RUGBY FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18047, 16 June 1930, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

MOST USEFUL PLAYER. SATURDAY’S VOTING. Voting for the most useful player at Rugby Park on Saturday resulted:— W. Mitchell (Technical) 363 L. Denr (Frankton). / 350 J. Tuck (Old Boys) .. 240

MATAMATA A v. MORRINSVILLE A.

Matamata won the toss. Though

; Morrinsville made ground for a short . time a grubber kick by Carroll let the , home team down to Thomas. Malamata hooked splendidly, Egan. Davies ' to Carlson, and the latter sent Carroll over for a fine try. Carroll goaled • rind Matamata led by five points in the ' ' first five minutes. The Bine forwards worked to the home line, but Carrol! took -advantage of the wind ■ and booted down to Morrinsville s ’ gnd. Lceson arid W. Cameron led the blue forwards back again and Robson ! appeared t j score, but the referee did ’ not think, so. Egan' drove the blue \ pack back , to halfway from a mark. MorriiisYillc. came again ; and a free near the corner. gave \V. Cameron a • snot which fell short and Davies linen ;at halfway with a beauty. A nice 1 bark movement let the' blacks right i' up and a penalty close m gave Car- ■ roll a chance but lie missed a fairly ‘ P asy shot Fell marked an t kicked high to gain ground, but Storey oft.side relieved the position. E c an, '■■ Davies, Patterson, and Carroll com- ; bined and. Patterson came m again m • a beautiful rush which stopped jus. a yiiort of the line. Matamata were sti .A close up at change-over. Matamata a; -Morrinsville 0 Thomas with the. wind found touch five yards from the home line and Matamata forced shortly aftcr. Emsor Bros, and Storey were pronunenj and kickimr bv -Carroll gained fuiUic ; ground-. . Thomas had a pot winch went across field' and foolish play b> ■'» Stewart eventually let Anderson score '. in the corner. • W. Cameron failed ■' with the kick. . Matamata 5; Morrinsville 3. Combined work by the blue backs '■ and forwards, with hard tackling bv the home backs, let Anderson over- ■ foe his second try. Camerons kick • failed. _ Morrinsville C, Matamata o. Cameron had a shot from penalty with no result and Anderson kicking too .hard.found the deadball line. W. Cameron potted a goal shortly afterwards from well out. Morrinsville 10; Matamata 5. Morrinsville were nearly over again shortly afterwards and Stewart iorced just in time. The scores .were still the same when the bell rang. Morrinsville 10; Matamata 5. A series of kicks and lineouts ended in Thomas forcing. Storey and D. Ensor burst through' from the lineout' and' the latter scored in the corner. Carlson’s kick went outside. Morrinsville 10; Matamata 8. Matamata forwards attacked on two occasions. A beautiful tackle b> Storey of Thomas brought the crowd to its feet Carlson made a fine opening but Carroll was collared and Mor- ' rinsville forced soon afterwards. Egan had a pot and missed, Morrinsville forcing. Thomas lined with a fine kick to the line at three-quarter time. Morrinsville 10, 'Matamata 8. Anderson intercepted and his pace carried him from one 25 to the other. O'Brien repeated the dose but a wild pass threw away a certainty.. A high kick went 100 far and Stewart forced. Morrinsville continued to attack. Buchanan fed his backs but Stewart, was safe and saved twice in succession. Fierce forward play, with Storey and Ensor in'the picture, saw Thomas grassed under-his own goal. Anderson cleared and Stewart took a. pot, which missed by inches. Morrinsville were hard pressed to keep the backs out for some minutes and were successful doing so to the end. , Morrinsville ■ 10; \ Matamata. 8. Mr \V. Clover was referee. MATAMATA B V. MORRINSVILLE B. One minute after play started Luxton set .his hacks going, sending Wells away who passed to Alallettand Kelly finished live movement. He converted his own try and Morrinsville were five points up. Kelly put the blues oil attack shortly afterwards with a forty yards liner, but the home forwards retaliated and ; Luxton headed a return rush to Alata- : mala . quarters. Hall did a pretty piece of work and from ,a free kick .Fitzgerald's shot went outside. Matamata. had the wind in the second quarter,- and a high kick from Carroll let them up, and Morrinsville forced. A fine passing movement between Campbell, Hall, Heke and Carroll was stopped on the line, and the Blues were defending for some considerable time, and one or two scores were narrowly averted. Fitzgerald took a ■penalty, but the ball failed to rise, and the Blues were still on the defensive at half-time.

Morrinsville, 5; Matamata, 0. Matamata forced soon after the kickoff, and it was over the dead ball line a minute after. The kick out, Morrinsville continued on the offensive, but lack of finish kept them .out. After a .long „ spell,.' of rafferty stuff, Matamata got up to half-way for the first time in the spell, but the spasm was short-lived. Hall came to the home team’s rescue Trom his owm line, and the Black backs had two attempts on attack, which came to nothing. Morrinsville were soon down on the home goal line, and the ball went out at the corner at change over. W. Carroll soloed downfleld, Inman dropping a low pass with nobody in front him. Hope nearly scored shortly afterwards but the dead hall line saved the visitors on two occasions. From a loose scramble, J. Carroll got over and Flail eVened the. scores with a fine crosswind kick from well out. Matamata, 5; Morrinsville, 5; Hall took.’a penalty from close to the side-line, hut the wind carried it away. Play was at halfway at the finish. ‘Matamata, 5; .Morrinsville, 5; ■ Mr W. Quigg controlled the game. MORRINSVILLE UNION. Air T. A. Colson presided over a full attendance of a meeting of the Management Committee of the Morrinsville Rugby Union. The Terriers’ Club wrote staling that if another senior game was played at 1.30 it would have to forfeit its senior games, owing to the difficulty of assembling a team at that time, it was unanimously decided to continue to field the senior teams at 1.30. If any team defaulted there should be a regrading of juniors to fill the senior ranks, as there were plenty of juniors fit to play senior grade. • ” In answer io a letter from the Ham - ilton Referees’ Association, asking for names of suitable referees for Peace Cup games, it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the Referees’ Appointment Board. Messrs T. Donovan and E. Seville were appointed selectors for the third grade representative team. The Pialco Hockey Association were granted permission to play a game between Morrinsville and Waipa ladies’ teams as a curtoin-raiser to the match on July 5.

The Cambridge, Waipa, Parnell and Auckland clubs wrote asking foil games this month. It was decided lo reply that dates for these games would be arranged later.