LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 7 June 1943, Page 2

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

blackball win again.

The main League football fixture i yesterday, Blackball v.. Runanga i seniors, was plaved at Runanga uni der heavy ground conditions. Play j was scrappy but there were .occasional snappy back movements and good handling was general. Blackball were definitely superior, their backs mastering the whole situation, and they won by 22 points to nil. The teams were:— Blackball: Nuttall. Jamieson, W. Mountford, O’Donnell, McNaughton, C. Mountford, Ord, Williams, Howden, Baillie, Phillips, Reynolds, Kirk. Runanga? Bowman, Leitch, N. McTigue, Clelland, C. McTigue. Lee, Higsdn, Glynn, Merriman, Stevens, Dalziel. Fitzgibbons, Clark. Runanga won the toss and elected to plav north. There was a slight southerly wind which was a little disconcerting. Loose forward play be- i gan the game, with Blackball on at- j tack. Numerous penalties, mostly; for offside play and usually against! Blackball, were awarded. From two i of these Bowman attempted to goal: but failed each time. A Blackball | break-through saw Phillips get beat- | on for the ball, and from the ensuing scrum, Ord worked the blind side for Jamieson to cross. Howden’s kick failed. Blackball 3—Runanga 0. Loose forward play followed with Runanga hooking the scrums monotonously. A Blackball attack ended in a scrum on the Runanga 25. Howden hooked the ball to Ord. who flashed through an opening in an ex- i cellent scoring dash. McNaughton i converted from before the posts. < Blackball B—Runanga 0. |

Blackball again pressed, and from a plav the ball, Ord secured, to McNaughton, to C. Mountford, to W. Mountford, to Baillie who caught Cielland out of position and scored well out. Howden’s kick failed. Blackball 11—Runanga 0. Immediately on the resumption of plav. McNaughton kicked' a comfortable goal from a penalty 35 yards out.' Blackball 13—Runanga 0. In suite of a heavy ball, both sets of backs began to throw the ball about, and exhilarating movements brought applause. From just inside Runanga territory, W. Mountford secured and an excellent dash pu O’Donnell over in the corner. A good kick by Howden failed. Blackball 16— Runanga 0. Another Blackball attack saw Ord in possession on half way. He passeo C. Mountford, to W. Mountfora who outpaced several Runanga players to score. Howden miskicked. Blackball 19—Runanga 0. A Blackball attack was halted on the Runanga line and- fierce. scrimages unending took place. Finally from a scrum. Ord secured and dived right through to score. Howden failed at conversion. Blackball 22— Runanga 0. • Steven’s attempted to goal from a penalty but failed and the full time whistle blew. Mr. J. Griffen was referee. Playum at Ngahere, Ngahere seniors defeated Reefton by 18 points to nil. Mr. A. Kennedy was referee In the third grade matches. Blackball defeated Runanga 10 points to 5. and Brunner eleven defeated Marist five, at Wingham Park.