CANTERBURY REGIMENT IN LEAD

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23742, 14 September 1942, Page 3

CANTERBURY REGIMENT IN LEAD

. siirorise in the Canterbury Rugby A cpnior competition games on SatUn i on was the defeat of one of the two 11 jiL teams. Air Force A, which shared leading . c an t e rtury Regiment, was ttie . nb v Lin wood -Technical-New Brlghbeaten Lancaster Park, in a game doml--1on ’j hv the forwards of the winning natea Lj nwoo d-Technlcal-New Brighton tea j m ’nreviously beaten A.S.C., another had V‘ ‘ , j n the last series of matches. le . fhnrv ’ Regiment narrowly beat Cantf pugby Park, and now heads is:-Canterbury ReglTh , e 14 points: Air Force A, 13 points; "'or 12 points; Limvood-Technical-n-iihtnn It points; Brigade, 10 points; neciment, points; Coastal ArtllF &mnt.s; Athletic-University. 8 1 points; Albion-Southern, KWf'Sjginecrs. 5 points: Signals. 5 5 lots'-' CK Jstchurch-Merivale, 3 points; 3 points; Infantry, 3 points; Air L/e B, 2 points. * Oociilts of Saturday s games are as fol-inw^—Linwood-Technical -Brighton 11, .1, Force A 6; Canterbury Regiment 13. *sc 11: Army 23, Albion-Southern 21; Athletic-University 27, Moas 14; Coastal .ittiierv 16, Christchurch-Merivale 8; En--13. Air Force B 3; Signals beat fchntrv by default: Brigade beat Field Sent by default. AIR FORCE A v. LINWOOD-TECHNICAL-BRIGHTON A better pack of forwards gave Lln-ntood-Technical-N ew Brighton the advanagainst Air Force A. Hard workers In both the loose and the tight, they were definitely on top in the second spell, and the Air Force A backs, who had ataeed some good passing movements earlier in the game, had lew chances. The XJnwood-Technical-New Brighton hacks did not handle as well as their ooDonents, and lost several opportunities to score, but their defence was particularly sound, and the Air Force A centre, F L Pearson, was blocked practically every time he made a thrust. The first spell was fairly even, and the bustling play of the Linwood-Technical-New Brighton forwards checked the Air Force A backs, who gained more of the ball from the scrums. Air Force A was first to score, and after the ball had been tossed about by the forwards Rose went over in the comer. Easton missed the kick. Llnwood-Technical-New Brighton kept on thrusting Into Air Force A territory In the second spell, and the forwards made some great rushes. Finally Jones pushed his way across. Gibson converted. Air Force A almost scored when the backs handled, but the wing, Kerr, was pushed out In the corner. Then the Linwood forwards drove back again and kept Air Force A on the defensive. Gibson kicked a penalty goal from wide out. Air Force A replied with a fine penalty goal by Easton. The Air Force A forwards fought back desperately In the closing stages, but Lin-wood-Technlcal-New Brighton was too •olid. Then almost on time, after a Lin-wood-Technlcal-New Brighton rush an Air Force A back fumbled and E. Taylor broke away to score a sensational try. Referee: Mr D. B. Brown. CANTERBURY REGIMENT v. A.S.C. Although Canterbury Regiment had only I two-point lead over A.S.C. at the finish cl the game at Rugby Park, it held the advantage throughout. The forwards, who werj well led by G. F. Henderson, completely outclassed their opponents, but many promising movements by the backs down because of faulty handling. Canterbury Regiment was on the attack most of the first, spell, but the defence of the-A.S.C-; backs was sound, and.it was not: until close to half-time that Canterbury. Regiment-could score. Then Turnbull went over after a line-out near the goal-line. Veale converted. Canterbury Regiment continued to have the better of the play in the second spell, but although the forwards had complete mastery . in the scrums and line-outs the backs could not get through. Moran kicked a penalty goal for A.S.C. before Canterbury Regiment scored again. The full-back, Thacker,, fielded the ball in the middle of the field and raced through the opposition to hand on to Murdoch, who scored Under the posts. Veale converted. Jones scored .the next try for Canterbury Regiment, beating the full-back, Goddard, for the ball. 1.. When the A.S.C. wing, Ryan, caught Thacker in possession near the goal posts, .the referee awarded a pemfity/trv fcgainst the full-back for holdmifiTfn. 'Mferan converted. Just on time McKoflfrScored a runaway try for A.S.C., which Moran failed to convert. Referee: Mr G. H, Cowles. AJIMY V. ALBION-SOUTHERN ; ; five-eighths, D. Trevathan, gave Army. a. win dyer Albion-Southern in thgr ea tlfl game fat Lancaster Trevathan opened the scoring with a penalty goal, kicked,a neat field goal, converted a try, and then in the last two minutes of the game Converted another try, giving Army the victory by two points. Albion-South-ern leduor most of the game, but Army fought BhCk’ hair'd, and the solid play of the forwards enabled the side to add the necessary points. Reid kicked a penalty goal in the first spell soon after Trevathan, and then the Otago back drop-kicked a goal through a gap in the forwards, ’ Albion-Southern then drew aheadi when Reid scored and converted his own try. He made the play again for Symes to score. Garrett converted. At the beginning of the second spell Rowe picked up in the loose and scored for Albion-Southern. * The Army forwards came back with an overwhelming rush, and Grant forced his way over in the comer. Short passing by the AlbionSouthern forwards gave Beasley a try which Garrett converted. Army attacked again and Weenink scored, Trevathan converting the try. The Army left wing, Grant, scored a runaway try from past half-way when an Albion-Southern back fumbled, and put his side only three points behind. Then with a few minutes to go Harvey scored, and Trevaihan converted, giving Army the garhe. Referee: Second-Lieutenant J. L. Hewland. MOAS V, ATHLETIC-UNIVERSITY Moas had the advantage of the wind m the first spell and led by 8 points to 6 at half-time. Then the change-over and better play by the Athletic-University inside backs enabled the latter side to take the lead. The Athletic-University forwards were mainly responsible for their side's success, and they made some determined attacks in the second spell. Moas were first to score from a passing lush. McKenzie went over and Brooker

