NARROW WIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 146, 23 June 1938, Page 14

NARROW WIN

KIWI LEAGUE TEAM MATCH WITH TOOWOOMBA United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. TOOWOOMBA, June 22. The New Zealand Rugby League footballers narrowly beat Toowoomba by 12 points to 11 after a game in which the losers dominated almost the ; entire second half. Only Hemi's kicki i n g provided the winning margin. Too--1 woomba scored three tries and the • Kiwis two. The tackling was weak. t' After consultation with the TooI woomba captain and the referee it 5 was decided to have a more liberal inI terpretation of the play-the-ball rule, fc but rarely did either side observe the • three-yard limit. 1 Anderson was the outstanding for--1 ward on the ground. His clever back- ' ing up resulted in two tries. Kayf 3 shoulder gave him no trouble, but he ! spared himself in tackling. He made several brilliant openings and com " bined well with Chase. Orman wai : beaten for the ball in the first half but got it in the vital concluding cfnefgc Anderson's first try came from at t opening by Kay, who picked up th< a ball from the ruck and ran 20 yards e leaving Anderson an open gate. Tn< e second came from a scramble on thi e goal line after Brimble had receivec e the ball from a scrum and cut off tin a opposing five-eighths, the centre run ; - ning 40 yards down the centre of th n field. That was one of the few occs y sions on which Brimble did anythin; else but short-punt the ball. The Kiwis defended gallantly again? desperate attacks in which play wa .f solely confined to their territory dui _ ing the closing quarter of an hour. The teams were:— id Kiwis.—Hemi, Midgley. Kay, Chasi ig Smith, W. Brimble, Grotte, Andersot to Herring, McLeod, Glynn, Orman, Mi •n Neight. r e Toowoomba.—Whittle, Rowe, Browi JS Dwyer, Bligh, Gilbert, M. Browi > n O'Brien, Enright, Clifford, Boshan te mer, Kelly (one missing). 1 Following complaints by the Kiv in managers concerning the play-the-ba e " interpretation in the match again; Queensland last Saturday, the Queen as land League decided today that tt ie three-yard rule will be strictly ei 16 forced next Saturday. ir * The Queensland team for Saturds is unaltered. ia Gault has been in pain ever since 1 entered hospital on Monday. An X-rs )U was taken, but the result will not t known before Thursday. Tetley taking things quietly and resting h ly knee.