RUGBY LEAGUE Another Easy Win For The Australians At Whangarei

Grey River Argus, 5 October 1949, Page 6

RUGBY LEAGUE Another Easy Win For The Australians At Whangarei

P.A. WHANGAREI, Oct. 4 Marked superiority in every department of the gamd gave the Australian Rugby League team an easy 39-9 winover a Northern Provinces' side at Jubilee Park, Whangarei to-

day. The Australians scored nine tries, two penalty goals, and four conversions, to a converted try and two penalty goals. They led 18-2 at half-time and except for brief periods were always dominant.

The -Australian backs thrilled the crowd with their dazzling speed, glorious handling, and constructive thrust. The forwards backed up -well, handled like backs, and covered well on defence. The handling of the tourists provided a contrast with the efforts of the Provinces’ team. Their knoweldge of team work and positional play also threw the individualistic efforts of the home side into rather a bold relief. Bulgin, Stanmore, Groves and Johnson in the Australian backs were stars of the

game. Bulgin’s devastating- swerves made him a difficult man to coun-

Schubert, Mulligan and Cowie were always prominent among the Austra-

I lian forwards. The full-back, ' Churchill showed speed worthy of a three-quarter and two or three times nearly scored. Roberts was frequently in the picture in the first quarter but did not see much of the play subsequently. | In the Northern Provinces’ team Laird was the star, his experience being apparent in his attacking play and fine cover defence. Hambleton

| was another fine forward. Kay was I the best attacking back. j Latham, Tweedie and Stringfellow, three Whangarei players were conspicuous for their deadly tackling. Stringfellow left the field early in the game with a broken collarbone. For Australia tries were scored by

Bulgin (2), -Johnson (2), Groves, Mulligan, A. Thompson, T. Stanmore and Cowie. Graves, Johnson and Bulgin kicked penalties. Johnson converted two tries and Bulgin one. \

For the Northern Provinces, Kay scored a try which Latham converted. He also kicked two penalties.