POLO.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 14

POLO.

TOURNAMENT CONTINUED. AMURI B WIN JUNIOR CUP. The polo tournament for the Junior Cup and the Bhodes Cup was continued at Haglcy Park yesterday. Ideal weather conditions prevailed, but the ground was a trifle sticky owing to the recent rains. As on the first day, there was a good attendance of spectators and there is no doubt that the game is growing in popularity in Christchurch. On the whole the general standard of play showed an improvement, and some fine play should be witnessed to-day and to-morrow when the final rounds of the Bhodes Cup competition will be played. -Amuri B gave a much improved exhibition to-day and scored a popular victory in the Junior Cup final. Banks Peninsula were lacking in combination, and lacked the necessary finish to their movements, while there was much bad hitting and poor shooting. The game was full of interest and incident, and some exciting rallies resulted. Eoger Gould, for Amuri, and H. Menzies, for Banks Peninsula, the respective backs j for their teams, were the outstanding players, and both gave firßt-class exhibitions throughout. Christchurch A were right off form against Pareora, who scored a comfortable win by a margin of eight goals, one over their handicap. D. Gould played a sound game at back, his powerful hitting being an asset to his side. G. Grigg was consistent all through, and he showed up in several fine movements. Tahu Ehodes was off form, and although he played headily, his display was disappointing. E. M. Johnson was very patchy, the only time he was prominent for good play being when he was scoring his six goals. All the Pareora team played a great game, H. Elworthy giving the best exhibition of the meeting. Amuri A were at their best against Christchurch B, whose efforts were spasmodic. Each team scored the same number of goals, Amuri winning by their handicap of five. For Christchurch Major Hutton was very steady, and his generalship was responsible for most of the team's movements. Livingstone has the makings of a really fine player. Macdonald was out of practice, but played well, as did E. Johnson, who, however, was very erratic. C. MaefaYlane was the best of the Amuri team.

The following are the results: — Amuri B (R. Gould, C. Deans, A. Robinson, and G. Reid) 7 goals, defeated Banks Peninsula (H.'Menzies, lan Menzies, B. Stewart, and A. Menzies) 8 goals, by 11 goals to 10. Pareora (J. 0. Miller, H. Ehvorthy, L. Orbell, and' H. Orbell) 7 goals, defeated Christchurch A (D. W. J. Gould, Tahu Rhodes, R. M. Johnson, and J. 0, Grigg) scr., by 17 goals to 9. Amur! A (3j. R. C. Macfarlane, J• Macfai'lane, C. Macfarlane, and R. L. Jameson) 18 goals, defeated Christchurch B (Major G. P. Hutton, R. Johnson, H. Macdonald, and 11. G. Livingstone) 13 goals, by 25 goals to 20.

JUNIOR CUP. Amuri B v. Banks Peninsula. Amuri commenced with several sharp attacks from one of which Robinson goaled. Peninsula made a better showing in the second clrakka, being on the offensive for most of the spell. Menzies put in a nice one for his team to take the lead, 9-8. R. Gould was playing a great game for Amuri,. and he registered a pretty goal in the third spell. Stewart showed up in a-Peninsula rush; then H. Menzies saved brilliantly what would have been a certain goal, and a concerted rush on the left wing saw Gould finish off with a clinking shot. Amuri B 10, Banks Peninsula 9. H. Menzies just missed with an angle shot. Gould took the ball to the other end, where he scored after a scramble in front of the posts. With a two-goal deficit, Banks Peninsula attacked with vim at the beginning of the last chukka, and lan Menzies missed an easy shot. Amuri then went down to the other end, but Banks Peninsula returned play and registered a goal just on time, leaving Amuri still one to the good. Amuri B 11, Banks Peninsula 10. STEAD CUP. Christcliurch A v. Pareora. Christchurch, were set a difficult task, in having to concede seven goals to the strong I'areora team. From the start, play was last and even, the ' first chukka ending without any store being registered. Pareora yifused great dash into their game in the second chukka and outplayed their opponents to score four goals, thus putting them eleven up. H. Ehvorthy was outstanding and he put in some great runs to score three goals, H. Orbell putting in the fourth. H. Elworthy was again prominent at the opening of the third spell, and he just missed with a shot from well out. Christchurch took a turn at attack, and after Grigg had taken the ball down, Johnson finished off ( the movement by tapping the ball through. Pareora 11, Christchurch A 1. Johnson put in a great run from half-way, ahd finished a brilliant solo effort by notching his second goal. Elworthy had. hard luck in just missing a score in the fourth chukka, the ball grazing the post. The Greens continued to hold the advantage, and L. Orbell scored with a fine shot well out. The spell ended, Pareora 12, Christchurch 2. The fifth epell saw H. Elworthy score another fine goal. Grigg came through in good style to take Christchurch's score to three. Miller then put Pareora further in the lend. Pareora ran - right away from their opponents in the sixth chukka, L. Orbell and Elworthy scoring in quick succession. Gould then broke away and narrowly missed goalina with a tremendous hit from near half-way. Johnson scored from the ensuing hit out. With the score 4—16 against them, Christchurch attacked with vim at the commencement of the last spell, Johnson scoring with a neat back-hander. Gould then put one through, making the scores 6 —16. Christchurch were making great efforts to pull up and Johnson registered his fifth goal. Then Gould scored another for Christchurch. B—l6. L. Orbell caught the Christchurch defence napping. Pareora 17, Christehurch 8. With only a minute to go, the Blues weht down the field with an overwhelming rush, and Johnson put in his sixth, making the final scores, Pareora 17, Christchurch 9.

Amuri A v. Christcliurcli B. Up and down play marked the first chukka. Christchurch B attacked from the throw-in, and a melee in front of the posts saw the- ball go through after a series of attacks by the Amuri team, C. Macfarlane scored. The second chukka saw some ragged play, until Macdonald passed to Livingstone, who put in a nice run down the line to score with a beautiful shot. .J. Macfarlane and C. Macfarlane . then scored for Amuri. The chukka ended, Amuri 21, Christchurch 15. L. Macfarlane put Amuri further ahead in the third, with a nice shot from close in. Christchurch B then initiated several hot attacks which, proved fruitless

owing to poor shooting. As the bell went Macdonald goaled with an angle shot' Amuri A 22, Christ-church B 16 Play was rather ragged in the fourth, which saw C. Macfarlane add another goal to his credit. After some hard riding, Christchurch B went down in a great rush which ended in Major Hutton scoring with a neat backhander. Immediately after, C. Macfarlane rushed through to score. Johnson just missed after a good attempt. Macdonald put in a hot one as the bell rang. Amuri A 24, Christchurch 818 From a combined attack by the Reds 'Major Hutton scored. L. Macfarlane replied with an equally effective shot. The last chukka was devoid of incident except for a bright <roal bv Macdonakl. The game ended, \murf A 25. Christchurch B 20.

The following matches will be played to ßanks Peninsula v. Amuri A, at 2 Pareora v. Amuri B, at 3.30 p.m.