RUGBY FOOTBALL

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 221, 14 August 1930, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

YESTERDAY’S TRIAL GAME. MANAWATU TROUNCE HORO- - BY 37 POINTS TO 3. With the representative engagements looming up in the near future, Manawhenua took steps to set their house in order yesterday by the staging of the second of the home and home matches between Manaw'atu and Horowhenua at the Showgrounds as a means to determining the composition of the fifteen to do duty for the combined union. On the occasion of the previous trial game at Levin the conditions were not all that could be desired and, unfortunately, another heavy ground was offering yesterday. The standard of play did not attain any great heights and the faster Manawatu players overwhelmed the southerners in the second spell to win out bv 37 points to three. THE TEAMS. In the intervening period since the previous trial, both fifteens have undergone considerable amendment and the teams which filed out for their respective councils yesterday were as under: Horowhenua (red and blue). —Taylor, Tilley, Graham, D’Aih, R. Broughton, Merwood, Coffy, Williams, Gray, Tatana, Satlierkfv, Harrison, Morgan, Fitzgerald. Hakaraia. Manawatu (green and white). —S. Bramwell, Griffin, .Fletcher, Moffatt, N. Bramwell, Goldfinch, Shapleski, McKenzie, Flowers, Itae, Miles, McClelland,. Dalziell, Henry, Fitzgerald. With the all essential ball absent, a delay was entailed in the rival forces taking the field, but some 15 minutes after the appointed hour Tatana, the visiting skipper, brought the game into action by kicking off towards the northern goal. From the initial scrum, the greens heeled to Shapleski, who ran round the blind side prior to short kicking and the movement went right on to the goal front before Graham saved by lining out. Merwood cleared only to be recalled and the visitors were . penalised in the scrum, giving Fletcher a shot at goal, but the ball veered outwards, enabling the reds to escape with a force. Hard on the kick out Williams broke away unsupported from a line out, but McKenzie bustled Merwood off the leather and Moffatt snapped up the leather to line out. Taylor; the Horowhenua custodian, was enterprising when lie had a drop shot at goal and, although S. Bramwell saved, the Horowhenuas continued to carry the aggressive. Repulsed in the one instance, the greens came again, N. Bramwell cutting in. Although halted, he handed on to Henry, to Rae, foi the last-named to complete in good position. Fletcher goaled. The opening score had taken W minutes to secure, but the second followed practically immediately after for, from an attacking position, the greens opened and, with Tilley coming in to take Fletcher, Griffin accepted the hand on to burst over wide out his dive carrying him under Taylor s tackle. Fletcher found the range too great. . n The reds, stung by the sudden reverse, ivorked to the attack, high tackling assisting them to that end and they were unlucky to have their efforts thwarted by a force down. Play was not of a particularly high, order, although: matters brightened when Graham and Tilley got away on the right wing, the latter accepting the final pass only to be grassed just short of his objective. He again secured possession on recovering his feet, but went into touch in goal. Following a forcedown by Taylor, Tilley short kicked to the blind side to recover and kick down field only to be beaten by S. Bramwell, and in a flash the greens were away again, Griffin being forced into touch close to the corner. The standard ot play’ again slumped for a period with the reds carrying the aggressive and j ust on the interval Tilley had another long, but fruitless shot at goal from a penalty in the region of the centre line. The half-time scores were:

