FINAL FOUR COMPETITION

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24987, 23 September 1946, Page 3

FINAL FOUR COMPETITION

CHRISTCHURCH BEATS TECHNICAL terbury and West Coast. Christchurch won had s?oSw IS 3 ’ At Ualt-time eaS side a trv? ?™ d r,!, h T e . e Points. Steele making scorSg^or^ecbSc^ 11 “ d Woodham second speil Morton kicked a a oa n f l r , chris tchurch. which coal IMi 6 J? ? tS , a try and a penalty wi‘ re?er e r U tly) - Mr W ’ J ’ Brown lwSton)T MeriVal ' u - AtWetic ary n slhoS 7lb - Ca nterbury 5, SecondSchwlTa 551 71b -~Canterbury 14, Primary AUCKLAND BEATS TARANAKI a AUCKLAND, September 20. eainlSi ,u UCk an . 4. Ru Sby representatives fhiv la . ‘L sl:^. b “in of the season when In n„, b , * ‘ he , , Ta ranaki touring team by -0 points to 14 at Eden Park on Sature ™atch was played in perfect rt ns Ootore a crowd of nearly 10,000. Feetures of the game were the displays opposing full-backs, R. W. Scott Johl ? s ’ eac h of whom kicked three penalty goals and converted one try. The Auckland forwards, showing more life Saturday when they C + L ass t d ,. by Wellington, won their share of the ball, which was put to good second spell by the speedy k lll / game w as marred to some extent by frequent penalties, the referee ?R V ?« d A 1 , g i 1 ! 8 f s ee to Taranaki and nw+l? ckla A d ' v E ‘ B °Sfi s was again the outstanding Auckland back. For Taranaki W. Cameron, the half-back, made a splendid 40-yard run which led to a % served his backs soundly. Of fhe visiting forwards, J. West, W. Bell, J LP ou, * e Played well. In addition to beertt and Johns the scorers were:— Auckland, tries by C. Don, Boggs, and J. Simpson; Taranaki, a try by J. Muirson.