KAMO BEATEN BY CLEVER COMBINATION

Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 3

KAMO BEATEN BY CLEVER COMBINATION

?; 'itoateti was h not very old before spectators could see v that Kamo* were to have a hard row ‘to hoe. In a game in which possession of the ball means so much, it I was essential for the ' locals that they should show some profit ; from set scrums. Instead, Marist heeled from

95 per cent, of them, and, of course, this was a tremendous advantage. It enabled them to make the play, exploit their many and varied tricks on attack, and keep the opposition guessing. It must have been the uncertainty in their minds which caused Kamo to fold up in the second spell and allow the visitors to pile on 18 points while they, , except for one or two occasions, never looked like getting points.

The teams were:— Marist. Glover, Midgley, Haslam, Halsey, Donovan, McLaren, Crocker, Breed, O’Kane, Finlayson, Anderson, McGreal, Bakalich. Kamo. L. Thorburn. Dickeson, Hooper, Joab, Lacey, Hollows, Lenne, Pavies, McMillan, Rockell, Gough, Hartigan, M. Thorburn. , Full of Incident. The first 10 minutes were full of incident. First, the Marisj; forwards attacked hotly, Gough cleared and Glover retaliated with a beautiful liner. Marists were awarded five penalties „,-in a row and were able to keep Kamo hemmed in. The local rearguard, however, got going and a smart burst of chain passing swung operations to half-way. The Marist backs now showed their ability and flicked the ball about in an effort to overcome fine tackling, in which department Lenne was outstanding.

After L. Thorburn had placed Kamo vantage in with a splendid liner, Lenne sold three dummies and, amid excitement, nosed his way to within a foot of the line. Using attack as the best means of defence, the Marist backs fanned out and Halsey raced straight past Dickeson, only to find L. Thorburn a stumbling-block. Then the Marist backs and forwards combined in attractive bursts of in and out passing, which broke down inches short of the line. Lenne effected a clearance and Kamo rushed to the attack, with M. Thorburn prominent. Then the ball rolled astray and Bakalich hopped in and set sail upheld. O’Kane and McGreal handled and. the last-named scored under the bar. Anderson converted, 5 to nil.

Brilliant Run. I ■ ■ .f N Immediately afterwards, Midgley figured in a brilliant run which almost pierced the entire Kamo team. Then he burst away again and this time got across at the cdrner, but in endeavouring to get round behind the posts crossed the dead-ball line. Bakalich and McLaren were to the fore in nice handling bouts and Glover pleased by the manner in which he raced up to chime in with his rearguard. Another splendid burst ' of snappy passing crippled Kamo’s tiefences, McGreal, Breed and Finlayson taking part and Finlay son romping over. Anderson goaled and at orange-time it was 10—-nil. Therp were more points soon after the resumption. Donovan was tackled inches short, after endeavouring to cap off a passing rush, but, in the play-the-ball, Bakalich snapped up and scampered over. Anderson did the hat-trick to make it 15 —nil.

The movement which brought the next try covered the whole length of the field. Kamo were Joab having' figured in a run up the line, but, in a flash, the green and gold backs and forwards were away and swooped downfleld for McGreal to score. Anderson missed.

Then, froJn a scrum close up, Crocker nipped straight through and scored nicely. Again Anderson’s shot missed the mark. The next try was the result of a nicely-conceived opening ,by McLaren and gallop over three-quarters the length of the field by Bakalich. Anderson goaled, 26 to nil. In the closing stages, McLaren dropped a neat field goal frqm the twenty-five to make the final score, 28—nil. Mr Hill refereed.