MOYE RUGBY SCHEME

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 4

MOYE RUGBY SCHEME

WANGANUI ENTERING NEW FOOTBALL ERA KING'S BIRTHDAY MATCH NEXT TUESDAY By “ CROSS - BAR " . It is but a coincidence that Rugby in Wanganui almost to a day and certainly within one week, is making two interesting departures from usual practice. The reprewith Manawatu on the King’s Birthday, 1 uesday of next week, is to be played in the morning, and on the Saturday following the “Moye Scheme” comes into operation and will embrace Rangitikei senior teams with the seven already in the Metropolitan Union. But it is not .merely by coincidence that these changes from the orthdox have come to be. The “Moye Scheme’’ is r the outcome of a great deal of careful thought by a keen Rugby enthusiast and back of it is a desire to see built up round the city. Waverley and Rangitikei districts a wider community of interest fostered by the game. Behind the decision to play the representative match on the morning of the King’s Birthday lies a spirit of co-operation which is displaying itself in various forms throughout Wanganui. Jockey Club and Rugby Union have joined hands! Rugby in the morning and races in the afternoon will fittingly form the background of a great holiday programme to mark the first birthday celebrated by King Edward VIII. since his accession to the British Throne.

The “Moye Scheme” has at last taken concrete shape, the conclusion of the first round of the senior competition in Wanganui synchronising with the virtual end of the second round in Rangitikei, permitting a classification of the respective teams into A and B grades. At last night’s meeting of the Management Committee of the Metropolitan Rugby Union th-e following schedule of matches was approved, and it was generally admitted that the programme presented the most attractive series of Rugby fixtures Wanganui had had for years. It must be clearly understood that the dates below are shown to give an example of the scheme in full working. The blooks of fixtures in the later stages will be subject to control by the Fixtures Committee and may be moved forward or back according tj circumstance. The Ji.-t of matches is as follows: June 27. A Grade. Waverley v. Technical Old Boys on Spriggens Park at 3 p.m. Kaierau v. Halcombe, at Halcombe. Wanganui and Old Boys v. Marton,, at Marton. B Grade. Pirates v. Marist, on Spriggens Park at I. 3(» ji.m. Hunterville v. Ratana, at Ratana. July 4. A G radv. Kaierau v. Technical Old Boys,. on Spriggens Park at 3 p.m. Wanganui and Old Boys v. Waver ley. at Waverley. Marton v. Halcombe (say at Halcombe—Rangitikei to decide). B Grade. Marist v. Ratana, at Spriggens Park at J. 30 p.m. Pirates v. Hunterville, at Huntervilfe. July 11. A Grade. Waverley v. Marton on bpriggens Park at 3 p.m. Kaierau v. Wanganui and Old Boys on Spriggens Park. Technical Old Boys v. Halcombe on racecourse at 3 p.m. (Times and grounds of these fixtures may be altered to suit positions on ladder). B Grade. Pirates v. Ratana, at Ratana. Marist v. Hunterville, at Huntervillc. July 18. A Grade. Kaierau v. Waveriey on Spriggens I’ark at 3 p.m. Technical Old Boys v. Marton, at Marton. Wanganui and Old Boys v. Halcombe, at Halcombe. B Grade. Marist v. Pirates on Spriggens Park at 1.30. Ratana v. Hunterville, at Hunterville. July 25. A G radv. Waverley v. Halcombe on Spriggeus Park. T-echnical Old Boys v. Wanganui and Old Boys on Spriggens I’ark. Kaierau V. Marton at Marton.

B Grade. Probably no B grade matches. August 1. Final of B Grade. Marist v. on Snriffgcns Park. ' 1 - Pirates v. Ratana on Spriggens e Park. B Grade. = . Waverley v. team to be arranged at L 1 Waverley. ' c (Note: July 25 matches and those on . | August 1 subject to alteration as cir- !| cumstances warrant). August 8. Annual Match (for Pownall Trophy if Arranged). 'l'ailiape v. Wanganui, at Wanganui. Rangitikei to arrange a representative match for its team. August 15. final for the cup between the winner of the A grade and winner of the B, at Wanganui. | August 22. Unari.ty Cup match to be played at Waverley. t I Charity Day in W’anganui. A generous distribution of matches J has been arranged, attention being paid to outlying unions. Rangitikei, tor instance, gels eight matches with city teams; against five matches which the ■■ city teams will play against Rangitikei in Wanganui. With the Pownall Trophy match of next Saturday thrown | m, the Rangitikei Union is getting i nine good matches within it s borders. j Travelling has been cut to a mini--1 I mum, and will be actually less than was visualised at first. There are .12 trips all told. W'averley looks to be better oil than under the old system, getting more matches nt home and all the games Hi the city at 3 o’clock. B teams have been well catered for and the programme, so far as they arc concerned, • should at an attractive one. To ensure success of the competition it is essential that bulb unions harmonise as muc-h as possible. Co-opera-tive effort will make the programme ’ an undoubted success. It has been framed with the object of stimulating ’ the code and, on paper, looks like achieving that object. The proposals 1 are to be submitted to a meeting nt Marton on Saturday when it is hoped 5 they will be finalised. i •»<r • ft is a pity that someth'.ng of an experimental team was not p.eked to play at Marton on Saturday for the Pownall Trophy, seeing that time vvt%id have permitted altering tne five-eighth line for Tuesday if the backs there did not perform up to expectations. In some respects the sek ctors were ; justified in not making too many changes in the team, but the Marton ; match would surely have served as something of a test instead of leaving it entirely until next Tuesday to give certain players their last change of coming up to scratch. L Kaierau played good football on Saturday. Jones still displayed a tend- ' ency to kick too often, bat he and his two mates further in gave the wings glorious opportunities. Some of tne tries scored were ot that clean finishing variety which delights the heart of a Rugby crowd. . Pirates provided first opposition in the first spell, but faded out a lot in the second. They played a loose for- . ward in the backs —Copley most of the time, later one of the Dickers. That ; move was indicative of a definite, de- ■ sire to spoil. It might have been a better policy to go eyes out for a win ; without having rccqurse to spoiling ex- : cept in the ordinary way of things. b Commendable club spirit lay behind the decision of Jack Duncan to turn out again so as not to see the blacks ' stuck. Although he was sadly in need of a run, he was the star performer on ' the blacks’ side. But for him the Kaierau score would have assumed muY-h greater dimensions. Young McGrath played a good game ; for Pirates in this matteh, showing up . on occasions in attack and displaying reliability on defence. Many were Inclined to believe that his improved ; showing on attack was due largely to the better service Duncan gave from 1 the base of the scrum, [i is marvel--1 lous how five-eighths can improve if they get what they deserve from the pivot. One would say that there were too i many . loose forwards in the Pirates < . team. They did not pack effectively « against the maroons, wheie the pack ] was every bit up to Kaierau standard. 1 Sercombe played a very sousd game for : Kaierau and certainly justified his Inclusion in the Pownall Trophy team for Saturday. I