RUGBY LEAGUE COMPETITIONS ARE CONTINUED TO-DAY

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19060, 3 May 1930, Page 11

RUGBY LEAGUE COMPETITIONS ARE CONTINUED TO-DAY

Addington And Hornby Have Hard Game At Monica Park.

The Rugby League senior competition was carried another stage with to-day s matches. Woolston met Waimairi at the Papanui Domain; Sydenham and Linwood played at Sydenham Park, and Hornby and Addington were in opposition at Monica Park.

HORNBY V. ADDINGTON. The teams were: Addington (black and white) : C M'Garry, Bavister, W. Stuart, R. Falgar, J. Amos, C. Falgar, A. Peddie, F. Flanagan, F. Ranse, L. Brow’ne, C. Sturrock, G. Burgess, E. Condon. Hornby (black): W. Palamountain W. Davis, T. M'Kenzie, J. Washington, S. Minards, J. Howison, C. Woods, W Woodgate, A. Ward, W. Vivian, J Manera, A. Case, N. Vivian.

Wood?, the Hornby half, wap prominent. M'Garry attempted to dear, but hip kick was charged down and T. M'Kenzie dashed through to score. Davis converted. Hornby 10. Addington S. Addington had a chance to even the scores with a penalty, but Amos missed an easy kick. Addington was passing strongly, but there was no further score and the game ended: HORNBY 10 ADDINGTON 8 SYDENHAM V. LINWOOD. From the kick-off Linwood penetrated Sydenham territory, but Le Marne obtained possession, and carried play back. From, a scrum Bamberger dashed lor the fine and scored, his kick falling. Five minutes later M. Davies picked up at half-way, and ran through the opposon to score a fine try, Hamberger converting. Sydenham 8. Linwood 0. The Linwood forwards worked their way to their opponents’ territory, and had a good chance of scoring. but faulty handling in the backs let them down. Tonkin came to light with a bright run, nd scored under the posts, Fraser converting. Just before half-time a good back movement by Sydenham ended in Davies crossing the line, Fraser failing with the kick. Half-time scores:— Sydenham 16, Linwood 0. A minute after the start of the second spell Sydenham were penalised, and Jorgensen kicked a goal. Sydenham 36, Linwood 2. Linwood were pressing Sydenham for some time, but faulty handling and hanging on lost many opportunities. From a scrum, W. Black scored, Jorgensen converting. Sydenham rallied, and M’Qulnn crossed the line. Hamberger converted. Another rush found Tonkin over the line. Sydenham 24, Linwood 7. From a kick out, Davies rushed round and scored, Hamberger failing to convert. Davies scored again from a passing rush. Fraser’s kick failing. Final scores:— SYDENHAM 30 LINWOOD 7 WOOLSTON V. WAIMAIRI. Waimairi met Woolston at Papanui, the latter team being four short. Teams.—Waimairi: N. Rossiter, R. Wilson, A. Morwood. F. Lynskey, J. Woodham. A. Palii. E. Spencer. D. Crowe, W. Turner, L. Sneddon, J. Mitchell, B. Nevell and H. Spencer. Woolston: E. Abrahams, L. Holland, C. Blacklock, A. Jackson, W. Thompson, A. Downing, R. Lee, C. M’Donald and W. Cunningham. Shortly after the start H. Spence scored at the corner, E. Spencer failed to convert. Woolston were successful in holding the opposition for some time, but Lynskey put i:t a good run to score. He failed to convert his own try. Waimairi 6. Woolston 0. Woolston's team was brought up to ten men when a Waimairi reserve came on. The. Woolston forward took the hall over the Waimairi line, but it went out. Lynskey, with a jinkv run. took play back to half-wav. Play hovered in the Woolston twenty-five until A. Jackson put in a pretty run to half-way. But the Waimairi forwards went up-field. K. Spencer scoring, for Lynskey to convert. 'VV'almairi 11, Woolston 0. J. Mitchell got awav, but when close to the Woolston line, jumped. M’Donald bringing him down in good style. Half-time Waimairi 13, Woolston 0.

The game opened with fast forward play. Several Addington attacks were stopped, and Hornby relieved with good kicks. S. Minards, Hornby fiveeighths, picking up the ball from a scrum made a splendid run to within ten yards of the line and passed to T. M'Kenzie, who dashed over. W. Davis just failed with the kick. Hornby 3, Addington 0. Addington returned to the attack, and from a loose scramble several men went over the line together, E. Condon falling on the ball. J. Amos failed with the kick. Addington 3, Hornby 3.

N. Vivian had to be carried off the field with slight concussion while attempting to stop the try. He was replaced by F. Warr, who played fiveeighths in place of S. Minards, who went into the pack. J. Howison was prominent in a Hornby back movement, but poor passing spoilt it. Addington returned with the ball and, following a low kick, J. Amos and Davis raced side by side for the line. Davis succeeded in kicking the ball out of play. Amos was laid out and had to retire for a few minutes. G. Falgar was quick to seize an opening. He snapped up the ball and dashed over for a beautiful try, which he converted. Addington 8, Hornby 3. Another Addington attack almost immediately afterwards was interrupted by off-side play. At this stage there was another delay because of an injury to a player. The half-time score was: Addington 8, Hornby 3.

Shortly after the resumption. Jackson went through Waimairi to score an unconverted try under the posts. Mitchell then started a forward rush from half-way, scoring a good try. A few minutes later Mitchell again scored, for E. Spencer to convert. Waimairi iy, Woolston 3. Walker then scored at’ the corner for Woolston. The try was unconverted. Waimairi 19, Woolston 6. Waimairi put on the pressure, and Mitchell, who was playing a fine forward game, ran round behind the posts to score. Spencer converted. Final score:— WAIMAIRI 24 WOOLSTON 6 LED IN CREATION OF CANTERBURY LEAGUE. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, May 3. With an expression of the keenest regret, coupled with full appreciation of services given to the Rugby League code since its inception in Auckland, the New Zealand Council received the resignation of Mr D. W. M’Lean, owing to ill-health. Going through New Zealand in 1912, Mr M’Lean was instrumental in creating the formation of the Canterbury League, but found that conditions were not so favourable in Otago. He has continued ever since to promote the welfare of the code in an official capacity, and is a life member of the New Zealand League. BR FBgj FSR FSB RFi BR BH HR PH iia 38? SB PR BH BR pgl 3H yi

Second Spell. For the first few minutes of the second spell play was confined to the Hornby twenty-five. The Addington backs began to handle well. Bavister had a chance, but ran straight across the field without gaining any territory. Palamountain, the Hornby full-back, made a good run, but, although he had two men in attendance, there were too many of the opposing team in the way. Addington were penalised for offside play. Davis’s kick went wide. G. M’Garry, the Addington full-back, put in some useful kicking. He also tackled well and grassed Howison when the latter looked certain to score. The Hornby pack showed to advantage in light play near the Addington line. There were several scrums in succession in the corner, but Addington eventually hooked the ball and relieved. Davis kicked a good penalty goal. Addington 8, Hornby 5. Several strong attacks were launched by the Hornby backs, who were handling the ball well, but the Addington defence was sound.