FIRST JUNIORS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 9 May 1921, Page 5

FIRST JUNIORS.

KAPONGA v. WA^VIATE. V'?^P^ g* Juniors met and de* feated Wairaate b y> 9 to nil-three tries, all obtained by Briggs. The game was willing and at times fast. Most of the I 'backs handled the ballwel], and in future, if fed more by their forwards, |w# Prove worthy of their respective , positions. Waimate showed lack of ' combination and condition; they played ; well m the^first spell and had hard Si i s«>rfg; but in the second spell, the local,boys Mn them almost ta^ dßtlll- " Mr-C™ Crawley conf trolled the game well. , : PATEA 11. v. OPUXAKE 11. The, above junior match was played at Opuaake on Saturday and resulted" in a win for the\ visitors by H points, {two tries) to o (a converted .try). Opunake played with the wind 'in their favour during the first spell, and early '* in the game, secured their score The visitors from then on showed their superiority, and kept their opponents mainly on the defence,' but it was riot until the second spell that they were successful in crossing the line 'Owim> to >an injury received >by one of their players, Patea played a man short during the last 15 minutes. Mr P Holmes was referee »,- HAWERA 11. v OKAIAWA 11. _This matoh was -played on "the Show . Ground previous to the senioT matcn, and resulted in a win' for Ukaiawa 'by 10 pints to 6. Okaiawa scored two tries, tooth of which were conve.yted, wiiile for Hawera Foster and McPhevson scored tries. Mr J. Kilevrefereed