RUGBY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11281, 11 August 1930, Page 2

RUGBY

/ BEAT HAWKE’S BAY. " - • (Prefla Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August, 9. Holding tho heavy Hawke’s Bay forwards oil a wet ground, Canterbury secured its first -interprovincial win in-a match this afternoon by i2 points to 3. The game was not a good exhibition of football, neither side re.vealirig the test form. The Caiitei 1 - bury forwards; though lighter, were faster in the loose play and the homo backs were' defiiiittily superior. About 9,000 were present. The teams, were: : Hawke’s ’Bay: E, Evans, llarv i ey,, B. GrOerislde, N; Gilles/pie'; J. Setford, P. Bother\v.4y, G. Geddcs, S. Getriinell, N. Waiida, R. Cairns, C. Cariiphell; N. Roach, W. IVilSon, ,W- HeffOrnan, H. Rolls: ' •/ *‘; ‘ ’ ll / ‘ ' Cahterhuryj A.' ’W'. Roberts', jt. S. Thompson, R- N, Williams, S. R. Carletml, C. Oliver, D. Hay, T. F.. Mullan, R. Iv. King, W. Pease, N. Porter, Field, J. E:‘ Manchester, C. H. Perkins, Toby Robinson, F. Howell, A. Carson. ;.;'h/ , ’ Hawke’s Bay kicked off and although the'kick Was back and a: scrum ordered, they had the better of the opening moVemfents until' a steady attack was held up by flagrant offside play. The Canterbury backs took a hand shortly after avid a bright rush in which Hay and Oliver shone Was stopped when Greenside tackle’d: Hay. Tho Canterbury -forwards opened' up. play at overy opportunity, but, for some minutes, the Hawke’s Bay defence proved adequate. Mullan worked the; blind side beautifully and sent to Hay, wlio feinted to pass to tlie wing, and then sent a wild pass, which King secured and smashed liis way over at the corner. Orirleton’s kick was ai. good attempt but failed. Canterbury 3. Hawke’s Bay 0.Caritcrbury attacked again at. once. Carleton just failed with a long pot at gaol. After much scrambling play, in which tho backs found it hard to keep their feet,.- Oliver cut through from near half Way- -arid ran to tlie fullback, but" a long pass to Thompson was. misdirected, . , Again Oliver, and then Mullan were just kept out., A. lopg. kick -.by /Evans brought the Bay short relief and Manchester led the home forwards in a rush to tho Bay 25. King/snapped up from tho ruck and was over : iri a flash. Carleton’s ; kick missed. Canterbury 6. Hawke’s Bay 0. The visitors staged the 'first rush of tlie day, when Setford, Greeilsido, and G illespie went away, Williams stopping the fusil by tackling Gillespie, ball arid all.;-. Bay Were soon defending ‘ again. King snapped.' up, feinted three times, ‘ and passed to Manchester, on to Pease, and back to King, who hurled himself past three men to score. Carleton’s kick'failed. The half time score was:

Canterbury 9. Hawke’s Bay 0.;/./ - Drizzling rain set iu and the ground and ball became very slippery. Hawke’s Bay attacked without luck early in the second spell and Hay saved well. He infringed and Greenside just missed with a shot at goal. A few minutes later, Greensido, showing, a flash of his form of a few years ago, cut through to the Canterbury 25, where ' three. men pulled him down. Bay remained On attack some time, but, at length, the backs rushed play back to the'Bay line. 'Oliver cut through and sent Carleton and Williams away. When the Winger was taken, lid carried on cleverly with'fbe ball at too to score wide out. Robinson’s kick missed. Canterbury 12. Hawke’s Bay 0. Sotord provided a thrill when he lod a Bay dribbling rush, which Hay and Mullan stopped with difficulty. The visitors Opened their account when Geddes let Greensido through on tho blind side for an easy try. His own kick failed. Canterbury were, attacking again when the final whistle Bounded,-' with the score:

Canterbury 12/ Hawke’s Bay 3

AUCKLAND AND TARANAKI

DRAAV

A SCRAMBLING MATCH.

