RANGITIKEI RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 11

RANGITIKEI RUGBY

SENIOR SHIELD. Athletic 14, Halcombe Bulls 8. Rata 8. Ilunterx illc U, Old Buys (I. Third Grade Seven-a-side Final. ! Old Boys A 15, old Boys B ' : - Athletic 14, Halcombe 6. Athletic defeated Halcombe in a very uninteresting game by .14 points to 6, the points being made up of two pen allies and two tries, one being con ■ verted, to two penally goals. The game, which was for the grea’tei part a forward tussle, was devoid ol j thrills. Calkin, Grown, Windciburn amt, Poppe were the outstanding players. The Play. Give and take play followed the kick : oil until Athletic were awarded a free J kick, Whale making a very creditable i attempt at goal but failing. The for , wards were dominating play and in tussle between the two packs a black and yellow player infringed ami Whale found no dilliculty in piloting the. ball • across the bar. Athletic forwards at , tacked hotly but Terry drove them ( back with a good liner. Upton, the Athletic three-quarter, who was playing , good football, gained about <><> yards for . his side with a good kick up field. Terry brought a burst of hand clapping from . the spectators by kicking an cxcellem penalty from .10 yards inside hall-way | following an infringement by a red and | black forward. Shortly afterwards red , again infringed for Terry to goal with < a good kick. Whale failed with th- < kick for off-side. Half-time was called • shortly after with the scores 6—3. ji On resumption Athletic had all tinbetter of the play, and after compelling Halcombe to force, Whale secured from the drop off and cutting out; a couple of players, handed on to Cairncross who went over for an easy try. Whale miss- ; ed with the kick. The diminutive Clapman, at five-eighth, was getting through some good work for Halcombe who were being hard pressed. The, Athletic lor wards came again, arpl from a scrum on Halcombe’s line Windleburn dived across for reds’ second try. Taylor converted with an excellent kick. Reds were now “living” in Halcombe\s torup from the ruck and ran down-field and transferred to Windleburn who went within aces of scoring. Athletic s next points camo from a free kick. Taylor landing another line goal. Halcombe now took a turn in attack, but Dawbin was always there to save. The latter stages of the game were fast and Brady put in a brilliant run down the side-line before being pushed out. Time was called with Halcombe attacking. Mr R. Rivers was the referee. OLD BOYS AND HITNTERVILLE. A POINTLESS DRAW. Old Boys journeyed to Huntcrville and played a pointless draw with the home side on the Huntcrville, Domain. The game, which was interesting throughout, was mostly confined to the forwards, a battle royal raging between the packs of both sides. ■ Huntcrville had the best of the first spell while Old Boys did most of the attacking when the teams changed over. Mclntyre was the pick of a fine team of forwards for the maroons and got through a lot ot good work. All the Old Boys’ eight worked hard, especially in the second spell. Huntcrville (maroon) kicked oil with the slope of the ground in theii favour and following a line out at hallway, the maroon forwards took charge. Waldin eventually relieving Jhe defenders with a good liner near half-way. Led by Walker Huntcrville were soon in an attacking position again and when McLean was penalised for off-side play Watt attempted to goal from a handy position his kick hitting the crossbar. •Shortly afterwards Dickson led Old Boys in a hot raid, Trotter racing Stewart for the leather which had roll ed over the dead ball line. Huntcrville made desperate attempts to score but half-time sounded with a scoreless first half. 1 Just as Huntcrville had attacked early in the initial spell so did the blues in the second. Waldin, who had shifted from full-back to second live•eighths, immediately made his presence felt, a strong run ending in Mclntyre bringing off a good tackle. Hayward showed up for Hunterville by ‘‘dummying” cleverly and finding touch at halfway. Gaining possession from the resultant line-out. Walker made a bid for the line but was grassed by Waldin. Shortly afterwards a Huntcrville forward crossed but was held up over the line, Old Boys having many anxious moments before a clearance was effected. Pretty passing by the. blue backs, in which McDonald, Parkes, Waldin. McLean and Richmond handled, ended in Stewart grassing the last-named with a splendid tackle. The maroons retaliated with loose rushes, Potaka and Walker both going close to scoring, but Old Boys attacked holly in the concluding stages and were on the offensive when the final whistle blew. Mr J. Hardie refereed. | THIRD GRADE SEVEN-A SIDE. WIN FOR OLD BOYS A. In the capable hands of Air A. MrJndoe and Air A. Coleman the third grade seven-a-side went off .smoothly. Ohl Boys A defeating Old Boys B by liftcen points to six in the final. FIRST KOI ND. Old Boys A 3, Athletic A 0. This game proved a keen tussle and extra time was necessary to decide, Campbell scoring a good try. Old Boys C 3, Hunterville A 0. Wilkie ran about .”>ll yards to score a g I My lor i >l.l Boys. ' i Old Boys B 11, Huntcrville 80. I Tries were scored b\ I’oppe (”i and: i McKenzie, while I’oppe converted. Semi linal. (>ld Boy< \ 16. < )ld Bo.\ - < Extra time was also necessary tori this game. Rvburn ami Hurley scored for the winners, while Eowler scored Final. I The leatiire of th.- linal was that I Lambert scored Id out of the 15 points! scored. Campbell scoring the other I w I Mr Dashwood refereed all games. |