WHANGAREI RUGBY

Northern Advocate, 22 July 1935, Page 7

WHANGAREI RUGBY

hikurangi go well ‘karamea and hora hora draw. PIPIWAI’S SECOND WIN. With a convincing win over Old Boys .Saturday, Hikurangi consolidated “ieir position on the championship Hugby ladder and look like holding their lead. The first spell of the game was played in comparatively fine weather, but the second spell was marred by solid rain. The Maungakaramea-Hora Hora jnatch did not start until late, due to difficulty in finding sides. Maungakaramea had to fill up with some of their juniors, but Hora Hora had to call on a variety of teams to make up their quota. After a short-time game the scores were even —three all. Pipiwai scored their second victory, beating Mangakahia by 13 points to nil. Pipiwai are a. vastly improved side, and are likely to have some more wins. HIKURANGI EASILY OLD BOYS BEHIND BY BIG MARGIN SPECTACULAR AND DRAB FOOTBALL. The spectacular and the drab were freely mixed in the Hikurangi-Old Boys match on Kensington Park’s main plot on Saturday. Old Boys’ long run of narrow defeats was broken, and they were 25 points light when the whistle finished things. ’Teams: Hikurangi: Rarity, Taylor, White, Rouse, Hamilton, Cooney, Hutchins, Mclnnes, Dickson, Brydon, Procter, Redwood (2), Pomfrett, Finlayson. Old , Boys: C. Wilson, E. Wilson, Blow, Symes, Collins, Mullins, Ferguson (2), Scarborough, H. Symes, Godfrey, Bradley, Reid, Doel, Hart. The start was held up by a dispute over the playing of one of Hikurangi’s extras and the Red and Blacks started off with only 14 men, until Pomfrett got stripped. Brilliant Burst. They opened with a brilliant burst, in which all the backs handled after White had sailed through a gap. Hamilton dropped his pass at the last minute, and Old Boys were saved. Then followed a period of attack and defence, Old Boys doing more of the latter than of the former, although they had one or two good runs. It was when Hikurangi least looked like scoring that Cooney brought off a spectacular solo effort. He dodged through the whole team, walked over the full-back and. Went over too far out for Hamilton to find the posts.— Hikurangi 3, Old Boys 0. Old Boys came back with a raking forward run —their forwards were holding, if not beating, the Hikurangi eight—and Collins just failed with a long-range penalty. It was a let-r up for Hikurangi who, next minute, were sailing for the Old Boys’ line. A scramble obscured the ball, but when the debris was cleared away the referee awarded a try to Pomfrett. Cooney missed that one.— Hikurangi 6, Old Boys 0. Once again Old Boys took brief control, and once again the fortunes were suddenly changed and Procter shot out of the ruck with sufficient pace to take him over. White raised the flags with a beauty.— Hikurangi 11, Old Boys 0. Hikurangi Going Well.

Cooney notched his second try after Hutchins had worked the blind side. He went round quickly to take the pass outside Rouse and to gallop over too far out for White to improve things.—Hikurangi 14, Old Boys 0. From then until the spell Hikurangi were foiled by infringements in every likely move, until Hamilton sent out a long pass which found Taylor, who had no trouble in getting it over the line. White missed again and the half-time tally was—Hikurangi 17, Old Boys 0. The reopening was, again bright. Hikurangi sailed away in open formation and Rarity tried to shoot a pot. He missed the posts, but Rouse came up from offside to go over. He was recalled, but when the ball went into play again White came through strongly, and lob-passed in to Cooney, who- got his third try, to make it —Hikurangi 20, Old Boys 0. Hikurangi were still playing bright football, although they had eased up, and their next points came when Hamilton opened up for White to beat all but the full-back and give Taylor his second try. Hamilton missed. —Hikurangi 23, Old Boys 0.

A Great Run.

Rallying strongly and led by Hart, Old Boys had Hikurangi troubled, but could not get any further. They were going hammer-ahd-tongs on the Hikurangi line when White intercepted and sprinted away with the whole side in chase. The Hikurangi centre was too fleety, and after running the full length of the field touched down between the sticks for Cooney to put on the other points.—Hikurangi 28, Old Boys 0. Just before time Old Boys rallied and “broke their duck.” Ferguson followed up quickly and got to the ball first,for an unconverted try, which made the final score: Hikurangi 28 Old Boys 3 Mr Morrison was referee. TWO 25’S AND TWO SCRATCH SIDES. Hora Hora had difficulty in raising a team for their match against Maungakaramea, but finally succeeded in fielding quite a workmanlike fifteen. With several of their leading men away, ’Karamea were also on short commons. The sides were: Maungakaramea: Harvey, Edge, Alison, Patterson, Bercich, P. Quinn, £ Child T and F. O’Shea, Sam and lonnie Alison, L, Child, Benfell, csinanp and Thompson. Hora Hora: C. Wells, Gloyn, J. Harrison, Wilton, Dickey, Williams, Kennedy C. White, McConnell, Bmdon Lynch, O’Neill, Clarke, Bruce and A The game did not start until ten minutes to four, and it was decided restrict the time to 25 minutes eaci way. With this knowledge, the players let themselves go, and the game swung up and down at a great rate. The ’Karamea pack was particularly vigorous, and led by the O’Shea Brothers and Sloane. crashed away