(Press AsaoolritlonJ

A UCKLAND, Aug, 9,

'ln a scrambling game at Eden Park this afternoon, the Taranaki touring team was very lucky to draw with Auckland. The homo team', scored two tries while .Taranaki’s points came from a try and a penalty kick, which was ruled as a goalf although the ball foil well under the, crossbar. Neither side was at; its full .strength, five of Auckland’s, best mqn being absent in 'Wellington for the fourth Test, while Taranaki was unable to get its best side ,oii :; td(ir. The,'conditions were bad, for the ground was lioavy and slippery,' and ligtit rain fell at intervals diming the game. Play, therefore, was mostly eoufin'ed to the forwards and was largely ‘of ,a scrambling nature. The? Taranaki forwards ediitrolIcd tllo game at tho" start, but the Auckland badkk' countered ‘ witji several paksingt'rushes 'before l ' they ball became too' greasy." Hook' narrowly inissji/ try, and theig'from a forward sdrainbl©Valm6r ■ sebred. V (Tire; ki'dk failed'. ■''The Auchlaitd -forVards 'were penalised arid - Hunter: took the kick. 1 Tire ball WbhtJietYteert the' poetSybut ‘fell well ihider ! the bfossbar.- Bdth Hiie umpires ' signalled' no?goal, hut the refetee /had - alteadjU bid Wit liis ’ whistle* and ; awarded.a 'gaol.. ''- v ■T Just before sa}f time'. Jtfiiec scbred fit the corner, after ah Auckland hack movomeiit. Thb kick failed. '

, • 'PJa.y Was Very scrambling in.the co’ud/ half. .ICeilihk'hud'Huiit, Tti thb Taranaki- packs',- tised ’the line well; to kbcpjtho.. Auckland 'forwards- out. Jatnioson inaugurafed/a find Auckland 1 at- . tacking /moVbmont)/ KhigDt', ‘'Solomon and'Jorics carrying on, but the winger; was ‘blobkbch .'From tho resultant scrum .whcolQil 4rt’d ■ hvcajr//- They ovGtifrhelfebd Butler and carried on' with' the ball -at too ’ for > Guy',- te; score/' betweeh the pdsts after ‘ a, ruslT'tnat liad cbvbfed three,p'arts 6f the length of tke ground p:s( y* •

