RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 270, 9 August 1920, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND Y. NEW SOUTH WALES

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE ALL BLACKS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rcc. August 8, 5.5 p.m.) Sydneyi August 8. The final match between and New South Wales excited little interest, and there was only a. handful of spectators. O'Drien again guarded the Blacks' goal, whilst several motropolitan players were included m the New horn i Wales fifteen, Mingay. the new half-back, playing a brilliant game during he « < ond term. Steele dislocated an arm, an had to be taken to hospital. Ne« bo'i Wales scored first, Humphries picking up in the loose and trans erring to M mMy. who scored and converted the tiy. «oi) erts and Storey, combining splcndilly. cai ricd Play to the New Sonln Wato line, the former crossing, though tackled. iNo goal resulted. Soon after Ti yard pa..scd to Storey, who . scored easily. Kobe, ts failed with the kick. A fine effort by son in punting downfield and regaining the ball resulted in another try, aftei the ba had been handled by BadeleyCarroll, and Steele, the last-mentioned crossing the line Tho try was converted. The score at the interval was: New Zealand llnolnts N !n New Zealand were fren\.e"c°mliscd for °<<;^^ a « tun lv Mingay crossed the line. Wo-an add ins the extra points. New Zealand 11. New South Wales 10. From now on £ow Zealand assumed the master J:, the fil.il scores being; New Zealand 24, New South Wales 13.-Prcss. Assn. ranfurlyThTeld match WELLINGTON (23) V. AUCKLAND (20). By Telegraph-Pres" Association. Auokland, August. 7. Wellington played Auckland .tp-uay in a challeuEe match for the.ltanfurly Sli.e d. and the.southerners retained the trophy, defeating Auckland by 23 Points to 20arter an interesting game. Although an had fallen over-night, ihe ground was in good order. There was an attendance oi about 15,1)00 spectators. . The Aucklandcrs wcro attacking in the first spell. Grierson took tho Mil to the Wellington twonty-five, and pissgd to baxon. The latter was collared and the hull Ml Hear over the line. Singe, who was following up fast, touched down. Muri..,.v converted. Auckland 5. Weill n Eton . Early gathered up the ball in tho Wel-twenty-five, eluded two or three southern backs, and scored. The kick failed. Auckland 8, Wellington ml. '11 e Wellington forwards rushed the hall to tho Auckland territory, where Kingston (Auckland) was collared. He threw the ball back over the line, and four or five Wcllington forwards dropped on it and bcored. Tho kick failed. Tho first spell ended with the scores:— , Auckland , \ When tho' n scoond 'speTlTpenc'd, Wellington attacked, and from a forward rush Wilson scored. H. Nicholls converted. Auckland 8. Wellington 8. Prom a' free kick for , n Auckland infringement. ll.■ B. Nicholis had a shot at goal. The ball struck tho posts, and Oaleinai. picking up, caught the Aucklandcrs napping, and scored. Nicholls converted. Auckland 8, Wellington 13. Auckland then attacked, and from loose play Kingston potted a magnificent goal. Auckland 12, Wellington 13 Wellington attached, and Hughes scored. Nicb oils converted. Wellington 18, Auckland 12. Barker got possession, and lifter a good Tun again scored for Wellington. Nicholls converted. Wellington • 23, Auckland 12. I'rom a penalty. Laxon kickcjl a good goal. Wellington 23, Aiick aiid-lb Auckland attacked stronglyin the last tew minutes, and Taylor scored. Laxon converted, and tho game endedWellington £> Auckland 20 B RKPRKENTATIVES ' VANQUISHES BY MARLBOROUGH. Outgeneralled and outclassed, the Wellington B Rugby representatives wept down before tho chosen of Marlborough on hat. urday to the tunc of 21 points to 6. Ihe match took place on the Athletic. lark in the presence of about 1500 spectaton. Tho ground was in very bad order, tne greater part of it was under water, and tho remaining portion was m mud-hlacK and greasy. In consequence, the :imd were treated to the spectacle of thirty men wallowing in the mire after an inflated piece of pigskin that proved as elusive as "The Scarlet Pimpernel., leavers and spectators took it all in good part, however, and the gnmo was punctuated .with laughter rather than anplauße at the antics of some of the contestants. To a man they wore drenched to the skin' and covered with mud from head to fool,' so much so that in the sec. ond spell it was impossible to identify many 'of the players. , Naturally forward play predominated, and ha Marlborough pack ran all over The visitors were captained by E. King (an cx-Poncke player), and it was early apparent that he had them well schooled, their team work being superior to that of Wellington. At halftime tho score stood at 10 to nil .in lavour of Marlborough, and after the interval the visitors increased their tally to il, while the homo team notched six points There is no doubt that Wellington would' have mado a much . bolter showing had they had -a, full-back who was more at home in the mud. As it was, Capper play ed a wretched game, and time and again let his side down with a severe bump. Brooks, on the left wing, had to shepherd him from start to finish. A feature or the contest was the good place-kicking on the part of Kin*.