INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 June 1932, Page 8

INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

North Overwhelms South big margin in fast GAME CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 4. The North Island team overwhelmed tnc South in the annual inter-island Ru-bv match at Lancaster park to-day. The dav was dull and overcast with a stiff cold easterly breeze, there being iio-ht rain overnight but not sufficient t(T affect the turf, which was in perfect playing condition. Though the margin was 28—10 .m favour of the North, the game was fast and exciting and the Northerners’ win was due to their undoubted superiority iu the forwards. Beaten for the, ball for the greater part of the game, the South Island backs seemed at a loss when they did not gain possession, and dropped passes provided the Northeihers with golden opportunities which they snapped up readily. Kilby an( R Lilbourne were giving their backs plenty of chances and the Northern flying division kept the spectators on tip too with flashing movements. The South were disappointing. Simon, behind the scrum, played a dogged game but he was always a trifle slow in getting hold of the ball and he failed wholly to combine with Day. This somehow upset the combination between Day and Oliver, from which much was expected in view of their remarkable success in chib football. Holder had few chances but his showing was not' impressive. Proctor, on the left wing, was starved and with the exception of Hart, all the South backs were disappointing. Kilby and Lilburn were at the top of their form and they made many opportunities for Pollock and Caughey, two fast, heady runners, who drew their opponents out of position time and again. „ The outstanding wing on the ground was Bullock-Douglas, the Wanganui man, who scored five tries. Hart had few chances but played a sound game, scoring one try. Among the North forwards splendid work was done by McLean, Steere, Clarke and Fiulayson, while Solomon showed great dash in the loose and he combined well with the backs on occasion. For the South Max, Purdue, Manchester, Hore, Metcalfe and Cottrell- worked valiantly throughout the game. The one-sidedness of the scores robbed the game of much interest. The teams were: — South: Connolly, Hart, Holder, Proctor, Oliver, Day, Simon, Andrews, Manchester, Max, Purdue, Metcalfe, Cottrell, Lucy, Hore. North: Collins, Ball, Caughey, Bul-lock-Douglas, Pollock, Lilburnc, Kilby; Solomon, McLean, Clarke, Satherley, Steere, Jessep, Palmer, Finlayson. The Game. Oliver kicked off for the South anil the North forwards showed their quality by a very fast charge down of the return kick, bustling Connolly. A try looked likely a few seconds after the opening of the game but the South cleared, however. In the first few minutes the South backs 'made several efforts to get moving with passing rushes but all movements failed, apparently through over eagerness. Kilby, Lilburne and Bullock-Douglas then combined in a clever blind side move to score the first try for North'. Connolly caught Bullock-Douglas on the line but the winger struggled over and grounded the ball. Collins failed with the kick. —North 3, South 0. The Northern forwards kept up the pressure and Kilby sent his backs away in two rapid charges. Holder stopped the first rush and the second put South hard on the defensive. The Northerners’ next try was the result of a splendid piece of work. Lilburne tossed out a long pass to Caughey, who cut in past Hart and sent a low pass to Solomon.' The big forward gathered in the falling ball perfectly and went over wide out for a try. Collins again missed with the kick. —North 6, South 0. The first time when South looked really dangerous was when the forwards, led by Max, broke through the opposition and bustled down to the Northern line. Metcalfe actually carried the ball over the line but Collins also had his hands on it and the referee, Mr. Rowlands, ordered a scrum five yards out. Day, cutting in from behind the scrum, was brought down just short of the line. North cleared in a few minutes, chiefly through the clean hooking of their forwards. A kick, into the South 25 was taken by Connolly but he failed to find the line and the Northern backs were sent away by Solomon, and Pollock and Caughey handled and then Bullock-Douglas, who dashed over for his second try. The kick failed.—North 9, South 0. The next North effort left South standing. Kilby fed his backs from a scrum and Pollock beat Oliver badly, ran into a good position before passing to Caughy, who drew the full back and sent Bullock-Douglas over unopposed to ground between the posts. Pollock goa led.—North 14, South 0. The half-time interval came a minute later. North stepped into the attack at once on resuming and results came immediately. Pollock secured in the ruck and ran through a bunch of Southerners before sending on to Steere who had a clear run in. Pollock's kick missed North 17, South 0. South were soon defending again, the backs being unable to got moving. Canghoy snapped up a dropped pass and galloped away with McLean beside him. When he reached Connolly lie sent a

