CLUB RUGBY

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 7

CLUB RUGBY

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LOWER GRADE POINTS

The Wellington Rugby Union's senior championships have concluded, and it is expected that unless something unusual happens in the lower grade matches to be played next Saturday, the majority of the lower grade championships will also be settled by that date. It Willie seen that in addition to the senior A grade, the Petone Club has practically won the junior and fifth grade competitions, while ihe club has a chance of coming out' on •op i- the third grade Petone also appear likely to be the runners-up in the fourth jnii sixth grades, a really fine performance for out; club. ; THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. The club championship, however, which in recent seasons has regularly gone to Petone, has been won this season by Wellington, who have a larger number of teams taking part. Wellington have a lead of 35 points over Petone, with Atli letic another 65 points back in third place. The points given below were at the con elusion of last Saturday's games, the position in the club championship being as follows:— WfUliJton .... 212 Upper Hutl C 3 Fetone 177 Berhampore .. 01 Athletic 113 Technical 0.8. .40 Poneke 110 Moera '. 47 Oriental 107 Karori 47 Old Boys 107 Selwyu 30 Marisi 107 Institute 34 Miramar 106 Taita 31 Johnsouville ... 102 Kaiwarra .... 18 Hutt 89 Railway B 15 Ouslow SC Seatoun 10 Melrose 78 Training College 9 University .... 75 Porirua 0 Eastbourne ... 72 Scots 0.8. ...'. 6 JUNIOR GRADE. With a lead of three points over the next two teams, and with a game in hand, Petone are assured of the junior championship, which will close next Saturday. The Petone team has gone through the season unbeaten, having had one drawn game, while each of the nest three teams, Wellington A, Taita, and St. Patrick's Old Boys, has lost three games. Petone have_ scored more heavily than any other team in the grade, but some of their competitors have had fewer points scored against them. The points at present are: Points Ch. P. W. L. D. for. agst. Pts. Fetono 14 13 0 1 232 69 27 Wellington A .. 15 12 3 0 211 78 24 Taita 15 12 3 0 165 116 24 St. Patrick's 0.8. 14 .II 3 0 180 50 22 Athletic 15 10 5 0 195 103 20 Poneka 13 8 2 3 121 52 19 Onslow 14 9 4 1 151 77 19 Old Boys A.... 15 6 5 4 10C SI 16 Johnsonville ..14 7 6 1 102 109 15 Wellington B .. 14 7 G 1 128 139 15 Eastbourne .... 15 7 8 0 115 133 14 JHarist 13 0 6 1 101 127 13 Hutt A 14 6 7 1 175 109 13 Melroso 14 5 7 2 116 145 12 Oriental A .... 14 6 8 0 109 123 12 Oriental B .... 15 6 9 0 103 147 12 University 15 5 9 1 S6 173 11 Miramar 14 5 9 0 74 161 10 Moera 15 3 9 3 106 147 9 Berhampore.... 14 ,2 10 2 78 131 6 Scots 0.8 14 311 0 91 237 6 Hutt B 14 211 1 55 127 5 Selwyn 14 113 0 35 218 2 THIRD GRADE. The third grade is still open, and it may 1)6 necessary for a play-oif between the leading teams to decide the winners, so that the result ma not be decided by next Saturday's games. Marist have a lead of two points over Petone, but have played one more game, and it appears that the issue lies between these two teams. Berhampore are also a point ahead of Peione, but have also played one-more game. Jlarist and Petone are practically level in jthe matter of points for and against. Points Ch. P. W. V. D. for. asst. Pts. Marist .» 13 11 J. 1 169 26 23 Berhamporo .... 13 10 1 2 170 41 22 Petone ...... 12 10 1 1 161 29 21 Institute ..... 13 9 8 1 'SI 67 19 Oriental 33 3 S 1 205 S2 19 Onslow 13 8 4 1 132 62 17 Hutt ..; 12 8 4 O 146 81 16 Bt, Patrick's B. IS S 5 0 115 81 16 trpper Hutt .... 13 6 3 4 77 83 16 Poneke ....... .13 . 7 4 2 128 45 16. University A ... 13 : 7 5 1 89 103 15 Wellington A .. 13 6 6 1 85 83 13 Old Boys A .... 12 5 7 0 91 103 10 Karori 32 5 7 0 87 70 10 Seatoun 13 sB 0 81 98 10 Wellington B .. 13 4 8 1 70 116 9 University B .. 12 4 8 0 56 129 8 Universtiy C ... 11 4 7 0 16 142 8 Jtelrose 13 210 1 75 108 5 Miramar 12 2 9 1 40 71 5 Old Boys B ... 12 210 0 32 190 4 Athletic 13 111 1 35 126 3 Kastbourno .. .. 11 110 0 56 200 2 INTERMEDIATE GRADE. The intermediate grade has. been won by Karori, as, even if th.y lose nest Sak nrday, they will still be a point in front. Karori have a big balance in their favour as regards points scored for and against,