Manawatu 8, Horowhenua 0. On resumption following the interval, Manawatu assumed the aggresisve for quite a period, although tnere was not a great - deal of-snap-about their play. However, from a, : melee following N. Bramwell losing possession, the f lve " eiglith recovered to cut straight through and go over. Fletcher goaled. A pretty try was forthcoming when Moffatt secured in midfield, the Te Kawau inclusion showing his paces by dancing his way. clean through the opposition which iiad. been weakened by Hakaraia, who had dropped back to full-back, retiring with an injury- Ditcher goaled. ■ . A nice solo by Tatana and a hand on to • Merwood set the five-eighth en route for the line, but. S. Bramwell got him just, in time. Fletcher picked up to clear only to be penalised, but Tilley!s shot went astray. From practically' on the green line, the reds opened, but-the hand on to lilley went’astray and Griffin snapped ui> to show a clean pair of heels, .the winger swerving infield when down to the full-back to ground the ball between the posts. It was ’ a spectacular effort for the reds had again filled their ranks by Hakaraia returning. cher goaled. • ' Dalziell burst away in another solo and, although the attack was halted, the reds were ■ penalised under their own goal and Fletcliet added another three points, Although the score had become overwhelming, the reds continued to carry their full share of the play, but the greens were the more dangerous in the open and Fitzgerald was the next to burst into - prominence, although the territory, was lost again. A hand out from the forwards -to Shapleski, to Goldfinch, saw tlie latter bluff the defenders and then hand on to Griffin right on the line to score in the corner. Fletcher missed.. _ The play was not without its humorous incidents for the greens had now taken command and were opening, up the game almost at will. From a scrum Shapleski danced his way round to hand to Flowers, who sent on to Griffin for the wmger to complete. Fletcher made a good effort to goal. Following upon Tilley losing what promised to be a certain score, Tatana opened their overdue account by barging over from a scrum in the corner. Taylor failed to add the major points. A reply was forthcoming from the greens when a loose rush saw Broughton get his side into difficulties and Moffatt snapped. up to run in behind the posts for Fletcher to goal, Manawatu 37, Horowhenua 3. The game come to a close some minutes later with the score unaltered. Mr H. Hands carried the whistle.

WAIRARAPA BEAT BUSH. MASTERTON, Aug. 13. Wairarapa had no difficulty in defeating Bush at Carterton to-day . by 36 points to 12. Despite the margin of points Bush showed brilliance, oftime especially in the forward division. The Bush backs were far below representative standard, but its forward ~ division more than held itself. The' weather conditions, which were not of the best, the greater' part, of the game being played in drizzling rain, with a greasy ball, were in favour pf Bush,’ but, nevertheless, Wai rara P a

secured a convincing victory. For Bush, Galvin, Gerard, Mahoney and Olliver were conspicuous in the forwards, the first-mentioned player at wing-forward being superior to J. Donald. McGregor, Le Quesne and Walker were the outstanding Wairarapa forwards, the first two being prominent in many forward rushes. Corkill, Stringfellow, and Jury were prominent in the back division. F. Fuller’s kicking was again the feature of the day, and despite the greasy ball he was able to convert all the tries scored, with the exception of one, and kick a penalty goal. In the Wairarapa team Denby replaced P. Jury on the wing, and S. Reid replaced Willoughby in the forwards, M. Parker replaced K. Fairborther, and Fairbrother, I. Harvey. Play opened quietly, but within the first three minutes Corkill broke through from a scrum for Fairbrother to score. Fuller converted. Wairarapa continued to attack, but was frustrated by the strong Bush defence. Play was for the most part below representative standard, both teams losing many chances to score. Toward the end of the spell, Bush had the advantage over Wairarapa and made the pace fast and furious, but was unable to score. The next score came to Fuller, who kicked a goal from a penalty just inside half-way. Though Bush was hooking the ball well from almost every scrum, the backs failed to make use of opportunities and Wairarapa secured the next try. Play had been in the Wairarapa twenty-five, but Corkill cleared with a good kick to the near line. From the ensuing lineout, Le Quesne crossed for Fuller to convert! Bush’s only score in this spoil came to McCarthy, who scored from a line-out in the corner. Ollivand converted and the spell ended: Wairarapa 13, Bush 5. In the second spell, which was played for the most part in drizzling rain, Wairarapa showed up well, and was able to add 23 points to its opponents’ 7. For Wairarapa, Le Quesnm Corkill, Stringfellow, Fuller and Donald secured tries, while Fuller did the kicking. For Bush, Reeve kicked a field goal, and Mabey secured a try just on time. The final score was: Wairarapa 36, Bush 12. OTAGO BEAT HAWKE’S BAY. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Aug. 13. In a fast game which at times provided exciting football, Otago beat Hawke’s Bay to-day by 17 points to 11. The visitors had the better of the first spell, in,.which play at- the start was ragged, becoming brighter toward the end. Hawke’s Bay secured most of the ball and the backs were frequently sent away in passing rushes which generally lacked penetration, the Otago tackling being good. In the second spell, Otago secured a bigger share of the ball, and the last half hour was crowded with spectacular incidents. The visiting forwards were much heavier than Otago, but toward the end they became sluggish, Otago’s greater pace winning them the match. COLLEGE MATCH. WELLINGTON DEFEAT ST. PATRICK’S. WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. Tile forty-fourth annual Rugby match between Wellington College and St. Patrick’s College was played at Athletic Park yesterday. There were 2000 spectators. It was clean, bright, open football from start to finish, and the score would have been much larger had it not been for’ the deadly tackling of both sides. Wellington owed its victory, 15 points to 6, to more accurate handling by the rearguard. MANAWHENUA “REPS.” MATCH AGAINST WAIRARAPA. Tlie following team lias been selected •to represent the Manawhenua Rugby Union against Wairarapa at Masterton on Saturday, leaving Palmerston North at 8.30 a.m. by motor car:— Full-back: Johnson (H.). Tliree-quarterg: Griffen (M.), Fletcher (M.), Moffatt (M.). Five-eiglitlis:/Goldfinch (M.), Bramwell (M.). Half-back: Shapleski (M.). Wing-forward: Roddick (H.). Hookers: Fitzgerald . (M.), Henry (M.). Lock: Miles (M.). Side row': Tatana (H.), Conrad (M.) Back row: Galpin (M.), Satlierley (H.). . . ’ Emergencies—-Backs: Akuira (M,), Taylor (H.). Forwards: Rae (M.), Williams (H.).

