TARANAKI RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 5

TARANAKI RUGBY

COMPETITION GAMES ONE SENIOR MATCH FLAYED. INTER-COLLEGE TOUKNAMENT. Of all the postponed games in the Taranaki senior championship series, only one was played last Saturday—that between Okaiawa and Clifton. The latter team had two games to play, and the playing of both would have a direct bearing on whether Clifton won to second place in the championship. By the defeat of Okaiawa last Saturday, Clifton lias now won to second place equal with Opunake. It still remains to be seen whether the second game will bo played, as club games are attracting less interest, and teams are harder to field. Clifton defeated Okaiawa by .14 to 9 in a hard match. Interest in Taranaki for the remainder of the season will be centered in representative games, commencing with the trial game at Stratford next Saturday, and then with a strenuous list of inter-union matches, which will probably culminate with a Ranfurly Shield game, which will bring a keen jubilee season t<» a close. The inter-college tournament between New Plymouth Boys’ High School, Auckland Grammar School, Christchurch Roys’ High School and Otago Boys’ High School, the results of which are as follow: New Plymouth .11, v. Auckland Grammar 13. Otago 22, v. Christchurch 16. The Taranaki junior championship is still in doubt, although Old Boys have won the northern and western district divisions. It still remains for Patea and Hawera to fight off the final in the southern division and this game will be played next Saturday. Last Saturday Hawera won by default and Patea defeated Kaponga by 9 to 3, thus still leaving Patea and Hawera equal in points. In the Patea-Kaponga match it was a forward game on «-count of the slipperiness of the field preventing back play. Heavy showers fell during play, Patea’s three tries were scored by Tatu Whatu, Maule and Johnson, while the Patea pack proved only slightly the superior in the hard forward rucking game that was played. RANGITIKEI RUGBY MANGAWEKA WINS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP The final match of the Rangitikei Rugby Senior Shield championship was played at Mangaweka on Saturday when Mangaweka defeated Ilalcoinne by eight points to three and thus won the senior championship. MAP/ )N OLD BOYS AND WANGANUI OLD BOYS The junior tennis of the above vlubs ( met on Marton Park on Saturday, and . the visitors won an interesting game by eleven points to nil. A strong wind ( militated against a good exposition of , Rugby. LAST MATCH OF TOUR NEW ZEALAND MAORIS. WINNERS AT AUCKLAND. I t I ( Per Prass Association. ) AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. In a rather disappointing match at Eden Park yesterday the Maoris beat Auckland by .14 to 10. The weather was ideal for football and the attend a nee 20,000. In spite of their fine reputation the Maori team did not show the standard anticipated. They took risks a-plenty but their passing was erratic and too much of the balloon type. The Auckland forwards played well and were quick to take advantage of the mis- c takes of the opposition. The Auckland I vanguard packed better, thus being 1 able to break through the line-outs ( and rucks. Against quick-packing for- 1 wards who would give full weight I there would have been a different I aspect of the game. Auckland was a totally different side from that which lost the Ranfurly Shield to Canter- n bury a fortnight ago. The backs com- ' bined better, while on defence they a would not be recognised as the same team, the new line until Killeen re- 1 tired injured, showing to advantage. 1 Killeen’s injury a minute after half- ' time probably cost Auckland the game. Nepia also retired in the second half “ but during his stay on the field he showed some brilliant touches. C. Smith, making his own chances, impressed with strong running, while GHarrison and Broderick were outstand ing in the forwards. The best back for the Maoris was H. Harrison, the first five-eighths, who was brilliant at times on attack. Possession from the scrums and the line-outs was fairly even. Auckland, especially in the first spell, adopted spoiling tactics which were responsible to a large extent for stopping the open play of the visitors. The Maoris led at half-time by 6 to nil, but injuries on both sides in the second half upset combination. Tries for the Maoris were scored by P. Rogers (2) and by P. Smith. H. Harrison converted one try and kicked a penalty goal. For Auckland Anderson and Dick scored tries, Neale converting both. MATCH AT DUNEDIN OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND PLAY IN FIERCE GALE I Per Press Association. J DUNEDIN. Aug. 21. The return match between the Otago and Southland Rugby representatives was played at Carisbrook this after noon in the presence of about 8000 spectators. Conditions were the worst experienced this season, a fierce south i wester blowing diagonally across the I ground. Showers fell at intervals and in each spell there was a downpour lasting about *lO minutes In the circumstances a good display of open football was out of the question, and each side made full use of the touch line. Otago showed t'iglil superiority in

