SENIOR B GRADE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 124, 30 May 1927, Page 14

SENIOR B GRADE

Tlie opportiinity of seeing Senior B teainu w action at Athletic Park van smiowiated by patronr, and in the dUpk/ giveo by Eautbourne and Porirua Hwre w*s football of the order which ((plight*!, Eaetbourne'» /art and nippy htoikti sfiot»ed up in many bright moveimtnv U> support the work of the forwntiU in tlie first xjwlij. and with Jt'Kay »wking r/iwntagg tiier« were frciiient f/(/portHii«fe« {fit, the reirgnatd. K. Voky »■#», fl* Msiwl, «m b<# ; fam«, and be a<;mmUu\ Uir Kmlbmttm 1* thre« trie* JjcJWfc w»!f'tf»Mi, wie »f t&«m being the rcsiiH of s p»rticflkrly fine effort. Tfe eonv«fpw4 wie rtE fik trie*. an<l anothw wa« imveovot by H, Fetejr, t« make Vastlmmuf» Mly n pofnt*. In the second isp«*U I'ontm net mit in determined fa«hmn io v/\fm nil (he Aeßvit, and tb<?y mainimned the. )hely pace mt- in the firiit spej)/ 'KwKibotinw, too, continued to tfifow the hall tfnmt, though they had to pay ft £reat*r Attwitfen to defense than i«w}«H*ly, Two trie* went to I'orirua'c mmtol, one of them tn« result of a fine wto irftefl. by Muskie. The other trj' wss geored hy Matrix, mA it was conVetted by MfckJ«, Bul»s«iuently a «rroijg; fittscWajf movement by Kastlxwrae reached it/« objective, but in tooehiog down a l#e«eb. ws« committed. The final score* Gi « btj^ht and ioterarting game were: Js«stbeur«e 12, I'orinw 8. 3lr- A- C. KHto was* the referc<:, Jwhtigoiivillc ootolayed Athlefe at Johns<j»nvjfte by 20 rx>ine* to 9, aftet a fa«t, yp«l j(ame, Athletic, irtarfcd off well, but at holf'tiise Johtuwnville were leading by 7 jwintf* to 6. With, the wind at their huiAi», John«onville had the best of mat Uts i» the »ecwid half, and the hacks gftvc a good display. A. W. Moore was in great form, and scored two tries. Chancy liUi'j notched a brilliant tiy, while L. Myers converted two!. From a bright pnwnug rush by the backs, Athletic scored another try, and the game ended with victory for Johnsonville' by a margin of 11 points. Playing at Wakefield Park, Selwyn defeated Training College Ijy 11 points to nil. Prom the kick-off Belwyn set up a vigorous attack, and it wag not long before W. Mitchell crossed the line for a try. There wan no conversion. Before the end of the spell Cndby put the finishing touches to a passing rush by scoring a good try, which V. Mitchell converted. In the second spell Training College made every endeavour to open up their scoring, but they were unable to penetrate the defence. Towards the end of the spell Selwyn swept into the attack again, and Leggatt scored a try, the game ending: Selwyn 41, -Training College 0. ■ . • ' - The match between University and Oriental at Kilbirnie ended in a draw, each side scoring 11 points. At one stage University had a deficit of 11 points, but from then on they were very aggressive. For Oriental, Knkerton, Reid, and Hill scored tries, one of which was converted by Simmonds. Grigg, Bailey, and Richardson obtained tries for University, and onn was converted by Riddell.