St. Pat’s Lower Colours of Championship Leaders

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 157, 6 July 1936, Page 8

St. Pat’s Lower Colours of Championship Leaders

Old Boys Vanquished by Two Points

Feilding Old Boys Now Leading »he Field

One of the major surprises of the season occurred in the senior competitions of the Manawatu Kugoy Union, wnen St, Patrick’s, after being behind for most of the game, played above themselves and defeated Old Boys, who nave been flying their flag at the top of the championship ladder, by two points. The result is that Betiding Old Boys, who had a conuortable win on Saturday against Pending B, now hold the lead by one point with a game less played. St. Pat’s are rewarded for their victory by going up one place at the expense of Kia Toa, who on Saturday were beaten by Peilding A. The latter team is in third position, two points behind Old Boys. Massey College nad the bye on Saturday. • The three leading junior teams hold their positions unchanged. Conditions were good for play on Saturday, with little sun in evidence and a stiff wind that made things sufficiently cool for hard toiling.

Senior Championship Ladder. Points Ch.

again. An outstanding try put into them sufficient heart to make them winners in a match that from start to finish was characterised by good open football.

It is not easy, from Old Boys’ point of view, to account for their defeat, unless it was due to the lack of fire and penetration that was evident in their back line. Their handling was good, but their tactics had too little aggrossion to see them through the day against their redoubtable opponents. Another try earlier in the game, when they had things mostly their own way, would have been tho salvation of the blacks. But that salvation they failed to treat themselves to. The teams were:— Old Boys (black): Betteridge, L. Bradley, M. Moffatt, Thompson, Olliver, Plank, Irvine, Wilson, Louisson, R. Cutler, O’Dea, Powell, Henry, Kingsbeer, Thomas. St. Pat’s (green): Richards, MeKewen, M. Gillespie, Culpan, R. Gillespie, Brinsden/Edlin, Powell, Findlay, Sears, Smith, Heaney, Fitzpatrick, Simmonds, Ross.

KESULTS AT A GLANCE. Senior. St. Pat’s S, Old Boys 6. Peilding Old Boys 20, Feilding B 3. Peilding A 12, Kia Toa 9. Massey College, a bye. Junior. Old Boys 23, Woodvillc 0. St. Pat’s 13, Kia Toa 8. Peilding Old Boys 13, United 5. High School IS, Te Arakura 5. Massey College beat Bunnytkorpo by default. Third Grade. Old Boys 12, Kia Toa 3. Peilding li, United 4. Peilding Old Boys 15, Feilding High School 13. Fourth Grade. Massey College 13, High School 3. Kia Toa 15, Old Boys 6. Midgets. Central A 25, Central B 0. St. Patrick’s Put it Over Old Boys By eight points to six, St. Pat’s accounted for Old Boys in a match that displaced the latter from the head of the ladder, and also deprived them of the Jubilee Cup. A good crowd followed the game. It was only at a late stage that the winners came to light, and their backs, light and alert, and full of opportunism, took charge of things to upset calculations in splendid fashion. The Old Boys forwards were definitely superior, and dominated most of the game, but when St. Pat’s cams out of the box, there was no putting them back

The greens kicked off, but the blacks were soon among them, rushing things beyond the 25 line. Betteridge was optimistic, but his attempt to drop a goal failed. There were several quick excursions before the green forwards rollicked up to the other end of the field. Sears nearly broke through, and then Old Boys were penalised. Powell missed a handy kick by a slight margin. There were several infringements, and Old Boys were moro than lucky when a splendid long-distance kick by Powell bounced back off the upright. St. Pat’s continued to collar all the play; Edlin got the ball away smartly to the backs, whose in and out passing was pretty to watch and full of danger to the defenders. The Old Boys rearguard tackled however with great effectiveness, although chafing for a chance to show their metal. Betteridge failed with a penalty from tho sideline, but a moment later the blacks swept into action from an opening by Henry, and after some bright handling that was just too much for the greens, Powell went over with a bunch of men on top of him. Betteridge failed with the kick, but a moment later increased the points with a successful penalty kick. 6 —o.

Brinsden led the greens away in a stylish run, but was well tackled by the blacks’ custodian, and the move faded out for lack of support. Richards was injured in stopping a rush, and retired. McKewen became fullback and Haliarnore stepped into the three-quarter line. Blacks made a great attempt when Irvine whipped the ball out from a scrum and it travelled cleanly all along the line. Bradley, however could not quito make tho distance, and the supports who came round outside could not get the transfer they sought. The blacks were attacking indifferently when the bell sounded tho interval. Brinsden Outstanding

Brinsden held the foreground of the picture upon resumption, gathering m ihc ball to intercept and make a long passage before he was hauled down. Recourse to the touchline enabled Old Boys to carry tnc light almost to the greens’ goal-line, but the defence was adamant. Bradley received on the outside, and made a good centring run, but Brinsden came round to save smartly. The black forwards were not pushing the game as keenly as they might have been, and the greens raided temporarily until Thompson raced up the sideline to transfer once more to greens’ territory.

