The Score Board

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 June 1928, Page 9

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SENIORS. Kapouga 19 v. Waimate 8. Opunake 14 v. Patea 3. Okaiawa 6 v. Hawera 3. Star 11 v. Eltham 0 . Inglewood 10 v. Tukapa 7. Old Boys 6 v. Clifton 6. Stratford 40 v. Okato 0. JUNIORS. Hawera 3 v. Athletic 0. Waimate 19 v Okaiawa 3. Opunake 9 v. Alton 8. Kaponga 18 v. Patea 0. FOURTH GRADE. $ High School A 29 v. Kaponga 0. Athletic 6 v. High School B 3. Hawera forfeited to Okaiawa. Patea forfeited to Waimate. SOCCER. Hawera 5 v. Celtic 2. Albion 3 v. Stratford 2. SOUTHERN DIVISION SENIORS. HAWERA V. OKAIAWA.

A hard struggle at Okaiawa gave victory to the home fifteen by the narrow wargin tliree x >o i u ts from lJawcra, but in registering- the win, the southern champions had to be content with a' tally of six points resulting from two penalty goals to a try. Except that the representative lock, Ike, was absent the Okaiawa combination was at full strength, while Hawera’s usual combination was reinforced by the former representative and All Black of 19U7-S, J. Coleman, whose experience proved a valuable acquisition. Though lacking the dash of the clever Okaiawa middle back, L>. Johnston, Coleman shared honours with the former as the day’s best attacking unit.. The hero of the game, however, was the home wing three-quarter, I. Crawford, whose boot accounted for the team’s total points. Hawera’s scorer, W. Robinson, held distinction as the best forward on the field.

The teams lined out as follows: Okaiawa (maroon and blue). —It. Murdoch.; L. Simons, B. Cameron, I. Crawford; 1). Johnston, 1). Crawford; .M. Clarke (half); M. LynsKey (rover), captain; E. McCallum, M. Paislow; J. Awahou, It. Clarke, It. Guy; P. Tippett, V. Tippett (bookers). Hawera (amber and black). —J. Cheevers; C. I'aterson, C. Hammond, J. Stagp-oole; It. Barron, J. Coleman; P. Hi ley (half); H. Mills (rover); A. Henry, J. Trance; hi. Murphy, N. Paterson (captain), B. Murphy; AV. Itobinson. Jj. Hobinson (hookers). Pacing the sun and a light diagonal breeze, Okaiawa, advanced with Johnston's kiek-olf, and Cheevers took a timely mark to stop a loose rush, the same player receiving applause with a well-judged line kick after the next exchange. From the line-out action veered across held to the home twentylive, where a rush by the amber pack ended in a ground kick by W. Robinson, who got to the touch-down just ahead of two defenders. Taking the kick from the side lino C. Paterson sent the ball wide, but with only tliree minutes of the game gone Hawera were three points up Tlie next incident was a smart passing bout from the base of the Hawera strum, Riley, Coleman, Barron and Hammond gaining ground and sending Pateison down the line till upended by the home centre, Cameron, jwift exchanges alternated as each set o backs opened play in crisp handling bouts. Hawera’s line was threatened when D. Crawford followed a short iek and dived just too late to prevent the forte by Riley. Another dazzling rush by the reds almost penetrated, but a man in front allowed Coleman to relieve with the penalty kick. Ten vurds inside halfway Johnston tried a li cl,’ place kick, which fell short, and heady punting by Coleman transferred the venue tcTtlie home twenty-five, the ■•nek pressing hard till an infringement right on the line turned the attack. With a mark at the twenty-five Coleman took a place kick, to send the ball dropping just beneath the bar, and a moment later C. Paterson also failed to raise the flags. The sure fielding and tackling of the home full-back, Murdoch was conspicuous in en- , 11 i.Iphases, when Coleman, exploiting the short punt, kept Hawera hammering on the delence. From one such j

