SATURDAY'S GAMES

Grey River Argus, 29 June 1914, Page 3

SATURDAY'S GAMES

KOHINOOR (.6) V. STAR .(3). *•» Saturday wa. s ap ideal football day. The turt on the Park was' firm dry, whilst there was almost an entire absence ol wind. ■ These were the conditions when the above teams-l ined .out shortly after 3 •-•'clock, and, as was Xiredicted ,the game was fast and exciting from the kick off to th<e final uhistje. The contest, which was witnessed by a very large attendance, was ha<rrt an<l keenly fough out, but was clean, and quite free from anything- approaching aough play. A terrific pace was set by the lorwards right from the commencement of play, : and it 'r ;> ~ won evident that \he game was to b« an exceedingly fast one, and so it proved. Both packs; were in splendid condition, monoplisng itiost of the play, and their many rushes, which swept from one end o fthe ground to the other, provided plenty of- excitement and the rapidly hanging" movements of attack and dejfvnce were Juf. ifreqi|onf occurrnce. Tht packs were well matched in. open play % and both were responsible for 'much good work in this respect. In the scrums, howx;verj the Stars had the advantage, in that - they, secured most of the ball, and as a consequente their backs attempted more .of the passing gamu than _djd . their opponents. A conspicuous feature of the phiy vvas lt)e fust following up of both sets of forwards,, and in one instance nt least-v was well rewarded when -Brown scored the only try of the after, noon. Where ■every man was a trier, it is a „ -difficult 'ask to v mdividualise, but Paton, McCarthy, Smhlv Hannam, -and Steel of Kohinoors were always prominent, Paton's kicking again bein^r a fine feature, and landed a goal trom a penalty kick by an especially govd effort. The Star pack played a fir.o p-ame thitughoutj Pring, ErickWhite', McK ethnic Blocksage ahd Loire! putliiio- in snnir. excellent worU, Miv lafct-named being vi decided success • U h j s Tirw position among the forwards. The Star backs brought off some"^nice passing J boxltsf; "Vut "there wji 3 too much running straight across the -fi';!d* in, which the rush lpsv much, ot its. effectiveness. ■■ Nclscm, as usual, was 'the rnnVn ««av «ho backs, but in McPhetson and had two valuable supports, whilst J- Ericksen behind the scrum invariably got the ball away smortly. Morris was also very souad- The Kohinoor rearguard did not acqu(t themst!lve as well as on former occasions this season, and did 'ho passing- worth notice, theix attempts at comb j net' play being a'faiK ure. Dempsey at full back was very safe. Brown vva*. rvery where when wanted^ although his~.passes at times were somewhat .wild. Dickson arid Mathesou played very solidly, but Mundy and Furness were not so prominent as usual. Stars kicked 1 off and attacked immediately, the forwards -carrying play to the iKohinoor 25. vvbjere Paton relieved with a fine line kick well into Star territory. This put the 'Maroons in a good position. Brown snappedup and sent on to Mundy, but the pas* miscarried, and a Star man got possession auu uvlt ' in a xnart run, but the oposing forwrds j were on him like one man. The forwards were making the game very fast, and the Stars were getting' the best of the scrums. From, one of these Ericks.cn sent out smartly to Mclntosh, ' who transferred To McPhers.on and then on to Morris. This took play to the Kohinoor end ji the field, where Mathes.on marlc'-d And relieved th«e pressure. •I'he S' a' backs attempted more; passing,- but it went across the field with'" no < advancagvs. The Kohinoor forwards were next prominent with a rush to' ■'■ Star The Amber and Blacks were penalised shortly after and' Patu-n had a shot at goal, without result. Good play by the Star forwards removed operations to Kohinoor ground, nd c : fine kick by Neson forced the 'Maroons right back on their line. A frfie kick, however, brought relief. Laird secured from a lino-out and^sent out to Nelson,' who transferred to> Mclntosh, and then to Ross which placed the maroons again on the defensive. 1 "Good play by McCarthy, Smith, and Brown .removed the danger, but" a counter chargte by th« Star Jba.cfoi ended by Morns bung collared by Ford undei 'the posts,. Heie Mundy fielded smartly and^ found the line 1 , Rannam and Leach headed a Kof'.i\6or. f<)qrward rush ,and Ford -ODmiag- <.in secured ajnd put m % great- run to the Star Hue,' but was ' well collated by Nelson Brown was next Erointnent with -a run irt which he I>eat*all opponents except the 'full back. A penalty, with, tin striking distanpe gave' Paton, an bpportunitv, and he jjga-de^no mistake.* K'-.hnoor ■*, Star o. - Ericksen." and mring Headed a fine rush to Kph'inoor qlarters, and the. were soon c'ftsperateh 'lefendirig, a,nd what lookel like -a cprtam txs was prevented by fVon 'iunnhi.cr, across, getting posses\n and seking saefty with good line l<»k Thp Amber and Blacks kept uptw> pressure, and th'v forwards, rushttiMtrJhßJP'Jn'h&n lufji> and d frrrse ,