COUNTRY CONTESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22179, 5 August 1935, Page 13

COUNTRY CONTESTS

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES WHAKATANE BEATS OPOTIKI SCORING IN CLOSING STAGES Further representative Rugby matches were played in country centres of the Auckland Province on Saturday afternoon. There was an exciting finish to a match between Whakatane and Opotiki at Whakatane, the home team putting on 13 points in the last quarter of an hour, to gain a victory by two points. The following results were forwarded by correspondents of the Herald:— Te Puke.—The annual Rugby match for the Phelnn Memorial Cup was played here between Taurangn and Te Puke in fine weather, and a bright and fast game was witnessed by a moderate attendance. Fielding a heavier team, Tnuranga dominated the scrums and line-out play. Te Puke, however, more than held its own in loose play. Tauranga won by 12 points to 4 11. Whltianga.—Whitianga, 11, United, 3. Dargaville.—ln a friendly junior representative Rugby match played at Dargaville Northern Wairoa met Otamatea. The visitors led by 3 points at half-time. Smith kicking a penalty goal shortly after the commencement. After the change over Northern Wairoa showed better combination. and tries by Osbaldiston and Haile gave it the lead, the final score being: Northern Wairoa, 6; Otamatea, 3. No senior games were played. Third grade: Dargaville, 28. Tangowahine, 3: Ruawai defaulted to High School: Southern defaulted to Kaihu Valley. Whakatane A representative Rugby match was played at Whakatano between Opotiki and Whakatane. Tho weather conditions were ideal, and the ground had hardened after three days' bright sunshine. Opotiki led by 17 to 6 yntil tho last 15 minutes of play, when Whakatane came with a rush, adding three tries in succession, two being converted. A notable feature of the game was the fast forward play by both sides, dribbling rushes by the Whakatane forwards being responsible in a great measure for the quick scoring in the last minutes of play. The final score was:— Whakatane, 19; Opotiki, 17. Tauranga.—A Rugby match for the Shalfoon Shield junior competition between Bay of Plenty teams was played here in ideal weather between Tauranga (holder) and Rotorua (challenger). The game was fast and was mainly between the forwards. Gnrroway scored for Rotorua five minutes after the stort, and ncaring the end of the first half M. Murray (Tauranga) kicked two penalty goals in auick succession. Tauranga leading at the interval by 6—3. The second half was very even, and a quarter of an hour from tho end Hall scored for Rotorua. the game ending in a draw, 6 all. Tauranga retains the shield. Tauranga had previously withstood challenges by Te Puke and Whakatane. Juniors: A match between the Tauranga High School fifteen and a lightweight Rugby Union junior team was won by the latter by 13 points to 6. Paeroa.—ldeal weather conditions pre-, vailed for the match between Ponsonby and Paeroa. There was a good attendance of the public, and the Jubilee Band played several selections. Passing between Gooch, Jamieson, Hoses and Ramsay enabled the last-named to score between the posts. Jamieson missed the easy kick. Offiside play gave Moore a penalty kick and he sent the ball over, making the score 3-all. From loose play Jamieson gathered the ball and transferred to Moses, who scored. Pearman converted. A pretty movement saw Moses outpace the opposition and score. Jamieson converted. Ramsay finished off another passing bout with a try which Jamieson converted. The_ Paeroa forwards were rewarded for their solid work when Carrick scored. Ponsonby hooked the ball and Woolly set' his backs going, for Moses to score. Paeroa responded by Swann opening up play and Lloyd scored. Solomon threw tlfe ball right out in tight play and, after most of the backs had handled. Singleton scored. At half-time the score was: Ponsonby, 24; Paeroa, 9. The Paeroa forwards worked hard from the opening of the second half and Handley scored in the corner. In a back movement, Swann defeated Mosea and Pearman, and transferred to Lloyd, who scored. Paeroa made another determined effort and Masters scored. Findlay converted. From a scrum on the line Woolly secured and scored on tho blind side. From a line-out Moses ran in. received the ball and passed back to Pearman, who scored. Jamieson converted. A penalty kick by Moore gave Paeroa three more points, and the game finished:—Ponsonby, 32; Paeroa. 