COUNTRY CONTESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22487, 3 August 1936, Page 13

COUNTRY CONTESTS

MATCHES ON SATURDAY REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES PUKEKOHE DEFEATS KAIPARA Several further representative mntelies were played in country centres; of the Auckland Province on Saturday afternoon. The following results Mere forwarded by correspondents of the lli:it.\ r.n:—

Pukekoho. In a representative frame played at I'nkekolie, the home team proved too strom; for K; it>,\ra, winniuf tiv •_'.■> points to 10. The first ha 1 f was fairly even. Although I'nkekolie attacked rreouently, the Kaipara defence >vas sound, its line being crossed only once, when Shep.iard scored an unconverted try near (lie corner flag Shortly before lialf- [ time a determined rush by the Kaipara forv.irds carried play right up to I'ukekohe's goal-line, and l'awcitt went over near the posts. Harrison converted, making the ha Ifi time score:- Kaipara, l'ukekolie, 3. In the sicond half I'ukekohe's superiority became evident. It att liked strongly from the start ami, niter a passing rush from tin twenty-five >ards line, Sheppard cut through the defence to score between the posts. Sandin converted | 1 nkekohe continued to attack, and from a scum near the Kaipara. goal-line, I'arris secured (lie ball and dived over. Sand in again succeeded with the kick. Kaipara rallied, and good work on the part of its forwards ended in Clarke breaking through to score, llarri- | .-.on converting from a fairly easy position. | From this stage until the end of the game l'ukekolie played dazzling football, its forwards following up very fast and its backs handling cleanly. Within a quarter of an in,iir Kaipara's line was crossed four times. 11 e wet t (2). Mo flit and Adams securing tries. Primary schools (Morrison Shield): Franklin, I 23. l'ukekolie, 3; Uaiiiku. I.">, Manukau. :i; I't ank I in, IT. Waiuku. <1 Third grade: White Star, 25, llombay, O. l'ukekolie junior representatives beat the Waihi junior rcuresentafives I>.\ I'J points to .*». Matamata.—C)»!.v one senior jiamo was plavcd. II itinera defeating Wardville by 23 to !>. i'atetere defaulted to Matainata. The llinurra - Wardville game was played in bitterly cold weather at Bedford Park. Wardville had a territorial advantage practically all through, but lacked the finish to bring its efforts to fruition. II itinera repeatedly turned defence into attacK and scored from practically every such movement. For II itinera, F. Germann and K Settle eaci'. scored two tries and .\. I.ownone, i\ llawke enlivening tour of them. R. Johns scored a try for Wardville, and J. Lynch and T. Hughes each kicked a penalty goal. Hamilton.—Marked superiority on the part of Old Hoys', backs was responsible for tho defeat of Marist by 2s points to (i. From thu kick-off Old Boys handled smartly, Iteid racing across for an unconverted try after only half a minute of play. Then Carroll quickly changed the direction of play and found the Marist backs out of position. The ball went troin K. Storey to Voice, who scored. A series ot forward rushes placed Marist on the attack, the halfback. Mills, transferring from a set scium to Dempsey, who cut in and scored. Sprinting down the line. Voice gained 30yds and transferred to 11. Lissette, who scored. A fev. minutes later A. Uissette kicked a penalty goal, making the half-time score: —Old ltoys, 12: Marist, 3. ICarl.v in the second spell F. Cassidy went through on his own to score .Marist's second try. A period of forward play on Marist's line followed. G. ('bitty scoring fo- Old Hoys, and A. Uissette converting. At this stage Marist's fullback, Kilpatrick. was ordered oft for allegedly punching another player. Furtlier tries for Old ltoys came in qrick su-cessioil. Marist's line being crossed by Storey, Gudsell and Johnstone. A. I.issette converted Storey's try. In the second game at Itugby Park Taupiri East defeated Technical Old ltoys bv 15 points to 13. Tries were scored for Taupiri Fast by M. Taylor and It. Taylor. Catley converting them all. Technical".* points came from tries by Hroad nnd Goosmuii, I'ardiugtou converting both of these aiiJ also kicking a penalty goal. An interesting and keenly-contested match between ilie Thames High School and Hamilton Technical School icprest ntatives resulted in a draw, eight points each. Cambridge.—Football of a fast and exciting nature, and an extia ten niinuUs' play to decide the winner nfter a drawn conclusion, were features of the Peace Cup elimination game between Maniapoto and Cambridge Maniapoto won by a penalty goal kicked during the play-off of an extra five minutes each v ay, the luiat scote being:—Mamaiioto. It: Cambridge, s. In Ihy first five minutes of play Meredith kicked high and Hewitt followed up to score, lie converted the try. The .Vaniapcto fullback furpriscd when he rv.siicd tlaough the entire defence to score and convert, making the half-time score 5 5 C;:mbridge made a bold bid for the line several times liter half-time, and Holmes tailed with an easy penalty shot. Harlow made a spectaiular run for the c o'ni.: and scored for Maniapoto. Holmes evened the score with a great penalty kick. During the extra spell McLcod kicked a penalty gi.al .or Maniapato to win the game. .Mr. A. C. Wat kins, of Jlauiillon. was referee. In the curtain-raiser, ilautauu juniors defeated Karapiro juniors by 3 points to 0. Third grade: United, 15, Leamington, 3, Hautapu, (>. Northern. O.

