COLLEGIATE TOURNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20959, 24 August 1931, Page 12

COLLEGIATE TOURNEY.

WELLINGTON BEATS NELSON. CHRIST'S AMD WANGANUI DRAW. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WANGANUI, Saturday. The inter-college Rugby tournament opej*ed here to-day, Wellington College defeating Nelson College by 9 points to 15. and Christ's College and Wanganui Colleghite School drawing with C points each. The ground and weather were splendid, but the standard of Rugby was not what was expected from school learns. Wellington was a much heavier flido than Nelson. Although no tries were scored in this match, the winning team owed it? vietory to tho weight of its van and ability to profit after quick smothering of the Nelson backs. Nelson did most of the attackiug; by reason of the fact that the hooke is got the ball from the set serums, but tho batiks lacked resource. The one exception was Karsten, second five-eighths. O'Loughlin kicked three penalty goals for Wellington, one in the first suell and the other two in the second. Stace kicked a penally goal for Nelson. The score at half-time was 3 —o in favour of Wellington. Although tho match ended in a draw. Christ's College should have beaten Wanganui Collegiate School. The Christchurch team did moat of the attacking, but although the defence weakened in places, it could not succeed. Mistakes made at critical moments were the team's undoing. The Wanganui lino was crossed, but a previous infringement robbed Christ's College of another try. Gresson scored for Christ's College in tlio first spell and Bunny kicked a penalty for Wanganui, evening the scores at halftime. J. 11. Coleman crossed the line and put Wanganui three points in tho lead in the second spell. The equalising points came from a penalty kicked by Arthur. Nelson plays Christ's College on Monday and Wellington m«els Wanganui. <« WIN FOR ST. PATRICK'S. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. In a patchy game, St. Patrick's College defeated St. Bede'a College by 14 points to 9 at Athletic Park to-day. At half-time the score was G-all. St. Patrick's generally had the better of the game. For St. Patrick's the scorers were Christie, Cooney mid Skinner (2). Cooney converted one try for St. Bcde's, O'Connor kicked two penalty goals and Mallev scored a try. KOHN SHIELD MATCH. The an.-.ual match for the Kohn Shield between teams representing Auckland and Wellington Tramways will be held at Eden Park on Wednesday, starting at 3 o'clock. The Wellington team, which is the present holder of the trophy, will arrive on Tuesday.