RUGBY LEAGUE HORNBY, PAPANUI MAINTAIN LEAD

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29851, 18 June 1962, Page 4

RUGBY LEAGUE HORNBY, PAPANUI MAINTAIN LEAD

Papanui and Hornby’s grip on the Canterbury Rugby League’s senior competition was tightened further when championship matches continued on Saturday. The two teams have a commanding and almost unsurpassable lead of six points on the third side. Marist. Papanui and Hornby will meet next Saturday. Playing on its home ground for the first time this season. Papanui had to play very hard indeed to beat the bottom side. Sydenham, by four points, and Hornby had a close but deserved win over Linwood. In the third game Marist beat Christchurch in a most uninspiring match. Results were:— Hornby 8, Linwood 3. Marist 5. Christchurch 2. Papanui 13, Sydenham 7.

EINWOOD V. HORNBY Although Hornby did not open its scoring until the second spell, it left little doubt that It was the superior side from the start. It won the scrums by a h'.ndsome margin and with this dominance of possession. played soundly and effectively. Linwood was not without Its chances and towards the end provided some of the most exciting moments of the match when Hornby wa« penalised *nur times tn m many minutes from kickaNe diftarces. Linwood. in an at 4 empt to draw level. cbo«e to kick for a converted trv wl*h short punts •»nd up-f nd-unders However, it frittered away its opportunities and lost possession to strong defence. With more chances. the Hornby backs and forward* were more polished »nd able to finish their moves better than their opponents, but there was much tn admire in Linwood’s defence. Tn the first spell, the Hornby second five-eighths, J M. Brav. ran with rare determination in »ome menacing breaks, and A Willhms gave further evidence of his promise. After only five games this season, he is the leading try scorer and scored his seventh on Saturdav when he stepped through several Linwood defenders with alerming ease. With his tremendous punting. A Smith was the best of the Linwood backs and one punt in the first spell resulted in the side’s only trv T. Cart vie was a tireless worker in the Linwood nack and never shirked on defence. As usual, M L. Cooke played with zest end drive and received best support from R Woodgate. R Condick showed signa of returning to his best form and D Moore ran with surprising speed in two dangerous thrusts. For Hornby, Williams and P Tounee scored tries and 1 Drayton kicked a penalty. J L. White scored for Linwood. Mr P. Yaxley was the referee. PAPANUI v. SYDENHAM Although Papanui was without doubt the better side, it was fortunate in defeating Sydenham. A dropped pas« when a try under the posts was certain and a missed penalty from right in front were mistakes that cost Sydenham the match. The los’ng side gave its best display of the season. The forwards lasted the full 80 minutes and in the second hUf the Papanui defence was tested to the utmost. The outstanding feature of a bright game was the handling and running of the Papanui backs. In this department thev over-shadowed their opponents and it was hard to understand why Papanui did not make more use of this advantage. As a pack, the Sydenham forwards were much more vigorous than their opponents, although the Papanui forwards were better individually. The tackling and cover defence of both sides were excellent. The only unpleasant feature of the match occurred just after half-time when three or four players indulged in a stand-up free-for-all Some of the punches thrown were similar to the Sydenham goal kicking: powerful but inaccurate. Not counting his rest periods. E Tavendale was the best forward on the ground. His play was very vigorous. G. Blackler and G. Cooper also went well in the Papanui serum. In the backs. J. Bond was the genera] and gave plavers outside him every opportunity. R. Carey ran hard although he micced a certain try by cutting infield instead of going for the co r ner flag. ; B Barron and N. Diggs played I their best game* of the season for Svdenham and T. Bisman* was a tireless worker. The best of the backs was K. Harding. For Papanui. R Meaclem. W Jones and Blackler scored tries and Tavendale converted two R. Rastrick scored a try for Sydenham. Bisman converted and also kicked a penalty goal Mr D C. Wilson was the referee. CHRISTCHURCH v. MARIST This was one of the most insipid and lifeless games of the season There were muddy patches in the western half of the ground and for long periods the two rather disorganised packs were confined to barring and slithering on the neavv surface. Play was also marred by constant stoppages for injuries. Although Marist held a ’lender lead of two points for much of the game, it was never in any danger of losing. Its somewhat depleted pack—onlv two regular forwards were fielded land J E Bond had to leave the

field with injury »t haff-tlme—-always had a distinct advan* occasions when play rose above the scrappy and untidy were rare indeed, but one was the attractive movement launched by the Marist backs, which led to the only try of the match The Marist backs. J. Walshe and H Nepia. the Marist forward. R Donaldson, and the Christchurch half-back. R H. Turton, were the only players to achieve any real distinction For Marist. L. Mulcare scored a try and Nepia kicked a penaltv. D. Walker kicked a penalty for Christchurch. Mr I. McGoujan was the referee. Lower Grades Senior Reserve—Addington 15. Christchurch 12; Papanui 14. Svdenham 3: Hals*ell 26. Kaiapoi 16: Riccarton 12. Hornby B. Third Grade —Sydenham 20. Linwood 5; Papanui 25. Addington »; Shirley S». Hornby 2. Under 18—Hornby 25 Addington 13: Papanui 25. Riccarton 7; Linwood 16. Chrtftehurch 7 Under 16.—Papanui 14, Svdenham 8. Under 15.—Shirley 25. Kaiapot 0: Riccarton 22. Linwood 16 Under 14 —Papanui A 22. Da’llngton 0; Christchurch 25. Papanui B 0: Kaiapoi 9 Hornby 8; Shirley 25. Addington 0 Under 13.—Papanui B 13. Kaiapoi 0; Papanui 5, Riccarton 0; Sydenham 9. Shirley 0 Under 12— Linwood 3. Hornby 3; Papanui A 6. Shirley 3; Papanui B 0. Kaiapoi 0; Linwood B 15, Riccarton 8. Under 11.—Linwood A 16. Papanui B 6; Shirley 0, Addington 0; Papanui A 12. Linwood B 3: Christchurch 3. Kaiapoi 0. Under 10.—Addington 15. Linwood 0; Sydenham 3. Papanui B 0: Papanui A 6. Hal swell 0; Shirley A 12 Kaiapoi 0; Marist beat Shirley B by default. Under 9. Linwood A 15. Woolston 0; Kaiapoi 25. Addins ton 0; Papanui C 6. Marist 0. Papanui A beat Linwood B by default; Baisweil 12. Shirley n Under 8. —Papanui A 0. Addington 0; Shirley 3. Christchurch 0; Kaiapoi 6. Papanui B

England Beats Queensland (NZ. Press Assn.—CopvrigM) BRISBANE. June 17. The touring English Rugby Leageu team beat Queensland 22-17 at Brisbane yesterday The English forward, D. Turner. who was ordered from the field a minute and a half before the end of play, was "severely cautioned" b.v the Queensland Board of Control last night Today the Englishmen put up their biggest score of the tour, defeating Toowoomba by 36 points to 12.

The team*’ no sit ions are: P VV L D F A Pts Horn. 8 7 1 . 155 53 14 Pap. 8 7 1 - 101 51 14 Mar. 8 4 4 - 104 112 8 Linw. 8 3 4 1 109 92 7 Ch’Ch 8 2 6 - 76 103 4 Syd. 7 - 7 1 47 147 1