TAIHAPE RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 202, 24 August 1944, Page 6

TAIHAPE RUGBY

I(O.C.) Taihape, Aug. 20. In a keenly contested game on Saturday camp Headquarters drew . with Town, the game ending 3 all. i Town were without the services ol ; Betts, whose place was taken by Boyd. Headquarters were without O’Byrne, nose place was taken by Fletcher. ‘•1 scoring occurred in the first spell, adquarters were the lirst to score ith a try by Butter. Virtue opened :<»m a ruck to Craig, who cut through to reverse pass to Butter ho scored. Before the spell ended nailey kicked a penalty goal for town. Town played the spell with 14 men, but Evans came on for Town m the second spell. Neither side scored again. The Town side showed great improvement, Ihe most notable feature oeing their stronger tackling, in which i Graham set a good example. The , .eleree was Mr. Codyre. lhe gam- 1 Huia v. Utiku resulted in a win lor Huia by 9 to 3. The referee was Mr. V. Adams. i >ie following is the draw for next aurday’s games for the Black and -..tile Cup—Utiku v. Town, No. 1 round, 3 p.m.; referee. Mr. Healey. Air Force V. Huia, No. 1 ground i. 30 p.m.; referee, .Mr. C. H. Transom.' ; Headquarters v. Depot (to be ar- ::. nged). ■Junior Grade. Town v. Utiku. No. 2 ground at 1.30 p.m. Referee, Mr. . S. M. Epsom. Black and White Cup. 1 Positions of the Rugby teams c°nleslln; the Black and White Cup are as foi.ows:

Played XV. L. D. For Ar. Town 2 1 0 1 9 6 Air Force .. .. 2 1 I 0 3 6 Huia 1 1 0 0 9 3 H.Q 1 n o 1 ;; 9 Utiku ...... 1 0 1 0 3 3 X Depot 1 0 * 0 0 0 •Air Force won from X Depot by defi