] the forwards but the fast Otago backs . did not function as in previous games I this season. The Southland backs s teakled well but showed little initia . ti\e in attack. The most prominent J was Sharp, at first five-eighths, until he left the field with an injury, being replaced by Thomas. The Southland full-back, Peddie, was also replaced on account of an injury, but his display 1 was not up to representative standard. Among the visitors’ forwards George. Pothers and Padson were a fine trio. Metcalf-! was prominent now and again in loose rushes but appeared to 1 shirk the heavy work. Macfarlane, the Otago full back, ■ gave a wonderful display in the conditions, and Green and Quaid were in- , valuable in the forwards. Otago wore first to score when Gil , lies followed up fast and beat the Southland full-back to score near the posts. Martin converted. Southland reduced the lead when Sharp put over a penalty. Procter, on the wing, was the next to score when ho beat two men to touch down at the corner. The spell ended 8 to 3 in Otago’s favour. Conditions became worse in the second spell. Southland opened well by scoring two minutes after the kick-off, Watson, on the wing, scoring at the corner. Two minutes later Watt (Otago) accepted at the end of a passing rush to outpace the opposition and score. The final scores wore: Otago 11. Southland 6. Southland primary schools beat Otago by 8 points to 3. MANAWATU SUCCESS DEFEAT OF HAWKE'S BAY ( Per Press Association ) NA PI 118, Aug. 2-1. Hawke’s Bay went down to Manawatu with a score of 17 points to 12 at McLean Park to-day. They dipped their flag to a better -ide, whose combination was better, who took a<lvantage of every slip and vagary of the wind, which developed into a 40-miles an-hour gale that swept in gusts across the field. The home backs were repeatedly caught out of position and the fast, heavy visiting forwards made the utmost of every chance which came as a result of the mistakes by ’Bay men. The high wind gave 'Bay a deal of trouble in the lirst spoil, which saw the home side cross the Manawatu twenty-five only three times. Usually 'Bay may be relied upon to give of their best in the second spell, but today their supporters were greatly disappointed, and though they had the wind in their favour they made frequent mistakes. The game was conlined largely to the forwards and the visitors’ pack had ”ery much the better of the play, though ’Bay saw most of the ball in the set scrums. (Despite the. wind against them in the second spell Manawatu held the advantage, and by making the game tight, they succeeded in increasing their margin of to 6 at half-time. ’Bay were a pale shadow of the team which defeated Canterbury, and their loss is a depressing commentary for those who prophesied a wide margin in their favour against, Manawatu. TARANAKI JUBILEE COLLEGE TOURNAMENT TWO CLOSE CONTESTS I Per Press Association. I NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 21 The college Rugby tournament to celebrate the jubilee of the ’Paranaki Rugby Union was opened at New Plymouth today, when Auckland Grammar defeated New Plymouth Boys’ High School and Otago Boys' High School beat Christchurch Boys’ High School. Grammar will play Otago and Christchurch will play New Plymouth at Ilawcra on Wednesday, and on Friday Otago will play New Plymouth and Grammar will play Christchurch. Grammar’s victory over New Plymouth was by 13 to 11. New Plymouth kicked two posters. The two vigorous, heavy teams played virile Rugby. Otago beat Christchurch b\ 22 to 111. The teams were consider ably lighter than the other pair but were fast, played bright Rugby and employed clever tactics.