NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 2, 3 July 1933, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS

THE PtAYERS REVJEWEO

A -player is oji'-:side "if whjlst ihe ball is in a sErunrmage he, Tiot being in a £ct,ujbOTage, jieniains in front of the ball/ 14 .•happens frequently that backs wheil their .side is hard-i>r'essed on defence Btand ahead of the ball as it goes into a scrum■mage, and the nsk ■which-they run -was jshow-n .at' Athletic Park .on Saturday. A scrummage .-was formed not -far from •PonekeVs line, and, as the fcall was put iuj the reiei^ee {Mr, R. «T. Paton) swung a-ound, and, finding the Poneke centrethreetmartcr ahead of his rightful place, lie halted tihe play, walked awobs to the place ,of --ilvfningenient, and awarded Hutt .a penalty kick, --which meant au easy three points.

The seriousness of .charging into a player after he has got rid of i'lie ball was illustrated in a case at Athletic Park, when, chving ilic course of the Hutt-Pou'cke match, Griffiths, -who was playing: a fine [game for.Poacke, especially biiljiantitt big

defensive pla.v, was 'Ijwvled over Whenl watfc'hii'ig the ball go into touch fidiu'oneof his kicks. He received a nasty knock,but •was able to j'csume. The referee gave Poneke a penalty kick, and, tivken at long range, it registered three points, l'oneke could have taken the kick at a spot ten -yawls, in l'rom -wker-e the ball went into totich. Most of the bucks i.v the Poncke-Hutt match received plenty of attention,_ and as it result there -was -not mtich brilliancy, ■in ihc back play ge,nera,lly. The forwards had a keen set-to, those appearing to ndvnntage 'iueluding 'WMhoii, IJarry, l'eck.' ; Quaid, Ward, and Hose. Poueke's .team'underwent some change Jo.r the .match with' Mutt. Chestennan was uriiible to play OM-ing to illness, Payne taki ing the centre-three-quarter position and Edgar playing oil Ihe -wing, lilnne-he way out of the pack owing to an injury, and I toys was'brought in, only .to meet wilTi an an jury* ■vvher.eupon G<nver 'replaoeil him, 'Quaid was back, and a new member of Hie .cl-üb. Ward., -mils included. 'F. Ward, the former Selw.vn piuyrr who. gairied rep.rescjila.tivc honours for Wellingion '.before going to Poverty Hay some righteen months ago,' was a promiiifnt ■fi-ure ajnongs't the Poneke forwards; against Itiitt He paved the way tpedacularly •for one try with a iine-danh near the sideJioe, before passing the ball infield. In iP,cn\erty 'J3ay he was one of tlie leading player*, and distinguished himself as a re■preßftiitative. • ■ Hu.tt erred m the second spell of their match with Poneke in; the alterations which they made to their »ack division. Lilburne. who had been full-back, certainly caused wore work for Poneke when. he. moved up to first five-eighths, where Keeney liad been uncertain, but >ices was «-fill ioigh wasted at full-back. Stercnson went frora second five-eighths to the wing, and Feeney dropjwd back to second live-eigh-tJis, Killeen remaining at centre Late iii the game Trenchard -was injured, an<l his place in the pack'was taken by Bradley. « « * . * \ Hill made his first appearance with, the''Wellington College. Old Boys seniors since he broke his thumb early in the K-ason. He played on the left win? and scored two tries. His thumb is \>y no means well, but he nursed it and escaped further injury. Baldwin initiated a spectacular-try for WellitigtOTi College ' Old Boys in their match against St. Patrick's. Play was in Wellington College's twenty-five when he received. He made a 20-yard dash and tbea handed out to Dustin, who gamed ti.ooflier 10 yards and passed to Atkins. Atkins dropped the ball, but took it at toe over the St. Patrick's line for Hill to fall on it for a try. It was the best mpvemewt of the day. Peterson was given the responsibility of ■watching Page at first five-eighths m the ■Weßmpton-PetoDe match, aud made a good iob .of 'it, iwrticularly in the first spell, but iv the second spell Page got away twice .on runs which ended in tries. Peterson was about the only Petone back who could be relied upon to get his man. lie. on his part, was seldom able to get past Page, Varying his game nicely, and waiting till the opportunity to go on his own presented itself, Page played a line game for Wellington against Petone. On one occasion he Received the ball at the end of a line-out in luidfield, and was halfway to the gonl-line almost before Petone were awake to what had happened. The versatile McLean., however, was right on hand to take Pile's pass aud sprint over. " "« ' » ..'»'■ • The; tall Wellington forwards, with JlcLean -outstanding, had a real feast ot the ball in the line-oute against Petone, und the latter team.was uot as successful as usual in winning the, ball from the set scrums, -with the'result that Petone fouud the going very hard. In the second epell of the Petone-Wel-lington maich, during which no replacements were allowed, there were several stoppages on account of injuries, and HowatftMi, liathgen, and O'H.alfornn were; .off the field at different times. Page again received an injury to his arm. and Kilby willingly and eaipably rfipuldcred the extra ■work' entailed in nuv*iu& his colleague. ;Tlis kicks into taich at this stage were' not merely -defensive— they gained big i»tr.clcbes of ground. Kilby. s, play nil through, was first flase. . . W. H. Smith, the Wellington second fiveeighth, whose form is inclined to be somewhat ia-androut, tois right on his game against Petdnc. and _ played a prominent part in his side's win. „ ■■ * # The Wellington pock. dominated the game at Petone to a. great extent aud outplayed their opponents in 'practically every department. Kingston,' Howatson, and Thornton were a trie who ably played up to McLean's lead. * .. • ■~»-•* Can- and Pieid played well in the Petone forwards on Saturday, and Suudgren and Lambourue also toiled in the tight, but the play of the pack as a whole lacked the .ueciasary dash. * • ♦ .. * Pollock was kept busy p_tillins Petoue out .of difficulties against Wellington, and he did the job very well, in addition to ■doing-smart work iv attempting to engineer attacking incves. Good £orra was shown by the Marist lacks against Oriental at Newtowu Park. They were last off the mark and when m action presented trouble to Onenta'L Kobuiß and Macdonald did some very fine work in the first ppeTt. Good service •was also given by Langdon and h. Mc&reevy. At any position'in the Jlarist back division Ciinring. % «eems, can give: a. good .account -of hiroaftlt Formerly well known as a full-k&ck, 'be has since then played as a jrcßieigWfes, aud ■win^hr-ee-quai'tw. .and on Saturday, owing, to the absence of Frost, he was the Manst hajlf'back. He did quite well, too. Oriental have a -vigorous young set: of forwards, ~L Ramses', Mcllwraith, lien-js-liaw, and company doing a great deal of -work, int the ba<}ks, with the exception of Ualawin, whose *peed and determination make him a good scoring man to have as a -wing-three-quarter, are not up to standard. The inside men are too slow. McHardy ■ ■was one of the best of, the Marist forwards, his pace being of considerable value in the ©pen. Another good man was Butler. Hepburn, the Marist full-back, had a day off so far as' goal-kicking was concerned. He' landed a fine penalty goal early 'in the came, but only managed to convert one ot the six tries scored by his side. A couple of the shots were "titters." A. Earasay, of Oriental, on the other hand, kicked three good penalty goals—the Oriental team's1 only points.. . Fuller played weii on the wing for IDastbourne against Athletic, but did not have many chances. However, he proved himself a hard nion to pull down, and gave the opposition much trouble. He converted Easttwwrne's only try, aud lacked a penalty. Evans is proving an acquisition for Athletic, and as second five-eighths be was lie pivot of the backs against Eastbourne. He made many openings, and his defence was pound. _ His goal .kicking gained liis side £t<2 points. « * • • Mollier and J. Camphell worked well jn ihe tisht in the Athletic pack, and Campbell scored a good try. Watson showed mit in the loose in the second spell. * » v • Sleep -was amone Eastbourne's best forwards asainst Athletic. Ciayton also was OTominent. *" <t * * The failure of the St. Patrick's College Old Boys- backs to get going was largely responsible for their defeat by Wellington College Old Boys by 15 points. Wallace and Phillipß on the St. Patrick's wiug*, were sound, but the inside men gave a poor display. - Johns. Denuehy, and Hart -were always prominent in the St. Patrick's Collcgi? pack- DenneKv prefers hanging around the pdge of things, but he follows up in ■excellent rtyle. Masters' kicking against St. Patrick's College Old Boys deprived his side of at least;.eight .points,^ ; ffe faited to convert,

