JOTTINGS.

NZ Truth, Issue 877, 16 September 1922, Page 7

JOTTINGS.

Hawke's Bay are down to stall off a Ranfurly Shield challenge from the King Country crowd, and a little bird whispers that the "Kings'* are about the same calibre as Bay of Plenty. If this be correct, then Hawke's Bay will have to reorganise its back division and see that a game is set that will suit the team. If this is not done it is quite on the cards that Kirkpatrickand Co. may get a hiding. The inter-Varsity match between Sydney arid Canterbury attracted 6000 spectators to Lancaster Park, and the- Rugby Union netted a good gate. As a display of spectacular football it fell a long way short of expectations. The game was scrappy and dull. The won. .Considerable interest is being focus.sed on the Wellington-Canterbury match to. be played at Lancaster Park next week. Canterbury will have its best rep. team this season on the field, and expects to win. J. Tilyard was a , star performer for the wholesalers against' the retailers m a game af Wanganui, when the former won by 27 to 3. Wairarapa juniors, who put on the curtain-raiser against Wellington at Athletic- Park, came down solidly, for Wellington walked off with 21 points to 3 on the right side of the book. The Wellington team was m every way the better of the two, and, there was never any doubt about the reA very nasty thorn m the side of the League game is a decision of the Petone Borough Council to let the Wellington Rugby Union have the •Petone Recreation Ground for five, years. The allocation, of that ground m recent years, has been responsible for a good deal of unpleasantness between the bodies- concerned, and the latest '■ action is one which the Rugby people deserve. The Borough Council have adopted a course that will he of much greater benefit to them than if they were to carry on as m previous years.'. ' ( Had the Wellington men made more of their opportunities to score in' their match against Southland, ' the margin at the finish might have been- smaller. As it was the visitors put on 6 points m the second spell against, Southland's 3. Sydney 'Varsity's .forwards averaged about a stone heavier than the Victoria College pack on Wednesd<a3 r . Malcolm, the. promising young Old' Boys' player, took the field for Victoria College for the first time on Wednesday. : He shaped particularly well as l'ufl-back:. After Thomas and Mackay had failed m kicks at goal, Malcolm was given a chance with a penalty, well out, which he converted into three points. . Subsequently he goaled from a Pope-Dighton try. ■ " Wellington's attempts at goal-Jkick-ing against Southland all failed. Faber, scored two tries and ' T-homas one. Southland's score consisted of three tries (one com^erted) . and a penalty goal. Diack, . the 'goal-kicker, also scored a try.- ■ ■ If the weather is kind there should be an interesting open game at Athletic Park to-day— the third test between Sydney 'Varsity and N.Z. 'Varsity. New Zealand, however, expects to do the 'hat trick. There was little to enthuse over m the .Sydney 'Varsity-.Victoria College contest at Wellington. In bitter cold ana on a sodden field the visiting fifteen were victors — 21 to 14. 1 Wellington touring team 'suffered defeat by Southland on Wednesday by 17 pbints to 9. ' Although the ground was wet a good exhibition of the game was given.