23. An evenly-contested game between the Netlierton and Hikutaia junior teams resulted in a draw, with 110 score. Third grade: Thames High School Old Boys. 9. Paeroa, 3. Cambridge,—The second Hamilton-Cam-bridge representative Rugby football match was contested at Victoria Square. Hamilton fielded a slightly heavier team than the local fifteen. Hamilton scored first. Griffiths crossing. Shortly before half-timo Hamilton again attacked and. -when in a handy position, it was awarded a free-kick and Pardington goaled. Cambridge replied with a try by Wilson and the half-time score was: Hamilton. 6; Cambridge, 3. Cambridge maintained the pressure upon resuming and Stewart from a scrum whipped the ball to Hogan and Reid, who scored in the corner. Then Voice broke away unopposed to score a fine try for Hamilton. Pardington converted. Cambridge slowly regained lost territory and from a scrum Stew'art flashed the ball to Hogan, who brilliantly sidestepped the defence to score. Hewitt evened the score. Following a clever forward rush Coombridge scored for Hamilton, Pardington converting. In a moment the Cambridge forwards we|:e back on the attack and Hewitt scored and again evened by converting. Hamilton won tho game with a try by Chitty near the final whistle. Pardington converted. The final score was:— Hamilton, 21; Cambridge, 16. Juniors: Hautapu, 24, Maungatautau A. B; United. 18. Pukerimu, 3. Matamata.—Matnwata retained the Peace Cup at Bedford Park, when Taupiri, the second challenger, was defeated by 12 points to 5. The playing conditions were perfect and there was a fair attendance of spectators. In the first few minutes Taupiri was penalised and W. H. Carlson kicked a goal. A brilliant passing movement by the Matamata backs ended in Colo scoring between the posts. Then fast following up by Grogan gave Taupiri a further try, which he converted. Another passing bout by t" c Matamata backs ended in German scoring wide out. In the second spell Matamata scored a further try, German ngain crossing. Roigard Cup (seniors): Patetere, 9, Matamata, 3: Wardville. If?.. Hinuera. 9. Third grade: Wardville, 9, High School, 0; Matamata won from Hinuera by default. Te Awamutu With the Waipa representative team away at Waihi there was no contest in the senior championship of the Waipa Rugby Union, but keen interest was shown in the junior and third grade championship matches. In the juniors, Old Boys and Suburbs were well matched, and a keen contest ended in favour of the former by 8 points to 6. Te Awamutu had little difficulty in defeating Te Mawhai by 21 points to 9. In the third grade most interest centred in the meeting of Old Boys and High School, and a fast and exciting contest ended in a draw., with no score The other game in this division ended in .Te Awamutu defeating Suburbs by 13 points to 3. Huntly.—ln a match for the Clark # Cup. fit Huntly. the* Morrinaville junior representatives defeated Taupiri junior representatives by 19 to 3. Manukau.—The Manukau Rugby SubUnion's competition was resumed on Saturday. Results of matches wore as follow ■—Clevedon. 9, Papokurn, 0; Druiy, 6, Karaka. 3; Hunua, 14, Aranmu, A. Morrlnsvllle.—Tho return of the busy farming seuson wos the reason for only ft few players turning up for club game.. at Morrinsville. As a result, Kereono won by default from Terriers, and United won by default from Eastern Combined. A practice game was organised for the players who were present. Pukekohe-Franklin.— Saturday's matches put Te Kohanga in the lead for the championship, one point ahead of Wlute °tar. To Kohanga's total is 18 points. White Star's* 17, Onewhero's lfi, and Bombay s 10. The competition continues for another two weeks. Senior results: Old IJoyB, 9, Onewhero, 6; Patumahoe. 8, Bombay, 0; White Star, 9 (three tries by Harlin), Tuakau, 8 (goals from the field by Barnaby and S. Carter); Te Kohanga. ?5, I'ukckjiwr, 5. Juniors: White Star, 11, Tuakau, 5; Bonibay, 22, Patumahoe, 0; Onewnero, 8, Old Boys, 0. Pukekohe. —Sacred Heart first fifteen, 11, Franklin Secondary Schools, 0; Sacred Heart fiftb grade, ~3, Franklin Secondary Schools Bst. team, 3. Morrison Shield competition for primary school representative teams; Semi-final—Pukekohe, G, Waiuku. 3; Franklin, 14, Manukau, 3. Final—Pukekohe, 6 (penalty kick by Branch and try by Barnett), Franklin, 0. Waiuku.—The final club games of the season were played at Waiuku. In the seniors, Waipipi. 9, defeated Otaua. 8, and City won by default. This leaves City tho 1935 champion team, with Waipipi runnerup, Otaua is tho winner of the Knaljebich Cup for aggregate points scored by both senior and junior teams during the season. Junior matches resulted; Otaua, 38, Waipipi, 0: City, 3, Aka Aka, 0. Otaua thus winß the junior championship with City runner-up. Waikare. Chollenge Cup: Ohinewai (holder), 16, Wanderers, 6. Schoolboys: To Kauwhata, 8, Rangiriri, 3.