Collins 5 misled an easy-, kick and the game-ended''aisv-all./!! • .■ Mr. G. PcarceiVdStho: referee./ ' r;; v . A J : i'tJ / WANGAN UL NORTH r AUCKLAND. • > fl’roßß Asßoolation** WANGANUI,, Aug. 10, , ' In a representative Rugby., match at Wanganui on Saturday North Auckland showed. disappointing foi-lxi when they 'W.ere / defeated,-;, by .Wanganui by 15 points to G. ltain fell towards the end of the game. Wan-, ganui .owed their. victory r : in a-large measure to the straight running of their backs, Duncan, Morgall and For the visitors Wells scored a try, and Sellars kicked a penalty goal. Wanganui’s points were made by tries scored by Diincan arid Simpson/ a field goal by -Stewart, aiid a penalty goal by Morgan. -\ : NOTES- and News,•/ /; Heavy rain at 1 Opbtiki on Saturday ; afternoon ■' spoilt , play in the-rugby match for ’the Macintosh shield, .played botneb'n O.M.P. jtiriibrs and *Tatiraiiga AtßletieV although tlier 0 was a good forward struggle,.: in which O. IV adapted thomSelvcs'more readily to the weather conditions, and which resulted in them obtaining fairly easy, vietbfy-.b'y, 18 to 3.—Special. LOCAL COMPETITION GAMES. P.W.D.- BEAT CELTIC. OLD BOYS DEFALLT TO Y.M.JV LITTLE INTEREST DISPLAY ED/ . Lamentable- lack of interest. was. displayed, in the local comp-htmion. matches on. Saturday, the Test at Wellington, again ' proving top strong a counter-attraction. A number of clubs failed to field teams.. Ip the senior grade Old Boys again defaulted, Y.M.P.notching two points blood-' less at their expense. P.W.D. inet. a very weak Celtic team and secu i mi a win by 26 points to 8. This means, that no ehaiigo has-occurred in the championship positions and tho points to the credit of the teams are as fol-' Iow:—Y.M.P. 14, P.W.D. 12, OldBoys 8, Celtic G, Rovers 4.,. P.W.D..IN GOOD FORM. CELTIC SOUNDLY BEATEN. FIELD A POOL OF SLUSH. P.W.D. seniors found little difficulty in piling up an imposing total against Celtic, who fielded a somewhatweaker side than is their wont. Ben-, 'nett and Murlfind constituted the backbone of the Celtic rearguard while Pa nek Hurst led the pack," from whien (TiPriiigtbii -was-a notable, absentee.For most of P.W.D.’s back play credit rriav be taken by the well-known' 'firm of Howell Bros; and-Jones. Moore was the pick of the forwards.' The game ended at '26—B in favor of the men from Kopihi, and, il : anything, the margin should have been larger still, as .the .winners, despite a slippery ball and a muddy held, played bright, open Rugby and €Ol- - tic’s backs lacked'combination, the only two who did any, real team work behig Bennett, and Mur bind, The movement that gave the latter Celts’ last, try was very unusual Bennett .. breaking away, from behind his. awn:Vliuo • and keeping up ail iluerchange of short passes with the dinger till within the defenders’ 25, where lie let out a pass to Murland, who ■ was iii front at the tune, for the latter to score right between, the posts. Despite the forward'pass, which ivent unnoticed by the referee, no one, grudged the Celts’ scoring from such a great effort. , The field was a pool of slush,, but this did not seem to worry the Victors at all, their handling, considering the conditions, being above reproach. • t r P.W.D, (blue) began brightly and lieselged the Celtic (green) goal-lme, Phil Howell going over. He got mixed up with a heap of Celtic players and a five-yards serum resulted. P. gained possession, and. Jones set Ills backs going, a pass from Eddie Howell sending Mac Howell over for a trv, w hich was not coliverted.—pAV.D. 3, Celtic o.* ' ’ Celtic staged a retaliatory movement, for a time pressing their opponents, but boon the Blues broke away again and Moore nearly went, over, the Celts packing around. Soon, however, from a lively scramble near the green line, tho ball came cut to Phil Howell, who went over bear the posts, Moore converting P.W.D. 8, Celtic 0. / ■ ; Celtic made a determined bid for a score, Hume following up a high kick by Bennett. -In attempting to take it, however, lie dropped the ball and M. Howell gathered lt -m, Hmne dropping him over the side line. ', w 0 o-veat da.sbes bv Moore carried play well into tlie greens; territory once mere, but Murland broke away and, hard-pressed and unattended within the blues’ 25, lie., short-punted 1 lnl Howell clearing, ■ Again I .w.L. attacked, but a penalty for oil side brought Eddie Howell back from a certain try. Phil Howell gamed possession, and, making an opening, sent Mac Howell over, Moore again convCrting.^—P.M .D v 13. Celtic 0. The game appeared to .|uive resolved itself into a procession, for soon Phil Howell sent Nepe away on the left wing. ' A well-timed m-paSs sent Moor 6 across. He converted his own trv.—R.W.D, 18. Celtic 0. , . The. Celts retaliated, and gave ivalters some difficulty «i clearing, hut the blues’ again exerted their supeiiority, when. Mac . Howell made a o-rdat- break, ‘but- Was haUldd down by Hume at about the half-wav marlj. .The P W.D. forwards, led by Moore, took charge, and the ball came out to Jones, who sent to ;.Ph»l-Howell, the latter transferring to Eddie, who dived across just' outside the po-V-Leslio converted.—-P-W.D. 23, Celtic °'Then the Celtic forwards took H turn, and made - such a determined, on tho blu*w. goal line’ that Mac . Howell ■ had to force The s greens kept it np, Bennett and. Mtirland piiUmg m a bu of bright team work down the nnht wing. Bennett was thc lile and soul of his team, getting y fhouch oftcn at every.', opportunity, tlio.ugn o, regardless of tho .po'sttion-m tvh hh hS supposed to wplhymg. A sensational' run by Eddie Howo-i, hom his own twenty-fivd carried on a most tho Celtic line ■ t>v ■ Moore, closed After the interval, the Celts naa it more or less .their. own way—foi the first fbw minute/, ihen a brilliant twehtyi-five :■ yards ; dash W Moore set the men from Kopua again oli the attack: The greens returned to the assault, hut were, held op on the twdhtjvfivc;; avliOn yY.#klfhurst had a eliahcewith Ho failed, but it was lint lohg before the green »• toe, and iwont' ovpr. ; i’or,..tiwßipan to touch down in a handy Panckhufst’s kick vyont tyidd/'-n-t.W,.^ 23. Celtic. •$."// . ;r v -v/gy -V. itih, Tho "Colts, wopo. wow, playhig. Rugby', ami had iah, adywnt.^hix ferr eral.’occgsipnhj'. bivt \vheu..thd backs, settled down, .again...iuete w;as billy One teiim in* it/; JNlao Hovvell •sent Eddie Hpwell away ami the latter went/ through the opposition . ; l*ko a .cold .wind, through; .ppat.f tiniittendie'd, .lib short-puiuted,' Huuae going down bu tho almost I .certain try. A. gVeat combined- lriovement) initiated by Jones f resulted’ in Nepo’s being forcedi out at the corner,/ but he soon veetified-ihaty

