POLO TOURNEY OPENS.

Shannon News, 16 March 1923, Page 4

POLO TOURNEY OPENS.

RAtf&ITI&EI DEFEATS TE AWAMUOT.-' ! ®, 'TE. AWAMUTU;' 4.' i The Role*; Tourney ,of 19;23 opened; yrislterday at the Feeding Jdckey Club s. itoundh: 1 * Rain 1 OTetni’sht-mhde the around somewhat.heavy and ;ifi< places. the ball did not. travel freely. The high wind seemed at times, and interfeWid. occasionallywith,: play. Considering. fljjte, ithere was a fair" attendance. » the game's were started' prompt to timeaind- everytl?hig::woirksh v smOothly; Mr. Allan Strang, was. umpire and-had ex- : cfellent control of the ga^e, > 'Mr. Me-. Bean Stewart- was scorer ' and rtime--AWAId-UTU. v.VrANGITIKER 1 Thd tifst match was Rangitlkei A v. jfe A wamutu:.-Rangitikei but 'Te. Awamutu. speedily cloaked,and W.. Itay, by splendid play and .a. straight riun down- the: fteldV : scored’ first.blood. Te Awamutu: vl; ; Rane»tikei: -' 0.; .Te Awamutu again attacked^.and carried--1 the ball' nearly to their '.opponents . gjoa’, where Rangitlkei got a free hit. for a fouirand.iß.y Wilson ihade ,no mis. iuke ‘with : his shot. . Rangitlkei: lj fe Awamiitu: 1. Rangitikei attacked st ongly and got the ball* behind .'i - Awamutu's goal. On resuming the second! .spell, Rangitlkei! missed a good shots’ r ght in front, of; the goal, .which carried ball behind; Almost; mini. ediateliy after-Rangitikei; missed another easy shot, and again the* ban Went behind;' With a good . concerted attack, Scott the baH down the • Ifc. d' and G. Hv Wilson- scored. Rangu itikssi;: 1 2; Te Awapxutu:. 1. Rahgitlkei again attacked,, and good play by Scott ‘ carried the ball behind; Immediately after, Scott scored with it fine ; back stroke. Rangitikei: 3; Te Awamutu: id.” Te Awamutu, by good play, ; prih- ‘ cjpally by Tayor,?carriod the ball be. htnd. ;N.. Scott, by a splendidrun- on resuming for the third spell,’tookithe. ball, to Te: Awamutu’s goal; but by bad scooting, msissedhis.chance of scoring. Ftank TaylOr saved his goal by a’ good back.hand stroke,; but N.- Scott 1 came again* and taking-the: ball Yromylialfw&y, scored. ; Rangitikei:. 4? Te ffiutu: 1. Te Awamutu then attacked, W. Kay takings the ball to goal, where hq lost. his stick. Play was even for ; some time, in the fourth spell,' When L4vin did* some brilliant riding-, out. pacing and outriding hils opponents on several occasions, and savihg his* goal. Te Awamutu then made' a strong attack. W. Kay carried the : ball well idciwn the field and D., Kay scorerd.Ringitikei: 4; Te Awamutu: 2. Levin again saved his goal by some splendid - back-hand strokes. ' Te .Awamutu con; tinued'to attack and F. Taylor scored. ; Rangitikei: 4Te' ‘Awamutu: .3. ;In 1 tlfe fifth spfell, Te Awamutu made several attacks, but Levin outrode Kay n-eSar the. goal. Rangifcikfcii then turned thfe tables, and K.< Scott took the ball right idown. the field, and scored.Rhngitikei: 5; Te Awamutu: 3~. RangL tikei still pressed the attack,; and Nelson Scott, after some good riding, :■ enabled Levin to score: Rangitikei: 6; Te| Awamutu: 3. After a concerted at. taek, Rangitikei scored from, a melee in 'front of Te Awamutu’s goal. Rangitikei : 7; Te Awamutu: 3. H. Wilson made some good runs in the sixth spell anil then play quietened down for a bit, but W. Kay seizing an Opportunityt, scored for Te Awamutu.' Rangi. tikei: 7; Te Awamutu: 4. Rangitikei then put in some very strohg attacks, and some very fine riding-resulted in two behinds. Still attacking, Nelson Scbtt scored. Rangitikei: 8; Te Awdmptu: 4. The principal feature of the rest of this spell was the stopping of Levin by W. Kay, and a good goal by ScOtt. Rangitikei: ,9; Te Awamutu: 4. In;the seventh spell, the players were gefting’distinctly tined. ' Rangitikei got twp behinds, and then Te Awamutu made a gpod rinbobut -’hevin : rode Kay off| and spoiled his chance. W. Kay than performed a dike service for his side, by outriding Scott, the ending: Rajngitikei: 9; Te Awamutu: 4. .

