SOUTH TARANAKI GAMES

Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1933, Page 4

SOUTH TARANAKI GAMES

WAIMATE DEFEAT OLD BOYS HARD FORWARD GAME AT HAWERA HEAVY BALL AND GREASY GROUND In a game marked, by much fine forward play Waimate defeated Empire Old Boys at Hawera by five points, a converted try, to nil. Play was even in the first spell, but after half-time the Old Boys were rarely out of their own side of half-way, good defensive work by the backs saving the score from being much larger at the end of the game. The teams were:— Waimate: Williams, I. McDonald, C. Whalen, K. McDonald, Surgenor, Potaka, Mercer, Hansen, Gargan, Murfitt, Burke, Hikaka, Espin, Rei, Hughes.

Empire Old Boys: J. Campbell, White, Lee, Smith, Dowdle, Morrissey, Dymond, McLean, Baldwin, Garvay, Kerrisk, M. Campbell,< Malcolm, Ingram, Jobson. Surgenor by kicking through placed Waimate on the attack, Campbell clearing to Williams, who tried a resultless “pot.” Waimate forwards with ball at toe gained considerable ground, G. McDonald obtained possession from a clearing kick by Old Boys, his attempt at a “pot” being well out. A high kick by Old Boys hit a Waimate goal post and Malcolm, following up fast, narrowly missed scoring. Waimate forced. Old Boys forwards broke away but Waimate worked back within striking distance, no points coming from C. Whalen’s attempt to land a field' goal. Old Boys backs, with Morrissey, Dowdle, Dymond and Lee prominent, launched two quick attacks, Waimate defending resolutely. Potaka, moving into half for Waimate, obtained from a scrum in Old Boys’ 25 and dummied his way almost to the line, a hard tackle by J. Campbell bringing him down. Both packs of forwards were playing magnificent football. Burke secured from a forward scramble near Old Boys’ line and dived over for a well deserved try, Whalen- converting. After half-time-Whalen had a resultless shot from a penalty,- a clever interception by Morrissey following the drop-out carrying play upfield, but Surgenor with a good line-finder sent Old Boys'back. Waimate forwards carried on, a series of scrums taking place on Old Boys’ line. Dowdle finaly relieved. Working the blind side, Waimate returned to the attack. Twice Dowdle intercepted, only to be recalled for a knock-on. Good line-kicking by Old Boys’ backs took play to Waimate’s territory, where Morrissey could not goal from a penalty. Waimate’s backs moved off in a fast passing bout, the movement breaking down when Whalen dropped his pass with only one man to beat. Waimate was awarded a free kick, Whalen’s attempt from a good position failing. Fast following up by Garvey, Baldwin and Malcolm, transferred play to halfway. The Old Boys backs, with the exception of Dowdle, could not cope with vigorous forward dashes by Gargan, Espin and Rei, play going again to Old Boys’ line and a five yards scrum being awarded. Potaka passed across to G. McDonald, the winger diving across, only to be recalled for a forward pass. Waimate ... 5 Emipre Old Boys .....’ 0 Mr. L.'Wells refereed. PATEA WINS HAR'D GAME HAWERA TEAM NARROWLY BEATEN PATEA BACKS CLOSE GAME. UP. Patea had to battle all the way on the home ground to beat Hawera by 12 points to 3. Though it was clearly the better team that won.at one stage.it looked as if Hawera might win. Patea had the advantage of winning the toss and without that might have been hard pressed, to hold the opposing, fifteen. Solid defensive work by the Patea backs, who stood right up. to the Hawera men, and an inspired wing-forward game by C. Wills were the deciding factors. The game was an attractive display under’ good conditions except for a- strong .southerly breeze. Patea scored two tries, a penalty goal, and a goal from a mark, to a try. The teams were:— Patea: Malcolm; Petersen, Crawford, Paterson; Edwards, Bourke; Gudgeon;. Wills; Richards, E. Taylor, J. Taylor, Hamblyn; Couch, Broughton, Baldwin. Hawera;. Nowell; Crotty, Hunter,. Ekdahl; Brown, Harrington; West; M. Joyce; T. Joyce, E. Murphy, B. Murphy, Holloway; Beauchamp,. Butchart, Clement. , Patea attacked strongly in the early stages, two promising movements just failing through first Crawford and then Wills being slow in getting passes away. Then Hawera was penalised for a scrum infringement just outside the twentyfive and Bourke kicked a goal. Richards burst through with ball at toe, the Patea pack making 75 yards. The Patea backs raced away in a perfect movement —perfect, that is, until Petersen dropped his pass. Browne snapped up in the loose and sent a poor pass to Hunter, who picked up splendidly and let Ekdahl away, the winger falling short by about' three yards. ■ Patea broke from a five yards scrum but Wills played the ball on the ground. He made amends a little later When Ekdahl did not take a ball that was his, enabling Paterson to draw Nowell, and Wills raced up fast to go through from the twenty-five for a try. Bourke missed with the kick. The Patea backs had another good run which was smothered oir the touch-line. E. Murphy shot out of the scrum with the ball and passed to Brown, who made a brilliant