Morrinsville.—The first, l'eace Cnp match of the season proved to be but a try-out for the holders, Morrinsville, which beat I'aero.i by lo points to o. 1 lie worst features of J',-tenia's [day were poor tackling and faulty handling. The team got a fair share of the I.all from the. scrums, and the halfback, 11. Hobinson, sent out well-placed and wel!-tiin<*d passes, but both five-eighths were lamentably \ eak. The visiting ltillbtck, L. fisher, was called upon for a tremendous amount of work, which he got through tvilli distinct credit. Outstanding in the .Morrinsville tcim were L. Kussell. the nalfliack. and J. Uee.-on in the forwards. Tries for Morrinsville were scored by Vivian (J), Bodmin cji, Vowles, Aitken, J. Leeson and Kelly. Aitken polled two goals ami converted three tries. \\ Cameron converted one try. Juniors: Hovers, fe, Jlotnmaoho, Terriers, ■I. United, ii; Old lio.vs. o . Thirds: Terriers, r_\ United, S; Kereone defaulted to Old Hoys.

Tauranga.—The Tauranga Rugby Union's senior team visited Katikati and played a match against Katikati seniors. The game, which was well contested, resulted in a win for Katikati by It points to .">. A match tor the Rataua Cup played at Opotiki betwe-n Maori teams resulted: —Whakatohea (holder), <>; Tauranga (challenger), 3. Two • junior games in the Oliver Cup competition were played. Omokoroa defeated itangataua by 5 to and Judea beat Cadets Old Hoys, by 10 to to. Matapiki had a bye. The Tauranga .District High School second fifteen defeated the Katikati School team by 14 to o.

Kaeo.—By defeating Whangaroa by 12 points to to at Kaeo, Northern Wairoa won the Harding Shield. The ground was very poor and not conducive to good football. In the first spell Whangaroa had much the better of the play, duo mainly to playing with the wind, and to the sloping ground, and at halftime led by to to 3. lu the second spell Northern Wairoa combined well and played fine football, both back and forward. After 20 minutes' play Mclveown finished a beautiful Whangaroa passing movement by scoring between the posts. King converted. Whangaroa again pressed and Taniora scored at the corner. Northern Wairoa temporarily took charge and from a scrum Osbaldiston scored in the corner. Northern Wairoa pressed solidly at the beginning of the second half and witii a free kick Stanaway raised the flags. Shortly afterwards ilackett went round on the blind side and sent the ball to Osbald iston, who scored. OIT-sidc play enabled Mor rese.v to increase Northern Wairoa's total to 1

