WINTER GAMES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 20, 5 June 1939, Page 5

WINTER GAMES

KEEN RUt*BY CONTESTS

LAST SATURDAY'S RESULTS

PAROA'S FINE FORM

Rugby enthusiasts last Saturday - -were treated once more to an exciting fare, when the club fixtures un•rtler the Union's competitions were • continued on the Domain. The weather was fine and the ground in good order,, enabling Rugby to attain a : gratifying standard which denotes steady improvement in style and-sci-•ence. The outstanding game was that between Paroa and Poroporo. From the outset play was keen and it was obvious both teams were full out and : -giving of their best. Paroa developed ; an aggressive style that gave them -.ascendency in the early stages, and gradually wore down the blue jerseys • defence. In the concluding stages JPoroporo, were showing visible signs •of wear. City won in good fashion from a hardy Waimana fifteen, who, -chased the scores to within a point of each other.. The junior fields also 'revealed good football, while a friend "ly match between the visiting boy Scout troop from Maketu and Wha"katane resulted in an overwhelming •victory for the locals, V THE SCORE BOARD Seniors Paroa defeated Poroporo 16-6. .defeated/Waimana 15-14 Juniors. • Star defeated Taneatua 22.8. Poroporo defeated Old Boys 18.11. Old Boys 15, v Waimana 3. Thirds. \Whakatane defeated Maketu 23-0. ft - ; THE PLAY TAROA 16 v POROPORO 6 "The teams were:— Paroa (black) Pile, Hoha Xiata, Courtenay, Simpson, Wells, Dodd,' Lawson, Fox, • Reneti j .Harawira, Kingj Ratahi, Aarold. Poroporo (blue): P. Merito, R. Kipg, Walker, R. Kotua, J. Riini, j\lita,jyierito, Savage, J. f Mate. Tunui Wharewera, Ngoungou, N. Maki, S. W. Mason. The gajne opened with an even battle at midfield, the two packs being " locked together for a good seven minutes before any decisive movement ...could be made. This came from a f)rilliant burst of speed by Kotua -who kicking over the heads of the • opposing backs swept through to the : goal with the whole Poroporo team : in support. Paroa were in hard de_ "fence when a penalty award in a Shandy position gave Merito an opportunity to find the bar. The leather .-sailed across to the wild excitement .of the sideliners. Poroporo 3, Paroa •X). Paroa retaliated and Hohapata in -a strong run outpaced the opposition •to hand on to Courtenay who scored. Dodd kicked s.'beautiful goal. Paroa ;5, Poroporo 3. The back movements of both sides -were now a feature of the play.. Tlis r blues, invaded and gave Paroa an : anxious period until Crapp relieved and -with a high kick into the sun sent the backs upfield. Courtenay seizing a favourable opportunity dribbled past the blue backs and touched ■clown, in the corner. Dodd failed to -■ convert. Paroa 8 Poroporo 3. Fast exciting play followed the blues forcing the issue and gaining "the initiative. Charging down in the -corner J. Riini was able to take on the full, dash over and score. P, Merito missed with the kick. Parca 8, Poroporo 6. The change over saw the keen nature of the play renewed. The black Jerseys worried through to quarter way, where Dodd took a couple of long shots at goal missing narrowly each time. Poroporo cleared and held "two thirds of the field till Wilson broke away and with the whole Poro. j poro team in pursuit set sail for the line. His touch of toe enabled him -to outstrip the opposition and score brilliantly between the uprights. Dodd had no difficulty in converting. Paroa 13, Poroporo 6. Merito and Rangikotua exchanged passes carrying through to the line where the blacks were called upon to • exert their best efforts to clear. The tireless blacks reasserted themselves and once more had the blues bustle 1. A dozen yards from the line Lnwson broke away from a scrum and though tackled by Merito succeeded in touch, jpg down and notching yet avo.lhi:l- - a few minute, '.he call tiny*. Parol Po-o.wo n.

