KING COUNTRY SPORT

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 2

KING COUNTRY SPORT

HETET SHIELD RUGBY OTOROHANGA 14, NIHO MHO 8 STRENUOUS ROAD CYCLING Special to Times) TE KTITT. Monday The finest Rugby football niatrh season was «nen <>n Rugln park List Saturday when Otorohanga, champion or tn Manlapoto Sub-Union and holder of tne Hetet Shield, met Mho Mho, Ohura Subunion champion, who was challenger ror the shield. The nnal »core wa* i i —s m favour of otnr ihansra. tbougti for much or the second hair or the watch this side led Both «ldP' were well balanced and tne jrame wa? op?n throughout, with the Otnro hanga backs seeing much more of the nail than their opponents. Part of the rea*nn for thl- wa* the manner In which Erossman wa* held. Yet though the Otorohanga baok« were playing very fine football, with extremely good passing and good backing up. if wa« noteworthy that the Mho Mho defence was very solid. In the first s'peii otorohanga had a demur.• advantage, it' rorwards showing up won and ghing the back* plenty or the ball, but during fiir flr-t portion oT t ■ second hair the Mho Mho vanguard came Into their own in the 100-e. Aided by the splendid accuracy or Crossniati's linekicking and grubber kicks they kept Otoe.hanga on the run. though territorial honour- during the latter portion of the game wore In ravour or otorohanga. Rogers Shows Merit Rogers. Cameron and Larsen were the pick or otorohanga’- birk*. Rogers played a match which showed that he merit* consideration Tor King Country, defending very solidly and at the same time making t;v mo«t or hi- attacking opportunities. Cameron was equally good, backing up and saving hi* forward* with good strong llnekicis. while Larsen’s handling was very fine. The backs were well red by their new hairback. J. Clark, nr the Otorohanga forward division. Waretlnl, Presscott and Clark showed fine form. Waretfni’s de-te-mm.-tlon gained for him two good tries, white Prescott wa- a tower or strength lt» fhe llne-out* and Clark was out on his own in the ioo*e. Though otorohanga during the first hair/ seonied to he the better team by far. Mho Mho soon settled down and played line football. Waretlni’s weight gained him a try in the first spell when he dashed past two Nltio Mho men to score In the corner. The rallying '.r the visiting forwards soon saw play held near the otorohanga twentyfive, an.l from a press on the line the ball wa« whipped out to Crossman. At the feet or a heavy pack of forwards he sent the hall shooting between the uprights, putting Ohura in the lead by I points to three. Ohura's lead was short-lived Tor Inside a few minute* nark led a drlbbPnx rnsn down on Mho Mho’s line, where Waretlnl I picked up to dive over for another good try. This was closely followed by another try when Rogers dribbled down the sideline for Larsen to pick up and score wide out. Another dyop-kirk by Grossman, taken coolly right in the fppth of the. advancing rorwards. made the score 9—S. Otorohanga kept up the pressure for the remainder of the match. Its last try came from a brilliant movement when Larsen klrked over the ruilhack’s head, ran up without slackening his speed and caught It on the full to score a try, which was converted by K. Cameron. The final score was 14 points to 8.

PUKEWEKA SHIELD FINAL By defeating Mahoenui. 15—3, Maongataki won the Pukeweka Shield match In the final nr the knock-out competition played on the Domain on Saturday. The game was mainly a forward one, in which the thrust of the Mangaotaki vanguard gave them more scoring opportunities than their opponents, though the territorial honours were not rar from being even. A dropkick by R. Neal opened the scoring account for Mangaotaki. This player also secured the second lot nf point* for his team by following up ra*t on K. Buckley’s dropkiok. Receiving rrotn C. Verrv. W. Neal scored, thl* try being converted by Buckley. The nnal try was secured by Were from a f‘ rward ru*h. Mahoenui’s points came from a penalty kick taken bv Hepburn. Tn the nnal nr the junior knock-out competition -re Kill 1 1 was successful b v defeating United by 10 points to B.' The match was a ra-r and interesting one. will) parks or rorwards rinding it a very even Struggle, but with the Te Kultl backs superior lo their opponents on the dav. Tries were secured for To Kultl by Ryder. Hetet. Pltcon. Wade. Lee. Hetet being successful with two conversions. Prominent among thn Mangapeehl forwards were Spiers and Tatu and McGregor, while for Te Kuiti T. Rudd and \\ ade were prominent especially In the loose work. ROAD CYCLE RACE The first open road race conducted bv the Te Kuiti Amateur Cycling Club was held last Saturday. Some or the best rider* or the Auckland Province were there. Including G. Hawke (provincial champion • and G. Hughe*, je Kuiti riders performed yell, especially c,. Irvine, who secured raste*t time. r. Lee and L. Lee also secured trophies. The limit riders maintained a fair lead to Tp Awamutu, with c. Page and w H. Smith, the winner, togpther. but at this stage the scratch riders were close behind. and the pace was very Last. Ml but Page and Smith were passed. Nearing ?‘?L° h TO\ Irv,nP 1 To Kuiti , Hawke, and COies or Matamata. made a break from the big bunch which they maintained to the finish. At this stage Wamock. who had chain trouble all the way. was nearly a .behind,, but by determined riding be gained ground. Desperate Sprint Nearing the finish. Smith dropped c Page going on to win. and then came Hawke. Irvine am! Colo*. Tn a desperate sprint Hawke just heat Cole* by hair a length, with Warnoch a half a wheel behind and L. Lee and r,. m ine close on his heeL*. Then Pillowed Llddlngton. of Te Awamutu. Hughes Auckland).' Page Lee and stewart, of Te Kuiti. The club patron, Mr IT. T. Morton, gave an Interesting talk on cycling histon and complimented the riders on the fine performance over such a strenuous course ' ••-•I tii.' f.to tiic winner*" ami donated a ride over Auckland to A.' \\ arnock lor the fine ‘performance lie Tiia'le after liavlnfr iia.l rli.hu trouble all tiic way. Tills rmrr nnlOird fourth. G. L. Hug-lies oil behalf of the visilinir I riders thanked the Te Kuiti Cvcling'(Tub Tor its hospitality, saving tiiev would ail |be looking forward to their next t|m*ii