South Africa Again on Top

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7246, 28 August 1933, Page 7

South Africa Again on Top

Auslralians Beaten 11-0 in Fourth Test HOME FORWARDS DOMINATE PLAY United Press Association—By Electric Tolcgraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. CAPETOWN, Aug. 26. There was warm, breezy weather for tho fourth Rugby Test, played at Port Elizabeth, wheu South Africa beat Australia by 11 to nil, the half-time score being s—o.5 —0. Twenty thousand spectators were present. Turner and Venter were unable to play owing to injuries. The first spell was uneventful, the Africans using the line and winning most of tho scrums. Poor place-kicking by Cowper cost the Wallabies points. After 25 minutes’ play, White scored a spectacular try, which Osier converted. In the second spell, do Villiers, who had suffered a head kick, came on again and Billman, owing to an ankle injury, joined tho pack, Sturtridge replacing him as fly-half. Tho Springboks continued to dominate the play through their forwards. S. Prouw scored a try, Osier failing with the kick, and Brand landed a penalty goal. The Australians wero mostly bottled up in their own territory.

Tho results of the first three Tests were: First, South Africa won by 17 points to 3; second, Australia won by 21 points to 6; and third, South Africa won by 12 points to 3. Ragged Play in WairarapaSouthland Game TOURISTS WIN BY POUR-POINT MARGIN Per Press Association. MASTERTON, Last Night. In a fast, but for the most part ragged and uninspiring game tho touring Southland Rugby representatives defeated Wairarapa yosterday by 15 points to 11. Playing conditions were almost perfect, but noither side appeared capablo of producing anything approaching decent representative standard. Wairarapa gave a very disappointing exhibition, while for the greater part of the game the visitors failed to tako advantage of tho many opportunities offering as a result of breaks by their opponents. Play early centred in Wairarapa territory and a penalty for a scrum infringement gave the visitors a chance to open their account. The ball, however, hit the bar and rebounded. Southland’s forwards wero associated in a strong Tush that took play deep into the Wairarapa twenty-five. Stringfellow relieved the situation, but the visitors came again and Sharpe secured from a loose scrummage and potted a neat goal. Southland increased their score about half-way through the spell, when Sharpo broke through a gap and sent Mitchell away. The winger was hem up, but he got a pass away to Smith, who scored. Purdue missed. Wairarapa improved considerably in the closing stages and just beforo tho interval Stringfellow made a fine opening, to send Tilley racing goalwards to score. Tilley missed the kick. Wairarapa completely dominated play on tho resumption, but it was oniy a spasmodic effort and the standard of play soon deteriorated again. With play in progress three minutes, Fitzgerald found a gap for a nice short punt and Tilley followed up fast to secure and touch down. Hemi missed. Shortly afterwards Southland forwards broke away and several of the backs joined in, for Mitchell to score. Sharpe failed with tho kick. A period of even but desultory play was broken when Purdue finished off a Southland forward rush with a try, which Sharpe converted. A minute before time Howard and Devine broke away and the latter kicked over the head of the Southland full-back and Hemi followed up to score and convert. —Southland 15, Wairarapa 11.