BRIGHT RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19347, 30 June 1925, Page 6

BRIGHT RUGBY

IN INTER-SCHOOL GAME • W i I IE AUTE DEFEAT TECHNICAL j COLLEGE , STIRRING CONTEST PLAYED IN '■ STEADY RAIN 1 Final Scores: Te Ante 12 s Technical 8 * So ended the second meeting of the r first fifteens of Te Ante College and I Wanganui Technical College. The a schools first clashed twelve months ago. : and the Maori boys won handsomely-. 1 On the Rec. yesterday Te Ante won ' but it was a much better and c re even game. It was a happy s r hi which caused the match to be - Xed; that the rh-rk of the weather be so unkind as to send down rain as soon as the game comwas not su, 'h a ha PP. v circum- . Consequently the ball was very | to handle, and towards the close wen- slipping about, finding it to keep their feet. • Despite the weather there were over j ■ a thousand spectators on the Rec. yesBP terday afternoon, and all the covered W stand accommodation was quickly taken |r up. As for the game itself, it was a ! glorious struggle between two fairly even sides. Te Ante had a big advantage in weight, but, like New Plymouth High School on Saturday, the local boys * held them well in the scrums. It certainly a'ppeared as if the visitors could have used their weight considerably more than they did. more particularly in view of the fact that the Technical hookers raked the ball more often than their opponents. HOW THE SCORING WENT. tn the first half of the game Te Auto ed by six points to three —two tries to i penalty goal—but they seemed to he j without any great driving power in the forwards, and it was the backs who were directly responsible for the tries, j V The second spell saw Te Ante on top , V at once, and another try. again the t I work of the rearguard, was forthcom- } I ing. It was some time before Tech. I got a look in; their forwards had taken ( L a hard gruelling before they got a B chance to retaliate, and in a good loose B rush the pack did the trick. The con followed, and with Tech, keepthe pressur- . Te. AuteV onek..d app--ared to be a by no safe'i&argin. final I’n minutes the visi x trying every method, to penetrate, t attacked hotly time after :i only to be driven back, and al- 1 as frequently they were railed on i tn selves to defend. At last Te Aute f their backs a last chance, and i they went for the fourth and last t X . to walk off —after delivering an ' r ■ iJpiriting warcry—winners by 12 to I c ■ i,i ' • t I THE TEAMS’ PLAY. !♦ 1 1 It was a grand game, despite the i y I bad conditions. Technical College gave J I a very fine display, and although beaten . I they certainly pleased their supporters ' * I by their showing. The backs combinL cd nicely wt times, and it was only I solid tackling that held them off. The J were up against it from the ' being required to concede a ■ ight all round, but they did j doing covered themselves 1 . 1 on rar ° occasions did ‘ thv scrum. ' -X<- wa> i‘ . 5 p p la< ■ u; a r - clever . r 1T j Tb, ‘ • * 1 ; x ■ ■ A-i? "f Ih -■ rha • e 1 <>n ‘k’’ ’ ll " iai4 - i ua * i a ■ ‘- u l’- won ‘ ,v 1 I’iymuuth ■■ t li«■ ug 1 ■ ’Wanganui t 11:i\ ■ a challenge ill 1 v ' ,strr! - ia . v s b' allie t a r Cup.' That match ( list, and there is a prot coming off in Napier in t b ‘- meantime. Te called <>n next Friday to j w\>-anui Collegiate .School at j ' on the school enclosure in the < After that engage-J AuTl . will face Moas. ar Cup the play in yesterday’s 9^ s t r, “’ pen- i Br o ’.v n'- ho I 1 11 - v being return- ' kick.' 1 krai's ut,, ” s •r u 111 1 i ! l

