WEEK-END RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 252, 19 July 1920, Page 6

WEEK-END RUGBY

0 EXIT ATHLETIC

SOUNDLY BEATEN BY BERHAMPORE

Bcrhamporo, 13; Athlotlo, 6. Ponolio, 3; Oriental 0. Petone, 35i Sciwyn, 7. 'Varsity, S; Wellington, 0, Tlie main feature of Saturday's round of Rugby matchoß wan Athlctic'B inglorlouß defeat at the hands of Berhampore. The affair took plate at Duppa Strcet-tho gravoyard of more than one reputation— ond on the day's piny the winners deserved their succosb. Athletic seemed .all at- tea on account, of the absence of Roberts and Wilson, and the heavy, trround was not to their liking. A poor match from the spectators' point of view was attain put on at the park, Petone nrovIwr immeasurably superior tn the Selwyn fifteen, and literally revelling in the mud. Poneke, who did not nppear to havo recovered from the ."liock tliev ixpcrienced the previous week from tluir meeting with Sciwyn. just managed to stave off another draw in their match against Oriental. Wellington, by their

defeat at the hands of 'Varsity, registered their tenth succe-MfO Ab . recards the championship table, Athletic have now apparently practically dropped out of the running. Icavinir Petone on ton with, IB points, and I'oneke as ruwiersup with a tally of 17.

PETONE V. SE'-WYN. Petone 'had a field-day iii their iratch niainst Selwyn at the Athletio Park. Playing with remarkable ease, the Sub-, urlianitcfl had little difficulty ui rMclilup eleven tries, five of which were registered during the first half. Setwyn. on thu other hand, -secured- an unconverted try and a potted goal. Tho place-kicking was a negative feature of the match Of all Petone'B trieß only ono was converted, and in the case of at least half-of them the major points should have been added. But tliiß Bang-froid exhibited by Petone in tho matter of place-kicking was but typical of their Bhbwing/in other departThey were never really extended, and. virtually did what they liked. The ground was very heavy. NYvrtlielcss'. the. 'Blues'baoks threw tho leather about in «reat stylo, their work being, marked by unrestrained freedom of movement. They often took' chances / which would havo counted disaster had they been nitt?d against sterner opposition. Hamilton, on tho right wing, played a brilliant game, and he scored seven tries—a notable achievement considering the state of tho turf. At some futnro time lie should supply what tho Wellingtpn representative fifteen at present lacks—a- first-class scoring .three-quarter. Curiously ennutrh Sciwyn drew first blood quito early in tho came, Petone being caught napping. Lindsay (left-wins) took a rebounding ball, and being unmarked raced in and scored In the coi ; nor. Murphy failed with the kick. In less than five minutes Petono equalised matters, Hamilton scoring an unconverted try. Selwyh endeavoured to confine the play among tho forwards, but in tlilu they were not successful. Petone invariably got the ball from the scrums, and 'Ginger" Nicholls, at half, was getting in very clean deliveries. M. Nicholls (fiveeight) had two penalty kicks at eoal, but hn failed, his poal-kijckih'r being on the weak side throughout the whole day. A oouple of spectacular sallies on tho pari of the suburbanites each bore'fruit,-first Hamilton and then Ashton scoring. They followed this up wltii a passing. rushsplendidly engineered—in the course ol which Hamilton received from E. Ryan— J. Ryan wa-a abßentv from. the-:Petone team—and wound up a pleaßlng run by scoring in the corner. Ono mora unconverted try fell to tho lot of the attackers before! tho interval,- W. Thomas turning the trick in the left corner, after boating several opponents. This left the scare at half-time at 15—5. On resumption Petone played, with even greater zest, and they no longir -had the sun in their- eyes. Selwyn offered,but a feeble resistance, Murphy at full being particularly "off colour," and when tho bell, Bou-ndod tho scoreß were; .Petone 55, Selwyn 7. A potted goal wan responsible for Schvynls increase, jrhilo for Petone tries were scorcd by Hamilton (4). "Ginger Nicholls, and:-K. ltyan. M. Nicholls converted Ryan's try from a very caiy position. Mr. Simpson was referee.

ATHLETIC V. BERHAMPORE. The Atliletic-Berhamporo fixture attracted quite a Bmall crowd of spectators to Duppa Street. A racqed but interesting same took place, and botli teams Yi'crj fully extended. Athletic took the field with a scratch team, ana were, early in trouble, Hickline touchin- down for Berhamporo and Morrison converting. Give-and-take play ensued for the rest of tho first half, in tho course of-which Gray scored an unconverted try. for the "»kyblqcs, and Hugh 'coaled for Athletic from a penalty. This left the score at 8-3 in i Herhampore's favour. On resumption, Athletic tried hard to eaualise matters,' but without avail, succeeding- in adding only three points to their quota. Berhampore, • 011 the otto hand, ■ held their own and notched another' converted try- 'the craine ifius enitc3—Berhamnore 13, Athletic A. Mr. Paton.waa referee.

