RUGBY FOOTBALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 21 June 1926, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SATURDA Y'S RESULTS SENIOR Nelson 15; Old Roys 12 Rival 10; Waimea 7 jgifiQß Cpliego 12.; Ri val 6 Old 'Bovs 13; Nelson 5 Wakatu 17; Pirate 8 Waimea 11; Rover 3 THIRD CLASS . College 825 ; Rival 0 Wakatu 40; Old Boys 0 Rovers defaulted to College A, FOURTH Waimea 5; College A 3 WINS for nellon AND RIVAL Ideal weather prevailed on Saturday for the continuation of the Rugby Union’s competitions. Only one senior game was played at the Park, where a big crowd saw Nelson defeat Old Boys by 15 to 12,'after at one period being in arrears 12 to 3. Reed was superb in defence and attack and was an inspiration to his team. Snodgrass was more dashing than ever, scoring ten out of Old Boys’ twelve points. His powerful running was much in evidence, but lie still has a tendency to get bored into touch. Both teams .fielded strong sides and carried no passengers. The game was perhaps the best seen at the Park this season, with nothing to choose between the two teams. At Richmond Rivals,. who; looked : for an uphill task, defeated ' Waimea jhy,-18 to seven. The junior games ’ wfcro well contested, ,but in the third grade Wakatu put up the bigest total of the day, scoring 40 points to love against Old There •will be a lull in the cup games next Saturday, when the Marlborough reps will play Nelson at Trafalgar Park.

NELSON V. OLD BOYS A GREAT GAME . Nelson 15 Old Boys 12 Reed kicked off against-the sun, and only minutes had elapsed when obstruction by Nelson enabled Snodgrass to draw first blood for Old Boys with a magnificent goal from half-way. Old Boys 3—-0. Nelson invaded Whites’ 25 and a defender lying on the ball gave Reed .a chance for a goal which was fruitless. Browlee was spotted offside and Snodgrass nearly got another goal. After .good by Reed and Baird focj, Nelson, Snodgras aand Jones shook things up near Nelson line. McGinley j cleared , White secured and sent to ' Reed, to Robinson, who was called back . •by. the referee,ancba scrum given. Rob- ! inson had no one in front of him/at the time. McGregor and Snodgrass, then : Reed and White, were in evidence, the latter transfering play well past halfway. McGregor was fielding and kicking in first das* fashion.. and Nelson had to force down. Baird beat two men, kicked, and Simpson marked, nothing resulting. Bolton dribbled past, halfway and Old Boys heeled from a scrum and attacked. Young sent the play back by a good touch-linerykick, Afahoney passed out, to Kinzett, to . ■ Baird, but Old Boys rushed back ‘ to. Nelson dine. McGinley staved off danger and Reed secured, passed to Kinzett, to Baird, to White, who gained ground before being tackled. After / Simpson, Nightingale, McGregor, and Nightingale again had handled the ball, Snodgrass secured it and dioppccl a lang distance \ goal. Old Boys 7—o. ; Just before halftime Brownlee picked up dn the run scored a smart try. Reed missed a rolling ball. Nelson 3—7. Resuming, Nelson were soon attacking but Newman defended his,.■line'..',well. ;j Snodgrass secured and got to halfway ’ before he was tackled by Reed. Bolton and Everett continued to Nelson 25, ' .-Where Young secured and kicked to .touch. ( On ■ his •; awn side of halfway .. Snodgras secured, . short-punted, and following up at full speed, caught the ball as McGinley slipped and lost it. With no one in front of him Snodgrass streaked for the line and placed the ball between the posts. Simpson converted. Old Boys 12—3. With a nine-;-.‘.ipb*n£.Jead-it looked all over for Nelson. Young made anoTneFline kick, and from the line-out Kinzett passed to Baird, to Reed, who tore through the defence, wriggled out .of McGregor’s arms, beat two more men and threw himself over the line. Nelson 6—12. After exciting play Barton after good work near the line had no one handv to pass to with an opening, for a try handy. Just afterawards Kinzett kicked a penalty about 30 ; yards-out; Nelson 9—12. Both sides 'were straining every nerve, but eventually Reed secured, v beat several opponents, and sent to Young. It was a had shot, but Young tool? it one Handed, and dodged and fended his way over for another spectacular score. The’ game was mow 12 all, with eleven minutes to go. Both sides made .desperate eflorts to get ahead, but a penalty near halfway saw Reed goal. Nelson 15—12. Time went, soon after without further score. Nelson: McGinley; Young, Repel (s), White; Baird, Kinzett; T. Mahoney; .B. Snow, Barton, Blincoe, Robinson, W. ! Snow, Taylor, Brownlee, Kenning. Old Boys: Leahy, Everett. Bolton, D. .Max, Barrett, J. Everett, East, Jones, Simpson, Grey, McGregor, Lash, Snodgrass/Nightingale, Newman. For Nelson Reed stood right out. Brownlee appeared to he the fastest forward on the field. For Old Boys Snodgrass was dashing and McGregor was fast and tricky. Simpson was inclined to run into the forwards, but was a success. Mahoney shirked nothing and shaped well for a first appearance this season. Max was proifunent all through in tile forwards. All the remaining players did their share, and were conspicuous at one stage or another. Mr I>e Pina refereed a very fast game.

