RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Northern Advocate, 26 July 1923, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

WELLINGTON DEFEATS SOUTHLAND.

WELLINGTON Thia Day. At Rugby football yesterday Wellington defeated Southland by "0 points to 18. The game commepced poorly, but later developed into a -fast, open contest. Wellington proved vastly superior to the Southerners in tho .ruck and line-outs. Every one of their fcHes -vvas the direct outcome of work by the forwards. Only in one case did tlie backs cross the visitors' line. Southland had more weight thfin Wellington and had tho better of the scrums. The Wellington backs wer6, weak at second five-eighths. . . Wellington's score consisted qf 6ight tries, of which throe were converted," and' Southland's of four trios, being converted. WAIRARAPA v. MARLBOROUGH.' MASTERTON, Thia Day. Wiairarapa defeated Marlborough by. 22 points to six. HOROWHENUA V. BUSH UNION. PAHIATUA, This Day. Horowhenua wag defeated by tho Bush Union by six points to fiv6.— Press Assn. HARDING SHIELD. OTAMATEA TEAM OHOSEN. (Special to "Northern Advocate.") MAUNGATUROTO, This Day. Mr T. Donaldson, sole selector, has chosen the following to represent Otartiatea against ' Whangarei for the Itardihg Shield on Thursday next: —■ fullback, Fcrgtison (W'aipu); threequarters, P.'tikea (Batley), D. Stewart (Batley), Bromwich (Rovers); .fiveeighths, Batchtelor and G. Smith (Pap,aroa); half, P: Mcßae: rover, T. Donaldson (Batley), captain; forwards — third row, Leckie (Hakaru) and Snelling (MaiihgatuToto) ,* second row, J. Donaldson (Batley) and C. Finlayson (Maungaturoto) ; Jock, Souter (Hovers) Hyland and A. Finlayson (Maungaturoto).