RUGBY MATCH WON BY TAURANGA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIII, Issue 8935, 20 July 1925, Page 5

RUGBY MATCH WON BY TAURANGA

rnO H OA-ME AGAINST RAN(’OU GITAIKI TEAM. Heal weather conditions pre,.,‘j for die H eg by match piaySatnrdav afternoon on the ild domain between the repreteams of the TauRangitaik: L'nions. were s .iimuhat, lightUU tlrn> dm home litt-eon, and .'hko'i up «<■)! in vau.uu d.punbut lacked the combination Tauranga players, who provvictorious by twelve points to 'Civ. craiue was contested in j'acoil .vonhvr spirit. Hr A. N. jj* lied the match in. a iaiv yj iaipailial manner. The foljfuving were the teams as they lin- ,. t j out: Taurumta. black and gold.— full-back. H .Sykes; threc-quar-j>. Ngatai. (j. lies (captain), P ffume; live-eighths. C. Haua, p Hoi) is ; h a if-buck, .11. A Holy ; rover, W. Turner; forwards, H. Barton, Ik Nathan, D. Tapeta. G. Mason, r J'u Tangitu, G. Mayfield, 1J- Bid.to. K ;n i gh a i k i (maroon.).— - F u 1 1 - Lark, E. ilowell. lOst (Tliormon) ; ilirre-qiiarters. J?. Housbam, list lOlb (Thornton), Thompson lid 71b (Matata), R. Holiest on ]:’st 71b (Matata) ; five-eighths. W. Kusabs Ihst fib (Matata), A. Bun .captain) KM 31b (To Toko) ; halfback- il. Kusabs lOst (.Matata); rover, Pipimoa Hist lib (Te Teko) ; 1 fenvanis, U. Hnbinson d2st 71b iThornton), (J. Schrafft. list. 101 b (PW.D.), A. Howarth list 101 b (P.W.D), 'l'aunia 12st 81b (Te Teko), Koala 14si (Te Toko), R. McDonald 1 81b (Te Teko), F. Fraser list Tib (Thornton). Tauranga wen the toss and lies melt'd to defend the northern line. Howarth set the ball going, and j a combined movement by Allely, I lies and Mason carried the play to lb* Rangitaiki area. Hero a series of .serums look place, without any material advantage to either side. Allely then set the Tauranga backs going, Ngatai being checked by Holies! on after a strong run, and the leather went into touch on the western side. A smart rotaJiativo passing bout by Pipimoa, Hurt, W. Kusabs and Fraser enabled the visitors to penetrate well into Tauranga’s area. Turner secured and .was away like a flash, flume capitalised the heakaway and the local men hunched a telling offensive. An attractive combined movement between lies, Mayfield and Barton was wound up by the last-mention-ed crossing between the posts and scoring. The kick failed: Tauranga 3 Raugitaiki 0 Howarth kicked off, Ngatai rekiniiiig with a powerful kick which covered a l,ot of ground. Free .kicks, for illegalities, were awarded to each side. A kick by Allely tolled across for Howell to force., lies opened up the play and made a long rim on the angle. He then short punted and the Tauranga swept through, competing Howell to seek- safety by forcNgatai, Hollia and lies were associated in a smart handling to’emedt, which jeopardised tho liters’ salient. The best run of ’ho day by Pipimoa followed. He fwred the ball in his own. twentymo and dashed down the western J? e Kno for fifty yards. He then kicked and the field was clear for die Raugitaiki forwards; ibutl the “dl rolled. into touch in the north-western angle, . line-out saw; the offensive pass tke visitors, Robinson, Schrafft, diirt and Pipimoa being very Continent in the close aggressive Effective footwork on the M of Barton, Tape!a and Tan-. | enabled Tauranga to clear. e forwards on each side showed J m attractive rushes, and for '3® they hunted the ball ■ J 1 over-the fidj, until the TanvaDfiuard swept into the astern corner and tried to i acr °ss, but Howarth relieved ? quick punt to the eastern ||iv De ‘ auTan § a assailed strougflw cut The defenders held on teuK^ l ®ly and eventually extricatWt ihemselves from a tight corner of a handlin g move-. ■P -which reached the Tauranga Nathan, Tangitu, MaMtfflHf'Tapeia. by means of smart retrieved the position |K away, but Howell saved iHrl a s P e ° l^a i° r to touch on the 'if S ’ cs mac i° a ’•8: 1 was not supported well r'lllT • ior le advantage to be A series of line-outs * followed, and then the Msickened. lies and Hollis

attempted an < d’fon.J ve, which iijuu.o givjUiict, om. wii'- loileu by effective tackling oil aho pari oi Burt and \V. iv mato. Tile visiting forwards crowded to stem a determined offensive by the home vanguard and the bah was work-i-d to the neuii;al zone, when the w labile bounded the end oi the quai ter. hven play marked the opening nages oi ino .second quarter. A mu Hdc- eliort by Tangitu brightened tde game. flowed checked and found touch with a kick with plenty of length in it. liousham. Robinson, and ivoata' were a.-boeiaied in a pretty pa.-.sing b. .at, wiii< h was not pulled up umil the maroons were well I u-ide the home twenty-five. The next tea lure was spectacular fielding on the pare ut Nyatai, Hollis and lies. TJay settled for a period in the neutral zone. hurt kicked for liowanh to get possession, and the latter streaked down the western line. but. was well tackled. The Tauranga forwards retaliated with a. sweeping rush,, which was exception ally wadi stopped by a nippy mark by Howell.