cut-in before sending Hunter away. Crotty had a clear run but dropped an easy pass. Half-time came with Hawera holding an attacking position. Hard, tight forward play opened the second half with the Patea backs trying an occasional run but lacking penetration. The bounce from a long kick byi Bourke beat- Nowell and Hawera was lucky to clear. Malcolm ’ made a goodsave from the Hawera forwards. They, kept up the pressure and at last M. Joyce by sheer strength and determination forced his way across. Nowell just missed with the kick. Petersen was pro-' minent in a beautiful Patea movement,' handling several times. The Hawera for-' wards battled back again, M. Joyce going: over, only to be penalised for off-side. After a period of Hawera domination. Gudgeon, Wills and Paterson opened up ! for Patea. Hunter and Crotty saved the situation temporarily until Gudgeon went alone to send the übiquitous Wills over for a try. Hunter intercepted and madea great opening for Brown, who dropped the ball. The Patea backs tried again, but without avail. Repeatedly it looked; as though'Patea had to score, but the teain had to wait until Petersen marked in front of the posts and kicked a goal.: Patea ... ................; 12 Hawera' 3 Mr. G. Hurley refereed. CLOSE GAME AT ELTHAM k’LAIAWA WJNS BY ONE POINT. ELTHAM FORWARDS PREDOMINATE. In a good game at Eltham Okaiawa defeated Eltham by 6 to 5. There was some excellent forward play in which •the Eltham forwards mostly predominated, and the team was somewhat unlucky in not compiling a higher score. Worthington played successfully in the rear division and was seen in some fine movements’. Although Eltham had some new men in the backs they did not make a combination to excel Okaiawa. The first try came to Okaiawa as the result of Payne speculating, McCullum having only to fall on the ball to score. The next score did not come until half way through the second spell, when Murdoch touched down following a forward break through. - Eltham’s score came from a kick by Whiting to Blair, who could not field- the greasy ball. Whiting raced down to -score; *R. Burke converted. The game was ■ played in light rain on a heavy ground with a difficult wind. Nevertheless the game was a good one . .The. teams were:— Okaiawa: C. Blair; R. Ruru, Murdoch, McCallum; R. James, Edwards; Hickey; R. Thomas; Clarke, G. Scott, Preston, Rosewarne, Wallace, Skipper, Tito. Eltham: Preston; Worthington, Whiting, Payne; R. Bourke, Manning; Trass; L. White/ Trolove, Potts, R. Bocock, S. White, F. Bocock, R. Campbell, R. Burke. Eltham pushed to Okaiawa's line. Okaiawa returned to the other end; a knockon by McCallum spoiling a chance. Shortly afterwards McCallum scored, Clarke failing with the kick. Eltham again attacked and Clarke forced. Okaiawa went to Eltham’s twenty-five, where Skipper kicked and Paterson had to force. From the kick-out Worthington raced down the field, picked up the ball and shot to within 10 yards of the line before being tackled. Murdoch saved by a mark and found the line well down. With ball at toe S. White broke away, assisted by Trolove, but the ball went out. Okaiawa pushed back and Murdoch kicked, Paterson forcing. Whiting broke away and handed the ball to Trolove, who was tackled, a scrum resulting. Worthington was seen in a good run along the line but was pushed into touch. Eltham was awarded a free kick but R. Bourke failed to goal. Okaiawa sent Eltham back to its line, but Worthington saved and Okaiawa was sent back. A fiveyards scrum gave the ball to Eltham but Manning held on too long instead of passing on to .Whiting. Whiting put in a good rim, passing out to Manning, who was tackled. Okaiawa took a turn on attack but Paterson saved with a good kick. Okaiawa forced Eltham to the line on resuming, but S. White saved. Whiting then broke away with ball at toe, Manning carrying on, but the ball went out. Okaiawa again attacked but Worthington saved. Trolove broke away with a foot rush to Okaiawa’s line, but Murdoch replied with a similar movement and R. Bourke saved. R. Bocock received an injury but continued to play. Trolove and S. White got away with the ball at foot, a free kick giving Okaiawa relief. Although Eltham held Okaiawa on the line it could not score and Ruru and Blair eventually took the ball down the field. Eltham made another attack. Whiting kicked and Blair forced. Again Eltham forwards took the ball to Okaiawa’s line, but McCallum kicked over the dead-ball line. Skipper shot away •and Whiting saved. Wallace received an injury but was able to carry on. Okaiawa’s forwards broke away and Murdoch scored. Skipper failed with the kick. Shortly afterwards Eltham gained its only try, Whiting scoring and R. Burke converting. Okaiawa «• ® Eltham 5 Mr. J. F.’ Kiley refereed.

