MALVERN GAMES

Press, Volume C, Issue 29525, 29 May 1961, Page 14

MALVERN GAMES

Black Diamonds Beat Kirwee With the surprise defeat of the favoured Kirwee tide by Black Diamond* in the Malvern sub-union’s senior competition on Saturday, two teams again lead. Darfield and Kirwee are now first equal. It was Black Diamonds* first win of the season and Kirwee'* first loss. When Kirwee beat Darfield last week the coot' petition looked almost cut and dried, but it has now been given a new lease ot MM The fifth round of the com* petition was played in excellent winter conditions with bool temperature* and soft ground*. Result* were.Black Diamonds 19, Kirwee 9. * Springfield 19, Hororata Darfield 22, Untied 9. Springfield v. Horemtn Fielding a lively pack and a fart three-quarters line, Springfield was too strong for a depleted Hororata team, which played the game one man short. Hororata opened the scoring In foe first few minutes when R. Muir scored a good try after foe forward* had made a break. From then on Springfield forled by J Waite and T. SJW'Ssaffs: Except for a brief period after half-time, Springfield again dominated play. L. Innes. ©Ky ini u brilian§7at mooS J nd !* ard runnin « by M, Milliken at centre, had the Hororata defence sorely tried on many occasions. Though outnumbered in the forwards. Hororata did not give in. W Inch was everywhere and T McGraph did more than his share in the line-outs and tighl play. At half-back R. Muir played pluckily, and saved his side on many occasions. Scorers Springfield: J. Waite two tries M. Milliken two tries, L*. Innes two conversions and a penalty. Hororata: R. Muir try. W Bird try. L. Goons a conversion Darfield v. United In a game marked by infringements, Darfield beat United. 22-0. Darfield took a long time to settle down and was constantly under pressure from a vigorous pack. Good running and kicking by R. Irvine and J. Hotop saved Darfield on a number of occasions. During the second half, the Darfield forwards gave theif backs much better service and the latter were able to swing into orthodox play, which resulted in three good wing tries In the closing stages. United forwards rallied again but were unable to finish off the movements. J. Creamer, making a come-back, stood out in al! phases of the game in the Darfield forwards. The Darfield pack was ably led by S Mitchell. R. Irvine had a difficult time behind the scrum. but got through a lot of work well. Scorers:— Darfield: F. Adams two tries J. Hotop a try, A. McCready a try. K. Laney a try and a penalty. R. Irvine two conversions. Black Diamonds v. Kirwee In a scrappy game with much indecisive nlav. Black Diamonds

McGraph did more than his share in the line-outs and tight Play.

At half-back R. Muir played pluckily, and saved his side on many occasions. Scorers

Springfield: J. Waite two tries M. Milliken two tries, L. Innes two conversions and a penalty. Hororata: R. Muir try, W Bird try, L. Goons a conversion

Darfield v. United In a game marked by infringements, Darfield beat United. 22-0. Darfield took a long time to settle down and was constantly under pressure from a vigorous pack. Good running and kicking by R. Irvine and J. Hotop saved Darfield on a number of occasions. During the second half, the Darfield forwards gave their backs much better service and the latter were able to swing into orthodox play, which resulted in three good wing tries. In the closing stages. United forwards rallied again but were unable to finish off the movements. J. Creamer, making a come-back, stood out in all phases of the game in the Darfield forwards. The Darfield pack was ably led by S Mitchell.

R. Irvine had a difficult time behind the scrum. but got through a lot of work well. Scorers:—

Darfield: F. Adams two tries. J. Hotop a try, A. McCready a try. K. Laney a try and a penalty. R. Irvine two conversions. Black Diamonds v. Kirwee

In a scrappy game with much indecisive play. Black Diamonds deserved their win over Kirwee on Saturday. Kirwee. without the services of Its regular halfback. P. Reardon, was only a shadow of the team that beat Dir-field the previous week. Black Diamonds, playing with more vigor and alertness in the forwards and the backs showing more thrust, often had Kirwee defending desperately. In the latter stages of the game. Kirwee seemed to tire badly and was perhaps fortunate in being beaten by only one point Scores:— Black Diamonds: B. Le Compte a try, W. Smith a try. B. Smith two conversions. Kirwee: M. Calder a try, S Pankhurst a try, A Lambie a penalty. Lower Grades Lower grade results were:— Junior.—Black Diamonds 8 Kirwee 3: Darfield 5. Sheffield 3. Under Bst 71b.—Black Dia-monds-Kirwee 18. Hororata 8: Sheffield-Springfield 31. Darfield 3. Under 6st 71b—Black Diamonds 8. Kirwee 0; Sheffield 15, Darfield 0: Springfield 9, Hororata 3. Manawatu Beat Wanganui (N.Z Press Association) WANGANUI, May 28 Manawatu beat Wanganui. 18-11. in an entertaining match on Saturday. Manawatu fully deserved its win. even though injuries had an unsettling effect on the Wanganui backline. J. D P Taitoko, the Manawatu first five-eighths, was in brilliant form, and gave an outstanding exhibition of tactical kicking. W S. S. Freebairn (2), J J. Nicholls, and Taitoko scored tries for Manawatu. and P. Cowan kicked three conversions. For Wanganui, the former Fijian international. T. Naidole. and T. M. O'Brien scored tries Naidole converted his own try. and I. W. B Lockett kicked a penalty goal. Wellington Team (N Z Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 28. Wellington representative Rugby teams to play during Queen’s Birthday week-end are:— Wellington A, to play Manawatu at Palmerston North on June 5:—M. Williment; R W. Caulton. J. R. Watt. T. R Heeps: J. T. Millar. T. N Wolfe; B. A. Cull: J. Grbich: P. Delaney. D. G Harker, R. H Horsley, J Pickering; I. N. Mac Ewan (captain), C. Currie. D. P Bendle. Reserves: B. T. [Frederikson, R, W. Wirepa. Wellington B I Wellington B, to play Marli borough at Blenheim on June 5:— D. G. Boyd: C. L. Pierce, ,W. S. Fleming, A. S. Rolileston; G. N. Bowerman, B. A. Blades: R. B. Neale: D Barton; B. S. Blair. J. L. Kinvig (captain). D. B. Ross. G. H. Roddick: W. Olliver. K. iM. Mettrick, T. J. Jefferies. Reserves: B. W. Scott, D. [Morrison. i Under sst A.—Bryndwr Marist : 10, Belfast A 8: SunnysideiSpreydon A 11, Merivale A 0: Technical-Shirley A 12. Papanui A 0: New Brighton A 5, Linwood A 0; Christchurch A 12, .Sydenham A 0: Burnham A 6. ; Hornby A 0. Under sst B—New Brighton B 9 Addington Marist 0: Marist 9, Linwood B 8: Sumner A 9. Burnham B 0: Albion A 25. New Brighton Marist 0: Merivale B 8. Dallington Marist 3: Tech-nical-Shirley B 8, St. Mary's 0; Sunnyside-Spreydon B 8. Christchurch B 0. Under sst C.—Linwood C 12, Cathedral Grammar 0: Kaiapot 11. Albion B 0: Hombv B 9. Sumner B 0; Matrehau Marist 9, Burnham C 3: Merivale C 12. Technical-Shirley C 0. I .Under sst D.-New Brighton F Si Papanui B 0: Hornby C a. Lyttelton B 8: Burnham D 9. UJowopd D 3: Sunnyside-Sprey-U 23 New Brighton D 3: jSjaenham C 3, Christchurch C 0.