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Northern Advocate, 21 August 1929, Page 6

the Maoris forced, Whangarci continued to press and the backs handled nicely, but Hollows knoekod-on. A movement from the base of the scrum saw/the ball travel to Hooper, playing on the wing, and he scored at the corner. He missed with the kick, and the quarter ended: Whangarci 6, Maoris 0, With Fisher leading Whangarci took play right to the line at the start of the final spell, and Hooper missed from a penally in front of the posts. Much of tlio sting had gone out of the play, ■but the Maoris revived interest when Saul mulled and A. Pohe travelled within a yard of the line. Barraelougii drove the invaders back with a good line kick. Most of the play was in mid-field with desperate tackling nullifying attempts at back combination. The Maoris were striving hard to obtain points and when Redwood fumbled iu mid-field their hopes were nearly fulfilled. D. Ferguson used his weight to bustle through and have a race with Storey for a force down. The fullback won and Whangarci cleared. Spectators infringing on the field interfered with a nice movement between Hollows and Saul, and the game ended: Whangarci (5, Maoris 0.

THE MAJOR CONTEST.

HOME- SIDE DR AW FIRST BLOOD,

The sun was shining and the attendance had reached 1500 when the .teams took the field. Hawke’s Bay were the first to attack, but North Auckland, showing superiority in serum work, soon took the ascendant and, eight minutes after the start, B. Morresey ■handed to Bartley, who cut in befoi'e handing on for Anderson to score. Kerr converted.

North Auckland 5, Hawke’s Bay 0. Play settled down to be very even, and after half aij hour’s play a sharp shower fell, making the ball very greasy. North Auckland wont very dose to scoring on several occasions, notably when Barra eh sent the backs away just before half-time, but the spell arrived with no further score. By his splendid handling and clever line kicking, Kerr has kept his line intact, and has been the outstanding player so far.

FINAL RESULT. North Auckland 10. Hawke’s Bay 5.