CITY WINS WHAKAT AN E 1.% WAIMANA 14 Only a handful of people watched Whakatane beat Waimana on No. 2 ground on Saturday. The game was an exciting one, and the narrow margin of points separating the teams kept the tension on throughout. Best men for Whakatane were Oswald at second live-eighths, and Wilson, Best and Mahy in the forwards. Mahy came on to fill the depleted rauks y and played a good bustling game. Boynton and McKay Angus were per. haps Waimana's best. Waimana, were the first to scorc when McLea.n ran through a tackle on the line. 'lUie kick hit the post. Whakatane were attacking when Oswald made a speculator soccer kick which dropped over the players and over the Waimana line. Butler had followed up smartly and was there to fall on it. Oswald converted, mak ing the score 5-3. Whakatane was making the pace when Oswald goaled a penalty. W ai_ mana missed a score in the left corner, then Steve Takau crossed. The long kick feil under the bar, and the scores were £-6. A little later Boynton broke through on his own and scored. The ball hit the post, fell on to the bar, wobbled and fell on the right side. Waimana 11, Whakatane 8. There was no further score to halftime, and after the resumption Whakatane seemed rattled. However, fortunes changed slowly and Jackson took a long pass from the line out, ran through, handed on to Mahy who kicked to Boynton. The fullback was 1 bustled and Jackson passed to Oswald who fumbled the ball recovered it and passed back to Goodall, and the Whakatane fullback snapped a great pot. Whakatane's nose was in front and later on Oswald picked up a dropped pass and ran through, fending Steve Takau off with a palm to the gullet and scoring to make the tally 15 to 11. In the closing stages Waimana kicked a penalty and the game ended Whakatane 15, Waimana 14. The Rev K.J. Watson was referee j THE JUNIORS POROPORO DEFEAT OLD BOYS The teams were:— Old Boys (white), Finn, Buddie, Boon, Roulston, Coutts Fife, McKenzie, Drummond, Thompson Fisher, Parsons, Carmichael and Carey. Poroporo (blue): Hoi, Ngoungou, Kororiko, Tunui, Ratahi, Hotene, Kelly, N. I-jer, T. Riini, Paul Watarawi, J. Riini, Mason, Kniglit. Play opened carefully J. Knight notching Poroporo's first points after a clever run through. Kelly failed to convert. Shortly after Ijer kicked a penalty goal ? giving the blue jerseys a six point lead. Old Boys now started to infuse better spirit into their play and after some keen forward work, Coutts slipped through and scored, Thompson failing to convert. Poroporo Old Boys 3. Ijer who was playing at his best now scored a try which went unconverted. For the white jerseys Carey also notched a score. Just before half time Kororiko slipped across making the score Poroporo 12, Old Boys 6. The blues were now putting their best step foremost and as a result Old Boys were severely handled for some minutes. Kororiko scored again making the points 15-6. But soon after the pakehas staged a comeback and Carey scored a beautiful try, which Boon converted. Poroporo 15 Old Boys 11. Hard play was now the rule and there was little between the teams till a few minutes before time when T. Riini scored, making the concluding paints Poroporo 18, Old Boys 11. Mr J. Partridge was referee. RUNAWAY IN SECOND HALF STAR. 22, TANEATUA 8 J Star proved a. ireat second halt team at Taneatua on Saturday when they beat Taneatua by 22 to 8. Taneatua shaded Star in the first half and the score was 8 points to nil in their favour at orange time. Then Star turned round and proceeded to devastate Taneatua with slashing forward rushes which disorganised the opposing backs, and were well supported by the Star back line. There were some brilliant tries scored in this half. Mr B. Norman ereed. OLD BOYS 15 v WAIMANA 3 The match wos r>, onesided affair. 'hough.in the concluding stages tue Waimana boys made commendaMe I fo .f Mf C'.'huv! II)

efforts to hold their own. For Old £}oys Fitchett scored two tries* G. C. Moore one. The other points came from Fitchett's excellent goaling from two penalty awards. Waimana's points were derived from a penalty goal. BASKETBALL WHAKATANE COMPETITIONS The ' usual weekly competition games under the Whakatane Basketball Association, Avere continued last Saturday under ideal conditions. There is an all round general improvement and some keen contests are anticipated as the finals approach Games are now played under the new rules. Saturday's results were as wilder:— Paroa heat Waunana 20-11 Whakatane A beat Paroa B IS-13 Taneatua bout Te Teko 12-7 Pnroprmi Toneatua A IS-."). '•.Vhakaluno Reserves beat Nukuho'i 2.'L4