Linwood in rugby trophy play-off
All the interest in the final round of the C.S.B. Cup in senior rugby on Saturday was in the performances of four teams competing for the last three places in the eight who will play off for the C.S.B. Trophy. Belfast made its place secure with a rousing performance against Lincoln College, which had been beaten only once previously, and which had already made certain of winning the cup. University A had to beat the well-performed Marist
team to win a place, and was down. 0-4, with little more than a quarter-hour to play. But University, a patchy team this season, wore its brightest colours in the final stages and won, 12-4. At the start of play, Linwood and .Shirley were locked in eighth place, but Shirley had an advantage of eight in the points differen- • tial which is taken into account should teams finish level. Shirley, playing an early game, beat Albion by 21
points to three, giving it a total of 231 points scored. 184 against — a differential of 47. Linwood, which met University B, later began with a plus margin of 21, and so had to win by 27 points to edge Shirley out of the main competition. It might have come from a Boys’ Book of Rugby stories: in the last minute of play the Linwood captain, Ru Koha, scored a spectacular try, which was converted, and Linwood won by 29 points. When section play begins
on Saturday, the groupings will be: Section one, Lincoln College. Christchurch, Belfast and High School Old Boys. Section two. New Brighton; Marist, University A and Linwood. Belfast and Lincoln College met in the day’s main match, played at Jellicoe Park, a fine wet-weather ground but Rugby Park became a quagmire well before the second of the two games ended. It was so bad that the referee, Mr T. M. Hannan, had the wisdom to call time
out on two occasions, to allow two desperate and frustrated teams a chance to cool down.
In this match Phil Thomas, the Old Boys half-back, was named the Cellar Ghost “Player of the Day." An Albion forward. Bruce Bason, was ordered off in the game against Shirley. At Jellicoe Park Dennis Karatea of Belfast had five minutes in the “sin bin” as did Russell Matheson (Albion). With 11 points for Linwood. Rod Latham became the third senior centuryscorer of the season. He is second to Mark Liddicoat, who has 136. Latham’s total is 110. and John Holmes (Lincoln College) has 105. Scores were.—
BELFAST 12 (K. Keane try; J. Freeman penalty goal: M. Vincent penalty goal and conversion) beat LINCOLN COLLEGE 0. Referee. Mr D. G. Calvert.
SHIRLEY 21 (S. Tamihera. B. Stringer, S. Scott, R. Lodge tries; Lodge conversion and penalty goal) beat ALBION 3 (Murray Straight penalty goal). Mr R. B. Pidgeon. SUBURBS 14 (P. Walkenshaw two tries; B. Davies penalty goal: G. Roberts dropped goal) beat BURNSIDE 12. (R. Genet try; J. Lindsay two penalty goals and conversion). Mr A. R. Taylor. CHRISTCHURCH 33 (M. James 3, P. Fyfe, M. Filipo,
F. Shannon. J. Jones, tries; R. * Deans conversion, penalty ' goal) beat HORNBY’ 0. Mr * M. L. Fitz Gibbon. * MERIVALE-PAPANUI 16 , (E. Goodhue, 2 tries; R. G. ’• Wilson, conversion, two pen- J alty goals) beat SYDENHAM’- > 11 (B. Nicoll, T. Patterson, ' tries; Nicoll, penalty goal).;; Mr A. R. Bateman. LINWOOD 35 (T. W. Mitchell, 3. G. Parratt, G. ■ McFarlane. R. Koha tries; R. T. Latham four conversions, penalty goal) beat UNIVER- ( SITY B 6 (T. Jarman try; R. Wilkie conversion). Mr t. R. Marshall. NEW BRIGHTON 9 (S. Blackler two penalty goals; D. Bowick penalty goal) beat HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS 6 (G. S. Cookson two penalty goals). Mr T. M. Hannan. UNIVERSITY A 12 (P. Murray try; M. Liddicoat conversion, dropped goal, penalty goal) beat MARIST 4 (G. J.'Hooper try). Mr I. A. Lawrence.
Final points were.— W L D F A Pt Lin Coll 13 •) — 278 104 26 New Bri 11 4 - 254 153 99 Chch 11 4 - 230 154 22 Marist 10 286 161 20 Belfast 10 5 - 244 175 20 Univ A 9 5 1 276 146 19 HSOB 9 5 1 195 141 19 Linwood 9 6 — 250 200 18 Shirley 8 5 2 231 184 18 Mer-Pap 6 6 3 175 181 15 Albion •t 10 1 186 251 9 Svden 3 10 2 143 251 8 Suburbs 3 10 2 137 275 8 Burnside 3 11 1 153 252 y Hornbv 9 12 1 .121 322 5 Univ B 2 13 - 166 305 4
Linwood in rugby trophy play-off
Press, 13 July 1981, Page 18
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