RUGBY FOOTBALL

Southland Times, Issue 23000, 21 September 1936, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ TOURNAMENT

Mataura School scored a double win in the Eastern; Southland primary schools’ Rugby football tournament held at Gore on Saturday. Thirteen teams competed in two grades and some keen football was witnessed. The games were closely contested and the tournament disclosed promising players for future grade competitions. The detailed results were: Senior Grade.

First round —East Gore beat Mataura B; Gore B beat Edendale; Gore A beat Convent; Mataura A a bye. Second round—Mataura A beat Gore A; Gore B beat East Gore. Final—Mataura A defeated Gore B by 19 points to nil. Junior Grade. First round—Convent A beat Gore B; Edendale beat Convent B; Mataura and Gore A byes. Second round—Edendale beat Convent A; Mataura beat Gore A. Final —Mataura beat Edendale after extra time by five points to nil. The trophies were presented to the winners by Mr F. Shepherd President of the Schools’ Football _ Association. He also presented the shields won in the season’s competitions. CRICKET EASTERN SUB-ASSOCIATION’S REPORT. The annual report of the Eastern Southland Cricket Sub-Association is as follows: — , “The steady progress of cricKet throughout the district governed by the association was again maintained last season, and the keenness and enthusiasm displayed and the fact that there is an abundance of young players augurs well for the future of the sport, which is now firmly established. The attendance of the public at matches is not large. This is a matter that has not caused much concern as it is real ized that there is, nevertneless, quite a considerable degree of interest in the results of games and the P™2 ress of the various competitions. At the same time increased public support would do a great deal to foster the sport. . . “Two separate competitions were run to overcome the half-holiday difficulty, and followed the same procedure as the previous season. In the Wednesday competition there were five teams. Gore A and B, Celtic, Pukerau and Tapanui, Gore B being the winner. In the Saturday competition there were four teams, Celtic, Waikoikoi, Mataura and Lumsden, Celtic being the winner. The play-off between Gore B and Celtic resulted in a draw. Gore B scored 161 runs and Celtic 76 for three wickets. Deplorable conditions prevailed for the match, the day being bitterly cold with odd showers.

The competition batting averages were headed by W. Macara (Gore B) with 11 innings; 4 not outs, 432 runs, average 61.7, followed by W. Southern (Celtic) 10 innings; 2 not outs, 441 runs, average 55.1. Then came C. L. King, average 36.2, R. Anderson, average 26, J. Davidson, average 25.6. The bowling averages were headed by W. Southern (Celtic) 10 wickets for 49 runs, average 4.9, followed by C. Martin (Celtic), 35 wickets for 225 runs, average 6.42, P. Kerr (Gore B), 42 wickets for 271 runs, average 6.45, J. Currie (Gore B) 30 wickets for 196 runs, average 6.53, Kerr, 42 wickets, and D. Agnew (Celtic) 37 wickets, were the highest wicket-get-ters in competition matches. “A junior competition was run for the first occasion with three teams, and resulted in a tie between Wyndham and Gore High School. “Four representative matches were played during the season. Eastern 211 (Southern 49, Townsend 45, Brown 33 and Lynch 23) defeated Town 141. (King three for 13, Southern three for 29). The first match against Western at Otautau was lost. Eastern made 72 (Davidson 26 not out), and 114 for three wickets (Mallon 45, Horn 33, Macara 24). Western made 124 (Martin six for 15) and 82 for eight declared (Martin five for 28). In the second match at Gore Eastern 182 (Macara 104, Kerr 32) defeated Western 31 (Martin five for 10, C. Barron three for 15) and 126 (J. Currie six for 34, Martin two for 6). “The Tuapeka match had to be abandoned owing to rain after Eastern had scored 90 for one wicket (King 60, Southern 28 not out). Owing to the lateness of the season the match with South Otago was abandoned. The representative batting averages were headed by W. Southern, followed by L. G. Townsend, W. Mac Ara and C. L>. King. C. Martin headed the bowling averages, followed by C. L. King, C. Barron, W. Southern, J. Currie and M. Mallon. “W. Southern and W. Macara were included in the Southland team, Southern being skipper of the Maroons against the visiting M.C.C. team. Southern was Southland’s most consistent scorer, and all round had a splendid season, not once failing to reach double figures. “The monthly meetings of the association were well attended. The fact that a universal holiday will operate this season should be of considerable benefit to cricket, and it is highly probable that the senior and second grade competitions will as a result be placed on a much sounder working basis. “The financial position is highly satisfactory. Expenditure was not as heavy as in the previous season, and enabled the association to show a small credit balance.” GOLF The draw of the Gore Golf Club for the four-ball Stableford matches to be played on Saturday and Wednesday next is as follows, fours to be arranged at the links:— Saturday—Douglas and Smith; Tansley and Barron; Dolamore and Feast; Kidd and Martin; Wilson and Sadd; Atkins and Hunter; Piper and Fraser; Aitken and Caverhill. Wednesday—Wylie and Rutherford; Barsdell and Parsons; Steans and N. Young; Perry and Father Harrington; Doughty and Reid; G. Young and McLeod; Hawke and Taylor; McGifford and McCaughan; Thomson and Fisher; Turnbull and Ritchie; Kirby and F. Young; Bishop and Aitken; Dunnet and Mitchell; Wilson and Belsham.