forwards tussle in mud

KAPONGA BEATS OPUNAKE. GAME PROVIDES EXCITEMENT. A good, hard forward tussle in the mud between teams evenly matched is a fitting description of the KapongaOpunake match, which gave Kaponga the victory by 8 points to nil. The Opunake pack showed up better in the first spell, but Kaponga developed superiority in the second; otherwise honours were fairly even and a draw would have been a fitting conclusion. There was no score until just on half-time, when Kaponga made- a. great forward thrust, enabling Free to push in and score when Opunake’s defence was off guard. C. Paterson added a goal. The next score came just on time, when R. Cuff succeeded after a hard drive by the Kaponga forwards following a series of desperate attacks by Opunake. C._ Paterson’s kick hit a post and bounced inside. The soft condition of the ground made polished play impossible and the ball was mostly at the feet of. the forwards, it being difficult to handle effectively. In the. final stages some ,of the hardest fought scrummages were seen on Kaponga’s line, and intense excitement reigned as Opunake struggled to score. The teams were:—.

Kaponga: Bickford; Wetton, C. Paterson, G. Cuff; R. Cuff, Armiston; Walker; O’Sullivan, Gardner, D. Murphy, West, Thoumine, B. Gargan, Free and P. Mur-, phy. t Opunake: Harrison; R. Malcolm, O Connor, Spence; Hohaia, Robinson; Casey; O’Shannessy, Dobbin, Ruakere, J. Lusk, B. Dudley, W. Dudley, Taylor, Wilson. Early in the game Dobbin hurt his shoulder and had to retire a few minutes later. W. Dudley also received injuries and was carried off the field. His place was taken by P. Smith, and Harrison replaced Dobbin, the full-back s position being taken by King, who was in the later stages to give a great display of stemming solid attacking movements. The first conspicuous play was a foot rush to the goal with- O’Connor leading. Opunake swept into the corners alternately, but free kicks and

forces gave Kaponga relief. Thoumine started a good foot rush but the onslaught was stemmed by King marking. Harrison failed with a penalty kick. Kaponga made a rush to the com,er, but King resisted a terrific attack. A free kick gave Opunake relief and play went to the opposite comer, where a try seemed imminent. Robinson dashed away and passed to Spence, but the latter was unable to handle a difficult pass. Harrison found that the crowd took exception to his, tackling of Walker, the opposing half-back. Ormiston, Paterson and Wetton worked the ball together. Wetton following Paterson’s kick to the comer, but the ball bounced into, touch and beat him. The great forward drive from which Kaponga scored was then launched.

