RUGBY LEAGUE

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25870, 1 August 1949, Page 5

RUGBY LEAGUE

PREBBLETON BEATS LINWOOD SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES c ! S r f2H. e i o, \. m t int ? lned its lead in the canterbury Rugby League s senior chamPm?wh ,p b £ J? eatin e Linwood in the fourth round bf games played on Saturb won comfortably from UrC !l’ tr but C the game between S? p^??ui Hornby was evenly contesta goring the winning points, a penalty goal, shortly before the end of the game. Results were:— First Division— Prebbleton 22, Linwood 11. Sydenham B 21, Christchurch 13. Papanui 10, Hornby 9. Second Division— Riccarton 16, Woolston 3. Sydenham A 2, Addington 2. Competition points are:— First Division.— Prebbleton 8, Papanui ChristXurch 4 2 Sydenham B 4 ’ H ° rnby 2 -

Second Division.—Sydenham A 5, Addington 5, Riccarton 4, Woolston 2. PREBBLETON v. LINWOOD v./ lay ’ ng on a heavy ground at Syden2, ™ ( P ? rk / Py eb “eton beat Linwood by to i 1 ’ aft< ? R ' adlnß b v 19 points half-time, when Linwood appeared !° 3 well-beaten team. Linwood made recovery in the second spell to epd l he country team. The game was tS,„^ nd °KP- both ‘earns handling the heavy conditions well. Backs and torwards joined m many first-class moreSuJSnm ln ~ whlch Cropped passes and mishandling were rare. Although Linwood deserved credit for 11. strphS fimsh, Prebbleton was the betSl^S£? e . play ;, T he backs - Perticufirst spell, functioned perfectth.l d m ade good use of the ball, which T Ci ^lVe <l regularly from the scrums. The Linwood backs did not have the combination and dash of their opponents but YhlS ca , ugh ‘ obt of position at times. .. pla i ed be «er football in the 3 a Strong’ w?nd. t *’ ey had ‘ he advantag e hiEh e S T a hl da n? i?£t \ he forward play was P V? b , b . leton pack showed to advantage in linking up with the backs. W3S Prominent in many comtishtl movements and worked hard in the e?ml e H> Keast ' Paying his first J b s seas on, and E. Adams were fonthaii t+ gOOd P ack who Played sound It H V^ as because of the efforts of lurh L a V. ,^ d fo ™ ar £ s th at the side made ha?f With^ P v roved showing in the second belt m exc ®Ptwn they gave of their ™ St jJ I °ld a heavier pack and were pnrt a lrf e vh With three tries towards the ena 01 the game. There was no better who'm? °? th rf field than L - Blanchard, who has played consistently well this seaRobert?'and N.cffrk y supp ° rted b y G W. McKenzie, the Prebbleton wingh«terq^arters' a sain played up to his ♦Jill fo L m n d ran strongly to score two niavprt B R ri l 016 cen tre-three-quarters. Played his best game for some time. He and he ran his outside men on seve ral occasions, with inH? ha J f " ba ck. directed the attack h2S d f£ ment an dwa S the outstanding finish with* h a mF- x Hal g’ s , ability does not w2iZ b Wl l h D «lHant work on attack; on at oncl he appears to be in two places Linwood half-back, A. Greening, although overshadowed bv Haig, played in U thl wni b h n and . showed determination Jn the way he went down to the Prebblennri f fi7,o ard v7u shes ‘ N ' Atkinson, at secwas sound and made wJ£ h=«3 rUns ’ but was well marked and was handicapped at times by a rather Slf^J erv l Ce from the inside men. enzie carried on an early PrebblewPi movement to the Linwood line, where SXi Plcked up *t? score a try. which McKenzie converted. Haig broke through and passed to McKenzie and took an in/oulh A^ re l J" cier . posts. The kick attl/k P rt A a f^ r A l + ( L minut . es ‘ P la y- Linwood hlu wo« r^ d Atkmson intercepted on the half-way line. He passed to his forwards, but%niid n f d ° n ?° th . e p rebbleton line. h«ok ll? forward work carried the play Linwo ° d ., territory. Prebbleton attacked repeatedly with good back S^hTok^ 3116 !^ 1^ 11216 scored after all hnnk b J, n S lud l ng Allum. the fullwlth ’ np!? Haig gained ground r i? tme-kickmg to bring the game nwood territory, where Beri cut ™f h b cfore passing to McKenzie, who scored Shortly before half-time Ryan imwnnrt »f» eb v le^ O, l’ after a IOOSe ™Sh♦h^ lnwoo l attacked from the opening of tn e fh« C Dr d x?u e l l, but Hai £ Picked up close hVn h X £l ebblet ? n 4 in ,? and gained ground before passing to Gallagher, who cut In to pass to Ben, who sent on to C. Davison. Davison showed all of his old pace in m^' y T a r d run - score - The kick‘missed. / ne Linwood forwards dominated play e 2? a i n ?? r . of _, the s P eI L and. after K. bmith had kicked a penalty goal, the same pla yer scored a try. Linwood kept up the pressure and solid forward play sa mu Planchara and Clark score tries P Y The referee v/as Mr E. J. Smith.

