LEADERS WIN AGAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 13

LEADERS WIN AGAIN.

| ! I Right fr-'tn the whistle. both teams saiin; j f Hi'' jam'' with Maritt won the ■ nr>t scrum ;iii■ I Knott pushed airing the ; ~i• 1<■ iiu<■ until a bunch of converging! ;•i Üb-r«i cut hitn off. The maroons picked lup a Tne in in.lit of th.. greens' goal, and j Taylor s'-nt the hall sailing midway betvvi'i'U the liags c;i top <• C the posts. In one burst of midlield play the player> bandied each uthel* anything j but gently, and several showed a I tendency to mix it. Moisley shifted the I play to tin; Kichmond line, where the i.aroons brought the crowd to lis feet in a | great passing run. Hanlon started it and ! l'relilict.', l'arkts, Bass and Telford took lup tiio running, suiK-rli tackling by , ( rowtiier stopping the red raid close to :he green line. Marist were playing a hard inc. hut their backs were not swinging ; :• iu rhythm, although some of the J. ;noi\ idual' work was of a very high order, [interval: Richmond L\ Marists l». Within two minutes o£ 111e restart of I play. Marist were in the lead. A scrum went down in the Richmond twenty-five and ;is it broke up. o'Krirn whipped the ball to t'ronin to t'rewther. t.'ronin doubled I round to take the pass and make the extra ] man. then sending a wide flung pass to King. The wini: sailed in unopposed and then (ircb-d to touch behind the posts. Gregory con vert ed. Marists ,">. Kichmond 2. JJoth teams chanced to the open game and the play ebbed and flowed in a manner that had the big crowd keyed up to a high pitch of excitement. Davis began to show up brilliantly on the Kichmond side and gave his hacks a free rein. I none passing bout l'arkes converted a lateral run into acute attack in a .lightning cut iu, but Swift could not gather a low transfer and the ever-alert Gregory was there to save his side. The Richmond backs got off one dazzling passing run. The ball went from the scrum right out to Swift on the wing and -when he reversed the movement the ball went through half a dozen pairs of hands. I'laying a masterly game, Gregory rose to splendid heights and repeatedly saved his side in the face of incessant attack. In the dying moments of the game, Kichmond," in a great passing run made a final effort to pull the same out of the fire, bnt the end came with play on the Marist line and the final score :—