RUGBY FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1934, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL

lower grade results. NORTHERN DIVISION. First Junior. High School 9 v. Urenui 8. Star 13 v. Lepperton 0. Turangi 6 v. Tukapa 3. Clifton 8 v. Old Boys 0. Third Grade. Star 29 v. Urenui 3. Tukapa B 9 v. Old Boys 6. School 3 v. Clifton 0. Fourth Grade. School B 11 v. Tukapa 3. School A 6 v. Star 0. Fifth Grade. School A 6 v. Star 5. Tukapa 11 v. School B 0. During the week School B defeated Sdhool C by 18 points to 3. SOUTH TARANAKI GAMES. Junior. Hawera drew with Ararata, 6 all. Okaiawa beat Waimate, 30-6. Patea beat Kaponga by default. Third Grade. Hawera beat Patea 12-0. Hawera High School beat Okaiawa 8-3. Fourth Grade. Waimate beat Eltham 6-3. * Hawera beat Hawera High School 47-6. Kaponga beat Manaia High School by default. SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Eltham won a junior school match against Matapu by 8 points to 3. COASTAL DIVISION. First Junior. Okato 17 v. Oaonui 3. Warea 17 v. Rahotu 10. In the first junior competition Clifton gained its fifth successive victory in as many matches, defeating Old Boys at the New Plymouth racecourse after a splendid game by eight points to nil. Sutton scored a try which Jenkins converted. Jenkins also kicked a penalty goal High School continue ’, its unbeaten career but had a narrow escape, defeating Urenui by 9 points to 8.

Tukapa B also maintained its unbeaten record, defeating Old Boys at Sanders Park by nine points to six after a game in which the result was in doubt until the close. Old Boys led by six points at half-time, but early in the second spell Tukapa added two tries. Thereafter play was very vven. On time Old Boys just missed with a field goal which would have turned the scale in its favour. In the fourth grade School A defeated Star by six points to nil, bringing it level with Star in the lead, with two matches yet to play. High School B defeated Tukapa by 11 points to 3, and with one match yet to play is on level terms with Star and School A. In the fifth grade Tukapa continued its unbeaten record and is now four points clear of School A, which beat Star by a very narrow margin and has played a match less than Tukapa. The fourth series of matches in the coastal junior competition saw no change in the leadership, Okato and Warea maintaining their unbeaten positions. In a hard-fought game Warea defeated Ra- ; hotu at Warea by 17 points to 10, whilst at Oaonui Okato defeated Oaonui by 17 points to 3. Next Saturday in the final series of the first round Okato and Warea will meet at Okato. \ CARLSON CUP RETAINED OHURA DEFEATS TAUMARUNUI. MORGAN’S GREAT SCORING DAY. The Ohura sub-union representatives retained the Carlson Cup by defeating Taumarunui by 16 points to 6 at Ohura on Saturday. A special train from Taumarunui brought a large number and the attendance was swollen by spectators who came from all parts of the Ohura district The game was fast and of a good standard, though the conditions were against good handling. Morgan scored, nearly all of Ohura’s points. ,He scored two tries, converted two and kicked a penalty goal. Margan scored a try. For Taumarunui Ritane kicked a penalty goal and McKee scored a try. COUNTRY SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAMME OF MATCHES DECIDED A meeting of teachers and representatives of school committees from Mimi, Okoke, Urenui, Uruti. and Waiau schools was held in the Urenui school on Tuesday to arrange inter-school basketball and football matches. Mr. Short presided. It was decided to hold matches fortnightly as follows:— RUGBY. June 7: Urenui A v. Urenui B at Urenui, Uruti v. Okoke at Mimi, Waiau v. Mimi at Mimi. June 21: Urenui A v. Waiau at Urenui, Urenui B v. Uruti at Uruti, Okoke v. Mimi at Okoke. July 5: Urenui A v. Uruti at Urenui, Urenui r B v. Mimi at Mimi, Waiau v. Okoke at Urenui. July 19: Urenui A v. Okoke at Okoke, Urenui B v. Waiau at Urenui, Mimi v. Uruti at Uruti. August 2: Urenui A v. Mimi at Mimi, Urenui B v. Okoke at Urenui, Uruti v. Waiau at Urenui. BASKETBALL. June 7: Urenui A v. Urenui B at Urenui, Waiau v. Mimi at Mimi, Uruti a bye. June 21: Urenui A v. Waiau at Urenui, Urenui B v. Uruti at Uruti, Mimi a bye. July 5: Urenui A v. Uruti at Urenui, Urenui B v. Mimi at Mimi, Waiau a bye. July 19: Urenui B v. Waiau at Urenui, Mimi v. Uruti at Uruti, Urenui A a bye. August 2: Urenui A v. Mimi at Mimi, Uruti. v. Waiau at ■ Urenui, Urenui B a bye. The holding of an inter-school sports meeting was also discussed and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Miss Jones, Mr. Managh and Mr. Short were appointed a committee to convene a meeting at a later date.