A DRAWN GAME

NZ Truth, Issue 1229, 20 June 1929, Page 16

A DRAWN GAME

Skull and Grossbones \ Extend Varsity ■■•* (From "N.Z. "'Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) Besides being, one of the finest inter-club struggles seen at r Carisbrook for some time, Saturday's star game between. Pirates r and University A provided something of an epoch m the history of , ■ Dunedin football. ... , TJNABLiE to' cross the students' line, J , Pirates held up their * end "by '.. notching two magnificent field-goals, ' thus running out with an even taily to < Varsity's two trie's (one converted).' Tne split honor's m this" game, and Kaikorai's win over Union bring, the , three leading te'ams-^Plrates,- /Varsity A and Kaikorai— abreast ''(12'* 'points' ' each), with only one more match to the halfway mark m the competition. " *J From bell. to bell there was not a dull

moment, and where science was lacking, real hard football filled the breach. In a word, it was an admirably contested ' tussle for supremacy between two resolute teams, and a drawn game broke an even measure of . the honors. , Prom the outset it was obvious that Pirates were out to clog the students' back machinery. The skulland - cross -. bones . pack was working

Malcolm gave anything, but a convincing exhibition as full-back. , On several •• occasionshe failed to tackle Smith, who is a powerful runner and against whoma slip means disDo n. Stevenson was a" ' las t -1 1 he- of - defence thorn m Pirates' attacks. He played up to "his reputation as a full-back who has an upsetting knack of swiftly turning defence into attack.

on all eight cylinders and the rearguard kept close up. Albeit; wfthln 20 minutes of the start, Dick Webb, Varsity's wing streaker,- was over and round behind the posts for Stevenson to convert. It was a clean bit of work by McClymont that opened the way for Webb.Near half-way, he carved the opposition right out and himself made the greater part of the distance before being forced to hand over to Webb. On the day, McClymont was the pivot of Varsity's attack, and what was seen :" of the ball by the two wingers— «Webb and » Smith — was invariably due to his work. ' That Varsity backs were unable to give 5 0116 Of their characteristic displays of > throwing tlie ball about when and how I they liked, was mainly due to the hook- » ing' by Moore and Hook. .These two seem able to trap the ball four times t>ut o t f I five against any other pair m the co'mi petition. : On Saturday lhey made a real feast of » it and gave Boutrey, behind the; s<\rum. "' some wonderful opportunities .which- : .he . seldom missed. • -• '* *'-•.'■.; - , When, m Varsity's twenty-five soon , after Webb's score.

his; 7 hookers shot the -ball out. froni a scrum, the nippy half and -Giles 'showed a fine sense of anticipation.. 7 Giles was right m position for the pass, which Briutrey turned . round to deliver,'- ahd it was just a matter of coolly dropping a goal. But for his throwing away one sure try by failing to pass when he. had beaten all but Stevenson and was heading for the

posts, Giles played a faultless game. On his. form, he is pretty safe for a dark -blue, jersey ahd a trip through the North Island m September.' Twenty minutes before time, the crowd went mad when JMalcolm potted a wonderful goal- from 35 yards out and a hard angle. The. ball soared high, dropped on the cross-bar and bounced over. Back to Varsity's favor swung the pendulum of fortune, ..when, after a dashing run by Smith, the ball came across and with Pirates badly out of position, McClymont went over m a fair position, but Stevenson failed to ' add the extra points. Within the last few minutes both sides fought grimly to deliver a coup de grace. A penalty i" an easy position gave Pirates a' glorious chance, but Mai corn's kick failed. But for his excellent line-kicking and rel table fielding ■■■•■:•

Both packs had a strenuous time, the ' game taking them .up and down the field I at a merciless pace, with plenty of furious work In the tight. .'■•;.■" ' Hurrlng (Pirates' wing-forward) played a better game than his opponent, Jolly, but. was conspicuous for off-side play.