CLUB MATCHES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 160, 10 July 1933, Page 13

CLUB MATCHES.

FAST AND EXCITING. and exciting was the game at.Onehnnga where Manukau Rovers and Training College played a six-point draw. Both sides threw the ball about In good style, and the pace was kept up until the very last.

Manukau were.the first to score. Berridge intercepted a pass ani cleverly beat the full-back before sending Brimble and Benjamin away in a run which ended In an unconverted try by the latter. It was not long before the bla<V.s again had their visitors bustled, and thtp time 11 was Constable who got an unconverted try. At the start of the second half Manukou took control, but Training College rallied splendidly nnd drove the blacks back into their twenty-five. For a long spell they had the better of the game without wiping off the deficit, but two unconverted tries by Francis, on the left-wing, In quick succession made the score level. With their lead- snatched -iioia them, the home team made, strenuous-efforts to get more points, but although they, attacked for almost the full last quarter of an hour of 'thef game the teams were still-level at the finish. It was a game which pleased tha spectators.

Lewis, the College full-back, played finely. Hβ handled,-cleverly, several times taking the ball at his fingertips when running at full speed, kicked strongly and tackled well. The smartest of the backs was Inglis, who was fast and nippy behind the scrum and lost no chances of opening up the play. There were times, too, when he went down well at the feet of the home forwards. Dare was another live wire in the backs, and his strong cut-In kept the blacks guessing. Among the forwards Maxwell, Gibson and Skipper were a lot in the picture. The best back on the Manukau side was Berridge. In defence his anticipation and knack of being where the attack threatened to break through saved the blacks on a number of occasions, while he was versatile in attack. It was one of his characteristic runs that was responsible for his side's first try. Heazlewood tackled solidly, hut his ilcking was astray, nnd there were occasions when be sacrificed sound tactics to linger among the peering backs. Brimble.was quick off the mark and needed constant watching, while Hunter played a dashing game to tho second half. Wiklund was a great worker In the pack, with Constable, Johnson and Kereopa always lending a hand.