PETONE UNDEFEATED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1942, Page 6

PETONE UNDEFEATED

JUBILEE CUP SUCCESS

Petoac's conspicuous part in -the ■.Wellington: senior Rugby competition for,. the Jubilee Cup was completed on Saturday ; afternoon with a convincing win' over Poneke-Oriental at Athletic Park. At no stage of the.; match did the somewhat disorganised Poneke-Oriental side look like checking 'Petone/s winning way, the | suburban team making niost* of the play and displaying Ml-round ability in..directing it to the objective. Backs, and forwards^, not .only functioned effectively, as. separate, units, but there was a co-ordination of forces which pro-j duced full team work; on an impressive scale, j L'etone won by 2'i points to' 9^—a (handsome; addition to their unbeaten record for the j season. : . Poneke-priuutal lost "their.'half-bads (injured) in the tirst, few minutes "of the match and used v -forward as 'deputy.. They never let j up ii> their keen endeavour,.,• but . there /was not the smoothness ,about their play, that was shown m the general movement by ■ Petone. Prior • 10-uneeting this selected challengers for the I National Mutual.Cup,.l'etone may have a match with' Ait. .Force, who'" also maintained an. unbeaten record in tlieir senior grado competition' for the Hardham. Cup. Air Force," like Petone, dropped only one.point through a drawn match. -, It -. is probable ■ that liutt; and . Array,, who ,'both"' won 'on Saturilay.! (-Army ■ comfortably and-Hutt -narrowly;), will be;matched to detcnuine whicli ,of • these , teams'^'.in' second and third■• places respectively^, will be • tl;e.• challengers for the National. Mutual' Cup- .-.. Saturday's results were:—. . '. '.■■ ■ Senior Grade—Jubilee Cup. . l'etonu 2(j (two tries-each by Hudson and Jaeger and - one each by Freeman and. Eden, two converted by Jaeger and, a, field goal--by Freeman). I'Oneke-Oricntal 9:- (three penalty goals by Calcinai). . - . ', . Wellingtoi) 15 {tries rby., Illingworth and McInnes,' one converted by Taylor, who also kicked a field soal and a penalty goal), Seatdtin 0. Hull 3 .ui'iea by ,Millard .and l\la,rsden, one oonverted .by. Bramley)'; Urtiversity -a (tries by Swinburne and Martin). .; Army 21 (Lwo tries by Donovan and one each by Stevenson and Cook;' three-converted by ltlngstone; who ;Vlso Itickedja-penalty goal); Wellington College Old ■ Boys 6 -(a try by Vaughah uud ;i penalty goal ,'by Beard). Eastbourne 9 (a try .by Baumber. and two penalty goals by N. Dellabarca) ; VA,A'. Bat-1 ter.v 3 (a try ■by Brownlie). • • •■ Jlarist Brothers Old '.Boys . 10 : (two tries by rtlake, both converted- by • -Slaiiaway) ; Athletic 0. . SENIOR GRADE (Hardham . Clip). Air Force 13 (tries by Ktie. ftlcDondld, and Price, two converted; by. Clarkey; Wellington Regiment 8 (tries by Yoiing"' : hnd Trotter one converted by Baldwin). '." '."•'. '/."■.■..,■" Miramar 13 .(tries by .McKnight ,a.nd Mead, both converted by Mcknight, vvlio-also kicked a penalty fjoal) .' Jolirisbnville. 7. .(.a. -field .goal by Hancock .and a. penalty -goal- by'"PoWell)'.' A.'S.C- S6' (Mvo -tries'-by Stott. and (one;'eachby Hoskin Read, ,Boyd, Seymour, Harrison, aiid 'Marson, ".five ' Converted! I.by.' .Htisjvlu 'and one by itead) :Onslow 6 (two penalty goals by Pullan). "• ••• '; ■ '•'■.• • ■■- "•'"■ - '" ". '■"■'■ A.N.A. ' Headquartprs .8, (tries ; by. Heffer ? nan and CuflV cno converted-by Smith);' Pirates 3 (a try by Drury). ' •. . :":. ; . : Other Grades. •;'.,-..■ .-.■-. ■ Junior.— A.S.C. 20, AtiilcWc', 3 f Upper Htitt :?, Hutt (Army) 6. -'■ "' " -■ Third.—Oriental 19, Pbneke 0; St. Patrick's College 19, Miramar 8.6;' Wellington College 29, Seatoun (>; .Wellington 10, University 8. Fourth.—Athletic 25, Ohslow 0; Hutt 16. Wellington Bo; Poncke 31- Porihia 3; St.' Patrick's Collego Old Boys 11; Wellington College Old Boys 3. ■ : ' ":. ' Fifth.—-Poneke 3d, Onslow 0; .Athletic 17, Wellington 3 ; -Marist S." Petone 'B-'6":'".Miramar 8 Eastbourne- 3. ' . '; •' ..: ■'"' > ■'' Sixth.—llutt A 0, Petone 0; Potinia 19, Hutt B 3. ' '■■•••■