CONVINCING WIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 185, 7 August 1935, Page 17

CONVINCING WIN.

On an almost perfect ground, the match between St. Luke's and Papatoetoe developed into a very ragged display Ine suburbanites etill persisted in hard-hitting tactics, and had no ecmblance of cohesion, and although this broke up the bt. Lukes combination to a certain extent it certainly lowered the standard of play on both sides. St. Luke's endeavoured to give a finished exhibition, and achieved some success for three parts of the game, but ultimately were reduced to playing a similar style of game as their opponents. Once again some of the Papatoctoe players indulged in indiscriminate hitting, whilst one or two let their tongues get _ the better of them, and all this did not nelp to improve some of the frayed tempere. The umpires checked this, but it should not have been necessary for them to intervene; the captain should have stopped it right at the start. For the winners, both full-backs, King and F. Clark, were sound on defence, but might have improved on the directional hitting of their clearing shots. The halves were a hardworking trio, and although it is hard to discriminate Robertson was, perhaps, the most outstanding. All the forwards worked well, and showed glimpses of their combined efforts, but the opponents tactics were not conducive to the spectacular short passing game. The Papatoetoe forwards worked more as individualists instead of as a line, and it was this fault which was responsible for the breaking down of several likely attacks. Monteith gave a nice display, and occasionally combined with Boswell, but the latter on numerous occasions spoht his good work by over-eagerness and excessive use of his body. Kerr at centre half was the essence of coolness, and lie extricated his eide from quite a number of tight corners. Storry on the right flank was conspicuous for some clever intercepting, and broke up numerous dangerous movements of the St. Luke's van. Cocks and Lußby, the fullbacks, had some hectic moments on defence, both performing fairly well. Cocks spoils a lot of his work, especially when bustled, by his wild hitting and the argumentative mood he adopts, not only to players but also to the umpires. On the field silence is golden, and the captain can do all the talking necessary. Knight in goal was responsible for eome epectacukr saves, but the clever forward line of St. Luke's proved too much for him.