FOOTBALL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 10 August 1923, Page 3

FOOTBALL

PLAYERS SUSPENDED. Per Press Association. . .■'■■■ Wanganui, August 9In consequence of the-late withdrawal of Peina, Potaka, Hartley 1 aiijtj Kingi. four footballers /(belong-' ihg.to the Rata Club, great difficulty s was experienced '.in 4 assembling the representative team, 1 whieh left today to'fulfil engagements in .the; Auckland province. The players withdrew in order to play in the club final next Saturday.At a special meeting ;of the 'Wanganui Rugby'Union to-night it was decided to v "suspend the Rangitikei suh-union and the players involved. llt was abo decided to \ notify the New Zealand Rugby Union that Potaka and Peina, who are the provisional selected 20 for the* 1 first ,test match against JNew South J Wales, have been suspended. ! :. A : further special meeting is called fof next week, when the Rangitikei sub-union officials will be asked to i attend.

DEWAR SHIELD WON BY STAR. . The postponed final of the seren-a-side tournament for Vthe Dewar Shield was played* on the New Plymouth sports ground yesterday after- . noon when Star beat Stratford by 10 points to 3. The weather was fine and there -was a good attendance. The game was fast, and »sr»ectacular thwraghout. The teams were: ; Star : Dunford,' Jenkins. Clark, Sturroer, Dean, Davi 8 and O'Connnr. Stratford: Nolan, Penniall (%),, MeOullough, Walters, Sharrock and Bore. : . i ■Star .kicked off against the sun and a alight breeze. V Stratford cleared in their own -twenty-aye.'• Give and take play followed, -until Davis, heading , a forward movement, forced Stratford. dEVom the ensuing scrum Sturmey was penalised and with the free kJck Dean essayed a "pot," but without vre&ult. Later Jenkins snapped up the leather and transferred tdi Dunfoi-d, who was pushed out. From the "yine out Star was awarded a ' penalty, but Jenkins.' kick travel-, led' low. ''Q'Cohnor smothered the* kick off .and good work by - Clark anu Sturmey saw Star again within striking distance, but the movement ended on theline. A,few.minutes later Star , were in trouble. Sturmey dropped a pass and Berg snapped up the ;ball and transferred to Sharrock, who outpaced his opponents and scored a good try in the corner. He failed to convert. Stratford were now playing with better comb.nation and a concerted move by their backs ended in Star - forcing. Half-time came ,with - the score;, 3, ! Star nil. ;J

The second half opened with an exchange of long kicky. From a line out at hajf way O'Connor travelled down field with the ball at,toe, and -Clark following up fast nut&iea Star's first" points almost on the i touch..flag. Jenkins converted from a difficult angle. The next score ©ame almost immediately. 1 '•From a scramble: in ■■< .Stratford's twenty-five Dunford hooked the ban out to Sturm ; ey, who cut in nicely and scored under .the poste.■■'•■' Jenkins made no mia* ■t.ake, with the -kiok. The Star team were now -throwing the • bail : about well, and had Stratford on the defensive for the remainder of- tita, spell. Time wag,called with the score: Star; 10, Stratford 3;' ■■ > Mr, L. Gfeodacre* refereed. Following the seven-a-sicle final the Stratford and Star senior fifteens , took ; the field ,and a hard fougltt jgame wag witnessed, but with the exception of a occasional flash of brightplay.the' game lacked -bflliau.ee. Stratford-' opened the scoring by Nolan notching a try from;a forward scramble oil the Star' UlßTJllsli befpre half time. .In the .second ,spell Jenkins equalised byt kicking, a pongame ended with score three all.

Mr jB.; G ilmour refereed. ..'During the interval of the second match, Mr A. Humphries presented the Star seven with the Dewar Shield .and a gold medal to each member. Ho also presented the Stratford iteain with silver medals donated to the runners-up in the competition.

&QHOOL? TOURNAMENT.

SHOWGROUNDS TO-MORROW. | Following i& the West team to take part in the Schools tournament on the Stratford Showgrounds to-morrow:— Full.—Tjrrell (Rahotu). Thixjo-quirters • Parkes (To Kin), Glengarry (Pihama), Whatareu (WareaV. Five-eighths : Harrison, Robertson (OpunakeV. -.'• ' '•-*"' Half : Crawford (Opunake). Rover > Johns (Puhgarehu). Forwards- ' Harvey, Pottigrew (Pihama), | Hughes, Bishop (Opunake). Clarke (Pihama), Analey (Okato), McCabo v(Okato). Emergencies | Backs—Bayly (Omata), Street *' (Awatuna); forwards- ' Stewarti (Omata), Rangi (Pungarelm), Dudley (Opunake), Ponwarden (Rahotu). Sharland's 'Mpa■•&aiui' 1 Eg?"Preservative hag a wonderful record for absolute reliability. Eirgs have been j ke'ttt sweet and without taint ~P%SP, after being preserved ,for over two yenira. ' ' , *'•