Dargavllle.—A match in Iho southern zone for the Brake Shield was played at Uugb.v Park, where Northern Wairoa juniors beat Otamalea juniors by Lid points to 0. Playing with a strong wind Northern Wairoa opened aggressively and after two minutes an infringement gave it a free kick inside the twenty-five and 0. Bonner raised the flags, l-'ive minutes later C. Bonner scored wide out. Snook picked up in the loose and passed to Anderson, who went over. Snook ran well through and passed to R. Bonner,, who went over at the corner. Immediately afterwards Walters gave the ball to Williams, who outpaced Otamatea's defence to score. A Northern Wairoa forward rush gave R. Ilonncr a further opening to score close in. C. Homier converted. Half-way through the second spell an Otamatea forward rush sent Nathan over at the corner. Otamatea increased its total when Knight bridge scored. Paeroa.—The Grafton junior team defeated the Paeroa junior representatives by II to o lifter an interesting game. The ground was wet and heavy. Tries were scored for Grafton by Prentice, Kingstone and Cameron, Savory converting one.

To Puke.—A large crowd at Jubilee Park witnessed a representative junior match between Auckland and Te Puke. Auckland, the heavier team, held the advantage throughout. All hough Hie final score indicated a walk-over for the visitors, the game was open and interesting. At half-time the score was (i all, bill in the second spell Auckland, which then had the wind, was far superior to the home team and won by 2ii points to it

Manukau Sub-Union. — In the representative match at Manurewa between the Auckland third grade representatives and the Manukau Sub-Union junior representatives, Auckland won by 28 points lo (i. The Manukau forwards more than held their own. The Auckland backs, however, were altogether much superior. Auckland's tries were all the result of passing bouts, and the scorers were: Mansill CJ), Lee, Skeen, Harris (3) and Rac. Leatharl converted two tries. For the Manukau Sub-Union Osborne and J. Duun scored tries.

Whangarei.—There was a very largo attendance at Kensington Park where the Whangarei Rugby Union's senior knock-nut competition was continued in beautiful weather. On No. 1 ground the Kia Ton Maori team defeated Hikurangi, winner of the championship, by 15 to 11 in a fast and open name. T. Conway, the Hikurangi half, opened the score soon after the commencement with a fine try between the posts, and lie also converted. Te I'aa worked the blind side and sent Oherringion over at the corner to score for Kia Toil. The latter was awarded a free kick in front of (lie posts, and It. White had no difficulty in kicking a goal. Hikurangi took the lead when Pomfrett scored wide out, but R. White kicked another penalty, making the score !• s in favour of Kia Toa. It. White then made a brilliant' run to the fullback and sent on to Mackie, who crossed the line at the corner. Procter next scored for Hikurangi, and just before time Ricketts clinched the game for Kia Toa by scoring near the posts. The kick missed, leaving Kia Toa a winner by 1 points to 11. On No. 'J ground Old Hoys defeated Maungakaramea by II! points to 11. For the winners tries were scored by Symes and Itindon C_'), Tapper converting two. Miumgukarameu's points were registered from tries by G. L. Weir. I'. Morressey, Howe and S. Alison, Canipbell converting one. City had a bye, but in a friendly match defeated the I'ipiwai senior I! team, winner of the senior H championship, by three points, n try by R. Barber, to nil. Manaia, 11, beat Whatitiri, (i Juniors: Onerahi, (I. City, Waikiekie, It. High School. I.'i. Third grade representatives, -JT, The Rest, (I. Matata. In a match for the Te lluriinuiApnnui Shield Rangitaiki beat Rotorua by s points to nil. The first try was scored in the second half, when Lees made mi opening for K. Howell to score between the posts. T. Lees converted. Shortly afterward Francis added to Rangitaiki's score with a penalty goal.