■VARSITY V. WELLINGTON. The match between "Varaity and-Wel-lington, played at Kelburn Park, resulted In a win lor tlio llrst-named team by 3 points to nil. Unfortunately, the heavy, state of the ground militated' againstJwt play to a certain extent, but, neverthc ; less, the game was not devoid of interest, From beginning to end the play win fairly even, although 'Varsity were superior to their opponents in the forwards. The contest was a pretty, strenuous ono, r.nrt was witnessed by a fair number of spec l tatora. 'Varsity s score came as the result of a scrum in front of the Wellington goal. The Greens ?ot the ball, and Smith touched down under the ijpsts. Scott, .did not have- much trouble "Tn converting. Thenco onwards Wellington tried hard to equalise, but the 'Varsity defence was very sound. Mr. J, 6. Kins; was referee.

PONEKE V. ORIENTAL, After a particularly poor exhibition on the Petone ground. Poneke > obtained the verdict over Oriental by 3 . points to nil. For the greater parti play was. confined to the forwards. The-hacks were fairly evenly matched, Oriental, if anything. being the heavier. Just before the call of half-time Poneke scored the only try of the day, when from a scrum near half way Tilvard obtained- possession and passed to Maxwell, the latter transferrin * to Chrlstopherson in timo to permit of 'his scoring near the corner:' No goal resulted. About a minute before "no-Bide" was called it, looked as though Oriental would equalise, when Gilchrist essayed tn kick a goal from t.ho field. The shot, though good, fell a little short, and nn 'unintcreitinir rimo ended: Poneko 3, Oriental 0. Mr. Mofflt carried the whistle,

. Junior. Petone defeated WHlinoton by 23 points to nil. Tries for the winners were obtained by Parker (2). Dickens, Sliardlon, Pond. Ambler, and Corson, each convert In" one. The last-named played nljn kicked a goal from the field. . Fourth Class. Petone (30) defeated Marist (3). Fifth Class. Wellington College B (14) defeated Berlin mporo (9). Petone defeated Jlutt by 7 to 1. For the winners Clark scored a, try.' and Wilson kicked a goal from the field. ' Sixth Class. Technical College (19) defeated Wellington College B (5). ' fit. Patrick's Collope A (37) defeated Wei' -lincton College C (3). Owing to the bad state of the grounds on Saturday some of the junior fames were postponed.

MATCHES ELSEWHERE AUCKLAND (9) V. TARANAKI (3). By Telegraph—Press Association. Auokland, July ,17. The Rugby match, Auckland v. Taranaki, was won by the former by 9 points to 3.. Tho gamo was witnessed by some 14.000 spectators. Tho weather was ideal, but the ground was rather greasy, and the game was of a Bcrambline order, with occasional bits of good combined rlay. . , \ . The Auckland backs were better anil faster than the visitors' rear division, but tho hitter's forwards, were very, strong, and hamrcrcd their onnonentr. efforts to oneit lit) the game. In tlio first Quarter, in which Taranaki faced tho •mi. the lionie team had much the better of tho play. In the first ten minutes V. Badeley placed a penalty kick between the .posts. Taranaki transferred tho play to tho Auckland twenty-flve, but were won on the defensive again. Taranaki were penalised in front of tho goal for holding tho ball, Badeley kicking a ppal. On the change oiYr,- Taranaki had the better of tho first Dortion of the quarter. They unsuccessfully attacked, anil • ' niay was at half-wa.y when Badeley passed to Grleraon, who scut to Nixon. Iladelcy aqriiln rpretved the ball, but lost it ,iu6t nil the line, and Nixon, following up fast; touched down. Taranaki again attacked, tho spell ending Auckland 9, Taranaki nil. In the second spell, the Taranaki backs continued to show the combination they had evinced during tho latter half of tlio flrr.t spell, ami as their forwards tackled in good style the game -was n>orc cxcitInsc. Auckland were first to,attack, then Taranaki reversed the position ,111 a. determined manner, only to be driven bocit again. Malono made a good run almost to the line, but was overtaken after lie had passed the Auckland full-back. Die home team asnin pressed until the onnosinn- forwaids broke away, to be stopped for infringement. In tho final quarter, Taranaki »howod to better- advantage, though, tho J) all was not confined to any

particular part of the Add, ii. dividual dashes repeatedly transferrin? the play from ono end to the other. Malonc, for Taranaki, instituted a naesine rurh, aided by Lynskey and 'Roberts, the lastnamed Bcorlne. George failed with too kick. From then till the call of time alternate attacks wero made.

