RUGBY FOOTBALL

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 249, 21 September 1931, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

UNITED SOUNDLY BEATEN. ej kia toa win It feilding. i j , I The subsidiary competition in the i.senior division—the G. and C. Cap—--1 was continued on Saturday when Tedding Old Boys opposed United at the , j Showgrounds. The champion inter-club j team found themselves at short I strength and they made a very poor j! showing against their speedy opponents. _ | who handled very attractively on occa- ! sions and materially assisted to relieve 'j an otherwise drab game. Feilding Old | Beys ran up 19 points per medium or . four crossings, two goals from tries and ■ a penalty goal. United replying with a -; penalty goal. j I At Johnston Park. Feilding. Kia (Toa won a big scoring but uninteresr- . ling game with Feilding by 20 points to j;ll and there are now two teams on 1 terms with four points each and three . ! with two points each. However, of the i trio Old Boys are a game in arrears, j The junior “knock-out” competition [was advanced a further stage when ! High School and St. Patrick’s enjoyed (wins over Bunnythorpe and Kia Toa I respectively and there are now left in 1 the competition the two winning teams of Saturday and Old Boys A. THE SCORE BOARD. Senior. Feilding 08. 19 v. United 3. Kia Toa 20 v. Feilding 11. Junior. High School 21 v. Bunnythorpe 6. St. Patrick’s 8 v. Kia Toa 3. Thirds. United 15 v. Feilding 3. Kia Toa 11 v. Feilding H.S- 8. Midgets. Central B 3 v. Hokowhitu 0. G. AND C. CUP.

FEILDING 0.8. WIN. UNITED’S BIG DEFICIT. United, the champion inter-club team, failed to maintain their record in the Goldfinch and Cousins Cup series on Saturday, defections from their ranks resulting in the rearguard being all at sea when facing the fast, open movements of Feilding Old Boys. The winners were by far the more enterprising and fully deserved their 16 points margin.

The combinations fielded by the opposing fifteens were:— Feilding Old Boys (greeny—Trass, M. Amadio, S. Bramwell. Wilson. Dewe, Pawson, Shapleski. N. Amadio. Kynvett, Tait, Wells, Conrad, Read, Groombridge. Edhouse.

United (white). —De Cleene. Evans, Kells, Woodham, Campbell, R. Ormond, Ross. Baker, Nesbitt, Burgess. Yendall, Dalzel, Piercv, Nicholls. McClelland. Feilding Old Boys, playing with the sun at their backs, commenced in sparkling fashion and an early attack was brought to a termination in Dewe having a fruitless shot from the field. Coming back again, M. Amadio completed a handling bout only to be recalled for a knock-on. A sudden burst by Dalzel transferred for the whites, but the hand-on went astray. The greens were quickly back and another fruitless drop shot by S. Bramwell brought the assault to a close. Fast work by their forwards carried United to the attack on two occasions, but the assaults petered out and a kick through by Dewe after securing from a long throw-in set the greens down in the corner. Following a series of melees, play worked across field, where Baker came into action offside and N. Amadio turned the opportunity to profit. A long kick by S. Bramwell found touch in United territory and the ball went out to the green backs for M. Amadio to secure and Burst over at the comer. N. Amadio made a good effort to goal. The visitors’ backs were operating with great freedom and they were keeping the whites on the run, M. and N. Amadio both completing movements only to be recalled as the result of preceding breaches. Baker led United free and they went to the opposite end, where the greens escaped with a force. Play was not attaining a particularly high standard, although Feilding Old Boys were operating quite freely and were giving the ball an airing, but the interval was called with the scores unaltered.

