LAST MINUTE TRY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 175, 26 July 1943, Page 5

LAST MINUTE TRY

GARRISON defeated

TWO MARIST VICTORIES

There were not many spectators at rden Park on Saturday who gave Marist r . Bo ys much of a chance after Garrison ,d go at the interval. Fewer still -ild have been brave enough a minute from no-side when Garrison, still leading, \o ri was launching an attacK on the citadel. But the "impossible" ?ilr.pned and one of the most sensa•ss: tries scored in Auckland for many tlon -- brought victory to Marist. The in the final movement were jl'eary and Fox. The rlub of that name was also a winner at Carlaw Park. A "double" was registered by Manukau. Til the curtain-raiser at Eden Park the Jpndid victory of King's College over Auckland Grammar School brought about the first reverse of the Mountain Road ila for 21 games. Grammar, liko rarrison, held a commanding position S hut King's recovered brilliantly from a 9 —o deficit. The outstanding player at Carlaw Park ,J Harkins, Richmond five-eighth, who w-ored a couple of tries against Mount Alhprt T. Chase, who had been on the • ;,,vo7l list for several weeks, reSmeared for Manukau, which XIII still has a four-point lead on Richmond and Cit si\- a former Wellingtonian, gave a v.;3h/-in=s display as centre-forward for a ? Force, at Blandford Park, where, in ihP early match, Comrades lost the lead •i thp cnainpionship to Metro-College. tit the Devonport Shield hockey competition (the first series of games of which were played on Saturday alter 'Varsity winning the championship the previous wpek) Wesley-United and Somerville drew in the principal attraction at, papatoetoe.

MARIST IN RUGBY LEAD

n,, c C oring a sensational last-minute win ver Garrison, in the principal Rugby attraction at Eden Park, Marist now takes the sole lead in the senior championship. The two teams were level up to this stage. 1 fast open contest in heavy ground conditions. . Marist, eight points down at half-time, fought strenuously throughout the second spell to gain the lead. Ihe large crowd of spectators who witnessed the final scene was thoroughly thrilled. With the match looking safe for Garrison, and one minute to go, Marist was defending hard on its own line. A cross-kick hv Hedge (captain) was splendidly taken hv Neary-, the Marist centre. He fell to the ground in jumping for possession, and Several attackers ran past him. Getme smartlv to his feet, Nearv set off and ran strongly to Littlejolm. By this tune Fox the Marist wing, had come up fast to accept Neary's pass, and his pace did the rest. The principal feature of the other senior matches was the close run it T P which has not yet won a match, save Grafton-Pon sonby. The latter won hv a single point. Navy took the honours from Army and Manukau proved too strong for Technical Old Boys. The matches resulted: — Alarist !), beat Garrison S. Navy 1(3. beat Army 11. Graf ton-Pon sonby 0, beat MT.P ». Manukau 19. beat Technical Old Boys 5. a rreat Battle. —Garrison and Marist lought $ - Meat battle and there was little between teams although Marist was a little fortunate to tat" the honours. There were some ding- • f rH PYfTrincrcs with footli of backs throwing fhe SS "bout well. As ¥ combination the Marist rearguard was superior and was stopped excellent defence. Marist's defence was Z veV good Marist scored two tries and a Snaltv goal Soienson (captain) played a fine Sinmd sainc at full-back for the winners, While the inside backs, Lee, Barchard and Rae, Sried out a lot of effective work both on attack end defence, -in spite of the fact that the opposing vanguard was quickly on top of them. Taylor Fitzpatrick, Carroll. Dunbar, Enwnght and Bailey were always to the fore in the vaneuard For Garrison. Littlejoho had a hard d«y St lull-hack, but he came through the ordeal with credit, although he mishandled rr.?.2 than usual. Edwards did a lot of clever work on defence at half-back while Hedge, although not so prominent as usual, played quite well. Gunning, M. M. Smith, Thomas and Dykes were prominent among the forwards.

I Nolan Reappears.—The South Island, Canterbury and West Coast full-back, G. T. Nolan, made a welcome reappearance for Navy, which took the honours from Army in an interesting match. Nolan was injured early in the season and had to stand down since. He defended ably on Saturday. converted two tries and kicked a penalty goal. Sellars (centre) was in his best form, scoring two tries. The second was a clever one, in which he swerved his way through the defence to t-ouch down between, the posts. Waikato XV.—Selector H. P. Ensor has chosen the following team to represent Waikato against Auckland at Eden Park next Saturday:—Full-back, D. W. Higginson (Hamilton); tbrae-quarters, W. J. Phillips (Hamilton), D. S. Ensor (Morrinsville), I G. Ryan (Matamata); five-eighths, W. Dons 1 (Morrinsville), B. Haliburton (Waipa) half-back, I V. Tyrell (Matamata); back row, K. Johnston | (Waipa);-middle • row, K. Watersun (Matamata), t A. J. Thomson (Waipa), W. H. Warrcnder (MataI mata), B. J. Greene (Hamilton); front row, I Duncan (Morrinsville), E. H. Catley (Hamilton), f J. Leeson (Morrinsville). Reserves: backs. K. I Carroll (Matamata), D. Seton (Matamata); forf . ■wards, B. Cunningham (£lamilton), L. Kidd f ■ (Cambridge). With the exception of Higginson, the? back line is entirely different from that which took the field against Auckland on June 7, when Auckland wen 37—6, at Hamilton. J6hnston, Duncan and Tyrell are newcomers to representative Rugby. ; Secondary Schools.—As » result of Auckland's defeat by King's on Saturday, A.G.S. and Mount Albert are now level for the 1943 secondary schools' championship. Up to Saturday Auckland Grammar had not been beaten for 21 games. In tho 1941 season, when Takapuna (beaten by King's ; and Mount Albert) was bracketed with A.G.S.,' the last-named side lost in both rounds to Sacred Heart, who were twice oeatcn by the North Shore lads. The King's captain is R. Hellaby. and his cousin, Alan, converted tries by J. W. Hindmarsh and G. Gilmour, when Auckland was conquered, 10—9, on Saturday last. Grammar's scorers were H. C. McLaren and J. Tanner (tries), N. Bowden (captain, a penalty goal).

