AUCKLAND BEAT TAURANGA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18778, 4 August 1924, Page 3

AUCKLAND BEAT TAURANGA.

GOOD PLAY BY THE BACKS.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OW.V COEJRESrONDEIsT.]

TAURANGA. Sunday.

An Auckland fifteen, comprising members of thi& Grammar Old Boys, College Rifles, and Ponsonby Clubs, met the Tauranga Rugby fifteen on Saturday. The teams were capta.ined bv i\. Ifwersen (Auckland) aad G. 1103 {Tauranga),

Tho forward divisions were evenly matched, but the Auckland backs were superior and save an attractive exhibition. R.. Pelham opened the scoring account for Auckland early in the game, and Ifweraen converted. Shortly before the eud of the first quarter a nice, handling movement by the Auckland rearguard culminated in L. Williams scoring. The kick failed.

Thore was no score in the second quarter, but :immodiately after the opening of the third quarter combined play by several Tauranga men ended in W. Turner getting over. Tu Tangitu converted. Auckland S. Tauranga 5. Shortly afterwards li. Ifworsen ficorc;! a brilliant try. The kick was a failure. Auckland 11, Tauranga 5. Even play followed for some time, and then Tu Tangitu kicked a goal from a penalty. Early in the final quarter N. Ifwersen iicored after a fine handling movement by the backs. IST. Ifwersen took the kick, but t;ho ball -struck one of the goal posts. There was no further score tho ga,me> ending :— Auckland _ 14 Tauranga .« 3 MATCHES IN THE SOUTH. ["BY TELEGRAPH.—rRESS ASSOCIATION.3 WELL IN GTON, Sunday. T)u3 following are the results of the Rugby football matches on Saturday :—Berhampore. 8, Potone. 4. The result cannot dispossess Petone of the championship honours. Athletic, 12, Poneke. 9; 'University. 11, Selwyn, G: Oriental, C. Marist, 3; Hutt, 17, Wellington, 0.

CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The annual Town v. Country Rupby match was played yesterday. The principal objecu of tho match was to give, tlie Bolector3 c. clianoo of soe-ing the players in action before picking the representative team which is to tour the South this month. The Country team won by 17 points to 10.

DUNEDIN, Sunday.

The Rugby_ football season closed yesterday, University A winning the banner for tho third year in succession in a fast, open game with University B, the points being 20 to 17. Pirates defeated Kaikorai by 13 points to 3. and these two teams share the honour of being runners-up. The other results were:—Zingari-Richmond, 13, Union. 3; Alhambra, 6, Dunedin, 3. Taieri Rovers defaulted to Southern.