sending a ‘.‘grubber” across the line and beating Panckhurst to a touch down. Moore’s kick failed to registei. P.W.D. 26,Celtic 3. ' - The greens bottled.up their opponents'in their own half of the field and iu-ld them for.a few minutes, several attempts at a breakaway being stopped by Panckhurst. The Celtic torwards were now more in the picture than they had been prior to this,.but the back combination w-as working like clockwork—w-itli a broken spring —until a great passing bout by Mur-: land and Bennett, started near their ov.'ii' goal line, .culminated in Mtirland scoring sensationally between the posts, from a- forward pass, Bennett converting.—P.W.D. 26, Celtic b. Mr, L. Murray was the referee.

JUNIOR GRADE

ATHLETIC NOW IN LEAD.

Athletic are. now leading in the junior competition as tlie rfcsiilt of Saturday’s round, when they defeated Hi'di School Ll—o, while Old Beys and Celtic drew' 8 all. Royers defaulted. The championship points now stand: Athletic .20, iGld Boys 1.9. Celtic 19, H. 5.0.8. 18, High School 16, Pirates G, Rovers 4, Athletic took a fairly easy verdict from ’ school, who iyere.. eensiderably the lighter- team. Ancell scored two tries, and Bfoignaii and Barrett one apiece, Barrett ctinVerting one for the winners,- hruigtng up tile, total of 14 —o. .;■■■' . For Old Boys- against Celtic tries by JJalidy aiid Owen, one eohvefted by Campbell 1 made up the I ..total of 8, w'liile Celtic compiled, a similar score, Brady gettiiig across twice: Newton adding the major, points in one cas^.

THIRDS, v

H.5.0..8, (A.) 9 boat High School ni H.S.O.B. (B.) defaulted -to- Old Boys.. Celtic 12 teat Athletic 0.

FOURTHS.

Marists. 1.8 beat High School nil. To ITapara 11 beat Old Boys nil.

FIFTHS

High School (B) G beat High School (A) nil. 1 The Marist (A) ...Madst- (B) game was postponed nil til next week.