RUGBY COMPETITIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1930, Page 5

RUGBY COMPETITIONS

RESULTS OF JUNIOR MATCHES > Matched played under the Taranaki Rugby Union competitions on Saturday resulted «as follows: — NORTHERN DIVISION. • Second Grade.- —Star A 6 v. Star B 3. Tukapa v. Old Boys, not played. . Third Grade. —Clifton 9 v. School 0. Star 23 v. Old Boys 0. Fourth Grade.—Star. 6 v. Schoo! A 0; Tukapa 8 v. School B 0; - ' Fifth Grade.—Tukapa G v. School 5; Star 3 v. School 80. 1 SOUTHERN DIVISION. j Second Grade.—Opunake 23 v. Okalawa 3; Patea 10 v. Alton 3; Athletic defaulted to Kaponga; Hawcra defaulted to Waimate. Third Grade. —Waimate defaulted t( s Hawera; Kaponga 22’ beat Athletic High School 40 beat Okaiawa 0. ? ..... NORTHERN DIVISION. CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. Championship points in'the northern division Rug'by matches are as follows: — SECOND GRADE. /

PRIMARY SCHOOLS FINAL N TURUTURU WINS SOUTH TITLE

j ELTHAM CONVENT 1 / . ' After an evenly-contested game at the showgrounds, Hawera, on AvJ Turuturu beat Eltham Convent in tho'p'.final of the South Taranaki primary .0 Schools’ Rugby competition. The score ' was five points to nil. • _■ The first spell.saw the territorial honours rest with Eltham. Eltham’s occasional back movements were nullified by ii steady defence. After the interval Turuturu waged a battle in the for- - wards, holding a decided advantage in weight, which gave an ascendancy the tight, though t Elthajji---di<l'Aveil the loose. the left wing made- one or two good runs <<- but had little" chance until the last few minutes when, with Eltham within a yard or two of its objective, he picked up in a loose scramble and outpaced the opposition to run the length of the field, scoring between the posts. Kelps f kicked a good goal.-Mr.‘M.' Bailiy .re-< ferced the game. A SOUTH AUCKLAND DEFEATED Auckland, Last. Night. The Auckland B Rugby team defeat-^--'y cd South Auckland by six points to five. A'A; ■■ 'A < MOLLISON CUP AT OAMARU. Oamaru, Last Night, ”’ The Mollison Cup was contested by f, the two leading Rugby teams in the district on Saturday. The match resuited: Old Boys 16, Maheno 0. ■

Northern Division, i ■ Star A . ..... 8 7 0 1 84 23 14 Tukapa ..... 7 5-0 2 61 14 10 Star B . 8 3 0 5 26 90 6 Old Boys .... 7' 00'7 3 52 0 High School matches do not count in the championship points. 1 THIRD GRADE. Tukapa . 11 10 0 1 146' 44 20 Star .... 8 9 0 1 105 8 '18 Old Boys .... 9 3 0- 7 68 87 6 Clifton .. ...... 11 3 0 8 79 135 6 _ School ... ..... 9 1 0 9 24 153 2 FOURTH. GRADE. J •' • <1 Star .... .... 11 8 2'1 112 15 l'sj| Tukapa . ..... 11 6 3 2 77 32 School A 10 2 3 5 40 51 School B ?.'T. 10 -1 T42.. aW FIFTH GRADE. •' Star .... .... 12 7 2 3 46 34 16 Tukapa . .... 12 G 3 3 62 32 10. School A .... 1'2 6 3 3 63 27 15 School B .... 12 1 0 11 27 105 2