TRIAL TEAMS SELECTED

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21465, 6 May 1935, Page 7

TRIAL TEAMS SELECTED

POSSIBLES V. PROBABLES FOR TO-DAY'S MATCH The following teams have been chosen by the selectors, Messrs W. C. Dalley and N. Carnegie, to contest a representative trial match at Lancaster Park to-day:— Possibles G. T. Nolan (Old Boys) N. McClelland (Linwood), J. Poison (Christchurch), W. J. Brown (Sydenham) E. P. Newburgh (Merivale), A. P. Cobden (Old Boys) ,J. H. McAuliffe (University) H. Deavoll (Merivale), I. Crockett (Sydenham), G. Thompson (Linwood), D. G. Simpson (Athletic), A. Brownlee (Linwood), K. Lowry (Old Boys), 11. B. Burke (University), O. Hattersley (Sydenham). Probables F. T. J. French (Sydenham) R. Chinnery (Sunnyside), C. J. Oliver (Merivale), D. G. Cobden (Old Boys). K. S. Mortlock (Old Boys), H. Forbes (Merivale) W. A. Clark (Old Boys) J. E. Manchester (Christchurch), R. Thomas (Sydenham), A. J. Bourne (Merivale), G. J. Howell (Sunnyside;, W. SwCeney (Albion), F. J. WAson (University), J. Wilson (Albion). A. Pedder (Merivale). j Emergencies for both teams:— Backs: L. Brown (Sydenham), R.' Brown (Sydenham), C. H. McKiail (Old Boys), S. G. Henry (Old Boys), vV. Thomson (Albion), H. Davis (AlDion), ana G. A. Parsons (University). Forwards: J. G. Rankin (Old Boys), JYL. jaucK.iey (Christchurch), D. J. Wilson (University), F. J. Foley (Old noys), and J. White (Linwood). The match will commence at 2.45 p.m., and players are expected to assemble at the park at 2 p.m. INTER-STATE MATCH IN AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND BEATS N.S.W. {UXI'ZZD PBSSS A «JOCIITIOJf—BT IMSCXWO TELSUIi/ U--COrraiOET.) (Received May 5, 8.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 4. In an inter-state Rugby match, Queensland beat New South Wales by 24 points to 11. Queensland was deiimteiy superior in the iront row forwards. New South Wales was completely outplayed in the second half. RUGBY LEAGUE ADDINGTON'S BIG WIN A DAY OF HIGH SCORING Results: — | Aldington 48, Linwood 10. ILuru 29, Sydenham 10. Hornby 31, New Brighton i>. In glorious weather, a good crowd gathered at Sydenham Park to watch Addington and Linwood. As a match, the fixture was disappointing, as Linwood was unfortunately not nearly up to full strength, and at no stage looked like winning. Addington's back line, the strongest for years, made nearly all the play, and had a very big win. Ruru continued its improvement, showing bright patches of back play, to give Sydenham a bad beating and to register its highest score this season. Out at Hornby, the home team was too strong all round tor | New Brighton. Waimairi had the bye. The following table shows the positions of the teams: —

