Two Players Reach 100 Points For Season

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30794, 5 July 1965, Page 16

Two Players Reach 100 Points For Season

There were no major surprises in the senior Rugby competition on Saturday, although Linwood and New Brighton went close to defeat. The most notable feature of a rather uninspiring twelfth round was the fact that two players passed their individual century of points for the season.

The first to achieve this target was the Old Boys and Canterbury lock, M. J. Millar. He began the round requiring only two points for his century and kicked his first penalty’ goal early in the match against Merivale. D. C. Leary, the University A fullback, who began the match against Marist requiring five points for his century 7, reached his objective 55min after Millar.

He scored a total of 11 points against Marist with his kicking and his total of 106 points is now onlv one behind that of Millar.

Sydenham put up an excellent showing against Linwood and was extremely unlucky to go down by two points. On the run of play it should have won comfortably. A try right on time saved the day for New Brighton in its match against the lowlyrated University B side. However, this was only justice for New Brighton definitely looked the better team. University A maintained its lead in the competition with a convincing win over Marist in the main game at Lancaster Park.

There were only a few minor changes in team positions. Suburbs’ win lifted it

from eighth to sixth while Lincoln College moved up one place, into eighth position Sydenham’s loss to Linwood cost it seventh position, and it is now ninth Results:— University A 26, Marist 6. Linwood 5, Sydenham 3. Christchurch 11, Belfast (. Lincoln College 10, Albion fl. Old Boys 18, Merivale 8. Suburbs 17, Shirley 12. New Brighton 12, University B 11.

Points are: — W L D F A Pts Univ. A .. 11 1 0 223 103 11 Chch 9 2 1 193 112 9i H.S.O.B. 9 3 0 216 104 9 Lin 8 4 0 123 82 8 N. Brigh. 8 4 0 125 102 8 Subs. 5 5 2 94 104 6 Albion 5 6 1 119 123 5i Lin Coll. 5 6 1 136 130 Syden. 5 7 0 109 144 3 Belfast .. 4 8 0 97 140 4 Shir’.ey .. 3 7 2 126 156 4 Marist 3 8 1 94 154 3i Univ. B . 2 8 2 94 167 3 Meriv. 2 10 0 65 193 2