Feilding 0.8. 6. United 0. GREENS GO AHEAD. On resumption after the interval Feilding Old Boys went to the attack per medium of their rearguard, but the whites escaped, although their tackling on occasions was atrocious. A great solo by Yendall saw him hand off player after player, but with the ball going out to the supports, the opportunity was lost by failure to handle cleanly. A free kick gave R. Ormond a shot at goal, hut the hall passed outside the far post. Campbell broke away, but Trass, the green full-back, who was playing a great game, accounted for hirn beautifully. McClelland was, however, handy and he was hot foot for the line when Dewe got back to save. The whites were now putting greater vim into their work and off-side bv N. Bramwell from within striking distance gave R. Ormond another shot, but again he failed. Evans accepted the kick out to burst down the right wing, but instead of going on, he elected to centre and M. Amadio secured to go off downfield. De Cleene accounted for him. but S. Bramwell kicked through and over the line to win in the race to ground. N. Amadio failed.

The interception of a pass on the blind side of a scrum by Ross let M. Amadio away and the winger sent across to the fanned-out forwards, but N. Amadio and Wells were beaten to the force. A period of dreary scrummaging work followed until a handling bout set M. Amadio away again and, although he was halted, the ball worked infield, where Wells snapped it up to go over by the posts. M. Amadio goaled. Immediately on the ball coming back into play M. Amadio secured to dash off downfield and then centre across the goal front, where Read took the ball on the bounce to score. M. Amadio added the major points with a nice kick. What little interest had been centred in the game had disappeared, some of the white rearguard members making feeble attempts to halt the opposition when in possession. Finally United opened their account when Yendall turned a penalty shot to profit. United 3, Feilding 0.8. 19.

Time was called a few moments later with Feilding Old Boys enjoying a winning margin of 16 points. Mr E. G. Seeker refereed.

POOR FOOTBALL AT FEILDING. WIN FOR KIA TOA. Delightful weather prevailed at Johnston Park. Feilding, on Saturday, when Feilding met Kia Toa in the subsidiary series of games. The game was ragged and uninteresting from start to finish, neither team playing with any dash. The waning of public interest in the competition

was seen also in the poor attendance which witnessed the game. The following were the teams: Kia Toa. —.J. Weston. A. Weston. Griffin. Strange. Wasley. Holtz, O'Keefe, Croll. Boldt. Kerrigan, Argyle, Biel, Mason, Burgess, Gleeson.

Feilding.—Monk. Shrimpton. K Fitzgerald, Durie. Stevens, Benge H. Dewe, Bowler. McAsev, Adsett Glassford. J. Fitzgerald. McKay Brock. Heard.

j Feilding set the leather going with ; Kia Toa facing a bright sun. The forwards locked horns in midfield for I a period, the blues finally breaking j free per medium of Wasley who sprinted across field to kick to touch. From the line out the leather came back to J. Weston who. following up hard on his kick, with Kerrigan [caught Monk and K. Fitzgerald fumbling the leather. the blues dribbling on for Gleeson to fall on the ball as it crossed the line. Wasley missed an easy kick. The blue forwards went to the attack strongly from the kick-in and, meeting a weak defence, Biel broke; through to dribble up the side line! solo to score in the corner. His own j kick went wide. Bowler came on at this stage for Feilding to assist in roiling the blues back on their last line, where, fol- \ lowing a bout of enterprising play on j the part of the attackers. Heard got i over in a handy position for Adsett to convert.

A return kick on the resumption of the game came back to Shrimpton who shot across field to get Fitzgerald and Durie away. The movement that followed contained some humorous infringements which amused the spectators, and escaped the eye of the referee, the yellows running right through the Kia Toa defences for Heard to score his second try. Adsett railed.

A ragged exhibition of football followed. both sides apparently feeling the heat, while the referee took a lenient view of the many infringements. Feilding hammered at the blue goal for a long time without success and just on half-time Wasley got away into the open. A good sprint put the blues in an attacking position, Kerrigan taking the hand-on to feed Strange, the winger coming round to ground beneath the bar. Wasley again failed. Kia Toa 9, Feilding 8.

The opening of the second spell saw the yellows moving to the attack. AlcAsey just failing to get over. A sortie by the Kia ’ioa forwards sent b eilding back to half-way where Wasley round an opening' to penetrate into the yellow defences, handing on to Biel, the latter returning to Wasley when brought down by Monk for M asley to cross. 0 Keefe failed to convert.

