LEAGUE LEAD STILL SHARED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 187, 9 August 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)

LEAGUE LEAD STILL SHARED

Manukau Beats City at Close of Hard, Open Game: Newton Shades Mt. Albert: Wins for Richmond and Nortli Shore

On heavy grounds the Auckland Rugby League's senior championship was continued at Carlaw Park this afternoon. In the main match of the day Manukau, after hard and even play, beat City by 7 points to 2. Newton, as the result of a late run, beat Mt. Albert by 10 points to 8. North Shore had an easy win over Marist by 23 points to 3, and Richmond had an easy win from Papakura by 46 points to 8. As a result of the day's play Manukau and Richmond, each with 18 points, are leva! in the lead, with North Shore in next position, one point behind. There was surprise when Mr. J. O'Shannessey went out to referee the match between Manukau and ' City, as the official appointed was Mr. O. Chalmers. No official statement was made, but it is understood that when Mr. Chalmers was appointed Manukau officials asked for another appointment to be made. ★ HEM! BACK IN GOAL-KICKING FORM rill" teams were: - Manukau: Maitin. Butl.-r. W. Martin. Mmiax. 11, im. ( has,-. Th,-w. Kiriiuii. Tctai, Wateiio, Shilton, Thompson. City: Clark,-. .T. Could. McManus. Urns«'.v. Hil \a, tlinltr. A. Donovan. 11. Matan... Hughes. I-]. I )<>■■,>\an, .laikson, W. Mataira. Kin, Hater. Cit\. will, lino foiwaid pla\. diove to tlif Manukau ,• 11 ■ I a." sunn as the opened, ami Clatke missed Horn a penalty at iairly close rani:,". With a \\,'i liall and heavy «roun,l. l>oth teams \\ > re letting the forwards do most of the work. l>ut Manukau hacks tried, as opportuiiit came, to open up with combined play. Both lleini and Murray wei e show ing enterprise in the Manukau h line, and Crc;ioiy lrmdlinji well and j^nin^ straight in the emtio. The C't\ loiv\;< •, K pi.; v eil ill a united way, and the ( it\ backs put up a lesolute and sound det'en, e. Manukau to tiu'ht foi the lead in open plav, with Ifii i 1 an, 1 \Y iitene throwing: passes t > their l'aeks 011 the move. •T. Could made a meat sideline inn ilia' brought Manukau tronlile when he sen! iiver a ceiitle kick, and 11. Matana went close to scoring. City kept its attack fioiiie. ami excitement tan liinh as Could broke clear from the Cit.v end ati.l raced through to H. Martin. The City wiiiir kicked ahead, ami then followed a jjrent lace. Maitin had lost as he turned, hut showed surprising pace. and Could missed the touch-down by incher*. 'Then City n°t the lead. A Manukju clearing kick came to Clarke, and th" City full-hack siuhted earofulh and landed a spectacular field noal. the hall noilij: over the middle ot the eloss-bar. The half-time scores welt.-: City 2 Manukau <• City forwards i aided the Manukau end in hi oat st.\ lo when the name was continued, hut City hacks, when nivou a tin 11. found a heavy hall a detelient to combined play. Manukau gradually fou«ht its way out of a hard corner, and Mm ray made a weaving run which threw City defence int.> a tangle. Kilinui and Shilton joined in the move, the hitter In ins st :>ppod by Brae-soy l on the City tryline. It was hard football in heavy coinit. with most of the colourful bits of play coniiiiH from Manukau. From a set scrum in mid-Held. ( base cut through, and passed to Kiriuui. who had broken clear. Tlio bin Manukau forward whipped the ball on to Murray, who had a clear run to score between the posts. Henii converted. Manukau bofrun to throw- the hall about and started infiltration play that was marked by intensive backing up. and City had to finht hard on the dot once against attacks which cante from all aiifib's. Manukau we'.t another two points into the lead when Hemi landed a beautiful penalty noal from a wide angle, and liisi lfH) points for the season. City played bravely in an effort to bridge the nap. and W. Mataira and .Jackson were at the head of a series of rushes which only desperate defence hold. Tn the final nhase of play. City stormed away at the Manukau end. but the City hacks did not rise to it when i-hiinciN came. The end came with the score: Manukau 7 City 2 SHORE SCORE 20 POINTS IN FIRST HALF I Marist attacked stronglv from the kick-ofT and had North Shore on the defence. A heavy shower made the ball slippery, and for a time play was ' confined to the forwards. Petersen then broke awi»y i from inside half way. and after running forty ! yards, the latter sent, out a wild pass and a try was lost. Prom a penalty kick. Dick Smith landed I a penalty goal for shore. Good forward play by i Graham and Hunt carried play to the Marist twenty-five, where Chatham picked up smartly and ; passed to Clarke, who scored near the posts. Smith • converted. North Shore 7. Marist 0. McArthur penetrated deeply and again placed North Shore on the attack. However, Crocker did likewise, for Marist. and after Wiberg gained good ground, Dickson was pushed into touch near the try line. McArthur then made a brilliant opening, and . passed to Field, who scored a fine try for Smith !to convert. North Shore backs combined well and : McArthur broke away, trailed by Chatham. whus€ : speed carried him over between the Dick Smith, his first appearance at Carlaw Park ! for three years, converted and his third succes-ivt • goal. North-'Wijore 17. Marist 0. North Short had an advantage in the forwards, and Petersen i Hunt and Rutherford swept over the opposition only to find Glover a 9tonewall. Brown, on the wing, kicked through, and McArthur scored. Smnl missed. Half-time score: — North Sh6re 20 j Marist o I On resuming. North Shore forwards had muct the better of the game, and despite the heavj I ground. Marist did good work in defence. Glove* j got Marist out of difficulties and the game settle: down to a forward struggle round ti* Nortl Shore line. However. Graham scored ni.J Nortl i Shcrc lea 23 pn'n's bc'or? Marist scored / ! mir.u'.r Kite.-. Taripo. on th? M<*rls; win? fiashct • into the pi.-. lire. and w?n» r cins o*?r to sron p well dc-erved try. Mnrlp; press 1 North Shore but Dick Smith defended well. Chv.him made i fine opening and passed to Greenwood, whi raced past half way before passing to Scholes a recent acquisition from Wellington. Schole Just missed a try. Marist did better in the las i€w minutes, but Nftth Shore was alwavs th better team. The game ended: North Shore 23 Marist 3 Mr. G. Kelly was referee.