in some telling rushes. The opposing (backs were more effective, however, and were seen in some good handling bouts. Once the bail travelled right along the line, and Wilton ’ was well supported infield, but passed to the outer. P. Child created a nice opening for ’Karamea, spoiling it by holding on too long. The first points came when Child, following fast, caught Wells behind his own line. The full-back succeeded in getting his kick away, but Bercich was there to gather it in and fall over the line.—’Karamea 3, Hora Hora 0. ’Karamea held this three-point lead at half-time. They nearly lost it immediately after the resumption. Harrison cut through well, but stumbled in his run. However, Gloyn retrieved the ball and made a determined bid, the referee ordering a scrum.

' Light rain was now falling. This, coupled with the solid tackling of both sides, made attacking progress difficult. Hora Hora beset the line for a lively five minutes, and Charlie White, made a desperate effort to force himself over. Going down on the ball in approved manner, Harvey, a third grader, made a good save. Edge cleared and Sonnie Alison made a strong run, which gained 30 yards. Play was near half-way, when C. White got the ball. He put his head down, and bumping and pushing past most of the ’Karamea team reached his, objective at the corner. Dickey missed the kick, —’Karamea 3, Hora Hora 3. With the scores level, and a couple of minutes to play, ’Karamea went all out for a clear-cut decision. When T. O’Shea got the ball he made a great run, and it took the combined efforts of four men to bring him' down right on the line. The final score was: Maungakaramea 3 Hora Hora 3 Mr R. Miller refereed, PIPIWAI IMPROVE THEIR SECOND WIN. Pipiwai are an improved team. A win has put more heart into them, and on Saturday they went exceptionally well on their home ground to beat Mangakahia by 13 points to nil. Teams: — Pipiwai: A. Williams, J. Herewini, Pera Herewini, G. Shortland, C. Moore, T, Davis, H. Shortland, N. Waa, J. Davis, J. Mansfield, Watty Peihopa, G. Niha, Eru Niha, E. Witutu.

Mangakahia: Marsh (2), Shilton, Poa, T. and D. I)ysart, Dahl, Ruddell, Boyt, Tikina, Alexander, Diamond, J. Rika, J. Peihopa, Walker. The game was completely in Pipiwai’s control from the start, when they launched a great forward attack and swept their way to the Mangakahia line. For ten minutes they bombarded Mangakahia, but met with a solid defence. They did not open the scoring until the backs went into action, all handling in a beautiful movement for C. Moore to send a nice pass to P. Herewini, who scored between the posts. Williams raised the flags.—Pipiwai 5, Mangakahia 0. Play continued up and down field, Pipiwai doing most of the attacking. From a forward rush Watty Peihopa got away in a bullocking run which carried him over under the bar for Williams to add the extra points again. It was a nice piece of work. The halftime score was: Pipiwai 10, Mangakahia 0.

In the second spell the Mangakahia forwards tried hard to make up the lost ground, but Pipiwai kept them under control. Pipiwai’s next score came from another back movement. P. Davis, G. Shortland, Moore and Pera Herewini all handled for Herewini to score in the corner. Waa missed the kick.—Pipiwai 13, Mangakahia 0. Mangakahia tried hard to score and the forwards went away in a great run. They looked like scoring when G. Shortland swooped across and took the ball off their toes to clear with a great kick. It was a splendid piece of work, which made the final score: Pipiwai 13 Mangakahia 0 LEADERS DOWNED . GRAMMAR GO UNDER AUCKLAND SERIES [Special to "Northern Advocate.’’} i AUCKLAND, This Day. To the delight of their supporters, University beat Grammar, the championship leaders, in the Auckland Rugby Union’s senior championship at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon. The Rugby games were played on Nos. 2 and 3 grounds, pride of place being given to the hockey Test. Grafton, playing for' the first time this season as a team, gave Ponsonby a sound beating by 25 points to 11, and Marist beat College Rifles. Out at the Showgrounds, Otahuhu scored a convincing win over Manukau by 15 points to 6. THE ALL BLACKS DEPARTURE NEXT WEEK. FAREWELL FUNCTIONS. [Per Press Association. — Copyright.i WELLINGTON, This Day. The All Blacks will assemble in Wellington today week and leave by the Rangitiki the following Wednesday. All of the chosen players have passed the medical test. The acting Prime Minister, Sir Alfred Ransom, will meet the team at afternoon tea in Parliament Buildings today week. On the following morning the manager and players will be the guests of the Governor-General at Government House, and the same evening there will be a farewell dinner at the Grand Hotel given by the New Zealand Rugby Union.