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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 187, 23 July 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

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CHAMPIONS BEATEN M. 8.0.8. "THE BETTER A RAGGED DISPLAY. H. 5.0.8. FORWARDS WEAK. Napier H. 5.0.8., the leaders in the senior championship, had to acknowledge defeat to M. 8.0.8. by 18 points to 13 in a rather ragged but fast game played on McLean Park, Napier. The Greens held the advantage in the forwards, and this was used to good effect the H.5.0.8.'s being seldom allowed opportunities to get moving and when they did the opposing forwards were soon on them.

The game on the whole was not productive of football of a very high standard, but it was always interesting and at times exciting, the venue of playmoving rapidly from one end of the field to the other. M.B.O.B.—Heifford, Kenny, Brodie, Morrisey, Clothier, Browne, Mahoney, Satherley, Armstrong, King, McCormack, Blythe, Brody, Tremewan, Ireland. Napier H.S.O.B.—Neal, Ross, Smith, Appleby Evans, Bradley, Lambie, Miller, Rolls, Heffernan, Garrett, Reaney, Crawford-Smith, Drummond, Flowers. Led by Reaney, the White forwards made an excursion into Green territory immediately after the kick-olf, but an infringement brought them back. The Greens were not long in retaliating when King, Blythe and Satherley led a forward rush which Neal was just able to stop. A free kick put H. 5.0.8. back on the attack, but Morrissey managed to find the line and relieve the position. Further good line kicking gave the Greens the advantage, when the ball came out to the White backs from a line-out on the line Bradley mis-kicked and Ireland had only to fall on the ball to score. Browne converted with a good kick.

M. 8.0.8 5 Napier H. 5.0.8 0 On resuming H. 5.0.8. were given a free-kick, Ross being unable to make use of it. Play was quiet for a time and then from a scrum at half-way Reaney broke away to the twenty-five on his own with the ball at his toe. He was then supported by Miller, Crawford-Smith and Flowers who took the ball almost to the goal posts, where Heffernan picked it up and passed to Smith, who went round to score under the posts. Ross converted. Napier H. 5.0.8 5 M. 8.0.8 5 After this zf.ore hard forward play resulted in White territory, where the Greens were given a free-kick and Browne notched a good goal from it. M. 8.0.8 8 Napier H. 5.0.8 5

Lambie was not long in initiating a passing rush amongst the backs from loose piay, Bradley, Evans and Appleby handling for the latter to dummy his man beiore passing to Smith, who was tackled in possession and a lineout resulted. Hoss here had another unsuccessful attempt at a penalty goal. Well directed line-kicking again put the Greens on the offensive and Mahoney almost scored when he wriggled fiis way around the side of a scrum near tie line. Immediately following this the forwards again in ed out to Mahoney, who worked the wind side to