LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Northern Advocate, 18 October 1933, Page 5

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

ST. GEORGE TEAM’S TOUR. RESECTS AND SOME DEDE CTIONS. (Special to "Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. The St. George (earn, which concluded its northern tour of New Zealand and is now eu route back to Sydney, ■won four of its seven matches. Two ol its wins welt 1 against combined cottiitrv district chilis in South Auckland and in Taranaki. Of live matches played against Auckland City clubs, the tourists won two. In view of next year’s programme, the position is one of interest to North Auckland players and supporters. As the visitors were runners-up in the club premiership of New South Wales, tin 1 tour has demonstrated not only that chib play is well on the upgrade in this Dominion, but that it compares very favourably, as emphasised by the Bt. George manager and coach, with the standard of play in the metropolis across the Tasman. From an Auckland point of view, the best matches of the St. George team were the first against Devonport, when the “Dragon slayers” gave a fine exhibition of systematic team work to win decisively, the contest wifh Alnrist Old Boys, who rose to the occasion in line style, and the final match against Richmond Rovers, who are to be congratulated upon two worthv successes over tin l visitors.

Two evident points learned from the tourists were the sharpness of their attack once the ball was won from the scrums and the instant dash with which their forwards broke away in handling movements, swerving their backs into action. On Saturday, bv this means, St. George almost pulled the game out of the lire. The result of the fonr'in detail is as follows: —

St. George beat: Do vonport, .10—S; Richmond heat St. George, 1.4 —S; diarists heat i,St. George, 2.1 —11; St. George beat combined South Auckland Clubs, 17 —1; St. George heat combined Taranaki Clubs, 22 —14; St. George beat Newton Hangers, ,‘lo—2.'l; Richmond beat St. George, .1—.4. Auckland clubs, for three wins to two, scored 7-1 points to 71. On the tour St. George registered 110 points, with 9.4 against. The point scorers for St. George were; —Martin, 1 tries, 1,1 points; Carey, one try, 0 goals, 1.1 points; Killiby, 4—l, 14; Robinson, I—4,1 —4, 11; Brennan, .4—o, <); Rutherford, .4 —0,9; Hayward, 4 —o, 9; Fairall, 2 —l, S; Sproustcr,2- —0, (5; Daly, Hollingsworth, Kelly and Rice, one try each, and Ward one goal. The outstanding back of the visiting team was the winger, Martin, with Daly the best half-back, though Carey showed up in the (iual contest. The full-back was prominently consistent, and Ward showed glimpses of ability. Mork, the Newtown player, impressed as a back of exceptional merit, but was injured. Killiby, Fairall, Rutherford and Hayward were good forwards.