Thompson made a good <ipeuiug and after beating a group of opponents sent the leather To. Taurua, vdi;? was not stopped until he reached the Tauranga territory. Tapeia. and Iffirton broke away and a strong offensive was launched against the maroons salient. Tangitu marked and had an unsuccessful diet at goal. Smart footwork by W. Kusabs and. Fraser enabled die visitors to assume the aggros£>o sive. Holiest on kicked high and i the ball roiled across, Sykes forcing. Shortly before half-time an attack by ivoata- Burt and Pipimoa was beaten bark by the local forward division. Hollis, who was piaying good football, then secured possession and beai several opponent::. He ran straight and when close to the line shot the ball to Mayfield, who. raced over and J scored. The kick failed ; Tauranga 6 Raugitaiki 0 The early stages of the third quarter were somewhat in favour of the visitors. Thompson secured and transferred to Pipimoa w;ho made an effective run. Schrafft kicked high and the Rangitaiki backs s’wept/ through to smother the return. Allely, Hollis, lies and Ngatai replied with a handling movement, which made ground, but Pipimoa more than equalised the effort by a (strong run over more than half the length of the field. While running he kicked and the ball went across, Hume forcing in the nick of time. Scrums and line-outs followed, any appreciable advantage to either team, and the play settled for some minutes near the central line. Turner seized an opening and made a long run on the angle. Hollis went with him and took an in-pass and then sent the ball back to Turner, who' sprinted across to add to Tauranga’s scoring account. Again the kick failed: Tauranga 9 Rangitaiki D Immediately after resuming Turner and Hollis again opened np the game, Barton joined issue, and. raced for the line, but W. Kusabs was handy and ran across to check Barton in the south-wes-tern angle. The maroon forwards bunched and drove to the middle zone, and then delivered several j sharp thrusts against the Tauranga line. Allely eventually cleared. The visitors, however, assailed again in very determined fashion, and then the local forwards broke away and the play worked again to neutral territory. He®, Hollis and Hana were conspicuous in an effective passing bout and the advantage was fully capitalised by Barton, who scored. The kick failed: Tauranga * ’ Raugitaiki Rangitaiki took the offensive earlv in the final quarter. _ Robinson had a shot at goal, which missed. Hollis, Hes, Haua and Ngatai were prominent in a passing bout, which was replied to by a similar movement on tM-part Hon sham. Burt and W. Kusabs. Pipimoa made two good solo sprmte but was not supported, Ihe local forwards then took a hand m the vame. but, Howarth checked smartlv and neutralised the effort. - itmabs broke away and was well supported by Burt. Towards the end of the ?amo the visiting for wards stormed the Tauranga. salient and a great attack Mattered he defence and enabled Housham b, score. W. Kusabs converted. Shortly afterwards the whistle sounded, with the scores: Rangitaiki 5

JUNIOR MATCH. A curtain raiser between the Tauramra and .1, c. Fukt juniOL it - proseniat ivc> provided a keen and interesting match, which ended in Tauramra’s favour by eight- points to three. For Tauranga. J. Ngatai and Jordan scored, and one ot the t ries was converted by t\ arn.‘i. Km- kicked a penalty goal for Te Puke. Mr N. Hay was reliU t:t>.

NEXT SATUH DAY'S GAM ES The draw tor next Saturday D a-s follows; Seuiors—Kaiigataaa v. Tv. Kuna, high school reserve, 3 p.m ; Cadets a bye. Juniors. —Cadets v. MountMannganui, No. 1 Doinaiu, 3 p.m. ; Matapihi v. Te Puna, No. 2 domain, 3 p.m. Third Grade.—-School v. Mount Alaunganui, high school reserve, 2 p.m ; Cadets v. Eangataua. No. 2 domain, 1.45 p.m. NOTES Endeavours are to be made to get an Auckland team to play the Tauranga representatives at Tauranga on August 1. The Kusabs Cup game between Tauranga and Te Puke is to be played on August 8, and should be a great game. AIATCH AT MAS TER TON. (Per Press Association.) Masterton, July 20

About 4000 persons saw, the match against Hawke's Bay in splendid -weather. For a quarter of an hour the local men played up spiritedly against a far more powerful side, who, after that, had it all their own "way. The hacks always had a man to spare at the wings with the inevitable result. In the first half M. Brownlee, Ore-in-side and Falwasser scored, but no goals were kicked. In the second half Corkill scored 2, and" Blake 2. Irvine, Falwasser and Grcnside also scored, but only one goal was k i eked.

NORTH ISLAND TEAM

The following is the North Island. Rugby team for the interisland match:—Full-back, Nepia. (Hawke’s Bay) ; three-quarters. Collier (Wanganui), Blake (Hawke’s Bay), Falwasser (Hawke’s Bay) ; five-eighths, Cooke (Auckland), Lang,lands (Poverty Bay); half-back. Mill (Hawke’ s Bay) ; forwards, wing. Porter (Wellington), hookers, Irvine (Hawke’s Bay) and Kirkpatrick (Hawke’s Bay), lock, McLaren (Thames Valley) , sides_, M. Brownlee and C. Brownlee (Hawke’s Bay), hack row. Walker (Taranaki), and Sly (Wellington). Emergencies, back, Brophy (Manawatu) ; forward, Ivivell (Taranaki).