A Spectacular Try The game wa3 getting unnecessarily dull when the greens brought off a surprise move that it would be difficult to excel. Old Boys were attacking, when a high pass out to Olliver saw Brinsden leap up to intercept and cover a big slice of territory. He transferred to Hallamore, to R. Gillespie, to M. Gillespie, who crowned a great piece of handling by reversing to his brother, who raced round and grounded midway between the posts. A straight kick by Powell left the teams only a point apart.

The greens were right after another try following their success, and with more of the ball coming their way from the scrum, the blacks were sorely tested. Brinsden punted deep instead of handing out, but Betteridgo was in position and saved splendidly. Penalties were frequent all through the match, and Powell brilliantly aton ed for his early failures when, with a magnificent sideline kick from 40 yards out, he found the uprights and amid a furore of applause the score was signalled to: St. Pat ’a-8: Old Boys 6. j The sting brought Old Boys back to their former mettle, but that was not enough now that the greens were playing above themselves. Tho black for wards got through some grand work, O’Dca, Thomas, Kingsbeer and Louisson were in tho limelight. Irvine got his line away, but one of tho greens got his boot to a loose ball and his speculation paid a comforting dividend away up the

sideline. Brinsden beat the bunch with another breakaway, and when R. Gil lespie accepted perfectly he seemed sot for a final try, with two sparo men running in company. "Moffatt, however, saved the day, and when Gillespie was tacklod Findlay could not get his hands on the ball. Old Boys had to seek the line twice to stave off tho greens, and although the blacks recovered form in tho last few minutes, they were beaten beyond hope of recovery. Mr. G. Taylor refereed.

Selecting the Reps. The following 3U players have beer, selected to train tor tho Manawatu team to tour tho (South island. 'The first practice will be field at 7.30 p.m on vVeunesduy next at the bnowgrounus, x'aimeision North, at 7.3 U uetteriugo (O.B.), At. ttermer (Fcild in g;, vvaiuin (Feiimng), Bradley (U.K.), Uaruao (K.T.), it. Uiilespm (».jt\), (J. Wilson (P.U.8.), Bramwoli (jj.UM.), Waugn (F.U.8.), Ollivei (0.8. j, tnuiston (N.U.8.), JSicol (Peild mg;, Hrmaueu (S.P.), Blytno (M.(J.) fiiouisson (U.B.j, Crawiord (J\.T.), Sutton (M.G.), tlenry (O.B.), Lewes (m.U.j, Sullivan (Feilding), J. Finlay (F. 0.8.), McKenzie (K.T.), Irving (iU.C.), Montgomerie (Feilding.), Fowell (S.P.), Williams (K.T.), O’Dea (OH.;, Newman (Feilding), L. Findlay (S.P.), Fletcher (M.G.).

With the Juniors Old Boys defeated Woodville 28—0 after a fast and furious game. Old Boys had the advantage of better combination throughout, their forwards packing well and getting tho ball out to the baexs cleanly. Woodville put up a good opposition during tho first spell but after the interval lost heart. Macpherson (1), Lang (3), Hansen (2) scored tries for Old Boys whilst Lang and Stuckey converted one each, the latter also kicking a penalty. The rcfereo was Mr. F. Petrie.

In the Feilding Old Boys v. United match the former team won 13—5. Both sides were fairly evenly matched, although Feilding had perhaps the heavier forwards and pressed the at tack the whole time. United lacked combination and seldom gave their backs much opportunity to do any work. Pyne, McLeod and Kylo scored for Feilding Old Boys, Carter converting two, whilst Allen crossed for United, Elliott converting. The referee was Mr R. Akuira.

Bunnythorpc defaulted to Massey College, but a scratch game was arranged in which Massey defeated Bunnythorpe.6—3. The play throughout was mainly forward and was marred by wild passing and rash moves. Both teams however fought hard and provided somo breath-taking moments. Mathews kicked two penalty goals for Massey and Burton one for Bunnythorpe. The refereo was Mr J. Pinfold.

