ANOTHER LARGE WIN BY ADDINGTON

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31363, 8 May 1967, Page 8

ANOTHER LARGE WIN BY ADDINGTON

Decisively beating the champion side for the last three years, Hornby, Addington on Saturday again demonstrated its superiority over the remaining teams in the Canterbury Rugby League championship.

The match drew the largest attendance seen for many years to a club fixture at the Show Grounds and few would have been disappointed with the type of football provided by Addington. Officials estimated the attem dance at about 2500.

partment in which the former champion has excelled. Hornby players fell into the same error as Linwood the previous week in allowing Addington players to move again after being partially tackled.

ham played its best football, and with its heavy forwards probing the Papanui defence, eventually found the gap, and J. Tapara scored. Papanui, showing speed and combination in the backs and the forwards, then gained supremacy, and with B. Craig, the Papanui full-back, coming into the line at every opportunity to create the overlap, had Sydenham floundering on many occasions.

Addington’s best back was P. White, who is now playing much better football than he produced last season. He was ably supported by D. McCosh. In a very lively pack B. Gillman and R. Cotter excelled.

For Hornby, B. Langton made a number of strong runs at centre with P. Tongue being the best of the forwards. Referee: Mr P. Yaxley. Open Game MARIST 25: R. Rochford, R. Irvine, W. Beri, M. Mohi and R. McKenzie tries. J. Hawthorne five goals. LINWOOD 17: G. Abercrombie (2) and M. Morgan tries J. Rosanowski (3) and T. Brott goals. A sensational opening by Marist which scored two tries in the first five minutes of play and had 13 points up in just over 10 minutes sealed any hopes that Linwood had of victory. Marist’s first try was scored almost from the kick-off and it characterised its type of play for most of the game. Under its new coach, Mr L. Brown, the team is showing better form than it has produced for many years. The players ran hard when in possession presenting quite a problem for the Linwood defence which again made vital errors in only partially tackling its opponents and allowing them to move again. Linwood moved far too slowly with the ball and at times passes from the dummy half, W. Noonan, went behind the forwards, allowing the Marist players to smother moves before they had a chance to get started. A suggestion of what could be done when pace was applied was shown by the tries scored by G. Abercrombie and M. Morgan. However, such runs were only spasmodic, although Linwood emerged with second-half honours in restricting Marist to one try in this period while scoring two itself. However, Marist was decidedly the better side and used Rugby League principles to greater effect. Marist’s best strategic move was in using the loose forward, R. Johnson, to win the loose ball from the scrums. Marist’s scrum-half, R. Irvine, although playing a brilliant game was no match for his opposite, W. Godfrey, in retrieving the loose ball, but Johnson came off the scrum-so quickly that even Godfrey was beaten time and again for possession. Referee: Mr J. HiJlsdon. Seven Tries PAPANUI 33: J. Toki, P. Baillie, R. Ward. C. Schwass, N. Geddes, B. Allen, G. Sandford tries; C. Schwass (5), J. Bond kicked goals. SYDENHAM 5: J. Tapara a try; A. Tauta a goal. Playing good attacking football for most of the game, Papanui had Idttle difficulty in beating Sydenham. Papanui fully deserved Its win, and the margin of seven tries to one was a fair indication of the run of play. In the opening stages Syden-

The inside back combination of B. Allen, G. Sandford, and J. Bond were quick to seize any opportunity to open up play for their centres, none of whom played better than J. Toki.

As Addington established an early lead over Hornby, so too did Marist over Linwood in the early match on the main ground. Although Linwood fought back stubbornly to take second-half honours it found the 13 points scored in the first 10 minutes by the winner too much of a handicap and Marist ran out a deserved winner.

His try was a gem. After receiving the ball he made a solo run of 55 yards, beating man after man by sheer strength.

In the forwards, C. Schwass played his usual good game, as well as scoring 13 points. Others to show out in the pack were G. Turner, D. Alsop, and K. Blackler.

Hornby and Marist now meet next Saturday but unfortunately the clash may see both sides short of star players because of the Southern Zone-Queens-land fixture on Sunday. On the No. 2 ground Kaiapoi almost created a major upset as it came within three points of Christchurch, at present equal in second place in the championship. Kaiapoi held the lead for all but a few minutes of the match and at one stage led by 13 points to nil. In the fourth fixture Sydenham was well beaten by Papanui.

For Sydenham, M. Te Hae was the most enterprising back and seemed wasted at full-back when his attacking ability could have been used to better advantage closer up. J. Murdoch and F. Clark, playing in new positions, tackled well. J. Tapara and A. Tauta were the best of a pack that seems to lack fitness. Referee: Mr K. Carter. Better Play CHRISTCHURCH 20: B. Tallott (2), T. Parker and P. Tainui tries; L. Tehuia (3), E. Bennett goals. KAIAPOI 17: R. Naish, K. Pope, and J. Nelson tries; J. E. Bond four goals. Kaiapoi led the winner by 13-0 at the interval, and was poised to register an upset win. But inexplicable lapses on defence, which Christchurch was quick to capitalise on, in the second half ruined its chance. Four of the match’s seven tries were scored by Christchurch in the second spell, while Kaiapoi could only cross the winner’s goal-line before half-time. One of the highlights of the game was the spectacular try scored for Christchurch by P. Tainui. With full-time showing on the clock it seemed inevitable that the match would finish in a draw at 17-all. However, a desperate Christchurch movement, in which several players handled with speed, culminated in Tainui throwing himself through a gap for the winning try. R. H. Turton’s Intelligent leadership inspired Christchurch in its second half comeback. Tainui, Tehlna, and Parker were splendid loose men, while E. Bennett, apart from early kicking failures, and J. Smith were reliable in other phases of forward play. Tallott was Christchurch’s best back and richly deserved his two tries. For Kaiapoi, J. E. Bond, K. Pope and R. Lewis showed up in the pack. Nelson, Naish. and B. Williams made useful breaks in the three-quarters. Referee: Mr N. E. Tayl6r.

Results: Christchurch 20, Kaiapoi 17 Marist 25, Linwood 17 Addington 27, Hornby 9 Papanui 33, Sydenham 5

A tiding to its Win ADDINGTON 27: J. Fisher, P. Turnbull, P. White, N. Dewes and J. White tries; P. White (3), and G. Teaho (3) goals. HORNBY 9: K. Woodham a try; I. Drayton three goals. As with other teams who have gone down heavily to Adding, ton this season, Hornby made the error of allowing the winner to run and in making mistakes which were capitalised on by a very alert Addington side. Addington repeated its methods of its other wins in running the ball at every opportunity and again it paid handsome dividends. It is a side which knows the value of loose ball and the players invariably won the dispute for possession in this manner. Hornby made errors which Addington was quick to put to good use and several of the winner’s tries came from handling errors.

At all times Addington played as a winning combination, demonstrating yet again the high standard of backing up that the players have attained, an absolute essential under the new rules.

Time and again the large crowd was on its toes as Addington swung into attack with precision handling. Hornby at times was completely bewildered and the team’s tackling was perhaps the poorest seen from the side in many years as this is one de-

Championship points: — P W L D For Ag. pt Add. 5 5 - - 171 57 10 Mar. 5 4 1 - 111 53 8 Chch. 5 4 1 - 81 90 8 Pap. •. 5 3 2 - 109 62 6 Horn. „ 5 3 2 - 73 67 6 Linw. t. 5 1 4 - 84 105 2 Syd. 5 - 5 - 39 138 0 Kaia. 5 - 5 - 53 149 0