MATCHES DESCRIBED

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 4

MATCHES DESCRIBED

EXCITEMENT AT THE PARK

galor.V/w'ere: provided -by Wel^ .;Hqgton College Old Boys < and' ''Marist . when they met at Athletic/Park on Sat>urday afternoon, and a try;. by Marist in 'the last minute, with, the result--depend- ;, :".'.ing.--upon the : kick at "goal, -provided'a fitr. -Vting finale. * The kick, taken ;from fairly •;' "vride out and against the wind, .was un-, 'Isriccessful, leaving Old Boys the winners ■ -by 11: points to 10. ■Throughout; . the '.first spell, and until half-way.through the ■•'Second, the game was exceptionally fast, ;S?ith Old Boys the pacemakers, and play .'swung; to and .fro in' open movements *hich 5 frequently-missed bearing fruit by 'teargins which only the referee could decide. There was only a point between i "the. teams at half-time, Old Boys having 'scored a -converted try'to-a'field goal;- but' {for the greater part of the second spell ■Marist .^were four points behind. The :jßp ! ectatdrsi^.ere-?alread^cr()'lfrdjng^cneards: jthe exits. whenHa-^finaliijeffor^leSrnejJt . ;;Marist'"ithe-;.try -feferr^d ?ip ab&vk t£. ■'.'such a -keenly'-waged contest it>sas only; 'natural that1 there should be many misy tikes, but these were either covered up ■ or turned-'td "account by- the opposition:.sb: quickly that thy passed, practically -unnoticed. -;Fpri. ; th'emost part,.> however,■the handling-oj£,the bajl and::the : clgverness with .which moves were carried out' were ';of. a very.high standard, and the tackling -. fbi? sides was-, uniformly solid:; ; ■■-■*•- Probably" influenced':by>v ihe.■■-possibility,'; ::p£ the sun shining through, Old Boys ... .j elected to play against a, fresh southerly., ~ Ijiyind when they won the toss, but it was . 'only for a brief interval that, Marist had the sun in their, eyes: ;• The game ."opened ;'sensationally^ nirie points being scored- in ' five minutest Old Boys-were placed on/ "the defensive from the kick-off and when apclearing kick -was taken by .McGreevy ..hfe. potted a good field goal froni;near the .touchline. Old-Boys respondedl-quickly. The backs were fed from a scrum near ihidfield-andthe ball was kicked out to •t|.e, open, where Hollis gathered it in and' /returned it'.'= infield: after .a. strong run. '^fter- .several?; players-, had" handled ;3^cNeile Bcoredvnear the posts. ■: Lamason converted.: Despite the handicap of the : =wind,*pld'Boys: had the upper, hand for j'mdst :6f . the Ipelli, andv narrowly missed , ;aji least two-" tries, both:by McNeile. The "s|condj;ipell, was not'long linder way ■ %efore 'Old Boys" swarmed across from a "scromrnear the Marist line arid Grenfell rscoredja try -(unconverted) at the coriter. A A.few minutes later Marist broke, through, ■ McLean getting/awaj* with the ball at;toe-and succeeding in the dive for .a touchdown^' * The kick'missed: Old i: Boys: immediately came;;again, and- a fine passing rush in which Sadler, Atkins, Dustw, and Qrenfell were;theXlast;tp; handle]produced an unconverted CrrerifeW- ■. With Old Boys leading "ltt'Marist ' gradually ■ cams more into the picture de•spite the loss of Ericsson and Stiver, who -were replaced by Fleming and H. Butler. Old 'Boys failed^ to sustain their earlier ■ dash and once it was only because the ball bounced wrongly that Marist missed J; try near the posts. Finally Marist broke through and O'Connor scored a try -"well/out. Leahy's kick dropped short and Old Boys were left the winners by -n.-points to.lo. Mr. J. King was the referee.