RUGBY FOOTBALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 26 June 1945, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

GOLDEN BAY GAMES WIN FOR COLLINGWOOD TEAM Club matches were continued in! Golden Bay on Saturday when Colling- I wood seniors met Golden Bay seniors . on the showground at Takaka. The ( weather was dull and the heavy rain on the preceding day had left the i ground very slippery. The greasy con- , ditions made the game mainly a forward one and the backs had very little : chance of combining in passing rushes, j Golden Bay attacked strongly for the ; first part, of the game and their for- 1 wards kept the Collingwood team on j the defensive till a good dribbling rush j led by Prince and Woolfe resulted in ; Woolfe scoring in a handy position. ; Taylor converted. Collingwood rallied and pinned Bay in their 25 until from a scrum near the line, R. Hunter at half slipped round the scrum for a neat try. The kick failed. Shortly afterwards Collingwood increased their score by an unconverted try by Spittal. After, halftime the Bay backs combined well and Taylor was tackled just short of the line. Collingwood were awarded a penalty on the Bay 25 and Riley’s kick struck the crossbar. Spittal, who followed up fast, caught the ball on the bounce and dashed over— Collingwood 9, Bay 5. Bay rallied and Woolfe and J. Feljowes were unlucky not to score, both slipping and falling I when close to the line. Collingwood. by j line kicks, reached the Bay line and from a scrum R. Hunter again scored. Right on the call of time Spittal led the Collingwood forwards in a good dribbling rush and again scored a try, which Riley converted, making the final score: Collingwood 14, Bay 5. The referee was Mr R. J. Papps. JUNIOR GAME At Collingwood, the Collingwood juniors defeated Old Boys’ B by 16 points to nil under very unpleasant conditions. Heavy rain fell throughout the game and there were large sheets of water on the playing area. In spite of this the Collingwood backs handled the slippery ball very safely and combined splendidly. For Collingwood tries were scored by R. Fish, R. Smith, J. Curnow and K. Pomeroy, while Curnow and I. Solly converted two. Solly, at fullback for Collingwood. made no mistake with a very greasy ball, and F. Taylor worked hard for the Old Boys’ pack. Mr N. Curnow controlled the match.

MOTUEKA RUGBY

UIA DEFEATED BY RIWAKA In a senior Rugby match played at Rugby Park* on Saturday Riwaka gained a decisive win over Huia by 19 points to 5. Within the first minutes of (he start Riwaka were awarded a penalty, from which Hobson kicked a goal. Shortly afterwards Soane added another three point- to Riwaka’s score with a try. Shortly before half-time Dennett made a good run, finishing with a well-earned try which Hobson ronverlcd. making the score 11-0 in Riwaka’s favour at the change-over. Early in the second half Shuker scored a try for Huia which he converted. There was no further -scoring until about 15 minutes before Unite, when Hobson, after a brilliant run, placed the ball between the posts, for an excellent try, which he was successful in converting, making Riwaka 16. Huia 5. Soane topped off Riwaka’s score with his second try just before the whistle. The referee was Mr H. Rangi. UNITED DEFEATED BY DOVEDALE The second of the senior matches resulted in an overwhelming Victory fi>r Dovedale. the visitors defeating United by 37 points to nil. United failed to field a full team, and from the start the game was too onesided to be really interesting. Although the United defence worked hard ana played as well as possible in the circumstances. they were hopelessly out classed. Good team-work by the Dovedale backs and forwards gave them an easy victory, the work of M. Stevens contributing substantially to the result. Tries were scored for Dovedale by C. Davis (4), J. Mytton. Haycock, V. Hawkes. M. Eyles. J. Nicholson and F. Biggs, only two of the 10 tries being converted. A penalty goal completed the total of 37 points. The referee was Mr D. Askew. The junior Rugby matches at Rugby Park resulted as follows: Riwaka 26. Dovedale 0 (referee Mr R. Robinson). United 19, Upper Moutere 0. (referee Mr E. Bisley).

REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS

MATCHES WITH NELSON The following senior players have been chosen to travel to Nelson next Saturday to represent Golden BayMo*ueka in a home and home match against Nelson:— P. Wratt, J. Flowers, D. Mason. R. Cederman, T. Hurley. J. Morgan, M. Soane, Pomeroy, F. Hobson. J; Nicholson, J. Thorp, A. Taylor. D. Dennett. Riley, J. Manoy, Mitchell. Woolf, J. Ward and E. Shuker. The Golden Bay-Motueka junior representative team to play Nelson in a Ryder Cup match at Motueka has been selected as follows: B. Giblin, D. Connolly. G. Rangi, J. Parkes. C. Eggers, S. Silcock, J. Curnow, F. Fellows. R. Wilkinson, J. Bickley, E. Cederman, F. Papps, B. Bensemann, D. Byrne, B. Griffiths. Emergencies: D. Smith, J. Ellery. R. Riley, and D. Warner.