- The Marlborough captain was a host in himself, and he frequently rallied his forces in fine stylo and swent down on the enemy. On-tho side of Wellington, Jackson (the Varsity hurdler) was in his element He simply revelled in the mud, and was » tower fit strength, both in attack and defence. Ashton, Troy, and Eyan were the nick of the homo forwards. The teams wore as follow—-Marlborouffh.-O'Brian. Phillips, E. King, Gleeson, It. O'Brien. Fitzgerald, Connolly, O'Brien, Harding, Neal, Fisher, Jerrnvn Gibson, Pinkam, Gunn • Wellington 8.-Cappcr, Hamilton, bcott, Brooks, Jackson, Howard, O. Tilyard, Ashton, Eyan. Walters, Troy, Osborne, • Thomas, Brown, Parker. , Wellington were early in difficulties. Marlborough hammering away at their dofence with gruelling persistence. Occasionally tho defenders broke away, only to be promptly herded back to their own twenty-live. The initial try of Ihe afternoon was secured by It. O'Brien from <J. forward scramble. King added the major points. Wellington then started to plav the line, but this proved to be ineffective, and before very long it. O'Brien picked up tho ball about ten yards off the linn and touched down, with Capper embracing hun. King again converted. Wellington put on a, temporary snurt, and chances were missed. Capper failedi with, a penalty kick, and Tilyard and Jackson were asßocialed in a fruitless but spirited effort. Halftimc saw tho score unchanged. Wellington played two wing-forwards in the second halt, and were aggressive m the opening stages. Marlborough soon, got their measure, however, and reglsteveu another try, the result of a pretty iluttcr on the part of their backs, It. O'Brien, the last man to receive, touching down. King converted. The visitors maintained tno pressure, and brought their score up to 16 through an unconverted try scored by Harding from a forward rush. Wellington then set up a lively attack, which ended successfully. Ashtoii picked up out of the ruck and passed to .lackson. wno in turn transferred to Scott. Tne latter bun-owed his way through the opposing hacks, and scored in a handy position. Capper failed with the kick. Thereafter Wellington faded away, and Connolly had no difficulty in adding an unconverted try to the visitors' tally. In the dying stages of the game Wellington iluked another try, Brooks successfully working the rjlind from a pass by one of the forwards. Seolt failed with the kick, and the match ended —Marlborough 21, Wellington 6. Mr. Mofflt was referee.

INTEH-COLLEOE GAME. As ii curtain-raiser to the representative fixture, a, match was played between thirdclass teams representing Wellington and St. Patrick's Colleges respectively. It was all interesting; and spirited contest. St. Patrick's backs handled the ball very cleverly, and the line-kicking of both trains was good. Wellington College forwards were considerably, superior to the opposing pack, and their work was very attractive. Tho first spell ended thrco all. James scoring foi St. Patrick's and Bedell for Wellington College. In the second spell Nicholls and M'Kay scored unconverted tries for Wellington College, the gamo ending-Wellington College 9, St. Patrick's College 3. Mr. S. A. C. Darby was referco. SKNIOB CADETS AT PLAY. Playing flt Newtown Park on Saturday, Bleuliiim Senior, Cadets defeated Wellington No. 42 Company by 12 to nil. Scorers were; Leslie. (2), Hodson, au<l Asion. matchesllsewhere CAN'raiDURY (91 V. OTAGO (NIL), lly Telegraph-Press Association. Dtmcdin, August 7. The Ot.tgo-CanWrbury match was played o-A Carisbrook ground tills afternoon in the presence of itTiouT 2000 spectators. A heavy drizzling 'ruin commenced in the early morning, and continued without cessation during the day. The ground was sodden, and the surface quickly became greasy. Barley replaced Mackerel as cen-tre-three-quarter for Otago lioose forward play quickly put Canterbury iu an attaching position. Bcgg brois through with a. olever run and transferred

