PONEKE STILL UNBEATEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12194, 20 July 1925, Page 9

PONEKE STILL UNBEATEN

ORIENTAL’S SEQUENCE OF VICTORIES BROKEN

MARIST NARROWLY DEFEATED BY 'VARSITY ATHLETICS HUGE SCORE AGAINST SELWYN Ideal football weather greeted the player* on Saturday, but unfortunately the recent rain* had left their mark, and the- grounds were heavy, and in twany instances muddy. At Athletic Park, Poneke maintained their unbeaten record by defeating Oriental by 10 point* to 5. Petope *e pared an easy victory over Old Boy* by 18 point* to 3, and 'Varsity defeated MarUt by 9 point* to 6. Athletic ran up a big tally against Solwyn, winning by 46 point* to 3, while the game between Hutt and Berhampore ended with honoprs even—three all.

STILLPQNEKE ORIENTAL TEAM BEATEN UNPLEASANT INCIDENTS. In a deTernilned struggle at Athletic Park Poneke defeated Oriental on Saturday by 10 points to'.3. Though defeated, Oriental hore off the honours. Play was hard , throughout, eight of the black and whites being knocked put, and in the second spell at least two Poneke men were fortunate that they did not end the match on the side-line. The following were the teams:— Oriental (black and white).—Fullback, Sidet; three-quarters, K. Smith, Weipihana, Taylor; five-eighths, Cowdrell, McNicol; half, Chambers; forwards, Poulter, Hepburn, Sly, Newry, Parker, Watts, Hill, Chant (wing). Poneke (red and black).—Full-baek, Gilbert; three-quarters, Hickey, H. Tilyard, Alger; five-eighths, F. Tilyafd, Gibson; half, Hall; forwards, S. Shearer, Walsh, Pope,..Adams, L. Wilaan, J. Shearer, Smith, Kennedy (wing) Referee: Mr A. C. Kitto. Though Poqeke opened with the bright sun behind them they were not once in Oriental territory in the first

quarter of an hour. Play was scrappy, the opposing packs making a good battle of it, but the backlines moving poorly when they moved at all. Oriental missed likely chances through an over-eagerness which permitted the red backs to counter aggressive moves by kicking. Oriental moved up close at last, only to be sent back_ the length of the field by a red forward rush nnd forced to defend well and truly. Slowness on the part of their forwards almost cost them points, as Smith wormed his way through and dived for the hall near the posts, an instant too late. Then came a snappy backlipe move from wing to wing, Algar beginning it, and the Tilyards, J. Shearer, and Hickey handling in a dash which just missed. That waa the end of it for Poneke. Oriental moved down into the opposing territory, and camped on the red line for over five minutes, but failed to score. Three times they must have gone close, and their failure did hot bring relief! At last a long kick by. Algar and a fast follow-up by H. Til-' yarcl made. Poneke the aggressors again, and it was in the thick of it that K. Smith secured, worried through, and burst past the Poneke backs. He had made good use of the dummy, end as he came down Cowdrell picked up and. completed the distance to score between the posts. Taylor easily converted.

POSITION OF TEAMS The fallowing is the pretent position of the team*:— Pts. Pts. Ch

Poneke were not long down, though, a clearance ending in H. Tilyard rising •above his fellow*’ mediocrity and sending out to Algar, with room for him to cross at the corner. “S'. Shearer’s fine kick made the scores even, and .they stayed there until the bell sounded. Oriental 5 Poneke , 5 HARD SECOND SPELL Oriental went right into attack in the second spell, and an ugly .incident occurred when, in a clearing rush, a Poneke man deliberately kicked an opponent with full forco as he lay on the gfognd. The stand resented ft, and showed glee when Poneke were penal-: ised a moment later. Feeling ran high, a Poneke player began swinging his arms about- and the crowd hooted. A free kick followed, but Taylor’s shot fell under the posts. Poneke had not been in the picture for almost fifteen minutes, hut with their customary dash they scored. F. Tilyard started a dribbling rush, and fast following up by J. Shearer and Smith saw them go through the defence, for Smith to fall on the ball. S. Shearer’s splendid kick converted. There were too many pas-, sengers in the Oriental pack at this moment, and Poneke moved into attack, only to reap another hurst of

hooting from the hank. It was shortlived, for though few of the black and white pack were bothering to keep op : side Oriental soon had their , opponents well beaten, but Were not clever enough to get through. The backs were misßing, and the game was not to open play up, about which Oriental seemed to he of two minds. The Poneke men’s cleverness of foot was proving too much for thee whites in the loose, and they twice began attacks, which, however, were never really dangerous. The whites came back; but their old infringements told against them, and at the crucial moment they failed. So once,again Poneke cheered first. , Poneke , 10 Oriental 5 . DUNEDIN RESULTS i Per Press Association.. , , DUNEDIN. July 18. Rugby:—University A 18, AlnambrA 8; Pirates 18, Zingari 0; Southern'23, > Union 0; Kaikorai 20, University‘B ''3;' Dunedin 6. Taieri Rovers 6. ' ’’ ■ ■ In a public school game, Terrace (43) defeated Johnsonville (o).‘ 'Tries’were scored by Poulton (4)-, Brethridge (2), Crawford (2), . TuckwelV; 1 Macklin,’ Knight, and Diamond. ’Diamond cohi'' verted two tries and lucked a. penalty! anal. ’ Knight Converted one., . ..

T. W. L. D. for. agst. pt$. PONEKE I I ; , I 20(5 V-23, ’VARSITY 9 3 0 180 105 l8 PETONE 8 3 i ' 166 108 "17 ORIENTAL 6 5 i 112 il6 i-3 BERHAMPORE .... ..... 12 s 5 2 i33 94 12OLD BOYS 5 6 i 103 100 IT MARIST - ............. 4 5 3 70 ' 88 IT ATHLETIC .. 5 7 134104 ■ • 16 HUTT 2 6 4 60 . •88 ■ 8 WELLINGTON .... 3 7 i 3 2 13 I 7 SELWYN , ........... ii o 35 274' O