FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 15

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL,

WIK for christchurch l OLD, BOYS STRUGGLE HARD.

W' Christchurch won the senior cham pionflhip for 1930, when they beat 01. Boys by nine points to nil, in the com petition final at Lancaster Park on Sat • tfrday afternoon. Their task was madi much easier by the retirement of S. E Carleton, Old Boys' captain and main B tay of the backs, a quarter of an houi after the interval, with an injurec anWe. Up til] this time ne i ther side hid scored, but Christchurch would pro bably have won in any case because the weight of their forwards gave them marked advantage territorially. Though hard-fought, the game produced few bursts of brilliance, and the 6000 spectators for the most part watched it uninspired. The feature of Old Boys' play was their dogged defence and how well Carleton was marshalling it, for no sooner had he gone off than Hart ran round Jacobs, who came on to the wing, for a fine try. Thereafter Christchurch found it easier to pick holes in the defence. Much was expected from the Christchurch forwards, but they did not dominate the play as they might have done. Though there were some amongst them who were not constant workers, the pack won through the tight play, but Old Boys clung to them grimly, and often got the better of the tussle in the loose. There ) were none better on the ground than Cottrell, Manchester, and Stewart, when he chose to put his heart into his work. Old Players Shine Out. There was little of that sparkle of former days in the White backline and hardly once did they get within striking distance, as the result of rearguard thrusts. The old stalwarts too were th 6 best,, the importance of the occasion apparently affecting the younger . ones. Christchurch, on the other hand, wore striking at the line hard on several occasions, when they did not score, as& their territorial advantage of the first spell was markedly increased in the-'second until the excursions of the Whites into enemy territory became merely sallies. But. it was individual effort. OS the part of their backs that • brought them the points, for they were not; good enough to bring off concerted work. Bealising what they were up against, 'the: Old Boys 5 forwards started very determinedly, but they were being pushed about in the tight play. Their inside bags, however, were slow to move. XsiU, did much good work covering up th&tnistakes df others. His long and actuate line-kicking extricated his side I from several difficulties. The tricky noi-mt wind was affecting the kicking Q&Mtne of the others. i; %.«?' >" f Resolute Defence. r .V - The Christchurch backs were seeing more of the ball, but their movements > were being met with resolute defence, ■ particularly from J. Harris, Innes, and Carleton. Mullan found that chain-pass-ing was not getting them very far, and began to go on -his own. This did not get his side much further and he then started to hand on to McGregor, who varied his play with well-judged punts which he was inclined to overdo. ■ Sometimes however, these fell near Hall, at'.full-back, who was having an off--day,, and gave the bulky Christchurch ftbntrds a chance to surge on to the b&jj, so that the Whites were hard put %to keep them out. Half-time came •jt® the efforts of the Bed-and-Blacks Wp still being frustrated, though their psp<raents had never looked like pcoriiJff,' Mull an nearly notched points from, ai,penalty halfway through the spell,. -Mil kick hitting the intersection of the erow-bar and the npright. Beferee and Player. j After the interval the Christchurch fjtefards went to work solidly and soon glad .Old Boys; hard .on. the defensive, epftor a hot melee in the corner near Wtft new stand, Macduff, of the Christiijßreh pack, was seen stolidly walking gnleld. Carleton had a word with SH&£eferee, Mr E. A. Empson, who then Med him back. Mr Empson stated ||wtrwards that Maodnff persisted that eiHnstchurch had been robbed of a try I he had orderfidHhim. off,but Carlelad asked thev«**e allowed to stay, ? which' Mr consented. Ill' " Carleton Goes Off. continued to press and (brleton, * n stopping what would cerhave, been a try, was injured, continued for a minute or two, but PW l "compelled to leave, receiving an fraation as he limped down the touch* been doing sterling work Jacobs came on to the wing gjffi McPhail moved into centre. Hart |ft«Henly got : his chance and snapping flip'a bad pass, ran right round the op■jpoalng backs to score near the far coryteir. Mullan missedthe kick. Old Boys having a The ChrUt|ehurch forwards were penning theix, |siji when they broke clear, Fulton, lioae display at was one of finished seen jtKis season, would them back again with long and gaeenrate line-kicking. Mullan and McGregor were trying to manoeuvre their, sbacks into a scoring position, but-some-Hbiag generally seemed to go amiss. p'bdn'Hart game again. He. followed a |*Jiarp burst with a short punt, and he Etod Bcrimshaw went on together for pho to touch down before any of. the |Whites could reach the ball. Mullan | tt itted the easiest of kicks, and Christp&UtCh were six points up. Scrimshaw gfored the next and last try under the gfetats, backing up well, to carry on after gfltOregor had neatly threaded his way another easy ||j*k anta/j -'j» ended without furPwieore. ' V . ■Ki" • Nothing Spectacular. if?? spectacular Rugby there was none. |s»kou at full-back, played a flawless Hart took all the chances ofhim and was by far the most enof the three-quarter line. jlifiWy.of the movements broke down at fsft&Wl, second five-eighths. Mnllan were resourceful, but occasionally sparkled in attack, was rewarded for keeping with play while, among the mm forwards, Cottrell, Manchester, did the most effective recent displays Hall, at f«HKSMor Old Boys was disappointing, jjfiiyinre to field the ball meant VjPJjfk'for his side more than once. young players, Gregg and 'i-ffifflftfli'lon the wings, played fair by far the most effective |

