NORTH v. SOUTH

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 August 1928, Page 9

NORTH v. SOUTH

MINOR UNIONS’ MATCH. SOUTH BADLY BEATEN. BY 39 TO 6. (j»y if graph—l‘icsk Association.,) TALaUERSTON N., Aug. 1. Tiie North \. south island minor .fmons niatcn was piayeu Here tins a te.noon on a dry ground, hilt with a hemy wind blowing ‘ across tne ground. The teams too.v the neld as under: .North Island.—Thomas, bedell, Kemp, Anderson, l.onglands, Meyer, Bramwcll, 31cDonald, Alahoney. .~kelLoii, Kelli, ini, Hislop, Thomas, and Leach.

vtoutli Island. —Mansfield, Snodgrass, Reed, Wise, hay, Kent, McClearv, A-altou, Alulliern, Robertson, Stewart, ha me ion, * rreitas, Tunnitline, Lameron. , 4

The de.ections from the North were ..obinson, Nepia, 3lill and price. , i. laying witu the advantage of the wind, the North set up a brisk attack from a s-ruin at quarterway. The hall went to Kemp, Braimve.l coining round and taking a flying pass and scored a neat tr..! Langlands failed with the ,ic.v. North J South b Kent put South on the attack, but North cleared, and from halfway hanglands rated through the opposition to ground behind the posts. Meyers’ kick i\ent over, hut the ball struck an opponent in the flight. North 6 Louth 0 Both attacked hotly in turn, but from a strum under the posts North denied. Getting the ball from a scrum, Bramwcll badly fooled the opposition, hut the attack broke down m the corner. From a line-out the hall swung across to the opposite side lo Langlands, who raced across. 31eyer failed with the kick. ■ North 9 South d From the play in the North twentylive Kent 1 ailed to field a kick to the line. j’edell and Thomas rushed up, and the former passed to Thomas, who beat a weak tackle iroin-Mansfield and scored. From nearly halfway Langlands conierted. .

North 14 South *.... 0 South made several efforts to penetrate, but the North defence held. Tlicir forwards got away, and from. a kick through Thomas beat- 31-ansfield to score hy the post*. The,kick was disallowed. Another try soon came,, the North hacks, handling in a pretty movement, Kemp cutting in to spore a try which he converted. Kent misfielded a penalty kick at goal by Kemp, and Skelton went over. The kick failed. The score at half-time was: North ". 25 South 0 In the second spell, North scored early, HMop bursting through the South defence. Kemp failed to goal. 31c Cleary went off injured and • Lash came on. A determined South attack saw Reed floored. From a" spiefnidid penality kick just inside half-way Snodgrass nnff'owily failed to open South’s account. Another determined South at tack led iby Cameron, -was halted close to the line. North worked free, h-ut back stormed -the South. A bad .paris out from a- riorum on the- North line lost an. aid'vauitage, and in <& flash Amdorrion mils away, but the pass imsid-e went astray near hhc South line-. Away Went .South forwairds,, but- a. -time mark by Ri tea. halted the miovcnieiit. The game ended— North 39 .South 6