RUNAWAY RUGBY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 6

RUNAWAY RUGBY

.WELLIXGTOX BEAT

WAIEAMPA

RAPID OPENING"

« :"Wellington's • Eugby iop,tbalL',:repreHentatives romped ; to: another easy vic*i».ry ye.sterda.y afternoon in'their second Vngagenient o£ the season, and. again— jis they did against Taranaki, at Hawera j-rsfcoreii'.oyor .forty .points, this time at ■tho exponso of ' \^B.irarapa,.. l .tlio , final ;pcore beingfWei'Hngtou'- 43, Waii-arapa 16. Speedy, thrust'fiil backs ; bid' a ■pacy pack of forwards led Wairnrapa's representatives a merry daneo on '"Athletic Park, and ,ga,ye some six .thousand local .qnthusia'sts,-.■ tlio -cageriyp,waited •opportunity, after the Taranaki Jesuit,' of .peeing-this . year's elect, at play as a combination. Strong opposition was not expected from Wairarapa, ■ but it was not ,untirtlie .visitors con''pentrated on a spoiling-garte.Cthat WolJington 'a sweeping ■kitaeK-ifiSf movapients were in any- way chocked. Then, iii-.the second spell, the,visitors ''did this much'—they.prevented the,drift | towards wV^K^P!? effectivenes^! pi their breaW|||^|Jfepointed'to the 'Tulue:.of win'gf tinS^winging forwards in -upsetting : y:ja. good combination. Whereas,-WelMrcfcon rattled-pn 30 points in the first ip|ri; ; tholr ■ scoring .was re-; '^ucedto 13 poinl^ in the second spell;' JThe keen a6'utlier]y wind, of course, was c factor, 'anaii#ellington had the ad* Vantage .of tKifiii1 the first'half. Wairarapa were nopSw^pHy eclipsed in the pearck for pointsX:air(d, with Wellington fo obvipualy supgySJSiyit was pleasing to the crowd to see V;'the vjpitoi's forcing theii? way "to sonio measure rof success, 'FAST- CpMBIibfATJON.