Opunake made a good rush on resuming, T. Robinson being in the van. Losing possession, Opunake gave Kaponga an opening, and King again came to light, stopping a dangerous rush. There were flashes of bright play, both teams attacking openly. Casey dashed away but Walker secured the ball and started a promising rush which developed along the three-quarter line. King again saved. Despite the slippery ground ' smart and fast passing runs ensued, but ,ilo scores resulted, Wetton failing to handle in a scoring position. Kaponga was again unlucky in a knock-on which spoilt another good chance. A lively exhibition of enterprising play was given by both teams, footwork being the principal mode of attack. Walker got going in a rush; his day’s play being one of his best games this season. Malcolm retaliated and progressed until a knock-on nullified trie movement. Casey carried through in a passing rush and several scrums took place on the line. This was Opunake’s final chance to score, but it did not succeed, even after some of the hardest of scrums. Harrison was nearly over once and Robinson made a promising dash from a scrum but held on too long. Flaj in the tight was exciting and Kaponga was well tested to prevent a score. Harrison missed with a penalty shot and play veered to the other end for Kaponga to score. Kaponga 8 Opunake 0 Mr. A. Spratt refereed. LOWER GRADE RESULTS. NORTHERN DIVISION. First Junior. j High School 15. v. Urenui 3. Star 3 v. Old Boys 3. Clifton 6 v. Lepperton 3. Third Grade. ' Tukapa 3 v. Star nil. High School won from Clifton by default. ■ Fourth Grade. Tukapa 4 v. High School A- 3. The match between High School B and High School C was postponed owing to the weather. Fifth Grade. Tukapa 13 v. High School A nil. The High School B v. High School C match was postponed. , COASTAL DIVISION. First Junior. Rahotu nil v. Camp nil. Opunake 8 v. Warea 3. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Fitzroy defeated Waitara by 15 to 3. The most prominent players for Fitzroy were Haovey, Evetts, Hill, Couehman, Hellier and Bell, and for Waitara Smart and Andrews. At Westown the local team defeated Inglewood by 14 to 3. At the racecourse a match between West End and Central was abandoned at the end of the first spell owing to the gale. West End was then leading by 14 to nil. For West End tries were scored by Priest, Gay ton and Berg, the lastnamed converting one try. SOUTHERN DIVISION. Junior. Hawera 11 v. Patea 3. Ararata 5 v. Kaponga 3. Waimabe beat- Old Boys by default. Third Grade. Patea 32 v. Hawera nil. ' High School 3 v. Old Boys, nil (noncompetition game). ■ Fourth Grade. '.' Hawera 11 v. Waimate 0. Kaponga 6 v. Okaiawa 3. CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. ’ : .. ’’ Senior.

RAHOTU TOURNAMENT. ENTRIES CLOSE TO-DAY. Entries close to-day for the seven-a-side junior Rugby tournament which is to be held by the Rahotu Club on Wednesday in aid of injured players. Nomination is free. The winning team will hold the Whittle Shield for one year, and each member of the team will receive a gold medal. The runner-up will receive a football.

OHUIRA SUB-UNION

RESULTS OF SATURDAY’S PLAY. HEAO VALLEY BEATS MATIERE. The weather in .the territory, administered by the Ohura' Rugby Sub-Union was just fine enough on Saturday to. per-mit-the decision of the-scheduled competition matches. .Results are:— . , „ . Senior.' - ' Niho Niho 9 v. Ghura 6. Heao Valley 13 v.-Matiere 8. Junior. , Niho Niho 5 v. Ohura 0. 777Tokirima 9 v. Matiere 5. ' Third Grade., Ohura High School 3 v. Niho Niho 3; Fourth Grades Matiere 19 v. Ohura High School 0. WAI ROA SUB-UNION RUGBY SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENTS. KAI IWI WINS SENIOR SHIELD. The seven-a-side tournament under the auspices of the Wairoa Rugby Sub-Union was held on Saturday in fine but dull weather with a bitterly cold south-east wind. Nevertheless there was a good attendance of the public both in the morning for the school banners and in the afternoon for the senior shield, which Kai Iwi won. Waverley Convent beat Waitotara (last year’s winner) inetfhe junior final. Kohl beat Waverley in'the schools’ Senior banner final. Some keen and exciting games were played. In the morning four teams playfor the junior banner—Waitotara (holder), Whenuakura, Waverley Public and Waverley Convent. For the senior banner three teams entered —Whenuakura (holder), Waverley Public and Kohi. School results are:— Junior. First round: Waverley. Convent 12 beat Whenuakura 0, Waitotara 6 beat Waverley Public 0. ..... - . Final: Convent 11 beat Waitara 3. • Seniors. - • ' • Kohi 9 beat Whenuakura 0. ’ Waverley Public a bye. _.. . Kohi 9 beat Waverley Public 0. Both finals .were splendidly contested, Dooling of the Waverley Convent being outstanding. In the senior final the Kohi boys demonstrated that they had been well trained, their’ tutor being Mr. D. Walker. Kohi won the banner' for the first time. jn the absence of the chairman of the union (Mr.-H.; Forsyth) the secretary presented the banners .to .the captains; ■ In the -afternoon the men’s tournament was played and some sparkling displays were witnessed. The Waitotara Club was unfortiinate in that they had to default both their games owing to the inability of their players on contract work to obtain leave. Eight teams took part in the competition, which resulted:— First Round. Kai Iwi 21 v. Ngutuwera B 0. Ngutuwera A 14 v. Up-River B 0. Waverley A 3 v. Up-River AO. Rawini A won by default from Waitotara B. Waverley B won by default from Waitotara A. The game between Waverley A and Up-River A was hard and even, five extra spells of three minutes each having to be played. Second Round. Waverley B 6 v. Rauru A 0. Kai Iwi 8 v. Ngutuwera A 3. Waverley A a ■ bye. " Semi-final. Waverley B. 6 v. Waverley A 0. Kai Iwi a bye.' Final. Kai Iwi 3 v. Waverley B 0. • The final was a very even and keenly contested game, a good display being given by both teams and extra time had to be played to decide the match. Kai Iwi was a shade, better in combining and to this the team owes its victory. Matthews scored a fine try to give Kai Iwi the shield for 1933 and the honour of winning it for the first time. At the conclusion Mr. H., D. Forsyth, chairman of the union, presented the shield to A.-Flintoff, captain of the Kai Iwi team, and complimented both teams on the exposition of Rugby given by them, which he maintained was up to senior standard in other parte. The second round of the senior cup competition’ will ’not re-start until June to. " RESULTS IN THE CITIES. The following Rugby Union results are reported, by the Press Association:— Christchurch: Matches played in dull, cold weather on grounds that were ip good order resulted: Sydneham 12 beat Merivale 10, Christchurch 10 beat Linwood 3, Varsity 25‘beat Albion 16, Old Boys 22 beat Athletic 5. Wellington:—First division: Wellington College Old Boys 8 v. Hut.t 5; Marist 12 v. Poneke 11; Petone 10 v. Athletic 3; Eastbourne 13 v. Wellington 8. Second division: St. Patrick’s Old Boys 13 v. Johnsonville 12; Oriental 22 v. Melrose Selwyn 5; University 9 v. Upper Hutt 9; Miramar 14 v. Berhampore 3. Auckland: Marist 17 v. University 6; Ponsonby 19 v. Technical 0; Training College 9 v. College Rifles 9; Grafton 23 v. Manukau 11; Grammar* 32 v. Otahuhu 87

