RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1936, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SATURDAY’S GAME

Senior.* Excelsior 34, Pirates 0. Kiwi 0, Cobden 9;' Blaketown 17/'St?lfs 8. Junior. Kiwi 14, Ross 11. Kokatahi 15, Pirates 0. ' Third Grade. Excelsior 21, Pirates 11.

The two senior games played on Cass Square on Saturday afternoon attracted a fair attendance. On No 1 ground the Pirates / ' failed to get together iri sufficient strength-to Hold the Excelsiors, and went down in substantial manner, while on No 2 ground a hard fought contest ended iri a draw, nine points each.

- EXCELSIOR V PIRATES

The opening stages were fairly , even, the Pirates /forwards ' holding their own while poor, handling by the Kxsrilsior bafcks dost much ground -.at times. The first. feature was a neat potted goal by Mackrill, the Excelsior full-back. Before Half time tries were scored ‘by ■ Fleming and Connolly, one. of which Davidson converted. In tne second half the Pirates held their own for a while but then their condition gave out and Excelsiors scored - at regular intervals and six tries were added two of which were converted by Davidson and Mackrill, the game r ending Excelsior- 34 points (Btries, three converted and a potted goal) to nil. The 'scorers were Davidson (2), Fleming (2), Connolly/ Muir, ' Kelly, and Bradley. Mr R. Collett' was referee.

KIWI V. COBDEN.

This game was played cn number two ground and was an everi, hardfought game right"‘throughout. The Kiwi team started with 13 'men, but had their full strength* during the gamer The result was a good indicition of the evenness of the teams. Neither side had much combination,and the scores were more"or less individual efforts. The goal kicking of both * sides was very poor.

Walker kicked- off for Kiwis, and ; play hovered in Cobden’s quarters: From a scrum West handed the ball fb ? V'*:S Roberts, and he sent on to M. Morgan, who put in a nice' dodgy run to; score near the posts, Walker failed, to •/ convert, and * Kiwis led 3. nil. Cobden. .-■'.*. then rushed tile play 'to the (other end, and Allsopp obtaining the ball, sent A. King over to score near the. _. Limbom could not convert, , and * ’the : score read 3 all. Cobden were, now-hav-ing the best. of the play, and from; a rush A. King, scored again near thav corner, but the effort-to convert failed, and Cobderi led’ by 6 to : 3. 1 Shortly after a nice run by Roberts from midfield up the centre of the field, and when blocked by Vaughan he gave a nice pass to Mason who scored, Walked again failed to improve, and the score V was again even—6 all. Cobden were putting in good work by their forwards, and from a nice rush Birchfield scored, and Cobden took the lead and kept this to the end bf the spell. . .;rri* " On resuming ' Cobden continued Ix> *■' ' attack, and play remained in. Kiwi, territory for some time, but their defence kept Cobden out, and a free to Kiwis helped to stay the attack; ' Play, continued to be riven, hut all the efforts lacked combination, ( the ’ backs of both sides failing to gain rriuch ground. iLiwisriow started to put' some vim into their work, and a nice cliance to score was lost by Roberts failing to take a pass* from West, with a, clear field in front of him, and sup- * ported byy three other mates. Continuing to press, Kiwis, thanks to a nice effort by AValker, managed *to even the score again, Chinn scoring. Cobden' made another effort to enhance their score, and were very nearly rewarded, y: - only the defence of the Kiwi backs. stopped them. Shortly after the geinfS.';, " • ended with honours even. .n Mr J. Butland had charge of the game. - *-' 4 ‘ : '

BLAKETOWN 17 y.' STAR 8. 1

There was only one. senior match at y Rugby Park on Saturday, when Blaketown defeated Stars by 17 points (three tries, one converted, and two penalty goals) to eight (two tries, one of which was converted). A good atten-: dance of spectators witnessed a keenly contested and at times a very exciting game, especially towards the end of 'itye second spell, when ■ Blaketown team exploited the open game to advantage.

The junior game, Excelsiors v Aralntra wa s postponed on Saturday.'V. The junior game at Kokatahi,. between Kokatahi aml Pirates resulted in a win for Kokatahi by 15 to nil."

THIRD GRADE •

The third grade match. at Woodstock between Excelsior third grade rud Pirates resulted, in a win for Exselsinrs by 21 to 11. For the winners, Dolich, Keen, , Hurfen, Henderson,, and Breeze scored'tries the latter runverting three. For Woodstock, Wells Knowles, and Keenan scored tries the latter converting one. Mr A. Howat was referee. , -

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