Richmond Win

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)

Richmond Win

MUCH TOO GOOD

Beat Marist At Carlaw Park By Margin Of 22 Points

Interest in league football centred this afternoon at Carlaw Park in the championship match between Richmond and Marist. the former, as a result of much better combination and understanding tjian iher opponents, wmnini; hy 2< points to .".. it wa> hric-ht and upon play, with many j :-pt <■:■)( •;„-||- hack movement ,- t but; Richmond was definitely the superior tram all the way. A Sayiys, the Richmond wine. ton four tries, and; they were all the r< nit of ihe pood j icainplav by the lln-hmoml inside. backs. I Tile teams were:— j Kichm<>nd: Magill. Savors. ton. .lack. Siilnmnn. Graham. Webb. Davis. Hilton. \. Broadhc::<:. .Mcintosh. Mitchell rotter. Marist: Wiberg. Smith. Donovan.] Dick.-Min. Glover. 1 lughe.-. ( rocker, j I'.archard. And-ison. Fmia; .-on. Mc-j l.eod. Simpson. Cower. ' The:-" was a charac ten-Hi opening) by Richmond. From a mid-field se' M-ium Webb sent to ./a.-k. who came m from the off-side to m::ke the octrn man. Then the Richmond hack-; moved with speed and unison. | Graham and Solomon did their part. Tittleton went hard :i\t(\ .-traiKhi. and the final pa-.- pave the speedy Savers a clear run for the Marist ' try-line. I Roth team- settled down to play j fast and open football, with the| Richmond backs moving it, j smooth : way and Solomon showing splendid j resource in exploiting the situation. Marist began to show glimpses of i team-play, with Crocker send-1 ins the ball away cleanly, and' Hughes and Cover combh inc well to bring the three-quarter line into action. Marist missed an easy chance to gather two pom's when Wiberg failed from a fre<: right in front of the Richmond goal. Team-work brought the next Richmond score. Graham and Solomon, with dove-tail play, made headway. Tittleton cut his marker out cleanlv. and then Savers' pace carried him over to score b> the post.-, a try I which Webb converted. j Rapid passing by the Richmond i backs brought the next score. The' ball worked out to Jack on the left ' wing. When challenged he in-passed, i and Graham took the ball at topi speed to cross and score. I Marist. replied with a spirited! rally. The forwards drove through to the Richmond end. and then passing by P.archard and Anderson Dickson across by the flag for a good try. The position at half-time was: Richmond 13 Marist 3 Speed and sharp thrust bv Rich-' monrl backs marked the resumption' of play, with Marist showing splen-j did defence, their outstanding plaver being Glover at second five-eighths. l From set. scrums both teams were' Retting an even share of the ball., but the Marist attack was inclined | to falter in the face of solid tack- 1 ling. j From a penalty at short range.' Anderson wiped out two points ofj the Richmond lead. ■ In attack the Richmond backs were playing attractively. They opened up with a chain-passing move that went in a diagonal line well down the field. When .lack was hemmed on the side-line, he reversed the movement, and Tittleton sent a wide pas , for Savers to go over for hi- third try. Webb made a good conversion effort from the widest of angles, the ball hitting the post high up and rebounding outwards. ! Marist supporters were calling on their team for a greater effort. -The' Marist forwards were playing in a fast and tireless way. but the Marist] backs were not rising to the occasion : with concerted play, although there' were some bright individual efforts. On the other hand there was fine understanding when the Richmond backs swung into action with Graham. Solomon and Tittleton, handling perfectly, to give their wings the best of chances. j Richmond went further into the lead when Webb landed a beautiful penalty goal from long range. The' Richmond backs began to dominate the play with Solomon directing the effort, and making the chance for the others. Solomon ran diagonally at the Marist end. and the ball went on to Tittleton and Savers, for the latter to get his fourth try. Graham, with a blind-side dash, following a scrum, was soon across for Richmond to score, and Webb added another try to make the final score:— Richmond 27 Marist 5 NEWTON DEFEATS CITY In » frlrnd-.v cm- iMavrd ?• Cr'..-» Part; tin. af-.i-rnoon. I«r*ton defeated Ci's bv 19 poinu 10 15.