SECOND DIVISION

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 125, 30 May 1938, Page 17

SECOND DIVISION

PIRATES V, ATHLETIC

Expept for a, brisk ndr'-westerly (making lone kicking uncertain) general cjmditiens were goM for the Pirates-Athletic ■ match at. • Wakefield /Park Ip a hard-fought game there h \vere somfcfiashes of really: good football 4 Athletic wpn by a hanjJsome mpof ptunts. They werei'the better team frajn a territorial point of view, !kut it was not until Whitest twenty minutes of the ganje tfyaf they showed their superiority, and ■& feast of points resulted. At the end of thai first'spell, Pirates led by nine points to three, and "when the second fJspelf had been going fois a few minutes they had in? .creased their points ton. twelve. After that, the constant the Athr Tetic attack "found holes" in;lthe Pirates defence, whiph had been strong hithertOj fHiripg the first spell the Pirates' forwards put plenty of ginger into, their play and worried the Athletic backs,.but feeypnd.Braoefield and Jack, and, at times, Love, the movements were not backed up effectively. The Athletic backs indulged in some fine passing movements, but they could not finish properly. In the 'second half the •Athletlp^cembihWidiiwbrked with mere precision, and long kicks upfield by Baddy "gained a lot of ground. The scrummaging could have been better, butr-jspflie very olean work nvas seen on the line-ou'ts. Bracefield, the Pirates', half-back, who played k an out* standing game, scored three "fries, and Johnsort" also scored a try, none being -converted. For Athletic, Blue, Pan* sinas, Badland, Todd, and McCaujey scored tries, three being converted by Pelham, who also kicked two penalty goals.' The final score was Athletic 27, Pirates ;12. Mr, !R, N. £ryden was the referee.