Another Win for Hawkes Bay

NZ Truth, Issue 1031, 29 August 1925, Page 13

Another Win for Hawkes Bay

Taranaki Trounced

ty goal) to an unconverted try.

The game did not come up to the tandard of this class of Rugby, tne ause no doubt being that Taranaki is weak side and when the Bay was m. commanding position the home piayrs got careless. . Brilliant play was seen m the : nrst jell, Hawkes Bay's backs indulging i many spectacular passing rushes aranaki doing remarkably well m 2 eping the score (seventeen) as low C^Patter'son gave the Bay their ■cond try. Taranaki were being hard •Ksed near their .*°^ lto « W^K /^ rson, instead of picking the. ball up, ,eculated, the ball striking the , n*d>d goal post and Barclay, who follow - 1 up, just had to fall on it. _ J. Blake's try was the result of rilliant handling by all the backs and leserved the ovation it received^ ust prior to this Blake received a ye. y asty kick on the head which could aye been avoided. Taranaki forwards although lighter than their opponents, played a great oame, never letting up for a moment throughout both spells. ■or about half, of the second spell icy had the Bay busy defending and was only through lack of experience hat a couple of scores were not reorded. After gaining an advantage hey c6uld not finish it off as did their inponents. • , • ■*Of a very even pack Baldwin, Ward, nd Kivell were the pick. Their oniy corn came from a forward rush, ibbinson doing the trick. I PenniGll, at full-back, was very 1-eak repeatedly mulling. It was forEi]hate for his side that H.B. did not ■ljiy him more. a /Coulton, on the wing, was easily the mfst of the backs, yet he was hardly H) to interprovincial standard. His Hckling was deadly and sure, as un■dubtedly Bert. Grenside will admit. ■ The All Black, H. W. Brown, is but ■rdinary and one could hardly beliave Re went away as a three-quar.ter only ftst year. Often he had the chance to Rjen up the game but would not atiempt to. With the exception of his line-kicking he was not up to senior lorm m comparison Avith his vis-a-vis, ID. Roberts up to the time he had Bo retire with an. injured rib, played Bt'fcll. Jis did also the other fiveSfehths, D. Johnston. Lynskey, at Hlf, wal mediocre.

Bill Irvine, went on the field suffering with a bad ankle which gave out at the end of fifteen minutes, WyJie taking his place. Hawkes Bay forwards again gave an indifferent display and the school boys who played the cur-tain-raiser could have given them lessons m packing a scrum. fn the open they were always dangerous and would have scored at least twice but fpr Swain getting off-side. This player must have been penalised at least seven' 1 or eight times. Pie was indeed fortunate -in getting a position m the team ahead of Tolley. Nepia played well despite the fact that his leg- was still bad. His linekicking was <a treat, as was also his tackling. "^\ , On one occasion C. Coulton crossed the goal lint, but Nepia with a super-human e|. : ort hurled himself at the would-bejseorer and carried him into touch m goal. For this the crowd gave him a well deserved ovation. ; Of the four wing three-quarters iironside was easily the best. His try when he side-stepped, beating three men, was a dandy. J. Blake, although not . extending himself, played up to his reputation, but once he committed a' most foolish act for a player of his expAence. Instead of .forcing' he ran inro play and iwas collared within a few yards of the goal line and Taranaki all but scored. Barclay, who substituted Corkill, played his best game this season, but he overdid the kicking down the fielcL The Bay, backs are fortunate m having Jimmy Mill as half-back. He got absolutely no protection from his forwards, yet he managed to secure the ball from all manner of tight positions and fed his backs well. Maurice Brownlie was again the best forward on the ground, followed closely by Sam Gemmell. The latter is inclined to hang on to the ball too long and thus be penalised. .For every free kick Bay were awarded, Taranaki received three. With Mark Nicholls's goal kicking to contend against m Wellington the Bay will have to be. on their best behavior. Mr. Bill O'Neill gave every satisfaction as referee both to the players and public. Taranaki players consider "Bill" one of the best iri the land.