Devonport Further Ahead

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 672, 25 May 1929, Page 12

Devonport Further Ahead

Keen League Matches

Devonport v Richmond The team in the big match at Carlaw Park lined out as follow: O’Leary, Beattie, L. Scott, Seagar, T. O’Leary, Rhodes; forwards, Dixon, St. George, Rule, Rugby, McCarthney, A. Scott.

Richmond.—Backs.—Leng, Minch am, Coote, Hamilton, Hanlon, Prentice, Agnew; forwards, Telford, Jones, Lennie, Stewart, McDonald, Jenlcinson.

Play opened at a great pace, fast passing work and deadly tackling providing the early thrills. Within eight minutes of the start two penalty goals had been kicked, Simons landing the first for Devonport and Mincham equalising with a beauty for Richmond: Devonport 2, Richmond 2. Devonport started to open out with its backs, and the first try was scored by a splendid movement, which ended in hen Scott sending in-field to O. Seagar, to A. Scott, to T. O’Leary, who scored. Simons again goaled well: Devonport 7, Richmond 2. Devonport kept up the pressure, and from a battering forward attack in the top corner, Rhodes secured and dived over well out. No goal. Devonport 10, Richmond 2. Another penalty goal by Mincham put Richmond up two points, but Devonport promptly retaliated with a sweeping movement in midfield, A. Scott, Beattie and T. O’Leary putting the finishing touches on a great piece of work, for the latter to score his second try. Simons goaled: Devonport 15, Richmond 4. The pace was a cracker, and half an hour after the start there was a flareup between two opposing forwards, who started pummelling each other while lying on the ground in front of the stand. The timely intervention of A. Scott, the Devonport skipper, who persuaded both men to shake hands, put a better complexion on an unfortunate incident. A little later McDonald and Hamilton had to go off with injuries, Richmond 'replacing them with Colebrook and McKinnon. Half-time sounded with the scores still standing the same: Devonport 15 Richmond . . ...... . . 4 With the exception of Simons missing a fairly easy penalty kick at goal, there were few incidents of note in the early part of the secofid snell. A quarter of an hour went Richmond managed to get its backs successfully into action, all to Cooke handling for the latter to send a clever overhead pass to Hanlon for the latter to score. Mincham missed the kick. Devonport 15, Richmond 7. Although Richmond was so far behind, it was still putting up a great fight, and the Devonport defence was severely tried on several occasions. Devonport had slackened off a lot after its great first spell burst, and Richmond was making most of the game now. Its forwards vicre battling like tigers to break through, but its inside backs lacked that extra touch of brilliance and speed on attack which crowned Devonport’s efforts with success in the first half. G.radually, both teams tired under the fierce pace set earlier in the game and the end of the match was a somewhat tame one, no further score being registered. Final score: Devonport 45 Richmond , . . 7 Newton v. City In the early match on No. 1 area at Carlaw Park today, the teams lined out as follow: •Newton.—Backs, Butterworth, I lardgrave, C. Dufty, Little, Brimble, Peckham, T. Dufty; forwards, Howie, Somers, Page, Rhodes, Francis. City.—Backs, Laurie, Barchard, Lawrence, Watene, Hall, W. Perry, Iveson, Reynolds; forwards, Hamilton. Pascoe, Webberley, McLaughlin, Len barchard, Hadley. The first quarter of an hour was almost devoid of outstanding incidents. Brimble roused applause from Newton’s supporters by a slashing run from midfield, and it was only Laurie Sarchard’s fine tackle which stopped Little from scoring from the opening Brimble had made. A minute or two later, a. penalty against City within kicking range gave Dufty his chance, and the big fellow opened the scoring with'a nice goal. Newton, 2; City, 6. City livened up, and kept Newton busy defending for a short period, its backs working much better together with Watene in the passing chain. Half-way through the spell, Hall broke through in the centre, swung in-fiejd and passed to Brimble. The little Newton flyer took his pass, travelling at top speed, raced Hardgrave into position, and let the ball out to his skipper, who crammed on a full head of steam to outdistance all his pursuers for a brilliant try. Dufty goaled well. Newton, 7; Citj', 0. A few minutes later, Newton was penalised on its own 25, and Watene landed a goal. Newton, 7; City, 2. The game then started to develop into a punting match, with Dufty and the two fullbacks figuring in a long-range kicking competition. A penalty to City, however, gave Watene a chance to land a goal, and again he made no mistake with the kick. Half-time sounded a minute or two later, with the scores: Newton 7 City 4 The second spell opened in spectacular style. In mid-field, Watene broke clear and passed to W. Perry, to Reynolds, who was tackled on the line. He managed, however, to ge't the ball out lo Watene, who flung himself over at the top end well out. The scorer missed the kick. Score, 7-all. City’s stock was booming now. and Reynolds put the Red and Blacks three points ahead with a nippy dash from a scramble at the top end to score near the corner. Watene landed a great goal. City 12, Newton 7. Kicking the bail behind his own line nearly l resulted in Laurie Barchard giving Francis a try. but City’s luck was in. the eRd and White forward fumbling the ball. A minute or two later a fine run by Hall saw Little score at the lower end, Dufty bringing the scores level—l2 all—with an accuratelyjudged kick. City rallied in great style. Watene narrowly missed kicking another goal from a long way out, and a little later

NEWTON SURPRISES CITY A LIFTING sky and a promise of bright sunshine in the afternoon attracted a 10,000 crowd to Carlaw Park today, when a full programme of senior matches was staged at League headquarters. In the big game Devonport maintained its lead in the competition by defeating Richmond, 15—7, after a hard game, in which the superior pace, thrust and dash of the Devonport backs was the deciding factor. Newton played something like its old self in defeating City by a fair margin. Ponsonby piled up a cricket score against Kingsland, and Marist proved itself a better alt round combination than Ellerslie.

