RUGBY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11950, 22 May 1933, Page 7

RUGBY

J HISTORY HEP EATS ITSELF

OLD BOYS UPSET CELTIC

LEAL)EPS BEATEN 5—3

Y.M.»P. ECLIPSE H. 5.0.8

History repeated itself. at fire Oval on Saturday when Celtic's championship aspirations as ,has..happened so frequently in the past, received a severe check at the hands of Old Boys. Celtic, with*- two convincing, victories to their credit, were expected to add a third at the - ■ expense -of Old Boys, who had .-not. won a game, but a hard slogging match ended in a win for tho V bites -by .5—3. ■ The- other senior match found? Y,M/P'.-. in scoring vein and eiuleil wiflr thc tallies—Y.M.P. 39, H. 5.0.8: 6. . The championship points rro.w stand as'follows: Celtic 4, Y.M.P. 4, Old Boys 3, H. 5.0.8. 1. All tho proceeds of Saturday’s games wero devot.edi.TO the injured players’ fund and the- attendance-, was the best of the; season.

OLD BOYS' FIXE VICTORY

HARD FORWARD STRUGGLE

There was too much rivalry between Celtic and Old Boys for their meeting to produce spectacular foot-1 hall and the game .proved to be a ' determined forward struggle, with ’ a 1 practical entire absence of attacking back movements. The closeness of the .' scoring, however, worked spectators ! up tp a high pitch o? excitement and j for seven-eighths of the game the is-! sue was wholly in doubt-. Over the j last bit. however, Old .Boys were do-' finitely superior, and their forwards j were continually threatening the Cel- ; be line. All the Old Boy for wards j showed splendid! form, while the re-1 turn af iG. Pocock strengthened the | backs substantially, Pocock-and Owen! both played excellently and proved j real towers of strength either in at-j tack or defence. Celtic forwards, on ■ the other hand, did not show the dash I of the pevious Saturday and were ev- j entually run off their legs. The Green ■ backs, too, lost many chances through handling errors. The game was marred, top, by far too many infringements. ' Old Boys (White) had the wind in their favor in the first ' half. Play quickly settled -among the forwards, and there was llit-tl-e attempt to open up the game for some time. The first thrill came when, the White forwards broke away and a pass was thrown out to Owien who took it at full speed with a certain try in prospect-. The \ pass, however, was forward and again play returned to close forward scrummaging. iPocock’s, accurate line-kick-ing checked several sorties by the Celtic (Green) forwards and solid -tackling held the Green backs in check. Fbr a considerable time neither side could secure the advantage, but a .'solid dash by Oweu which be followed by tackling McKinley, the Celtic half, in possession, gave Old Boys a good chance. The White backs J swung away, but- Pocock failed to gather a difficult -pass near the hoc and Airey saved the situation with a mark. Shortly after the ball went into touch in goal. More close play followed the drop-out, but- Milligan placed Celtic definitely on attack by fast following up; There was nobody in support, however, and Owen lined near midfield. Keeping play tight, Old Boys worked down to' near the Celtic 25 line and a kick by Pocock found! a penalty fall short. Murland fielded the ball, but slipped as he did so and the White forwards iwero on him before he could recover. There was a tense struggle for a time, but McKinley. eventually found touch near half-way. Milligan gathered nicely in the face of another White forward rush and a further spell of indecisive play endbd in Airey clearing -with a * solid dash and punt to the line. Celtic took a turn on attack, but a long kick sent thorn back to midfield and half-time sounded with the score board ft blank. Celtic opened the second half with a bright passing bout, but the winger waa forced to kick and F. Martin found touch at halfway. Pococ-k intercepted a pass a minute later and broke’clear with only Hewsonto pass. Tbp Celtic full-back brought off -a- good tackle and the Green forwards eventually cleared. A penalty kick Dy Wal- - r-ers went astray. A good dash and kick by Pocock again took Old Boys into the Green 25, but Tilley picked up cleverly and found touch. There was a lengthy exchange of kicks about* midfield and thcii two attefnpts at passing" by the Green backs were killed by the Whites’ solid tackling. Hogan made a good attempt at a got .from well put and, Old Boys forced. Rogers was prominent for* .fast foil awing up and' ai; nice liner by Hewson gained ground. Again the - 'Green backs moVed' off, but Hogan over-ran his! pass when a, score,teemed likely. McKinley srent the ball out the other way and spappy .passing saw Tilley

