COLLEGE TOURNEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 17

COLLEGE TOURNEY

WIN FOR NELSON

SPLENDID FOOTBALL

(By Telegraph—Press Association.^

CHRISTCHURCH, August 22,

In one of the best school matches seen in Christchurch for several seasons, Nelson College beat Christ's College in the final of the quadrangular colleges' Rugby tournament today by 10 points to 6. It was a fast, grimlyfought, and often spectacular game, and there was very little to choose between the two teams. Victory vent to Nelson because of slightly greater opportunism and superb defence by which, for the first time this season, Christ's College's strong attacking back line was held in check.

Conditions were again perfect for the second day of the tournament with fine weather and a fast ground. The main match was preceded by a game betwten the losers of the first day's matches, Wellington College beating Wanganui Collegiate School by 17 points to 6. Notwithstanding the almost monotonous success of the Christ's College forwards in winning the ball and the strong and determined running of the I backs, the Nelson defence was equal to nearly every test. One of the home team might beat his man in a passing movement, but one was not enough. There were always other defenders backing up, and the tackling of the whole team was deadly. No finer defence has bsen seen from a school team, in Chrisioburch for a long time. Scorer. 1 ..^ie: Nelson College, D. G. Anderson (two tries), F. J. Bowers converting both. Christ's College, N. Tutaki and J. S. McArthur, unconverted tries. WIN FOR WELLINGTON. With both teams showing far more dash than on Saturday, the preliminary match between Wellington College and Wanganui Collegiate School proved only slightly less interesting than the mam game. Wellington won, 17-6. The Wanganui forwards were an impressive set in loose rushes, but Wellington excelled in quick heeling from scrums and rucks and in quick breaking when Wanganui won the ball. The result was that Wellington's backs not only had more opportunities on attack but they were given more room in which to move. Outstanding displays were given for Wellington by Flaws, centre-three-quarter, who made several brilliant runs in which he shook off tackier after tackier; Rix-Trott, a clever winger^ and Clarke, full-back, with a fine pair of hands, excellent anticipation, and good kicking. The inside backs also combined extremely well. Of a very even pack of forwards, Cull«y wasj again outstanding for h.'s vigorous I leadership of loose rushes. Wanganui s forwards were well led by Sunderland and Lamer, the former a fine rugged type of player and the latter a determined rucker. Mackenzie was another who did not spare himself. . They were well supported by the remainder of the t>ack, who excelled in concerted rushes. The inside backs were better than the three-quarters and after the ball left the five-eighths, Renshaw and Hammond, both incisive runners, there was too often lack of crispness in the passScorers for Wellington were H. G. Rix-Trott (two tries and two conversions), E. M. Flaws (one try). J. D. Bedirgfield potted a goal. For Wanganui, i.. R. Spencer scored two tries.