RUGBY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12962, 10 September 1936, Page 7

RUGBY

ALL BLACKS JUST TiBAT'SOUTH ' CANTERBURY. ' i i DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY BY ! WINNERS. (Press Association.) •-. v TIMARU, Sept. ». . For the first .time ip tlie history of 5 Rugby football in South -Canterbury, - an All Black- sick* *pla*yecUa -match inTimaru to-day, being fully extended y to win by IG.points,to 13... - The home .side .rose to the occasion - splendidly, revealing their truci form.. The All Blacks did not give the display expected of a New Zealand side, the backs failing to show, that, thrust which players of the calibre of' All Blacks should have. done. The home side made the pace solid throughout, and the crowd was -delighted at the display. A feature of the match was the tackling of the homo side, which was deadly. For Now Zealand Lockington, Mitchell, Killeen and Rankin scored tries, two being converted by Pollock. For South Canterbury Caird scored, Ryan kicked a field goal and King and Gaffauev kicked penalty goals. AUSTRALIANS AT OAMARTJ NORTH OTAGO'S CREDITABLE SHOWING > • _ BEATEN ONLY BY 3 POINTS (Press Association). , OAMARU, Sept. 9. Conceding 20 stone in the aggregate against the, Australians, North Otago made a very creditable showing to hold tliei visitors' down to a three-point margin at the Show Grounds this 'afternoon, tlie final scores being - . Australia 16, North Otago- 13. The oval ; was in splendid order, and the conditions were ideal for Rugby, without sun or wind. The attendance was about 3000. The home side went to the attack from the outset, the hacks staging good passing rushes to carry play to Australia’s line, where Carrodus secured and hurled himself over for the opening- score. Easton converted.— North Otago- 5, Australia 0. / Rankin (Australia) missed an easy kick, from ai penalty. The visitors returned to the . attack, Doit being pushed into touch at the corner flag. The home -forwards were caught napping. Bridle accepting a short throwin and reaching down to-score. Rankin missed the kick.—'North Otago £>, Australia 3. The home side secured a. fair share of the. ball from the-scrums and bustled th'ieir heavier opponents in the loose bo hold the territorial advantage during most of the spell. Stitchman (North. Otago) set his backs going from • the. scrum. Dorr attempted to- cut off a pass" to McKenzie, who dived, over and. scored.-, Johnston converted. The half-time score was: Otago- 10, Australia 3. - , Thei Australians took the -offensive on changing .round, Gibbons working the blind side to McLean, who beat several defenders to- -score 1 a spectacular try. Rankin converted with a great kick.—North Otago- 10, Australia 8. . The home forwards- swept down-, cld to the line where Hammon cleared brilliantly, sending on to- Richards, who changed the direction of play, the -forwards joining in for Walden to score. McLean crossed for his second try, Rankin missing the kick at goal.—Australia 16, North Otago 10. Carrodus broke clean away in a dribbling rush and secured, but with, two in -support failed to pass, and lost possession just short- -of the line. Not to be denied, Carrodus again broke away to- Australia’s line, where Stchman -snapped up to score a brilliant- try. Johnston missed with the kick.—Australia 16, North Otago 13. Just before time Easton, missed a goal from a penalty by a narrow margin, the final score being 16 points to 13. Carrodus played an outstanding game and was! perhaps the best forward on the field.

A BILLIARDS SCORE. , CANTERBURY OVERWHELMS NORTH AUCKLAND. (Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 9. Their v play marred by frequent mistakes and by an almost total‘lack <v; ■ cohesion, North Auckland were. no match for Canterbury to-day, the home side vanning by 43 points to 9 At half time, there was only a margin of nine points in Canterbury’s favour, but, from the resumption of play, the home team dominated all phases of the game, backs and forwards combining in rushes that smashed through the defence with almost monotonous regularity. Towards the end of tne game, however, the North Auckland backs began to show some combination and the Canterbury defence failed before two rushes. There was an attendance of about. 3000 and the ground was in excellent order. The Canterbury side was by ho means the province’s full strength, but all the iiojf men justified their inclusion. Scorers tdr Canterbury wero Gillespie (2)., Round (4Y, Manchester (2), Scand-

rett (2), C. 11. McPhail 1. MeAuliffe fCpnverted twice and Scandrett, Me-’ Pbail and Brooks once each. For jNorth Auckland Whito kicked a peualty goal and Osbaldiston and Mo‘Cracken scored tries. MANAWATU BEAT TARANAKI. (Press Association). PALMERSTON N., Sept. 9. Manawatu defeated Taranaki , at Rugby to-day by 25 to 22. It was a last open game, and the result -was doubtful -until the-end. For th'e> winners tries were scored by Waugh (2), Fletcher and Buick. Finlay converted two and kicked two -penalties. A third was kicked by. W. Powell. For Taranaki Ford (2), Eric Smith, Ted Smitn and Brown scored, while West kicked ,fi penalty and converted two tries. . WELLINGTON COLTS' BEAT WAIROA. THIRTY-EIGHT POINTS TO EIGHT (Press Association.) WAIROA, Sept. 9. The Wellington-colts Rugby team to-day heat the Wairoa representatives by 3S points to eight. The game was played on a hard ground before a fair attendance. Wairoa were completely outplayed in every department, Wellington giving a delightful exhibition of Rugby, and scoring eight tries, six being converted by Trapp. NOTES AND NEWS. Mr G. Shaw, the manager of the Wallabies’ Rugby team, and Pauling, the forward who played, inside centre in the? first test, are .still ahead, the former with laryngitis' and the latter with concussion. Both are progressing favorably.—P. A. S* Members of the Otago Rugby Union committee decline to comment on a, statement by Mr N. R. McKenzie concerning the decision not to accept the challenge of the Hawke’s Bay union for the Ranfurly Shield. The general opinion expressed- was that Mr McKenzie’s “outburst” as one member dubbed it, was' unworthy of notice.—P.A.