RICHMOND'S RUNAWAY AGAINST PAPAKURA Richmond's team work proved a worrying prob- j lem for Papakura in the early fame on No. 2 , ground. Richmond lost no time In piling up I the points. TitUeton. Sayers. Lowther. Solomon. Broadhead. Mitchell and Williams sharing the ] honours. At half-time Richmond led by 26 | points to 2. and finished with the high score of 46 points. Papakurn's score consisted of two tries and a penalty goal. Richmond attacked from the start, but I* was j thirteen minutes before the defence of Papai kura was penetratad. Mitchell opened Rich- j , motid's account by scoring alongside the posts < | from a loose forward rush. Webb converted. Papa- ; kura was awarded a penalty, and Welhm was ; successful. Bright play between Webb and Savers, i with inter-passing, saw the latter srore at th«* I corner. Webb failed to convert. A passing ru*h j by the Richmond forwards then ensued. William* J was the last in rreclve the ball and scored under | the posts, for Webb to convert. Again the Rich- ; mond backs functioned. Frank Tittleton cut the I enpesitmn to pieces to srore under the post* | WYbb converted Solomon then broke through j when near Papakura's line and passed to Broad- j hepd. who scored near the corner Webb missed j 1 with the kick. Solomon and Broadhead again j figured in a similar movement, the latter scoring and kicking the goal. The half-time score was Richmond 26 I Papakura 2 Richmond continued to have the best of the p'-.v at»er the change over T'ttleton ran V* Ivks ii.to position end af'e: Solomon. Webb 1 and lowther had handled the hst-mrncd went i over for an easy try which Webb converted P-t**»kura retaliated wi«h a bright movement I . Welhm making a fnst run down the lin«* to send i Hal«ev over when tackled Welhm failed with) the kirk Araln Papakura Attacked. Smith m«k- , ing the opening and Welhm. after taking p dim- , , cult puss touching deu-n at the corner. Welhm J ! missed with the kick Mitchell picked up a i . loose kick by Paoakura. passed to I-owther. who . in-passed to Ml'cHell for the letter to score n«*r»r J th« corner. Mitchell missed the nick. The t ! boil afterwards wen! to Mitchell from a p-uri 1 He rut through fast to sore in a good position. Webb missing an easy kick. Richmond continued to open tin the game Solomon received the b*»ll from Williams. It went alonff the line of bucks and came back to Solomon, who ran in Webb failed with i»n easy kick. After r» m-V 'r-i h*»d stemmed 'he tide for a time the »'-t; wn i through the Rlehm<md c!iain to I - | th-r. vho sent an in-pass to Crookall The laf-r r-o-'-d an e«sv try und*' th«* posts Davis f*»*hng wi'h the kick. In the l*st few- min- J • 1 h*» h"'l went through the Richmond hick • I line to Lowther. who scored wide out. Webb j ; rp'H fal'.rd with the kick The f.nal score was ' Richmond 46 | Papakura 8 | Mr. J. Jones was I I j S'rWTQV r.FTS POINTS IN SECOND HALF Both teams played open football, but in th** 1 eirlv stage there were many fauPs and 1 . efforts continued to go astray Newton set t:p I o long, sustained attack and endeavourM to rej Its backs golr.g Tredrca. In an unar~Uß*om»-d . p!are at half-back, showed sharpn-ss In ret:.--i the ball away and endeavours were made to j lav , to the speedy .Emus on the wpic In srm -i work the advantage lay wi'h Newton, rs OnirV--1 up* out-raking Smv'hf B~th team* carried on r l*h scrambling phv with ocrarlonrl br'-h tn-i rflar - Th- N'**ci b--i*- h«»H tore*h*r in one good prssing effort, which go* Emus twpv the tvf n «r being s'oppM with n great tackle bv Carter rlosr to the line Mount Albert beran , to raid with greater "rtoit end »v»tem a:"* rf'T an opening maoe by ** u - ■ ' gathered the ball up near *he New-on • I and dived acrors for a try. The half-time I scores were: | Mo.in* Albert 3 I Newton 0 | When the teams turned o\« , r. Newton set < p •» . d etermined attack which u'l.nc! Moun' ;Mbrr- r • the defensive, but Newton backs failed In *'.ni-b ' ,v. h**n given a chance to o -on ou* in rttark ""wire Newton got penalty chances. bi>* neither Em;:s j • nor TreMren could raise po:nts Both teams *»ere j well served by their full-backs Keniall. for New - i ton. and Carter. for Mount Albert playing i j soundly and well. Newton tock the lead when j , Sil«-» made an opening, sending to Burton to I . Everett, for the latter to score between the po--:s j Fmus concerted. Sllva r<»n trom half-war to get j another Newton try. and Emus again converted : C!rmcn*s then got a try for Mount Albert, which Co'vl'v converted. The flnal scores werej Newton 10 j Mount Albert t I