■three times: from well out. and; on the fourth occasion; when, he' Was. right- uudei the- posts, the; ball- hit- ail- upiiigJit'.. IN THE LOWERiGRADES. Senior:: 81.B1. Oriental U, 'Wellington' College Old 'Boys 7. ' "•"' ' •' Ti'iiivei-fity' 19, 3fai-ist 14; ' Wellingfoli 16, Jfiram'nv 0: Porirua- I'!-, Athletic- 3. Juniors-First Division. Petone- 22,. P'oneko o'. Wellington- 11", 'Kastboiirno 0. Wellington College Old. Boys' 23, Athletic S. Hutt 1?,: St. i'afs Old Hoys 3; Junior —Second Division.. Miramar TO;. 0. Oriental 10, T-eclin'ical Old> iioy.s 3-. 1-teviiampovel 27, Slauiist'-O. ~ Wellington G'olle'So OlVl.Bo.vs-S^Onslwv U. Joliilsoinille %,. iCaiWiiri'ii; .6... TWrrf— Firs* Division. Wellington 2-t, Klsrtouthe 10; Pol'one 6, JjroeiMf'3.- ' •"'■' ■>>. '■■ : "Wellington Colleg^-Old Boys 3, .University ;i. : ■ . ■ Oriental 0, Athletic 0.- . Third—Second DiVisibnV 3fari.«t D. Melrose-Sehvyu 3,. . Porirua. S, Wellington* tf. " Plinimerton 11, University-' 0; St. Pat's Old Boys 18>- Poneke Iff; Third—Third Divrsion. Institute 0, Wellington! 3 ; . Eastbourne 20, Karori 3. University 6, St. Pat's Old Boys. 0. Seatouu 16, Poueke 13. Fourth—First Division. "MnlroseJSeiwyn 19, Orieiftal 0. Miramar 8, Wellington College Old Boys* 8 Petone 6. Technical Old Hoys 5. University 8. Wellington 7. Hutt a, Poneke 0. Fourth—Second Division. Oriental'2o, Athletic.OY Berhampbre 8, Upper. iTiitt 5 (Upper. Hutt-'s iirst loss). Onslow 10, Wellington 0. Jlarist U, Petone v. Hutt 13, 'Miramar 0: Kaiwarra- S, Wellington College Old! Boys G. Fifth. Miramar 22, Porinia 3. I'etone 12, Onslow''7. Wellington 14, T-nstftutc 0. Atblcjtic 16, Johnsonville 0. Hutt 11. Technical Old Boy* ». Poneke 21, Marist 0. Sixth. ' Petone 30, Melrose-Sclwyu 0. Miramar S, Oriental 0. Athletic 5. Berbampore 0. Hutt 31, Wellington 0. Seventh. Wellington 3, Johnsouville 3. Upper Hutt '20,' Berhampoce 3-. Ivaiwarra 12; Institute 0. Eastbourne 10, Jlelrose-Selwyn S.