THE ROWLAND CUP.

Shannon News, 28 September 1926, Page 3

THE ROWLAND CUP.

feuding odd boys first HOLDERS. INTENSIVE GAME WITH WERAROA ENDS 15- 14 - Worth the best efforts of any team is (Vo handsome silver cup presented t Ws. Rowland Bros, for competition annually between the junior Rugby champions of Manawatu an Hoiowhenua. The contending sides on f Saturday at the P^. Showgrounds were Feiiain» the and Weraroa. The termer lookedthe more likely team as it took the field and when, the Feilding dap R.won the toss, giving his men the of the strong southerly at then-backs they became the favourite side. At no stage, however, did the suppose is of cither fifteen lean back m then seats in comfortable confidence— the issue was in doubt till tho last.. The story of the match is one intermittently good play, with a fast v,ace maintained throughout, and ot innumerable lost opportunities,)o i in defence, on account of indifferent tackling, and in attack. Feilding. m particular, showed great speed, which was particularly :of service to the wingers, Pierce and Shrimpton. Weraroa is also a very fast side ana only appeared comparatively cumbersome in comparison with the otlieis. Feilding (green) endeavoured always to throw the ball about and in this line of tactics the hookers ably assisted the scrums usually breaking up with the ball behind them. Weraroo.’s chief strength lay in judicious use of tho line and in ability to intercept the Feilding backs in their frequent flights goalwards and at once to profit by possession of tho ball. Graham (full-back) and PhiUipps (who placed first five-eighths and then half-back in the concluding stages of the struggle) the Broughtons and Vincent were valuable members of a fairly well-balanced side. Feilding’s one-point victory was well-deserved, as the greens were on the. job constantly, while the form of the whites was more spasmodic. Feilding opened the scoring when 1 fierce scored nicely near the corner, but the try was not converted. The same player again got tho ball after •i, passing rush from his own twentyfive and dodged through to the line., but a scrum -was ordered for a knockon. Feilding hooked the hall, which went out to Shrimpton. who ground- ' ed. The kick again failed. Gradually the 'Weraroa pack worked down field and once in a good position, J. Ward lost no time in carrying the leather over. Phillip.ps' kick was blown back: Weraroa 3—t.

Tolley picked up from a melee at flie oilier end of tlio field and made the tally 9—3 in Feilding’s favour, Walden’s kick going under the bar. An overhead pass by a Feilding back was intercepted by Tantrum, who almost got home, but the greens were enabled to clear. An answering rush ended in Shrimpton being pushed out at-the corner. Quickly, the scene of action was- transferred again and eventually J. Broughton touched down at the corner. The kick proved resultless and the score at lialf-timo remained: Feilding 9, Weraroa 6. Things looked brighter for the southern boys at the opening of ’-the second half. They had been combining better and were only three points to windward with the broezo behind them, but their chances were dimmed when .Tolley was enabled to score an easy unconverted try. Weraroa woke up' and when Vincent scored and Phillipps converted, tinjre was only one point of difference: 11—-12. Mistakes on both sides, more thar. a deadly defence prevented any further score until M. -Moody started the whiles in the right direction 'with a short punt, which was taken on by Phillipps to score. The same player made a good attempt to goal and Weraroa again had the lead with the ticklish score of 14—12. Folding turned the tables when Salter got the hall from the loose and ran round to score under the posts. McLeodlS kick was resultless and the score was 15 — 14. Pierce mado a great effort to increase the margin, but was cleverly collared by R. Broughton and R. Cole kicked to the line. Another opportunity came to the greens when a free kick was awarded, but the chance went by, and the game ended with Feilding the winners by five tries to four (ono converted). Feilding 15' Weraroa 14 Mr. W. Rowland refereed. The Trophy Presented. Mr. D. Rowland, in presenting the i rophy to the captain of the Feilding team, expressed plcasuro at tho spirit in which the game had been played and hoped that the same teams would again be contending for the trophy next year. Cheers were then given for the teams and for the donors. HAWKE’S BAY FOOTBA!LL|ERS. PROGRAMME for" THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. The Hawke’s Bay football team Mil

arrive in Levin by the 3.28 tram on Thursday -next, and will be met by Mi* J. ,1. O’Connor, iPiresident of the Horowhenua Rugby District Council, and Mr T. Hobson, 'Mayor of Levin. In the evening the team has been invited to attend the Woraroa Football Club’s dance as guests of the Club. On Friday the Rugby Council is arranging for a four of the district and would like to receive offers of cars. Anyone able to help in this direction is 'asked to communicate with the Secretary. Phone 2.73. The proprietors of the De Luxe Theatre, Messrs McMillan and O’Donovan, have invited the members ofthe Bay team and the Horowhenua team, together with officials, to attend’ a picture entertainment on Friday night. T . On Saturday the match will be staged at 2,45 p.m. In the evening at S p.m., the Rugby Union’s smoke concert will tahe place. Tickets (5s each) are now on sale in each of the centres of the Unioll- - Sunday the visitors will be me guests" of the Union at Mgatokowaru House, the Winiata homestead at Holdo, and they depart by train on Monday morning for. Napier. HOROWHENUA TEAM CHOSEN. i The following team has been selected to represent Horowhenua in their match against Hawkes Ray * Levin on Saturday next: Ryder. Roberts. Hunt, McDonald. Warren. Wiiniata. Jacob. Mailii Greig. Tana.. Gleeson. Moynihan. Bond Dalzell Reserves — Backs: Graham, W. Parata. Forwards: Tolru, Dunn. ... Practice will take place on i ... day and Thursday and players • ing to attend without reasonable ex j case will be dropped from the te