HAWERA’S GOOD WIN

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 3

HAWERA’S GOOD WIN

SEVEN-A-SIDE SUCCESS BRIGHT GAMES .AT KAPONGA. STRATFORD LOSE IN FINAL.

By defeating Stratford in. the final Hawera won‘ the .Casey Shield at the annual Rugby football.seye_n-a-side-tour-nament conducted by the Kaponga Athletic Club at Victoria Park, Kaponga, on Easter Saturday. Conditions were ideal for the tourney and in the majority, of the games, bright football was the order. The ground was in good condition 1 following the attention given it during the cricket season, and the large attendance of over 1000 spectators did not fail to appreciate Ihe high lights in the. day’s play. Fifteen teams took part, the play being conducted on, a knock-out basis. Both Clifton A.and Okaiawa A, winners and runners-up respectively at last year’s fixture, were eliminated before the semi-final. The best exhibition was. provided in the final, in which Hawera emerged the winners by 11 points to 5. Play was open and fast runs were made by both teams. Hawera played the open game to .advantage and! to this owed their success. This is the first time Hawera have won the shield. The Hockin Cup went to Stratford as ruhhers-up.' . Stratford were handicapped' in the final as: in • the' previous match, the semi-final, two players were removed from the field with injuries and were unable to continue. Henderson, the centre three-quarter, suffered a broken leg, and Berg, injuries to his head. Their places were filled by emergencies in the final.

Opunake showed' good form in the earlier matches and were unfortunate to be eliminated by a rather lucky try in tlie semi-final against Stratford- One of the most exciting matches of the day was probably that in which Hawera defeated Kaponga A by a try scored in an extra spell.

~ There was little delay ' between matches and, although play whs late in starting, the final was played before 5 o’clock. The Organisation was in the hands of a strong committee, of which Mr A. -Melville was secretary.■ Referees during the day were Messrs Hr Scott (■Cambridge), L. Wells, S. Hunt, P. Rangi, A. O’Sullivan, R. Bowman, H. McNae and C. Evans.

At the conclusion of the final, the Casey Shield was presented to N. Hunter, captain of the Hawera team, by Mr C. P.. Crowley, president of the Kaponga Athletic Club', who congratulated the team on its success. He also congratulated the Stratford team on being runners-up and said that the Hockin Cup would be presented to them at a later date. In place of the medals usually .presented, each member of the winning team received a miniature silver football. In reply Hunter referred to the assistance given to the Hawera team by—Mr-A.- H.-Guy.—■ —-r

The following teams took: part r Hawera Holloway, Brown, Guy, Dowdle, Hunter, McDonald, Clapham. Stratford —R. and L. Clarke, Welling* ton, Berg, Henderson, Fastier, Ross. Cambridge—Harbutt, Hewitt, Stewart, Hogan, Holmes, Peake, Wilson. Waimat.e A—Gulliver, Sutton, Dick, Surgenor, Burke, Bennett; Wan. Waimate B—Coull, Hikaka, Walker, Lye i (2), Christie, Jones. Kaponga A—Gardner, Gargan, Arnold, AYalker, Kelly,' Paterson, Whalen. Kaponga B—Benton, West, Eyuon, James, Wetton, Spiers, Williams. Kaponga Cj — Miller, Kilpatrick, Davies, J. Gardner, Sutton, Lauder.

Clifton A—Olsson, Fowler, Wilson, Collins, Jones, Broughton, Simmonson. - Clifton B—Oxenham, Herbert, Cole, Wingrove, Longstaff, Tate, Bennett. Opunake A—J. Malcolm, R. Malcolm, A. Pepperell, Fevre, R. Hohaia, Harrison, Murfitt.

Opunake B—Woolford, O’Shannessey, Morgan, Mabie, C. Pepperell, Upsom, Matthews.'

Stratford Old Boys—Bonner, Kofoed, Harris, Adlam, McCready, L. Lash, Cooty. .... .. ... * Okaiawa A— Preston, Thomas, Kara, Clem Blair, Ngaia, C. Blair, Toro. Okaiawa B—R. Thomas, S. Tippett, Wallis, Skipper, A. Guy Collins/Cleaver. Results are:—

FIRST ROUND. HawerU 6 v. Waimate A nil. —Clapham and Hunter scored tries for Hawera. Kaponga A 3 v. Clifton B nil.—Gardner scored a try for Kaponga. Cambridge 8 v. Waimate B 3.- —Wilson scored two tries for Cambridge and Stewart converted one. Lye scored for Waimate.

