NELSON VERSUS CHRIST’S

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 21 August 1939, Page 10

NELSON VERSUS CHRIST’S

HIGHER STANDARD IN SECOND HALF In its match against Christ's College, Nelson played below form in the first half, which was in favour of Christ’s College and at half time the score was against Nelson 6-0. But in the second half Nelson teamed to good purpose and, winning the scrums, backs and forwards began to outplay Christ’s College and Bowers scored two fine? tries which left the defence standing for pace and strategy. Nelson in the closing stages made great efforts to win the match and Bowers went across after a good back movement but was called back for an infringement Had Nelson revealed the same high standard in the first half of the game they would have beaten Christ’s. The teams were as follows: CHRIST’S COLLEGE Full-back: E. J. Norman. Three-quarters: S. W. Mills, B. H. Palmer, H. H. Deans. Five-eighths: J. M. Parsons, D. W. Monaghan. Half-back: A. E. Ellis. Forwards: W. R. Dean. H. B. Williams, G. W. Salmond, D. G. Todhunter, A. W. Henderson, P. T. Humphries, M. It. MacDonald, L. J. Castle. NELSON COLLEGE Full-back: T. C. Thorp. Three-quarters: J. M. Brown, J. L. Ching, J. S. Kingsford. Five-eighths: F. J. Bowers (captain), C. W. Loveridge. Half-back: K. IT. Johnstone. Forwards: A. A. Marfell, P. B. Fisher, R. J. Forsyth, B. W. Woodman, C. V. Neale, C. B. Lewis, W. A. Wilson, T. C. Brown. BOWERS THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER Bovvers was the outstanding player of both teams. He showed great penetration in attack and several times had Christ’s College in a tangle with his deft moves. His tackling, as that of all the Nelson boys, was very sound and it was zealous tackling which kept the scores down in the first half when Christ’s were doing most of the attacking. Thorp, at full back, soon settled down and gave a good display. His linekicking and handling of the greasy ball were admirable. There were times in the first half when he had to show stout defence, but he never missed his man. The wing men, Kingsford and Brown, did not see a great deal of the ball but Ching made many fine runs at centre and he and Bowers showed good understanding, while Loveridge was a good connecting link in the second half. Johnstone served his side well at half back, sending out accurate passes and varying his play judiciously. In a hard working pack of forwards Marfell and Forsyth were particularly dashing, being always on the ball. Woodman and Neale did well in the line outs, with the rest giving good support. For Christ’s College Mills played splendidly on the wing while Norman did well at rush-stopping. Ellis, who substituted at half-back, gave a good account of himself. Todhunter, Castle and Humphries were the pick of Christ’s forwards. CHRIST’S LEAD IN FIRST SPELL As mentioned previously. Christ’s did all the attacking at the start of the match with the backs making the play. It was after fifteen minutes’ play when Christ's College won a scrum near half way, and all the backs handled from the half back Ellis out to Mills on the wing who ran hard to score at the Later Mills made another dash but Thorp dropped him with a great tackle. The Nelson backs could not get going, try as they might and a sudden back movement saw the Nelson boys caught out of position and Mills scored a second time. NELSON GET INTO STRIDE AND EVEN THE SCORES Getting right into their stride in the second half. Nelson set about reducing the points’ leeway. Bowers made two grand runs which almost ended in tries. Later, the Nelson forwards rushed play to Christ's 25. Here the Nelson backs won possession and Bowers in a straight dash beat three men to score. The kick at goal was a poster. There was no stopping Nelson now and they raided Christ’s line in wave after wave of attack and there were cheers from Nelson supporters when Bowers again scored. In the last five minutes Nelson made a grand attack and Bowers wenl over the line but was called back for

an infringement and the game ended i in a draw - WANGANUI’S ALL ROUND TEAM WORK BACKS HAVE MORE FINISH The match between Wanganui Collegiate School and Wellington was keenly contested in both sessions of play. Wanganui won because of their better all round teamwork. Their backs had more finish than the Wellington boys. From the start the Wanganui for- j wards gave their backs plenty of ] chances, but they found the tackling of Wellington hard to get past. A fine run by Hammond, the Wanganui winger, saw play surge towards the Wellington line. Here Renshaw. Wanganui five-eighth, cut out a man and raced ahead, passing to Falloon who scored. For the rest of the half Wellington tried hard to score but the Wanganui defence was very sound. In the second half Flaws made three great runs down the side line but was tackled effectively each time by full back Hockin. Wanganui missed two easy penalty kicks but near the end of the game Mackie goaled for Wanganui, the final score favouring them 6-0. PROMINENT IN PLAY For Wanganui Renshaw, Wilson and | Hammond were fine backs, showing l great speed in attack and ability in | defence. Hockin at full back was rock- ‘ like. Mackie and Lamer and Gibbons were the best forwards of Wanganui. Flaws played a great game for Wel- ! lington, while Clarke, Gillings and j Molesworth also stood out. The teams were as follows: WELLINGTON COLLEGE Full-back: B. T. Clarke. Three-quarters: E. M. Flaws, G. J. : Ferguson, W. Porter. Five-eighths: D. F. Mason and S. F. Fauvel. Half-back: O. W. Vaughan. Forwards: H. R. Tatterscll, G. M. Holden. T. C. Gillings, N. Mac, D. Gasi per, T. F. Molesworth, R. S. Lindsay, G. E. Lindsay, M. C. Ongley WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL i Full-back: C. M. Hockin. ! Three-quarters: E. Falloon, R. M. ! Russel, D. M. Hammond. | Five-eighths: H. L. Jones, A. A. Ren- ; shaw. j Half-back: P. W. Wilson (captain). Forwards: J. P. Beauchamp, R. F. Mackie, E. R. Harris, F. G. Beetham, J. F. Austin, H. Lamer, R. Gibbons and M. Farrer. LOCAL RUGBY RESULTS Saturday’s local Rugby football results were:— JUNIOR Regimental 6. Pirates 3. Nelson 8, Rivals 3. ! Hospital 27, Hira 0. Old Boys 3, Rovers 0. THIRD GRADE Nelson 12, Old Boys 0. Rivals 8, Pirates 3.