RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1938, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

• BRITISH TEAM BEATEN. . ; ;• • (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright;. CAPETOWN, September 21. '• Western Province Country -Clubs defeated the British touring'Rugby teamby 12 to 7.

SOUTH CANTERBURY DEFEATED. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) TIMARU; Sep. 21.}; Tlie Vi ellin'gton touring team - heat South Canterbury this afternoon byl/ points to 6 after a poor; display. The visiting backs, who had fa : go6d share ".. of the ball, were the' deciding faetpir, Sagisson giving , a 'good display ftiid making numerous . openings 'for the wings, who ' were prevented frymi Scoring more 'ftoqueritly/ bhiy 'by'/tiie!’resolute tackling of the forwards. The forwards were evenly matched in the tight, but the visitors %eVe superior in the serums and loose./: ' • For the winners tries were scored by Eastwood, Paterson, Bribn, and Gunn. One was converted by Gilmore, who also kicked a penalty. ! For! the-losers, Donaldson kicked a penalty arid Adkins scored. • R ANFURLY SHIEES tMm. INVERCARGILL, Sep! 21. , The Southland team to pLay' Ashburton in the final Ranfurly Shield match of the .season at Invercargill on Saturday will be:— n . J. Purdue; E. Calvert; «R. G. SuQier- t land, P. Grace; C. ■'K. SaxtonV/i}’- 1 George W. Sherriffs, C. George; (£,• Graham, 81. Herron, S- Purdue, T. 1 Metcalfe, W. L. Crawford. -V A. W. Wesnfiy has been transferred to Dunedin and is not elegible. Saxton, the All Black thlf-back, has completed the necessary residential qualification and will play for » second union In one season.

• VALUE OF LONG PASS. VIEWS OF n 7" MITCHELIj. ' WELLINGTON, September 21., Agreement was expressed by' the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Unibn at a meeting to-night with the views expressed, by: N. A\ Mitchell, the.captain of the All Blacks who toured Ausiii-alia, in fi letter - “written not with the hope of an'y persohal gain, but rather to give something back to the game which has given me a lot.” The burden of Mitchell’s letter was an expression of regret ab the failure of Rugby teatns in New Zealand'-to qmploy the long pass from the base of the scrum. “I think you will agree with-mej§ that the South Africans in 1937 taugb.tr •is the value of the long pass from I ,the base of the scrum,” wrote Mitchell. “We in Australia this • year, V Employed the long pass, and/I . think proved ,to doubting Thomases- that, . for three-quarters f this long pass was' v essential. Yet on returning to Duhiedin' and having seen Otago play four-Ran-furly JShield games, I am, amazed’ .to see that the only side employing this method was South Canterbury -/with Saxtoftv as half-back. To my mind it isH absolutely essential -to employ this long ipass. It therefore seems Vfhat until the present : generation of players grows up, fand. begins coaching, these lessons be'.heeded, for speaking from my- own'; experiences, the greater number of/'the oldergeneration) Seem -to loathe to' scrap : a forniafi6n*? wbicE l wiis sd/suecessful-.in but which was behind ; a 2-3-2-scrum. With the Sofith African tour’xd;close, .arid so much at stake, something shouldj.be done to give our players every chUrice against such formidable opponents.” , .v Members of the committed, expressed themselves as very .grateful to Mitciiell v for his letter, and said they were in complete agreement with his views. The following will represent; Kokatahi to play for- the Cowan Cup at Ruatapu on Saturday Scott, Jones, De Filippi, ,Crofe.(2), Shellock, Monk - , Emergencies: Amberger and Godfrey.