HAWKE'S DAY (11) V. WANGANtJI (3). By Teleeraph—Pre«» Association. Wanganui, July 17. A representative Hugby match between Hawke's JUay and Wanga>iul was played here thiß afternoon in beautiful wectlier. There ivau a large attendance. The visitors proved' superior to , rt'anttiinui, and won a fine came bv 11 points to 3. llawke's Bay scored two tricß, one of wllch they converted, and a penalty al, V'angnnui obtained one" try. The 'Hawke'a Bay backs were cleverer than the U.cal rear 'division. BTJLLEE.' (19) V. INANGAHTJA (6). By Telegraph—Presß Association. Westport, July 17. At Westport to-day, Buller played a. return football match with Inanjrahua, and won by-19 point? to 6. For I'.Mler, i'aila, Mumnv and Schadick scored tries, Schadick also kicking a penalty ecal; Casey kicked a penalty soal and ci.verted two trios. Oregon kicked two prmi.lty teals for Inansahua. The came was fairly.lnteresting throughout, but was not marked by much brilliant play.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL _—. —9 :— MAKIST (3) V.' DIAMONDS (Z). Marist and Diamonds mot at Association Park on Saturday and Jifter a rather tame exhibition of football, Irfarist won by 3 goals to 2. Both teams were .minus prominent players, but substitutes were found to fill tlie vacancies, uiiunonds, favoured with tho wind, led a strong attack trom the kick oil. but Thomas intervened suit cleared well. Bidaood obtained .for 11mmonds and centred well, the ball beina Shot to goal. Fitzgerald saved well, but the' Black forwards' crowding-the Boat prevented a clearance. A "liugby" si'.ruin ensued, hut no score resulted, From, a goal kick the ball came to llyan (Marist) who transferred to Burke, where he in turn gave a good opportunity tp 11'CnrtUy. M'Oarthy made uo mistake with the sliol, thus drawine first blood for Marist.. Diamonds worried their opponents for some minutes. Bidgood and Burbiish put .in some good shots, but. theso were equally well saved. Carruthers'ftud Foote, on Marist's right wing, showed excellent combination, aud the former had hard luck with a well directed wing shot, strikinj the crossbar. Thomas began a flno movement for .Marist.. but a score was lost tliroußii Burke being oil-side. Auld, at centre-half for Diamonds, frequently set his forwards in motion, but their shooting was inaccurate.' i In tho second spell. Marist had tho advantage of tho wind,'but for'some time did not make the most of their opportunities. Dribbling was resorted to insteatt of shooting. Browning, aB back .for Diamonds, was, at- this period, instrumental in stopping some .dangerous rushes, his defence being splendid. Bidgood, and Burbush started oil for Marist s goal, hut M'Keowcn stopped the rush and sent the ball on to Foote, who drew tho half anil then passed to. Oarruthers. The lasti named shot from some dfstanco out and the ball travelled,, under the' crossbar. Diamonds now livened up and came through several times, but the- Marist backs, Oasey ■ and Gallagher, proved very safe. Eventually, however, Liversage, play-, ing well down the field, caught the backs unawares, aud beating < them in a race for the ball, had'only the goalie, to beat when he lost possession. Shortly afterwards the same player, with Ilearn ana Auld, came away with another good rush,, which euded in Diversago sending in a shot which beat- tuo goalie. Marist now took a turn at attack, and-in quick •time scored again, a centre from Curruther6 going to Uurke, who just managed to placo the ball between the posts from si difficult angle, l'lay improved considerably at this stage, > Auld, Browning, und Dully putting in excellent work for Diamonds, and. Thomas, Carruthcrs, and' Foote for Marist. Auld set his forwards going again. The movement ended in Burbush sendiug in a shot, Fitzgerald saving at the expense of a corner. Hearn placcd tho ball in the goal-mouth and a scramble took place, Liversage eventually scoring again. for the Blacks. With.the result in doubt, both sides made utrenuoub ondeavours to score, but thero was no, alteration when time sounded shortly after.

