MAORIS DEFEAT NEW SOUTH WALES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 September 1928, Page 7

MAORIS DEFEAT NEW SOUTH WALES.

Nepia Wins Match Against New South Wales for Maoris THREE PENALTY KICKS. MUD SCRAMBLE ENDS WITH \ POINT MABGIN. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Bain overnight and just prior to the match made tne ground very slippery for the New South Wales versus Maoris "game. New South Wales fielded: Westfield, Croft, Towers;' Bull, White, Cjeorge, Malcolm, Cerutti, O'Donnell, ComrieThompson, O'Connor, Lamb, Louden, Bland, .Bosenbloum, Maoris: Nepia, Falwasser, Pelham, Jury, Bata, Paewai, Shortland, S. Gemmell, Tata%>;; Leach, Bil|a,.^Reside, j Wilson, Pine, Bar on. New South Wales kicked off, play being ragged with a free kick, Nepia found the line well in the opposing 25. A penalty to New South Wales saw scrambling play at halfway. Here Malcolm broke away and when tackled passed to Boaonbloum who scored. The kick missed. New South Wales 3, Maoris nil. Surge replaced -Bull (Now South Wales) who was injured. Maoris Force the Face. Croft "made a startling run und the backs stormed down to the goal line irresistably, where the Maoris were awarded,a timely free kick, the resultant play ending on the New South Wales 25 yards line. Shortland flew round the serum but kicked the ball dead ag&in. Maoris came at the line but: the'3visitors*-de-fence was sound. Maoris were forcing the pace and got five yards from the line, where New l South Wales was awarded a free kick, which cleared to the 25. Shortland, playing brilliantly, worked the blind side but the pass was knocked on. The N.S.W. forwards dribbled past halfway. Falwasser's numerous runs were all ended by the great tackling. Nepia narrowly .missed with a penalty shot at goal well out and the next minute, with another penalty, he put the ball out ten.yards from the New South Wales line, the visitors clearing to sweep three-quar-ters of the field with a passing rush. The Maoris retaliated, Westfield picking the ball off Gemmell's toes. They kicked, too- far however, and New S,outh Wales forced. The home team was keeping right on the ball, giving the-opposition no rest, but always was Westfield safe. .- Scares Evened. Nepia marked inside his 25, saving a dangerous rush but later he ran into trouble, the Maoris being fortunate to get a free kick reaching to New South Wales where Nepia kicked o great penalty. New South Wales 3, Maoris 3. ... Bardsley then replaced O'Conneil who was injured. Shortland, maintaining his brilliant play, took the ball well and gained much ground Malcolm saved and Towers made a 30 yards' run through the ruck to the Maori 25. Nepia gained 40 yards with a brilliant liner but the visitors regained 20 yards A Maori forward rush was stopped by an obstruction and Nepia again kicked a goal from the samo place as before. Maoris 6, New South Wales 3. A New South Wales attack was again sent back by Nepia's 40 yards liner, from which the Maori attack surged about' the opposite line until play was rushed to inside the Maori 25. Paowai, being injured, retired, the half time score staying at: Maoris 6 New South Wales ...... 3 Fuli-Back Bustled. On resuming, Maoris attacked. Westfield, 'for"the: : ;.time being, was Jess sure in taking the ball. His forwards booted to the Maori 25 line but New South Wales lacked co-ordination and could not hold the ground gained. The Maoris surged about the New South Watca line but the defenders cleared to half way. Keeping the ball tight New South Wales took play in turn to the Maori 25, where they put a penalty just under the goal. The ball was- slippery as an eel and both sides were making the mistake of trying to pick it up, instead of keeping it at their toes. A long kick put New )3outh Wales on the attack and the Maoris saved by daring passing on their goal line. With a hot-foot rush, the Maoris swarmed downficld, a scrum being ordered on the New South Wales goal lino. The defence held but on the Maoris being awarded a free kick, Nepia again kicked a goal. Maoris .0, New South Wales 3. Mud Scramble. New South Wales rushed play immediately to the Maori goal-line and after scrums and line-outs the latter forced. Malcolm kicked a penalty too hard. Immediately the Maoris were down on the* New South Wales line. From a series of scrums, Malcolm cleared to half way with two kicks and play see-sawed"in the.slush about there for quite a Avhilc. Bata retired hurt and amidst applause, New South Wales allowed Parata to replace him. - Nepia went behind the 25 yards to kick for the line and missed. New South Wales reached to within ten yards of the Maori line but the ball was; forced. It was now -raining hard." The Maoris attacked, Westfield saving by picking up brilliantly and later kicking out in | Maori territory. Kicking, and passing, "New South Wales attacked right on the goal line, the Maoris booting clear to the other 25, where Westfield m.arked and kicked to halfway. Lxciting Finish. The Maoris took play under the goal by fine passing but New Soufft Wales carried through a great-dribbling rush the length of the field* White acored, \ Croft converting- with a 'wonderful kick from the side-line. . New South Wales ', '8 Maoris '. 9 With a few minutes to go New. South

Wales.,.had. the better.of exciting play.

