WANGANUI RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 110, 11 May 1936, Page 4

WANGANUI RUGBY

CUP FIXTURES ADVANCING • KAIERAU ACCOUNTS FOR MARIST IN EVEN GAME TECHNICAL OLD BOYS AND OLD BOYS DRAW PIRATES SUCCEED AGAINST THE RATANA TEAM ley "crossbar."] Ideal playing conditions favoured Wanganui Rugby on Saturday—dull, calm and cold. From a spectator’s point of view the temperature was a trifle low, but the two matches on Spriggens Park produced several bright moves. Kaierau defeated Marist in a match which was hardly represented by the scores of 14 to 3, Technical Old Boys and Old Boys drew, and Pirates defeated Ratana by 14 to 3. Kaierau now heads the ladder by two points Waverley having had a bye on Saturday. The teams stand as follows:Kaierau G Waverley 4 Marist 3 Technical Old Boys 2 Pirates 2 • •Id Boys 1 Ratana o Results on Saturday were as follow: Kaierau (two tries, two conversions, one field goal) 14, beat Marist (one try) 3. 1 echnical Old Boys (three tries, one. conversion) 11, drew with Wanganui and Old Boys (three tries, one conversion'), 11. Pirates (three tries, one conversion, one neimlty) 14. beat Ratana (one try) 3.

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after Buckley and Hansen had challenged the maroon va.n. Back came the ball smartly from midliel I in front of the Kaierau posts—. Sexton, Deere, McCashin, Loader, Bowler handled it in turn, and the winger had (he pace and the opening to register what turned out to be the best try of the match. I McCashin’ kivk failed.—Marist 3, Kaierau 0. Typical maroon virility in the forwards swa-rm-ed down on the green backs. Brogdon, made an epeniag and played Thompson into position for a iscore. Morgan’s heart-b.eaking boot found the uprights.—Kaierau 5, Marist Kaierau's attack was maintained and commendable Marist defence had to bow to a field goal which Morgan kicked from wide out. —Kaierau 9 Marist 3. Marist resumed their aggressive tactics in the van, Buckley, Doody, Smith, Hansen, and Mat thews harrying the maroon line, but there was no change in the score at half-time. Fine rain was falling when play resumed, but it cased shortly afterwards. Marist attacked solidly, and when Matthews had three unmarked baL'ks outside him, punted for the corner and a good chance was lost. Bowler and Sexton, in turn, were nearly over, but a free kick relieved Kaierau, It was used commendably—a short, punt from the line, an.d Thompson was up in time to gather in and send the chain of backs away. They all handled and Darby was forced out over the half-way line —an effective clearance. From that position the maroons scored again, Brogden making an opening. He was held up, but .Tones flashed into the picture and passed infield to Thompson, who scored. Morgan added the points. —Kaierau .14, Marist 3. After that Marist made strenuous efforts to reduce the leeway. Buckley made a tremendous forward dash, taking the ball at his feet from over halfway, right to the Kaierau line. Brogden just managed to save arid the maroons, with Lockett, Glean Dawson and Le Fevre at their head, h«.d to play all out to keep the greon foe at bay. A mi nud e later Alarist were awarded a penalty within close distance, but MeCashin’s kick failed. Still another chance to goal came hiis way, but again he failed —the Marist luck was indeed right out and the match ended with the scores:— Kaierau 14 Marist. 3 Mr AV. H. Rowe was the. referee.

MARIST EXTENDED KAIERAU DESERVED A BETTER SCORE BUT MAROONS WERE TOO GOOD Marist played strenuously against Kaierau, thrusting at the maroon defences time after time WJ* inspired forward dashes. But against a well-placed defence the team had no finish. Its vitality forward and the territorial trends of the match were hardly represented by the scores, and a fairer ending would have been 14 to 9 in favour of Kaierau. This match stressed forcible the need for finish behind that virile Marist pack. Forwards battled hard, but when the backs came to circumvent the maroon rearguard the ruggedness was too effective. Strangely enough, notwithstanding the fact that ninety per cent, of the game revealed lack of finish on Marists’ part, the best try of the day was scored from a back movement which employed all hands and sent Bowler over in the corner. It was an inspiring move, and, coming early in the game, raised the green hopes. But Kaierau J s worrying tactics, aided by an improved pack, and by heart-breaking backs, carried the day. Buckley led the Marist pack with inspired zeal, but his hard battling, though it (Icisnrvcd better treatment at the hands of the boy ia 'charge of the score board, was denied that reward and the greens left the field knowing that their vim had at least extended the marooms and had warranted something better than a meagre three points. Kaierau was the same old, hard-to-knock team. Its van showed improvement and its backs were infinitely better than the opposition. Those factors, plus the accuracy of Morgan ’.«■ boot, which accounted for six points of the fourteen, won the day. The teams were:— Kaierau (maroon). —J. Morgan, K. Smith, V. North, A. J. Daroy; D. Jones, “Drake” Thompson; H. A. Brogden; G. Lockett; A. Simpson, W. Firmin. W. Glenn, - Whale. TL Daw.-on, T. Scrcombe, and W. Le Fevre. Marist (green):—L. Connor; O. Mor- , gan. J. Loader. J. Bowler; T. MeCashin, A. Deere; A. Sexton; Phil-< lips, L. Smith. J. Doody, I*. Matthews, J. Buckley, C. Ford, B. McGlynn and A. Hansen. Marist. a.s the re.suit of ;< stab k:‘ck. nicely placed by McCashin, arrived at i a favourable position. Morgan pushing Smith out of the field. North just got back in time to put a roll'ng ball into touch. From the attacking position thns gained the greens used their barks.

