REP. MATCHES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 851, 26 August 1933, Page 10

REP. MATCHES.

Southland Team Beat Wairarapa. FORWARDS IN FORM. (Special to tlie “ Star.'') MASTERTON, August 26. The Wairarapa and Southland teams met at Masterton this afternoon under good playing conditions. The Southland forwards were the biggest pack from Southland province seen in action in the Wairarapa, and they appeared to be much heavier than Wairarapa in the vanguard. Southland kicked off against the sun and within a minute had an unsuccessful kick at goal. Southland had the better of play for' the first quarter of an hour. After two Southland back rushes Sharpe potted a goal. Southland 4, Wairarapa 0. A brief Wairarapa attack, in which Smith, Keeble, Howard and Devine were prominent, was followed by two Southland hack movements. whi : h gained considerable ground, hut broke down when looking dangerous. A couple of great line kicks by Hemi eased the pressure for Wairarapa. Southland forwards were pushing Wairarapa all over the field and continually obtained the hall in the scrum, though faulty handling spoiled their efforts. For more than half of the spell Southland did most of the attacking. Wairarapa broke away on one or two occasions, hut Wise, who was a source of weakness to Wairarapa, let them down badly. Outside of Howard, who was consistently good in following up. Smith, Devine and Keeble were the only ones in the Wairarapa pack who played up to representative form. Southland backs sped away in a passing rush, which broke down, but was later carried on and from which Martin scored. Purdue failed with the kick. Southland 7, Wairarapa 0. Wairarapa did most of the attacking for some time and eventually from a rush Tilley scored, but failed to convert. The half-time score was: Southland 7, Wairarapa 3. Wairarapa opened the second spell with an attack from which Hemi was nearly over. Continuing the attack the ball went to Nunn, to Wise, to Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald kicked to the wing and Tilley gathered in the ball to score. Hemi failed with the kick. Wairarapa 6. Southland 7. Play livened up for a time and each side attacked. Then Southland broke away and Fitzgerald looked dangerous. Then from loose play on the side line Mitchell gathered in the ball and scored. Sutherland failed with the kick. Southland 10, Wairarapa 6. Southland made a vigorous attack and from a loose rush Purdue scored and Sharpe converted. Southland 15, Wairarapa 6. The game all through the second spell had been productive of very poor football. Howard broke away and passed to Devine, who kicked. The Southland full-back missed the ball and Hemi pounced on it to score. Hemi converted. The game ended: SOUTHLAND * 15 WAIRARAPA 11 Canterbury B v. Ashburton. (Special to the " Star.”) ASHBURTON, August 26. The weather was dull, hut the ground was in good order for the Rugby match Canterbury B v. Ashburton at the Domain Oval to-day. There was a very poor attendance. From the kick-off, Ashburton set up a strong attack, and for the first few minutes confined their play to the Canterbury twenty-five. A good passing movement by Canterbury backs carried play to Ashburton quarters, where French made an unsuccessful attempt to kick a penalty goal. Canterbury launched several attacks on the Ashburton goal line, but the solid tackling of the opposition prevented them crossing, and play settled down in neutral territory. At this stage Canterbury were awarded a penalty kick, but French’s kick went wide. Another attempt- a minute later met the same fate. Canterbury forwards carried play to the Ashburton line, and H. Milliken scored well out. The kick at goal by French missed. Canterbury B 3, Ashburton 0. Canterbury backs got away and French broke through and passed to Pawson, who scored. Hendry failed to convert. Canterbury B 6. Ashburton 0. From a scrum near the Ashburton goal, the ball passed smartly to M’Lelland. who added a further try. French converted. Canterbury B 11. Ashburton 0. Ashburton were