Lawrence, actually crossed the Newton line, but was ruled off-side. An illegal difficult shot at goal, from the grandstand side, with the result of the match, hanging In the balance, but the kick was short and to one side of the posts. A few minutes later, however, a misunderstanding between two City backs found City in trouble, the Newton pack swarming into the opening and smashing through for Rhodes to score. Dufty goaled. Newton 17, City 12. City staged its celebrated last-min-ute attack Hall was nearly over under the posts, but hung on too long, and a few moments later Joe Hadley just failed to gather in a pass from Watene which might have made all the difference to the game. The bell rang with the scores unchanged. Final score: Newton 17 City 12 Marist v. Ellerslie Four tries by. Brady added largely to Marist’s win over Ellerslie. The teams were;- — Marist—Backs: N. Campbell, Hickey, Brisbane, Bulcraig, Stewart, Brady, Hassan. Forwards: Johnstone, Campbell. Graham, Duane, Courtney, Clarke. Ellersli —Backs: Johnston, Little - wood, Roxburgh, Grogan, Cook, R. Crewther, Olliff. Forwards: Day, Chapman, Dance, Quirke, Hobbs, H. Crewther. Referee*: Mr. E. Rae. Slashing forward work by Marist had Ellerslie guessing for the first ten minutes. Ellerslie, defending hastily, was penalised, Bulcraig missing; but Clarke put Marist two up with a kick two minutes later. Littlewood, on the wing, put in two hard dashes for Ellerslie, and soon. Grogan, the other wing, lost a chance when he shot ahead of a pass. Ellerslie was pressing continually until Brisbane got away and sent Hickey through. Johnston tackled him in the nick of time. Hassan swung the Tyke backs into action in several rushes but sound defensive play stalled the Greens. Olliff, shining in attack and defence for Ellerslie, made an opening for a try but had no support. Then R. Crewther lost an easy penalty when, his kick knocked the post. Johnston, fullback for Ellerslie, was caught in possession. Marist’s backs seized the chance, Stewart sending Brady over for a fighting try. Clarke’s kick failed. Marist 5, Ellerslie 0. Next, Brady, Brisbane, Stewart Duane and Hickey handled in pretty passing, which took Marist to the line, but a scrum saved Ellerslie. Marist was back in a minute with a scrambling rush, Brady picking up and scoring in a corner. N. Campbell’s kick missed. Marist 8, Ellerslie 0. Bulcraig was replaced by Batchelor. Marist came through in another back attack, bpt Grogan intercepted and forced. Then Hassan beat two men from a scrum, flung to Brady, who sent to Batchelor, who scored. N. Campbell missed a long kick. Halftime scores:— Marist 11 Ellerslie 0 Ten minutes after resumption, H Crewther made an opening and Cook scored for Ellerslie. R. Crewther converted. Marist 11, Ellerslie 5. Hassan replied by passing to Stewart to Brady, who scored his third try. Campbell converted. A scramble in a corner gave Chapman a try for Ellerslie. Littlewood’s kick missed. Marist 36, Ellerslie 8. Following up by Graham and Bradv gave the latter his fourth try. N. Campbell missed. Marist 39, Ellerslie From a scrum Olliff jinked his way over for a fine try, which he converted himself. The game ended: Marist . Ellerslie 13 Ponsonby v Kingsland 1 lashing back play by Ponsonby had Kingsland guessing in the big same on Carlaw Park No. 2. . The teams were: Ponsonby.-—Backs: Foss, Schofield A4vr y ; " ™ters, Thompson, Delgrosso! Mclntyre; forwards, Kimberley Skelton. .1. Peckham, Payne, Hutt, Kingsland-Athletic. —Backs- Hemnnngson, Christmas, List, R. Carter Longyille Angelo, Lucas; forwards, Torlc^hT^Carter." 1 " Referee: Mr. J Emerall Kive minutes after the start Delgrosso had landed a penalty from unaer the posts, and a minute later he sent a long shot dangerously near Ponsonby 2, Kingsland u. Mclntyre nearly flicked over and then Hutt dashed across for a. trv Delgrosso converted. Ponsonby 7 Kingsland 0. Mclntyre sent Delgrosso away, but the winger was hauled down on the line. Kingsland returned, Angelo dribbling through to the Ponies’ line Mclntyre saved and then sent the Pony back line into full sale. Winters scoring easily. Delgrosso missed More brilliant handling by Pony backs and forwards saw Schofleld go over on the other wing, after Kingsland was hopelessly baffled. Delgrosso missed. Ponsonby 13. Kingsland 0. Kingsland beat upfleid for a time but Ponsonby pressed again. Payu« followed up, beat List and Hemmingson, and scored under the bar. Del- - converted. Ponsonbv as, Kingsland 0. Kingsland. given a free kick in front I of the goal, preferred a short punt and lost two points. Near half-time MeLoughan had Ponsonby hard pressed in a corner. Scores at the interval were:—■ Ponsonby fg Kingsland-Athletic 0 After continued pressure. Kingsland scored when its backs handled from a scrum, R. Carter finishing off the effort. Longville converted. Then Moore scored a simple try converted by Delgrosso. Ponsonby 23, Kingsland 5. Mclntyre passed to Delgrosso and then took a.return toss to score Delgroaeo s lack missed. Stab rushes

were keeping Kingsland well at sea and the team had several escapes Mclntyre scored another try under the posts this time, and Delgrosso converted. Ponsonby 31. Kingsland S A scramble saw Longville score and he sent over a neat conversion. .The next Ponsonby try was to Thompson. Delgrosso converted Schofield scored a fine individual trv converted by Delgrosso. and the final score w^s: Ponsonby • 4-j K i ngsland - Athletic 10