TROPHY MATCHES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 220, 17 September 1945, Page 7

TROPHY MATCHES

LEAGUE COMPETITION

MT. ALBERT BEATS PONSONBY

There was some bright play on Saturday at Carlaw Park, when the Auckland Rj-igby League's Roope Rooster competition was continued. In the main match of the day Mount Albert played with splendid vitality and beat Ponsonby. Results were:— Mount Albert 19, Ponsonby 13. Richmond 18, Marist 12. In the Phelan Shield competition Point Chevalier beat Newton by 8 points to i. Gatherers of Points.—The outstanding gatherers of points in the match between Mount Albert and Ponsonby were Basil Cranch for the former team, ami Bi lan Nordgren for Ponsonby. One of the best goal-kickers in the code when he is leally on his game, Cranch kicked fi\c goals and contributed 10 points to the Mount Albert score. One was a lovely shot fi om the widest, of angles. Clement the Mount Albert serum-half, showed bnlliallt op portunism. and helped the score withi two tries. Alan Wiles, playing his best game since coming to the League code, got a spectacular try. For Ponsonby, Brian Nordgren scored a try, and kicked two goals Incidentally he raised his points tally to 227, and beat Jack Hemis record of the 1941 season, which was 220 points. In the Ponsonby backs the veteran Arthur Kav played a splendid constiuctive game, and his ability to make a yap, and give Ponsonby the only real chance it had, was a highlight of the match. Richmond Impress.—Richmond gained a place among the teams in the semi-final of the Roope Rooster, and look like playing a strong part in the final. nents, Marist, put up a good fight, and it was only the superior fh st half play of Richmond that carried the day. Manst made a splendid recovery* but could not finish off the chances on attack. Among the Richmond backs Bradley and Prentei, the wing three-quarters, played impressive football. Behind the Richmond scrum Rennie played a great Same, and his service from the scrum started two of the tries scored. Among the Richmond forwards, Ryan, Tho 2 I .P SOI V ) _f 1 1 Davis played good games, while Potter proved versatile in assisting the fiveeighths. For Marist, White, at eighths, played a splendid game, and there was merit in his try. Hale, halfback, has a lot of promise. McLeod, Davidson and Lyall played well among the forwards. . Phelan Shield Game.—As the result of its defeat by Point Chevalier, Newton was eliminated from the Phelan Shield competition. The match was keen enough, but neither side revealed polish, the forwards lacking initiative and the backs handling perfunctorily. Isewton extended its opponents in the early ■ stages, but was unable to show any combination after half-time. Belsham and Woolley were occasionally prominent among the losers, while Anderson, Smythe and Harford were the best of the Point backs. (Rugby, Soccer and other sporting items appear on Page Three.>