The succeeding play roved up and down tire field with the blues carrying the bulk of the attack. Holtz went for a gallop for over half the length or the field, but lost the chance that offered by sending out a forward pass, b eilding worked back, Dewe starting the movement which saw Heard on his mLssion from the half-way line, a tricky run and weak tackling carrying the yellow rover right through the blue defences to ground the ball for his third try under the post. Adsett failed.

1-eilding threatened the blue goal f on several occasions, but lacked ~the. 1 punch to drive their attacks home, i 1 ■ The blues rai.sed the siege, Mason i i and Burgess leading the forwards !< down into the Feilding 2-5 where Biel i secured possession to sprint for the I ; line. A trip by one of the yellow t players was noticed by the referee, . Wasley goaling from the penalty. ' j From an excursion into the blue ter-jt ritory, Feilding were forced back into! \ their own 25 where Strange secured j i possession _to dive over beneath the i bar for Wasley to convert, the game i ending with the .scores reading:— c Kia Toa 20, Feilding 11. t Air McCulloch was the referee. THE MIDGETS. * HOKOWHITU~ CENTRAL B. : The midget game at the Show- 3 grounds was supplied by Central B and r Hokowhitu, but, contrary to expocta- f tions, the latter eight, who had dis- *; played such spirit at their earlier ap- 1 pearance, failed to repeat that show- c ing and Central B carried the major f portion of the attack, although deadly 1 tackling held the yellows at bay 3 throughout the opening spell. Foi- n lowing the change over Central B * made rejieated efforts to score and, just c short of time, Burns gained the wintry—the only contribution. Air r L. Cope refereed. j TARANAKI BEAT AUSTRALIA. t s Per Press Association. 8 NEW PLYAIOUTH, Sept. 20. I Taranaki defeated Australia by 11 a points to 10 in a gruelling but. on the v whole, uninspiring match, which was C studded at rare intervals with gems of h bright Rughv. Australia’s display was * somewhat disappointing, especially as ~ the conditions were made for them, the sun shining and the ground being ! dry-. The passes generally were taken n while the players were at a standstill, v and the handling was not good. The s passing rushes gained little ground ], and the two Australian tries, both of s which were converted, resulted from € clean breakaways. Sl Taranaki’s score consisted of one j converted try and two penalties. Under the strict rulings of the referee, j Rev. Air penalties were ex- c . traordinarily numerous, and many Australian movements were .spoiled for f that reason.

The Taranaki team had been disorganised through sickness, but gave a solid display, of which the tackling was a feature. Territorially. Taranaki had a decided advantage, and it was not until the last few minutes that the team’s supporters were given much anxiety. In the first spell Australia had the misfortune to lose the captain (Malcolm) through injury. There were 10,000 spectators. Taranaki took the lead in the first few minutes, when Collins kicked a great penalty goal, and thereafter they were never headed. Both full backs, Ross and Collins, gave fine displays of line-kicking and saving. Neither, however, was particularly successful at goal kicking, Collins especially having many opportunities, though mostly from difficult positions. Though playing against a hot sun on a dry ground, Taranaki did most of the attacking The Australians, when they attacked, staged dangerous movements, hut they always failed through infringements. Less frequently Taranaki were similarly unfortunate. Only once in the first spell did the Australians give a real taste of their prowess at short passing, when for a long period they threw the hall about in Taranaki territory, the whole team participating. From that movement great things were expected of them. They gained little ground, however, as the bull as often as not was thrown straight back. Malcolm received an injury, and though he played on for some time he had later to be helped off the field, Bennett taking his place at scrum half. Taranaki almost scored when Gudgeon emerged from the ruck, but he knocked on and spoiled ' the chance. Australia replied with several attacks, hut infringements defeated them, es-| pecially in the scrums, which were de-1

eidedly unsatisfactory. Gudgeon, Peterson. Watson and Sullivan made a dangerous passing rush for Taranaki. Australia infringed and Collins kicked another fine goal. Taranaki 6. Australia 0.

