REEFTON NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1933, Page 5

REEFTON NOTES

[OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] REEFTON, August 14. 'the youngest son of Mr and Mrs W. (lore. Porter, of Reelton. sustained a fracture of the left upper arm and an injured elbow, on Friday afternoon. He fell off the donkey and came down on the elbow. Dr. Marshall rendered medical assistance, and the boy was later taken to Greymouth for X-ray examination, and is progressing well. On Sunday morning, shortly after 9 o’clock, the firebell in Central Broadway rang an alarm, the cause of the trouble being a blaze at the corner of Smith Street and Broadway. An Austin motor-car, the property of the local Salvation Army Corps, was fired by a chance spark from the magneto when starting. The machine was in an alley-way near some petrol pumps, and willing hands pushed the car out into the street, while prompt work by Messrs Latham and Blom, with fire extinguishers, quenched the flames within a few minutes, and the services of the Fire Brigade were not required. The motor-car wias practically undamaged'.

A complimentary social was given by the Reefton League Club during the week-end to selected members for the West Coast representative team, Messrs Dutton, Morris and J. Robertson. The function was held in the bandroom, and vocal #items .and dancing were enjoyed. Apologies for nonattendance were received from Mr J. McElwee and Mr A. Anisy. Mr W. Parsonage presented each representative with a fountain pen and wished the trio success on the trip. Mr C. Coxall, vice-president of the Northern Centre, voiced' the congratulations of the Centre, and these were responded to by Messrs Dutton and Robertson. Excellent music was provided by the Excelsior Orchestra, and dancing was continued to a late hour.

On Sunday afternoon, under good weather conditions, the day being sunny and warm, a Rugby football team representing combined CobdenUnited from Greymouth, met the Inangahua representative team. There was a poor attendance. Mr F. Sparks controlled the game.

The visitors were much the heavier team, and the local team suffered in the scrums, and also by the absence of several tine players, W. Hunt, W. Prentice and F. Sara not taking the field. Though the local boys combined fairly well and gave a better account of themselves than the scores indicate. The visitors being the winners, the scores were 34 to 11.

In the opening stages the home team faced the su,n, and for a period much punting w ( as indulged in by both sides, the ball being put out and play ranging up and down the field. In the line-outs the visitors got the ball well out. Inangahua for a time did not handle the ball at all well. Only consistent collaring stopped the visitors from scoring several times. Finally, by good team work, the ball was carried to Inangahua’s 30 yards’ mark, and a run set moving by Cobden-United, but forward play stopped the game, and from the subsequent penalty the visitors handled the ball nicely, and scored' in an easy position for a kick, which went well over Visitors 5, Home 0. From the kick, Inangahua followed up and pressed the visitors hard in their 25, but they finally cleared by a good line-kick, and from the subsequent line-out the visitors gained the ball, and a knock-on stopped a promising run. After a scrum, the visitors were awarded a free kick, and put the ball high, the bright sun enabling them to pick up and set a run going, but they were forced out some fifteen yards from the line. By again getting the ball well out. and good handling, the visitors scored right between the posts, and the easy kick did not miss. Visitors 10, Home nil. The visitors set the pace and bustled the Home team badly and scored twice within a few minutes. Carrying the Lail once almost the full length of the field with little opposition, the kick went over ,and the kick missed, making the scores 18 to nil. This aroused the home team, who forced the game, and for a time kept the visitors busy. From a line-out at 25 yards the home team set. up a run, but a knock-on stopped the game, and after a scrum Inangahua hooked the ball out, and the visitors failed to stop Robertson, who scored, but the kick failed. Score 18 to 3. Inangahua at this stage held the game better, and up to the halftime whistle kept the ball in the visitors’ half for practically the whole period, keeping the visitors busy. From a line-out, Inangahua got a nice passing run moving, but off-side play gave the visitors a penalty, and in the subsequent tussle in the pack for the ball, Inangahua got away, and by following up scored a nice try, the subsequent kick going over. Scores, IS to 8, these being the points at halftime.

In the second half the home team only scored once early in the spell, and they failed to convert. The visitors combined much better and the home team on very few occasions were dangerous, the visitors having much the better of the game both in the line-outs and in the scrums, where their superior weight told. As a curtain-raiser, a Junior Possibes v. Probables match to select a representative team to travel, was played, and the Possibles team won, the scores being 9 to 3. At League football, at Reefton, Waratah met Ahaura at. Patterson’s paddock, and the local team won, the scores being 18 to G. Reefton also played a match against Ikamatua. and scored a decisive win by 30 points, the scores being 33 to 3. At Mawheraiti, United met. Mawheraiti, and Ma.wheraiti won, the scores being 14 to nil.