RUGBY LEADERS BEATEN

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23260, 23 July 1945, Page 7

RUGBY LEADERS BEATEN

I Wins For Celtic And '. Old Boys Grounds In Ead Condition The co-Ic.ultT.-. of the South Canter- , burv Rugbv coiubel 'lion, Temuka and; M.ikikil-.i. were bec.tzti on Sat,inlay by < lllc Ctrl L 1 !'■ Hr. ll i.-.iV it'.y three t.-mu/. Tcmtt.'.i. Mukii.ti'.l and Celli, equal in lil’-t place. Old lb cotne next a point behind. CELTIC HEAT TEMCKA Superior forwards and better tactics enabled Critic to lx al Tuir.ika. leaders j of tiie competition, by 8 points to 3. 1 on No. 1 ground. in a game which kept a '.:r:e crci.ii interested throughout. J With Ute snow brushed to the side lines. • the Held quickly became a quagmire, | making it exceedingly difficult for t anyone to hand!? the ball. The game was a dour forward struggle with the 1 Green packmen tn the ascendancy tor ' most of the time. P. Fitzgerald was I the outstanding forward on the ground ■ and I. Goddard, at full-back tor Celtic, i gave a tine display. In tlie first half Temuka held a tern- ; torinl advantage, the visiting team, showing bi ■ o ■ , ,vion l;ei n the I backs and forwards. With tlie backs kicking lor the gap and the forwards | ! following through. Celtic had many | anxious moments, but Goddard was a ; tower of strength In effecting timely ; clearances. In the second spell Celtic apparently did not strive for possession I from scrums us the ball was so slippery [ that by the time the half-back got it I he was bowled over by the fast-break- ; ing Temuka forwards. Edgeler, behind , tlie scrum for Temuka, fared little | better than his vis-a-vis had done in ' the first half and consequently the j Celtic forwards often caught him in ■: )icssession and started dribbling rushes. ■ Shortly after the start of plav Fitzgerald secured possession in a line-out and took plav to the 25. 1,. Erosnahan, , full-back for Temuka. brought off a | nice save and returned play to the ; halt-way mark. Gaining further ground with a dribbling rush headed by B. Mulcahy, Celtic were pressing toward the 25 when an infringement gave Fitzgerald an opportunity. His kick was a good one but the ball went a lit.lie wide. Edgeler a little later electrified the crowd with an up-and-ttnder kick which lie fielded himself before handing out to his forwards. .Shortly afterwards Edgeler set bls backs in motion, the whole line handling before J. Chapman was pushed out. The Temuka forwards were now swarming over their opponents and after a determined attack O. Birt scored. E. Leary's kick failed to rise. | i Tightly-wedged forwards struggled for I a time for possession before D. O'Reilly t broke loose, with the ball at foot, but ! Goddard cleared. Shortly afterwards I I Goddard joined in an attack on the | I Temuka line and after kicking the | ball through he followed up fast, scored, | and converted. i In the second spell there was a ; decided difference in Celtic's tactics. | The backs, who had been playing too shallow and wide, now played closer I and deeper, and they exploited the stab : kick with good effect. Letting the ball so to the opposition, the Celtic packmen swarmed round the scrum and ; almost invariably caught one of the I j Docks in possession. A rush headed by I i Fitzgerald and J. Lester took the ball | ! ever the line and F. Butler scored near ! the corner. Fitzgerald's kick went I astray. A forward sortie headed bv ' O'Reilly and Birt took piay to Celtic's i 25. Temuka were awarded a penalty j : for obstruction, but the kick failed. ; ' Gaining possession at the half-way | 1 mark, O'Reilly made a determined run t . before handing to Edgeler to N. Palmer. 1 who was pushed out near the line by Goddard. Leary, with stab kicks, was I finding gaps in the Celtic defence arid 1 Temuka had a spell on attack. There was no further score and Celtic won by 8 points to 3. Mr L. K. Murray was referee. For the Temuka team D. O'Reilly was the outstanding forward, and M. Murphy, W. Edgeler. N. Palmer and E. ■ Leary gave good service in the backs. I The Green forwards were best served I by Fitzgerald. Mulcahy, Lester and Butler. In the backs Goddard was i outstanding, Keane was invaluable on defence. At first five-eighths. W. Kelly gave an improved display in the second i half. OLD BOYS ON TOP. ; Makikihi. one of