OUT IN THE OPEN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 September 1930, Page 6

OUT IN THE OPEN

NELSON’S QUEST FOR THE SHIELD , * THE SELECTED PLAYERS - / / GOOD PROSPECTS OF RECAPTURING THE TROPHY The seasons 1929 and 1930 have seen the Seddon Shield change hands three times in the last six games, and yet there is one mpre match to be played before the championship of the Marlborough, Nelson, Golden Bay-Motueka, Buller and West Coast districts is decided for the year, and thus the temporary resting place of the Seddon Shield decided. To-morrow morning the Nelson representative team leaves for Westport to pldly’ Buller for the trophy on Saturday riekt. • v : • • Mr W. Watson, the sole selector, has chosen the following to take the field at iWestporti— Fullback: D. Glover. Three-auarters: F. Snodgrass, A. Newmarijß.llusch. Five-eighths: W. Reed, W. Alexander. / Half-back: F. Fowler. > Wing forward: R. Garvin. Back row: Fitzgibbon, A. McLean. » ' •" - Middle row: E. Snow (captain), D. Max,”B. Todd. Hookers: H. Young, Byme. The emergency backs are Thompson A and C. Watson and the forwards H. Bird and S. Higgins. , Summers’ departure from Nelson made it’necessary for the selector to find another hooker and judging by last Satur--1 • day’s match he has found it in Byme, the Rival Club, forward. He is a strong lad, fast in. the open, and able to hook- . Young is as good as ever in the front . • row. The middle row of the scrum contains - some brawn in Todd, Max and SnoW. !" / . • . ; The game Todd played against Murchison, is how not to play against Buller. Now that he is in the pack he can leave' Garvin .to do thb job : in the open. Ris weight will be needed in the tight. Boiler/ will have to watch him in the lodee. ;i' • ' v , ■ ' " the, beginning of the season Max 'was the lucky player- to get into the representative forwards ; now he is a ne- / fcessiry-part of the pack. He has played good ."football lately and shows more .pace, than he used to. . . •; ■ ’Snow is another invaluable man whose experience stands'the Nelson vanguard in gbod stead. ■ " , ' . . . 'There is not a more honest forward in Nelson than FEzgibbon. Though not loves the work. - McLean, the other back ranker, all ■ round, is probably Nelson’s best forward. If there is a try to be scored against Buller McLean will not be far away. ' The evergreen Bob Garvin has been roped in to the representatives again. Garvin has played in every position on the field—backs and forwards—and if .he is. hot brilliant,’he is of the solid, ' sure kind whomever lets his team down. Hie smiling face of “Yorky” is always a good omen to the Nelson team.- . ■ ■ - v Now for the backs—with the material available they could not be improved and R Would not be overstepping -the - mark to sOy that they- are a distinctly superior -. combination than any other set of backs in-the-Seddon Shield .districts this .year. . Fowler and Alexander have not played a ddd gaine together this year and the outride hacks should profit by the speed . and accuracy of this pair. - . ... v :- Reed; hero of-a hundred matches as a representative of Nelson on- the Rugby field;-;Is as safe as a bank and can be r4l>®d 'on to deliver the ball safely to the cutiidebacks. ~ ... ' : r Hie) three-quarter line, compared with ether three-quarter lines in the .Shield : area, looks capable of producing something really good. A. Newman, although he has his off and on days, is always safe at centre, while Snodgrass retains the honour of being our best wing three-. qdatter. Busch is to be congratulated • on his rise from junior to Seddon Shield ltogbsfiti on© year. In the middle of/the season his' fprm was poor, but given a - chance in a representative match _ho made a success of it and since then has played f classy football, verging on bnlat’'times. , With his nearly unstoppable swerve Buller will not need to '.give Him' too much open field to work in. " Glover is a solid, steady full hack who can ’take a gruelling. The team has fast, willing forwards and the selector lias chosen Glover as the most suitable man to deal with them as occasion arises. His handling and kicking is

; The team goes from Nelson -with the besfc ; : wishes of the s footballers and the football enthusiasts'of the district.

SHIELD RESULTS TO DATE The following is a, record of Seddon Shield matches to date:— 1907: Marlborough 9, Buller 9. 1907: Marlborough 14, Nelson 4. 1908: Marlborough 13, West Coast 13. 1908: Marlborough 6, Buller 3. 1909: Marlborough 13, West Coast 6. 1909: Marlborough 6. Buller 3. 1910: Marlborough 14, Buller 3. 1913: Buller 3, Marlborough 0.. **'- 1914: Buller 25, West Coast 8. 1914: Buller 17, Marlborough 6. 1919: Buller 3, Nelson,'3. 1919: Buller 13, Marlborough 5. 1920: Marlborough 21, Buller 13. 1921: Marlborough 8, Buller 5. 1921: Marlborough 6, West Coast 3. 1922: Nelson 16, Marlborough 3. 1922: Nelson 17, G.8.-Motueka 0. 1922: Nelson 13, West Coast 6. 1922: Nelson 6, Buller 6. 1923: West Coast 12, Nelson 8. 1923: West Coast 3, Buller 3. 1923: G.8.-Mot. 3, West Coast 0. 1923: G.8.-Mot. 9, Marlborough 9. 1924: G.8.-Mot. 13, We.* Coast 3. ' 1924: G.8.-Mot. 13, Buller 6. 1924: G.8.-Mot. 14, Nelson 12. 1924: Marlborough 6, G.8.-Mot. 0. 1925: Marlborough 17, Buller 3. 1925: Marlborough 14, G.8.-Mot, 12. 1925: Marlborough 16, Nelson 0. 1926: G.8.-Mot. 10, Marlborough 3. 1926: Nelson 17, G.8.-Motueka 14. 1926: Nelson 16, Buller 9. . 1927: Nelson 23, West Coast 15. 1927: Nelson 18, Buller 11. 1927: Nelson 12, Marlborough 8. 1927: Nelson 16, G.8.-Motueka 5. 1928: Nelson 22, West Coast 13. 1928: Nelson 11, Buller 6. 1928: Nelson 10, Marlborough 10. 1928: Nelson 3, G.8.-Motueka 0. 1929: Nelson 19, West Coast 9. . 1929: Nelson 11, Buller 6. ■ 1929: Marlborough 12, Nelson 6. 1929: G.8.-Mot. 8, Marlborough 0. 1929: G.8.-Motueka 18, Nelson 11. 1930: G.8.-Motueka 13, West Coast 9. 1930: Buller 6, G.8.-Motueka 0. 1930: Buller 15, Marlborough 3. Following is the Shield competition

Points

P. W. L. D. For Agsfc. Marlborough . 25 13 8 4 222 201 Nelson 23 14 6 3 274 210 21 7 11 3 173 184 West Coast ... 13 2 10 1 160 174 G.B.-Motueka 16 9 6 1 132 132