TYKES TOO GOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 119, 22 May 1928, Page 14

TYKES TOO GOOD.

The margin of difference between the i»cores of Ponsonby and Mariets on Saturday would have been greater had it not been for faulty handling and erratic passing by Tykes at the crucial moment. Their mistakes were particularly glaring in the first term. On one occasion Sweeney looked like finalising a pretty movement, but he lost the ball when actually across the line. It was hard luck for the winger, for he otherwise gave a good account of himself. Gregory, at full-back, played his usual sound, defensive game, while Brisbane, the pivot of the greens' attack at centre, showed flashes of his old and dazzling form. Hassan, the ex-Sacred Heart College boy, got through a lot of work in an inside position, and Moisley, at first fiveeighths caught the eye, not so much for his ability to open up the attack, but because of his spoiling tactics and fine individual efforts that were bewildering to the opposition. He had an excusable tendency to roam amongst the forwards," nnd was a continual thorn in the side of the Ponies. A good measure of Tykes' ultimate success was due to his energy and resource. The, play, generally speaking, was more solid than scintillating, though at times the backs of both sides flashed into action in bright style. The -forward encounters were not without their fistic displays, and the blame did not altogether rest with Tykes. For the greens. Noble was a tiger for work, and he set a good example to hie colleagues by his fast following up. His most prominent supporters were Jock Graham and Keenan, who made his re-appearance after having had a spell on the bank with a broken jaw. The Hutt-Payne combination again functioned, for the western suburbs team, but others who were always in the thick of it were Fagan and K. Peckham. Delgrosso, who came out of retirement to assist his old club out of difficulties, following the disqualification of the redoubtable Tim Peckham, was the shining star amongst the Pony backs. His kicking alone made eight points difference to his side's score, while he was instrumental for at least one of the tries being notched. Moore filled the gap behind the scrum, and was responsible for a lot of rush-stopping. Cole was again heady at first five-eighths, while Letton, of Rugby fame, showed promise of brighter things just outside of him. He showed determination and dash in the second spell, when he got roung behind Delgrosso, to accept a pass and score, after it looked as though Cole had deliberately cut him out of a passing movement. Letton was game to have turned out at all, as he was discharged from hospital only a few days previously. He had been nursing a broken arm since the beginning of the season. A versatile back, who is capable of filling almost any position of the backs. Letton tourned with the Auckland B reps, last season, and a few years back gained representative honours in the Waikato.