MANAWHENUA RUGBY UNION. FUTURE MATCHES. A meeting of the Manawhenua Rugby Union was held in Palmerstqn North last evening when there were present: Messrs J. McGill, J. A. Colqulioun, G. Mitchell, H. Crawford, J. It. Hardie, K. Eglinton, T. McHerron, R. E. Hatch, F. : Robinson and A. Richards. Apologies for absence were received .from Messrs W. Winiata, J. Ryan and J. Casey. The Wairarapa Rugby Union wrote stating that it favoured the appointment of an outside referee for the Wai-rarapa-Manawhenua match, at Masterton on Saturday. The game had been set down for 2.30 p.m. —Mr Crawford considered that the union should abide ;by. its custom and ask that a home referee control, the fixture. .The principle was supported by. the other members and, on the motion of Mr Hurdle, seconded by Mr Hatch, it was decided- to request that Mr H. J.. McKenzie control the game.The Taranaki Rugby' Union advised that it had been unable to accede to the union’s request that the Mana-whenua-Taranaki match be played at Hawera. It-was pointed out that the difference between the prospective gate takings at Hawera and New Plymouth would be approximately £IOO and the fixture had accordingly been set down for New Plymouth on the 30th inst. —On the motion of Mr Colquhoun, seconded by Mr Robinson, it was decided to meet the wishes of the Taranaki Union.

The Auckland Union advised that its team to play Manawhenua at. Palmerston North, next Wednesday would arrive at noon on Tuesday, departing at 8.30 a.’m. on Thursday.—Received. Messrs Crawford, Eglinton and Hardie were appointed an entertainment com-' mittee to meet the visitors. It' was further arranged’ that both team's be entertained at dinner following the match. GATE CHARGES. The gate -charges for representative matches for the remainder of tlie season were fixed as under:. —Outside gate, adults is; children free; stand, adults Is, children 6d. On the occasion .of Wednesday’s match —when Palmerston : North High School and Napier High School will furnish the curtain-raiser —High School boys will be admitted free. TEAM MANAGER. Mr Robinson was appointed manager of the Manawhenua team to visit Taranaki, the determining of the mode of transport being- lbft in the hands of the secretary,'to' arrange. Mr Robinson wits also appointed to manage ’the team to visit Wanganui the following Wednesday,