THE RANFURLY SHIELD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21273, 29 August 1932, Page 11

THE RANFURLY SHIELD

challenger defeated ' eB T COAST UNSUCCESSFUL SMALL MARGIN jHORT SECOND spell possible r B I TELEGRArn— riIESS ASSOCIATION^ CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday By the narrow margin of- two points flfflterbuvy retained the Ranfurly Shield Lterday, beating the West Coast by 5 " to 3 - Ifc was a fast ' ancl open Rame ' g sides tossing the ball about freely, j the spectators found it ojio of the . exc jting games played at Lancaster ' Park this season. The West Coast forwere quite equal to the Canterbury " 16 orne iac^s a d nor© finish as a n attacking combination. Howth6 defenco of the West Coast backs -jg very sound. West Coast played against a fairly stiff freeze in the fust half. It attacked early J was within inches of scoring in the Jjrt few minutes of play. Canterbury reeled this attack and very soon developed likely-looking attack. One movement was 'unnftd but two minutes later King broko a good run and passed to Cot*l] who ran/ under the posts. Roberts Sded the extra points. Canterbury, 5; HVest Coast, 0. 1 The Canterbury backs took charge of the same for a /time and looked like scores on several occasions, but the stubborn ■jj ence of the opposition enabled the West JvLt to clear. Half-time came with the njoreCanterbury, 5; West Coast, 0. Very soon after opening the second •Mil the West Coast backs broke away «Tthe right wing and Schrocder was nearly over in the corner. Within a few Lends Martyn intercepted smartly and dashed over for a try. Gilbert's kick just missed. Canterbury, 5; West Coast, 3. The Canterbury backs tried hard to intrease 'the lead, 'but every assault broke down either through the visitors' sound Ljdini; or through dropped passes. The P 9 ,vent at a furious pace until the whistle. Scon after the match it was stated that the whistle had been blown ten minutes too soon. The referee, Mr. E. A. Enipson, «id hj) compared his watch with those «f the line umpires a minute before the w d Ee said to them: "There is another pin'nte to go, isn't there?" and received id affirmative reply. The early sounding of the whistle was » hardship to the West Coast, which Y3lB playing better at that stage than the home team. ONE POINT MARGIN '/! SVELLINGTON BEATS TABANAKI [SI TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] •, 'WELLINGTO'N, Sunday Wellington defeated Taranaki at Ath* lolicTark yesterday by 18 points to 17. The Ibnonrs were with the losers, who played letter football than Wellington. The conditions were good, except for a heavy tortherly wind, which favoured Taranaki in the first spell and Wellington in the jecond. The Taranaki forwards outplayed the Wellington pack, which contained too '' isany wingers. In the early stages Wellington obtained possession at will, but when it reached the'vicinity of the Taranaki line the Wellington pack all wanted to break away md score. Consequently, lack of weight in the scrum deprived the fast-moving Wk-j oi possession. Gargan scored first for Taranaki and Collins goaled. Then Ball made a run which sent Griffiths over. Wellington went into the lead when Ball finished off t passing movement by fending off two Taranaki backs and scoring. Neal goaled. Weak defence by Wellington let Wills teross and a similar deficiency in the Wellington rerguard saw Clarke go over. Collins put Taranaki further ahead with a penalty goal and Walters scored shortly before the interval, when the score was: —Taranaki, 17; Wellington, 8. visitors continued to play better football in the second spell and had Wellington bustled until half-way through the tession, when clever passing by Neal and Killeen saw Macdonald sent away to score between the posts. Neal goaled. It was a doubtful score, as a rather obvious forward pass was allowed to go unchecked. Ball scored the winning try for Wellington after, fine work by Stiver and Killeen at midfield, the winger grounding in a handy position for Neal to goal. The Wellington backs had a bad period In the 6econd spell, when they could not handle the ball. When they did manage io hold it, they were always dangerous. Tht( visitors had them playing their lardest throughout. WELLINGTON'S TOURING TEAM [BT TELXGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] ' ' "WELLINGTON", Sunday The following Wellington team has been lelected for the Southern tour:—Backs: Creswell, Poljock, Ball, Macdonald, Killeen, Hislop, Griffiths, Neal, Bobins, Tindill. Forwards: Quaid, Lambourne, Diederich, McLean, Reid, McPherson, Martin, Lamason, Keeney, Stiver. VICTORY FOR WAIRARAPA IIANAWHENUA TEAM DEFEATED / ~ " [by telegraph—press association] MASTERTON, Sunday After being completely out of the piohire for fully two-thirds of the game, Wairarapa came to light with a slashing finish to defeat the visiting Manawhenua Rugby representatives by 22 points to I's »n the first of the season's bome-and-homu Inaiches played on Saturday in fine weather. Although it was contested at top pace all the way, the game was ragged and Uninspiring, the standard of play for the inost part being very crude. Wairarapa impressed as the faster and more dangerous combination, but, except in the closing stages, its handling was shocking, While of its player 6 showed the •lightest inclination to tackle resolutely. The visitors were decidedly unfortunate. They lost Mitchell, one of their best forwards, near the end of the first spell, While Olliver, first five-eighths, retired About 15 minutes before the close of the lecond spell. At half-time Manawhenua led by 10 points to 6, the final score being: Wairarapa, 22; Manawhenua, 16. PLAYER BREAKS A LEG RESULT OF GAME AFFECTED [by telegraph—PßESS ASSOCIATION I GISBORNE, Saturday The second local instance of a Rugby 'hatch this season being ruined through 'foe non-replacement rule was provided ,Yesterday by the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay match. Poverty Bay won by 8 points 6. Early in the game C. Le Quesne, the visiting five-eighths, sustained a. broken leg and from then on the result never really in doubt, although territorially/ play was fairly even. Hawke's Bay, assisted by a strong wind, attacked for. most of the first half. Half-way through the second spell, Haisman, who Scored the first try for the home team, paved the way for Carrington to score, Dennis converting. For Hawke's Bay Mataira scored an unconverted try and Grant kicked a penalty goal*