' Stepping .briaklyiiJiiJtv actipiiHke WcU lington team Bh.pwe.d'';,its. paces to tlie •full. .Fbr.w'ardi; limiting ,;.fast,.. 'and ' jpiriteclly," and backs i showing resource, •and initiative, so'on'ii'ad-. tlift'opposition; porely tried; and with the';progress /of , play, the activities of the two' divisions - combined to make for'splendid' team Work in ' exploiting the , fast, open game. Fourteen points "were up in nineteen minutes bofore Wairarapa had a chance to open their'account. Mostof the' ball came Wellington's way, and .it came from tho scrummages to a .'tradesman: in Kilby. In.immediate supp'prt ho had iPage, .and ho was quick to senss. the best, way to.the objective. (ErifEths, another fast-moving penetrative back, was not given much latitude, ' laut he was a reliable-link in the chain. JjCilleen, ,at? centre,. w^jiit.tpp gear, and filmost invariably jriaße3in'.opening. Of the wings i-Fuller accomplished "much ■ jnore than Maedqnald,\.iu fact,, he was fnoro than a handful for Wairarapa. to 'ananage.'Pollock, at full-back, was looking for work, and, found, it ,sometimes by joifling the line of attack. The whole made-up a dangerous set, and With the forwards repeatedly operating |n the;'maniicr of backs, the magnitude :pf Wairarapa-'s task can be imgained. : JleLean, Sutler, Byddeiy Lamason, and IPellabarca.'... frequently appeared in j >passing.bouts, as well as fulfilling other ' '•necessary duties.. Peck and Reid were -in the' thick of;- things, -and ■ Larhbburn, s.er.virig the side- well as the r,iooking specialist. v ~.,,.,.,'.''"."'■ > ' lit wasi--tKSi\ioi>^ards;';aS i ;''a''"-'S'd'itDr,;of .fact,-who scored most.of tlr^tries^D^clla- • barca, actually s^cdvi{^r|pj/isriijs^and i'.jßydder two', but-'tho sc6rjjig'(byjthe :fpril Wards did not en^a'tliera.-. 'i\lorco|^r, •ther.e wore others/, who' iad;Vvbig jiand 'in "the. scores, McLean, for r .■'.; insta-nce, though not touching down himself, "landed- on the ball for.at lcast::three trips.. : A]],...back, .a*]d /orward, played : their parts/ Full^^fine^a^kicking, though Ifjsing two ieasy^oirits, ctiutri--ikiuted seyeji; goals to Wellington Vac?ount (flvc'rc'pnversioiis of'tries-aiid two • penalty goals), and tho winger made his jtjjljy of1 points 19 Avith a-'try.' " •*: SECOND SPELL CHECK, / rPKe damage" was flbne"'*mainly' jn the prist spell: At-half-time-tlie'l-rsirors left. the field and were followed off by \the ■Icjegd. pjayers.,.^and the referee. A more ;d?fimte7iMlic.y:*?pf 'cjiecking Wellinfitoh's gcjopn^^lm'acJtilid.^ai^iftiJioi^ by Wairarlpa ia"the:''Secoiict--half,:;(uict,-as already indicated, thejr.>et''.6ut'to/iiarr^ss the local jnsjde ;Kacks^^Uby;:V-;j^v'.partic«lnp.J As" a Vesiilf tlie gamn. fell'nwny considerably as ■%-; spectacle' -There was little*outstanding jri the'talent nyodnced.by-.'Wairarapa,' "but it; was kiiown.'that th'e'-'.'coffn'tiy district is 4ns process of,.- building Jn\t-: again. With several cxperiencsd representatives,', they had .".quite-a, number of players' new to Wellington follpwerg.. Of "the v visiting Jj^cks Heiiii slioivcd;i{p.,ivell:"an(!-produced ■a.ipbweVfiil boot, as "did. Bvit2gei';ald w)ien |ie moved in after the interval from the Wing"to second'fivc-cightlis. JTunri, at half behind him, appeaj-ed." jii: occasional flashes of bright •"pjay.; Generally, . jiowever, combination, was Incising,;. Eraser ppiith, . Cook, Laing; and others were ji€en ; pack -men, with Parker "purely a wing-forward./ They stuck to a difficult task without rising to any heights except in spoUing"-tagJ;ies, which, of course,--■|lley were justified in adopting. A great Weakness of the1 visi|prs:-!. was in. losingj ipuch with: the bal];-y'';■ ..''.'' 'I ■''■'■-. THE COURSE OF PLAY. ' The teams were :t- ' • '. ■.WellingtonsvJH.K, Pollock; A. M, Mac(ipnM, 5. A;;;Killeen, F.;Kullcr;; J. L. (Sriffiths.-fj,. B[. Page; 1?. D. Kilby (cap-, tain)/ .W. Pe;ck, J. .R-, Jjamason, E. J. Reid, •';J,r.'Butler;" H. • F..- McLean, L. C." Byfltler, A- Lambpurn, and J. G. Dellapkrea. ' v .-. "'' , •'Wairarapa: L. M.'.Rdacli;.' J. Holland, J. Jtolni, V. Fitzgerald;' G. . Stringfellow (captnin), J. Wise; D. Nunrt; R, Howard, M.Donald, J. Walker^J. Cook, Fraseu . gpiith, M. Trpss;*.G:'Ea}rig, M. Parker. 1' Wellington .i wasted no: time'in showing .that they were going to,take fujl advantage of having :thewi?jd. at their backs in ilje first spe|l/.v.After..;Wairarapa had kicked off Pollock's* services .were called |nto play once"'of twice-,'but within two minutes of t^start' play had 'bceii' swept to the "other ;-end;1:, and AYellington had pibrod. Given the ball from ■ the semm JCilby fed Page dn.the'blind side,.and the five-eighth outstripped the opposingsbacks end scored near the corner.' -Ifuller missed. 5-0, After another short spell-of skirmishing Wellington-were ovbr again after an excellent movement, From Kilby the ball travelled aloiig' the chain of backs 7 'to Killecn,' who'cut a big hole in the defence before maldn^jthe final transfer to Fuller, Who side-stepped Roach and,scored near fh;is cornerw: His kick-hit the,.far upright pad bounced "infield. 6-o.' After fifteen jnipiites Wellington's score had been advanced to. .11, Kilby and McLean paving the >:\va"y 'for a try by" Butler- near tlie posts. Puller. goaled. . In. .their, eagerness to another the local backs the' Wairarapa |lj\-e-eighths stoot) well up, and, when a (icriim went down in.front of their posts, Wise was caught .crff-side v Fuller/accepting ■(.he three points offered. 14-0. . | Wairarapa opened their account after twenty-hve minutes, Hemi kicking an excellent penalty goal. The Wellington backs worked to 'advantage again, and lyhen they had carried play to near the opposing line McLean gained possession '.and sent Dellabarca across. Fuller converted. 19-3. WairaTapa again fought >iao*k successfully, "and snappy passing by the backs after vigorous work by the forwards produced a try by AVise. Hemi converted. With the Wellington backs in action again Kijleen manufactured another jfine opening before'"returning- the ball infield to Lamason and Dellabarca, who •cored a try which . Fuller surprisingly failed to copvert from near the.ppsts.,22-8. Unpuccessful-, efforts to -kick field'goals ytete made from well out by-Pollock, and then another back :line movement ended •with Fuller being tackled on the goal-line are.,:pqst?d- between_4;3o,.p:m< and 6.30) )g,.rk;~- "'^""~ ■-■■:'-"-' " j

after some clcveu.'-side-stepping. He lost possession, but. Bydder was haridy,.. and scored." Fuller converted. Just .before tliQ jntervul the stmie player kicked a penalty goiil, making the sc:oie, Wellington. 30-S. SECOND SPELL. AVilh tho wind in-their faces, Wellington again commenced strongly in the second spell, and a bout of passing among the forwards ended with'a try under the posts by :Byddeiv Fuller converted. Subsequently Wellington found it more difficult to bring -tl(eir back machine into action, and, with piny, mainly in their, territory, Wararapa accepted several opportunities to -open out. Though often near to success they'could not get through,;and the locals added another try following a breakaway from..a line-out by Limason, He sent the ball on "to Bydder and Dellabarca, the Eastbourne, forward scoring again. : Fuller missed from near, tlje touchline. 38-8. ;/■ ■■■■..: ': .' ' . . '■• With twenty mfmites to go Wairarapa showed no-signs of giving the game up as lost, and; success was achieved when Fitzgerald broke .-through to Pollock with Hollaiidiu siTppoi't.'" The full-back was'catigfit in two mjnds, jand'^Fitzgerald went' on" to score; Henll>. conveyed^-well. Dellabarca next came -into the limelight, and a strong run by him cleared the way for a try by Keid, Fuller migs_i()g the kick. Wairarapa gained a ' last-minute try when Pollock failed: to-field a kick, and Smith gainfedpossession. Co-operating : s with ■'■>:': Walker, Smith won* through to score.,Hpmi missed, making the final' score:— '•■ ' ' " ' ' Wellington/. 'w»>';■.■.,.,vi".'./-'. ,•*s. ' Wairarapa.,;*' ~v:'.,■......,....- 16 Mr. R. jrP j aton,:-,wa^;,jte refereS.'