RUGBY LEAGUE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 4

RUGBY LEAGUE

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' BIG SCORE

CITY SHOW IMPROVED FORM The standard of football shown by the teams in the Otago Rugby League games on the Oval on Saturday, afternoon was not high. Christian Brothers proved too good for Athletic, and secured an easy win. The City team, shoiyiu" greatly improved form, accounted for Pacific after a strenuous game, in which the winners showed to advantage in the first spell. In the second half, when the game was played at a verv fast pace, Pacific was the better team, but could not break through Citys defence The following table shows the positions of the teams in the Ellis Cup competition: — j, . ■ . _, Points. Cup

CITY v. PACIFIC , The teams were as follows: , City. Barbara, Boreham, Nelson, Ravenwood, Hayden, Richards, Watts, Taylor, Bartholomew, Williams, Ginders, Heller, Grenfell. ' ■ ■ _ Pacific—M'Lehnan, Blackwood, De Courcey, Reid, Smith, Foote, Bryan, Steffaris, Arthurs, M'lndoe, Mason, Pearson, Aston. ■■'"■ ■•••'. , • Shortly after the kick-off Pacific broke through, Foote being responsible for carrying play into City's territory,, but Pacific was soon back on the defensive. After some tight play Ginders secured possession and transferred to Hayden, who beat several opponents to score well out. Barbara failed with the kick. A rush by City caught the opposing backs out of position, and Bartholomew raced through to score behind the posts. Nelson converted. City continued to hold the upper hand, and Grenfell intercepted a pass in Pacific s twenty-five to go over unopposed. Ravenwood converted. Pacific rallied and some hard play followed near City's Hue. The score at half time was:—City 13 points, Pacific nil. Pacific attacked strongly when the game was resumed, and City were penned in their twenty-five for some time. The Pacific backs broke away iu some line movements, and Blackwood eventually scored at the corner. Foote failed to convert from a difficult angle. Hayden gained a considerable stretch of ground before, transferring to Nelson, who was brought down with a great tackle. City returned to the attack, and after some hard play in Pacific's territory Hayden scored well out, Barbara converting. Pacific had their opponents hard pressed in the closing stages. The final scores were: City 18 points. Pacific • 3 points. Mr B. Crawford was the referee. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS v. ATHLETIC The teams were as follows: Christian Brothers.—O'Malley, Gibb, Schmelz, M'Kewen, B. O'Connor, Lemon, Wilson J. O'Connor, M'Namara, Culling, F Culling, T. O'Connor. E. O'Connor. Athletic—M'Donald, Gardiner, Martm, Arrandale, Maka, Gray, Harewood, Anderson, Munro, Lawless, Crosado, loom, Duncan. . , ~ , „ . Athletic attacked from the kick-off and carried play to the Green's line where M'Donald opened Athletic'e score by, kicking a fine penalty goal from a difficult angle. The Greens then took a hand, ?nd a rush ended in E. O'Connor going over to score a good try. which B. O Connor failed to convert. After some fairly even play the Greens swarmed all over their opponents, and Schmelz scored an easy try. O'Malley was successful with the kick A few minutes later Schmelz secured and fended off several opponents to score at the corner. B. 0 Connor failed with the kick. . The scores at half time were: Christian Brothers U points, Athletic 2 points. Immediately after the resumption O'Malley secured and cut right through the defence to score between the posts. The same player added the extra points. A rust lv Athletic shifted play to he other end, and Gardiner scored at the corner M'Donald failed with the kick. Good play bv Munro, who came down the field with the ball at his feet, and by Duncan, who followed up fast, endedl in the latter scoring at the corner llie try was not converted. A forward rush by the Greens carried play to the other end of the field, where M'Donald secured and kicked, but the ball struck a playei and rebounded. J. O'Connor picked up and scored between the posts. Ihe scorer added the extra points. In the final stages tries were scored for the Greens bv B. O'Connor (not converted), vVUson (converted by M'Kewen), andT 0 Connor (not converted). The final scores were: Christian Brothers .. 32 points. Athletic .. 8 points. Mr B. EckhofE was the referee.

IN OTHER CENTRES. (Peb United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 18. League matches yesterday resulted as follows : Marist 35, Devonport 9. City 35, Newton 13. Richmond 36, Ponsonby 12. CHRISTCHURCH, June 17. League matches resulted as follows: — Addington 15, Sydenham 10. Hornby 5. Riccarton nil. Linwood 23; New Brighton 7. AUSTRALIAN TEAM CHOSEN (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BRISBANE, June 18. (Received June 18, at 6.30 p.m.) The Australian Rugby League team for England is as follows:—Full-backs, F. M'Millan (New South Wales) and W. Smith (Queensland); three-quarters—A. Ridley, F. Gardner, R. Moris, D. Brown, C Pearce, J. Why" (New South Wales), F. Laws and Fi Neumann (Queensland): five-eighths, E. Norman (New South Wales) and F. Dooner (Queensland), half-backs—V. Thicknesse and L. Mead (New South Wales) and F. Gilbert (Queensland); forwards—A. Folwell, G. Bishop, R. Stehr, J. Gibbs, F. Curran I'. O'Connor, S. Pearce. W. Prigg ilSew South Wales), J. Little, L. Heidke, Madsen, J. Doyle, and H. Denby (Queensland). QUEENSLAND DEFEATS NEW SOUTH WALES. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BRISBANE, June 18. (Received June 18, at 0.30 p.m.) In an interstate Rugby League football match Queensland beat New South Wales by 10 points to 8.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Christian • Brothers.. City ,.'•. ..... Pacific .. ... Athletic 8 . 8 . 8 . 8 6 4 4 '■': 3 3 8 2 146 56 1100 65 1 1 96 92 — 62 192 14 9 9