WANGANUI RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 208, 4 September 1939, Page 4

WANGANUI RUGBY

- OLD BOYS BEATEN BY EIGHT i TO THREE BURLESQUE RUGBY PLAYED > Kaierau beat Wanganui Old Boys on Saturday by eight pants (two tries, one converted) to three (a penalty goal* and the maroon thus won the Charity Cup for 1939. It was a fast match, notable (or the number of casualties the Old Boys’ team suffered. | There had to be three replacements. J. Polson, wing three-quarter, received an injury to an elbow and had to be replaced. E. Chamberlain, half-back, retired with an injured ankle. A Reeves, wing three-quarter, promoted from the juniors, also had to leave the field. He injured a leg. J. Cooke played half-back and T. Moore was wing three-quarter in Polson’s place. G. Eyre went, into the forwards in place of Cooke. Later, J. Halligan played on the wing. Kaicrau Deserved to Win. Kaierau thoroughly deserved to win. having the better finish. Two ; good tries were scored and J. Morgan converted one. E. V. Beiliss. E. J. Callaghan, W. Firmin and S. Hawkes I played splendid games for the maroons and M. Sutton. T. Collins. L. ( Burke and D. Almond were prominent in the Old Boys’ van. K. Welsh was the best back on the ground, playing second five-eighths outside R. Hunter, who also played well. S. Leydon. playing at centre, and F. Thompson. at full-back, were Kaierau’s best backs, with Jack Morgan solidly holding the line together and saving his forwards. The teams were: - Kaierau.—F. Thompson; C. Mackie, S. Leydon. C. Vernon; J. Morgan (Ist.), H. Brogden; James; W. Firmin, E. V, Beiliss, S. Hawkes, E. Whale, K. Larsen, E. J. Callaghan, T. Sercombe. Old Boys.—E. Nicholls; J Polson, G. Hook, A. Reeves; R. Hunter (Ist.), K. Welsh; E. Chamberlain; T. Co] 1 ins. J. Cooke, L. Bourke, M. McGregor, J. Halligan, M. Sutton, D. Almond, W. Pleasants. Referee.—Mr. W. Molan. Callaghan’s good dribbling paved the way for the first try. He carried the ball to Old Boys' twenty-fi/'. gave Beiliss possession. Beiliss passed to E. Whale, who scored near the posts. Morgan converted.- Kaierau 5, Old Boys 0. Welsh kicked a penalty goal for an infringement in the scrum. —Old Boys 3, Kaierau 5. Fast following up by Kaierau had Nicholls, the Old Boys’ full-back in possession. A defender speculated, and Leydon snapped the ball in as it was kicked and dived over the line for a try. Morgan could not goal. Kaierau 8, Old Boys 3. There was no further score. The nearest effort came when time was up and Welsh broke through and headed for the goal. He did not have quite suflicient pace to get; clear and | a chance of making the game a draw I was lost. • Bloodhounds and Terriers. I I Prior to the Charity Cup match, teams from the Cosmopolitan Club and the St. John’s Club, the players in fancy dress, played a burlesque match. It was most amusing. The teams were played into the ground and on to the field by the Wanganui) Garrison Band playing “The Hand of Friendship’’ in recognition of Mr. Grahame Lockett, for whom a testimonial fund is being raised. Figures familiar to the Rugby public and others unfamiliar were on the field. Mr. Arthur Pritchard led the Cosmopolitan Club and Mr. H. Fry St. John’s. Each team had a banner. “The Cosmo Bloodhounds” and the “St. John’s Terriers.” Whether the bloodhounds or the terriers won only the referee, Mr. J. B. Cotterill, M.P., could tell and he was too busy thinking about the Wanganui Harbour l Board’s Empowering Bill to tell anybody anything. He appeared in a bathrobe and policeman’s helmet. WELLINGTON AND HAWKE’S BAY DRAW AT’ HASTINGS [ Ter Tress Association.) HASTINGS. Sept. 3. A draw, 6 points all, was a fair indication of the game played between Wellington an* Hawke’s Bay at Napier on Saturday. The teams wore evenly matched and though 'Bay were outhooked in the scrums, their defence was almost impregnable. Both sides scored from a penalty and an unconverted try.