the joint leaders in ' the competition, were beaten by Old ! Boys by 11 to 5 in a keen struggle on 1 the No. 2 ground at Fraser Park. 1 Although not. as sodden as the No. 1 playing area, the ground was sufficiently snow-logged to prevent good football. In the first spell the honours were | evenly decided, but Old Boys had a I territorial advantage during' the second half. In the early stages Old Bovs kept i the ball within the Makikihi 25. i Makikihi launched some promising parsing rushes, but smothering tactics were successful. From a scrum Cham- ■ berlain kicked through and followed up, ' but Old Boys cleared. In a counterattack Campbell nearly went over in the corner. A grim melee on the ' Makikihi line saw Cameron score near tlie posts. Bryant converted. The Makikihi forwards pressed hard but Parsons cleared at a critical stage. Nice passing by the visiting backs opened up the play, but could not get. far. Camubell dribbled through “the Makikihi line, and Makikihi remained on rite defensive until a 'penalty pave relief. '■ Haff-time came with the score 3-0 in Old Boys' favour. , Old Boys kept plav in the Makikihi i -» for some time till Barlow and Hobbs and then Chamberlain. Bryce and Meehan cleared them out. Hobbs went over at the end of a dribbling rush and Collins converted. Old ’ Boys : hotly, and from a scrum I Wills scored in the corner. Bryant's ! kick failed. The game ended: Old" Boys ■ 11. Makikihi 5. Mr A. Stechman was referee. WIN FOlt SOLTIIEKN-lIUIMAi I In spite of the poor state of the [ ground after the recent snow, a bright display of Rus.liy was given on Man- ' Chester Park. Woiniate. when Southern- : Huimai beat Zingari bv one point. 7-6. j Southern, throwing the ball about. took play well into Zingari territory, ! | but the defence was sound. Southern again rushed plav to Zingari territory ; -'tit McMaster, the custodian, was in line form and saved his side time and again. A dangerous Zinsmri attack was relieved by a penalty but Zingari came again. Richard :, playing an excellent defensive game, saved his side and started a m. ring rush with Morion, Belf and Kilworth doing grand work. ; Zingari. not to be outdone, again swept ! downfield, but Meyer. Morion and : Clearwater returned plav to tiie Zingari ' 25. Again Zineari broke awav. but ' good defence, with, the Bell brothers > prominent, kept them out. Zingari were not to be denied and after a passing ! rush Hanson scored in ihe corner. The kick missed. Zingari 3, Southern- i Huimai 0. Southern kenl on the ball ! and after a passing rush Guv crossed ' over wide out. Lunde’s kirk f;jl»*d Zm- ' gari 3. Soul hern-Huimai 3. On Ihe resumption of play K. Bell ! and Tumarii broke away but the Zin- i gari defence held and they returned ! play to the Southern line where a ■ Penalty relieved. Ktlvorlh mid Morton 1 again look play bev G nd h-Hf-wav np< | ! a penalty gained mo ■ • ground. ’ Zin - • gari again nllaeked. bnl nlev in winch I Morton was showing line foi;:;. j f’l’i: ie-d to Zm -ari hu-ritorv whrrc [ snappf ; III) to pot ;i Joie Zin-’ari andj^Eal ttornr were pr.'iminent lup again as a eoc?d custodian. Zinwoi i came atain mid alter a bri°ht move- 1 The kirk fallen anti Ihr L'anr- ended - i Soiilhern-Hiuinai 7 Zin ’p'i’i (i Mr R. Rose was referee. ’ , I rffresenta i jvi: i t \m i The following players h i\e been i rrleclcd to rrprr.:en|. South Ce.nlorourv against Ashburton on Saiiirdaw -- Th: '.»-i|Uarl.tj A. Moore < (!j<| i’ () , . | R. Piattley '.'-U.'-io. [i. re rf. _ FiVf-eii.-hlh W. praf| <(jir| Hoysi.l 1 i'll l -l;a(!: IP. ~.. : ; i ()!r| )b ,y ; , i. |

wards tSk;r». B. Mulcahy ■ Critic). M. Hobbs (Geraldine). jj. Howry 'ZinM. Ivey Char*. O. P’.rl iTeniulia) W. Wakelin 'Temuka». ]'ll )<']■; 1 ; • | icj i ; ]’ Maiisril < Z ill.'.’H l'i I, If. Suudlridgr <Ceilic». bi. (’amphH] <(;’•! Boys'. f„ Bahr > Ziuga ,- i >. 1?. Wills (Old Po'.s). An. - player who will not be available* should advise the seereiary before 5 p m. 10-morrow. rs ha\ e iiomiii -led Ihr l< i r >!:• 1 lor ’h:- .‘‘.gi.ih I laud 1 * 'Hi!: .1 ( 'iiv.ala; d '('« i’e. ; I> i< ' - I) Pai oir t» >l(| B'W.-i b.dl- bark. ■'■.laii I m-|: or i.|i- row lorward A. ,’ <l - Wards i and B '.lni'.i‘'.y (Celtic* bolh li'»(! | j - r ’*r Iron! r..w IGe i lie ('i' s.sifie d Advert !.'-'’inciit C- .'i 1 ill! I!s <.'i 'il‘ 'I 11; in l'il r (:dd