FOOTBALL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 July 1924, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

TARANAKI V. WELLINGTON. j 1 A DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY. ’ The annual interprovincial match be- ] tween tne representatives of me i-.ua-naKi and Wellington Kngby Unions look place mi me .rmowgioumls yesterday. The following were tne teams: — , laraiuud. —Fuu-uacK:, I'rmr ; tnreequariers, rvicLiegor, Linns (.captain}, itos.s; nve-eignms, D. Johnston, Alexander ■ half-back, Jeltenes; wing, ’laylcir; forwards, h ryclay, Uobinson, ivissick, Paterson, West, \Yalters, ivivell. j Wellington. Full-back, Malcolm; 5 three-quarters, Smith, Wogan (captain;, ' Dawkins; five-eiglitns, (Jihson, lint- ( land; half, Hall; wine-, A. Tape; lor- j wards, iirowiq Barclay, Pringle, Sulli- ( van, xhomas, Huon, Haddock. ihe weather was tine, but the sun ] was obscured, wmle there was a fresh ' breeze biowing hrom me south-west. ; The, ground was in splendid condition, ana gave me teams every opportunity ■ to display their attacking ability. About i itve thousand spectators were present when Taranaki kicked off from the ; eastern end. ihe ban was returned to half-way, when, following a free kick, the Wellington backs started a passing rush, out Hibson fined to cut in, aim was well tackled. A series of scrums followed, and a Taranaki passing rush by Alexander, Johnston, Ennis and McGregor ended with tne latter being tackled on the iine, where Wellington worked back, but Pringle was penalised for off-side. Ennis failed with the kick and Wogan cleared. Priar sent the. ball back under Wellington goal, where Malcolm marked, a dangerous rush by Taranaki was saved by Smith kicking into touch. Ross was next prominent with a good run, but hung on too long, hollowing a scrum, Taranaki were penalised, .and. the- ball ; , was sente out close, tb.. .thA.Jialf-way • line-. '/;■ ‘gjadd*; itishGby-- ' Alexander, ' Johnston, Ennis and Ross was well stopped with the last-named being tackled inside Wellington's quarter. Wellington cleared, but Ennis marked. Wellington backs mulled the kick, and from off-side Ennis essayed a kick, which failed. A passing rush by the yellow backs found Ross well tackled by Malcolm. Hanging on saw Taranaki penalised, and a further penalty saw tne ball sent to half-way. The black backs started a passing rush, but the ball went right across -the field. Pringle marked, and in tight play Taranaki were pushed back. Offside against Tayior saw Malcolm kick a good goal. Wellington 3, Taranaki 0. Following a mark from the kick out, Wellington came back into Taranaki territory. Hall went round a scrum cleverly, but a b(id pass saw a certain score lost. A good piece of passing by Wellington forwards spelt danger, but the ball went into touch. Again off-side play penalised Taranaki, but Malcolm failed with the kick, hrom the dropout Alexander came through, and a free kick was given against Wellington, but Ennis again failed with the kick. From a scrum the Taranaki forwards went up wit ha good rush. Haddock was penalised for pit-side play, but West missed the kick. Play shifted to Taranaki end. A free kick to the locaLs saw the ball go into touch beyond the half-way. Gibson mulled a yellow free kick, and play on Wellington line saw Taranaki miss a good chance of scoring. Eventually Wellington cleared. A great rush by the Wellington forwards, with Brown. Huon, and Pope leading, just failed to bring a score. Priar marked, and the ball went, to the, quarter-way. A further rush saw a Wellington back speculate into touch. A big kick by Sullivan saw Priar in difficulties, and he kicked into the corner. Off-side play by West and Malcolm again converted,. Wellington 6, Taranaki 0. A great return by Hawkins got the ball back beyond the half-way. A treekick to Taranaki lost ground. A run by Alexander was spoilt by a short kick, Malcolm returning well. " Taranaki backs, started by Alexander, came up with Ross going well for the line, but. he was well tackled. An infringement saw Wellington penalised. Ennis failed with the kick, but further off-side play ensued and Ennis put the ball over. Wellington 6, Taranaki 3. A great run by Alexander, Ennis, Ross and Ennis again got the ball oh the Wellington line, but a line kick by j Malcolm went almost to Taranaki’s 25 I flag. From the line-cut play went to I the other side, where Kivell broke clear, but delayed his pass too long. Another run by Alexander and McGregor followed, and took the ball to the visitors’ line. More off-side play i against the latter .saw Johnston fail L with, the kick. A bad mistake by I W'ogan let Taranaki forwards get going | and a certain try was thrown away. I Following a. force, Brown broke away, | but Alexander marked. Gibson marked I the kick and the ball went out beyond I half-way. A good passing rush by "Wellington was spoilt bv off-side play. Half time blew with .the scores— Wellington 6; Taranaki 3. • The ball was returned to Malcolm, who sent out at close to half-way. A rush headed by Robinson saw Malcolm smothered. A good opening followed, but Johnston dropped the pass. The Taranaki forwards at this point were swarming over the visitors, and one rush, with Ivissick in the lead, narrowly missed scoring. W’ogan broke through and ran right up to Pria/r, but was well tackled by the latter. Ragged play followed, until Hawkins made a great run, but was overtaken by Alexander. Kissick came to the rescue, and the ball went into touch. Some tight play on the local line, and from a scriim Gibson held on too long. Walters and Kivell got clear, but a poor pass nullified the effort. From the line out Wellington forced,'• and from the drop out Wellington were forced again. Following a scrum Johnston got the ball and passed to Ennis, who scored a try after a good run. The same player failed to convert. Taranaki 0, Wellington G. Play slowed down, mid from a freekick West sent the ball out well past half-wav. From a scrum in midfield the ball came out to Alexander, • who beat f Gibson and sent Johnston awa.v. The p latter made a great run, and sc-pred under the posts. Ennis converted. Taranaki 11, Wellington 6. West marked the kick out, but Taylor, off-side, spoilt a good chance. From a free-kick a passing rush by Gibson, Wogan* and Hawkins resulted in a run by the lattenc who got right to the line, but Taranaki forced. The ball went to half-way and settled there fo,r a period of uninteresting play. From a scrum inside half-way Johnston got away again and scored out towards the corner. Ennis failed to convert-*. Taranaki 14, Wellington 6. Johnston returned the kick out to past half-wav. A passing rush, by the Wellington pack took play to Taranaki quarters, where a free kick to Wellington was missed by Malcolm. A luc-ky kick to quarter-way by Priar cleared the Taranaki line. The, ball was worked across field again, and from a freekick Malcolm converted. Taranaki 14, Wellington 9.