1 RUGBY LEAGUE

Rain, and a heavy ground, made playing conditions difficult at Carlaw Park on Saturday, when the Auckland Rugby League's senior championship competition was continued. Results were:— Richmond 11, beat Mt. Albert 3. Jlanukau 11, beat Newton 5. City 6, beat Otahuhu o. g Marist" 21, beat North Shore 6. Clever Backs.—The Richmond backs combined splendidly in attack, and Harkins, who was playing at live-eighth, pot two tries. In both cases the ball was in-passed after the wins had handled. The Richmond attack was made impressive by McGregor, who showed great speed in the centre, and at all times ran his supports into position before sending the ball on. Strong Manukau Team.—The Maoris put a strong team in the fielG against Newton. T. Chase reappeared after a long absence owing to Injury, and played at wing-three-quarter. P. Ririnui, the heavy-weight forward, turned out, and was prominent ir. the Manukau pack. One of the new Manukau players is A. Thompson, a first nve-eighth from Hawkc's Bay, who has weight land pace, besides which he runs hard and straight in attack. Gregory Plays Well.—The former Rotorua and Manukau player, Ivan Gregory, gave a good allround display for Newton, and got all the (try and conversion) recorded by his side, iLi Richar <ls at second five-eighth and Rangi a Behind the scrum. Newton had impressive inside rj packs. Rangi was very sharp in his work and a rated as the best attacking half back in the code m Auckland. I '■ c WMiams Consistent Scorer. —Following a 1 of rain, No. 2 ground was a sea of i * n Places, and the teams certainly had a I Hr°l Ur -Pleasar.t afternoon. It will take a spell I v. « r y weather to make the playing area anything '~~!L " was six weeks ago. In consequence, the 't ° e tween Marist . and North Shore was a If r.?, c . a scramble, football being out of the | ,u:, suor J/ Marist won comfortably and brought 8 ch ampionship points up to 14,. with 'seven p- .Tvms and lour losses. I feature of the game was the excellent forj . of Simpson, Knight and McLeod r,„„ The trio worked hard all the afterand were in cr/ery movement v;~ ..:i while. hVLi, P l 5, Marist five-eighth, kept up his naoit of scoring In every game so far this season. win!!! 1 Two Tries.—City was lucky to c.'n the e , nd against Otahuhu. which hac .. good i lO better of the- game. It was only in the . ve minutes that City had anything on ranuhu, which put up its best showing to date. re was an outstanding display by N. ," le Auckland representative forward Sl. cap ' aln otahuhu. He repeatedly led the th&i ' and put in some effective work in I- .if B '' A lot- of credit for City's win goes Ho Played fine football on the wing. !ri„„ 2 i 5 pace t0 advantage, and scored both . : Clarke (full-back) gave a grand Display of clean fielding, with useful placements m his return kicks..

I SOCCER LEADER BEATEN

thJ ? rJ rst series of the second round of nr, o ' championship ivas completed ant ' hi spile of the slippery Aril ?J IS ' clever football was witnessed, tho 0 , , ' e Sc "A" defeated Comrades by I ® odd goal in the curtain-raiser at tflandford Park, whilst Mount Albert grammar "A" drew with Air Force in main attraction. The other senior inatcli resulted in an easy victory for •suburbs over Garrison at St. Helier's. in™ championship is now in an. interest,i;S P° Sl tion, as there are only four points uitievence between live of the sides. Metro ' A " So to the head of the ladder 1 ? Points, Mount Albert "A" and s follow with 17, Air Force 15 Eastern Suburbs 14. Grammar "A" ana Eastern Suburbs each have a game i? hand. The remaining games saw who could only field nine men, "sat Mount Albert "B" by the odd goal. " Shore scraped home against Metro ''fse "B," which was a man shorft. „ results were:—Mount Albert Gramn ™ ' 3 drew with Air Force, 3; Metro College "A" 3 beat Comrades 2; Eastern suburbs 7 beat Garrison 1; Papakura 4 ceat Mount Albert "B" 3; North Shore t °eat Metro College "B" 2, Ponsonby 4 cent Training College 0.