RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19053, 18 September 1933, Page 11

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY’S PLAY. , FRANKTON BEAT THE REST. FAST, WILLING GAME. The match between Franktoni and the Rest on No. 1 ground Park, on Saturday, was a fast and wlllinn encounter and deserved a much larger gallery Frankton were o point:, behind at half-time, but rallied strongly and added a further 13 points, the Rest failing to score in the secod(l spell. Story, Everest and Weathei■ley did not play for Frankton, whos. team was altered considerably. Snodgrass. Griffiths and J- Denz were prominent among the Frankton backs, with Tristram. Priscott and Hall thbest of the pack. For the Rest, Lewis, Haughey and McDell fl S' ur ® d favourably in the rearguard. Pardington, F. Clarkin and Hogan did good work in the pack. The winners had the territorial advantage. The Run of Play. Frankton attacked in the early stages, but were speedily repulsed, the Rest forwards combining m a sweping loose rush which got within striking distance. Pardington recovered the, ball, dropped by Griffiths, and nearly scored. In the resulting scrum McCormack gathered in and went over. Pardington failed to convert.—The Rest 3, Frankton 0. The tables were quickly turned when J. Denz collected in midfield, beat several men, including the fullback, Lewis, and went over.—L. Denz .failed to convert. —Frankton 3, The ReSt 3 ’ I It was the Rest’s turn again and Haughey scored following a massed attack toy the forwards. Pardington added the trimmings. The Rest 8, Frankton 3. Scrambling play ensued for some time in midfield. Pardington then kicked a nice penalty goal.—The Rest 11, Frankton 3. , Throwing the ball about willingly The Rest backs kept up the pressure. Good defence by Snodgrass held the opposition at bay for a time, but '•Haughey again scored in a passing bout. Pardington missed the kick. The Rest 14, Frankton 3. Frankton Recover. Frankton retained their position, Priscott diving across after a hard tussle on the line. L. Denz failed with the kick. —Frankton 6, The Rest 14. Welch made a fine opening in midfield and fed Snodgrass, who evaded pursuit to score. L. Denz’s kick hit the post and bounced back. —Frankton 9, The Rest 14. After the interval Frankton attacked and made the pace willing in the opposing twenty-five. Humm, on the wing, dashed through, tout was nailed by Lewis. Illegal scrum tactics gave ■ the Rest a free, which relieved the position. Frankton then seoured a penajty, J. Denz finding the uprights. —Frankton 12, The Rest 14. Frankton continued to ~ have the better of the game at this stage and in another rearguard movement Griffiths secured to dash over in the corner. J. Denz failed to convert.— Frankton 15, The Rest 14. Shortly afterwards Tristram beat Lewis in a dash for the ball in touch. Snodgrass’ kick was charged down.— Frankton 18, The Rest 14. Just before time Pardington took a penalty for the Rest which narrowly missed, leaving the final scores Frankton 18 The Rest 14 Mr L. Jones was the referee,

MORRIS CUP GAMES, SEMI-FINALS PLAYED. ! The semi-llnals of the Morris Cup competition were played at Rugby Parle on Saturday. The game between Dairy Company and Railway resulted in a draw—l 3 all. Both teams were 10 all and played an extra 10 minutes, during which each side scored a try. For Dairy, W. Cassidy (2), and Voice scored tries, the former converting two. Money, Parker and Davies secured tries for Railway, Craig converting two. The game will probably be re-played.

Public Service had no difficulty in defeating Post and Telegraph by 15 points to 0 and are eligible to play in the final. Public Service had the upper hand most of the game. Grace (2), Gair and Blackburn goored tries for Public Service and Gair kicked a penalty'goal.

RESULTS IN LOWER GRADES. Junior Reps (at Taupiri).—HamiliOn 27 v. Taupiri S. Third Grade. —Technical School 3 v. Technical Old Bovs A 0; Old Boys 6 v. Marist High School 3. The two preceding matches decide the third grade championship and the one round competition, the former going to Frankton and the latter being won by Old Boys. Frankton Thirds 6 v. Morrinsville Terriers 3. Fourth Grade. —Hamilton v. Taupiri Union third grade reps: Taupiri 13 v. Hamilton 0. TE AROHA UNION. TE AROHA V. MORRINSVILLE.

