MAORI TEAM BEATS TARANAKI

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25550, 19 July 1948, Page 5

MAORI TEAM BEATS TARANAKI

FAST AND EXCITING GAME

(P footb£7^h YMOUTH . 18. mouth by a crowded 1 t om? a >! New Ply ' penalty 0 and triasPaßdta « V^ e r S at r £d there was . ound ’ but territorially of tie features Sf‘VS n . tbe 't arns ' on * swiftness with be “l g the chaneed The R ,h the scene of play geroifs on a ®J aons a PPeared more danwovix on attack, except when the Tara bling Sshls rdS The t M gotog in loose drib ' at thj tv™' Kf Th ? Ma ° rls '“■ere also adept flv ac, « type of play ’ but used it primarball“o that a 'H,2 f H Obt l ? ining “nfol of the Thoh. ■ bac ks might be fed. advantast il r hS£ rl £orwards bab a slight T’ho ™ ge - in both scrums and line-outs Ta?an“ki sr hai-J eP?a J edly man °ouvred the that lbto passing the ball so tainecTlt thS? H w J, ng . three-quarters obR they had at least two or three was l?ttl? n h e S d With \, Man to man, there was little between the backs, but the te T7iJ^° rk amon g the Maoris was superior SrJ™scored for the Maoris by trSs th anri d Kenn y converted both naki’c lcked a Penalty goal. TaraCVRvrnl T l , were scored by Roper and O’Byrne The penalty goal was kicked by GOLDEN BAY-MOTUEKA BEATEN BY NELSON . NELSON, July 18. ‘ Nelson beat Golden Bay-Motueka by 3 a ‘home-and-home Rugby match on Saturday. ™ ir m ers - tries were scored by Rae (2) and G. Max, who was an outn<UnCPorward. Bryant converted one try. F. Papps scored try for the combined team. RESULTS IN OTHER CENTRES Wellington.—Jubilee Cup: Marist 16. Petone 8: Wellington 6, St. Patrick’s 3; Onslow 8, Athletic 8. Hardham Cup: Oriental 13, Poneke 6; University 16, Johnsonville 3; Wellington College Old Boys 10, Hutt 6. Auckland.—Marist 29, Grafton 18; Otanuhu 16, University 14; Grammar Old Boys 40, Suburbs 12; Ponsonby 45, Northcott 6; North Shore 13, Training College Dunedin.—Zingari-Richmond 11, Pirates 5; Alhambra 8. University B 6; Kaikorai 11, Port Chalmers 10; Dunedin 14, Union 9; Taieri 11, Training College 6; University A 6, Southern 3.