RUGBY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 14 September 1925, Page 6

RUGBY.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. WELLINGTON BEAT OTAGO. 0)Y TELEGRAPH- —PRESS ASSOCIATIONWELLINGTON, Sept. 13. A represent,;. ti\‘e match betAveen Wellington and Otago at Wellington on Saturday resulted in a A r ictory for the home team by ‘3l points to 10. HAWKE'S BAY v. AUCKLAND ‘ DRAW. AUCKLAND, Sept, 12. A Rugby ma.teh between Hivwke’s Bay and Auckland was played at Eden Park to-day before' a crowd estimated at 18,000 and resulted; in a drnAV, nine all. The Ranfurly Shield! Avas- not iii-A'olA-ed. The match Avas very interesting, but did not proA’ide as good an exposition of Rugby as. was. expected, play being straggling Avith frequent infringements. The Auckland foiwards stood up Avell to Hawke’s Bay; in fact, a voce their superiors on the day. The score at half-time Avas: HaAvke 's Bay !), Auckland G. A minute before the game ended McManus (who replaced Wright, Avli'o Avas injured) marked and kicked a. goal, making the final score, 0 all. SOUTH CANTERBURY BEATEN BY BIG MARGIN. CHRISTCHURCH,. Sept. 13. . Under avretched . conditions, the ground being heavy and greasy, Canterbury defeated South Canterbury by 4-5 points to 9. It was mainly a forward struggle, though there were many pretty flashes of open play. OTAGO REGISTERS A WIN. 0 AMARU, Sept. 13. In a Rugby irepresentatiive ifnatch yesterday Otago defeated North Otago by the narrow margin of 8 points to 5. The match Avas played under wretched AA'eather conditions. JUNIOR REPS. IN ACTION.

NAPIER, Sept. 13. A junior representative match between Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay Avas clayed yesterday,. HaAvke’s Bay winning by 24 points to 9. Wairarapa led at tlie interval by 9, points to 7, but the second half saw the HaAvke’s Bay backs get into their stride, and their combination and speed Avas tco good for the visitors. . .. WESTPORT; Sept. 12. Playing the Karamea Sub-Union at Karamea to-day', tlie Duller B Rugby team Avas defeated by 11 points to nil. The 'Westland, junior representative team defeated Buller juniors by 20 points to 9. MARLBOROUGH DEFEATS - HAWKE’S BAY B. BLENHEIM, Sept. 12. After heaA’y rain the ground Avas wet and the ball greasy for the Marlborough v. HaAvke’s Bay B match, played today in the presence of a fair croAVil. The match resulted in a wan for Marlborough by six to three after, a fairly close game, in which the Marlborough forwards had the advantage. The first spell Avas even, no score, being hoisted. I n the second spell Marlborough gradually asserted their supremacy, and towards tlie finish had the visitors closely pressed. Tolley, a. Hawke is Bay forward, sustained a., broken kneecap in the second spelt and was sent to hospital. In a curtain-raiser, Marlborough B defeated Kuilcoura bv 15 to 8.

N.S.W. TOUR, A WIN AT GTS BORNE. GISBORNE, Sept. 13. The New South Wales Rugby touring team met Poverty Bay at Gisborne on Saturday, the visitors winning by 11 points to 3. THE MOASCAR CUP. CHALLENGERS DEFEATED. WAIPAWA, Sept. 12. Te Ante College beat Napier High School in a Moascar Gup match to-day by 21 points to 6. The holders owed their win to tlie speed of the backs. TUKAPA REARS*M.AI.MST BROS. Marist Bros Old Boys’ team, run-nens-uip in the Auioktaiul Oharapionsih ; i|.), visited New Plymouth on Saturday and played a game with Tukapa, which ended with 'the score, Tukapa 33, Mnrist 16. The game ams not inspiring, and Tiikapa’s supemmitty lay chiefly in, the hacks, who showed excellent ioi’m. PRIMARY SCHOOL GAMES.

Last week the Ha went School team travelled to FJtham, where they de 7 tented the local .school by nine points to nil. The junior teams also played, Hawera winning a very even game by three points to nil. The school senior team lias now to play-off with Stratford for the South Taranaki primary school premiership. This game is to lie played at Eltham next Wednesday afternoon. These two teams have met twice this season, winning one game each. The winning team will play-off with the leading North Taranaki team for the primary championship of Taranaki.