WAIUTA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1931, Page 3

WAIUTA NOTES

(From Our Correspondent.) / , Rev., Bro. Fergus of Greymoutn, j was a Ivfsitor for the week-end to ! Waiutau 1 Mrs A. S'teph.en, who has been ' under medical treatment 'at Rec ft on, hag returned home much improved in I health. Mr J. Howard was a visitor to i Runanga for the wpjek-end. Mr and Mrs W. Saidler of Reefton, ' were visitjojs to the township on ! Sunday. ) Miss M. Sewell (Reefton), has been spending a few days here a s the 1 guest of Mr s R. J. Anisy. • Mrs H. A. Ord was* a visitor to Rcefton on Saturday. Mr S- Taylor has returned from Mahikapawa. Blaickwater Mines returns for July arc:—iCrushed 4030 tons, yielding 1776 fiDri' ounepg of gold, valued at £7541; washing expenses £5443. In addition, the furnace treated 93 ton s of concen- { tratesi for a return of 111 fine ounces of gold, valued at £470, working expenses being £142. Working profit was £2426. Capital expenditure £154 development expenditure, £575, and the profit oyer aR isf £1697. A large and appreciative audience greeted the concert given by the •GreyUiiOUth Chvie Band here on Saturday eypining, in aid of the fund for improving the Recreation Ground. A well-varied programme was rendered and included vocal solos, monologues, Instrumental items, and a cornet duet, . as we'll as several numbers by the Band. During the interval, Mr J. A. McEwin (Chairman of the Waiuta

Domain Board), returned thanks to th 0 band, and to all those who had as‘sisted.4 After the concert, a dance wag held at whf<ch there was another large attendance. ,A dainty supper was gprveid, and fh 0 gathering terminated at midnight, after an enjov- : able evening. O’DONNELL CUP FIXTURE. ! A large crowd of spectators wit- ' nessed the O’DonneU Cup fixture be- ! tween Runanga z B. and Waiuta A. Rugby League teams. The weather conditions were 'deal for football, and ' a splendid exhibition of the code was witnessed, the holders, Waiuta A., winning by 8 points to 4. The visitors ! wli'o at one period, looked like winning tired badly in the last, twenty; minutes. The tpam s . lined out as fol-1 lows:—-Waiuta A..: —(Royal Blue), Kells (Oajptain), Harrison, A. L<nes, | K-eeinan, McCarthy, Mac Smith, Mur- i tagh, Tffompson, Nicholson, Rule, Quinn, Flaherty and Brooks. Buna(nga B.:— (Black and White). Glen, Wright, O’Neil, O’Connelly Brown, Bourke, Findlay, Hardie, Morris, Patterson, Hijlhouse, and Kennedys, (2).

Waiuta won the toss, and chose the up-hill running, Hardie kicking off, Harrison fielding the kick, O’Connell put in a dash, but was well tackled by Brooks. Flaherty ivas penalised fnr off-side play. Hardie finding the line wejll down. Penalty kicks were numerous against Waiuta for not | playing the ball, and i from one of these Hardie narrowly missed, the ball striking the cross-bar, Mac Smith being 'compelled to force. The kick out wajs spoilt by a local Being in front, and Waiufa Mcirned from the ensuing scrum, McCarthy was caught m possession, O’ConneU secured and put i-n a run, buit was tackled by, iTurtagh. Thompson, Keenan and Qn'nn swett down the field in dribbling rush, but Morris stopped a dan gerous Waiuta againj siecutre-d the ball* Kell# transferring I to McCarthy, Mac Smith to Lines, who | knocked on. Runanga secured posses- ( sion, amd_set up a hot attack, Kells saving the locals on the nick of time. Play hovered around the local line, and Mac Smith, Murtagh, and Kells were in keeping th;, visi •torsi onh Piny shifted to mid-field. Kennedy, the visitor I ’s fu/11-back, putting in some good work. Runanga were securing the ’ ball from, most of the •serums at this period, Morris transferred to O’Ndib who kicked to Harri son, the local full-back, who fumbled badly, MacSmii'th saved brilliantly. T. Quinn was pXiominent in a’ dash down fih(e fi|eld, but was, unsupported. Hillhouse, Hardie, Patterson, and Bourke were associated in a rush, which was stopped by Harrison (full-back) Flaherty was penal; sed in a handy position for not playing the ball and Hardie' made no mistake with the kick. Runanga B. 2, Waiuta A. nil. From the kick-off pilay returned to half-way, Marris, Findlay and Wright were prontynent for the visitors, offside play by a Runangai forward, saw Kells line well down. Thie Waiuta backs got going, Kells, Murtagh, MacSmith, and McCarthy, the latter attempted t j cut in, Lut was well tackled by Glen. Keenan was off-side, Hardie’s attempt, to goal missed. Waiuta again attacked, Kennedy (full-back), savied. nicely. A Runanga forward rush transferred play to tho home ’inc, and a scrum infringement saw Hjard/3 land another penalty. Runanga B. 4, Waiuta, A. nil. Play hovered arotund the local twenty-five. Runanga secured fifom a serum and the ball went out tp O’Connell, the visitor’s speedy wing, a try seemed' i certain, but Brooks made no mistake ican.d tackled, the ba* going out at tbe i corner. Murtagh was responsible in ; 'the ensuing play for some brilliant taekl) ng.i Play was an midfield when i hn.lf-time sounded. In the second half i McCarthy went centre, Mac Smith first I and Murtagh second five-e/gjSVlis. Tho | ip-attyangemefn.t of t’bie backs ' saw a |cpn«idenable ittnpirovement in i the attack of the locals. Nic.hoHson ' kicked off. Runanga ' tackling from the starts Harrison; badly fumbled, and Kells saved a dangerous rituatiion Thomson and Nicholson broke through, Patterson securing. Hardie |was penalised for offside. | getting in a good line-kick. Waiuta I were now securing the ball from thfe ‘ scrums. Hillhouse, Bourke and Patterson were prominent in the visitor’s pack, here. Waiuta rushed play to the ' . '■. ' .2 ■' .. I