cut through straight and dive over in a handy pos'iiou as he was cackled. Milligan’s kick missed by the uarrowisb of margins.—Celtic 3. Old Boys 0, Old Boys replied with a hot attack and Hogan saved with a good run and line-kick. A series of line-outs on the Green 25 followed, but the Celtic forwards broke away in. a fine dribbling rush which was stopped by a penalty inside Old Boys 25. At this stage Walters had to leave the ' field with ail injured head. Coates executed a heat dribhle and had a clear field in front of him when ho picked up, but was tackled before he haa moved any further, Airev missed a pass near his 25 and the White hacks ■swung away. Martin received at the end of. the chain and was tackled close to the line. The ball rolled. infield and Coates gathered it in to smash his way -across bv the post-. Pocock converted. Old Boys 5, Celtic 3. Play re-started at a furious paco, and L. Martin was prominent m placing Old Boys again on attack, but a free kick sent them hack. McKinley shone out with a good run. and twice Rogers broke away, only to bo hauled down when the position looked dangerous for Dio Whites, and before he could pass out-. Old Boys were holding hard t-o their lead, and three liners, two by Pocock and one bv Owen, landed on the stand roof ! and bounced outside the grouud. A j “speculator” by a White forward took Old Boys into the Green 25, but the. defending backs saved the situation with short bouts of passing. B'ack j swopb the Old Boys forwards and a | pot by Pocock went just under bar. A moment later, Thomas dashed across the corner, but put his foot in touch. Another pot by Pocock was just- wide of the posts. Play ranged up and down rapidly between t-«e Green line and halfway for a A me, j buff then settled down into a deter- j mined struggle close by the C-eltm I line. Once F. Martin was nearly clear * but he stepped into touch in passinga tackier. Milligan broke away with a good dash and sent on to Rogers who was hauled down at midfield. Time was called shortly after with the scores still: —

Old Boys Celtic 3 Mr A. C. Swan was th u referee

Y.M.P. OUTCLASS H. 5.0.8

MAORIS’ GREAT SECOND HALF

H. 5.0.8. were again easily defeated on Saturday, this time at the hands of Y.M.P. H. 5.0.8. had somewhat the better of the play during the first half, and were leading by 6 points to 5. The Maoris, however, staged a great recovery and put on 28 points during the second half. The Maori forwards hooked well and got the ball from -practically all the serums, giving, their backs greater opportunities than tlm H. 5.0.8. backs. H. 5.0.8. wore without -the services of Haisman, who has not recovered from his knock last week.

'-The -Maori backs dominated the play and, during tlie second half, were very bard to stop. In this division, M. Moeau was most outstanding with P. Kaua, Maynard and .Pohatu all in the picture. In the forwards, I. Dennis, Kobe, Higgs . and McKinley all worked well. As was the cas? last week, H. Fiskeu’s tackling was afeature of the H. 5.0.8. defence. Of the other backs, B. Ogg and R. Morrison were prominent-'while S.. Ward, R. Tier, D. Wells and J. C. Dow worked well against a much heavier pack-

HOW THE PLAY WENT Y.M.P. (Black) won the toss and Webb Picked off for H. 5.0.8. (Red.) Ivaua secured and went through on his own, but his pass went wide and Ward and Mills took play into the Black 25. From the line-out, the ball was shot out to Fisken, who went down the line to cross near the corner. Webb’s kick fell short—H.S.O.B. 3, Y.M.P. 0 This early lead came as a surprise bo the Maoris, who woke up from the re-start and soon had play in rii-e Red 25. The Black forwards were hooking the ball and the backs throwing it about smartly, but were meeting with solid opposition. The Red backs'then took-a turn at the attack, and play sec-sawed up and down the field for a while. A passing rush in which all the hacks handled resulted in Brown being downed almost under the Red goal, hut a free kick from the ensuing scrummage relieved for the Reds. Higgs and Dennis led a strong dribbling rush which took play near the Red line. From the line-out, the ball travelled along the forwards and then out to Kaua,'who let Moeau over to ran found behind the posts. Dennis goaled from an easy position. —Y.M.P. 5, H. 5.0.8. 3 -

