RUGBY GLEANIMNGS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 284, 26 August 1940, Page 3

RUGBY GLEANIMNGS

Wellington Wins Club

Championship MALLETT HIGHEST SCORER Next Saturday’s main Rugby attraction will be the meeting between the Wellington and Taranaki representative teams at Athletic Park. The question of whether the final series of matches for the Hardham Cup will also be played on Saturday will be decided at tomorrow ni-'ht’s meeting of the management committee of the Wellington Rugby Lmou. Club Championship. Pending the official statement by e treasurer and recording secretary of the Wellington Rugby Union, Mr. G. 1. Jackson, the Wellington Club appears to have won the club ehnn.p.onship rom Petone bv a narrow margin. Competi tion between these clubs was remarkably close and provided one of the highlights of the season. An unofficial count gives the positions of the leading clubs as fol 160; Petone 1o8; Hutt 121; Athletic Si; Johnsonville SO; Oriental 76; Seatoun 74- St Patrick’s College Old Boys <3, Poneke 72; Marist Bros. Old Boys and University 70. Ijeadiiiti Scorers. .. F Mallett (Petone), by adding a further 10 points on Saturday, biou„ht his tallv in club matches this season to R? which places him in first place for in cKib games.. Mailed only eame info senior first, division la lks ;* 7tH,rmi"h the first round, but subsequent. roved a proficient all-round scorer Taylor (We Hug ton) who was unfortunate that an inju > kept him out of the final c ub match, at wl ich stage he was six points ahead of Mallett, fills second place w,tll The next, highest scorers were. Todd (St. Patrick's Collie Old Boys) Burns (Johnsonnlle) (Poneke) 45, Evans (Hutt) A', nder (College S Eli’ (Eastbourne) 27. O’Halloran (Athletic) 26.

l>» W record in the senior cl . ,anl . p '^ s ’’'B ’1937 cent years. Winners in lOoV'anu ’ the. senior and“lms Saturday.

1014 pud 1940- , , tj Attention was <i r ' aw . n U . ‘ Murphy, a leading official of the At.hb tic club, at the informal gathering held at e Saturday’s senior final, to a coincidence (hat Athletic and Wellington were the leading senior teams in the first years of two major wars of this century. 1n.1911 Athletic and Wellington were hracketed as joint-winners. 1 his season Athletic and Wellington contested the final. Mollier’s Hooking. . It is doubtful if any player in the Athletic senior team derived more pleasure from Saturday s victory than did Mollier, and it can well he said that his work as hooker was a substantial contribution to that, victory. Mollier has played senior football for many seasons, and retains his form remarkably well. Lie was the key num in the Athletie front row, and hooked with great success. At the same time it will be conceded that the support he received from Cooper and Ingpen, who are both experienced front row forwards, as well as by the splendid packing of the Athletic scrum, paved the way for successful hooking. Frequently the ball came out. very fast, the Athletic scrummaging being of a high standard.