visitor’s line by a passing rush/ and desperate attempts were made to score, but Findlay, Marrisi.and Bourk'J sqfved, Kennedy kicked well off-field, and Lincs was caught in possession, the ball go-ng out off play. From, the ensuing play, Murtagh, with a. brilliant jrun, made for the line, but lost jpo«se»fcon. within inches of the line, Nicholson, who wa®. handy dived over Runanga B. 4, Waiuta A 3. Mac i SmithJ missed • the kick. Runanga attacked from the kick off. Rule was penalised for breaking away from the scrum, Hardie getting i n a good line kiek« From the serum, Thompson, Nicholson, and Quinn were prominent in a dribbling rush, O’Neil saving. Waiuta were now ge'thng the best of thp; game, . Kells sent Mac Smith away who transferred to Murtagh, to McCarthy, the latter bjeang pushed out ’at the corner flag. From a further scrum, Brooks was nearly over, being held up on the linfr Ha rd i 3 wa s penalised for off-sidp play under the poste and Mac Smith made no mistake with the kick, Waiuta A. 5, Runanga |B, 4. Runanga attacked from the k»k-off and transferred play to the other end. O’DonneU wag responsible

for a. good run, but was brought down by MuriagiL Hillhou<e was penalised for being offside, and KelJs brought rcli, f* to the local i with ai well-judged line kick. Findlay returned play to half-way, where just missed with a potted goal. P ay wa s conlined to the Vbsfitor’s Iwenty-five. Flaherty secund and dashed for the line, but Findlay was equal to the orciision. From a, serum near fhc visitor’s line, Brooks went over. MacSmath missing the kick. "Waiuta A. 8, Runanga 8,. 4. Runanga attacked from the kick off and Quinn responsible for a good dash, but was unsupported. Waiuta was still attacking wHicm time wa s called with the score Waiuta A. 8 Runanga B. 4. Mr J H. Beard capably controlled the game. The game was easily the best exhibition of the code seen hire fur a long t*inie. Quinn played a sterling game i u the forwards, amd was without doubt the best forward bn the ground. Ho was ably supported by Nicholson, Flaherty and Thompson. Nicholson h joked well, more especi ally in the second Rule and Keenan worked hard, H, was ineli d to break •away fnom th|e scrum too quickly.

Kells played a hardy game at half, and was responsible for some brainy movements. Mac Smith and Murtagh were very prominent. Murtagh’s tack--1 ng was an object lesson to th > other local player 7?, most of whom" could do with tuition in this department of the game. Ha-rrisun, (full-back), did not play as safe as usual, and fumbled badly at tjm's,. However, Mac Smith or Murtagh were usually Mandy, McCarthy playing his first game for some time gave a creditable -howing, he was inclined to over-do the cut in, in the first spell, thereby, nullifying several back movements, which may have been productive. Brooks and Lines did all that was required of them L.iiv*s was somewhat weak in defence, but is not yet accu itomed to the wing position. After to-day’s game public are looking forward to the _ next O’Donnell Cup fixture with abated interest. Waiuta Rugby juniors defeated Kiwis at Reefton i n an interesting game, by 10 points to 6-