Late Tries Allow Old Boys To Draw

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32323, 15 June 1970, Page 14

Late Tries Allow Old Boys To Draw

LINWOOD 6: P. Jellyman two; penalty goals. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS 6: R.j Colombus two tries. Neither side was able to assert its superiority in the match at Lancaster Park South, and it was not until extra time that either try-line was breached. However, in the last five minutes, Colombus scored : twice and enabled his team to' escape with a draw. Until injury time it was a! sorry affair for the handful of | spectators. The Linwood pack dominated second phase possession but Old Boys retained control of the line-outs throughout, so possession was equally shared. Neither back-line was able to mount effective attacks and play was largely pattern-' less. P. Yock, I. Mallard and R. Dench formed the core of the Linwood pack and they were mainly responsible for Linwood’s domination of the rucks. In contrast, however, their line-out work was poor. At half-back, G. Overend threw out some long, welldirected passes, and apart from occasional lapses in concentration he was a worthy substitute for B. Elder. On the whole the back-line lacked imagination, and Jellyman was forced to use numerous grubber kicks in an attempt to penetrate. G. Boot, on the left wing, was the sharpest of the Linwood backs. The Old Boys back-line similarly lacked co-ordination. A I tendency to run across field 'saw possession squandered. P. ' Sheldon looked at times inch i sive enough to create gaps but ! too often failed to straighten the running for his outside Colombus’s tries were fine efforts: the first resulted from good following up. and the second ended a move which started from the Old Boys twenty-five and swept from one side of the field to the other. V. Bishop, the Old Boys fullback, kicked well for the line,

o and ran strongly when the opportunity allowed for it. , The best of the Old Boys fork' wards was S. Purdon, who ran well with the ball in hand and o dominated the back of the linee outs. K. Honeybone, at number i, five in the line-out, won much e good ball. s Referee: Mr K. G. Orsbourn. d