Hamilton.—At Rugby Park a Hamilton B representative team defeated Cambridge B by 23 points to 18. Although the teams were evenly matched, tlio game wan somewhat ragged and a lucky try in the Inst minuto of piny gave Hamilton the decision Meanie scored first for Cambridge, but Hamilton quickly retaliated, the ball travelling from the. scrum to the winger, Brodrick, who scored. A loose rush by the Cambridge forwards made an opening f" r the centre, Mills, who scored a try which was not converted. The Hamilton forwards were then active nnd Cassidy scored an unconverted try. Juet before half-time Ultimo kicked a penalty coal for the visitors. making the scora: _ Cambridge, 9; Hamilton, fi. A movement in which all the Hamilton backs handled broke down, but, Whittaker, a forward, carried on and passed to Brodrick. who scored. A few minutes later Brodrick scored his third try, and then Porteous, on the other wing, made 20 yards with a smart run, and when he was brought down Gillespie snapped up to score well out. Cambridge's next try came ns the result of a smart piece of work by Hulme. who fielded u low pass and dived past the fullback to score. A long kick over the goal line sent the Cambridge forwards racing in pursuit and Blackett scqred, making the NCor» 15-all. From a scrum on Hamilton's line Dodd raced over to score. Hamilton 60on secured an equalising try, Cassidy nnd Brodrick handling beforo St. George scored. Hamilton's winning try was secured by Bowler, a forward, who snapped up after a movement by tlio local backs had broken down. He ran round and scored between the posts. McDcll converted. The referee was Mr. J. Dotchin, of Cambridge. Juniors: Hamilton representatives. 27, Matamata representatives, 8; Te Kowhai, (5, Technical Old Boys, 6; Old Boys, 8, Frankton, 3; Karamu won by default from Marist; Rua- . kura won by default from High School; "Railway won by default from Rovers. Third grade: Marist, 30, Old Boys, 0; Frankton, 29, High School, 0; Technical Old Boys, 11, Technical School, 5. Fourth grade: Frankton, 11, Old Boys, 0. Thames.—The Thames representatives withstood a very strong challenge from Te Arolia for the Birch Cup at Rhodes Park before a large attendance. Te Aroha led up until half-time and had much the better of tlvc game until tho concluding stages, when the Thames forwards dominated, Te Aroha losing three players with injuries. Roe scored first for Te Aroha in a handy position. Masters converted. Then R. Dovell opened up the game with a clever cut-in. lie threw out a long pass to Story, who scored near the side-line. The To Aroha forwards were playing with plenty of dash and fast following resulted in Haddon scoring near the posts. Masters converted. Offside play with the change-over gave Savage a penalty goal from the t.wenty-fivo yards flag. Mcßae received the ball from the scrum and opened a nice movement, which ended in R. Dovell scoring in tho corner. Rare kicked through and. following up fast, scored near the posts. Goodwin scored tho next try with a cut-in after the ball had pnssed through the chain of backs. The final score was:— Thames. 15: Te Aroha, 10. The Thames B representatives defeated the WhangamataTairua Maori team by 34 points to 6. Juniors: Hui Mai, 14. Physical Training. 0. Whangarei,—There wan an attendance of 1500 at Kensington Park this afternoon to witness the first representative match of tho season in the Harding Shield contest. Whangarei met Northern Wairoa in the elimination series of the southern zone, the former winning after an exciting game by 9 points to 6. Robbins, former Wellington representative, now playing in Whangarei, was the best back on tho field, and among his team mates, Pickering, Roos and Weir were tho elect of the' backs, while Tapper, at fullback, was always safe. Among the forwards, Mclnnes, Herbert, McKenzie and Clotworthy were the pick. For Northern Wairoa, Panapa. Hackett and B. Morresey played well in tho rear division, and Ross, Berkhardt. Flavell and M. Morresey led a hard-working pack. Soon after the commencement of the game Robbins dummied after a good back movement and scored near the posts. Another good back movement resulted in R. White scoring wide out. A fine run by Pickering and Robbins gave WTiangarei a 9 —o lead when Pickering scored a great try, the movement going three-quarters of the length of the field. Northern Wairoa retaliated and M. Morresey scored wide out from the loose. Shortly after Ross gained a fine try, diving through a line-out and taking the opposition by surprise. The game ended 9—6 in favour of Whangarei. Mr. C. Sommerville, of the Bay of Islands, was referee. Seniors: Otamatea, 9. and Whangarei B. 9, played at Waipu. Juniors: High School, 28, Poroti, 8; Tangowahine, 5, Old Boys, 3: City, 6, Opuawhanga, 5. Ngatea A team representing Hanraki Plains defeated the Mangatawhiri Union's senior representatives by 8 points to 3. Rotorua.