COUNTRY RUGBY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 13

COUNTRY RUGBY.

GAMES ON HEAVY GROUNDS. PEACE CUP CHALLENGE MATCH. Alio country vuiupoUUuUd were couuuued oil oalUiuay. alio tuounua were iiiuauy itii<l Heavy ao tne lcsoUiL or me lain. a\. ciooo sumo was played between iuaiu,.uiaiii uiiu v» uipu, iu.u xoace cup cnallenyo. *. ouuWiijg are mo 4'eaUits: — ooutii -Auwuiiua. —j.u mo oouui Auc&luuk •.(.uiiuy Dillon o »elU<Ji' cuiupuuiioa, iuanuJ, ui'ew wnu i.'UM.eiioue, 3, at x'Ukon.uue. i.Viilil iiiauo luu- tiouiiu very oun ~na blusny. Ail mo cai.y ileum lucked a penalty ao.u lor Manuii.au, uuu in me last lew uiuiuiea i." iiiier evened wiUi a jjcainy goal lor x UKejione iioiu u, dimeuii. iiiifeie aua a iu.ii cusianie out. VvaiUKU, o, ueieateu W umare, 0. at iiangirin. ±n mo junior comvuiuiau i-'raumin, «i, deieateu jiiUiiUK.au, u, at xuati.au. and .fuKeisune won uy ueiauit ironi vv aiuiiu.. luaiiau. —luasau ioiained the imperial £>nield, ueieaiing i'okeno by by b points to U. i/uiienono. —HelensViUe High bchool, o, beat i/uitenone leonuieai Jtlign bcnooi, 7. vvaiui.— vvaiui Juniors, rz. ueat I'uK.ekohe ■) uniors, 0. vvnaaaiane. —m the Hurinui Apanui onieid lnaion at Aiaiata, xiurinui (homers;, ueat i.uupo, 0. Maiainaia.—iu tne junior representative niatcn Aiaianiaia, iJ, oeat lutaruru, o. .aatamaia nas tnus withstood all cnaiienges lor tne ii-oyco Cup, and retains LUe tropny until next year. Third Grade: Matawatu, o; JJ.ign bcllpol, 3. Otoionanga.—xiie senior championship and ituocit-out nnai were played nero on oaturaay, utewa deleaung ivioitio in trie last minute ot tne game. nioiuo openeu me scoring, inssingion securing a try early in tho game, ana A. TeUer convertoa. ualpm scorea lor Jtuo liio a little later, and men Uranus scored lor Otewa, Ivino convening. D. Touer scored and converted ior iiio l\io, and scored later lor Otewa. \v a.iace (.Utewa; snot over lor a try, vvhicn was unconverted, making tne scores 13—11 m lavour oi Kio ixio. Wallace made a brilliant run irom tne twenty-hve line, and scored near ttio posts in tne las; minute ot tne game, the scores ending: Utewa, 14; liio liio, 13. Air. H. Miller reiereea. Ttie lima juniors maintained their undetected record by winning tho KuocK out competition. 'lney beat iiangatiKi m the nnai by Iti points to 3. Mr. C. K. Bircnall relereed. Taibape.—in snowery weather and on a very muady ground 'iaihape (holders) defeated ltuapenu by 14—3 in a match lor the Main Trunk Brewery Challenge Cup played at Taihape. The home team had much the belter ot the play, and thoroughly deserved Us victory. Tries were scored lor 'i'ainape by Collier, Beiiis and Mclennan. Collier converted his own try and J. tniiwiuii kicked a penalty goal. Gibson scored for lluapehu. During the early part of the game Smith ffainupej had to leave the Held owing to a slight injury. He was replaced by B. JDerbridge. Mr. B. C. Tuke iTaihape) was referee. Te Awamutu. —The final lor the Teddy Shield, competed for by District liigh Schools in the King Country and \\ aikato, was played to-aay. i ne finalists were Otorohanga and Cambridge, winueis of the southern and northern sections respectively. The King Country boys eventually won by 8 points to 6. During the day 12 primary school teams competed for the Waipa Rugby Union's cup. Tho final was played between Pirongia and Te Awamutu South, tho latter winning by 6 points to 0. Te Aroha.—The principal game in fe Aroha was that between Suburbs United third intermediate team and the Piako juniors. The game ended in a draw, the score being 0 all- Hollier (2) and Sornerville scored for Suburbs, and Mace and Strange for Piako. Munro kicked a penalty goal The final of the third grade championship between United and City resulted in a win for United by 12 points to 0. Tauranga.—The Tauranga Kugby Union 8 junior competition was continued, when Mount Maunganui defeated Rangataua after a keenly-contested gamo by 13 points to 11. A match between the Tauranga and Te Puke primary schools teams was won by Tauranga by 16 points to 3. Rotorua.—ln a Rugby football match Rotorua High School, 42. beat Takapuna High School, 3. The visitors' forwards were a good lot, but tho local backs were brilliant, handling the ball with precision. The match between tho Bay of Plenty and the Thames Valley was keenly contested, the visitors having hard lnck to lose. The scores were: Bay of Plenty, 6: Thames Valley. 3. The Valley team scored from a penalty in front of the goal in tho first 20 minutes. Kelly, for the Bay. scored near the corner flag in the second quarter. No g;oal resulted. Play wpb even for the remainder of the game. Nicholson secured the ball in the last half-minute and scored, the game ending: Bay of Plenty, 6: Thames Valley, 3. Prominent for the Bay were Black, Haupapa, Nicholson. Kelly and Hawkins. and for Thames Valley Goldsbury. Full, Meßae, Black. Rolleston and Craig Te Puke.—The final toatch in tho junior Kugby competition resulted: Huimni. G; United. 0. Morrinsville.—The Rugby match between Putaruru and Morrinsville was played on a heavy ground. Morrinsville scored 11 points in the third 15 minutes. Putaruru livened up, and for the next two spells had the better of the game, scoring two tries. The final scores were: Morrinsville, 14; Putaruru. 8. Whangnrei.—Seniors: Kamo, 21. v. Old Boys. 9; Knramea. 14, v. Hikurongi. 0. Juniors: In tho A and B trials the B team defeated the A team by 9 points to 3.

