RUGBY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 6

RUGBY

THE BEBBINGXON SHIELD .•'(By.Xclegraph..—Press Association.) ;i ~. PAHIATUA, Bth : July. Bush.retained .the.Bcbbington- Shield by. defeating-, Horowhenua---by 9 .points to .3 in? steady- raiix and on a waterlogged ground. The conditions were atrocious, and successful handling was almost impossible..;,. _■•.-,- -~,.;".;" ;■;>. '■£< ".' : \. '. The forwards wero-iW.ell->ntat'clied;=,\i'ith Bush more dangerous in.the loose.. -The Horowhbnual backs itrie'dito tup the game, but did not meet with much success under 'the conditions. , --. ,

Ritcheson scored"for Bush in the'first spell, aud Reeves kicked a penalty-goal; W.i for Horowhenua.

The. challengers strove valiantly at the beginning, of the second half, and were unluckly not' to add to the score. Gradually Bush assumed superiority, and H. W.ollaiid scored a try in tho last''few minutes! ' ■'.}