The Red forwards from the kick J took play into the Black' : 25, but Moeau intercepted a long-pass and, yyith a fine run changed the venue of

the -play into tlm Red 25. From the line out the Red forwards lod by Tier and Ward dribbled their way in. to the Black 52 where Tier shot tho ball out to Ward, who dived over un(kler the posts. Webb’s kick was charged down.—H.S.O.B. -6, Y.M.P 0 There was a short stoppage after the kick while Wade was attended to, and lialf-time was called shortly alter w-ith play in the Red 25 and the scores unaltered

'From the resumption the Black backs opened up play and a- rush in which all the backs handled, Ivaua twice, Moeau iwas forced out aboutthree yards from the corner Hag. From tlie line out the other wing was ujsed and after all the backs had handled, Maynard dashed over near the corner. Dennis’ kick went wide —Y.M.P. S, H. 5.0.8. G •

Shortly after the re-start, Wade iwas again hurt, and had itq leave the field, Lindon taking his place. Moeau was unlucky, after a good dash down the line, to be forced out two yards from the corner flag. The Red forwards then took a turn at- attack, •and dribbled to halfway where Walls secured, and was well away on his own. but his pass went astray. Tlie Black forwards took play to halfway where Kaua secured and sent Moeau down the- lino to- go over near the corner. Dennis missed with the kick. —Y.M.-P. 11, H. 5.0.8. 6.

A series of line-outs folloved in mid-field, with the .Reds gearing the advantage. Mills went off at xh.s stage, Grant taking hi s place. I'rom a scrum in midfield the Black Rewards; hooked and after all the hacks had handled, Moeau again showed Ins speed to run round under the posts. Pohatu raised the flags, making the score —Y.M.P. 16, H. 5.0.8. 0 The Black backs now had things all their own way and a scrum on the Red 25 saw Kaua secure 'and dummy liis way through, to go over under the posts. Pohatu again converted from an easy position Y.M.P . 21 ; H. 5.0.8. 6

POHATU DROPS GOAL There followed a great deal of solid scrummaging in. the Red half. A clearing kick dropped ... into hany/ of. Pohatufbvho potted a neat held goal straight in front of the Red 25. Y.M.P. 25, H. 5.0.8. 6 Two scores then came in b L ” ci ' secession. Kaua stab-punted and followup smartly, gathered iff title ball and raced round under the posts Pohatu converted from an easy position—Y.M.P. 30, H. 5.0.8. G. Brown then scored a grteafc try byrunning from his own 25 to go ovei near the- corner. Pohatu failed wick the kick and time was called with the score—Y.M.P. 33, H. 5.0.8. (>. Mr A. Lange was referee.

JUNIOR GRADE GAMES Playing in. the junior grade, Celtic 11 'defeated Unemployed 0. Tries were scored by Keane, Hume, and Rooke, one being converted by Milligan. Mr N. Gilchrist -was the refer**-. H. 5.0.8. 23 defeated! Y.M.P 0. The Maori’ team was short-handed. Tries were scored by Grant (2), Rog;inson (2), sand Zacliarta-b, two being converted gy Reid. Sharp also potted a goal. Mr E. Corbett was referee. Athletic 11 defeated High School 5. For the winners, McKinley scored two tries and Marshall one, which Dunatan converted. For School, Young scored a try- which: McLean coiwei ted. Mr' H. Hunter was the referee. .

THIRD GRADE MATCHES In third) grade matches,* Old Boys 23 defeated H. 5.0.8. 0. while Marist 6 defeated Celtic 3.

INTER-VAItSITY TEST

N.Z. BEAT AUSTRALIA

BY 28 TO 8

(Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 20. 'ln a spectacular game the New Zealand University Rugby team defeated the Australian Varsity team bv six tries (five converted) to two tries (one- converted), at Eden Park to-day. The attendance vrftg. 15,000 A dominating feature was the brilliance of the Otago inside hacks, Rae, Uttley and Foqkes, who. gave a fine fchreequarter line ample opportunities _ The scorers were Caughey (2), Milli--lleii (2), Andrews and - Dunne. Bush converted three' and Rae two... Australia’s tries were scored by Kennedy and Mackey, . Westfield converting one. ." i, ..... . . ...