CITY TEAM'S SUCCESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21527, 26 June 1933, Page 12

CITY TEAM'S SUCCESS

SPEEDY BACK DIVISION JZ'tTSJ $5 C " y J£Su?» to smgrnm S^fSSSiWM fli WjU made a beautiful opening, but held on when Perry had a clear run im The Cily back, had much the better of the Dlav Good passing by Watene, Furdy and Wayne saw Turei miss the final pass and a try. Prentice placed Richmond in a good position, and Mitchel went ckae to scoring. City was penalised near ita goal and Marshall equalised the score with rrnnrJ kick Bennett beat the City defence, hut Satherley was ruled offside. Richmond St ISssed another try when Hughes forced down a second before Lawless. P j « &£da SS'brfoS" half-time Wayne ran cleverly throug 1 opposition and City just missed a try. Hal time came witk the score:—City. 7. Kicn m On d 'teaming. City was Marshall missed an easy goal. Perry cieare SSbSP^SES but stumbled m beating Hanlon. City ju another try when both Watene ana Wayne dived for possession in touch-in-coa . Thj »chmojd forwards played with plenty of dash, _ a a araJASiffi as P™U£. »«!•£; iS" ww w,tt jj r- p. Rogers was referee.

aimless kicking DEVONPORT AND NEWTON There was a good deal of aimless kicking lime outplayed Devonport. Good play oy Porteous placed Newton in a Potion Kut a forward pass to Hall from £*atnan checked a promising movement. N e f W^ n kept up the attack, but Thompson got oflBidt and the kick gave Devonpqrt nceded relief. Nathan broke away and kicked pas O'Donnell. Thompson snapped up a passed to Porteous, who sent to Allen, tn last-named being stopped a foot from Dcvonport's line. From a ruthered and scored a try which I orieouo converted. The Devonport forwards » h °wed some of their best football and beat back the opposition. Simpson and Do ° a Jf associated m good play. B«g» » b g e f flip looee and paseed to Hhode». in® »• named ran A. Smith into a, good to score. Laing converted, and half time came with the B core:->ewton, 5, Devon play was witnessed on resuming and Derapsey just missed a penalty kick at goa . Seagar was prominent for good defence and a long kick beat Crook. The ball was krocked on. but Devonport was g>"' e n the advantage and O'Donnell scored. Lam* failed to convert. Porteous made a brilliant opening? but the Newton oack. were slow in support Quirke headed the Newton forwards ?n a good rush, and then Pope made a nice run through the defence but hie pass to Hickey went astray. Just before time the Devonport forwards swept over the opposition and Leathebarrow scored. Seagai failed to convert, and the game ended Dc-onport. 11: Newton. 5. Mr. H. Taylor was referee. HIGH SCORING MATCH PONSONBY OUTCLASSED Marist outclassed Ponsonby in ,® kighscoring match on the No. 2 ground. Marist started off at a great pace, and not long after the commencement opened th© 8C0 ""® when Dunn kicked through from a scramble and scored. Herring missed the kick A series of thrustful Mamt attacks kept Ponsonby defending solidly. but initiated a brilliant movement, from which List scored a fine try. Herring missed the kick. Then Ponsonby attacked, and wheu within an ace of scoring Usher was pushed out. From the resultant scrum Rush through the scrum to score. Jones k:pL nire goal. After further attacks by Ponsonby. Ncale inn through for a simple try. Mills converted. Immediately. Glover launched a ewjft "ttack passing to Ivesen. who transferred to L. Schullz. from th return pass Ivesen scored a fine try well out. Dunn's kick hit the crossbar and rolled over. After another Marist attack play centred in Ponsonby territory, and following a scrum Laird scored an easy try. Dunn converted. At half-time the scor# was:— Marist. 16; Ponsonby. 10. Within a minute of the resumption .Laira. carried on from a forward rush to score. Dunn missed the kick. Ponsonby now attacked, and Mills had an unsuccessful penalty shot from near halfway. A rush by Carter, however, brought M&rist to the attack, and after pressing for some time Marist again scored. Dunn sending L. Schults across in the covner. Herring missed the kick In a good run Brisbane cut throng n and passed to B. Schults. who scored. Herring missed the kick. Later Mills kicked a penalty for Ponsonby. and another Marist movement resulted in /•ist scoring, the scorer missing the kick. Fj-om a scramble Herring scored and Brisbane failed to convert. A fine run b\ Riley ended in a deserving try for Ponsonby. Mills converting. Marist responded with another try by Ivesen. which was not converted, and t>'e game ended -with the score:—Marist, 34: Ponsonby, 17. Mr. O. Chalmers tvas referee

LOWER GRADE RESULTS (Reserve Grade.—Marist, 8, Ponsonby. 0; Richmond, 24, City. 0; Devonport, 5, Newton, 0. , Second Grade.—Mount Albert, 10, Point Chevalier, 8; Papakura, 34, Ellerslie, 0. Third Grade Open.—Ponsonby, 12, Glenora, 8; Mount Albert, -23, Mangere, 15; New Lynn, 16. Papakura, 7. Third Grade Intermediate.—Richmond. 10, Devonport, 3; Marist. 24, Akarana, 3; City. 11. Otahuhu, 3. Fourth Grade —Marist A. 66. Newton B, 0;. Richmond. 12, Point Chevalier, 10; Akarann, 8. Manukau, 3; Marist B, 10, City, 0; Newton A, 8, Devonport, 0. Fifth Grade.—City. 14, Ellerslie, 0; Point Chevalier. 8. New Lynn, 2; Richmond A, 57, Akarana, 0; Richmond B, 6, Ellerslie A. 5; Papakura. 8. Northcote, 0. Sixth Grade.—Point Chevalier, 3, Richmond. 0. Seventh Grade.—Devonport, 6, Ellerslie, 3; Richmond B, 5. Newton, 2. Schoolboys' Games.—Avondale, 8, Devonport, 0; City. 7, ißichmond, 0; Northcote. 7. Ellerslie, 3. Seven-a-side: Avondale, 5, Richmond. 0. NORTHLAND LEAGUE [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Saturday Following are the results of matches played to-day under the jurisdiction of the Northland League at Kensington Park, Whangarei:—Seniors: Northland Representatives, 41, Kaikohe Representatives, 13. Juniors: Junior Representatives, 10, City Seniors, 3. MATCHES IN THE SOUTH [by telegraph—PßESS association] Chrlstchurch.—Hornby. 13, Sydenham, 7; Addington. 11, Linwood, 6; Riccarton, 19, Pirates, 10. Dunedln.—Christian Brothers, 22, Pacific, 13; City, 19, Athletic, 12. TAURANGA REGATTA LOSS ON PAST SEASON [from our own correspondent] TAURANGA, Saturday The annual meeting of the Tauranga Regatta Club was held last evening, Mr. H. E. Oldine presiding. The balance-sheet disclosed a loss of £33. The balance of assets over liabilities was £9O. Officers were elected us follows: —Patron, the Hon. C. E. Mncmillan; vic&-pat,ron. Mr. C. M. Clench: president. Mr. H. E. Olcling: vice-presidents, Messrs. C. Tonkin, F. N. Christian, B. C. Robbins, F. Dickinson and R. H. Hay; secretary and treasurer, Mr. F. C. Warner; assistant secretary, Mr. G. West; auditor, Mr. W. J. Baigent; general committer. Messrs. C. F. Oliver. L. Green, H. F. Chandler, A. Stewart, J. M. Daines, W. Griffiths, V. Mathias. J. French, D. MacPharson, R. R. Packman, P. F. Carter, A. Griffiths, F. Lyaaght, J. Denby and J. Sutton.