ELEVEN POINTS ALL TWO OLD BOYS’ TEAMS DRAW ONE A SHADE UNLUCKY Technical Old Boys and AA’anganui and Old Boys drew in a match which was very even. Both teams played strenuously, but 'Technical Old Boys did most of the attacking, and, in some respects, were unlucky not to have won the day by a small margin. Old Boys did not get their backs functioning at any stage of the match, but were undoubtedly a much improved team to that which played against AVaverley the Saturday before. The trouble they had to contend with was the pace and fitness of the other side. The teams were:— Old Boys (red and black). —G. Sharp; E. Nicholls, R. Grace, G. A-Bullock-Douglas; D. Barton, G. Williams; F. O’Brien; E. Hansen, H. Robertshaw, W. Moffett, I. Mclntyre, AV. Pleasants, J. Halligan, N. Neilson and M. McGregor. Technical Old Boys (blue and white) —K. Welsh; N- Murray, C. Beadle, J. Brisco; A. McCormick, B. Gilbertson; J. Spooner; E. Day, A. Kjoss, A. Davidson, P. Blakeley, C. Hutchinson, B. Goldsbury, B. Jones and D. Aiderton. (D. Valentine played as an emergency when Beadle had to leave the field). Old Boys opened the match with a move by the backs, which Mclntyre opened by sending the five-eighths off. Barton made an opening and the reds were favourably placed for a score, but the final pass was knocked on. A free kick by Barton, just failed and Technical Old Boys forced. Beadle came off and Valentine went on to play fist five-eighths, Gilbertson moving to centre. Technical Old Boys challenged with effective footwork by the forwards, carrying the ball over the line. The reds just got back in; time to force. The reds played on defence for the next twenty minutes, being continually harassed by the foot Fork of Ihe Old van*

Davidson gathered in to score as lie was tackled. Welsh converted.—Technical Old Boys 5, Old Boys 0. Technical Old Boys moved away in a foot rush which Hutchinson started. 1 Spooner picked up and sent Valentine off. Grace tackled him and Old Boys just managed to save a score. But from the favourable position thus gained, Welsh grubber-kicked into the goal and while Old Boys stood and watched, ran up and scored. Welsh made a good effort, tn convert, but failed.—Technical Old Boys 8, Old Boys 0. This was the score at half time. Old Boys opened the second spell by a passing rush in which Barton was tackled. The attack bold, however, and from a forward rush McGregor scored- Bullock-Douglas failed from an easv angle.—Old Boys 3, Technical Old Boys 8. Welsh had another shot at goal from a penalty but Nielson charged it down. Give-and-take play followed, Hutchinson challenging Old Boys in a characteristic run, which ended in a fiveyard scrum, and then Mclntyre, doing the same for Old Boys at the other end of the field. Old Boys, however, made better use of their position and from the resultant scrum Aloffett scored. | Barton’s kick failed.—Old Boys 6,1 Technical Old Boys 8. Technical Old Boys, by effective backing up, broke through the reds and had them on the run. Murray, | Davidson, and Hutchinson carried the I ball beyond O’Brien, then on the last I line of Old Boys’ defence in consequence of Sharp having been moved to I half-back. Davidson gathered in and scored. Welsh failed to convert. Technical Old Boys 11, Old Boys 6. Old Boys, in a do or die effort, surged to' the opposing goal, where McIntyre scored a typical Mclntyre try. breaking away from the tight and literally hurdling the defence. Barton’s kick, from wide out, made the game a draw: Old Boys 11 Technical Old Boys I I Mr. AV. Molan was the referee-

“OUT IN THE CACTUS” PIRATES DEFEAT RATANA A HARD TUSSLE RESULTS I’irates proved too good for Ratana in a match played on the racecourse. It was a fairly stiff encounter, in which the Maori van showed determination in spasmodic bursts. The blacks, however, were the better team. Tries were scored for Pirates by Stewart. D. Lind and Dicker. One was converted by Gordon and Spriggens kicked a penalty goal, making the total score 11. r. Tepai scored a try for Ratana - 3. I Air. Dick Philipson was the referee. FOR NEXT SATURDAY METROPOLITAN MATCHES FIXTURES AND GROUNDS In the. Wanganui Metropolitan Rugby Union’s competitions next Saturday the following are the fixtures and grounds in the senior division, the draw for the lower grade matches being reserved for publication on Saturday:— Senior Ratana v. Wanganui Old Boys on Spriggens Park at 1.30 p.m. Pirates v. AVaverley, at Waverley, at 3 p.m. Kaierau v. Technical Old Boys on Spriggens Park at 3 p.m. SOUTHERN TARANAKI TRIAL TEAMS SELECTED The following teams will play at Hawera on AVednesday afternoon, after which a team will be selected to represent Southern Taranaki v. Northein Taranaki: — A Team.—Full-back, Richarcs; three quarters, Pepperill, Nagaia, Rowlands; five-eighths, Surgenor, Robinson; halfback, Tohaia; forwards, Brown, Holloway, A. Richards, Thomas, West, Butchart, I. Hodge. B Team. Full-back, Patterson; three-quarters, Clapham, Smith, McPike; five-eighths, Dowdle, Guy; halfback, Kara; forwards, McNeile, Petersen, Coull, Benton, Sutton, Edhouse, Bocock. Reserves for both teams: Forwards, Ruakere, Awahou; backs, P. Bourke, Arnold and IfowelL