I iud L. Robinson and Barron were barely beaten right under the bar by Came.on, who, however, was unable to and tomh, and for a hectic few minute's the amber jerseys surged be--ore the objective in a furious onslaught. Cameron and Murdoch were the most noted defenders, and the line ..as aept intact. Alternating attack and iminter left little to choose between the teams until half-time, which oun.l the score stid snowing: Hawera. 3 j uxaiawa 0 I Hawera’s opening thrust in the | second session broke on an interception by Johnston, and another movement floated by Riley gave place to a startling counter by Cameron, who gather a dropped pass and flashed '.rum midfield to the 25, only to he overrun by two supporters, with the result that his- short punt was sent into touch near the line by liis own mil-back. Play hung in the visitors’ territory, where an offside infringement gave a chance to Johnston, whose kick, however, sent the ball sailing wide of the goal. With action at midfield. Ban-on raised the Hawera bar- ' ackers with a. lightning breakaway, and AY. Robinson, following swiftly, met obstruction which robbed him of "hat appeared a certain try. the ball going to touch in goal. The kick-out f sent play to the vistors’ end, and C. Paterson, stopping a- line run by 1. Crawford, was incapacitated, but resumed after four minutes. AYhcn play resumed I. Crawford- went in to the rover position, while Lynskev moved to five-eighth and D. Crawford went to the wing. Within a minute play was again stopped owing to a knock ■'•ih ained by Hammond, who also car- j ried on after receiving attention. At mark by r Johnston failed to secure re- 1 , suits, but- a moment later the coveted ( . three- points were registered with a splendid kick by I. Crawford, who took a midfield penalty, and the score showed three all. • i

Oilman, Barron and C. Paterson were associated in an electric burst whi li broke with a knock-on when almost on the line, and R. Guy took tile Red forwards to the 25, where, trying to clear from a mix-up. Mills was caught offside, and I. Crawford annexed liis second penalty, making the some 6—3 in the home team’s favour. Up to this stage of the spell play hud shown mainly in favour of Okaiawa, whose forceful attacks were stemmed only by sure tackling and fielding. Cheevers- was outstanding in the latter phase, and had a- valuable ally in Riley, who repeatedly gave support at critical moments. The Snal quarter d-f an hour, however, found the visitors holding the advantage. A place kick by Cheevers in good position proved fruitless, while conventional attacks were foiled surelv by Cameron and company. Just before time AV. Robinson, whose solo dribbling had repeatedly been dangerous, eventually got the hall over the line. b.ut was- unable to heat the defenders, to. the ton'h. and the. final.. virhiMle' found the scores : Qkaiwa , 6 Hawera 3 Air. H. C. Johnson w-as the referee. KAPONGA v. WAIMATE. Playing at Mun-aia, the .tvapomgu team won decisively from AVaimate by a margin of 11 points. The backs won the g-ame for lvcuponga, their forwards being on many occasions outplayed by the Waimate pack. The Blacks put on ten point's -within a few minutes of the eomim-onc-omcnt of the game, and had the 'opposing team’s backs had the advantage of more combination! the scores’ would -have been much closer, if mot reversed. W-aimate played -only 14 -men for a time, and the -gap was filled by a junior pl-ayer, Shaw, who had just -completed a- -game. This -meant a -reshuffling of positions in the Waimate team. However, the losing side put up a. very creditable showing, and the game was their best showing to date. The teams were:—

Ivii'pouga—Paterson; McCarty, Ham-1 moraloy, Eliason; ColJAus, W-baHon-; Fitz- j gerald; Guy; Hunimorslcy, Hodge, Mar- j tin, O. Espi,n, B. Esrpin, Hickey, Purvis, j Waimate —L. Hughes; Fergus, Lang- : ford, A. Griffin; Hickey, Hdkafca; Ohristie; E. Griffon: W. 80-urke, Long, Shaw, ' Sutton, Buru Sam, Wo'ods, Murray.

