SANFURLY SHIELD CHANGES HANDS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 September 1934, Page 7

SANFURLY SHIELD CHANGES HANDS.

AUCKLAND BEAT HAWKE’S BAY BY 18 TO 14. JiOSERS MAKE EFFORT IN SECOND SPELL (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, Last Night. Auckland defeated Hawke’s Bay by 18 points to 14, thus capturing the Eanfurly Shield, in a game played at Napier on Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 9000. There was' some fast and exciting play, especially in the first spell, but in the second half the visitors made play close. ' Auckland deserved their ■win. The visitors scored three tries (all ■converted) and a penalty goal. Bay

ai'so" scored three tries (only one converted) and a penalty. Conditions were perfect. The visitors commenced activities with a slight breeze behind them and the sun in their eyes. The game had not been in progress for five minutes when, after attacking solidly in that period, Corner opened up play from a scrum, Hedge cutting in prettily before passing, when tackled, to Caughey, who threaded his way through 20 yards of the opposition to score at the corner. Hazlewood converted excellently. — Auckland 5, Bay nil. This reverse stung the home side to greater efforts and they were over twice, only to be penalised without scoring. Back came Auckland to an amazingly pretty try. Corner sent the ball out from a serum 15 yards out from the goal-line to Hedge, who completely outwitted the opposition wdth a jinky run, to score beside the posts. Hazlewood converted. —Auckland 10, Bay nil. Bay immediately retaliated, Reid finishing off a sweeping forward rush with a try well out, which Evans did not convert. —Auckland 10, Bay 3. The telling pace slackened for a time. Bay eventually made their way to the visitors' twenty-five, where Apsey made a fine opening, after a tricky run, before I’etting Rolls across near the posts for a try, Evans failed with the kick. —Auckland 10, Bay 6. Back came Auckland for Hazlewood to kick a penalty goal. —Auckland 13 Bay G. Bay then had the upper hand in a period of rather eventless play, but the challengers eventually came back From loose play, Corner found the defence again at fault, making an opening for Bush to get a fairly easy try, Hazlewood converted and half-time came soon after, with the visitors still attacking. Auckland 18, Bay 6. There was a rather drab opening in the second spell until the homesters got within striking distance, coming close to scoring on several occasions.

Then Clothier passed to Smith, who had come from the blind side, the Maori winger bullocldng his 'way across for a try beside the posts. Bradley converted. —Auckland 18, Bay 11. The greater part of the remainder of the spell was comparatively eventless. Auckland exploited the line to the utmost and kept the game to the forwards. With three minutes to go, Le Quesne raised the hopes of the holders by kicking a goal from a mark.— Auckland IS, Bay 14. , There was no further score, despite strenuous Bay efforts.

Otago’s Narrow Win WELLINGTON BEATEN IN MUJJ SCRAMBLE DUNEDIN, Last Night.. Otago added another to their list of intcr-provincial successes this season when they defeated the Wellington touring team at Carisbrook on Saturday afternoon by six points to five. The game was played in heavy rain and the ground was a quagmire in parts, which, with the greasy ball, made open play difficult. The match developed into a forward struggle in the rain and mud. In the last two minutes it looked as if Wellington were going to repeat their previous performance and snatch the game out of the fire with a lastminute try, but an excellent save by Silver relieved Otago from an exceedingly tight corner. With the second spell well advanced, Otago seemed to have completely dominated the visitors, but Wellington sprang a surprise and by dint of good back movements and passing, which was brilliant in the circumstances, more than held their own. Several scores were narrowly averted by Otago, who had to defend vigorously for the greater part of the Tatter half of the second spell. The Otago forwards used their weight to better advantage than the visitors and enjoyed an almost complete monopoly of the ball. The greasy ball and the ground nullified most of their efforts, however. The Wellington backs showed surprising pace and combination in the dying stages of the match, but Otago still deserved their narrow win. The first try came when Arnold, after receiving from Simon, dived ■.across to score. Silver failed, but retrieved his failure when, just before half-time, he kicked a fine penalty goal. Lilburne made.. Wellington’s only try when he raced upfield, short-punt-ed and gave McNeill a chance to streak to the ball just as it crossed the line, to score a good try. Fuller’s kick at goal was a great effort. —Otago 6, Wellington 5i , Hore, Gibson, ' ParkhilT and Niven were the best of the Otago forwards, while Simon and Dunne were the most prominent backs. Simon played a game out of the box behind the scrum, and with Silver at full-back, probably saved the match for Otago. Sadler, the Wellington half, gave an excellent display in the latter stages, at the finish outshining Simon. Had the Wellington backs shown the same combination earlier in the game, the result would have been very much different. Creswell was not too certain at full-back, but Lilburne, Langdon and Upchurch gave a good account of themselves. Fuller made some spectacular dashes, but did. not get anywhere and near the end of the game threw away a certain try through kicking when he had only the fullback to pass, instead of passing to a man backing him up. Play was very exciting in the last ten minutes and twice Wellington looked like getting across. Their

backs threw the ball about in great stj'le and the home .forwards were unable to hold the visiting pack.

Good Game at Christchurch CANTERBURY BEAT WAIRARAPA CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. The most brilliant football of the season w y as seen at Lancaster Park on Saturday, when Canterbury beat Wairarapa by 28 points to 23. The Wairarapa forwards had an advantage of weight in the scrums and some were dangerous in the loose, but the Canterbury men packed tighter and took a fair share of the ball m the scrums. The Wairarapa backs played some clever football, but they were definitely shaded by the Canterbury backs, who gave a remarkable exhibition of good attacking tactics, fast running, and clean handling. Mortloek, Oliver, and Hart were playing at the peak of their form. The visitors had the sun in their eyes for the first spell, but Jiad a light easterly breeze behind them. In the first minute of play, Manchester courted disaster by throwing a long, illdirected pass infield and the Wairarapa forwards bustled Mortloek. The Canterbury forwards got round to save, but before the game had been aoing 20 seconds Canterbury were

deficit when Rankin scored an unconverted try, Canterbury held the advantage for the first spell. Two tries were scored by Hart. Both wore presented to him by Mortloek, and Nolan converted both, in addition to Id clung two penalty goals. For Wairarapa Hemi kicked two penalty goal’s and Flutey scored an unconverted try. Half-time came with the score: Canterbury 19, "Wairarapa 9. In the second half, for Canterbury, Hart, Sweeney and Oliver scored unconverted tries, while for , Wairarapa, Devine scored two tries, one of which Hemi converted, and Hemi kicked two penalty goals. The final score was: Canterbury 28, Wairarapa 23.

Marlborough Retain Seddon Shield NELSON BEATEN BY 17 TO 10. BLENHEIM, Last Night. In summery weather here, and before a record crowd, Marlborough retained the Seddon Shield decisively, defeating Nelson by 17 points to 10. Played at-a fast clip throughout, the game was marked by torrid forward exchanges and relieved by thrilling passages of sparkling back play. Reproducing the form which enabled them to lift the trophy from West

penalised under their own goal ami Coast, Marlborough were definitely the Herai goalcd from a sitting shot. Can-superior team in virtually all departterbury, however, soon wiped off the meats.