Stratford Old Boys 15 v. Opunake B. nil.—Tries were scored by Cook, McCready and Lash, the first player converting the three. Stratford 13 v. Okaiawa A 6.—Stratford’s tries were scored by Ross, Wellington and Jt. Clarke. Ross converted two. For Okaiawa Ngaia kicked a penalty goal and scored a try. Clifton A 11 v. Kaponga C nil.— Simmonson, Fowler and Collins scored tries. Collins converted his own try. Opunake A 11 v. Okaiawa B nil.— For Opunake J. Malcolm (2) and Peppcrell scored tries. Hohaia converted Malcolm’s second try.

SECOND ROUND. HawcratS v. Kaponga A nil.—Neither side had scored at full time. An extra spell- was played and in the closing stages Hunter and Dowdle combined well to send Clapham away for a good try. Kaponga B 6 y.. Clifton A 3. Williams scored a try for Kaponga and West kicked a penalty goal. For Clifton Collins kicked a penalty goal. Stratford f> v. Stratford Old Boys 5. —Ross scored both tries for Stratford,

while for Old Boys Kofoed scored a try, which Adlam converted. Opunake A 5 vr Cambridge nil. —J. Malcolm, scored a try, which R. Hohaia converted. ; ' ; v. SEMI-FINALS. . •

Hawera. S ; y f Kaponga-: nil

■Early -in the first spell Hunter broke away at tfie .Kaponga 25 and went over comfortably. Brown converted with an easy kick. Kaponga attacked from the. kick : out. McDonald .cleared and Dowdle, following up fast, gained possession, but- could not get the ball away. The Hawera backs: combined shortly after .and . sent -Clapham; away on a speedy ■ run down-: the - lino , which end.qcl: in. . easy try.;. Brown’s kick failed; Desultory; play ..marked the opening of the second, spell., Kaponga made several attempts, in, Hawera territory to set their backs in motion, but overeagerness spoiled the effort. Kaponga had Hawera penned in the corner and a penalty kick was awarded the attackers. West failed with a good kick. Stratford 5 v. Opunake nil.

Opunake attacked from the. outset, but Berg sent 'Stratford away in a loose rush, which was stemmed by Harrison near the O.punake 25. Opunake were quickly back on the attack and a scrambling passing bout in. front of the goal nearly resulted in a. try when Harrison sent out a long pass to Fevre, who slipped in taking the bap. . Shortly after the game was held up when Henderson, the Stratford centre, wps carried from the field with" a broken leg. Within a minute of the' re-commence-ment -Berg was also removed from the field with a head injury. Hinton, and Richards were the new-men for Stratford. The_spell ended without score. Careless.MndUng by both sets of backs made play uninteresting. . Stratford infringed o.n their own"'2s> but Hohaia could not* send the ball, over-, from in front of the posts. 'On the call of time Wellington broke away from' a scrummage at half-way and put in a speedy run to -score ten yards from the corner. Ross converted. -

jrrsrAL. ’ .. Hawera 11 v. Stratford 5. Dowdle and Brown early instituted a passing bout between half-way- and their 25, but a promising movement broke down -when :Brown was solidly tackled, Ross Retaliated, after receiving the ball from Hinton, and a strong run ended when he was tackled by McDonald on the Hawera. line. Guy sent HaVerg away in a. useful.rush, the ball going to Hunter, who,' w"hen tackled, handed on to McDonald, the wing threequarter going over for a well-earned try in the corner. Brown could not convert. Hawera went away again in a fast rush, but an infringement brought Clapham back when he had an almost empty field ahead. Clapham scored another try from a strong run when Hunter handed him the ball from the ruck near half-way. Brown converted. Hawera took advantage of Clapham’s speed after the resumption of the second spell and sent him up ,the line, but the wing three-quarter was upset in a good position. Brown could not score from a subsequent penalty kick and Stratford returned to the attack. Wellmoon v 'specu'lafe'3''upfield ! 'and 'Fastier followed up. fast to touch down over the line.. Ross conyerted with a good kick. . Hawera placed ,the Issue, out of doubt when Brown seized the ball on his own side of half-way and galloped down the field and over the- line with two -Stratford men at his heels. Hunter’s kick failed. Ross failed with a penalty kick, shortly before full time.