Addington Near To First Defeat

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31375, 22 May 1967, Page 14

Addington Near To First Defeat

Supporters of the highly successful Addington side had to wait until well into the second half on Saturday before they could voice their approval of their team’s play against Christchurch in the early game on the Show Grounds Oval.

Until then Christchurch held control of the game and at one stage of the first half led by 11 points to 0. Addington, obviously shaken out of their complacency by a severe talking to from their coach, Mr W. F. McNaughton, at halftime, were a different side in the second half.

Addington played football typical of that produced in other matches to run in for three tries and win by 17 points to 13. This win, at the end of the first round of the championship, gives the team its first trophy for the season, the Tavendale Cup, which is awarded to the side which leads the competition after one round. Addington also retains the Desmond-Rogers Memorial Challenge Trophy,

which it won late last season. Papanui had too much pace for Marist in the main game and deservedly won by 23 points to 7.

Good Kicking By C. Schwass

PAPANUI 23: D. Allsop, M. Napier and N. Geddes tries, C. Schwass seven goals. MARIST 7: R. Rochford a try, J. Keremeta two goals.

Papanui moved the ball with far more effect than Marist and used a good understanding with backs and forwards to advantage.

Papanui was fortunate In having such a competent goalkicker as C. Schwass who kicked ten of Papanui’s thirteen firsthalf points. This gave Papanui a decided advantage and enabled the team to lead at half-time by 13 to 4.

The match was marred to some extent through several flare-ups among the forwards and at times the referee had trouble in keeping peace among two players in particular, D. Allsop and R. McKenzie.

He made them shake hands after one incident but they threw punches at each other on the run as the next scrum was breaking up. Unfortunately, this incident was while the referee had his back to them.

In spite of a rearrangement of backs, Papanui was able to dictate the run of play in this department with the versatile C. Schwass playing at scrum half, giving J. Bond ample opportunities to get his centres under way.

Bond showed glimpses of his old form and ran strongly. Playing at full-back, R. Irvine was very dependable but unfortunately his absence from scrum-half deprived the side of some of its penetration. Marist was also unlucky to lose one of its other hard-run-ning backs, J. Hawthorne, who retired with an injury.

R Rochford, was again good value for Marist and for the sixth match in succession scored a try. Referee: Mr T. Houston. Revival By Addington ADDINGTON 17: A. McNaughtan, J. White (2) tries and P. White (2) and G. Teaho (2) goals. CHRISTCHURCH 13: D. Parker a try and L. Tehuia five goals.

The game had all the ingredients of a main game of the day for it had the early arrivals on their toes almost from the kick-off. Like so many other sides, Christchurch showed determination from the start of the game but unlike many of Addington’s other opponents it kept it up until part way through the second half.

The first half most certainly belonged to Christchurch. It tackled hard and ran with much more purpose than its opponent. Indeed, in this half Addington ran with the sluggishness that had caused the downfall of other teams which it has played. But the second half saw a real Addington revival and the pace and backing up which had characterised its play so far returned and a desperate Christchurch team tried hard but without avail to hold it out. At one stage of the first half Christchurch enjoyed an advantage of 11 points before P. White and G. Teaho scored a penalty each. However, White was well off with his kicking and in the first half kicked only one goal from five attempts, most of them comparatively easy shots. In the second half J. Fisher led the forwards in great style and had fine supports in A. Gillman and J. Vivian. D. McCosh was again the best of a set of backs which did not enjoy the same lattitude of other matches. With several outstanding breaks the 18-year-old scrum half, G. Cooksley, showed up as a decided menace to the Addington defence. His speed at times took him through the Addington line with ease. Referee: Mr P. Yaxley. s. Large Win By Linwood

LINWOOD 52: J. Searles (3), B Noonan (2), J. Hales, J. Fonatea, E. Kereopa, R. Auld, G. Abercrombie, J. Rosanowski tries; J.

Rosanowski 8 goals. KAIAPOI 6: J. Bond (2), K. Pope goals. A 12-man Kaiapoi team went down to Linwood by a mammoth margain. Although Kaiapoi had its share of ball from scrums and sometimes rallied enough to press into Linwood’s territory, it was never for long, and it could not breach the Linwood line. The Linwood backs were adept at creating an overlap, and many of the tries looked simple as players went over the line without an opponent near them.

W. Godfrey, the Linwood captain, made several fine breaks from the base of the scrum to set up tries for his outside men. R. Auld, G. Abercrombie, J. Hales and J. Searles all played well, the latter being on hand to score three beautiful tries. Canterbury’s new Kiwi, W. Noonan, played a fine game and scored two fine tries. N. Adkins, J. Rosanowski and W. Fonatea were hard men to stop. For Kaiapoi, B. Williams played an outstanding game and must have been frustrated at times when he broke through the Linwood defence to have no support when tries were possible. Although a man short In the pack, Kaiapoi was able to hold Linwood in the tight. J. Bond and R. Lewis were the best forwards. Referee: Mr J. Hillsdon. Hornby Pack Dominant HORNBY 15: I. Drayton, P. Tongue and B. Langton tries; Drayton three penalties. SYDENHAM 5: B. T. Barron try; A. Tuuta a penalty.

Sydenham’s uncertainly on defence in the first half assisted Hornby in scoring all of its points before the interval. Sydenham had a greater share of possession in the second spell

and for long periods did most of the attacking. The Hornby pack was the main factor in Sydenham’s defeat. Drayton, G. Woodgate and N. McLean did much good work on defence and were enterprising in opening up play. Tongue was elusive and backed up intelligently. B. Houston, at half-back, played well for Hornby. His acceleration frequently caught the defence napping. Langton was easily the best Hornbv three-quarter and he gave Sydenham numerous anxious moments when in possession. Langton’s try was the direct result of good positional play and speed off the mark. Barron played his usual unobtrusive yet highly-effective game in the Sydenham frontrow, while J. Tapara and R. Mcßeath were hard runners in the open. In the backs none played with more courage and good sense than K. Williams, at full-back. Williams was given an abundance of work on defence and never shirked in the face of the Hornby attacks. F. Clark, B. Frazer, J. Murdoch and C. Preece were reliable tacklers for the loser. Referee: Mr N. E. Taylor.

Linwood and Marist paid tribute to its two Kiwis selected to tour Australia by allowing tl>em to lead their teams for the day. W. Noonan, for Linwood, did well in scoring two tries in the biggest score of the day when Kaiapoi was beaten 52-6. After leading by 15-0 at halftime Hornby could not breach the Sydenham defence tn the second half and won 15-5. Results:— Addington 17, Christchurch 13. Hornby 15, Sydenham 5. Linwood 52, Kaiapoi 6. Papanui 23, Marist 7.

POINTS TABLE A. Pts. P W. D. L. F. Add. 7 7 — — 221 82 14 Pap. 7 5 — 2 151 79 10 Horn. ... 7 5 — 2 99 80 10 Mar. • • 7 4 3 130 109 8 Chch. 7 4 — 3 102 118 8 Lin. 7 2 — 5 146 130 Syd. •. 7 — 1 6 54 137 1 K’po-i .. 7 — 1 6 76 218 1