Third Graders in Curtain-raisei

In a good curtain raiser on tho oval Old Boys thirds defeated Kia Toa by 12 points to 3. The wholo of the first spell was played out without any score resulting, but after the division Old Boys carried too many guns for their opponents, and put on four unconvented tries to one. Scores for tho -winners were Barnes, Boag, Huso and Pukoiowski. Bond secured the only score for Kia Toa. Mr J. Burgess refereed.

WITH THE MIDGETS The midget game was a racy if onesided contest between Central A. and Central 8., the former winning 25 —0. Try-getters were Spear (2), Johansen, Mac Queen, Feasoy, Gordon and Cooksley. Johansen converted twice. The best effort for tho B. team was a dazzling run by Calder, who just failed to get there.

Rangitikei Sub-Union

Seniors. Old Boys 7 defeated Halcombe 3, match played at Halcombe. Hunterville t) defeated Pirates (Vvanganui) 3, match played at Hunterville. Juniors. Turakina, the unbeaten team this season (6) defeated Old Boys (0), match played at Marion. Bulls 2-1 defeated Hunterviilo 9, match played at Bulls. Halcombe, a bye. Junior Table.

The uiatcn at Bulls played on Saturuay in the junior competition was interesting througnout, the score not indicating the game as it was fairly even turougnoui with Hunter vilio having the best ox tho last quarter of an hour, ttowever, they were unable to finish off their efforts. Bulls kicked off with the wind in their favour, Hunterville returning and from a free kick had Bulls defending. However, the Bulls backs were too good. Campbell secured and malting an opening, passed to Carthy, who beat his man, scoring well out. Coles ’ kick went wide. Bulls 3, Hunterville nil. The game was in the centre of tne field for some time till E. .Ellery (Bulls) got away, but was well stopped. Hunterville had a free kick, but again the ball went wide. Hunterville forwards returned play to Bulls’ half, where Illston (Hunterville) cleverly picked up and was nearly over, his pass being missed. Bulls cleared and Cole, securing from a return, nicely ran around and out to McKinnon, who raced across. Coles’ kick failed. Bulls 0, Hunterville 0. On resuming Hunterville had another free kick, but Partridge failed. The Bulls forwards re tuned play and Campbell was nearly over. Again Campbell got possession and passed out to Stantiall, who held on too long, thus missing a score. The

Bulls half, McKinnon, got his men going from a scrum, the ball going through all the backs and back to Bending, who crossed. This time Colo goaled. Bulls 1-I—nil. Hunterville now. were pressing and Illston secured and with a good run put Locs in position to draw first blood for Hunterville. Bulls 11—-3. Bulls were awarded a frea kick and Cole placed a good ball. Bulls 17—3.

Shortly after starting the second hali Hunterville had a free kick, Illston placing a nice goal. Bulls 17, Hunterville 0. Illston for Hunterville was playing good football, giving tho local team a lot of trouble. He was again nearly over, but Bulls foi wards returned the play to the opposing lino when McKinnon from a loose scrum picked up and potted a clever goal score. Bulls 21 —6. Hunterville were now pressing Bulls and Dalziell, with a good kick, placed Bulls on the defence fivo yards from their line. The local team wero pressed hard, Cole finally relieving. Campbell followed up and with a long run passed to de Burgh, who was grassed a few yards from the line. Hunterville worked tho ball back and Illston was nearly over again. A free kick to Hunterville enabled Illston to place a nico goal. Bulls 21 —9. From a scrum McKinnon got possession and passed out to Campbell, to Goodall, to Stantiall, who ran over. The kick failed. Bulls 24 —9. From now on Huntervillo were pressing hard, but the defence held. Mr. E. Westwood refereed.

For Hunterville Illston was outstanding with Dalziell and Lees playing well. For Bulls Campbell was in great form and Bending, Stantiall and McKinnon did their work well. The forwards all showed much improvement, Cole being patchy.

Representative Game at Auckland

TARANAKI BEATEN BY NARROW MARGIN 1 Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. The annual Rugby match between the representative fifteens of Auckland and Taranaki was played at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon in fine weather and in the presenco of a large gathering of spectators, and Auckland won by 21 points to 17 after a close and exciting contest. The ground was in good order after the week’s rain apart from the centre of the field. The closeness of the scoring maintained the interest of tho crowd right to the final whistle. It was mostly a forward game with the respective packs striving hard for tho honours, which were eventually fairly evenly divided. Auckland had a shade the better of the scrums but the Taranaki vanguard was superior in tho loose. The Auckland pack gave a much better display than it did against Waikato nearly a fortnight earlier. More weight was put into the scrum with the result that tho hooker received much more assistance. The Auckland backs were again unimpressivo as a combination.