WtaiiMite kicked off mmi Kapoirga immediiutely assailed tlieir opponents ’ lame. luimediately after Guy went over near the port's. Paterson converted. From the kick-out tho Blacks returned the ball to the. Wai.iwate line., hut the' 'latter relieved from.a free kick, piny going' -to iiiMlield, when Paterson found the line. From the line-out Waimute gained, but

;i pretty passing rush saw several of tive Kaponga 'backs haindiie the leather, Ho-dgc eventually going over wide out. , Paterson, added the extra points. Kapoiiga 10, Waimate nil. Un resuming I \ .'aiuiate took the game into Ivaponga’s 25, but the Blues missed an opportunity v.-hea Hughes missed an easy kick i.ojii a penalty. Soon after, when the g.nu-o. was in Ivaponga’s half, the Blues

. ere again awarded a free kick. This i.me Hughes kicked a good goal. Iva-jt-ouga 10, Waimate 3. From a line-out i'ue Black forwards rushed play into the Wainwute 25, and from a serum near j-t aeir line the Blues relieved with a I t ree kick. From a line-out near halfway Waimato- wore penalised for 'offside, but Paterson failed to increase the scor". A beautiful passing rush by J Capon go. backs took the game to Wai-n-ale’s line before being checked. Y/u>imutc relieved from a free kick and ■the Blue forwards were seen to advantage in a great dribbling rush, which ended in Fergus getting over, but -he was held up. A scrum five yards out ended in a free kick to Waimate, but Hughes- missed the kick. Just after the kick-out from a scramble near the centre Hikaka followed up fast and gaining possession scored a beautiful .try under the posts. Hughes -made no mistake arid added the extra points. Ivaponga 30, Wail ante 8. The Blue forwards forced the game and sent the ball into their opponents’ 25, and the Black's were up against it defending from o, fierce ori'si]aught by the Blues. Half-time sounded with the scores—* Ivaponga 10 Wai-iua te 8

The second session opened with Kapongn. rushing into the Blues’ half, but Waiimuto wont the ball down, Paterson returning with a good attempt to drop a goal when play was near half-way. Shortly after wards Fitzgerald initiated a nice opening, from which Hodge went ! over near the posts-. Paterson missed 1 with the kick. Ivaponga 13, Waimnte 8. An interchange of kicks- kept the game . in midfield for a while, and from a. ■ serum Kaponga gained when Eliason went through with the ball at his toe, but a- scrum live yards out gave relief to the Blues. In a scramble in the centre the Kaiponga backs showed -up well, taking the back to the Blues’ 25. Griffon saved well with a- nice short kick, the Black forwards -forcing the issue. Again Griffon initiated another , which eras olmy checked when Sha-w was pushed out near the opposing line. Ivaponga gained a slight advantage from -the liine-out, but Wnimate tf.or--1 wards, headed by Ruru Sami and V. ißourke, made a most determined rush, ! the ball going over the dead ball Tine. For a knock-on, a scrum gave the Blacks an advantage near the centre. Fitzgerald saved a dangerous: rush by putting the ball out with a good kick. From the line-out Hikaka. opened up the garni o and mradie a dash for the line, but a forward pasts 'spoilt the -effort. A free j kick to Wa-imate 'saw Hughes m'alde a lovely kick, but the ball went under -the bar. The Blue forward's were getting the best of the game, but the opposing backs sot up a -pretty movement, which ! ended in Eliason going over wide Out. Guy missed the goal. Ivaponga 16. Whim ate 8. Shortly after, another rush by the Blades took the game batek to Waimate territory atnd. Guy went over ' at the corner. The kick was too difficult am angle for Paterson-. Ivaponga : 19, Waimate 8. The Blacks’ forwards comimeneed to put more ginger into their game and kept play in Waimate’s territory. From a lime-out near -their line the Blue's relieved by fording. The g-anne ended with the scores— ° i Ivaponga 39- j Waimate S 1 I Hr F. Atkins refereed. OPUNAKE V. PATEA. In a disappointing match, in which a general leveii at meiwoctre piny was relieved by an occasional flash of pretty passing, Opunake pioved too good tor -L'atea, and prevailed by a scene oi J 4 to 3. lute teams were -as ibel ow:—

Opunake—Sinclair, (J. Hohaia, Rutherford; It. Lusk; Robinson, Alo u lie; Mclvor ; It. O’Rorke; O’Rrien, Riley; Hunt, Clarke, J. Lusk; Conroy, Rrook-