AZ= PAPANUI v HORNBY woe d i s P l .ay w by the Papanui forwards was the deciding factor in that team’s narrow defeat of Hornby by 10 points to Tho a g o P e n game played at Hornby, tu resu it might easily have been the other way, as just on full time Lewis missed an easy penalty kick for Hornby. Bond, Broadhurst, Withell, and Aitken were in great form -n the Papanui pack and were always on the ball. The Papa- - I+ l Pac kl were not impressive, the best 01 them being Gregor and Fielding. ni?vlli ry o 3S Hornb y’s best back and iwayed a fine game at first five-eighths. Y as a sound full-back. The 52i r i b JL ; fOr t Wards acquitted themselves ESiW 181 .,? "I 17011 heavier pack, with Bainbridge, Standeven, and Hindle the best of them. opened the scoring when Withell won a race for the ball after a ? y Pond. However, Hornby 3t ? alf n ll P e P y tbree penalty goals ♦ tr £’ aII by Lewis. Hornby did not add to its score in the second half, and Papanu l Just scraped home with another f ki I? 1 J? 1 ! 11 T? nd -. a sptendid penalty goal kicked by Bond. The referee was Mr W. Guy. SYDENHAM V. CHRISTCHURCH e ♦ ai Po beat Christchurch by 21 points to 13 at Sydenham Park, but in the second spell Christchurch had SydenSrt?rt £ n IIy . l xt ,'i n 4 ed - A£ter a rather ones,ded nrst half Sydenham led 16-8. The second half was a fin? exhibition of forward play, both tight and loose. The tackling was very fierce and at times unwarranted Tempers were frayed, and after a skirmish in mid-field two players w . er e ordered off. For the last 10 minutes Christchurch was not out of Sydenham s twenty-five and were unlucky not to score three times. the first half the Sydenham backs m a de full use of the opportunities given *bem by the quick-hooking forwards. The three-quarters outside them were the Ch L e t concern of the inside backs. Parkes and Keenan, but when Keenan elected to break through he cut the Christchurch defence to ribbons, and W. Wilkinson, the centre three-quarters, was always in support, as well as most of the forwards. Towards the end of this spell a Sydenham forward crossed under the posts, with at least five others of his team on the outside of him and not a Christchurch player in sight. However, not long after this most of the Christchurch i team were in support in a scoring move- £ ie ’? t t y J ? ox l hat - cau g ht the Sydenham backs badly out of position. The Christchurch backs did not handle I as cleanly or as crisply as the Sydenham baclcs. although Brown at first fiveeighths and Walker at second often broke through the defence and played better as individualists. When attempting to set their three-quarters in action they ran too far across field. Tries were scored lor Sydenham by Evans, Andrews, Thackwell, Churton, and Duke. Graham converted two tries, and Casey kicked a penalty goal. Walker, Cox, and Walls scored tries for Christchurch, Humphreys converting two. The referee was Mr J. O’Loughlin. LOWER GRADES Senior Reserve.—Linwood 14, Christchurch 0. Third Grade.—Papanui 4, Christchurch 2; Addington 11, Sydenham 0; Linwood beat St. Joseph’s by default.