WORLD OF SPORT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 490, 31 August 1922, Page 7

WORLD OF SPORT.

Moascar cup COMPETITION. AUCKLAND GRAMMAR BEAT TE AUTE. The North Island semi-final for this Uoiiscar Cup was played on tiro Manama A. and P. grounds yesterday afteriqon in the presence of some 5000 specators, in bright, siirlhy weather. It was i classical exhibition* clean, fast and clever aid with a niiuiihiim of infringements—and .ho Auckland Grammar School won, their jpporients, To Ante College, being debated by 11 points to 6. For the greater part, of the time it was a very evonly,'ontcsted game, but nevertheless the Grammar School boys were by virtue of Lheir superior back play fully entitled to the win A feature of the game was the magnificent showing of Cdsllhiorc, the Auckland half, a boy of great promise. Akuirn, who recently visited Australia with Ihe Maori combination, was easily the mainstay of Te Ante. The teams wore; Auckland Grammar.—E. Singleton, Monteith, Stewart, A. Singleton, Olson, McLaren, Cashmoro, McLean, H. Clark, Kelly, Rishwon'h, Ewen, Colgan, If. Clarke, hides. Te Ante.--Anarn, Burn, Ihaid, Araiign, Akuira, (.'Lesley, Drummond, P. Tibbie, Wircmu, Ruawni, Moaka, Wanoa, Leach., Sparks and T, Tibbie. Grammar won the toss and elected to play with the wind. They early assumed the aggressive and after a couple of bright flutters on the part of the backs worked into a handy position. A scrum took place well back from tbo line, and the bail went to Cashmoro, the clever half, who after side-stepping a couple of opponents passed to Singleton, for whom the full-hack accounted on (lie touch-line. Good linekicking on the part of Akuira temporarily relieved matters for To Auto, who, however, negatived their efforts by wild passing among the backs. On the other hand the deadly tackling on the part of their forwards tended to equalise matters. Anarn, the Maoris’ full-back, won frequent plaudits for his excellent fielding of the ball, by virtue of which he more than once converted defence into attack. Presently the To Auto forwards set up a sustained attack and were carrying all before them when McLaren dashed in and brought off a brilliant save. Play was tfahfeVted to midfield, where Grammar being penalised Akuira essayed to goal, but the ball fell short. Gramimar retaliated through the agency of Cashmere, who picked up and transferred to A. Singleton. The latter lost, possession, but Cashmere recovered and scored in tho corner with groat dash, after showing a nice turn of speed. The try was not converted—Grammar 3, Te Ante 0. Thereafter Te Ante pressed hotly for a spell, tho forwards showing up well in tho tight, but losing out in the loose. The backs marred a couplo of nice openings through faulty handling, Akuira was the bright exception. Their persistence was rewarded, however, and from a loose rush Sparks scored in a good position. The attempt to add the major points failed, tho ball striking tho post and glancing off—Three all. Subsequent play saw Stewart just miss for Grammar from a penalty, and shortly afterwards A. Singleton got away from a pass by' Cashmore, only to be brilliantly tackled by the To Auto full-back. Later _E. Singleton, for Grammar, found the lino in the Te Ante twenty-five with a brilliant longrange kick, and from tho ensuing line-out McLean (the captain) bored his way through the Maori ranks and scored. The try was not converted—Grammar 6, Te Ante 3. Just before half-time McLaren put in a magnificent run for Grammar and looked exceedingly dangerous until ■ Ihaia (tho Te. Ante captain) secured and sensationally turned the tables. When the boll rang play was in neutral territory. By change over Ihe wind had freshened somewhat, and this told against the Grammar School’s kicking. Te Ante swept down determinedly and a score seemed imminent, Akuira being particularly prominent. Cashmoro, however, stepped into a dangerous breach and saved dramatically. Give and ta f ke play followed till McLean picked up in the loose and finished up a run of at least thirty-five yards by crossing tho lino and tunning round and scoring, lie converted his try— Grammar School 11, Te Ante 5, Stirred by this fresh reverse Te Ante attacked from tho kick-out. The ball swept the whole lino of their backs and Rum, the last man to receive, touched down after a fine burst of speed. Akuira just missed converting from a difficult angle—Grammar 11, To Auto 6. This put Te Ante in good heart and led by Akuira, who was in great form, they repeatedly attacked, and but for tho excellent and plucky defence on the part of tho opposing half they would have undoubtedly got over. Mr Thompson was the referee.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. MANAWATU DEFEATED. Coming on the heels of classic contest for the Moascar cup, the representative Rugby fixture, South Canterbury v. Manawatu, was very disappointing. Canterbury won by 9 to 6 after a fairly even game, which on tho whole was ragged and colourless. The teams wore:—South Canterbury: D. Fairbrother, Angland, Scott, Creighton, Spillane (captain), G. Lawson, W. Lawson, Parker, Craven, O’Connor, R. Stewart, D. Stewart, Ward, Fairbrother and Doyle. Manawatu: Swainson, Bailey, Mullins, Morris, Bramwell, Parsons, Mairo, Ltecler, Carroll, Anderson, Harkness, Lustin, Gothard, Jackson, Bucknell. South Canterbury won the toss Mid the breeze, was consequently in their favour. The homo team were immediately placed on the defence, but Manawatu counterattacked and Harkness started a loose, ragged forward rush which swept over much territory and ended in Feeder fading on the ball and scoring. Swainson's kick failed—Manawatu 3, South Canterbury 0. Nothing daunted South Canterbury set up a clever attack. W. Lawson secured from tho loose and passed to Spillane to G, Lawson who, when challenged, transferred to Scott. The latter bustled over in the corner after a short run. It wts a good piece of combined work. Scott failed to convert from a difficult angle—three all. Shortly after resumption after half-time, D, Fairbrother, the visitors full-back, essayed to pot a goal, but missed. Both sides pressed for the advantage bet lack of polish militated against scoring. '1 here was a lamentable absence i { combined work, forwards and backs alike participating in wild scrambles. This applied to both teams and it robbed the game of much of its interest. S' uth Cm terbury twice crossed their opponents’ lino, only to bo recalled for infringements. Tnere was a lively moment when Leeder finished up a short-lived Manawatu attack by a sp.riled run, but lost the ball on tho lino. As the game wore on Manawatu became more aggressive but they were never really dangerous. Nearing the end South Canterbury indulged in a forward rush as the result of which D, Stewart touched down. G. Lawson failed to add tho major points —fi—3, The visitors still pressed and within two minutes increased their lead to six points l>y virtue of a penalty goal kicked by G. Stewart. Mr Seward was the referee. IN OTHER CENTRES. At Dunedin Otago boat Taranaki by 17 points to three. Hoiowhouua beat Golden Bay at Otaki by 24 points to five after a fair game. Fry drew first blood, scoring for the visitors, then Broughton and V akefield scored in succession for Horowhenua, ono try being converted. In the second spell I’ana, Moynihan and Meta (2) scored trios, Jacob kicking two goals. Marlborough had a win ever Wanganui at Blenheim by 20 points to 16. West Coast beat Wellington at Greymouth by 15 points to six. In tho final of tho College tounament played at Wellington yesterday Christ’s College beat Wellington by seven points to three. The South Island high school football tournament concluded at Invercargill yesterday. Southland won the final, beating Timoru by eight points to three. Wairarapa defeated Auckland at Mastorton yesterday by nine points (three tries) to three points (a penalty goal).