Tiem-keeping

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 16

Tiem-keeping

•THE matter of .' ; iime- keeping m • • our football matches -is one that not infrequently icausies' com- ,- ment. „ ■*'-'3\!ti,& : ~£'- i -*VAt Athletic Park ;t.hece'is. a clock .' which ticks off th'e:'ssec6rids, : ystops . . ticking when there Ms^cJelayVibwing; • to an accident, and'^qes.on^again ; ;; accurately recording, time '•.'•till/ ■'••the forty-five mi nutes> haye ;' teen,.;. re- '.'- • ■■ corded. ■ . ■ ' 'V'".. '■■■{■Vi'/''' ••';■ '^ ■ ■'.-'.■: But on the others ground's.' the \ keeping of time.istie^t ,tp the • feree.' Many of. the^refereeSjvhoW;- ,;..'•' ever, hand 'this : tasl< ; : o^e'r;td 'some ' onlooker. In the. ppfiuon^ofy'fi £:'/■, Truth," this actJon. is.^wronig. > .:' •" When a game is clbse^'it.-is a , certainty some w|J,i maintain {.that - . either short time pr • oveir ( ; ti.m^ has V : been allowed. A certain ■arnouhtpf^' dissatisfaction 'was: evident^ fjn'^ne.v gajme on. Saturday j^i^Kefr^vil^y of \(v thls ; '"practice. ■ "''* ' '^y-' ■„-■ "-■.■■■■-<-:i\, The referee is 'inrcharge. of. -the game and . he should not relegate his Responsibilities to .others^ ;j v |(||||||IIIIIINIIIIIIlllllIllllllllMMIIIIIIIlllllMlllln!lllll*l!UllllllllllllllIII|l!llll)IIIIHI what pleased that Heasde'w^qH'"'.^ -ndt in-: ; eluded for, with PortGtv;#bsent; the -Ijlue' and blacks will require 'the ';assi*tancfeyp/ this .brilliant full-back^lfi;tlTey;^6;^tp'.;r.c-: tain their .'position m the- pjiartipibrt^hin; > Huxtable, the ex-HaWkes Bay wj'nger, was seenMo f!istinct ; aclyjahtag'e. V He &ave,^ perhaps, his best display' since 'cpmiiig id: Wellington. Hartwell outshone his vis-a-vis, Jpggers, behind the scrum. : It was, really no faqlt of Hartwell's that Atnietfc did not register a larger score: for he gave his backs the ball In the i correct style ■■': whenever^;he.v got possession, ' "' After Porter, the best of the forwards, were Fraser, Kearney, Adam, Berry', and Watson. Athletic packed well m the scrmn and their work: m. .the loose was good. '.'■■■•• ' ■- '■!•;■. :: ' :; ;y f■• ■•• : ' : - > v A great deal of time was lost through scrums being set and., re-set. In; this respect. Porter was the man who was responsible for most of the delay. The referee appeared to be.too. lenient m dealIng with what is really' a-breach of -.the: rule's.: ' . ./■ ■.-■■.■..-■;■■• '■.','.■;-._ ■ Shying the bair right. through the. scrum, or banging it against the legs /of^the front row men is not the correct method of putting the ball, into fthe scrum." Strict referees may be satisfied with letting this breach go unpunished once, but never twice. It was done far too frequently oh Saturday. . The 'Wellington forwards, as a pack, went particularly ■ well throughput the whole game. The hooking was clean and the manner m ' which the men came away from! the . scrums denoted good coaching:: .. ■ . . Stanley, . Lewis, More, Phillips, - Nicol, Noakes, Rathgen and Thorn- : ,ton are all prdrnlslng lads. They, . : stuck to the hard task right to'ithe:... final bell.' :''■:'■:■''-. >■ . -.;;■; ■' / .fc s.'&}. Wellington backs were never ; r;; mto stride m the'flrst: spellVand even '.the cbnd spell was far advanced befbreithey. wbrßed into anything like cpmblnation. s Lance Johnson was seen at his best, his defensive work, -especially m the first spell, saving his side time and again. ■ Wright; -Syho had been making heaps of i rtistak6s rose to the occasion, with a spectacular try. Pryde, on the.; opposite wingi'^did; likewise, thpugh throughout this playeiv was always going well; • aicl>aren and Webb also bucked up and ■participated m some effective, passing. Jaggers, the half, was never strong, but h'ei improved ..'. ih: the- last quarter of , an tiowr.-:^',-'fy-- '.' '■■;.. ;• "■,' ; ; : - ,- : .-; x: ');'■'■■.■:■■ % - Join^^Mi^ihiy'f ullrback, was never