of the other goals were White (Thistle) and Clark (Mount Albert). Points of the five top teams are; Thistle 17, Foiisonby 14, Comrades and Metro-College 13, Mount Albert 12. Metro has played two more games than Comrades, and one more than the other three teams.

Metro's Forward Line.—ln the main attraction at Blundford Park Metro-Col-lege beat Abels by 3 goals to nil, after an excellent game. The College vanguard had a big say in the result —the whole line combining in great style and always looking more dangerous in front of goal than its opponents. Hope-Ede, at centre, made a tine pivot and distributed the ball with good judgment. lie scored the first two goals for his side, whilst Turner added the third point with a good shot to give Birchall no chance. Putt, at outside right, making his last appearance before going into camp, was a source of trouble to Abel's defence. Ilannam on the left wing also made some good runs down the line, whilst D- MeMurchy at inside right was always in the picture and wag unlucky on several occasions with good shots. The Metro halves all played well, while Brown ! and Still broke up several promising attacks bv Abels front line. For the losing side Robinson was the pick of the forwards; he was unlucky t.o receive a cut above the knee from an opponent's sprig in the second half and this necessitated his temporary retirement for medical attention. C! ay worth, playing his first same for Abels, having been transferred from the North Shore side this week, led the line well; he is a fine shot, but did not have the best of luck. Meek worked hard throughout and give his winger many capital passes. Kitcheman was the pick ot the halves, but the trio played upfield too much, which gave C. Ekman and Rutherford more than their fair share of work at back. However, both backs were equal to the occasion, and they came out of a gruelling game with honours.

HOCKEY

Somerville Disappoint?.— Somerville failed badly to maintain its form of the previous week, when Training College romped home winners to the tune of 5 goals to 1. The teachers' backs used the.r fast wings to advantage, while the forward line kept, the play open by hit-tin? the ball about in preit style. It was this continual and unexpected changing of the line of attack which had the Somerville backs guessing, with the result thatthey were unable to cope with the fast and de*»p individual thrusts of the College vanguard. N. Giles and J. Elliott, the two wing men on the winning side, certainly had the pace, but the inclination to han? on too long spoilt many of their efforts. R. Bedpgood. at centre, again played a forceful game and added three more goals to his season's tally. R. Marshall, the Somerville goalie, made some spectacular saves, while his kicking had exceptional length, two efforts, at least, reaching the half-way mark.

Grammar Too Good. — When Grammar met Albert tins in the curtain raiser, it had the edge on its opponents right through the match, only the stubborn defensive work of Brooke, at full-back, and Jenson, in goal, saving a higher score being registered. The positional piny of the Grammar team left a lot to be desired and had the Albertian half line been stronger and able to combine with its forwards more, this weakness might easily have been exploited to great advantage. The Grammar forward line certainly had thrust, but it was the lack of co-operation in the danger zone that upse* so many of its likely-looking efforts. The half line was strong, nil three—Webb, K. Lawry and Ross—playing sound games, especially on defence.

Return to Form.-—United in securing a clear-cut win against St. Luke s showed some of Its old-time dash that raised it: in past seasons to the forefront of local hockey. The attacks of United were launched from ?11 quarters and were well sustained through the support given by the half line. The winners' stick work was much ahead of their rivals and the clever trapping of the ball with the sticks continually broke up the advances of St. Luke's forwards. For United Butler, in goal. Hedges, full-back, the half trio, and Herrlott and Fulton, of the forwards, deserve special mention. Dow ling. St. Luke's goalie, made many saves and but for his efforts Unitcd's tally would have been much bigger. Robertson was solid In defence, but lacked his usual aggressive qualities.