FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18150, 24 July 1922, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. AUCKLAND V. THAMES VALLEY. ' [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PAEROA. Saturday Tha first representative match of the , newly-formed Thames Valley Rugby Union •was played at Paeroa to-day. when the Thames Valley team met an Auckland representative team- Tho weather was ideal for football, there being a slight wind I blowine across the fieldThe teams were:—Auckland: Goodacre. . Wade, Mal'toy. Matson. Wright (captain). Ear ly. Gregory, Lynch. Bajjnall, Peterb. McDonald. Q. Lamb, Heiander. Marshall. . bomerved. .' Thames Valley: Winder. Garry, McGi'l. McDermott. J. Gilpm. Nicol, Honey, Ueilty. Heata, Johnston. f fte.wKk. Mciaahon, and Atkins. . Alter the Inaxnes V alley invaded -auck-ana B twenty-live, wnere, aiU-r a moment or two oi dauber. Winder secured and kicked across to liaison, who sprinted trie length oi the held and scored a Jjriil.ant try. ietera converting. ileath s kicli-oli was and Wade misfieidint;. piay was car- , ried to Auckland twenty-live, vmere Auckland was penalised. M.biL was awarded a second kicn tor chart, ins. and lanued. a nice BCAi Auck.anU carried play straight to the local twe-ntyifhre. whe*e, troin » pretiv bout. Waue tor the comer, but winder tack.eu cOi-n-iy. throw■nr - u '^ 6 ou t in toacn. Alter a period of niiufieid play \\ rignt secured in me , land twent.» -> .-e, ana a passing attack ended on the lha.aes Valley line. Alter some ti, ht play Wright made a tood spring and pa&jvd to Malloy, who missed. Gilpin secured anu carr.ed piay well out oi dan o er. After the change-over the Auckland forwards, securing troin a scrum, carried play to Winder, the Thames Valley tullback. ; who saved cleverly. He kicked high, Somerve.i securing, but Winder tackled before he kKk-d. Tnaaies Valley continued to attack. | Auckland receiving relief trom a free kick. Winder secured and made a long kick, which Lynch missed. Malloy obtained possession, but was forced into tou-h by Garry. Thames Valley attacked persistently, but two good opportunities were lost by McDermott failing 'to take passes. Auckland forwards got away, but Garry saved. Matson intercepted and looked like scoring, but Winder, coming ac oss the field, tack.ed. From the line-out Wright secured and parsed to Gresory, to ' Earlly. to Malloy, who cut-in and ecored. Peters converting. , ' ,1 ne , Auckland forwards carried play to the Thnmes Valley twenty-five, where Peters marked in a handy ros tion and kicked a Koal for Auckland. Before half-time Auckland were penalised, and McGill took a shot, but failed. The half-time scores were: Auckland .... .. .. 13 Thames Valley. . - 3 On starting, p'ay remained between halfway <and the Thames Valley twenty-five nntil Auckland were awarded a free kick, McDonald failing to land a goal. Winder got his side in trouble by not forcing. The Thames Valley forwards were equal to the i i occasion, and cleared- Goldsbury carried • | play no-field to the Auckland twenty-fivei. ' ■ where from a scrum Auckland kicked across 1 ' the line and forced. Play travelled to the . front of the Thames Vr.l'ey/ goal, where Goldsbury relieved- VeM"hon cot the ball and rnoed to the Auckland twenty-five, where ' . be kicked. "Wing the blu°s again on the I" : defence. Wnder had a rot. which went w : de Peters relieved with a long kick. Thames Valley resumed the attack, and Auckland wp'e penalised. Winder miesed I the gral. Go'd-imry took the return, and , with »■ fine bit of play gained =onie ground. The_ Thames Va'ley forwards, fo'lowin? Un, carried the ball over Auckland's line, Good- > ac-e forcing. i Ttj the fourth snell nlav became very willing, th° tar-klin? of the Wal men h»ing ] a feature of the play. Anrklond's combi-nn-fion was too pood, and the Thames Valley I ba-ks could not get troing a<j<v ; n"t it. Pef.prs b"d_ a shot at era! and rm'«s»d. AT>rVlnrid aeain attacked. b"t were pemlised. Winder'* 1 shot *t goal facing. Auckland rontuuied ( to fttta'-t', a"d sv'rmta'lv a forward rush I reunited in Ro^eryl l in-Tiri" ?n th° cottht. PoWs, jrith B «ril«Tid?d added the ' oxtrn- po'-nts. The Wal pier went =tTßl"ht ; in tho attao>. but their play lacked finieh The eame ended: Auckland . . 18 Thames Valley 3 ' Mr. A. W. Dunstan was referee. A curtain-raiser was played between the Paeroa and Waihi High Schools, Paeroa i winninz by S points to 3. JUNIOR MATCHES.

