RUGBY FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27075, 25 June 1953, Page 5

RUGBY FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY MATCH CANTERBURY BEATEN BY LINCOLN fron ? a t,rief Period of about 20 ® a ? y . ln the second half, the Canterh?irv Of T- Play .between teams from Canterbury University College and ran no r t b h? Bh A S' i S ltural g e?LinSoVwa S the ann ual match played at co n b L£ a £ afternoon. Y Dm! half-ttae being 3 P -an. ‘° 6 ’ the score at aiH,ooon‘ n^°, ln was the fitter, and from l S o h n«» L eettlng mueh of the ball dominate A cru ™ ma ees in the first half. se2>nd at hlir the _P lay for a Period in the to emure“ a“n compiled cnou s h P° to ts were as follows: R ASfi, C °S ege r D - Wright; K. Waters, SiUhlvic? U A £• Av erill; J. Nimmo, e: la e d ’R G ’ Croke r; M. Donaldson, J. I PnHfS' £ ro }y. n ’ J - Manger, R. Moffat, K- £ m cham, G. Dowland. Anrir P ?n y Croucher; M. Andrews R. Wells, R. Steel; G. Falloon, Mar^?J >Se A 1, r-, D ’ Callander, M. Ross, R. r Aio C £ re ’ J - Williams, C. Gibbs, qn^! CO s k iu K - Ross - J - Still. CaniTX,?/, th £ movements started by the CoUe £ e backs could have nfSh^ h c good tries - but the tendency ?hp b RAennH « rat fi . ve -eig b ths (Falloon) and , fi Y e 'f lghths (Tapsell) to kick tbrZp let ball out to their centre Hating f£ erS <R - WeUs) - a K° od P®ueof them and sconng back » spoiled many

s % ra I ? py in the firs t half with thp nt rnnJi ry mi College dominating play in RpM r« Th T- outstandi ng back on the R 1 d AvUm he mcoln wing three-quarters, ia’pp A Xf r tho uA? made the most advanAvlri?! fa bal l when he got possession, nart of ♦h« S ? Und P 1 t yer ’ and in the ea rly nirJ 2ft. se c°nd half made some fine nnjwilnl £ ecei Xt nB the ball in awkward e - ther cteared efficiently or tu l.ned defence into attack. xxritH ? On was always prominent, and Swniv S *r e P u ir z? f bands took his passes they were not all good iOOn could have polished off a mnrl e , - b ? let ting the ball out more instead of kicking across the field, fin* ki c ki ng was well placed, as was Tapsell s, but often the kicking of both was too strong.

1 ? o + V a,d T s on and G. Brown were the best of the Lincoln forwards. Donaldson, L W ci ng /'i? r ir er ' scored a fine try in the second half, and Brown showed that be had a good turn of speed, although a big man.

The Lincoln full-back, G. Wright, did not give such* a good performance yesterday as he did in the Town-Country l ast week, but this could be attributed to an injured shoulder Wright, nevertheless, was sound, and his linekicking was nearly always safe. He came in as an extra man several times, once scoring a well-earned try, which he converted.

College opened the scoring with a try by Tapsell, after about 10 minutes of play. Lincoln equalised with a try by Averill, and soon after halftime, Wright scored his try. Lincoln went further into the lead when Donaldson scored to make the score 11-3. Canterbury College produced one of the best movements of the match with Tapsell, ;;< S a’ nd the right wing three-quarters (/’'U Andrews) handling from a set scrum, Andrews finally scoring. The University full-back (J. Croucher) left the field in the second half and was replaced by A. O’B. Loughnan. In a curtain-raiser match, University colts beat Lincoln colts by 8 points to 6.

ARMY TOURNAMENT AT BURNHAM

SOUTHERN DISTRICT BEATEN, 14-3 Southern Military District was beaten by Northern Military District, 14-3. and Army Units beat Central Military District, 17-5, when the Army’s inter-district Rugby football tournament was continued at Burnham Military Camp yesterday. The tournament will ’ce concluded on Friday. The game between the Northern and Southern Districts was closer than the final score would indicate—until the last two minutes of play the score was 5-3. It was a very spectacular game. For Northern Military District. I. N. Rasmussen scored two tries, Nathan scored one try, and R. G. Williams converted a try and kicked a penalty goal. Dr Bovd kicked a penalty goal for Southern Military District. The referee was Mr F. B. Thompson. In the other game scorers for Army Units were: O. J. Perry, a penalty goal; A. R. Thomas, a try; T. N. P. Lipscombe, a try; W. L. Poka, two tries; and R. C.

Clifford, one conversion. For Central Military District, L. D. Abbott scored a try and converted it. Staff-Sergeant R. Kissel was the referee.

TARANAKI BEATS WELLINGTON (New Zealand Press Association) HAWERA, June 24. Taranaki beat Wellington by 9 points to 6 in the annual interprovincial Rugby match played at Hawera today. The speedy Wellington backs were unable to penetrate Taranaki’s sound cover defence, and Wellington's points came from two penalty goals kicked by R. A. Jarden. P. Doherty, G. Deakin, and W. Orr scored tries for Taranaki. The match, played in heavy mud, was a hard forward battle. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY BEATS MASSEY (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 24. In a match played in mud and heavy showers, Auckland University College beat Massey Agricultural College today by 8 points to 6. Auckland scored two tries, one of which was converted, to two penalty goals. The match was not of much assistance to the selectors in their choice of the North Island University team to play the South Island. The North Island team is expected to be announced from Wellington on Monday. Tries for Auckland, were scored by R. Irwin and B. C. Connell, one try being converted by A. L. Carpenter. P. Carter and D. Lang kicked penalty goals for Massey College. SCHOOL MATCHES ON FRIDAY The annual matches between the Christchurch Boys' High School and Timaru Boys’ High School first and second fifteens will be played at Rugby Park on Friday afternoon. ALTERATIONS TO DRAW Junior A Section.—New Brighton v. Ric-carton-Sock., Burwood 1, at 1 p.m. Fourth Grade.—Marist v. Albion, S.P. 17, at 1.30 p.m. Fifth Grade.—Rice.-Sock. v. SunnySprey., Riccarton Domain, at 1 p.m. Under 17.—Christchurch v. H. 5.0.8.. Richmond Park, at 1.15 p.m. Under 7st 71b.—Marist v. Lyttelton, Waltham 2, at 1.15 p.m. —Advt. 1