OTAGO WIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 253, 20 September 1930, Page 1 (Supplement)

OTAGO WIN

DEFEAT OF CANTERBURY. STEADY RAIN AT ; CARISBROOK. Per Press Association. -DUNEDIN, Sept. 20. Carisbrook ground was very wet and greasy for the match between Otago and Canterbury, which was. played in steady rain this afternoon in the presence of 2000 spectators. . The game resulted in a win for Otago by 11 points 'to 3. .. . Otago kicked off and. launched an attack. After ten minutes’, play the Otago wing, McKenzie, kicked the ball across and Giles dashed up and scored. Souter. converted.. ' ? The conditions made, the game essentially a forward one, and in this department Otago predominated. A penalty against Canterbury for handling the ball in. the scrum allowed Souter to kick a goal from straight in front of the posts. Canterbury now played upland the game was more in Otago territory, but the home defence was sound. Faulks, the full-back, and McSkimming were playing a fino game. ' The frequent dives into pools of mud caused much amusement among the spectators, but the players must have been most uncomfortable. Tho game surged up and down the field, the heavier Canterbury pack driving the Otago vanguard before them, but the Otago backs were very reliable. Carleton and Lilburne were playing a great game and strenuously endeavoured to get through, but the Otago forwards kept them back. Otago again made a great rush to the Canterbury line, but from a scrum on the line the visitors forced. Giles showed up in a fine rush, but he could not gather the ball in again. Otago swept down, but Mullan cleared to the twenty-five line. Play came back to the Canterbury line, and a minute from half-time, the ball came out of the scrum. The Otago wingforward kicked it over the Canterbury line, followed up swiftly and scored. Souter’s kick went wide. At half-time the score was:— Otago 11, Canterbury’o.

In the second spell Hodgkinson came on in place of Lilburne. Canterbury immediately took the ball to Otago’s line, but the home forwards soon transferred play to the, visitors territory. The rain had now cleared. The Canterbury forwards, especially