ADDINGTON (48) V. LINWOOD (10) With the turf in splendid order, an excellent gome between Linwood and Addington was keenly anticipated, but when the teams filed on the field and it was noticed that five of Linwood's regulars were absent, it was obvious that the team could be no match for Addington's speedy backs. F. Ayres and M. H. Smith, the star back and forward respectively, were out of town, T. Giflord, a very promising forward, who recently won a number of middle-distance races, has a badly injured knee, and C. Becks and C. H. Priest were not available. Though Linwood was outclassed in every department of the game, very high credit must be given to its players for the way in which they buckled into their work and kept at the Addington backs right through. Though outplayed, outgenerailed, and outmanoeuvred, they were at no stage beaten in spirit, and, near the en'', were putting as much vim into thc : r play as at the start. They put on the first points, a penalty goal, Hid not score till 28 points were against them, but went so persistently that they secured the last try—an extremely popular one. All through, Linwood played as a team, especially the forwards, so that individuals were not very prominent. On attack, Logie was most noticeable, with Whitley, Gibson, and C. Priest always strong on defence. Addington will take a lot of beating this season. Fast, strong forwards are combined with the best back line seen for many years. On Saturday Addington exploited, beside sound orthodoxy, scissor passing, reverse passing, and in-and-out rushes, with an occasional short punt and long pass to change direction while retaining possession. Every man seems in his right place, there being no semblance of a weak link, there is plenty of speed and clean hands, and, above all, the generalship of Amos. Against Linwood, the Addington players were not fully extended, and did not need to give of their best The teams were:— Addington—E. Nee; T. Wellsmore, H. Knight, L. Bench, L. G. Young, J. E. A. Amos; F. J. Beban; L. L. Wehner, R. Ward, A. Stuart, L. Kvans, E. A. Barbarel, P. Serra. Linwood—H. Gibson; C. Priest E Brosnahan, F. Logie; F. Allan, F. J.' Jackson: M Messervy; Mel. Smith H Stevens, R. Falgar, R. H. Whitley, J. Flynn, W. Walls. Within a few minutes, Logie opened Linwood's account, with a good penalty shot, but thereafter Addington had charge of the first spell, some sparkling back riv.-'i.:, learing bighols in the defence. Amos (3), Barbarel Bench, and Serra scored. Beban converted two, leaving Addington ahead at the interval by 22 points to 2. The second spell was not long in progress, when a neat chain of backs went right through for Wellsmore to ■ s^ re T l l? was in great f °™, and added three others before the end Amos and Bench also crossed and goals were kicked by Wellsmore, Wehner, Bench, and Stuart, one each. In a hot Linwood rush, near the Ad-

£l ng , ton , line ' a lender failed to play the ball properly after being tackled. The referee blew his whistle for a penalty, but when he saw that in the scramble Smith had crossed the line, he applied the advantage rule and gave a try to Linwood. Logie's kick failed. Beban apparently attempted to argue with the referee for changing his ruling, and was sent off the field. In the last minute, Messervy broke clear after Logie and Gibson had made ground, and won a thrilling race for a popular try. Smith converted, leaving the final scores:— Addington 48, Linwood 10. Referee, Mr G. E. Falgar.

HORNBY (21) v. NEW BRIGHTON (3) After a hard game of good football—probably the best Rugby League match played this season—Hornby beat New Brighton by a margin of 18 points at Hornby on Saturday afternoon. New ■ Brighton showed immensely improved form, and provided stouter opposition possibly than Hornby had expected. The score cannot be taken as an indication of the play—there was even speculation on the sideline in the first half of the game as to whether 1 Hornby had met' its match. New Brighton, however, tired towards the end. This team's forwards worked hard right through the game, and there was a noticeable improvement in the back line, where improvement was most needed. As a leader of the competition, Hornby played its usual hard game. The teams were:— Hornby—M. Standeven: W. Palamountain, C. Taylor. C. Poulson: H. Young, R. Timms; J. McCarthy; W. Woodgate, J. Airey, J. Manson. H. Standeven, A. Ward, and -W Dunn. New Brighton—H. Davis; M. Davis. F. Nuthall. G. Gosney; R. Scott, G. Marsh; H. Codvre; W. Wakefield, B. Rogers, J. A. Crawford, T. Egan, H. Wakefield, and R. Fraser. New Brighton'kicked off, and for the first 15 minutes there was good, hard, almost even play, long kicking being a particular feature. Good passing gave Hornby ground occasionally; but New Brighton showed that it was not to be caught napping, and several potential movements were frustrated. W. Palamountain easily kicked a penalty for Hornby at 35 yards, giving his team the first two points some time after the beginning of the game. Hornby was now making vigorous and sustained attacks, and a fast movement in the backs let Woodgate over, without opposition. Palamountain converted. Within two minutes of the previous score, Young picked up from a Jong kick from New Brighton, and passed to Palamountain, Who crossed for a good try. New Brighton up to this stage had not scored, but was playing well, especially in the forwards. H. Davis, at full-back, took the ball, and gave to Scott. The ball again passed to Davis, and then to Gosney, who finished off the movement with a try in the corner. The kick, which was a difficult one, failed. I New Brighton was unlucky not to j score from an easy free-kick in front of the goal-posts soon after, but it still j pressed hard, and when half-time came had a strong advantage on the j Hornby line. The score was: ]