The Australians instituted a bright passing movement, in which Bennett and Clark bandied and sent Cerutti awav over half the length of the field. He had just sufficient pace to score between the posts. Ross converted. —Taranaki 6, Australia 5.

With the opening of the second spell the Australian passing improved temporarily. Clark, going on top. took a pass with a clear field before him. He juggled with the ball, which finally went over his head and a great chance was lost. The play for a long time was colourless. Taranaki maintained the attack and were dangerous several times. Ross carried the ball over .the line to force and save on one occasion.

Taranaki’s persistence was rewarded when, after a passing bout in front of the goal. Watson forced his way through to score as he was tackled. Collins converted. Taranaki 11. Australia 5.

Walter led a strong Taranaki rush, hut then the scene was dramatically changed. an Australian attack sweeping the whole length of the*field for Towers to score a runaway try after Ross, Herd. Primrose and Hemingway had handled. Ross converted and the scores were : Taranaki 11. Australia 10.

Australia attacked desperately during the last few minutes, but although Taranaki had some anxious moments the defence held. Once Herd had an opportunity to score, but again an infringement spoiled the chance.

AIANAWHENUA v. WELLING TON B.

LOCAL SIDE DEFEATED. WELLINGTON. Sept. 21. After leading 22—0 at half-time the Wellington B representatives finally emerged victorious from their match with Alanawhenua at Athletic Park on Saturday by 33 points to 21. The visitors improved greatly after halftime. and at one stage drew to within seven points of their opponents. The visitors were completely outclassed in the early stages, but hard, determined play on the part of their forwards changed the tide when the second spell started. There was not a great deal of interest in the match, and the crowd totalled about 2000. The teams were:

Alanawhenua. —Ryder: Elliot. Fletcher. Broughton: Robb, Johnston; Winiata: Le Quesne: Williams. Payne. AlcKenzie, Gordon. Satherley, Height, Roddick. Wellington.—Alasters; Wylie. O'Connor, Hansen; AlcCarthy. Killeen; Coman;' Stiver; Dellabarea, Stanley, Ward, Kenny. Smith, Watson, Bydder. The home team were first on attack but AlcKenzie changed the situation by intercepting a pass, gaining ground in a good run and sending out to Le Quesne and another support. The movement broke down not far from AVellington's line, and it was not long before Coman broke through, supported by AlcCarthy and Stiver. These three completely beat the defences, and when a long pass from AlcCarthy was accepted by Wylie, on the wing, the three-quarter had a clear run in for an excellent try. Alasters converted.

Hansen secured, put in a great run. and sent on to Watson for the latter to score well out. Alasters missed with the kick.

Soon afterward Roddick had a shot at goal from a penalty kick for the visitors, but it fell short. Fletcher also had a chance with a penalty kick a few minutes later, but he also missed. Then Watson was prominent in a fine dribbling rush to halfway, and the position, was improved by a long touch-finder by Alasters. Wellington were right on the line, and from the throw-in Stiver secured and beat the opposition to score well out. Alasters missed.

The Wellington forwards got going again, this time in a splendid short passing rush. Killeen and Ward played prominent parts and then the ball was sent out to Dellabarea, who used his speed well and scored in the corner. Alasters missed. Alanawhenua went close to scoring following a rush started by Johnston and Fletcher. The forwards carried on and took plav to within a few yards of the line, but Wellington cleared from a five-yard scrum. Johnston, Fletcher and Le Quesne took part in another promising rush, but mishandling prevented good results. Eventually Wellington cleared well upfield. and then forced play to near the Alanawhenua line, where Stanley secured and forced his way over for a good try. Alasters missed. Just before half-time Wellington again forced play to near Alanawlienua’s line. There, from a scrum. Coman worked the blind side well, and handed on to Stiver, who scored. A[asters converted with an excellent kick. —Wellington 22. Alanawhenua 0. MANAWHENUA lAIPROVE. The Alanawhenua forwards put a good deal of sting into their play when the second spell started, and a series of rushes kept Wellington hard pressed. After five minutes of strenuous attacking the visitors gained their first points when Gordon secured and scored under the posts. Johnston converted.

