SECONDARY SCHOOLS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21883, 20 August 1934, Page 13

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR BEATEN WIN FOR NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] NEW PLYMOUTH. Sunday Brilliant Rugby was witnessed in the annual match between Auckland Grammar School and New Plymouth Boys' High School yesterday. New Plymouth won by 16 points to 11. MATCHES IN CHRISTCHURCH [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH. Sunday A series of school and collego Rugby matches yesterday resulted:—Christ's College, 18, beat Wanganui, 3; Nelson College, 10. beat Wellington, 11; Christchurch Boys' High School, 10, beat Otago Boys' High School, 0; St. Patrick's College, 9, beat St. Bcde's College, 0. SACRED HEART'S SUCCESS [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] TAURANGA, Sunday A Rugby match between Sacred Heart College, Auckland, and the Tauranga-Te Puke combined junior fifteen was played hero yesterday afternoon. Light, drizzling rain fell for about five minutes in th® early part of tho gamo. but did not affect tho ground. Capon scored for the combined team in tho first five minutes, and Johnston converted. A Quarter of an hour later Coupe scored for Sacred Heart, and Hare converted. A few minutes afterward Coupe again scored, and at half-time the scoro was: Sacred Heart, 8; Tauranga-Te Puke, 5. Sacred Heart held the upper hand in the second half, and tries were added by McHugh (2), O'Reiran (2), Coupe and Barry, four being converted by Hare. For the combined team, Koliu and McCullough scored and Johnston converted one try. The fiual score waa: Sacred Heart, 34; Tauranga-Te Puke, 13. A curtain-raiser between two Tauranga schools (primary A and B) teams was won by the A team by 8 points to 0.