RIVAL V. WAIMEA Rival ........18 Waimea 7 This game played at Richmond, apparently evoked little interest, for there was only a poor attendance of spectators. Rival scored a fairly easy win by 18 point to 7, but under the. circumstances Waimea did well, They were unlucky to lose Rapps, who had’to retire early in the game with a twisted knee, while a little later P. Fowler, the fullback, had to leave tho field. During the second half they battled along with 14 men, three of these being old players who had not donned a jersey for several seasons. In spite of this they made .many determined onslaughts on the Rival line, and during the last ten minutes had all the better of the game. The Rival goal kicking was very poor. Woolfe having a day* off in this respect. Waimea won the toss and elected to .kick with the, wind, the game being played in four 20-minute spells. For a start the game-hovered at the half-way line till Rival hacks set up a passing rush, Woolfe cutting in nicelv, looked dangerous. Then tho Blue "forwards took a hand and rushed the hall nearly to the goal line, when a free kick to Waimea saved the situation, Papps with a. hefty punt finding the line at halfway. Once more even play ensued till

Stringer headed a Waimea forward rush to the Rival line. Rivals drove the Reds back to half-way, whence Challies dribbled on his own back to the 25. Waimea backs then took a hand, l’apps being pushed out iu Rival territory. Rivals drove the Reds back, and llowat got away, being grassed by R. Folder just near the line. Strawbridge -was offside and Woolfe drew first blood with a good goal—-his only success out of many 'attempts. Ou resuming Rapps was prominent, iu a rush to the Blue lino. Sands saving. Rapps injured his knee at this stage and retired shortly after. "On changing ends Rival, making the most of the wind, gave the Reds an uncomfortable live minutes. Finally, after A great forward rush Woolfe picked up and scored. 11 is kick went wide. Rims again invaded the Waimea 25, but a penalty gave relief. The wind now commenced to blow from the sea, and f»: : s afforded greater relief still. Taking advantage of this Waimea worked hnOK to Rival 25, where a. penalty gave Bowers his chance, and he made • n mistake with tho kick Rival bac.vs now attacked, Sands making a line run In a scramble near the line Brough to >k the ball from a Red player’s hands, backed his way through the rude #nd scored a clever try. Woolfa missed tne kick. Hard play followed, both vd; working hard till half time sounded. In the second half Waimea, with M men, seemed to lose heart, and o for a tjmo Rival did most of the attacking, Waimea being compelled to force. Then Watson and Wells had a passing rush on their own, the latter being pushed out in the Rival 25. Rivals were soon back, Darkness saving with a timely mark. Woolfe missed a penalty. After the kick-out the Rivals rushed pixy dv-xr the Red line, Brough scoring. jNo goal. After the kick out-Woolfa secur?.] and hehrly 'potted,, a ..goal from. Miaif way. Waimea backs now attacked put the Rivals on me again, Wallace scm-pig a great try. Snowden missed U». nick. Woolfe kicked high, Wallace 'ok )W*:il fast, only a knock on saving «* scale. Wodfe missed a penalty. Near the Red line Woolfe secured and lnillocke.l ever. Scrum five out Brough to Woo-fe, to Wallace, who scored in the corner. Mcllwraith missed the kick, Waimea backs now woke up and gave a taste of their quality, and until the end of the gamo the Rivals were kept busy defending. During this period Bowers potted a fine goal from well outside the 25 line, and a few minutes later lie nearly repelled the performance., the ball falling just under, the bar. The whistle then sound ed and Rivals left the field victo.s bv 18 points .to 7. For the-winners the forwards all worked hard, while among the backs .ough. Woolfe, Sands, and Wallace shorn out

, conspicuously, while Kennedy, who is probably one of the fastest players in i the competition, was always dangerous. For the Waimea forwards Stringer play- , ed a great game, and the selectors v. i! ibe wise to watch this player closely. Lhalhes too was always in the picture, : and showed that he is anything hut a back number. Schroder and Hart, aim worked hard. Among the hacks Rowh-s as usual did a lot of work, and again demonstrated that, he is one of the finest drop-kickers seen here for many a day. Watson, Wells, and Kearns also put up a plucky,fight, against heavy odds. Had Papps not been injured the backs would not doubt have done much better. £ Mr White ably controlled the game, which was played in a most friend!v spirit. Rival: .Mcllwraith, llowat, Scott, Busch Toon, Brough, McConchie, Snowden, Thompson, Wallace, Hurley bands, Kennedy, Woolfe, Glover. Waimea: Schroeder, Best, Cross G. Lhalhes, Hart, Stringer, Robins Straw- ; bridge, Wells, Bowers, Watson,'Fowler--1 a Pps, Kearns.; <