END OF FIRST ROUND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26216, 29 July 1946, Page 6

END OF FIRST ROUND

SOUTHERN HOLDS LEAD UNIVERSITY A HARD PRESSED The first round of the Otago Rugby Football Union’s senior competition was completed on Saturday in fine weather and on grounds which were in excellent order. The main match, between Zingari-Richmond and Dunedin, attracted a crowd of about 2000 to Carisbrook, where a lively game was won by Zingari-Richmond by 10 points to nil. The competition leaders, Southern, had a comfortable win by 19 points to 3 against Port Chalmers on the latter’s ground, but University A was hard pressed to beat the solid Taieri team at Mosgiel by 9 points to 6, the winning points coming in the final minutes of the game. Kaikorai beat Pirates B by 17 points to 9, and a minor upset was provided by the University B team, ■ which defeated Union, winner the previous week over Kaikorai, by 27 points to 14. Training College defeated Alhambra fairly decisively by 22 points to 9. Pirates A had the bye. The first six teams, which will meet one another in the second round, are Southern, University A, Pirates A, Kaikorai, Zingari-Richmond and Dunedin. Training College failed to qualify in this list by only one point. University B has moved up from tenth to eighth place. The following were the results:— Zingarl .. .. 10 Dunedin 0 Kaikorai .. 17 Pirates B .. 9 Training Col. 22 Alhambra .. 9 University 827 Union .. .. 14 University A 9 Taieri .. .. 6 Southern .. 19 Pt. Chalmers 3 Pirates A, a bye. COMPETITION POINTS The following table shows the positions of the teams;-- .

P. W. L. D. Pts. P. A. FI. Pts. Southern 12 11 1 — 124 83 22 University A.. 12 10 1 1 201 63 21 Pirates A 12 8 2 2 131 61 18 Katkorai 12 8 3 1 164 76 17 Zingari .. .. 12 7 3 2 147 94 16 Dunedin 12 6 5 1 124 89 13 Training Col. 12 6 6 — 148 117 12 University B.. 12 5 7 — 126 181 10 Union .. 12 4 7 1 86 142 9 Taieri .. 12 4 8 — 117 146 8 Pirates B 12 2 10 — 75 161 4 Port Chalmers 12 2 10 — 45 135 4 Alhambra 12 1 11 — 58 198 2