WINTER GAMES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 17, 29 May 1939, Page 5

WINTER GAMES

KJifiM RUGBY CONTESTS I

; LAST SATURDAY'S RESULTS

CITY AND POROPORO DRAW

Keen Rugby contests Ave re again the rule in last Staurday's contests played under the Whakatane Union's competitions. The Aveather was fine folloAving the recent rains and though the southerly Avind made conditions rather cold for the spectators the ground Avas softer than usual and a better all-round type of football was apparent. The most spirited game in Whakatane Avas the senior match between City and Poroporo which "e----sulted in a draw. The fixture Avas filled Avith excitement especially in its latter stages Avhen the linesmen had the greatest difficulty in keeping the enthusiastic spectators back. 1

The junior fields again provided good football, though the standard gener-, ally was not up to that witnessed the previous week. Old Boys had a meritorious Avin Avliile Star enjoyed a walkoA'er victory against Waimana

THE SCORE BOARD Seniors City v Poroporo 6-G Juniors Star beat Waimaria 29-3 Taneatua beat Paroa 10_0 Thirds Whakatane beat Old Boys 13.0 BASKETBALE Whakatane A beat Whakatane B 11-8 Poroporo beat Te Teko 17-7 Paroa B beat Taneatua B 10-1 Waimana beat Nukuhou 17.5 WHAKATAXE & POROPORO DRAW Whakatane and Poroporo ch c ,Y with six po'r.ts each in the game on Xo. 1 ground on the Domain. For once Whakatr.no had a surplus oi' player:-: and fielded a team 'chat went into things in lively fashion. The first half was mostly Whakatane''.:. but in the second spell Poroporo, playing against wind and sun, made some determined bids to score., two tries coming to them. They were fitter than the Whakatane men and. playing eight backs, had a distinct advantage in the rearguard. Whakatane, in fact, could not do much but spoil. Howat drew first .blood for Whakatane, sidestepping his way through from lo yards out to score. The liick failed. Poroporo took a turn, but Oswald saved a try when lie smothertackled a man who had three mates >n sunport. Then the play swept to Ihe other end with the Whakatane forwards going great gnns. 'Wilson was heading everything. Oswald miss n d a long penalty shot at goal. A moment later Poroporo was badlv beaten by a ball which went over the 'inc. Two Poroporo men dived to but Oswald shot between them like an eel and touched down. He missed the kick. Whakatane 6, Povo poro 0Howat was nearly in but Poroporo cleared and the score was unaltered at half-time. On the resumption Poroporo attacked vigorously. Wilson headed a clearing rush to the Poroporo 2">. Poroporo took play back to halLwav but Raynor, who was Very sound, plel\ ed up and ran through the whole Po 'oporo team. On the line he passed to Best who dived but went out on the corner. A moment later Jackson cross-kicked, Oswald picked the ball up lost it, and Raynor was handy to div c over. However, a Poroporo man's hand went on the ball also. Poroporo were within an ace ol sco'ing but Oswald stopped a couple of men. Finally K. Waaka ran from the serum to cross by the posts with, out a hand on him. Hotene missed . Goodal] at fullback had the better of exchanges of clearing kicks, though he was standing in the mid He >f the paddock too much, and was 'ising the touch line against the wind. Poroporo pressed and looked likely to score until Cain., Best awl Wilson cleared in a slashing rush, these three forwards helping to keep Poroporo well penned up. They broke however, and after a determined run by Merito were only pulled

