PETONE DEFEAT SELWYN

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 150, 29 June 1925, Page 9

PETONE DEFEAT SELWYN

On a heavy - ground at tho Petone Oval, Petone: defeated Selwyn by 16 points to 7. . The Petone backs handled the greasy ball remarkably well in the first half, but the game soon developed into a scramble between" the forwards, and brilliant Rugby was quite out of the question. Mark Nicholls left the five--cfchth. line-in the second spell and joined the scrum. Selwyn put'up-a good fight, but Petone had the better of tho game throughout. : The teams Were • as follow ;—

Petone. —Kenwood; Hawkins, Tetloy, Jowett; Nicholls, Corner"; Eodger; Fitzgerald ; Cameron, Warden, King, Williams, Parker, Love, Rariti. Selwyn.—Lloyd ; Churchill, M'Breaty, Moss; Nichellas, Scadden; Foster; Wogan; Lucas, Jamiesou, M'Donald, Hobb,. Young,: M' William, Churchill.

Early in the game Petone was ,awarded a, fl'ee-kick for obstruction on the part of. a Selwyn player, when Nicholls kicked a beautiful goal. Potone 3, Selwyn 0. Good play by the Pelone backs followed,'. and . Selwyn was kept on the (loftnsive i'or .several anxious moments. Nicholls. "was again awarded a free-kick, bul, was. unsuccessful. Midfield, Roger picked up and transferred to Nicholls, v.'ho sot; Hawkins going to score a nice try in the corner. -, Nioholls failed to convert. Petone- 6, Selwyn 0. Selwyn attacked vigorously from tho kick-off, and carried play downfield. From a melee round the posts Scadden potted a goal from a. difficult angle for Selwyn. Petone 6,., Selwyn 4. A few minutes

later, Mark Nicholls retaliated with a still more difficult pot, after a. nood movement by the Petone backs had "failed. Petone 10, Selwyn 4. The handling was. excellent at this stage, and Petono were throwing the ball about well, when a passing rush started-by Parker resulted in Hawkins again scoring in the corner. The kick was unsuccessful.. .Petone 13, Selwyn 4. "Early in-the second spell Warden scored out ofthe ruck, making,the score Petono 16, Selwyn 4. The kick was again unsuccessful.; The. ball .was'now too sodden for handling,: and blind kicking resulted. But Young, ("following up at full speed, took the ball, which had bounced off a fellow-player, and scored a well-deserv-ed try far out. . Selwyn failed to add the major points. Petone 16, Selwyn 7. -:: The latter stage of the game whs played in a waning light. Selwyn had. one more chance to add to their score, by a free-kick given, which proved ii-uitless.s Time sounded with the score Petone 16," Selwyn 7. Mr. Herrou was referee