which bucked their supporters. Rangi made a good penetrating tud - before passing a bit * prematurely. and ; then Ambrose handed from a scrum to Blyth, to Rangi, to Brown, the last-named exhibiting rare dash before his toes were tipped and he connected with mother earth. Reward came at last for Tech., for in a scramble near the line To Aute were penalised and SPRIGGENB landed a neat goal. Tech .. .. 3 Te Aute .... r . .... ~ 3 The reds countered, and a likelylooking rush by the chain of backs was ended with an erratic pass from the second five-eighth. Spriggens ’ second shot at goal frfim a penalty missed the uprights, and Turei instead of forcing ma up to the line-and put in a grubber kick. It was a dangerous move, and looked it when the ball rolled along among the local backs, but they fumbled and Te Aute gained the advantage. L. Grace picked up in the open, and running to the full-back short-kicked to touch five yards ahead —with two supports in-field unmarked. TE AUTE OVER AGAIN For the next five minutes Tech, continued to have the upper hand, the ball being constantly on the visitors’ side of half-way. Spriggens' failed with a penalty kick, and close and hard play followed. The Tech, backs were handling the ball well, Rangi being an outstanding figure, but the defence held. Te Aute forwards dribbled down-field prettily, and the locals were penalised in a fairly handy position, C. Chesley’s kick flying wide. Teihi took a pass and then turned and threw a long pass out to Seymour, who handed on to L. Grace. The winger cut infield and sent a pass in, WANOA being handy and he flew over the line to complete a splendid combined movement by touching down behind the posts. Turei \s kick was charged down, and half-time came a minute later with the scores: Te Aute 6 Technical 3 THE SECOND SPELL. The visitors adopted dribbling and the grubber kick methods in their opening attack, but it was not long before their backs saw the chance and gave the handling game a go. C. Chesley made a nice run almost straight through the opposing inside backs and handed on to Seymour, to L. GRACE, the winger darting over in the corner. The kick failed. Te Aute 9 Technical 3 Almost immediately the Te Aute forwards swung back to the attack and the pack dribbled into the Tech, goal and over the line, where a defender beat them in the dive to the ball. Seymour kicked through, and later L. Grace flew along the touch-line before swinging in and passing, several hands being there to receive -and knock-on. The red backs got away again and went over, only to be called back tor a forward pass. Knight came away with the ball at his feet, and ably supported carried play to the visitors } twentylive. their sojourn there being very brief. Seymour placed Te Aute onto Terh’s quarter line, but the local forwards came away aud worked back to the visitors’ twenty-live. Tech, forwards dribbled well in a good loose rush which had the opposition giving ground all the way, until Kaa and Davis broke through. Turei failed to clear Tabart’s kick, but the mistake was rectified and Potaka had a solo duel with the local backs, and although a Te Aute forward got over he was well off-side, Ambrose clearing past the quarter flag with the penalty. VARYING FORTUNES. | A change came by more dribbling, ■ )ovi heading Tech, to within fifteen I.'ards of the reds’ line, where a speculator by a defender went wheJ’e it was directed —to touch. Potaklh made a brilliant run for forty yards past two defenders and handiflg the dummy to the full-back, his pa>* then being missed on the line. In thft following scramble Green marked near the posts, his drop-kick hitting the neiU upright, and rebounding. Te Aute up a hot attack on the Tech, where two scrums saw Potaka secure and send on to his backs. Brown intercepted Seymour’s slow pass and kicked through, booting the ball twice to Te Aute’s line, where it was kicked dead. TRY FOR TECH. The reds broke away from the scrum, but a penalty drove them back to the last line. From the throw-in McKillop dribbled over and missed the ball, but DOV'I was handy and he fell on it for Tech’s first try. BLYTH converted from an easy angle. Technical .. .. 8 Te Aute 9 Six minutes remained for play. Heartened by their success Tech, attacked again and the forwards took the ball to the Te Aute goal, where Turei forced in time. A fine line-kick rolled out in the corner, and from the tight play following the throw-in Wanoa and Tibble dribbled successfully to relieve the situation. Play continued fast in midfield after Turei had made a determined burst, and later the full-back off a good save. Up and down Bhe play surged, Te Aute having the this time. FINAL BURST. 'Uui iM-ar the line th<* reds to their half. Potaka si<!'• and handed on went over at lop p">ition. fSSfe"‘ 11 a 'l " *’ 11: ■-

(Old Boys), Ennis (Tukapa); fiveeighths: Bruce (Star), Oliver (Tukapa): half: Jeffries (Tukapa); rover: Fryday (Stratford); front row: Robinson (Hawera), Kivell (Stratford); lock: R. Paterson (Hawera); sides: West (Hawera), Ward (Clifton); back row: Malone (Kaponga), Baldwin (Patea). Emergencies: forwards. —Johnson (Tukapa}, Pennington (Eltham). Backs: Lynskey (Kaponga), A. Guy (Kaponga). Coulton (Stratford) and Petty (Tukapa).