Kensington Return To Form

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1938, Page 3

Kensington Return To Form

Kensington showed something of a return to form when they defeated Kamo in the game at headquarters. Although the personnel of the team was much the same as the previous week, the backs exhibited much of that improvement in combination which had been iacking. and tbe manner in which they handled a greasy, sodden ball on the heavy ground was a credit. Kamo turned out a very weak team in the back division, and the score was 6—2 against them at the end of the first half, but the second spell saw them wake up and make the game a battle. Kensington, however, broke through to secure two more tries as against Kamo’s one.

Kensington’s tally came from two tries each by Jim McNeill and Abbott, while for Kamo, Jack Taylor scored a try and goaled with a penalty. The game started at a slow pace. Kensington opened the exchanges with a forward assault, but Gough and Murray opened up play and at the head of Kamo forwards took the leather close to the home team’s line. Within a few minutes, however, the visitoi’s lost the services of Laurie Thcrburn, full-back, who was foi’ced to retii’c as the result of a knee injury rece’ved the previous week. Fi’ew the custodian’s position, but was not at all at home there.

Kensington backs carried the ball deep into Kamo ground, where the forwards finished off the movement, McNeill diving'across. Tauri was largely responsible for Kensington’s second success, gathering in in midfield and bolting down the sideline almost to the line. From a scrum McDonald snapped the ball out for Abbott to go over. When Kamo were awarded a free kick close to Kensington’s twentyfive, Taylor, raised the flags with a great effort right from the sideline. Following up when Harold Parkes attempted a long penalty goal. Kens-

ington looked like another score, but Tayicr cleared with a run to half-way. Kensington backs wont away in a passing, bout, and Abbott cut in past two men before being grassed by Lenne, Early in the second spell Hooper retired from the field, and Kamo was a badly-depleted teain. .Kensington swept to the attack and soon had Frew bottled up under the posts. Abbott came up fast to gather in the ball from a clearing kick and went over in a manner which made it look easy. After being held for a long spell in their own ground, Kamo made a break and Plarry Murray, who had been knocking at the door, took the ball down the line. When he was emptied out McMillan carried on and Taylor added the finishing touch to score close to the posts, but failed to add the extra points.

Kensington came again and Abbott had only to fall on tbe ball in the corner to score, but elected to pick up an’d run under tbe posts. In doing so he crossed the dead ball line.

Kensington kept playing to Kamo’s weak defence and this gave them their final score when McNeill short-punted to the line and followed up to score at the close of time. Mr. R. Scotl was referee.