Disappointing Display Of #rtivincial Rugby WELLINGTON 14, CANTERBTJRY 7. CHRISTCHUECH, Last Night. Wellington beat Canterbury by 14 points to seven yesterday. On Friday the ground was almost in summer condition and it was hoped the teams would meet under conditions makilg for fast Rugby. Heavy rain fell early in theh morning, however and continued almost until the hour of starting. The ground was still in passably good Qrder and the match might have been a great deal better exhibition of Rugby than it proved to be. Actually it was far below the standard of interprovinciai Rugby. Wellington' fielded much the better side - and> fully; deserved to<.<win. At half time, haying had the advantage of the wind in the first spell, the visitors led by 11 to nil. In tho second half, Canterbury showed improved form but never looked like winning, the Wellington defence being quitesound. Marked Superiority. The superiority- of Wellington was most marked in the baeks, especially on attack. The rearguard threw the ball about freely and seized every opportunity to open up play. The blacks worealso superior in the forwards in; the first spell,' beating the red and' blacks in the loose. The Canterbury backs combined very poorly., The teams were:-*-" Wellington.—Heazlewood, Mackay, Pickering, Broderick, Foley, McKenzie, Leys, Williams, McLean, Sly, McPherson, Shearer, Wilson, Potts, Porter. Canterbury: Harris, Dorreen, Oliver, Chesley, Innes,! Hay, Page, Fookes, Robinson, Montgomery, Jackson, Lawson Manchester, Clark, Cotterell. Wellington won the toss and ,played with the .wind. The backs got moving after a first exchange of kicks and in a great run, covered 50 yards before Broderick was grassed by Dorreen. Very soon Leys set them going again but solid tackling stopped another good rush. Canterbury infringed and Heazlewood failed with a long shot at goal. A rush started by Page let the ball out to Chesley and then infield along the line of baeks, but the effort was smothered. Broderiek made another good run, to bo stopped again by Dorreen. Promises Unfullfilled. ' At this stage the match promised well. Play, was bright and the scene was changing rapidly. J*age sent the' backs away again from a scrum but the handling was faulty and Porter intercepted and broke .through to the reds' territory. A penalty gave Heazlewood a long shot and he landed a beautiful goal.—Wellington 3, Canterbury nil. Canterbury forwards gained ground by a brisk passing rush but off side play* spoiled the effort. A moment later, Cottren gave a pass which let Dorreen, Oliver and Hay away to gain much ground with a good passing run. Leys started a back movement for Wellington with a smart run. The ball went along the line of backs and Foley cut out a man before sending on to Pickering and Mackay. The winger passed in-field and Pickering accepted to ran unopposed bohind the posts for a good try. Heazlewood kicked the goal.—Wellington 8, Canterbury nil. Page provided a thrill by cutting through the opposition Innes passed to Olliver, who fumbled with a try in sight. Wellington cleared without difficulty and a penalty near half-way gave Heazlewood j. chance. He goalM with a very strong and perfectly straight kick.—Wellington 11, Canterbury nil. Canterbury lost several good chances before the spell ended but for the most part the home side was on the defensive. Once, Pickering marked in front of the posts but his drop-kick at goal went wide. Red Backs Fail. The second spell opened with the Canterbury backs attacking. Dorreen had two drops at goal in quick succession, the second being very near the posts. The failure of the red backs to combine even reasonably well allowed Pickering to run without being intercepted and his pace gave him an easy try. Heazlewood failed to convert.—Wellington 14, Canterbury nil. Page tried his baeks again but by bad passing all effort* were hopeless and the blacks cleared. Then Innes ran and passed to Olliver. who went fast down the touch line. He in-passed to Innes and the latter fell over in tackle for a good try. Chesley \s kick missed.—Wellington 14, Canterbury 3. Again and again, efforts by the red backs were spoiled by bad handling and forward rushes by breaches of tho rules. Once a good rush was stopped ; when "Toby" Robinson passed off the ground. Wellington's movements, on the contrary, always 10. iced dangeious and several tested the reds' defence severe ly. It was when another attack broke down that Page snapped up the' ball and potted a neat field goal— ..ellington 14, Canterbury 7. Canterbury attacked again. Page dummied his way through and passed to Fookes to "Toby" Robinson, but a penalty for off-side stopped the movement. The reds still attacked. Page, Fookes and Olliver combined in a passing rush but Olliver elected to hang on when Hart was in a good position , outside him. Olliver was thrown out and time sounded without any further score. Otago Over-runs Southland's Best TALLY 32 TO THREE. DUNEDIN, Last Night. At Carisbrook, Otago overwhelmed Southland by 32 to 3. For the winners, P. Donnelly (2), J. Donnelly, Marslin More, Bradonovitch and Duntic scored tries, ; #hile Bradonovitch converted a penalty gpal, Diack Southland. ■■:'. >: '-*