FOOTBALL.

Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1294, 19 September 1922, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

RANFURLY SHIELD GAME.

KING COUNTRY OUTCLASSED

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, Saturday. The Hawke's Bay Rugby representatives to-day in the second challenge match successfully defended their right to hold the Ranfurly Shield by decisively heating the King Country Unions team by 42 points to 8. The day was brilliantly fine, and / there was an attendance of about 4000. A fortnight's rest seemed to have had a bracing effect on the home team, who played a bright, open game, and quite outclassed the visitors. The finst spell opened at a 'lively pace and the Hawke's Bay forwards and backs combining well ran up' 26 points—six tries, four converted — while the challengers never at any time looked like scoring. In the second half the efforts of the home team slackened, fbr the greater part of the spell, and up to the last ten minutes had added eight points—a penalty goal and a converted try—while King Country also scored eight point* similarly. In the last few minutes the Hawke's Bay backs made a numfcer of effective combined movements and added a further eight points (two tries, one converted). The visitors had three or four fairly smart individual players, but the team as a whole did not give an impressive display and were much below provincial standard. THE WAIKATO REPS. ■LOCAL PLACERS CHOSEN. P. Quin and E. Barton, Waipa reps, have been selected to play in the Waikato rep. team which meets the Bay . of Plenty reps, at Rotorua on Saturday next. WAIKATO V. TILOrES VALLEY. WIN FOR WAIKATO. The match Waikato v. Thames Valley was played at Paeroa; Hudson opened up from a scrum and play was carried to Waikato territory. A penalty gave relief. A little later •Goldsburg kicked over, and Waikato forced. Patterson then carried the ball down the line, but a penalty brought relief, and the quarter time sounded with no score. After the change over Ryan broke away from the Thames twenty-five and went to the other twenty-five, where he passed to McHardy. who scored. A penalty against Crawford was taken by McGill, the ball hitting a post, and Waikato forced. Give and take play followed until nearing the half time, when Waikatp again resumed the attack. From a line-out at the twentyfive Waikato started a forward rush, in which Patterson scored. The half time scores were Waikato 8. Thames , Valley 0. On resuming Waikato opened up an attack, carrying play to the Thame's Valley twenty-five, where they were awarded a free kick, Keetley landing a goal. The game ended— Waikato 11 Thomas Val'ley 3