converted. An attack by the AtreticUniversity forwards ended when Hodgins slipped over from a scrum. The next scorer for Moas was Freeth, who took a lob pass and raced over. Athletic-Uni versity attacked, and a back not long before half-time gave McCormack a try. The Athletic-University forwards took command in the second spell, and Hickey and Knowles scored. Then Brooker kicked a good penalty goal fo. Moas. After a line-out P ans ff , through brilliantly to score for AthleticUniversity. Callanan had no trouble witn the kick. The Moas forwards then forced their way upheld, and McKenzie kicked a penalty goal. In the f ‘ nal fn^ ag A e ; s hl °'' l ": sey scored two more tries for Athletic University, Gillman converting one. Referee: Leading Aircraftsman A. u. Berry. COASTAL ARTILLERY v. CHRIST-CHURCH-MERIVALE Coastal Artillery did most of the attacking in the game at Sunnyside, but Christchurch-Merivale, Paying one ma short, kept the score even up to halt time In the second spell Coastal Artillery had Christchurch-Merivale penned on the line for most of the me a three tries were scored. The first try came from a scrum in the Coa.ital Artiliprv twenty-five, where ChnstchurchMerivaVe hoiked’ the ball and Lake scored wide out after a good run. Then Dewar kicked a penalty goal for Coastal Artillery. Early in the second spell T bbett followed up fast and scored. Taylor converting the try. Brown equalised for Costal Artillery by scoring a try which Dewar converted. Towards the Rowell and Nesbitt each scored for Costal Artillery. Referee: Mr A. Beaumont. ENGINEERS V. AIR FORCE B Engineers led by 13 points to 3 at halftime in the game against Air Force B, which had to Play two men short. In the second spell Air Force B started with a tull tcarn and attacked hard, only solid tackling preventing a score Both pack* of forwards played well. In th-e spell the Engineers’ forwards were too eood and wore down the Air Force B defence by, superior weight. Croft after a loose rush, and then the Air Force B wing, Doak. scored Engineers kept up the pressure and Wilkins scored between the posts. McCammon converting. Just on half-time Nicolle went over in a handy position, and McCammon converted again. Air Force B made a strong bid in the second spell, but Engineers managed to keep their line intact and were attacking when the game ended. Referee: Sergeant A. A. Billens. LOWER GRADES Second Grade.— Kaiapoi beat Signals by default; Tigers beat Base Depot by default. , Under 18 Grade.—Merivale 31, Kaiapoi 18; Technical Old Boys B 9, Southern 3;

Albion beat Richmond by default; Technical Old Boys A beat High School Old Boys by default. . Under 17 Grade,—Sumner 13. Merivale 6; Albion 15, Southern 6; High School Old Bovs beat Linwood by default. Under 16 Grade.—New Brighton beat Richmond by default. Under 6 stone.—Albion 21, Athletic 3, Merivale 21, Linwood A 0; Linwood B t>, Southern B 3; Sunnyside 0, Southern A 0; New Brighton beat Christchurch by default.