RANGITIKEI B V. PAREORA.

Shortly after play commenced, ; Pareora got behind, r still >' attacking, i Pareora got the: ball: in front ofßangi. tikjei’s goat, and had two shots at the goal with no result.: R. Scott carried the ball down field with a brilliant run, but the ball hit his pony’s" foot arid hellost his chance. Orbell carried the

ball well: down the field, and got a penalty for a cross, from which A. Eliworthy ; hit a goal. Pareora: 1; Rdngitikei: 0. Pareora got- an adyan. tage through having their full 5 team on ths ground when the gong sounded, and pressing this: advantage; scored. Pareora: 2; Rangitikei: 0. Orbell, who was always about, had a shot at goal, bujt only a behind resulted. -Prom the start ‘of the third sp.s'l, Rangitikei carried the balL behind. From the play out, Miller had a shot,; but A. S. E - wqlrthy saved. Pareora still pressed arid W. ’Scott made a good save, but Paireora were not to be denied and scared from a short shot in front'of the goal. Pareora: 4; Rangitikei: 0. Miller made a very brilliant run from onjo end of the field to.-the. other; but hi? last' stroke lacked direction. W. Scott put in a good rfin aind looked like scoring,. when/ he lost his Stick. On resuming:; for; the ■fourth , spell, Rangitikei pressed Pareora, -and frdm a 'shot in front: o£ the’ ,goal,, missed. Shortly after, Orbell, who was play, ing. well; • scored.' Pareora: 6;* Rangi. tijkei: 0, Pareora set-up another at. tack, but the ball, went-behind; short, ly; after, Orbell again scored. Pareora: 6;' Rangitikei: 0. Pareora still control, lea the game, and Orbell again scored. Pareora: 7: Rangitikei r 0. The fifth spell was a repetition'Of the previous orie, Orbell scoring two goals. Pare, ora: 9; Rangitikei: 0. Prom a strong combined attack; Orbell again scored. Pareora: ■ 10; Rangitikei: 0. Rangi. tikei put in a strong challenge, and r; Dalrymple scored their u first goal from a shot immediately in front of the posts. Pareora: 10; Rangitikei: 1. In the sixth spell, Pareora con. t&nued to press the game and Orbell was once more successful in putting the ball through theposts.- Pave ora: 11; Rangitikei: 1. Lareora was still having much the better of the game iri the seventy spell, and from' a good position, Miller scored, and the game ended: Pareora: 12; Rangitikei B: 1. Rangitikei Were quite Outclassed by their more experienced opponents, and their ponies did not seem to have had so much experience Ms PaPeora- s. The matches to.day are for the Saville Cup. Rangitikei A plays Hawke’s Bay, and for the Handicap Cup, Te Awamutu plays Rangitikei B.

In connection with the Handicap Cup, the first round of which is played to-day, commencing with Te Awamutu v. Rangitikei, the following are the handicaps of the teams.— Hawke's Bay scr., Pareora 2, Rangitikei A 2, Te Awamutu 9, Rangitikei B ,15. X •• It has been decided to reduce: the Ladles’; Bracelet rhce to three furlongs; and' the > Wellington Polo: Cup is to be contested' to the Bracelet. , ~ ♦