FOOTBALL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 August 1924, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

HIGH SCHOOLS’ FOOTBALL

HAWERA BOYS DEiFEAT FEILDING.

The following is the Manawatu Times report of the Havera-Technica 1 High School match at Feilding: Un the polo ground Hawera High School touring Rugby team easily defeated the Feilding Agricultural High School fifteen, by 41 points to 3. The visitors played for every point, and sheer merit gave tliem the honours. Excellently trained, they handled the leather in a manner which would have done credit to any senior fifteen, and the local bpys could not stand up totheir .superior play. Feilding lacked combination and general training. They failed to handle the ball, and were deficient in many, of the arts of the game. However, they * have a future, and the meeting with such teams ds Hawera, Stratford, and the Wellington Technical College should prove of the utmost benefit.

Feilding opened the game, playing with a fairly strong wind at thenbacks, and it was not long before a passing rush enabled .Fade to register the first points, the try being unconverted. The visitors promptly retaliated, the leather . finding its way through the half to Church, on the right wing, and he scored in the corner. A little later another score was registered for the visitors by Yates, and the score remained at '6—3 in the Rods’ favour, whilst Feilding sustained an attack in. their opponents’ twenty-five. A breach gave Waldin an easy chance to send the leather across the bar, but lie missed. Then the Reds made off down, the field without experiencing anything likereal tackling. The backs worked like trained soldiers, and the effort ended in Skjelerup. scoring and Yates eonverting. Walsh opened the way for this score. 11—3. The Blues made an effort to break through the line, but there was no chance of anything like that happening. The Hawera boys handled the leather like .masters, and each and every member of the team played to order. A great solo effort by Skjellerup followed. He toed the leather out- of the ruck, and raced after it. Another little kick robbed Anderson of his effort Hi stop it, and an easy score by Skjellerup followed. Bailey failed with the kick, and the score' stood at 14—3. Again the Blues attempted to get away, and a back line movement looked brtglit until Jenkins, on the wing, failed to take the pass and the leather went out as half-time was called. Playing with the wind in their favour. Hawera made things move in the second spell, and realised anticipations. The fleet-footed Church got away, choosing a nice position to register his try. Yates converted. — 13 3. He did the trick again immediately afterwards, hut Yates found the luck a little too difficult.—22—3. W oak attacking by the local bo vs was responsible for this walk-over.' The blues made a vigorous assault, hut .again Church, toed the leather out and fairly flew through his amazed opponents. The spectators could not refrain from laughter at the ease with which Hawera was comnilinn the tally. Bailey converted.—27—3. The visitors maintained the pressure, and from a five yards 1 ’ scrum Surgenor fell across and Bailey converted.—32 —3. An opening made by Owen, who was playing an exceptional game, from a scrum near the line, ended in Skjollerup scoring. Yates missed the kick —35—3. Feilding bucked un a little and the backs got awav clown the field, with Manson taking the final pass, but Owens took his man well, and the reds again took command, with Owens in the lead. He scored, but Yates’ kick hit the bar and fell beckon to the field.—3 B—3. A few minutes later a scrum outside the blues’ goal ended in Coleman scoring. Bailey was unable to convert, and the whistle called a halt with tho score at 41 —3. Air.. C. Fade controlled the game.