of the White backs were Innes and varloton. J. Harris, who returned to Play at five-eighths, was sure on defence, but 'too slow on attack. The nimbleness of Hay was what was wanted on the day, but he was away with a sprained ankle. There were some toilera in the Old Boys' vanguard, and none better than Burrows, Porterfield, Chamberlain, and C. M. Harris. The, teams were:— Ohristchurch (Bed and Black)—B. A. Fulton, G. F. Hart, J. E. McAuliffe, J. F. Bobilliard, B. W. Marshall, N. P. McGregor, T. F. Mullan, G. Scrimshaw, J. B. Taylor, A. I. Cottrell, E. T. Stewart, A. E. G. Bogers, J. E. Manchester, A. P. McDuff, and J. E. Wilders. Old Boys (White)—M. P. Hall, E. Gregg, S. E. Carleton, C. McPhail, G. D. Innes, J. Harris, J. Gaskin, G. El], J. T. Burrows, N. Porterfield, C. fI M. Harris, A. C. Wade, F. Foley, J. 8. Chamberlain, and A. C. Harris. FINAL POSITIONS OF TEAMS. Ohristchurch end the season one and a half championship points ahead of Old Boys. Merivale finish third and Albion fourth. Cliriatchurch were beaten twice during the season, by 'Vaisity and by Linwood. Points. Ch. P W. L. D. P. A. Pts. Ohristchurch .. 15 13 2 0 376 90 13 Old Boys .. 15 11 3 1 228 96 11J Merivale .. 14 10 3 1 173 110 lOi Albion ~14 9 5 0 195 75 9 'Varsity .. 14 7 7 0 151 138 7 Liu wood ..13 S 8 0 83 209 5 Sydenham ..14 4 10 0 85 183 4 Technical .. 14 013 1 72 344 J PREVIOUS WINNERS. Previous winners of the championship are : 1905—Sydenham. 1906—Albion. 1807—Sydenham. 1908—Albion. 1909—Mprivak. 1910—Albion. 1911—Albion. 1912—MeriVala. 1913—01 d Boys. 1911—Old Boys. 1915—Linwood. 1916-18 —War period. 1919—Marist. 1920—Marist. 1921—Marist ♦ 1922—Marist. 1923—Marist 1924—01 d Boys. 1925—01 d Boys. 1926—01 d Boys. 1927—Ohristchurch. 1928—'Varsitv. 1929—01 d Boys. SENIOR B. At the Show Grounds, Old Boys 20 beat | Training College 6. Referee, Mr E. Rud- . kin. At Sunnyside, Ohristchurch 1-1 beat Sunnyside 9. Referee, Mr E. E. Luttrell. 1 At the Show Grounds, Merivale 12 beat , North Canterbury 3. Referee, Mr R. Kennedy. Albion beat 'Varsity A by default. Old Collegians beat 'Varsity B by default. JUNIOR m. Linwood 19, New Brighton 5. North Canterbury 11, Merivale 9. Albion beat Old Boys by default. PRESIDENT'S 111. Ohristchurch 6, Old Boys 8. Papanui 6, Y.M.C.A. 3. Linwood 17, Sydenham 3. • Richmond 15. North Canterbury 3. Kaiapoi beat Merivale by default. UNDER SEVENTEEN. A Section. North Canterbury beat Bromley by default. . Technical Old Boys 19, Old Boys 3. B Section. Kaiapoi 20, Riccarton 0. Sydenham 13, Ohristchurch 6. West Old Boys beat Y.M.C.A. by default. SCHOOLBOYS. Under Bst. Linwood 10, Albion 9. Sydenham 16, Papanui 9. Under 7st. Merivale 8, Linwood 3. Ohristchurch 22, Sydenham B 3. Y.M.C.A. beat Ohristchurch B by default. North Canterbury beat Bromley by default.

JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES

After a trial of over 20 junior grade players at Lancaster Pari on Saturday the following nineteen were packed to represent Canterbury against Wellington next Saturday:—Mill (Albion), Harrison (Morivale), Murray (Linwood), Britt (Sydenham), Shirtdiff (Christchurch), Broad (Albion), Fox (Sydenham), Hawkinps (O.B.), Hendry (Merivale), Reynolds (Merivale), Pedder (Merivale), Almond (Technical), Loader (Christehurch), Hinchey (Training College), Keiner (Linwood), Wyman (Albion), Thompson (Linwood), North (O.B.), and May (Merivale). PLAYERS FROM PRESIDENT'S GRADES. Tha following President's Grades players have been chosen to go into training to-mor-row and Thursday, at the North Perk training ground:—W. Bampton (O.B.), S. Cordner (West), L. Brown (Sydenham)., H. Barker (Merivale), M. Patrick (Sydenham), W. Small (Albion), £*. Newton (West), B. Hampton (Albion), A Stevens (Merivale), J. Byrne (Richmond), F. Rose (Christchurch), H. McDonald (Papanui)', Templeton (Technical), 0. Hattersley (West), J. Vincent (Christchurch), L. Strong (Linwood), O. Pratt (O.B.), J. Bamford (Sumner), J. Steele (Merivale). Training for both A and B Oanterbury Rugby teams will be held at Buckett'i gymnasium at 7.30 on Tuesday night, and at training grounds at 7.80 p.m. on Thursday.

TEAM LEAVES THE FIELD. INCIDENT IN BOYS* MATCH. After a Hornby player had been ordered off the field by the referee in the SydenhamHornby schoolboy*' Rugby match (under 7st), at Opawa Park on Saturday, . the Hornby team walked off the field and would not continue the game. It is understood that one of the Hornby players was alleged to have hit a Sydenham player, and the referee, who saw the incident, ordered him off. A noisy argument followed, and after someone had called from the sideline the team left the ground. The score at the time was Sydenham 3, Hornby 0. ARMSTRONG'S V. BEATH'S. On the North Hagley ground on Saturday Afternoon Armstrong's and Beath's drew, 16 all. For Armstrong's tries were scored -by King (1), O'Connell (1), Blake (1), and O'Malley (X). O'Malley converted twice For Beath's Hartley scored two tries, ■ Stanley one, and L. Beauvais one. . Hartley ! also potted a goal. / ELLESMERE SUB-UNION. The Ellesmere Rugby Sub-Union held its ar>nnal Beven-a-side tournament at Rhodes Park, Tai Tapu, on Saturday. Lincoln College teams won both the first and second grade honours, and Southbridge was victorious in the schools grade. The following were the scores: — FIRST GRADE. First Round. United B won from Waihora A by a force down. Irwell 5 v. Southbridge B 4. College 19 v. Leeston 0. Dunsandel A 3 v. Waihora B 0. United A, a bye. Second Round. Irwell 3 v. United B 0. College 12 v. United A 0. Final. College 3 v. Irwell 0. SECOND GRADE. First Round. Leeston A 6 v. Waihora B 0. Irwell 8 v. Leeston B 5. United A 3 v. College B 0. Southbridge B 11 v. Dunsandel B 0. Dunsandel A 5 v. United B 0. Waihora A 9 v. College C 0. College A won from Southbridge A by default. Second Round. United A 6 v. Leeston A 0. College A 11 v. Southbridge B 0. _ „ Final. College A 8 ?. United A 0. SCHOOLS. . First Round. Tai Tapu-Green park beat Sedgemere-Lake-side. Brookside Doyleston-Irwell 3 v. Lincoln 0. Leeston. beat Killinchy-Dunsandel. Southbridge 9 v. Irwell 0. springston 6 v. Irwell 0. ' Second Round. Tai Tapu-Greenpark 8 v. Brookside-Doyles-ton-Irwell 0. Southbridge 3 v. Leeston 0. Final. Southbridge 6 t. Tai Tapu-Greenpark 0.