MATCHES DESCRIBED

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 130, 5 June 1933, Page 14

MATCHES DESCRIBED

OLD BOYS AND EASTBOURNE

For some nine thousand people who spent Saturday afternoon at Athletic Bark, the Wellington College Old Boys-East-bourne encounter, keenly waged throughout, had its most exhilarating moments when Eastbourne came with a flourish towards the end of the game in the hope of reversing the position as it then stood— 6-5 in favour of Old Boys. Very little in the way of attractive combined passing bouts had been seen, and Old Boys were having rather the better of an abundance of loose play. It was then that Eastbourne from their own side of half-way swept towards the objective in the most spectacular movement of the match. Plank and Foley cut much of the defence to shreds, and a clever change of direction brought a whole line of Eastbourne players in. support. Price and Coman were sound links in the change, and a reverse pass sent Price in a leap for a try as an opponent grasped him from behind. The great effort was being acknowledged all round the ground, when it came as a surprise—and a bitter pill for Lastbourne'B strong following—to find that no try had been awarded. The referee explained afterwards that Price had lost possession of the ball as he was brought down. Eastbourne narrowly missed success in another of their rallies, but there was no change in the score. Territoriaally Old Boys had rather the better of the game, Eastboujne for a long period of the second spell Seeming to lose some of the dash shown by their van in the first spell. Old Boys played their usual type of game, but the backs as a whole were not given many favourable opportunities. Eastbourne's rearguard functioned well, though generally encountering a strong defence. It was also the experience of Old Boys to. find penetration a difficult matter. The teams were:—Wellington College Old Boys: Masters; A. Wright,.Dustin, Hollis; Atkins, Baldwin; Sadler; I^amason, T. Reynolds, Bydder, Grenfell, J. Keynolds, M. Wright, Darroch, Blakeley. Eastbourne: Dingle; Moles worth, Foley, Fuller; Plank, Flemming; Coman; Price, Clayton, Butterworth, J. Dellabarca, Sleep. N. Dellabarca, Spence, Gibbons. Early in the game Old Boys made advances, and from a scrum Sadler set Baldwin moving. ~ A cut through caught Eastbourne by surprise, and Baldwin opened the account with a fine try, which was not converted. Eastbourne's turn came a little later, when a clever move by J. Dellabarca achieved success. From the end of a line-out he ran round to take the ball from a short throw-in and set sail for the opposing line. He short-kicked past the full-back, and, in spite of being "hipped," he had the pace to be first on the leather after it had passed over the goal-line. With a magnificent kick, Fuller converted the try. There was no further scoring in the first spell, and the winning points were registered early in the second spell when Atkins kicked a penalty goal from eight yards inside half-way. The final score was:—Wellington College Old Boys 6. Eastbourne 5. Mr. J. Gilchrist controlled the game.