up on Hie Wliakatarie line \yhere Savage-tied the stores with a .try from the loose. The hard kick .failed. The crowd was yelling for blood and Wilson and other stalwarts tried to oblige. Poroporo battled hard but the Whakatane defence held. Eventually Cain dribbled through. Ray. nor too was prominent, then a moment later he recovered a bouncing ball, ran through and gave to Cain who passed to Keats. Keats looked to have a show but was tackled before he got into top. The game end- I cd soon afterwards. Mr Boswell kept the game moving well as referee. PA I1C)A TOO GOOD Paroa 11 beat Taneatua 5. Paroa Scored a well-deserved win over Taneatua at Taneatua,, the score of 11 points to five representing the difference between the teams. It was a bright game Avitnessed by a good crowd, and it was clcan for the most port. Hohapata was well marked but he put in some great Avork. Gourtcnay was outstanding at first five-eighth. HayAvard led his forwards Avell, but he Avent off ten minutes before the end Avitli a recurrence of his ankle injury*.* Tile score for Taneatua, came from a try by Sisam who shot over when the ball was handed back snappily after a loose ruck. Bluett scored for Paroa after a fine movement in which the scorer ran from the and Dodds got another try by fast following up and bustling the fullback. Hohapata a lso scored. Murray for Paroa threAV a try awa3' Avtien he tried to run round behind th« posts after crossing the line. Hohapata, had gone through in good style and he passed to Murray on the line. Murray could have grounded the ball there but he tried to run round behind two Taneatua men and was thrown into touch-in_goal. The game was controlled by Mr B. Norman. THE JUNIORS Star 2!;, \- Waimana 3 \Ya ; iii an a (re;! and black): A. Ward law, Te llan Johnson, 31. Ward]aw To Pou, Ross. White, Scott, Perfect O'Brien, Sulli\'an, D. Woolfield. B. Woolfield, Spanhake. Star (blue); Green. Thorn, Henry ? Grapp, Thompson. Britten, De Laeey Stubbs, Morpeth, Thorburn, Cham-, bers, Brown, Sulli\*an, Stew art. Though play opened evenly it Avas quickly apparent that the Star bovs Ave re the better team and played more as a side., Waimana while exhibiting plenty of dash and hardy individualism. failed to combine to any great extent, and further, tired read ily, several of the later scores being nothing more or less than gift tries. Earlj- in the piece Morpeth at half showed himself in splendid form. His opening up was clever and consist, while the manner in AA'hi'ch he fed his backs Avas most commendable. Waimana, sought t 0 employ ■spoiling tactics jjy initiating a scries of loose forward rushes, which gave 1 them temporary strength. HoAvever the odds were heavily against them in the more experienced tactics and combination of their opponents, who penetrated time and again. Scoring fo r Star Avere Brown (2), Chambers : Henry, Wilson, and Sullivan one j each. A remarkable tribute to the ! improved playing ability of Thorburn, Avas the record of four conver- 1 sions and one penalty goal. Wai- ! mana.'s single try came from M. Ward < hIAV . The Rev Watson made a capable I referee. 1 I I TANEATUA 16 v PAROA 0 ; ; ' 1 Paroa (black): M. W. Kingi Butler, Bluett, Simpson, McCausland Moka.i Wilson, Rau Hawera G. anu 7 } ? W. Paki, Shaw, Kupai, J. Kingi. Taneatua (black and Avhite): Sykes Mitchell, N. Gallagher, J, Miles, F. Gallagher, Beechey, God. dard, Dnnstan, Knowles McCruckeii Gee, C. Mitchell, Sisam, Palmer. From a scrappy commencement the 1 game produced good football as it ad. J vanced. The first half Avas fairly 1 eA 7 en the Taneatua boys finding tough ' opposition, in the hardy pack of torwards that confronted them. The 1 backs of either side AA'ere not util'se»: to any extent the play reverting entirely to the free and open forward 1 game AA'hich however was not without its interesting moments.

In" the second half C. Mitchell scor cct ; giving Taneatua a lead. The next points came from Gee- who affcr » spectacular run touched down neat; the upright. Sykes converted...Tan* catua 8, Paroa 0. The visitors were now swinging in* to their stride, and discovered strength in a number of loose forward rushes, which had a devastating effect in the ranks of the opposition. Gee scored his second try after breaking through almost unopposed. Paroa was now hopelessly bustled and submitted to an easy try by Miles, which Sykes converted, the score ending Taneatua 16, Paroa 0. Mr J. Denham was referee. OLD BOYS WIN Old Boys 10 beat 'Poroporo 0. Old Boys had their first win on Saturday when tliey" beat Poroporo bv 10 points to nil. From the outset the Old Boys clapped on, the pace and rushed play into the Poroporo territory, Fitehett scouring and scoring from loose play, Fitehett kickccfc a beautiful goal. Old Boys maintained the pressure, but there was further score in the first half. After the interval Poroporo played better football and pressed Old Boys. They were unlucky not to score as Old Boys were badly handicapped through lack of training, it looked as though the Old Boys would; fade away a s they did last Saturday. The Hotcne Brothers were playing for Poroporo with their usual dash and their forwards w r ere gaining the ascendancy, but Old Boys rallied, and after good forward play Cleland went over. Fitehett raised the flags with another beautiful goal, and the games I ended with Old Boys the winners.