Second Grade.—Thames Old • Boys, 17 points, defeated Swanson. 8. Suburbs. 14 | points, defeated Training College. 6. Ellerslie defeated University by 8 points to 3. For Ellerslie, B. Foas obtained two tries and converted one. Munroe dron-kicked a penalty goal for University. < Ellerslie are now in an unassailable position in the B section of the second grade, being 5 points in the lead, with one game to play. Third Gra.de.—Grammar A d r ew with Marist Brothers, 6 points each: for Grammar, Trenwith scored a try and Conway I kicked a penalty goal; for Marist Brothers, Sweeney kicked two penalty goals. Third Grade.—Ponsonby, 8 points, defeated Grammar B, 0; Bishop and Cannon scored tries and Cohen converted one for Ponsonbv. Mount Albert. 9 points, defeated Y.M.C.A., 0. Grey Lynn, 9 points, defeated Training College, 8. Fourth Grade.—Suburbs, 6 points, defeated Grafton. 3. Telegraph, 6 points, drew with Grammar, 6. Ponsonby. 25 points, defeated Papatoetoe, 0: tries were scored by Jen Sen (3), Derrick, Bovaird. McMamua, and Neave; McSweeney and Jensen each converted a try. Fifth Grade.—Ellerslie. 30 points, defeated Telegraph, 0. HOUSE MATCHES. George Court won from Henderson and Pollard by default. Auckland Meat Co.. 38 points, defeated H.M.S. Chatham. 0. CADET COMPETITION. 33rd Company (Epsom), 25 points, defeated St. Stephen's College, 0: tries were scored by Worrall (3). H. Brockett (21. and A. Brockett U); penalty goals were kicked by Slater and Vinson. 32nd Company, 3 points, defeated 10th Company, 0; Smith scored a try. SECONDARY SCHOOLS' MATCHES. First Grade.—The Auckland Grammar School first B team defeated King's College by 27 points to 13. Second Grade.—Sacred Heart College. 13 points, defeated Eden Grammar B, 6. MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR V. HAMILTON. The Mount Albert Grammar School Ru<*by team was defeated at Hamilton on Saturday by the Hamilton High School team by 32 points to 0. The Hamilton rorwards dominated the pame, and were ably supported by the backs, Carter and Masters •ihowinc up prominently for individual play. Johnstone played a fine game for Hamilton, his coal-kicking being a feature, and he corverted four tries and kicked a penalty. Tri'es were scored by McCormack (2). Carter (2), Tuck, Johnstone, and Masters. PRIMARY SCHOOLS MATCHES. A Grade.—Newton Enet, 19, points, beat Richmond Road. 18. Bayfield 11. beat Mount Eden. 3. Mount Albert. 20. beat Ct rGrade.-Mo U nt Roskill. i. beat MeadowI b D k " Grade.-Onehunga. 16. beat Napier | Sl Jfir° Grade.— Mount Albert. 7 points. beatMaunSwhau. 3. Bay field. 16 .beat MeVdowbank. 0. Ellerslie. 15. beat Rich--1 mnnd Rood 0. Remuera. 23. beat Moun. Eden. 5 Napier Street drew with Newton E«t, no score, MANUKAU COMPETITION. The following are the results of final club maYches played under the auspices of the \f-ji>TT l -aii Hucbv Union: — . , M "n"ie« -Var.ey Rovers. 9 points, defeated M fnSrew». 6; Papakura. 5. defeated Cleve--1 d °Jurn o rs.-Manurew 3 forfeited to Valley championship run w *~i"(l te championship with 11 pomw. KING'S COL. 0.8. V. GRAMMAR O.R Th« match between King's Collepe Old rJv- arcl Grammar Old Boys, which was l-§3!U"t theDomian. made te^ .«» «f th*<e teams in tee A section pi t-e fcrad* competition, and creried coniS&w? the w« -on by Grammar, Saturday King's gygj : ?** stSed V Cobble?* Eddow™ and °Ad»ms. Ch.rper.nd Hods- £? converted, one each while Oiarper «ko kicked a penalty goai., I or an.mar. t a. \ tndge kicked a penalty. M- P«ce was referee. MANUKAU V. PUKEKOHE. TS*> first representative match betwwn ' * - (mm the Manukau ana Pnkekoh* ! *üb?nionTwaa played on the BaiiwM ReI T T " Ptrikuri, in the presence of a Ur?e 1 fr',wd on S.turd.y The eround waa in '- r but the plav proved c»fir !isJ*!nß beina far te'ow representative $£"*?& Ma-kau pack bad *>£>*£ "•„•;,» .n<i kent the same cio.se. lie fukeK 3 orwank*«are pramiae ei betterthmg but seemed unable to adapt their pi*J

