THE LEAGUE GAME

Grey River Argus, 8 September 1930, Page 2

THE LEAGUE GAME

» t | WEEK-END GAMES I CREEK AND MARIST WIN. Two viii.u-s in tin I: r:i il sim w Cup compel il ion wore pkl.vod vosloroiyj when fin- respective winners were Mari-1 and Nelson Creek. Marisl i gained !heii| victory at Wingham Park ■ where a fair crowd saw the'm down Kohinoor, Nelson ('reek detente I Brunner o u the lathi’s home ground, by a substantial margin, in which the winner.' played splendid, sport tic ill ar foolball. The game at Wingham Pari; i was a ragged display on the whole, with flashes of good play showing at ■ nleifvals. Neither Marin nor Kohinooits showed their best -io-m.i ami > there was a noticeable lack ot cohei sioii amongst line players apparent |< Hiring tin- two pells. Marist’s win Iwn <l'ie to the fact that their backs n showed more initiative in th ( > attach’, land individually, they outpaced their I o|T[iioieiits, wlii'ii in possession of the (ball. The greens were without the srvicOs of Quinn, O’Connoij. Coulson and Bi ban .and rhe absence of those * pinyeii's was not iceable. Kohinoors ' 1.-id an equal 1 erii 1 orial advantage,, land on more than one occasion we’’«‘ Jon the verge of scoring, during the | last stages of the game. Their efforts I were 1 null’ll icd by the fact thnr 100 * much was left foi, one 1 man to d<>. ! Lspecially was this the case with [ Mason, who time after time broke [ t IrDnigh the defence, only io be bdt /without any backing up, whe n he j wanted to ivlofi e ihp leather. ’ The Play. A st rone- win . blew across the /field when the ball was set rolling., with w'.ial ever advantage there ns in (favour of Marist. A scrum followed | the kick off and the green for'wards j carried the ball to the opposing, 25, l where Kohmoors were awarded a /penalty. From another scrum Mari-d | gained possession, but wild passing I prevented any back movement. Koh- ’ inoors took advantage of this weak- | iie-is, to cariy the play to Marist’s I territory, and after a determined atItacki. Lees went over near the posts to I’ii-aw Brst blood. Lynch missed the kick.—Kohinoors 3; Marist 0. From tip- kick off. Lynch gained possession, and. after dummying his i way past three men, short punted. I Blackaby recover' d Hie bail and fo” la. spell there wtis int exchange of j kicks between him and (’lilting, the play finely finished at the hali-way mark. .Marist, were hooking the ball | from the scrums, but tho passing wa- ■ extremely erratic. Anisy gained J ground with a snappy i.'un, but ho ’ faib-d to pass out before he was r tackled. The green forwards backed up. however and tin- ball went out to I Broom, who after culling in past two * Kohinoor backs, touche > down,

Kie'.y L convers'.on was a. pretty one. '—Marbt Kohinoors 3. ■On resumption of play, the Koliiinoor! rearguard showed out in speclacuiar bieik. Tho leather traversed to Harrington, who when penm-d m i the line, exm,sited a scissors movei men! io send the ball back to bis inside backs, with the resi.lt that 1 tie -game went to Marist’s < nd. Here F Lvm-ii had an unsuccessful shot f’’'om la penalty. Headed by D-.daney and .Murphy, the Marist forwards pushed the black.- into neutral territory, an 1 ] after an iuterxal of straggling play, ii he greeirn ma l A a further enc.rc.ichment. ('ulJiiig, who was playing a. I sound gaim\ stemmod the rush with a <mant line kick. Kiely wa s proiuinear Ii„ (Il slim-1 ruti~. lKll j t lie advantage 1o Marist. but i.iulty |sc rum mi ng stopped iiodr rush. Mar list hacks got g’oiug from a ruck, but fMi. on and Lynch were •• solid pair !io gm past. Then the ball w<-nt out Itn Broom, who outpaced th.'' opposition Io score his second iH\’. Ki ; ‘lv jaih-d to convert. —Marist S, KotiLven play followed, untd (’asey l.roke through, hut Its pass To Kiely iwas w-ld and a good .-coring chance was 10-:. Marist held the upper hau l until Mason shot away, and he, Lynch land Gordon were associated in a passing bout that brought Hmm on to I Marist 's line. From, a difficult anglv Lynch hit the cross bar with a penJaltv kick. Matthews collected th-' rebound, and returned the play to the ‘ lm[f-wav m irk. From hero Morresoy • bulocked his way through the opi pos’ :uh. :i.i.l M:ir. I n-ain pl.t ion th- 1 defence Soon aftei., Morresw ? picked lip from the loose and dived ’ over. Mason ad jed the extra points ’with a beautiful kick.— Kohinoors S;

. Marist 8. f No advantage was gitinod b\ I either side for a period, until Maso* again slhot away and with Kogers | evaded : onie weak tackles, to lam a near tho line, where Gordon came u] Ito score. Mason again landed a firn , fi-al. —Kohinoors 13; Marist 8. 8 Half-time sounded then. I Ikprly in the second half, Kohinoor; Imu ip tho pace, and Mason. Lees Lynch and Rogers kept the pressut’i • applied on the green line. A penalt’ i saw Mason fail to goal. Kiely wa i tackled in possession, and ‘Kohinoor i were on the verge of scoring, unti Martini and -Murphy cleared with ; determined duo effort. Near the half ' wav flag, -Murphy had the ball., am ’ wa,s on his way to the othe(r enc * when Mason cunic up and robbed *>in and tok the leather back to- the greet | 25. Sure han |i’.ng by Kiely relievei t Marist. From a <crum, Murphy pick (L up, and sent out to An’o'y’. wh I passed to Br/oom. The latter missed I but Kiely came round, retrieved th I ball and transferred to Matthews, wh i dashed over in a handy position ) Kiely failed to conveTt. —Kohinoor I 13. Marist IL I The green backs again went awaj I and Broom, after cutting out Lee j and Lynch, passed to Matthews, wh scored. Broom’s- kic% was wide.— Marist 14, Kohinoors 13. Disultory play ensued until an a? ,: embled Kohinoor movement, put Mai ist on their mettle. Broom an Kiely were sound in defence, x and th