RUGBY LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1935, Page 5

RUGBY LEAGUE

The Wellington .Rugby league preliminary competition was continuefl on Saturday, two senior games being played.. In >the priiH-irml. game at. the. Winter Show Stadium. LVntrul Beat Petouc by 8 points to's.- The second match, between Uandwicl; and St. George, played at Kainhvick School, resulted'-'in a win foi' the foimer team by 13 points to 5. : Spectacular play was; witnessed' in the ■ niitch' betweon Central arid' Petone,' and ihe strengthened Central team gained a wpll-tlespryed victory over the hitherto untlereated suburbair team.': Petone,- though defeated, were by. no means disgraced, their handling.'and passing being of a high order and; their* individualism more showy than the opposition, in'whom finesse was laekiug, but who played a bustling type of football that with fiuish would have made the. score a total. Petone were hard pressed from the opening whistle, and the bustling methods of the Central-, forwards;, .ably-led by Swanston, bottied up the Petone backs. passes were ineffective against the vigorous tackling of the town team..Randwiek' kicked off into .a strong sun, and St. P^orge-jmmediately set up a passing movement, which broke'"down' through a forward' pass. Randwiek then 'took charge,: and, playing attractive•: football, gave St. George a somewhab hectic '.time defending. 3'odd, the Randwiek; first fiver-

righth, was pUnng .in outstanding ,wiiiu. racing tluough the St. George inside backs at will. J'lom a bcrum near half-way tile suburban tejm teemed the ball 'uud raced through for a try after several had handled I'laj now ' bucame more even, and1 St Geoige weie drnpLymg more vim. Mailman made two successive strong mn-5 down the line, and a cioiskick had linnd.w'ick in trouble, but the defence held Half-timp lang with the score Kandwick 7, St. George 0. In tile second --pell a lediidiigemeut of the. bt. George back line piuduced better lesultb,1 aud, with the toiuaids getting more of the ball tiom set ECtums, the game was now allidUne. Both sides were plaviug the open game, and in quick time. Rsindwick put on two tnes, the scium half scoring a yielty try with a run that fooled, the defence. Just before time, AloiKley, who was the J>est forward on' the ground, Ecoied a gieat tiy.fpr St. George. St. George hammered away at.the Raudwick line, but were unable.to score again.