Ttiakau. Franklin retained the M>asse.v Cup against a challenge by Waiuku by a margin of four points, the tally at the close of the game being l'J to n. Waiuku not most of the ball in the scrums, but its backs lacked precision in passing The Waiuku forwards were slightly better than Franklin's, although the Franklin backs made u good showing, especially in the closing stages, and the pace made the play fairly exciting. I'assau was outstanding among the Franklin backs, while Potter, Hewitt and Barnahy also played good games. Brighonso was a tower of strength to Waiuku. Tries for Franklin were scored by 11. I'assau ('_•) and A. Poller, the former also kicking a penalty goal. J. liregmen scored for Waiuku, Itrighouse converting, and also kicking a penally goal. Pokeno. -The Mancatawhiri representatives defeated the Marniknii representatives by 5 points to The teams were fairly evenly matched and the game provided a good measure of interest. An opening by A. Mcßobbie, at second live-eighths for Marmatawhiri. ended in (!. Peters, the wingthreequarter, scoring. R. Dean converted. Mangataw liiri was still leading by 5 points to nil at li'ilf time. In the last few minutes a penalty goal was kicked for Manukau Third grade: I'okeno, 15: Patumahoe. (I. Thames. The Poland Memorial Cup was won by Thames, which defeated Hauruki Plains at NVate.i by s points to .">. The around was in a heavy condition, llauraki Plains seemed the first score, a try by G. Childs from an intercepted pass. lie went over behind the posts. K. Claik converted. Savage, for Thames, kicked a penalty goal, the halftime score being: llauraki Plains. 5; Thames, Shortly after the resumption Goodwin went over the line, lie suffered a broken rib as he fell. Savage converted. There was n> further score. Mrs. C. Hurt, wife of the president of the Thames Valley Rugby Union, [.resented the cup to the Thames captain, A Story. In the primary schools' match for the Vancouver Cup. Lower Waikato, the challengers. defeated Thames Valley by !i points to :i. In a junior came. Ramblers defeated Physical Training by - JI points to a. Waipa. The Waipa Rugby Union's comix tilions were continued. The weather was fine, but an intensely cold wind, wlrrli swept across the field, made conditions unpleasant for players and spectators alike. In the interuiioii competition. Te Awamutu defeated Frankton by 111 points to 11. Te Awamutu owed its victory lo the superiority of its forwards. Play opened quietly, with both sets ol forwards striving for mastery. Te Awamutu broke awa\ and carried play downfield. where, from a scramble in front of the posts. Wynjaril picked up and used his weight to force in:; way over. Lewis converted. Shortly afterward from play near the Frankton line Turnev got possession and went over for a try. Frankton took a turn and Griffiths put in a good run to pass to Kelly, who scored near the posts. The kick failed. Frankton opened slrcnglv at the commencement of the second si ell and had Te Awamutu defending. For an infringement Frankton was awarded a penalty kick and Everest goaled. Griffiths nearly scored for Frankton when lie cleverly evaded six opponents and crossed the line, but he was called back. With only two points separating the teams, (he Te Awamutu forwards livened up and, led by Wynyard. commenced to dominate the piny. From a series of scrums and line-outs near the Frankton line Ask endived over. Then Scott scored and Lewis converted. Te Awamutu kept up 'the pressure and Hie ball went out to Tombs, who cut in and scored near the corner. Just before time play reverted lo midfield. and the Frankton backs got a chance, the ball travelling to Griffitlus, who put in a strong run and scored. Pearson converted as the hnal whistle sounded. Other results:- — Junior representatives: Matamat.i. is Waipa 11. Tliiul grade: Te Awamutu. ll' Old LSo'vs, (l; Suburbs, V!S, High School,

