THE LEAGUE CODE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 July 1928, Page 3

THE LEAGUE CODE

NOJRTHERN aUNION CUP. AUCKLAND OVERWHELMS CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 21. Ideal football conditions prevailed tliis afternoon for the meeting of Canterbury and Auckland in the Northern Union Challenge' • Cup.'. . There "was. .no wind, and the ground,'.was in excellent condition. The crowd present was estimated at 12,000. Within a few minute's Canterbury

looked to have a certain score. In Auckland’s twenty-five .Smith gat the ball'a way axid Brit'teiidoxi'gaye. a dum-: my cleverly, but the- outpass ‘was dropped, a certain score being lost eight minutes after the kick off. Auckland opened its scoring account when iWet-'b-erall, with a brilliant swerving dash, drew O’Connell and passed to Duffy who came through'in support. The latter ran in unopposed and Duflty goalod. Auckland 5, Canterbury 0. Within a minute Auckland again got over, Prentice touching down and Dufty failed with the kick. Auckland ‘B, Canterbury 0. The visitors wiped out two l/ointis of the deficit, Bond landing a nenaltv goal. Auckland 8. Canterbury

2. From a scrum Auckland heeled the ball cleanly to Delgross, who cut out three men and .passed to ‘Pren'ticc,- to Seagar, who scored in a handy position. ■ Delgrosso converted. Auckland 13, Canterbury 2. The play ivas in Auckland ’s twenty-five and a cross kick went to Bond, willo kicked ahead. Weatherall gathered the ball, worked across the field passing to. Dufty to.Hardgrave or. the left flank. The speedy winger sailed along the tou chime, and swerved infield to beat O ’Connell, . and raced j across to score a spectacular try be- ( hind the posts. Delgrosso missed the' easiest of kicks. Auckland 16, Canterbury 2. Auckland were having all tho nvpll .'HHTPIS! nilVI flip. PWWfI

cheered when the visitors riiade the slightest impression, but while their forwards battled on in’ a determined fashion, little was seen of their scoring machine. Soon, however, Canterbury attacked the Blue’s citadel, aipl

although Dufty was overwhelmed Hardgrave was ou hand to effect a timely force. Then Bond broke clear, and with only Duftv ahead, looked like getting right away, but Auckland’s full-baick, coming across fa'st, brought off a brilliant flying ta’cklc to up'sef the calculations. ‘ P. Hanrahan, who was hurt, wont off, and was replaced by Gillespie. From a scrum in the corner Hardgrave secured and dived over. Auckland 19, Canterbury 2. The. . visitors were finding themselves forced into a purely defensive game, the home forwards getting the ball consistently from the scrums, while the back's were* playing a purely passing game. Dufty fielded a .kick when Auckland was defending and the ball travelled through several hands, finally Prentice scored and Dufty’s shot hit the upright. Auckland 22. Canterbury 2. Hard-grave scored Auckland’s seventh try, Delgrosso converting. At half-time the. score was: Auckalnd 27, -Canterbury 2. The final score was Auckland 66, Canterbury 26., The .scorers- in the second spall were: Spillane (2), Smythe (Sn.' Cmisicline, Spencer.. Trie® were eon verted by Spencer, Smythe and 0 1 ’Co n nor.

FINAL TEST MATCH. AUSTRALIA DEFEATS ENGLAND. (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, July 22. In line but cod’d weather, and .beforer an attendance of 38,000 spectators, Australia.- defeated England in .tile third and final League test match by 21 points to 14. The fine-.weather made a great differ-.' e-nce to the local team and on the day’s game the Englishmen were outplayed. The match was fast and. epgnt and ooifcsi’Sted' more of . individual brilliancy on the paa*t of the Australians than of co~ hesive . team work. England 1 made a stubborn fight, but tlie brilliancy of the local players, who were .almost, always attacking, made, the: visa fobs’ display appear mediocre; ’ It' was' the. best effort. an • Australian, team has made', for some years; The .game .in the first half was fairly evenly centos ted. the scores being at half-time Australia f>, England 7. After this Australia took command, and ended by winning .. •comfortably.' ' Wearing- wins especially brilliant. He scnrecli two tries and kicked two .voals. The' receipt.?!, of flie tour, which has now ended, told £32.500. The team sai-'liM for New Zealand on. Thursday, whe~e it will nlay nine matches.)