RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3066, 30 April 1917, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SEASON OPENS SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENTS , The Rugby football seaßOtt was open,ed in pleasant weather on Saturday afternoon. Seven-a-side tournaments for senior and fifth-grade players had been arranged to take place in Athletic Park, and some very interesting play was the result. Thirty-one "teams in all took part. All fifth-grade games except the final were played _m two spells of five minutes each. Senior games and the. fifth-grade final wero played in two spells .of seven, minutes each with one minute for changing round. Following are details of theyplay;— . . . FIFTH GRADE. First Hound. . Scots College beat St. Patrick's B by 8 points "to nil. Wellington College B beat St. James , " B bV 5 points to 8. Wellington College A beat Butt 'A by 13 to nil. • Potone B beat Athletic B by 5 to nil. I St. Patrick's A beat Athletic 'A by four to'nil. Hutt B won its matich against Poneke by the default of the latter team. . Petone A beat St. James' A by nine to nil. Oriental beat Selwyn by seven to nil. Second Round. Wellington College B beat Scots College Ey 8 to nil. Wellington College A beat Petone B by 18 to nil.. St. Patrick's A beat Hutt B by 6 to nil. . ; • Petone A heat Oriental by 5 to 3. Third Round. Wellington College A beat .Wellington College B by IS to nil. ■ Petone A beat St. Patrick's A' by 11 to nil. Final. Wellington College A beat Petone A by 15 to 4. ■ •■ , SENIOR GRADE. ■ , . First Round. . '' Univereity A beat St. Patrick's College by 6 to 3.- . . . • Petone -'B beat University , B by 6 to 3. ..'■.' , Wellington A beat Athletic by 6 to nil. Oriental B and Poneke tied with 8 points each. .-, By the toss of a coin it.was decided that Poneke should remain in the ■ competition) * Oriental B should* go out. Old Boys A beat Wellington College by four to thxge. Selwyn beat St. James by seven to nil. . .. ' ■ . ' Petone A beat Oriental A by sis to nil. • ', ■ Old Boys B and Wellington B tied with three points each. Wellington won the toss and remained, in' the competition. ' -. • Second Round. University A beat Petone B by fourteen to one..: Poneko beat Wellington A by eight to nil. - Old Boys A beat Selwyn by twelve 'to nil. ... Petone A heat Wellington B by eight to nil. Thifd Round. Old Boys A beat Petone A by three, to nil. University A beat Poneke by seven, to- two. Final. Old Boys A beat University ".A by eicht to nil. '