to Fea. The latter was stopped on the line Otago set up a hot attack there, but Evans found the line near the halfway nmrk with a splendidly-judged kick. Close forward play followed in midiield until Perry started a rush which ended near the Reds' line. The Otago backs were trying to open up the game, but tho slippery ball was proving too elusive. Ward broke away in a fash dash and passed to Fea. who cleverly beat two men before sending on to Paterson. the lastnamed slipping when nearly over. Accurate line-kicking by Canterbury backs removed the play to half-way. The Otago backß again broke away, and Ward got through with a fast dribble, but the ball struck the corner Hag and spoilt a certain try- Otago attacked furiously, and Fea got over, but lost the ball, and the Reds forced. Otago quickly Hashed back to tbe~ Reds' line, and Fea secured and passed to Owles, who got over but lost the ball, Canterbury again forcing. The Blue forwards returned to tho attack, and Canterbury were again compelled to force. Otago were having much the bettcr.of lue game, and Canterbury were again placed on the defensive. Short forward rusheß :.iid line-kiokiix? finally let the Rede into tho Otago twenty-five, but Fea secured and removed to the opposing twenty-five, wher» fast following-up saw Patterson niisß a score by inches, the Reds forcing. Otago again attacked, and, Fea breaking through, a try seemed imminent, but Canterbury worn again enabled to force. J. M'Cormaek cut in nicely, and headed a rush •nto the Bluos' territory. Watson's kick was charged down near the line by Ford, who scored an easy try. Tho goal kick failed. A period of even play followed, tun game centring round the half-way mark until a Canterbury forward rush placed Otago on the defensive, Bain and Davidson clearing. Fea, Begg and Ward next indulged in a. bright piece of passing, but F.vans, by safe fielding and good line-kicking, returned tho play to halfway. Tho spell ended without further incident of note.

I Tun second half opened with a.loose rusn bv the Canterbury forwards, but Bain headed a fine loose rush which swept tho plav to tlw other end of the field. An Otago passing rush broke down, and Canterbury cleared temporarily, but the Bluca returned. Pea by a nippy piece of work, nearly got across; the Reds forcing, t'lay was then carried into dago's twenty-lire, where a forward ient out a pass to Fitz„nr..M. w i, o p"«sod to D. M'Cormaek, who missed the ball, but it was kicked on u.v I J. M'Cormaek to Wilson, who by fast fol-lowing-up picked up nicely, and scored a pretty try near tlif earner. / The kick at goal failed. Canterbury 6, Otago nil. Bcgg next sent the ball out to Pea, who ran on well, but Ward failed to take an aw*, ward pass, and a moineut later the RedJ Bought relief by a, force. A well-judged kick by Fea placed the Reds on the defensive, but a Canterbury man cleared with a "speculator" and play returned to half-way. Otago again attacked, but 1). M'Cormaek relieved. W. Henry, by good kicking along tho ground, removed thn play to Otago territory. Canterbury attacked and a mistake, by Watson (Blues' full-back) threatened dancer, whioh was relieved by a free kick in front of the goal. Good work by Bain and then Fea saw the Canterbury line endangered, nut a further force-down brought much-ncoded relief Canterbury wero placed in an at tacking position by a long kick down the hold. Jl'Leod, securing possession a little later, ran over unopposed near the corner. MLcod's kick struck one of the uprights. Canterbury 9, Otago nil.- Pea cut in nicely and passed M'Cleary, but Cantor bury cleared, and play was returned to half-way. J. M'Cormaek was instrumental in transferring play to the Otago twenty live, where a series of scrums took place. D ll'Cormack, Ford, and M'Leod next showed up in a brilliant piece of passing, and Watson tackled tho last-named near the Otago line. This was the closing incident of a fauio which did not reveal any very notable football, Mr. G. M'Kenzie was referee. SOUTH ISLAND COUNTRY TEAM (12) V HAWKE'S BAl' (0). By Tslegranh—Press Association. Napier, Auguit 7. A matoh between the South .Island conn try team and Hawkc's Bay was playea to-dav in the presence of about 4000 spectators. Heavy rain overnight made the ground heavy and sloppy, but the game lvaft a. good exhibition of fast and open football, especially in the second spell. The result remained in doubt right up to the closing stages. Tho visitors won bv VI points to 6. Tries for the winners wero scored by Nelson (2), and Fitzgerald, kelson also kicked a penalty coal. Tries rnv the losers were scored by Kwell and Thomas. The place-kicking on both sides was poor. Mr. A. Williams was referee. BUSH (3) V. WAIRAKAPA (NIL). By Tclcgraph-Pren. Association. Mastorton, August 8. In a representative football match played yesterday, tho Bush team defeated Wairarapa by three points to nil.