A passing rusk by Gibson, Hawkins, and liritland and back infield saw a bad pass spoil a good effort. A great kick

by Priar sent the ball to "Wellington quarters. Wellington were penalised, but they managed to get the ball back to Taranaki territory and got close to the line. Johnston cleared, and a free kick against Wellington gained further ground. Ross made a- good run into his opponents’ quarter, but- the ball went to the ground, and the visitors dribbled back to the yellow's quarterway line, viy-n time was called with the score— Taranaki 14, Wellington 9. All* H. G. Whittington was a capable referee. HAWERA T.H.S. v. NEW PLYMOUTH T.H.S. The above match, played as a curtainraiser to the- big match, resulted in a runaway victory for the local boys. They were a little heavier than their opponents, and displayed a much greater knowledge of the game. Some of the passing was splendid, and the inside backs have a good knowledge Of how to set their three-quarters going. The New Plymouth boys played up well against a vastly superior side, and were triers right to the end. Hawera won by 45 points to nil, the score being made un of tries obtained by Skjellerup 14). Church (‘3), Yates (2), Owen (2). Bailey and Keegan one each, while Bailey converted three of the tries. [The Hawera team was trained by Mr W. Thomas, a member of the staff of the school. ALL BLACKS IN SYDNEY. BY CABLE—BREBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, July 2. The All Blacks were given a civic reception by the Lord Mayor at the Town Hall. The reception was largely attended.