Y.M.O.A. B (3) V. 1'.J1.0.A. A (1). Tho match betwoen Y.M.O.A. A and Y.M.O.A. B wa« played <it Seatoun Park on Saturday, and was very interesting, as the teams were evenly matched,'and play was, fast and good. ,The B, or "Bigger," team won the toss. Fairly 'early in, tho proceedings Ousack secured and raced up-field, and centring nicely, gave Paton a chance to test Hindmarsh's goal-keeping, : which proved equal to the occasion. After considerable ; give-and-take play, Ballard secured and landed a bcautitul shot through the posts, but off-side play by Baker immediately preceding the shot Bpoiled tho success of Ballard's chance. Smith waa prominent here for eoine • fine' work on the right wing. Centring several timcß ho gave tho A team numerous chances, which were lost through oil-side play and the strength of tho B backs' defence. Some fino passing play was now engaged in by both sides. Booth, for the B's,. secured and passed.to Paton, the ball being traus* ferred along the forward line to Vbillipa, wlio made a fine effort. Hindmarsh-again proved his worth, and ellected a fine savo. 'i'he play'was'now transferred to tho other ond. and Ballard again shot, but Evans, in-goal, safely warded off the danger,'and ably assisted by if vers at full-back, kept tho As away. Half-time sounded with no score.- v ' When - play was resumed the A's again attacked, but the B's half line was too strong, and play was quickly transferred to the A s end. Phillips secured and made, through a line-heady piece of work, a-n' opening for Cusack, who, centring beautifully, placed tho bail at Paton's feet. Paton made no mistake.- Tho A's then returned to the attack, and from a B player lianiuing the ball in front of tho goal were awarded a penalty. Tho kick was taken by Coad who placed it well on the side, livans made a flue, effort, but did not clear' sufficiently well, and Coad, rushing forward, netted. The B's now really settled_down to hard play, and some line work was put in by Mortis, Paton, and Phillips. Phillips, making a flno effort," passed back to Paton, who shot from well outstde tho area ami notTcd. Coad was putting in somo good work, and the B's were testing the A's strength severely, wlion an A player handled, and Myers, taking the kick, soored with a well-placed shot. The game ended shortly afterwards, leaving "The Diggers" victors by 3 goals to 1. ,

OTHER SENIOR GAMES. Institute defeated Swifts at Kelburn by 5 goals to nil. > ■Thistle and Porirua drew, at Porirua, each team scoring ono coal. Hospital defeated South Wellington at the Hospital grounds by four goals to one. LOWER. GRADE MATCHES, Following aro tho results of various lower grade matches, played on' Saturday: Junior.—Brooklyn 2, Marist 0. Third Division.—ltarist 5. South. Wellington 0; Institute 3. St. Thomas's Fourth-A Division—lnstitute 12, Marist 0 Fourth B Division.—lnstitute 4, Stop Out 0. • Fifth A Division—Marist 1, Institute 1 Fifth B Division—Mirauiar 1, Diamonds 1; Marist 3, Brooklyn 0; Institute 2, Y.M.C.A. 1. Fifth C Division.—Marist 0 12, Institute 0. bixth Division—Marist (N.) 1, Scatouu Or Marist (l'.i 2. Brooklyn 1. Seventh Division.-Marist (N.) 2, Mlramar 0; Marist IN.) B 1. Institute 0. Eighth Division.-Marist. B and Marist O drew: Marist (T.J 4, Institute 2.. SCHOOL FOOTBALL, Results of games "played last Fridny are:-Northland 2, Newtown 1; Marist (Tj A' 3, Marist (T.) B nil; Mari'st Iff.) O S Marist (N.)' B nil; Wadcstown J. South Well|n 2 ton A 1; Worser Bay 3, tioutta Wellington B 1. BROWN SHIELD HATCH. CANTERBURY V. WELLINGTON. ■ The Oauterbury Association intend sendin? a strong team to represent the nro vince in the match to be played against Wellington next Saturday. Included in the eleven will he the veteran. Ale*. Bis' sett, who. with E. Norman, will form a very strong combination In the forward line. The team has been in training for over a month, and the nlayera are very keen on again recovering the shield, which was held by them since 1913 until iaat r/?nson, when Wellington were lucky to pain a. win by a penalty-coal to nil Given fine weather a very*pnod cxndsiHon of the name Is expected.' The visitors will arrive on Friday morning, and will be accompanied by a fifth division representative team, who will try conclusions with a local representative team.

REPRESENTATIVE TEAM, The follonfnir team will represent Wellington against Canterbury in the Drown' Shield i match to be played on the Ilaein Heeervo next. Saturday:—Goal, J. Porteoiisbacks. J. M'Kenzie. E. Taylor: halves N M'Arthur, W. Brownloe, 11. Batten : forwards.. J. Smith, 11, Porter, I). Ferguson 0. Oampbcll, 0. Batten. Emergencies- Q Hell. 11. Bradbury, K. Edwards, J. ' K. I'aton.

CANTERBURY TRAM TOR BIttlWN ■ SHIELD MATOIi. ■ By Telegraph—l'ress Association. ' Christcliuroh, July 17. The following team will represent Canterbury agiuiiHt .Wellington (holders) in the Brown Shield match next Satnrday:Swift (goal). Mitchell (captain) and Flood, hacks; M'lteanor. Dowker, and Howie, halves; Cummins, liisactt, Harwell, Norman; and Woods, forwards; reserves, Graham, Parlett and Kirk.