Wellington were awarded a penalty in a handy position, and Coman succeeded with the kick at goal. Manawhenua had the better of play .from the kick-off, and loose play among the forwards saw the home team gradually losing ground. 'There was a brief burst of passing when the visitors secured elo.se to the line, and Quesne ended the move with a good try. Johnston missed.

Johnston tried to cut through and start his backs going, but lie was robbed of the ball by Stiver, who broke away, kicked over Ryder’s head, and allowed Ward, who was in support. to get across practically unopposed. Coman missed.

Gradually Manawhenua gained ground, and were in a handy position when given another penalty kick. Johnston had a shot at goal and succeeded.

A few minutes afterward Johnston had another chance, and his kick was only inches short of the posts. At this stage Robb was hurt, and had to retire. He was replaced by T. Parata, the burly Maori plaver, who went into the five-eighth’ line. In a forward rush started not long after the replacement the visitors carried all before them, and Gordon ended the movement by scoring. Johnston converted.

Within two minutes the visitors had scored again, once more through good work among the forwards. McKenzie touched down in a handy position, and Johnston was again successful with the kick.

The remainder of the game was fairly even until, just before time, Wylie scored a good try at the end of a passing burst. Masters converted —Wellington 33, Manawhenua 21 The referee was Mr D. Calcinai.

MANAWHENUA TEAM TO PL A.Y WAIRARAPA. The representative programme for the 1931 Rugby season will he brought to a conclusion on Wednesday when Wairarapa will play a return visit to

; Palmerston North. On the occasion , or Alanawhenua opopsing the greens at Alasterton in the initial fixture for the ; season, so far as the local representatives were concerned, Wairarapa won by 29 points to 17. but Alanawehnua supporters are confident that their men will fittingly wind up activities with a victory. The following team has been selected to do duty for Alanawhenua : Full-back—Ryder. Three-quarters Elliott, Fletcher. Broughton. Five-eighths—T. Parata, Johnson. Half-back—Winiata. Ming forward—Le Quesne (captain). Back row—AlcKenzie. Williams. Supports—Dalzell. Gordon. Look-—Satherley. Hookers—Hight, Roddick. Emergencies: Amadio. Youle. Warren. j

| AUCKLAND BEAT WELLINGTON. ' M. NICHOLLS FAREWELLED. Per Press Association. Al CKLAND, Sept. 19. Aucklanders were seen at their season's best in the annual Rugby match against Wellington to-day, the' visitors being defeated by 27 points to 19. The game was fast and open and interesting riget through. The weather was beautifully fine and there was an attendance of nearly 15.000.

The match was the farewell appearance in Auckland of Alark Nicholls. who played a game in keeping with the occasion. At the final whistle members of the Auckland team surrounded him and carried him shoulder high from the field, the crowd giving him a fine ovation.

OTHER AIATCHES.

Otago and Southland met in the final ‘match of the season at Dunedin on Saturday afternoon, the game resulting in an overwhelming victory for Otago by 41 points to 3. In a remarkably even, fast and varied game at. Blenheim on Saturday. Buffer defeated Alarlborough by 20 points to 17. In the Challenge Cup final at Christchurch on Saturday, Merivale 19 beat Linwood 10.

Pci fit?. Ch. P. W. D. L. For. A git. PtE Bedding O.B. 3 2 — 1 2j 24 4 1 United 5 2 — i 26 33 4 ! Old hove ... 2 i — 1 33 29 2 Feildi nt> 3 i — 2 35 47 2 Kia Toa 3 i — 2 31 25 2 7 — 7 163 163 14