—The Rotorua High School first fifteen defeated Takapuna Grammar School by 8 points to 0 in an inter-schools Rugby match. Play was hard throughout, the better combination of the Rotorua team proving superior to the weight of the visitors pack. Warkworlh.—The Rodney Rugby Union's knock-out competition was commenced in fine weather, and the playing fields were in good order. ResultsKaitoa, 21, Puhoi, 9; Port Albert, 3, Wellsford. 0: Matakana, 22, Pakiri, 0. REPRESENTATIVE GAMES VICTORY FOR HAWKE'S BAY GOOD COMBINATION OF BACKS [by telegraph—rßEss association] NAPIER, Sunday Better combination among the backs won a victory for Hawke's Bay against Poverty Bay at McLean Park yesterday, the match ending 37 to 12. Each side made numerous tactical errors and there was very little difference between tho two packs. There was only a moderate attendance. At times the standard of football in the first spell was below what local spectators were accustomed to seeing in club games, but towards the end of the second spell the game livened and until the finish of the game the spectators took a great deal more interest than they did at the beginning. _ Mishandling by the inside backs cost Poverty Bay several points. The side had an advantago on the line-otits, but the set scrums on the whold seemed fairly evenly distributed, with perhaps a shade in favour of the winning team. At half-time tho score was:—Hawke's Bay, 8; Bay. 6. It was a strenuous period, in which the forwards played a major part. In the second spell the home side enjoyed one of its characteristic revivals, and play became very lively, both sides throwing the ball about. The score was made up of eight tries, three converted, a field goal and a, penalty goal to four unconverted tries. SEDDON SHIELD MATCH MARLBOROUGH TEAM'S WIN [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] BLENHEIM. Sunday In a typically keen and hard Seddon Shield match yesterday Marlborough staved off West Coast's challenge by winning, 6—3. A record crowd assembled in excellent weather, hundreds of West Coasters making a 200-miles motor journey for the occasion. The match wss distinguished by sustained passages of magnificent forward play in which the heavier' Marlborough pack generally had an advantago. The backs of both Bides took a big part in a thrilling game, but the visitors lacked penetration. Marlborough's inside backs were always dangerous and it was only West Coast's superb tacking and smothering tackles that kept the score down. Hughes, West Coast, and Robinson, Marlborough. kicked penalty goals in the first spell and M. Woolley scored an unconverted try for Marlborough in the second spell. DEFEAT OF NORTH OTAGO [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] OAMARU, Sunday In n. bright Rugby game hero yesterday the Buller touring team defeated North Olago by 21 points to 18. Tho home fifteen started well to gain n lead of eight points, but Buller rallied to make the half-time scoro 8— nil. In the second spell tho Buller hookers dominated tho scrums, the backs seeing plenty of tho ball to make tho score 21 —8. North Otago scored just beforo time to reduce tho margin to 21—13. For the visitors tries were scored by Holder. Strachan (2) and J. Hill, Holder converting three and kicking a penalty

goal. Orman played an outstanding game in the forwards for North Otago, Cameron and Calder scored tries, Easton converting both and kicking a penalty goal. NELSON BEATS ASHBURTON [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] NELSON, Sunday The Nelson representative Rugby team defeated the Ashbiirton touring side here yesterday by 18 points to 16. BAY OF PLENTY UNION [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] < TAURANGA, Saturday A meeting of the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union this week at Te Puke agreed that Tuuranga's challenge against. Rangitaiki be played at Matata next Saturday. Other shield challenges were nrranged as follows: Whakatane v. holders, August 17; Opotiki v. holders, September 7. • The following dates were approved for the remaining Paraka Cup matches:—Te Puke v. Rotorua, at Te Puke, August 17; Opotiki v. winners of To Puke-Rotorua game, August 24. It is proposed that the Thames Valley match against the Bay of Plenty be played at Rotorua on September 14. The King Country touring team will visit Tauranga on August 28 and play a match against the Bay of Plenty representatives.