Rangitikei Sports

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 3

Rangitikei Sports

From Our Own Correspondent. Saturday’s Rugby Gantfes Representative: Taihape 11 defeated Rangitikei 6. Juniors: Old Boys 16 defeated Halcombe 0, Bulls 12 defeated Rata 8, Huntervillo 6 defeated Ohingaiti 0. Thirds: Old Boys 29 defeated Flock House 3, Hunterville forfeited to Bulls. Old Boys v. Halcombe.—The main game on Marton Park on Saturday saw Old Boys continue on their winning way by defeating Halcombe by 16 points to nil. The teams lined out as follows:—Old Boys (blue): McLean, J. Duncan, E. Twigg, Ryder, Hutton, Coleman, Tolly, Young, Morrison, A. Duncan, Ellery, I. Sicely, Miles, Maiden, Livingstone. Halcombe i (yellow and black): M. Bishop, Fergusson, i Teki, Searancke, McNae, McCormick, Turner, J. Moran, Page, R. Moran, Judd, J Davies, Iwakau, Bishop, T. Hutton. From ' a melee near the Halcombe twenty-five the ball was kicked over the line and a Halcombe and Old Boys player faced for the ball but both missed it and I. Sicely pounced upon it to put Old Boys into the lead. Ryder missed the kick. Old Boys 3 Halcombe 0. In the second half a long kick went down to the Halcombe fullback, who knocked on. From the resultant scrum the ball came out to Coleman, who passed to Hutton to Tolly to Twigg, who drew his man and then handed on to J. Duncan, who scored wide out. It was an excellent movement. The kick missed. Old Boys 6, Halcombe 0. Hutton essayed a pot but the ball struck one of the Halcombe players and the blue forwards kept on the ball and dribbled up to the line, where A. Duncan got over. Ryder converted. Old Boys 11, Halcombe 0. R. Moran had to leave the field injured and then two other Halcombe players had to be attended to by the ambulance. Halcombe attacked and then Old Boys sent a long kick down the field and followed up fast and in racing for the ball a Halcombe player kicked the ball nearer his own line and Hutton raced after the ball and managed to ground. The ball had travelled right from one end of the field to the other. Ryder converted. Old Boys 16, Halcombe 0. Third grade game.—Old Boys and Flock House thirds played the curtain-raiser to the Old Boys v. Halcombe junior game. Flock House played well, but were no match for the older and more experienced Old Boys team. The game ended in h win for Old Boys by 29 points to 3. .Scorers for the winners were L. Leonard (2), J. Evans (2), Hendra, Banks and J. Keystone. P. Johnston converted two, J. Evans one and D. Kingham one. For Flock House Paratene scored. Mr. T. Woods refereed. Hockey There were two hockey games played at the park on Saturday afternoon. The . first game was between the UnitedTutaenui A and B ladles’ teams, and resulted in an easy win for the A team by 10 goals to 3. In the men’s game the newly-formed Marton team had another win, beating Swifts by 4 goals to 3. The scorers for Marton were P. Lofts (2), P. Parkinson and C. Calkin, and for Swifts W. Reid and S. Hocken (2) were the scorers. Harriers On Saturday the local club had a novel outing when a teams’ race between th'e married and single members of the club was conducted. The single men’s team managed to win by 25 points to 30. Details were:— Single team: M. Griffen, 22min. 43sec., 2; S. Christopher, 23min. 28sec., 3; W. Hill, 24min. 28sec., 5; W. Edge, 24min. 37 sec., 6; C. Gibbs, 27min. 36sec., 9. Total: 25 points. Married team: J. Hill, 22min. 42sec., 1: D. Smith, 23min. 37sec., 4; J. Taylor, 25 min. 31sec., 7; M. Hunt, 27min. 35sec., S; D. Stent, 28min. 4sec., 10. Total: 30 points. J. Horgan, 28min. 46sec., also ran. At the conclusion of the run both captains were presented with suitable