AUCKLAND TOURING TEAM. THE BAY OF PLENTY TOUR, Mr. C. Anderson has selected the following players to tour the Bay of Plenty district, leaving Auckland on Friday:— Backs, Jacobs (City), Loft (Marist), Teape (College Rifles), McLeod (University), -Fanner (Grafton). Camniick -I'onsonbv), Bradanovitch (University), Ruru (Grafton), Palmer (North Shore). Forwards, Potter (Grammar Old Boys), Noakes (Grafton). Miller (University), Stewart (College F?ifles). Mathias (University), Lambert (Grafton), McNaughton (Training College). Short (Ponsonby), McDonald (Marist), Fleet (Ponsonby). Any player unable to travel is requested to advise (ho Rugby Union. WAIROA DEFEATS POVERTY BAY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. 3 WAIROA. Sunday. The Wairoa Sub-union's team defeated Poverty Bay in a Rugby match at Wairoa yesterday by 5 points to 3, after an exciting game. WAIRARAPA COMPETITION. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] MASTERTON. Sunday. Gladstone won the Wairarapa Rugby competition yesterday by defeating Carterton, in a play-off, by 3 points to 0. Wairarapa Juniors defeated Bush by 15 points to 11. after a poor display on a heavy ground KING COUNTRY TEAM. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] TAUMARUNUI. Sunday. The following players have been selected to represent the King Country against Wairarapa in a Rugby match at Taumarunui, on Wednesday, August 31:—Fullback, Parrant' threequarteiß. Weinberg. Haddon, McLeod; five-eighths, Hill, Finlay; halfback, Nicholls; rover, Doolnn; forwards, Ebbett, Brown, Ilislop, Skilton, hady, Eden, Foster. VVANGANUI CHAMPIONSHIPS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WANGANUI, Sunday. The VVanganui Rugby championship was decided yesterday, when Old Boys defeated Pirates by 12 points to 9. Kaierau defeated Marist by 13 points to 9. This gives the championship honours to Raierau. Last year's leaders were Pirates. MATCHES AT WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WELLINGTON, Sunday. Senior Rugby matches played at Wellington yesterday resulted Oriental, 16, v. Berhampore, 0; Wellington. 24, v. Pctone, 0; Varsity, 17, v. Hutt, 7. WELLINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.J WELLINGTON. Sunday. For the first time in 29 years Old Boys have won the senior Rugby championship. Their defeat of Poneke, by 24 points to 9. and Marist's defeat of Athletic, by 19 pointa to 16, gave Old Boys the championship by three points. Both games were played on Athletic Park yesterday. Old Boys' win was very popular. Marist's defeat of Athletic who,-until then, were but one point behind Old Boys in the championship, was a great effort. ASH BURTON "TOURING TEAM. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WESTPORT, Sunday. In a Rugby contest yesterday the Ashburton touring team defeated Buller by 25 points to 19. A LOSS TO CANTERBURY. [J3Y TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. | CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. E Lilburne, the brilliant second fiveeighths of the Canterbury Rugby representative team, who is an employee of the Addington Railway Workshops, is on the transfer list for Hillside, Dunedin, and it is probable that ha will have to forfeit his place in tho team to tour the North Island. , _ , , Another Rugby player, G. Rhodes, of Merivale, is leaving on Monday on transfer to the Eastside Railway Workshops, Wanganui.