WELLINGTON RUGBY
Poneke-Oriental Beat A.A< Battery ARMY AND UNIVERSITY DRAW I Rugby players in Wellington had a welcome change from wet-weather con ditions on Saturday afternoon, when championship . competitions were continued in generous sunshine, and with little wind to mar play. At Athletic Park, where a sprinkling of spectators appeared on the western bank for the first time this season, Poneke-Oriental outplayed A.A. Battery by 16 points to 8 in the Jubilee. Cup competition. The combined team owed their victory to tireless work by the vanguard, who packed well in scrums and rucks, and used their feet cleverly in the open The backs on both sides marred many scoring chances’ by faulty handling, and too often overran their passes. The tackling of both sides was sharp and sudden, and the defence sound. . An exciting game at Athletic Park between Army and University fittingly finished with honours easy—G-points-all. The game was played at a fast clip throughout,’ but determined tackling made penetration difficult. For Army, Thornton, the Auckland wing-three-quarter, scored two good tries with his turn of speed, and the students’ points came through penalty goals by Greig, who resumed his place at full-back, and gave a good account of himself. Good goal-kicking by Beard was mainly responsible for Wellington College Old Boys,, for whom J. R. Lamason appeared, defeating Marist Brothers’ Old Boys by 10 points at Anderson Park. . Bright play was seen in this game.
The Petone fifteen went well to beat Athletic at Petone by eight points. There were some great rucking duels between the forwards, and no quarter was given in the. tackling. ■ -Dashing play by Moss,' who scored four tries, enabled Eastbourne to beat Seatoun by 21 points to 6 at Eastbourne. The winners showed good team work, and were in the pink of condition. In the Hardham Cup games, Wellington Regiment showed pace and dash to outplay Pirates to the tune of 29 to nil; Miramar and A.S.C. played a draw; Air Force got home from Johnsonville in a heavy scoring match by two points; and A.N.A. Headquarters outplayed Onslow by 25 points to 11. ' ( Following a rtf the results:— Jubilee Cup. Poneke-Oriental v. A.A. Battery, at Athletic Park. —Poneke-Oriental. 16 (tries by Rawlings two, Hayes, and Shirley, two of which were converted by V. Calcinai) ; A.A. Battery, 8 (a try by Little, which was converted by Brownlee, who also landed a penalty goal). Army v. University, at Athletic. Park.— Army, 6 (two trie# by Thornton); University, 6 (two penalty goals by Greig). Petone v. Athletic, at Petone Recreation Ground. —Petone, 16 (tries by Southee, Bills, White and.H, Jaegar, two of which were converted by Ashton) ; Athletic, 8 (two tries by Massey, one of which, was converted by O’Halloran). Hutt v. Wellington, at Hutt Recreation Ground. —Hutt, 13 (tries by Rout, Bramley and Millard, two of ' which were converted by Bramiey); Wellington. 8 (two tries by Church, one of which was converted by Taylor). Eastbourne v. Seatbun, at Eastbourne. — Eastbourne, 21 (tries by Moses four, Gray, Pqsselt and Ricketts) ; Seatoun, 6 (a try by Roberts and a penalty goal by Grace). Wellington College Old Boys’ v. Marist Brothers’ ’ Old Boys.—Wellington College Old Boys, 18 (tries by Souness," Hollis, Gallagher and Hume, three of which were converted by Beard); Marist Brothers’ Old Boys, 8 (tries by Woodham and Gibbons, one of which was converted by Stanaway).
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 126, 12 June 1942, Page 4
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