Tho Taranaki forwards lived up to the reputation which had preceded them, their looso rushes especially being well worth seeing. There was a definite weakness in the five-eighths line, however, and this affected the general display of the rearguard. Auckland’s tries were scored by MeLoan (2), D. Solomon and Killeen. Beyer converted three tries and kicked a penalty goal, Taranaki’s points comprised tries by D. Ruakere, Sullivan and McNeile, and one was converted by Collins who also kicked two penalty goals.

RESULTS PROM OTHER CENTRESWellington. Senior A. —-hirst Division. Wellington C. 0.8. 16, Hutt 9. Athletic 20, Wellington 11. Poneke 21, Eastbourne 16. Petono 16, Johnsonville 11. Marist 0.8. 6, St. Pat’s 0.8. 5. Senior A.—Second Division. Athletic 22, Miramar 12. University 25, Wellington 7. Wellington C. 0.8. 18, Pirates 6. Oriental 12, United 6. Christchurch, Merivalo 21, Atutetic 13. Old Boys 6, Christchurch 6. Sunnyside 14, Sydenham S. Albion 16, Linwood 13. Wanganui. Kaierau 8, Tecniucal 0.8. 0. Waveriey 6, Old Boys 6. Marist 22, Eatana 0. Horownenua. Hui Mai 26, Kuku 8. Punahau 19, W'andercrs 14. Shannon beat Athletic. Foxton 17, United -0. Hawne s Bay. H. 5.0.8. 13, Pirates 9. Technical 0.8. 10, Hastings 6. , M.A.C. 6, Havelock N. 3. M. 8.0.8. 24, Celtic 16. Wairarapa. Carterton 15, Red Star 14. Old Boys 17, Gladstone 10. Martinborough 39, Dalefield 12. Greytcrtvn 25, Featherston 6. Nelson. Old Boys 8, Rivals 8. Waimea 15, Pirates 9. Nelson beat Rovers by default. Taranaki. Tukapa IS, Old Boys 4. Stratford 26, United 12. luglewoud 11, Star 8. Hawera 21, Athletic 16. Kaponga 13, Okaiawa 6. Opunake 14, Eltham 6. Patea 25, Waimato 8. Dunedin. 'Varsity A 26, Pirates 0. Southern 23, Union 3. Zingari 11, Alhambra 3. Dunedin 14, Taieri 8. Kaikorai 30, 'Varsity B 3. Association Football

tralia was fairly evenly contested, the Australians were definitely superior in the second half, when New Zealand was disorganised owing to injury to Lesl.e and Hatcliard. The latter was limping and ho was transferred to the left wing. Skinner, who had changed to centre forward, was carried off ten minutes before time. Australia, with brilliant combination, won by seven goals to one, the scorers being Smith (4), Price (2) and Cameron (1). New Zealand’s goal came from a penalty by Skinner.

Eugby Union Code

SIMULTANEOUS INTER-STATE CONTESTS IN SYDNEY

Received Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, July 5,

Football history was maao on Saturday when simultaneous inter-State contests in the Rugby Union code were inaugurated. New South Wales defeated Victoria 29 —13 and New South Wales defeated Queensland 23—11, the tatter game being played at Manly. New South Wales No. 1 team, which is regarded as the strongest, played Victoria on the Sydney Cricket Ground The Victorians included four Australian representatives, Cowper, Dunlop, Bridle and Jessep.

P. VV. D. L. F. A. Ptc, Feilding O.B. S 7 1 0 136 37 15 Old Boys .. 9 7 0. 2 86 .4(3 14 Feilding A . 9 6 0 3 109 70 12 St. Pat's .. 9 5 0 4 106 90 10 Kia Toa .. 9 .4.0 .5 132 83 S Massev Col. 8 . 3 1 4 57 70 7 Feilding B . 9 1 . 1 7 48 154 2 Junior Championship Ladder. Points Ck. P. W. D. I;. P. A. Tts Old Boys .. 10 9, 1 0 184 34 19 St. Pat's .. 10 . 9 0 1 130 72 18 Feilding O.B. 10 8. 0 2 160 54 . 16 High School 10 5 0 5 90 S3 10 Massey Col. 10. 5 . 0 5 7S 98 10 United . .. 10 4 0 6 57 123 s "Wood villo . 10 .3 2 5 67 90 8 Kia Toa .. 10 2 1 7 70. 97 5 B’thorpo .. 10 2 0 S 49 104 4 To Arakura 10 0 2 8 51 180

P. W. D. L. Pts. iurakina .. .. 0 0 0 12 Euutervillo .. 7 5 0 o 10 Old Boys .. .. 2 0 5 4 tialconiDe .. 6 2 0 4 4 Bulls 2 0 4 4 Bulls v. Huntervillc.