Hornby 10, New Brighton 3. On resuming, both teams again. settled down to good, hard football. A score for Hornby seemed imminent when Palamountain took a long kick well from the New Brighton full-back, and made a fast solo run. He was, however, brought down almost on the line. For some time New Brighton was defending on its own line, and fumbling allowed Poulson to gain possession, and rush across. A period of even play followed, but soon it was evident that the pace was beginning to tell on New Brighton. Near the twenty-five yards line, a Hornby player gathered the ball from the ruck and passed to Manson, who scored a try. Soon after. McCarthy passed to Timms. who crossed the line, but was tackled by Gosney before he could touch down. Hornby now had possession of the game, and Woodcate bul locked his way over for a try Shortly before the finish R. Timms retired with an injury to the nose The game pnded with the score: Hornby 21, New Brighton 3. Referee. Mr H. King.

. RURU (29) v. SYDENHAM (10). At Spreydon Park, Ruru completely outplayed Sydenham, and thereby maintained an unbroken record. The game was played at' a fast pace, the Ruru backs throwing the ball about in fine style. Each side obtained an equal share ot the ball, but Redmond, the Sydenham half-back, although playing well on defence, was not nippy enough at setting his backs off, and this enabled the Ruru forwards to be right ud in a flash. Manawatu played safely for Ruru, his passes nnd tackling being faultless; but he is rather slow for the inside position. Sydenham changed its tactics in the second spell, playing right up. The move was in its favour only territorially. Ruru's defence was sound, and Sydenham was gradually outplayed. The losing team's exhibition was a sorry one and there is no doubt that the team will find it hard to win a match. Hamberger played purely a "winging" game throughout, and was of no use. The three hardest toilers for Sydenhma were C. Hurrell in the backs and J. Madden and W. Carey, For Ruru F. Holmes and W. Cox in the backs and V. Carroll and V. Reid were prominent. From the kick-off Ruru attacked and B. Fraser went over from a loose forward rush. C. Hurrell evened the score when he recovered a dropped pass and went over at the corner. This was followed by a neat movement by the Ruru backs. D. Murray at centre "dummying" his way across. The Ruu rearguard kept up the pressure and F. Murray cut-in neatly to score under the posts. A. Murray goaled The next try came when Holmes had too much speed for the Sydenham backs and wont over wide out. Hamberger then kicked a goal for Sydenham, making th. half-time score: Ruru 14, Sydenham 5. I In the second spell Sydenham attacked hotly, but dropped passes spoilt Lmany opportunities and the Ruru-for-wards cleared, B. Fraser putting in a ! good run before passing to D. Murray, who had a clear run in A. Murray goaled. The ball then went across the chain to Cox. who scored, for A. Murray to goal. The next points came when E Hamberger kicked a penalty The Ruru backs went off again, and Cox scored. A. Murray goaled. Jusi on time Redmond broke through, J Madden coming up to take the pass and go over under the posts. The kick missed, and the game ended with the score:—

Rum 29, Sydenham 10. Referee: Mr C. Worsfold. JUNIOR GRADE Addington 9. New Brighton 8. Waimairi 20. Sydenham 3. THIRD GRADE Linwood 29. Pirates 0. Whitcombes 20, Riccarton 0, Sydenham 26. Waimairi 0. Hornby 9. United 0. FOURTH GRADE Linwood 11. Sydenham 8. Waimairi 9. Riccarton 3. SIXTH GRADE Sydenham 17, Waimairi 3. St. Joseph's 6. Linwood 0. SEVENTH GRADE Hornby 22, Sydenham 0. St. Joseph's beat Waimairi by default. SCHOOLBOYS' GRADE Waimairi 8, Linwood 8 St. Joseph's 9, Hornby 0. IN OTHER CENTRES

(mess association weleoeasis.) AUCKLAND. May 5. Marist 15, PonVpnby 10; City 18, Devonport 13.

P. W. L. D. For. Ag. Pts. Hornby o 3 — — 67 17 G Ruru 3 3 — — 44 19 6 /d'linglon .. 2 2 _ _ 67 13 4 Wa'mairi .. 2 — 1 1 8 11 1 Sydenham .. 3 — 2 1 22 60 1 Linwood 2 — 2 — 13 69 — New Brighton 3 — 3 — 13 50 —