The final game or the season at Te Aroha was played by Morrin'sville and Te Aroha on Saturday. At tho outset Te Aroha forced the plav and a line forward rush resulted In Pilklngton crossing the line. To Aroha 3, Morrinsville 0. From loose forward dashes Campbell broke through' and scored. Te Aroha 3. Morrinsville 3. Heavy forward scrambles ensued, and an aggressive movement by the visitors resulted In the hall going out to Campbell who again crossed the line. Te Aroha 3, M’orrlnsvlllo 0. To Aroha displayed more combination ami Barry opened up the play. Rackham dashed through, sent the leather on to (Trahatn. who .scored. Te Aroha 6, Morrinsville G. Burgess next secured and scored. Te Aroha !>. Morrinsville o. In tho second spell Morrlirsvllle started orr with vim, Loeco relieving by tackling O’Grady just In lime. Hubbard h-oke away fast, only to be stopped by Bodmin. Kdiiionds, Rackham and Stewart worked the play back to Morrinsville territory. -,,,i with ft brilliant rim minuarn scored and Bodmin successfully goaled. To Aroha 9 Morrinsville 11. A loose rally followed. Graham sending the leather out to Rowe who crossed. Stewart converted. Te Aroha 14. Morrinsville 11. From a lively melee Stewart scored. Te Aroha IT, .Morrinsville 11. Just on the call of time Maloney registered a try, To Aroha thus winning by 20 to M. Mr J. Gavin was refereo.

WELLINGTON VICTORIOUS. AUCKLAND DEFEATED. A DECISIVE MARGIN. VISITORS’ POLISHED DISPLAY. In a clean and polished exhibition of Rugby at Eden Park on Saturday Wellington defeated Auckland toy 37 points to 9. Playing with machine■llke precision the visitors overwhelmed Auckland in every department of the game. The gallery was the largest seen at the park for years. Wellington’s first try was the result of a fine piece of combined play, Lilburne going over unopposed after practically the entire back line had handled. Fuller missed the kick. It was not long before Auckland evened the account, however, Jamieson potting a spectacular field goal following a scrum right In front of Wellington’s goal mouth. The game see-sawed in mercurial fashion Auckland and then Wellington, launching penetrating thrusts which had the crowd on its feet Repeatedly. Lilburne grubber kicked to catch the defence out of position and Killeen flashed through to gather up the ball and go across. Fuller converted. Shortly before halftime Lilburhe added to Wellington's tally and ‘ half-time came with the score.—Wellington 13, Auckland 4., Lilburne Again. Wellington opened the seoond half with another spectacular try. Killeen ran brilliantly down the centre of the field passing to Lilburne, who managed to scramble over. Fuller added the extras. Good work by the Auckland rearguard lowered the deficit. Corner shot a long pass to Caughey, who, after gaining ground with a great swerving run passed to Kedgley, who who went over under the posts. Slyfield converted. Wellington continued their merry way and Lilburne, with a well placed kick, again found a weakness in the defence and Killeen topped off the manoeuvre. Fuller made no mistake with the kick. The latter part of the second half was completely dominated by Wellington, Dellabarca and later Griffiths scoring, the former’s effort being converted toy, Fuller. Auckland made a last desperate effort to score, but the movement broke down and the flnal whistle blew with the tallies. —Wellington 37, Auckland 9.

RANFURLY SHIELD. TARANAKI’S BOLD BID. CANTERBURY LUCKY. LAST MINUTE GOAL. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. For the Ranfurly Shield, match today between Canterbury (holders) and Taranaki, excellent weather prevailed and a crowd of 12,000 was' present. ' Canterbury kicked off, defending the south end. The first fifteen minutes of play gave the impression that Canterbury had not worn off the staleness that characterised their play against Buller. Canterbury’s first try was a splendid effort, from a scrum on the line. Mullan fed his backs, Hattersley ran in to make an extra man, and sent on to Hazelhurst, to Mortlock, to Oliver, and to Dunshea. The effort was clinched by French, who raced up fast from the full-back position to make an fflctra man. He took Dunshea’s pass in his stride, and ran round to score In a handy position. French goaled.—Canterbury 5, Taranaki 0. Canterbury kept on the attack, and Collins was called on for a neat save, after a rush by Hazelhurst, Manchester and Cottrell. Canterbury backs went away in a rush which loked too cramped for success, but Oliver ran Hattersley into position, and fine backing up ended with Andrews snapping up Hattersley’s In-pass and smashing over at the corner. French’s kick failed. —Canterbury 8, Taranaki 0.

