Rugby Notes

Hutt News, Volume 16, Issue 5, 1 July 1942, Page 5

Rugby Notes

iil'TT X: AK.MV {» l'la\ed under perfect condii ions, tile Hutt Army game provided some good football. The local forwards played a line game. overshadowing the Army pack in all derailments excepting line-out play, where matters were iu favour of the visitors. The visiting backs were unable to get going' until the dying stages of the game when they almost. pulled tiie match out of the /ire. ( T p to this point Hull had done most of the attaching. In the iirst half Army rarely touched Unit's twenty-live but in spite of ibis bad a lead of three points at half time, per medium of a penally goal. In the early part of the second spell Army notched a try. To (his Hint replied with two tries in quick succession, one being converted to! give them an eight to six h ad. Hull kept up the attack, coming within] an ace: of scoring on several occasions. As iuditated, tiie visitors attacked strongly during the last ten minutes without result. Only desperate tackling by lluti kept litem out. NOTES Of the 11 tin. forwards none went better than Haigh and Cooke who played splendid games. Haigh again showed ability to rake 'I he ball, a

department in Vviiicl; he has not been beaten this year. All of the forwards gave of their best, rucking and scrummaging fiercely and bunching togeiher in effective loose rushes. The only fault noticeable was in the scrums, where the ball again had a, tendency to come out too rlowly. In the line-outs Ilaigh .Marsden and Cooke did best. King was again tii'-d out behind 1 Full's scrum but 11:• < 1 flu: bad luckto suffer a damaged wrist early in tin- game when making a. diving tackle to upset the Army's hurdling winger, Donovan. Up to this monipnl King had shown up well. One iine run round tie: blind side of the scrum caught Army napping. Mad he been supported a try would.have resulted. Dunn took over after King wont. oil". lie played his usual solid game, covering up well on defence and harrassing the opposing] half to good purpose. in an attempt to get. some combination near the scrum Cul.hrie was brought in to first five eighth. I!rant coming to second. The change was a distinct success and even better results can be expected from more match play. (Irani seems more at home at second doing some good attacking work. Millard again showed up strongly at centre where he had to mark Donovan who had been shifted from the wing. Me was not. able to gel past Millard who had the greater speed. Hull wore well served on the wings by two Army players, Kout and liligh. The forme;- marked a hard man in Stevenson very effectively. IHigh was more than a match for Thornton. Symons played soundly at full back. His line kicking

was reasonably good but not up to the standard of Davis, the Army custodian. LOWKII (iICADHS JUNIORS X—ARM Y X Pour!lis defeated Old Boys 11-:). The Hutt. boys showed very good form in this match which was expected to be a ha I'd one. The local forwards, however, rose to the occasion and got well on top of the opposing pack. With a good supply oi: the ball the Hutt backs should have scored more tries. The ball did not reach the wings often enough, due to faulty han<Uing by the insides. With two powerful and strong running wingers such as Rariti and Cairns, the live-eighths should concentrate on quick and accurate passing to the Hanks. Fifths defeated Taita 9—o. This was rather a patchy game due to Taita's spoiling tactics. The losers have some promising boys but played as individuals instead of as a team. No doubt lack of adequate training facilities renders it difficult to concentrate on team work. The 1-1 utt backs were too good for their opponents by reason of better handling and sounder positional play. In the forwards Fawcett, Burton, Angus and Jane worked very hard. Some of the others played Loo loose in the rucks. Of the backs, Mooney. O'.Sullivan, Clark and Hoare were the best;. Sixtii A Hull a by*;. Sixth B. Porirua :>—Hutt B nil. These boys played about three short so did well to keep the score down to three points. There are 17 players available for this side but some boys are failing to turn up for the matches. We request, all those who lind they are unable to play on Saiiinlays because of sickness, etc., to notify the Secretary so that steps can lie taken to fill their [daces. | We have to thank Mr. A. F. Thompson for a donation to the H. I{. Parsonage, Club Captain, M. Hunt, ftl.h grade coach, went into cami) last week. Brian Kellesv prereeded them by about a week. Mr. J. .Mooney, an old representative player, has* taken over I lie fifth grade team and Mi - . Kob McKay is assisting .Mi - Baker with the senior team in place of Mr. Killeen. I )es. Barry, who injured his. leg while playing' for the senior team last year is at. present, convalescing' after an operation on this leg. We

hope lie will he able to don the football jersey again. ILe is now serving Ihe forces. ROLL Oh" HONOUR J. Lynch, who played for the Mult, seniors in l!K!l, was killed in an air raid on Malta on :ilst March last. lie was fourth engineer on an overseas steamer and had been reported as wounded at .Malta early in the present year. We assume that he was in hospital when killed. Jim Lynch was a fine forward of splendid physique. We regret his pas'ing and extend our sincere sympathy to his relatives. jM ISS L\'<! OX AIR OPERATIONS Sergl. ClilT lirailey was reported missing as indiiated early last week We sympathise with his parents and family in their anxiety, and trust that better news may be in tstore. L