RUGBY FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18764, 22 July 1935, Page 11

RUGBY FOOTBALL

JUNIOR BARRY CUP WAIROA V. POVERTY HAY EARLY SCORES FROM OVAL The chief attraction at the Oval this afternoon was tho junior Barry Cup representative football match between Wairoa and Poverty Bay. The usual senior competition games were deferred, owing to the visit of the Poverty Bay senior team to Wairoa, for a representative match there, and the junior Barry Cup engagement was given the place of honor on the Oval. Conditions were favorable for a good display of Ritgby, the ground being damp but not very slippery, and the ball being reasonably dry. A good deal of -interest dote»lbpi?cl in the representative game, and the .visitors were given a warm welcome when they made their appearance on the ground. * Early scores from the Oval were as under:— THIRD GRADE H.5.0.R., 3. beat Celtic, 3. Marist, 6, beat High School. 3. FIFTH GRADE High. School 5. beat Marist 3. JUNIOR REP. GAME HOME SIDE LEADS EARLY the game for the junior Barry Cup was contested at a hot pace during tho early stages, a good Poverty Bay pa<£ being overshadowed by; a fast and forward division from Wairoa spending most of the first quarter in their own end of the field,. The Poverty Bay backs proved the decisive factor in the game, however, and before the game had been going about 20 minutes, three tries had been scored as the result of fast passing movements. None of the three tries were converted, but with a. lead of nine points to nil the homo team seemed only to need a continuance of its early form to ran out the winners by a comfortable margin. Tho game had not been going long when near tho mid-field line J. Boag (Poverty Bay) got possession of a rolling ball and slipped it out through Smiler to Haisman, who had doubled round to secure an overlap. The surprised Wairoa backs were caught out of position and were unable to stop Haisman before he grounded the ball beyond the goal line after a spectacular run. The ,try was unconverted.- - Poverty Bay 3," Wairoa nil. Wairoa played steadily for a time, •but though their forwards were always dangerous they could not. break down the Poverty Bay defence, the home side rallying when their forwards took charge with 'a fine dribbling rush, the Wairoa fullback being unable to get his kick away and the ball being scrummed out to Higgs, the PovertyBay halfback. From him it passed to Boag and Smiler, the latter scoring without difficulty. . Again there was no conversion.—Poverty Bay 6, Wairoa nil The last try of the first spoil was scored after 20 minutes play, when Henderson was given a run over in tho corner, showing a fine turn of speed, and getting round to a handy' position before grounding tho ball. The third chance of conversion, was missed, like the previous two. At half-time tire scoro was registered: Poverty Bay .9, Wairoa nil. At 3.40 p.m'., the score was still, nine to nil in favor of Poverty Bay.

SENIOR BARRY CUP tSpeciul to tho Herald.) WAIROA, this day. Muddy conditions on the Wairoa ground slowed up play to some extent in the senior Barry Cup game between Wairoa and Poverty Bay. The run of the game was very even and at halftime neither side had scored.

THIRD GRADE 11.5.0.8. BEAT CELTIC The old students -beat Celtic on No. 2 ground by eight points to three, in a hard forward game with the score three all for the greater part of the time. Just before the call of time Peran. the red half-back, went over for H.5.0.8.’s second try, which was converted. The scorers for the winning team were Pereau and L. Ellis, while K. Jenkins converted oue. Celtic’s points were registered by B. Malone. Air Brown was the referee.

MARIST BEAT HIGH SCHOOL Marist were successful in the other third-grade game when they defeated High School' by six points to three. This was a haTd and fast game, and scoring was accounted for by a < ball and a good defence on both ‘ sides. The scorers for Marist were P. Martin and M. McCallion. while High School’s points ■were gained by N. Long. Mr V. Norman was the referee. FIFTH CIKADE High School beat Marist by. five points to three in a fifth grade fnatcli played on the grandstand ground. For the winners Cederwall scored a try, later goaling the kick, while for Marist S. Lee scored a penalty goal. Mr. Bilborongli was the referee.