Field Goal to Taranaki. The Taranaki full-hack was kicking with great accuracy, and again drove Canterbury into their own twentyfive. Wetere came very near the line before being tackled, and then Dymond sent the ball along to his backs. Mace and K. Fookes handled and then Rutherford. A score seemed certain, but the movement was spoilt by a knock-on. Taranaki’s determined attack was rewarded when Collins, fielding near the side-line, put the ball between the posts with ■ a beautiful drop kick. Half-time score— Canterbury 8, Taranaki 4. Early in the second half Taranaki went to the attack, and after strenuous play passed the total of the home team. It looked as though the shield would go north, but shortly before time Canterbury registered a potted goal and thus drew level. In the last few minutes Taranaki essayed a field goal, lull without success, and the game ended 15 all.

WAIPA UNION. CLOSE OF THE SEASON. The close or the season In Waipa, saw two finals played. Waipa Juniors held the Boyce Cup against a determined attack from Rotorua, who had previously beaten them In the final or the Clark Cup by 19 to nil; and Walkerla drew with a weakened Rovers team In the final of the Ballistite Cup. BALLISTITE CUP FINAL. WAIKERIA v. ROVERS. Rovers started with only 12 men, but tilled up later, one artcr the junior rep. game. T here was even play at ■ the start, then a forward rush by Rovers looked dangerous but a penally sent them bark. A passing rush by Walkerla was stopped. Again Walkerla attacked. A penalty hit tlie posts. Rovers charged down; but the defence held and a tine kick raised the flags for Walkerla. At half-time the score was, Walkerla, 3; Rovers. 0. Soon after Hie spell. In a Rovers attack, Sillers got over at the corner. The kick railed. Scrambling play followed, and Oliver broke away and a try seemed certain, but lie fell. 0111 ver tried from a penally, but failed. Again working tho Hie line Rovers advanced, Spiers ami Eiiioit Reading it vn*h: nut a great attack saw Walkerla score wide out. The kick failed. Rovers attacked holly. A penally to them saw Young raise the flags to equalise. Just on time Walkerla attacked hotly, but could not score and tin; game ended. Walker ia G Rovers 0 Mr. W. ,1. Craik, was referee. (Continued in next column.)

BOYCE CUP FINAL. WAIPA (Holders) v. ROTORUA. Waipa attacked, but were driven back. Another attadk looked likely, but a penalty relieved the visitors. An attempt at a field goal by Bainbrldgo missed and then Rotorua set off and T. Pene scored a fine try at the corner, and this was converted by Pipsln with a fine kick. The liair-tlme score was, Rotorua, 5; Waipa, 0. A penalty to Rotorua failed, also one by Batnbrldge. One a llttlo closer was well put over by Bell. The next move saw Wilson secure and the ball went to Kewlsii, who scorecV wide out). Balnbrldge failed. Rotorua attacked, but a penalty gave relief. Sutherland kicked across and Kewlsh gathered tho ball In to score. The kick was disallowed. Rotorua attacked but derence was sound. Waipa made another effort, but Kowish was downed. Rotorua pressed to the line; but the forwards relieved, and then In a scramble on the lino Daniell scored and the game ended. Waipa 12 Rotorua 5 . Mr R. L. Adams was rererce. MATAIYIATA V. VuTARURU. In a match between these teams at Matamala the homo fifteen was altogether 100 strong for the, visitors, and ran out with tho comfortable lotal of 37 points to 8. Tries were scored Tor the winners by Jock Wilson (3), Swap (2). Carlson (2), Jim Wilson and Solomon. Jim Wilson converted five tries and Carroll one. For the losers O'. Barg kicked n penalty goal and Garlick scored a try which Berg converted. Mr W. Aoako was rereree. GAMES IN THE PROVINCE. Thames. Thames 21 v. South Auckland 10. Thames B 19 v. Manulcau 8. Thames 33 v. Oatea 8 . i Paoroa. Williams Cup Final. —West 11 v. Hikutaia 3. Curtain Raiser.—Ohincmuri Maoris 11 v. Huimai-Thames 0. Tauranga. Gilbcy Cup, Seniors.—Te Puna 9 v. Mo till G. Green Clip, Juniors. —Cadets .10 v. Country 3. - GAMES IN THE SOUTH. Wanganui. Charily Cup Malrli.— Kaiernu 13 v Technical Old Boys f>. Timaru. Beri Shield C'onlesl.—Slar 27 v. Pleasant Point o.