WELLINGTON AND ORIENTAL

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 49, 26 August 1935, Page 16

WELLINGTON AND ORIENTAL

A.;; fair'-.;sprinkling of spectators watched the match between Wellington arid Oriental at Kelburn Park Playing, with .the. wind, in the first spelli •Wellington established quite a good lead'by half-time. Ud to this stage thp game had been fairly drab, but in the second spell .Oriental, with a slightly rearranged side, put more life into their play, and went, as close as possible to defeating Wellington; However, Wellington had slightly more finish to their movements than their opponents, and for this reason would have been unlucky to lose. •■ -\ ■ The teams were:— . Wellington.—Cresswell; Fong, Shirtcliffe, Paterson; Trapp, Hutchison; His- • Iop; Clirrio, Bracken,' Cathie, Pearse, Thornton, - Fraser-Smith, Carylon, McLean. ' - Oriental.—Ritchie; Gill, Syddall Coxon; Glengarry, Wilkinson'; Mur-doch;-Ramsay, Brown, Anderson,- Orchard, Edwards; ■ Humpherson, Dawson. Seafle. '. , . Oriental were early on attack,' but . were driven back by long kicks. The first time'that Wellington went as far as their opponents' twenty-five a forwardirush was finished off by Thorntoa with a try. A minute later a Wellington passing rush went close to successbut the wing-three-quarter was crowded out. 'A- nice run- by Trapp took playwright to the line, but here again crowding- sppilt an almost certain try. Wellington kept''hammering' away.

I Hutchison cut through, eluded the fullback, and crossed the line for a try just !ashe , Was tacided. Trapp converte v. Oriental'now took a turn in the attack. For. the remaining fifteen- minutes of the spell both sides went close to success a number of times, but lack oi finish spoilt the movements. Just before half-time a penalty awarded to Wellington enabled' Trapp to kick an easy goal. The score at half-time was: Wellington 11, Oriental 0. '/.In the second spell Gill retired and Gray took his place.' The first try was obtained.-by. Gray after a passing bout in which backs and forwards joined. .Ramsay-converted. A. foot rush-by the Oriental forwards took play to ;~ the'•-Wellington twenty-five. : Wil-kinson-picked up the ball and pushed his-, way over the' line for:a try with several,., players'hanging on to him. Ramsay-converted. ; - Oriental took the lead'when the blind side .of the scruni was-worked :artd.Gray scored after a short passing rush.-. Ramsay-again con.verted., A break-through by r'Trapp p'ayed.Cthe'. way for Wellington's final try.'-,:•■ The ball ■; was. passed to Shirtcliffe; .who' passed to Hutchison, who storedi-. There-were .yells of disapproval from ; some spectators, who considered that Shirtcliffe's pass was a forward one. Trapp converted the try. Oriental'had to force twice in -quick succession,; and indeed it looked as :f Eraser-Smith had scored. Further play was; exciting, but there was no addition ; ,t6 ■ the score, which was: Wellington 16, Oriental 15; \. . "The referee was Mr.-T. Cole. i