well-timed pass to the big forward who scored near the posts. Pollock’s luck missed. —North 20, South 0. A mistake in another South rush gave Lilburnc a chance. He beat two men and passed to Solomon, to BuilockDouglas, who showed a clean pair of heels and ran round to score behind the posts. McLean converted. —North 25, South 0.

At last it was South’s turn to score. The ball went to Oliver with something like precision and he completely beat Pollock and went on to send Hart away. The fast winger made a groat run and threw himself over at the corner. Holder converted with a magnificent kick. —North 25, South 5. The next South try came from a forward charge following a high kick and Andrews, Hore and Manchester, together, crashed through the defence. Andrews, who scored, was hurt and McNeifjht replaced him. Holder again goaled.—North 25, South 10.

These two scores heartened the Southerners who battled with new energy. The South forwards were aolc to hold the Northern pack in .the tight play but Kilby , was ever alert and sent his backs away at every chance. The last try went to the brilliant Wanganui winger, Bullock-Douglas, who took up b long, high pass from Caughey and ran over for his fifth try. McLean’s kick missed.—North 28, South 10. Tho South made desperate but ineffective efforts to improve their score in the few minutes remaining. NEW ZEALAND TEAM SELECTED The following New Zealand team has been selected:— Full back: J. Collins (Taranaki). Three-quarters: F. Bullock-Doug-las (Wanganui), T. H. C. Caughey (Auckland), E. Holder (Buller), V. F. Hart (Canterbury), A. Proctor (Otago), E. N. Williams (Hawke’s Bay). Five-eighths: H. E. Pollock and H. T. Lilburne (Wellington), G. D. Innes (Canterbury). Half-backs: F. D. Kilby (Wellington), M. Corner (Auckland). Forwards: J. Hore (Otago), A. l. Cottrell (Canterbury), E. A. Jessep (Wellington), E. Palmer (Auckland), H. F. McLean (Wellington), J. B. Manchester (Canterbury), D. Max (Nelson), E. E. C. Steere (Hawke’s Bay), F. Solomon (Auckland), T. C. Metcalfe (Southland), G. W. Purdue (Southland), E. Clarke (Taranaki) and E. Barry (Wellington).

English Leaguers Beat N.S.W. TEST MATCH TO-DAY Received Sunday, 9.5 p.m. SYDNEY, June 5.Although the English Rugby Leaguers beat New South Wales by 38 points to five, the game was keenly contested. The home team lost Kadwell early owing to a broken leg, but gave the visitors plenty of exercise and put up a valiant fight right to the end. Tho Australian test men for Monday were resting, and most of the Englishmen had not played here before. The local players should have scored several times, but over-eagerness lost them points. In the first spell Sullivan opened the scoring with a penalty goal, while Woods and Hudson got tries, Sullivan converting the latter. The half time scores were: England 10, New South Wales 0. On resuming the Welshmen attacked vigorously and P. Williams, the half back, kicked a penalty goal. Then Woods resumed the scoring for England with a try, which Sullivan converted. Hudson also crossed again, but no goal resulted. The home team pushed the attack in the final stages, but the English defence was sound. In the last few minutes G. Williams crossed their line, but the try was not converted and the game ended: England IS, New South Wales 5. The weather was fine and the attendance was over 30,000., The teams for Monday’s test are:— England: Full back, Sullivan (captain) ; three-quarters, Smith, Brogden, Atkinson, Dingsdale, Ellaby (one to be omitted); five-eighth, Pollard; half, Evans; forwards, Feetham, Hodgson, Horton, Silcoek, White, Thompson, Australia: McMillan, C. Pearce, Wissel, Laws, Wilson, Norman, Gee,.Prigg, S. Pearce, Dempsey, Steinhort (captain), Little, Madsen.