RUGBY GLEANINGS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 September 1928, Page 12

RUGBY GLEANINGS.

FIELD AND SIDELINE. LISTS OF FIXTURES. TARANAKI REP. GAMES. June 4 —v. Wanganui, at Wanganui, won 14 —0. Julvs 4—v. Wellington, at Hawera, wno 9—-6. July 12 —v. Waikato, at -Stratford, won ' 24—11. Aug. 9—v. Marlborough, -at Hawera, won 22 —T 7. Aug. 11—v. Hawke’s Bay, at, New Plymouth, won 5—3. Aug. 18 —v. Wanganui, at New Plymouth won 20—11. Aug. 29 —v. Manawhenua, at Palmerston North, lost 16—20. Sept. I—v.1 —v. Wellington, at Wellington, lost 17—20. Sept. B—v.8 —v. Manawhenua, at Now Plymouth, won -13—12. Sept. 15 —v. Waikato, at Hamilton. Sept,. 19 —v. ‘Tha-me’s Valley, at 'Tc Aroha. Sept. 22 —v. Auckland, at Auckland. NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM. Aug. 25 —v. Auckland, at Auckland, won 19—8. Aug. 29 —v. Wanganui, at Wanganui, won 20 —16. Sept. I—v.1 —v. Hawke’s Bay, at Napier. Avon 19— 6. Sept. s—v.5 —v. New Zealand (First Test), at Wellington, lost 12—15. Sept. B—v. New Zealand ('Second Test), at Dunedin, lost 14 —16. Sept. 12 —v. Southland, at Invercargill, lost 26 —31. Sept. 15—v. New Zealand (Third Test), at Christchurch. Sept. 19 —v. Marlb-ofough, at Blenheim.

LINDSAY’S POTTED GOAL. D A. Lindsay, who topped the scoring list of the All Blacks in South Airica with 63 points, all off Iris boot, included only one potted goal in his tally, but it was a gem and was lauded *by the critics ixx South Africa. The English writer F. M. Howard, who is sparing with the use of the term “great,” uses it to describe Lindsay’s effort. Registered as New Zealand’s last score in the 18 all game played with Northern Provinces on July 6, Lindsay's drop, kick was from 50 yards out close to the touchline. LEADING TRY-GETTERS. Leading the list of try-getters for the All Blacks in Africa is RusLbrook, of Wellington, who scored 10. It may be remembered that Hart, of Taranaki, with his swallow dart off the mark, registered most tries for the 1924 All Blacks in Britain with a tally of 20, but lie was nob named one of the groat players of the side and figured only m secondary games. R-ushhrook, too, has not been honoured with a place in the bigger games, but there are many who hold- that he showed himself worthy of better treatment. CARISBROOK CONTESTS. The match between the present NowSouth Wales team and New Zealand was the fifth international game which has been played at Garish rook (D unedin), where some memorable contests have b.een staged. Last Saturday s game, which the All Blacks won by 16 to 14, maintained New Zealand's unbeaten record on- the Dunedin groundTaranaki has been represented in three of the five games. The first, international gam© at Dunedin was in 1908, when New Zealand defeated the AngloWelsh team (A. F. Harding,'captain) by 32 to 5. Taranaki was represented in the New Zealand team by J. D. Colman, J. Hunter and D. Cameron. In 1913 New Zealand defeated Australia at Carisbrook bv 25 to 13. Of the New Zealand fifteen on that day two representatives, C. Brown and R. Taylor, were drawn from Taranaki. In 1921 Dunedin’s third international contest had the distinction- of resulting in the only test match defeat suffered by the touring Springboks of that year, the scores being 13—5. Again Taranaki fielded two representaives. the honour being lie-id on that occasion by C. N. Kingston (full-back) and R. Fogarty (forward). The attendance of 20,000 at the Springbok game was eoualled in 1923" on the same ground when New Zealand beat New South Wales by 19 to 9. Taranaki had no representative on that occasion, though the full-hack was R. G. B. Sinclair, now of Hawera.. who was then an Otago player.

GIRLS KEEN, SAY’S BROWNLIE. “I called at the Ox-ange Grove Hotel on Tuesday,” writes 8.8. in the Johannesburg “Star” of July 21, “and l was fortunate enough to catch the All Blacks when they came in from their afternoon’s work.

Maurice Brownlie—their captain —is a typical sportsman —big and powerful, with a ready laugh and a very pleasant manner. He was i-ather taken- aback when I told him I wanted to know something about New Zealand girls and their sports. Pointing to one of ■his colleagues, “Ask him,” he said, “he is our ladies’ man.”

All til© same, I found lie was a perfect encyclopaedia of information on sports of all kinds, and very proud of the fact that New Zealand girls would compete in the Olympic Games. “The girls of New Zealand,” he said, “are very, very keen on all kinds of sport. Rugby in particular—in fact, often keener than the men, and that . is saying a great deal. “All girls in New Zealand are fond of dancing, quite as much so, I think, as vour South African girls. And they dress very well; the country girls particularly. having more time than the town girls, who are mostly in business', keep very close on the heels of London and Paris in the matter of dress. TO CARRY ON. Information received by mail indicates that Dailey, Lilburne, Oarleton, RobiUiard, Scrimshaw, Alley and Burrows will all bo > active participants in Rugby during 1929. McGregor, though, is likely to pack hi.s jersey.—Christchurch Star. OTAGO RECORD BROKEN. When South Canterbury heat Otago recently by 27 points to 20 it was the first- occasion on which Otago has suffered defeat on its own ground at the hands of South Canterbury since 1910. Since 1910 Otago and South Canterbury have played 12 representative fixtures. To date Otago has won six and 1 South Canterbury five, one game being drawn. SWEET BALM FOR HERTS. A South African paper which was sorely hurt by the All Blacks’ success in the second test seems to have found some consolation. On a page in which

———I 111 'I Hl. it roundly condemned the Springboks’ ■ play it noted that the- New Zealand bowlers in England had a very “thin,” time in the way of successes, and that they were not 'of the calibre of former New Zealand teams, and were far below the standard of the South African bowlers who toured Great Britain in 1926. What sweet balm for its hurts! (comments an exchange). EX-NEW ZEALANDER. R. B. Loudon, vice-captain of the Waratahs, is a New Zealander who learnt his football at Christ’s College. In the 1923 season he played full-back, centre and wing three-quarter prior to departing for Sydney, where he linked up with the Manly Club. He has since developed into a forward, being 6ft in height. He tips the beam at 14st 21b. HAWKE’S BAY LOSS. Towards the close of the present year Hawke’s Bay will lose a, number of their prominent and promising players by the centralisation at Peton© of the railway workshops. The Pirates Club alone will be minus Huxtable, McLea, Russell and Reed. However, it| is an ill wind which does not blow somebody some good, and Petone will benefit, *