Kamo Eliminate Kensington

Northern Advocate, 22 August 1938, Page 9

Kamo Eliminate Kensington

Kamo, who came to light towards the end of the senior championship to beat both the ultimate winners and the runners-up, City and Hxkurangi, achieved another success in the early game at headquarters on Saturday, when they eliminated Kensington In the senior knock-out.

The game was net of a spectacular nature, both teams being short of a few of their regular players, but Kensington were worse off in this respect, and theirs was something of a scratch combination. A few of Kensington’s men, notably Abbott and E. Child, performed well, but did not receive sufficient support. Kamo played quite a good game and held a big territorial advantage. There was no score in the second half. Kamo Score Early. After a few moments’ indecisive play in the opening stages, Kamo forced the position and Hooper gathered in cleanly to carry play deep into Kensington ground, where J, Taylor missed an easy opportunity of opening the score with a penalty kick. Kamo maintained the pressure, and although, Abbott temporarily cased the situation with a good run through half the team, Kamo backs were not to be denied. They came into their stride, and W. Lester and Hooper went away ip a fast dash which sent the latlei 1 over wide nut. J. Taylor failed to convert.

Kamo continued to attack, and n series of short thrusts brought thorn right on to the Kensington lino, whore from a forward scrimmage Taylordived over Hooper failed to raise the flags.

Kensington backs staged several attempts to get away, but made no headway until Hadley sent on to Abbott, who neatly dummied his way through several players, but Rutherford could not take his pass. Kamo’s next score was spectacular. Taylor broke away from a loose scrum in midfield and, beating E. Child, the Kensington full-back, sprinted half the length of the field, touching down just as he was taken by Abbott. Hooper’s conversion was a beautiful effort.

Kensington wore getting the best of the ball from the scrums, buf the backs were standing flat-footed, so that Kamo had little difficulty in penning them in their own half. After another period of indeterminate play in midfield, Kensington rallied in the closing stages of the first spell, and the whistle found them fairly deep in Kamo ground for the first time during the game. The half-time score was 11—0 in Kamo’s favour.

The opening exchanges of the second half were at a stow pace. Each side was seeing an equal share of the ball, but could not do much with it on account of stiff tackling. Finally Kensington worked down to within striking distance, Hooper clearing from a difficult situation. Kensington maintained the pressure with a forward assault from which Taylor cleared. Securing in midfield, Child brushed off several ladders, to send on to Abbott, who could not get the ball away, and the team was unlucky when Dave Parkes got his backs going in a pretty movement which looked like a score, but winch was not finished off. Kamo came back to the attack when Lenne broke away from a mid-field scramble with Taylor in support. They did not get far, and play remained indecisive just inside the Kensington half. Kamo hooked from the scrum and tire backs staged a sortie, but G. Baker intercepted and put in a del n> mined run before being downed. Time sounded immediately afterwards with no fm’ther score, the game ending:—Kensington 11, Kamo 0. Mr J. Hills was the referee.