NORTHERN DIVISION. Stratford ... 4 4 0 0 58 8 8 Star .... aa'* 5 5 0 i 49 29 8 Clifton .. ... 5 2 1 2 42 32 5 Tukapa ... 4 2 0 2 28 34 4 Celtic ... 4 1 1 2 26' 28 3 Old Boys .. 4 1 0 3 35 63 2 Inglewood . '. -4 0 0 4 9 53 0 First Junior Tukapa ... 3 3 0 0 50 . 14 6 Star .... ... 4 2 1 1 72 14 5 High School . 2 2 0 0 32 9 4 Clifton ... 3 2 0 1 20. 26 4 Old Boys .. 4 1 1 2 9 31 2 Urenui .. ... 3 0 0 3 9 66 0 Lepperton .. 3 0 0 3 9 57 0 Third Grade. Tukapa* ... 4 4 0 0 27 8 8 Star* ... 4 2, 0 2 20 9 4 Clifton* ... 4 1 0 3 7 17 2 High school* . 4 1 0 3 5 18 2 *Owing to the holidays School forfeited to Tukapa, Star and Clifton. Clifton also forfeited to Tukapa and School. 'Fourth' Grade. Tukapa ... 4 3 0 1 70 8 6 Star .... ... 3 2 0 1 5 18 4 School A ... 2 1 0 2 18 4 2 School B .. i 0 0 1 0 16 0 School C :: i 0 0 1 0 47 0 Tukapa . .Fifth Grade 0 144 3 8 ' '4 '’ 4 V Star ...; '4 - 3 0 1 40 29 6 School A ... 2 1' 0 1 41 13 2 School B ... 2 0 0 2 0 43 0 School C .... 2 0 0 2 0 41 0 School D ... 2 0 0 2 3 99 0 COASTAL DIVISION. Okato ... 2 1 1 0 9 6 3 Rahotu • •a 3 1 1 1 7 7 3 Camp ... ... 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Opunake ... 2 1 0 1 8 10 2 Warea ... 3 1 0 2 13 14 2 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Senioi 4 Palea ... 5 4 1 0 57 25 9 Waimate ... 5 4' 0 1 49 17 8 Kaponga ... 5 3 1 1 40 17 7. Opunake ... 5 2 0 3 29 31 4. Hawera ... 5 2 0 3 31 51 4 Okaiawa ... 52 0 3 12 ■. 43 • 4 Old Boys .. 5 ■ 1 i 3 27 33 3 Eltham ... 5 0' 1 4 29 57. 1 Junioi Okaiawa ... 4 4 0 0 145 13 8 Kaponga ... 4 3 0 1 32 19 6 Hawera . . ... 5 3 o ’ 2 56 60 b Pa tea ... 4 1 i 2 .20 42 . 3 Ararata ... 4 1 0 3 5 60 . 2 Old Boys .. 4 0 1 3 14 57 1