Patea,—Thompson, Guy, Cbo-par, Cornwall, J. Crawford, Welsh, Marcnamt, Jiourke, Crompton, Couch, Rremer, Crawford, Baldwin, Stanford, XHoughtoji. Patea kicked off and smothered Lusk’s return and' for some minutes play was restricted to loose rushes. A *ong kick by iMiaia went over the line and Rate a toroed. Ragged' play foilowed and once more Patea had to force. Opunake went down field in loose forward rushes, and, battling hard, Patea had to defend their line f or'Nome time, 'then the Opunake forwards' rushed to the line, O’Rforke in the lead, and he dashed). across at the corner. No goal resulted. Opunake 3, Patea-0. Patea rushed down the kick out and J. Crawford secured and made' a pretty run past the twenty-five and his forwards backing up, tnen got within five yards of the line when Sinclair sent them back with a useful kick, and play went by a. long ;kick over Patoa’s line, v and they- forced.--- Opunake again came through and appeared threatening when J. Crawford fielded and lined at halfway. Patea opened up play, Cornwell being pushed out at the corner. From tlie line out Ma reliant secured arid sent out to Guy, who dived across. The kick failed. Opunake 3, Patea 3. A minute later Opunake had a free kick from near halfway. , Riley notched three .points with a great kick. Opunake 6, Patea 3. Patea made the pace hot and had Opunake penned in the twenty-five for some time,, till Mclvor secured from a scrum and opened up a pretty passing rush, Hohaia, Robinson and Rutherford being associated in a workmanlike rush which nearly succeeded. Away went Hohaia. again in a lightning dash and just on the line passed to Robinson, but the pass went astray, and a fine opening wag- lost. Again and again Opunake made the play open and the hall travelled up and downfield in lightning rushes. Patea was sound, however, and half-time went without addition to the score.

Tlie second spell opened without advantage to either side, until Opunake forwards ruished to the twenty-five and the ball went to touch. Rutherford made a dash and with Mourie in attendance' went nearly to the line. Pa tea repelled the attack and then Opunake attacked once again, and Rutherford securing made a pretty run and. passed to Hohaia. Till© latter dashed on and at the right moment transferred once more to Rutherford, who got across at the corner. The kick failed. Opunake 9, Patea 3. Patea. attacked from the kick out and transferred play to centre. Then in a solid rush Opunake forwards | got almost to the line, and but for i Thompson's! smart work must have j scored. Back came Opunake and Rutherford, securing at half way, made a splendid run and was nearly over. Tie kicked and Fatea foroed. The respite, was only temporary, for the ball came: cut. to the Opunake hacks and Rurther- 5 fowl, taking smartlv, made n pretty run and passed to- Hohaia. The latter I took in his stride and galloped over at,

[ the corner. Riley converted with a ! magnificant kick. Opunake 14, Fa tea :3. lihcn Conroy headed a tine forward rush and taking the ball put in a good run till Thompson, by good defence, sent play back. Pate a retrieved and J. Crawford got clean away and looked like scoring when Robinson stopped him with an effective tackle. Continuing the attack, Ctoopor and Cornwall aided by good kicking, went to Gpunnke’s twenty-five and had them dereuding, until from a penalty Mowrie lined at halfway. The forwards carried on the attack, but could not follow up the advantage. The .ball came out of \he ruck and Rlutllerford and Hoh'aia were associated in a nice passing rush which ended in the latter being forced out near the corner flag. Thompson saved cleverly and Patea worked down to the opposing quarters. Broughton headed a strong attack and for "a time had Oounnke defending strenuously. Patea tried their utmost to’ score, but could not finisihi an attack. The .Opunake forwards, just on call of time, went away in a'good rush and O’Rorke, O’Brien, and Brooker made a nice passing movement, and with only one man to bent, Brooker made a. wild pass that went to touch, and the whistle blew, leaving Opunake winners by a margin of 11 points, the scores being: Patea 3 Opunake '. 14 • Mr ,}. F. lviley was referee.