but Poneke have the distinction of having scored the most points in the games to date. ■Points Ch. • P. W. L. D. For. Agst. Pts. Karori ; 14 12 1 1 124 41 25 Poneko 14 10 3 2 143 48 22 Marist 13 9 3 1 105 48 19 Athletic 14 9 4 1 82 35 19 Jijera 14 9 4 1 128 GO 1J Kaiwarra .... 12 8 2 2 113 52 18 r.-echnical 0.8 .14 7 6 1 89 S8 15 Wellington .. 13 7 5 1 74 SO 15 St. ■ Pat's 0.8. .14 3 8 3 58 74 9 Oriental 13 4 9 1■ 78 94 9 Taita 13 3 9 1 39 105 7 Upper Hutt ... 13 210 1 51 127 5 Miramar 14 110 3 42 174 5 Berhaniiiore ... 14 013 1 18 111 1 FOURTH GRADE. The fourth, grade competition had not been long in progress before it became evident that there were only two teams in the running—Technical Old Boys and Petone. The latter team has a reputation for being strong in this grade, and has carried off the championship regularly in the past few seasons. This year, however, iv spite of their having put up a record of points for and against second only to that of the Wellington team in the senior B grade, they had to submit to defeat at the hands of Technical Old Boys, who have maintained an unbroken run of wins. Technical Old Boys have only to add another win to make the championship theirs. Points Ch. P. W. L. D. For. A&st. Pt3. Technical 0.8. .13 13 0 0 229 45 26 Petone A 14 13 1 0 438 15 26 Old Boys A ... 14 10 3 1 170 85 21 Wellington A .; 14 9 3 2 191 46 20 Poneke 14 8 3 3 143 95 19 Hutt ....... 14 860 110 133 16 Railway 13 7 5 1 127 95 15 University ... 13 6 4 3 103 81 15 Marist 13 6 5 2 139 60 14 Wellington B .. 13 7 6 0 ISO 76 14 Berhampore ..13 7 6 0 112 160 14 Oriental 13 5 5 3 121 81 13 Petone B 13 ■ 6 6 1 88 106 13 Athletic 13 6 6 1 93 95 13 Selwyn 14 6 7 1 78 97 13 Institute 13 5 7 1 SI S3 11 Johnsonville .. 13 5 7 1 141 107 11 Melrose 13 5 7 1 67 172 11 Upper Hutt ... 14 5 8 1 48 141 11 Miramar -■ .... 13 4 9 0 S3 152 8 Eastbourne ... 14 3 9 2 49 153 8 Jloera 12 2 8 2 47 195 6 Onslow 13 2 9 2 45 141 6 Old Boys B 13 211 0 58 217 4 Seatoun 12 0 12 0 22 281 0 The fifth grade championship has been won by Petone, who have a lead of three' points, which assures them of the title. The team has won all its games, and in doing so has scored 427 points, with only 20 against Each of the next two teams has evidently disposed of the sides it has met with little difiiculty. The sixth grade goes to Wellington, who have a lead of two points over Petone and a game in hand. Both these teams have won the majority of their games by big margins. The seventh grade appears likely to provide a close finish between Onslow and Melrose, the latter team having a game to make up, and being three points behind. Jolinsouville have the eighth grade in hand by virtue of a lead of three points There is a possibility of the positions in some of the age-limit grades being altered as the result of some of the teams having played boys over age. FIFTH GRADE. Points Ch. P. W. h. D. For. Agst. Pts. Petone 34 14 0 0 427 20 28 Wellington ... 34 12 1 1 27S 35 25 St., Pat's 0.8. .14 11 S 0 225 41 22 Athletic 14 10 3 1 155 55 21 Johnsonville ..14 9 2 3 181 68 21 Poneke 34 10 4 0 122 77 20 Old Boys .... 14 94 1 198 126 19 Melrose 14 9 4 1 135 51 19 Onslow 14 6 7 1 119 88 13 Upper Hutt ... 33 6 6 1 91 S8 13 Karori 14 6 8 0 100 119 12 Eastbourne .... 13 6 7 0 108 93 12 Miramar .... 14 4 9 1 78 178 9 Technical 0.8. .13 4 9 0 48 147 8 Ilutt 33 4 9 0 73 210 8 Selwyn 14 410 0 44 ICS 8 Berhampore .. 13 211 0 33 226 4 Institute .... 14 2 12 0 75 282 4 Marist 14 212 0 31 205 4 Oriental ..... 33 112 0 20 201 2 SIXTH GRADE. Points Ch. P. W. It. D. For. Agst. Pts. Wellington ..12 32 0 0 247, 6 24 Petone 13 11 2 0 239 21 22 Hutt 12 6 4 2 77 53 14 Miramar 32 6 6 0 114 355 12 Athletic 33 G 8 0 66 105 10 Oriental 11 4 9 1 64 119 9 Johnsonville .. 34 410 0' 51 245 S Melrose 14 3 10 1 39 193 7 SEVENTH GRADE. Points Ch. P. W. X. D. Ifor. Agst. Pts Onslow 13 11 1 1 174 38 23 Melrose 12., : 0 1 2 217 36 20 Miramar ..... 12 8 2 2 310 34 18 Petoue ...... 12 7 3 2 135 45 16 Moera 13 '0' 6 1 73 '79 13 Athletic .....* 13 6 6 1 68 68 13 Wellington ... 14 4 9 1 104 ISB 9 Oriental ..... 13 211 0 17 293 4 Berhampore* .. 92 7 0 3 95 4 Marist* ..... 9 0 9 0 0 225 0 'Withdrew in the second round. EIGHTH GRADE. Points Ch. P. W. L. D. For. Agst. Pts. Johnsonville .34 31 2 1 159 46 23 Miramar .... 14 10 4 0 204 36 20 Marist A 14 7 4 3 71 108 17 Eastbourne ..14 8 5 1 134 100 17 Wellington .... 14 8 6 0 166. S7 16 Upper Hutt ..13 5 4 .4 53 49 14 Onslow 32 '2' 8 2 G2 110 6 Selwyn ...... 11 19 1 45 133' 3 Institute 5 0 5 0 3 125 0 Marist B ..... 5 0 5 0- 0 103 01