LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 12 August 1935, Page 3

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

KNOCK-OUT CUP GAMES Marist and Runanga Win The West Coast IRugby League’s competition games were resumed yesterday, utter an im'erval of a fortnighi through representative gainer The Knock-Out ( up rounds were continued, and resulted in the elimination of Pirates and Brunner, who were beaten by Marist and Riimvnga respect i vely. Conditions were ideal for play, while .he grounds were in perfect condition. AV ith the exception of the representative players in each team, players showed sign. l -, of their respite, and will take a week or so to get back to form. Results were:— MARIST WIN EASILY. A t hough Pirates rallied surprising ly in the secund half, Mans, seniors hud little difficulty in defeating the blue and. golds at Wingham Park, before a good attendance. At tinier the play was bright, but t.h r °ugh the spoiling tac.ics of the Pirates, it developed into a hard forward struggle, play being of a scraggy nature. Good passing by Marist in the early stages gave them the commanding lead of 28 points .to 6 in t.hv first ha I. and Pirates made a good recovery Co bring the score down to 2S —21 in .he second half. Ala l ist, however, came again in the closing stages, to ultimately win by 39 points to 21. J. Roberts was the star of -the Marist ‘team, other im pressivc backs being O’Conner Devonpor.' and Restieaux. Scott. McNeight ami Griffen did well in the forwards. Stewart. T. Dowling, Fisher and Martyn were the best of Hie Pirate backs, while Calder, Solomon and Sumner worked well in the forwerls. The teams were: — Marist’: Restieaux. Devonport. Rob erts, Gilbert, W. Gilbert, J. Beban, O’Connor* Scot.. Wiliams, AlcNeight, Burger Griffen and Walsh. Pirates: Martyn, Chisholm, T. Dowling, Von Lubbe, Fisher, Stewart. Messc iger, Tate. Solomon. Simuci, Dowling (,’alde ■ and Mundy.

Winning the toss Alarist secured the advantage of the sun, and Devonport put ;hem on attack with a well-plac-ed kick. Good play by the green backs brought play to Pirate’s line, but they were relieved by a penalty.; Alarist, however, came back ami C nnor picked up f'om +’■(. loose to transfer to Robert's, who cut through on his own to score under .the posts. He added the extras. Pirates Cooked like equalising when Calder dribbled through on his oyn, but Lie ball beat him, and rolled over -he dead baT line Alarist soon scored again. Williams kicking through for Scott t'o pick up -niil race in under die posts. Roberts converged. Beban secured on his own 25 and transferred to Devonport to fftoberts, who ran 30 yards before transferring to Devonport, who sent Walsh over under the pos-ts. Roberts again converted, giving Alarist a 15points :eau. From a scrum on the 25. O’Connor secured and sent on 10 Gilbertj to to Devonport, who Scored in the corner. Roberts failed with the kick. Devonport received on .the half-way line and cross-kicked. McNeight, following fast, secured to race in under the posts. Roberts converted. Securing on half-way. Messenger kicked through, bustling Restieaux and allowing T. Dowling ito pick up and. score well out. Stewart failed to convert. Pirates were unlucky not to

s'core immediately after, when T. Dowling dribbled over vhe dead-ball line. Restieaux kicked through, for Devonport to take cleanly on half-way and outpace 'the opposition and score under the posts. Roberts converted. Calder put' in a great run , but was tackled on the line. However, TaJe secured from the ruck and dived over. Martyn missed the kick. Pirates continued to press and Fiaher sent on to T. Dowling, who scored near the posts. Stewart converted. Just on half-time, following a forward rush. Solomon scored again for Pirates and Stewart converted, makique,' The score: Alarist 28, Pirates 6.

Marigit early in the 9tC' r ‘ l spe’l, out Pirates put up a sound de/'.‘nce. McNeight retired from the Marist pack, with an injury .to his shoulder. Mundy was unlucky not to score, when he dribbled (through. Pirates continued to do much better than in he first half and fast following up by Dowling and Calder resulted in the ’after scoring a good try about halfway out. Stewart converted. With their deficit reduced t’o seven points Pirates improved their play, and with spoiling tactics effectively prevented the green backs from swinging into action. However Roberts ultimately secured o<n his own 25, and when tack Jed after running 50 yards, transferred to Burger who scored well out. Roberts failed to convert. Marist again took *the ascendancy at this stage and Williams picked up from the ruck on half-way to race through unopposed ;und score. (Robert’s added the extras. 2fust as the final bel 1 sounded Marist scored a similar try, which Griffen failed to convert, leaving the final Alarist 39. pirates 21. Air C’. Currie was referee. RUNANGA BEAT BRUNNER. Playing at before a good

crowd of spectators, Runanga seniors dcfea.ied Brunner by 11 points to 3, after a very fair exhibition. Runanga kicked off against’ the sun, and after a period of up-and-down play were penalised, bul H. Hunt failed with (he kick. Runanga attacked, and Pope picked up to go over well out Speakman fai ed to eon vert. The Bi miner backs combined in a nice movemeni ami Smith, receiving on ?he 25. ran through for a good try, which Hunt failed to convert. A good move- > meat by Hopkins, Henderson and Williams saw the latter score iu the corner. Speakman failed with the kick ? leaving tin* half-time score, Runanga 6 Brunner 3. Shortly af br the commencement of i the second spell, from a scrum on half . way. Morris’ secured and sent on to W. 1 Glynn, <o Williams jo Alanderson, who reverse-passed to Wi liams* who scored between the posts. Speakman convert ; ed. Play ranged up aud down the field, but neither side was able to score before the final whistle s’ounded. with th e scores: Pirates 11, Brunner 3. Air A. Fielding was referee. THIRD GRADE. On the B ground a(. Wingham Park in a Brown Shield match, Runanga *4.hird graders detwvted Kumara B by 18 —7. The scorers for the winners were Mundy. White, Hart and Finn. Ney ton converting two and Mundy one. Keating kicked two penalties for Kumara and McGill scored an unconver.ed try. Playing the curtain-raiser at Taylorville, pirates defeated Brunner by s’ix jioiiu.S'i'o 5; in a hard-fought game fothe Brown Shie d. The semi-final of the junior KnockOut competition* between Alarist and Runanga, set down for Wingham Park, was not played. SOUTH ISLAND TEAM. \ Messrs A. Beban and J. Anderson, members of ‘the South Island Rugby League left on Saturday for C’hrist’church. The remaining Coast members of th e team -will ’eave to-morrow. AUCKI.AND, August 10.

Senior championship final: Richmond 14. Alt. A bort 9. Roope Rooster preliminaries: Devonport 8. Marist 6; Devonport 13. City Rovers 3. CHRISTCHURCH August 11. At League* Hornby 31, beat Waimi'iri 2; Ruru 5. drew wi-iTi Linwood 5; Addington 39. beat Now Brighton 11.