RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4415, 9 May 1939, Page 5

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Conditions at Frankton on Saturday were ideal-there was neither sun nor wind —when Country defeated Queenstown by three tries to two, t,h rteen point? to six. h.elda pack of heavy, hustling forwards, Courtly gave Queenstown no quarter in the first spell, and though: their half-time lead was only -—n l the temio.ial advantage was ea 1 theirs. The Queenstown in de a k were ;.o. linking up, ma my In' farlt of poor handling, and the cam’s ta kli a e; a ly was atroous. Country’- points came from a try by E. Brown, who dived over from "a scrum on the line, and a eat conversion by Lewis. Though Murdoch was banking well the I Queenstown forwards were nearly af- •' ways pushed off the ball and the 1 Country backs had it in plenty, but did nothing effective, mainly thvougn .he five-eighths trying to go too lar. The second spell was much nioie ■ even, with the lighter Qiicens- : town forwards going better ine ! backs, too, began to find their lee-t ! and the game see-sawed from end to end at a good pace. From a loose rush D-akers toed the ball ovei • the lino to score at the corner, and

Lewis’s conversion (a splendid kick) gave Country a ten-point lead. Queenstown then took a hand in the scoring: the forwards heeled smartly and Densem flashed through a gap, R. Anderson scoring. His lack missed. Then it was Country’s turn again. The Queenstown full-hack slipped in gathering a rolling hall and 0. Allen got over in a handy position. Lewis missed the goal kick. Shortly afterwards Mason put a penalty kick high in the air. The Country players obligingly stood off, T. Sanders came up fast and scored between the posts. Robins missed a sitter. There was no further score: The Teams:

Country.—Summers; Downey, Jardine, Dakers; Saunders, Allen; Grant; Campbell, McDonald, I. Brown; A. Robins, Blackmore, R. Brown, Me Lean; Lewis. 1 Queenstown. —F. Sanders; Nelson, R. Anderson, F. Anderson; Densem., Mason: W. Robins; Underwood, Murdoch, Robson; Gillespie, Beilis, Webb, T. Sanders; Lynch.