against their heavier opponents. Tho Pukekohe backs were fast and nippy and gave the only good exhibition of pa-«ing throughout the game. Goldie, of Pukekohe, had to retire owing to an injury to hi« leg, and he was replaced by Higginson. The game was contested in an excellent spirit, and. ended in a win for Manukau by 8 points to 6. PUTARURU SHIELD MATCHES. The Ibbotson Shield competitions, under the auspices of the Putarurn Rugby Union. were continued on Saturday. The results are as follows:—Tokoroa. 9 points, defeated Rovers, 7. Pntaruru, 12 points, defeated United, 0. WHANGAREI BEATS HOKIAXGA. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] | WHANGAREI. Saturday. At Rugby to-day Whangarei defeated Hokianga, challengers, for the Harding Shield, by SO points to 3. The visitors were outclassed. In the junior challenge match Hokiunga v. Whangarei for the Brake Shield a much better contest was fought to a finish of 12 to 6 in favour of Whangarei. PROVINCIAL CONTESTS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CAMBRIDGE. Saturday. Hautapu and Leamington met in the final match of the Rugby club competition. Hautapu; having a superior rearguard, deserved their victory of 9 points to 3. For Hautapu tries were obtained by W. Burke. A. Thompson, and Kennedy. For Leamington J. Tucker kicked a penalty goal. Junior Competitions. — Le>amington defeated City iiy 14 points to 9. For Leamington tries were secured by Harris, Hagan (2), and Russo: Douglas converted a try. For City, Ingram, Hagan. and H. Kelly scored tries. During the matcn E. Hall sustained a broken collarbone. TAUMARUNUI. Saturday. Senior: Manrmni. 3 points. Athletic. 0 (Thornt-n kicked a penalty goal for Man-nui): Taumaruntu. 13, On arua, 0 (Ma-ken scored twice for Tailmarunui and Ingram converted one try and kicked a penalty goal, and Chapman converted one try. Junior: Taumamnui 13. Taringamotu 3; Owhango 8. Athletic 3. THAMES. Saturday. Senior: City defeated Piratee. 12 points to 0: College Old Boys defeated Returned Soldiers. 6 to 5. First Juniors Physical Training defeated Pirates. 28 to 0-. Second Juniors, Matariri. defeated Physical Training, 11 to 0. Public school match. South beat Central by 11 to 9. TAURANGA. Saturday. Senior: Rangataua defeated Te Puna by. 21 po ; nls to 3. . Tries for the winners were scored bv Tiwha, A. Stewart, Kirikau. Kahoetea; Reweti converted two tries and kicked a penalty goal. Rangihirua converted one try and D. Borrell kicked a penalty goal for Te Puna. Rangataua are now leading for the cup by one point. WIN FOR MANAWATU. SWAINSON'S GREAT KICKING. fBT TBI.TOBAPTI.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] PALMERSTON NORTH. Saturday. The return Rugby match, Horowhenua v. Manawatu, resulted in a signal defeat for Horowhenua by 32 points to 16. _ A feature of the game was Swainson's kicking. This player contributed 17 points to Manawatu's score by kicking three penalty goals out of three ehote, and converting four out of five tries. SOUTH CANTERBURY WINS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PREPS ASSOCIATION.] OAMARU. Saturday The representative Rugby football match. South Canterbury v. North Otago. was played to-day. In the first spell, worth Otago scored eight points, but the visitors asserted themselves in the second speti. and won a closely-contested game by 14 points to 11. The superiority of the South Canterbury forwards was the ceciding factor. CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. PP-ESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday. Marists beat Merivale to-day by 14 to 7 and assured themselves of the championship.