RUGBY FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL

HAWKE’S BAY SUCCESS WELLINGTON BEATEN 33-30 HAI.T’-TOt OUT CONTEST (l’vr Press Association.) 11 ASTI NILS, last night. Blaring h’ugbv reminiscent of their heyditv, Ifawko ; s Bay beat Wellington bv"'33 - to 20 this afternoon. At one peri o l l, the score was 33 to eight. Wellington seemed tired, but the Bay players' were inspired. Their defence • tl i,d attack were both magnificent. Theic* was brilliant sunshine and a slight, breeze. The ground was fairly hard.

The attendance was not particularly large. Hawke's Bay won the toss. 1 age ard Lilburne gave a taste of Wellington's quality by initiating a series of line passing bouts. Swift pouncing by ALataira stilled .Kilby. The first trv came when Bradley tumbled, Detabarcti dribbliug through, getting possession and passing to hanutson on the line, fuller converted. jii the next minute Smith made a wonderful run from near halfway, pushing off several tackier*. He kicked high, and Rolls, coming up fast, scored. (Irant s kick tailed. liny were now showing up strongly, nearly scoring. The 'Wellington backs came" again with a lovely dash, Kilby and Lilburne making a clean break for Barry to score. Fuller missed with tin' kick.

fa the next minute, he (Juesne dropped a goal from almost at luilfwav, making the Bay a point behind. The local side was now playing an inspired game, completely nonplussing the visitors. The next try was brilliant. Bradley cutting through the whole defence from Wellington’s 2.> and sending Rolls across unopposed. Bindley converted—Hawke’s Buy 13, Wellington S. The visiting bucks came again with a dashing move, but the Baytackling was impenetrable. At once fortune changed, ’Wellington’s failure to tackle allowing Cochrane to sneak a loose ball and send Rolls .over unopposed. Rolls converted. 'The half-time score was: Hawke’s

.Bay 17, Wellington S. Hawke’s Buy scored again livi minutes after resuming, Heaney cross ing from a forward scramble. lib kick failed.

Thrice, the visiting backs nearly crossed, but the Bay tackling was deadly. Barry went off injured, Me Neil replacing him. Rolls was the next scorer after Smith had made, a great dogged run through the. hall hearted- opposition. (! rant’s kick failed.

After repeated Bay attacks, the visitors came up strongly, Lilburne just missing a potted goal, but. hi succeeded a moment later.

Wellington were now much the livelier in attacking and were more enterprising, but could not make an impression on the Bay s defence. At lasi, a deserved try came by Page crossing from a brilliant rearguard movement. Fuller failed with the kick.

In the next two minutes, Fuller scored with a spectacular run from half wav and Hum converted- Hawke’s Bay 23, Wellington 20. With live minutes remaining, the pace was terrific*'. The Wellington backs were working excellently. A penalty enabled the'visitors ,to clear from a-threatening Bay attack. Wei-, lington were the aggressors when the final whistle blew.

THE RANFURLY SHIELD CANTERBURY’S EASY WIN (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Canterbury easily defeated King Country to-day u) the' last challenge- of the season .for the Ranfurly Shield. Canterbury had more, speed, back, and forward, and the combination was much too good for the visitors. Canterbury scored eight tries, four of them being .converted, and a. -potted goal. Canterbury were faced with a weak opposition, and showed some ot the brilliancy .displayed.-in the earlier shield mulches. The final score was: Canterbury 36. King Country nil.

A CLOSE GAME ’ WAIRARAPA BEAT MANAWATU (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N\, last, night. Superior speed and combination en abled the Wairarapa llugby team to defeat Miina.watu by 19 to 17. Both sides turned on an attractive brand of football. Tries by Fitzgerald (2) and Stringfellow, one oi. which was converted by liemi. gave Wairarapa a half-time lead of l\ to 9. For the visitors. McKenzie and Strange scored, and. McKay kicked a penalty goal. Wairarapa dominated play for the greater part- of the. second spell, increasTug the lead to 19 to 9. Maiiawatii, however, came to lig'ht later on to bring the- score up to 19 to 17. Devine anil Stringfellow scored for Wairarapa, Ifemi converting one. For Manavvatu Brainwell seined and McKay converted and also kicked a penalty goal.

HAWKE’S BAY COLTS WIN (Per Press Association.) WANGANUI, last night. At Wanganui on Saturday, Hawke’s Bay Rugby colts defeated the Wanganui B team by 9 points to 6.