SENIOR B

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 122, 26 May 1930, Page 14

SENIOR B

OPPOBTUNITIES MISSED. Johusonville and University arc capable r,f nrnvidine brighter and moie poiisueu football thai they did in *eir game pkyml -is the curtain-raiser at Athletic J^aik. Main- first rate opportunities of scoring lost by faulty Wdling and , Himed chances came- their way, failed ™, s«»c ■in.the second half, during which Johnsonville put on eleven points and won the game. . ' . e:Trvine jP ar S loe Mason, LUnl^-fe N. Hislop, Dickinson, Good S on ; iiulvihi]i: Black; Whitcombo; Steele;- Barker, Richardson, Macaskill, Svlces, Williams, Thomas, Villiers. Neither team was at full strength, Jolmsonville being without their regular hookers Law and Hunter, and also Holmes. Eastwood and Hope wove missing ni the University team. The absence of the two hookers' was felt by Johnsonville, whose backs did not receive as liberal a- supply of the ball as in previous games. VV ith the wind qt their backs. University managed to hold their own m the first spell, although towards the end Jqhnsonyille had the'-opposition bustled. University s defence withstood "those efforts, though, and at the endiof tlve -spell their three points (a try by'Hislop after a short passing bont) were all that had been scored., . . Hislop did not return after the interval owing to injury. Turner went on, and there was a rearrangement of the backs. Johnson villa-were in lively mood right from-'-the start, and eventually Money made a spectacular dive fora try. Irvine failed to convert. A little later, after the Johnsonville forwards had gained ground with a solid rush, Parsloe scored, and Turner converted with a. splendid kick. Johnsonville 8, University 3. Opportunities of scoring were missed by both sides in the play which followed. On two occasions in succession practically all■ Goodsbn had.to do wos to run over the line, but each time lie failed to take the ball. After this the Johnsonville backs.swung into action, and from one of the movements the final points were scored, ■ Moore ■ crossing for a try. Turner, made a good but unsuccessful attempt 'to convert, and the game ended shortly afterwards with the score reading Johnsonville 11, University 3! The referee was Mr. T. Anslow.