H.S.O.B. AND MARIST REPEAT WINS OF FIRST ROUND IN P.B. RUGBY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23289, 26 June 1950, Page 3

H. 5.0.8. AND MARIST REPEAT WINS OF FIRST ROUND IN P.B. RUGBY

Not since their first-round clash had Busby patrons at the Gisborne Oval seen such a stirring club game as that provided between the senior championship leaders, H. 5.0.8. (A) and Old Boys on Saturday. As a result H. 5.0.8. (A) remain unbeaten, though Old Boys provided the stiiTcst opposition to date and went down only by four points, the score being IS-It. At one stage H. 5.0.8. were 10 points in front, but Old Boys gradually reduced the deficit until they were within striking distance. Old Boys put everything they had into a spirited finish, but were unable to score.

By comparison the other two senior lames were mediocre. Celtic and Marist had little difficulty in defeating 11.5.0.8. <B) and Y.M.P. respectively. A keen south-easterly breeze proved ••dvantaeeous to teams defending the P.nv end of the ground but occasional light showers made conditions unnleasant Cor players and spectators alike. Championship Points The day's play marked the third series of games in the senior second round, the third series in the junior second round, and the second series in the third grade second round. Championship points credited are as follows Arabic numerals in parentheses indicating the number of games olaved and games won or lost by default being included as if played.— Senior.— H.S.O.B. (A), 14 (7): Marist. 10 (7); Old Bovs 10 f 8); Celtic. 6 (7); Y.M.P. nil (3); H. 5.0.8. <B), nil (3). Junior. — (All 10 Games): Celtic, 13; 11.50.8.. 10: Marist, 12; High School, 11: 01d / Boys. 10; Rovers, 8; Y.M.P., 5; Kaiti City, nil. Third.—High School (II), 13 (7); H. 5.0.8., 10 (7): Y.M.P., 9 (7): Old Boys, 8 (8); Celtic, 7 (8); High School (III), 4 (7); Marist, 1 (8).

H. 5.0.8. TOO FAST The better all round combination of the 11.50.8. juniors prevailed in their match with Y.M.P. H. 5.0.8 won 9-nil, the points being the result of three tries. A Y.M.P. hack weakness in not marking tiie opposite player let the pacy H. 5.0.8. through on many occasions. For H. 5.0.8. tries were scored by B. Moss, D. Gibson and R. Pittar. The referee was Mr. W. Buckingham.

MARIST BEAT KAITI CITY A converted try by Marist Juniors won them the match against Kaiti City, the score being 5-3. Due to the loss of four of their best players who recently transferred to Wellington, Marist were a little disorganised, but held the advantage over Kaiti City in most departments. P. McLoughlin scored a try for Marist and H. Maxwell converted it. The referee was Mr. M. Traue.