awarded a free kick, but Behrn’s kick went wide. Ashburton were pressing hard when Dalton was awarded a free kick, but just missed the upright. Half-time score: Canterbury B 11, Ashburton 0. Shortly after resuming, Canterbury set u pa penetrating attack, but an infringmfnt stopped progress. Offff-side by a Canterbury player gave Dalton a good opportunity to kick a penalty goal from a bandy position, but the effort just missed. Good work by Hendry and Pawson transferred play to Ashburton quarters, but the defence was sound, and play hovered in neutral territory for some time. Eventually the Canterbury backs got possession, but Whiting cut in and raced for tire goal line, where he was held up, but passed to B. Doig, who crossed for a try. Davison failed to convert. Canterbury B 11, Ashburton 3. Some fast play followed, and shortly after M’Kendry made an opening for Dalton, who scored near the corner. Davison’s kick went wide. Canterbury B 11, Ashburton 6. Davison had an unsuccessful place-kick. Ashburton continued to force matters, when Bradford secured and passed to Whiting, who scored near the posts. Dalton missed an easy kick. Canterbury 11, Ashburton 9. Ashburton had the best of the second spell, and missed several easy kicks at goal. The game ended: CANTERBURY B 11 ASHBURTON 6 THE CURTAIN-RAISER. Canterbury and Otago Junior Teams Meet. Some bright football was seen in the game between the Canterbury and Otago junior teams, who met prior to the Shield game. Otago took the offensive at the start, when their backs eombin'ed in a succession of smart rushes that looked dangerous. Barrie tried a penalty, but it was wide. Then the Canterbury forwards took over and concentrated in thte Otago twenty-five. J. Ollivier tried two penalties from well out, but they were short. The first try came from Maxwell, the Canterbury first fiv'e-eighth, who short-punted and followed up fast, after good work by the forwards, and Duff in particular. Ollivier converted. A penalty right under thte posts on half-time gave Ollivier a chance, and he put it over, making the score Canterbury 8, Otago 0. Otago opened up the game in freer fashion in the second spell, and it was not long before they had their reward. The ball travelled right along the line and out to Talbot on the wing. His speed took him over for a good try. The kick failed. Again the Canterbury forwards swept up the field and Otago were kept defending. Price and Harding figured in a. rush that ended in another try beneath the posts, which Ollivier converted, to give Canterbury the lead. 13-3. Otago came into the picture, opening up the play neatly, and Barrie got across for a good try. Campbell converted from a difficult angle. Just before time. Edwards scored for Canterbury. Ollivier again converted. Campbell had two shots from penalties and succeeded the second time. The game ended: CANTERBURY IS OTAGO 11 Referee: Mr A. Thompson. Games at Greymouth. (Special to the “ Star.”) GREYMOUTH, August 26. In the Rugby senior knock-out competition. United 8 beat Star 3. For United, Gilbert and Rose scored tries, Gilbert converting one. Behan scored an unconverted try for Star. ColKlen !) beat Blaketown 3. For Cobden, Martyn scored a try and converted, Lindbom drop-kicking a field goal. Clark scored an unconverted try for Blaketown. Junior—Blaketown 32. Star 3. Fourth Grade—Blaketown 23, Star 6.,

WELLINGTON. — Rugby: National Mutual Cup: Hutt 8, Wellington College Old Boys 6 GAMES ELSEWHERE. GREYMOUTH—Soccer—Senior: Greymouth 3, Dobson 2: Taylorville 3, Cobden 2. Junior: Greymouth 4, Dobson 0; Taylorville 3, Runanga 0. TEMUKA.—Rugby: Temuka 11, Wain 10 TIMARU—Rugby: Zingari 27. Old Boys 13; Star 19, Celtic 19; Temuka 11, Waihi 10. WANGANUl—Wanganui 15, King Country 3. NAPIER—Dane Cup semi-final: Technical Old Boys 12. Pirates 0. DEVlN—Rugby: Horowhenua 19, Dannevirke 12. MANAWATU—Rugby: St Patrick’s 11. Old Boys 10; Kia Toa 11. Feilding 8. WELLINGTON—Soccer: In the senior championship Hospital defaulted to Petone. GlSßOßNE—Basketball: North Island 16, South Island 11.