Huntly.—Vancouver Cup: lluntly, (!, Te Hoe, 0; Te Akau won from Huntly High School Old Hoys by default; Kainui. 1-1. wiiitikahu, 5. Seniors: To Awamutu Rovers. :;o. Taupiri West, 11. REPRESENTATIVE GAMES HAWKE'S BAY DEFEATED WELLINGTON TEAM SUCCESSFUL [llV TKLKCKAi'H —I'RKSS ASSOC]AT'ION] WELLINGTON, Sunday Undeterred by driving hail and sleet and a bitter south wind, Wellington beat Hawke's Bay by •_'•") points to nil in a gruelling Rugby game. The ground was drenched and appallingly slippery. The Athletic Park stand was crowded, but the open seals wire empty except for a few spectators with bedraggled ribbons huddling in the lee of the wall. Hawke's Bay supporters, numbering st;<>, who arrived by two trains in the morning, formed a good proportion of the crowd. Play was unexpectedly open and spectacular, a striking feature being the splendid combination of the Wellington pack, which in the later stages over-ran the opposition. Oilgley, in particular, was outstanding._ Within threo minutes of the kick-oil' Fleming passed to Hansen, who, avoiding Hutchinson, ran round between the posts. Lamason converted. Then from a penalty Pollock sent tlio ball over the bar. From a scrum near the Hawke's Bay line Sadler dodged across and i:t points were scored for Wellington in is many minutes. By this time the ball was heavy and greasy, the handling became uncertain, and back movements began to fail. Griffiths checked a Hawke's Bay forward rush by a mark. Ahlricli, with the ball at his feet, menaced the Wellington line. Hutchinson, kicking from a puddle, missed a penalty shot. Le Quesne was prominent in the Hawke's Bay backs. A Wellington offensive was thwarted by Apsey forcing. This man on the wing was having a good share of the ball. Ho looked like going over in the corner, but missed his footing and fell. Hull, of Wellington, was injured and was replaced by Ongley. Play continued very open, the Hawke's Hay forwards being constancy on the ball, Dalton and Jackson being outstanding. At half-time the score was:— Wellington, I:t; Hawke's Bay, 0. Ongley followed up fust in a forward offensive and scored immediately play was resumed. Mataira and Hutchinson each saved further tries and then Wells went over from a scrum The Wellington pack was now predominant. Charging down again on the Hawke's Bay line from a loose scrum Ongley dashed over for his second try.

Ongley carried play back to the Hawke's Bay twenty-five and from an opening Fleming made an easy run and scored. Pollock missing the kick. Hutchinson was injured and Grant took his place in the Hawke's Bay side. Ongley and Lainason made a fine ruli. but the movement proved abortive and al the whistle both teams scuttled for the grandstand, giving half-hearted cheers as they ran.

WIN FOR TARANAKI

[llY TKLKGRAI'H —OWN Colt RKSI'ON OKN'T] NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday

Taranaki defeated the touring Wairarapa Rugby team liy 37 points to 111 in a rrprcsentative niatii) on a heavy ground. Three showers fell during the triune and the, ball was greasy, hut the handling of Taranaki was surprisingly good, and most of its eight tries were seored from speetarular hack inoveinents. Taranaki had much the better of the paine in all departments, but when it led by Ml points lo six it allowed its defence to slacken. Fitzgerald, the NVairarapa captain, was the best back, and Hume and Dcnbee played fair panics. Laing was Wairarapa's outstanding forward. ,1. Sullivan, both on attack and defence, played a spectacular ganie as Taranaki centre. Collins gave a faultless display of fullback play. Tries were scored for Wairarapa by lfart. Grantham and Holland, Fitzgerald converting two and kicking a penalty goal. For Taranaki Sullivan secured thrco fries, and Ford, Fowler, Smith, Ruakero and O'Dowd one each. Collins converted five tries and kicked one penalty goal. WESTPORT CLUB'S JUBILEE [»Y TKLKGItAI'II — 1' 1110SS ASSOCIATION] WESTPORT, Sunday The Westport Rugby Football Club has been specially avorred with fine weather during the golden jubilee celebrations. Tlito was a cloudless sky yesterday, when a grand procession of past and present players ami others look place, followed by a seven-a-side tournament on Victoria Square, with a dinner an I dance following at night. Old Hoys, the baby club, 1 1 years of age, won both the senior and junior seven-a-side competitions, with Stars as runners-up in Hie senior grade <nd Ikainatua in the juniors. The festivities concluded to-day.