PIRATES' FLAG

NZ Truth, Issue 1230, 27 June 1929, Page 14

PIRATES' FLAG

Flies At Masthead In Nelson

(Front '.N.Z. Truth's" Nelson Rep.) The Nelson seniors travelled to the. Pirate stronghold at Bright- • water on Saturday ..and there, were upset for the first time this season by Pirates, who ran up a tally of 11 points to 3 against the city team. jUELS.ON were .". the general favorites, but calculations were badly upset, fbr Nelson reckoned without the impenetrable defence of the magpies. Although -Nelson had their share of the ball, the efforts of the Pirates to stop the smooth running of their opponents' back machinery were so successful that only on one occasion were the city men able to successfully cross the' line. ' The. Pirate wing-forward, Stan.. ' Newmah; came' to light with a great -spoiling game, and /helped considerably .In bottling up the Nelson backs. Pirates; hero, and the player who stood" out above .anyone else on the ground, was F. Fowler, the brilliant Nelson representative half, who helped his team out with two spectacular tries. Taylor scored Nelson's only- points. Don.. Max has a happy knack of scoring a try m every game, whether representative or otherwise,- and Saturday's game- was .no exception. - Jn the first round, Nelson put it across Pirates, .and Old Boys drew with Nelson, which allows Pirates, by their, win on Saturday, to take the position at the head of the championship list, leading Nelson by one point. The matches played at Trafalgar Park produced little .of what would be called good football. Walmea were too good for Wakatu, the country; team. running out victors by 15 points to 5. It was easy for Old Boys, with a weakened team, to beat Rivals by 23 points to nil. Only two Waimea backs showed any form at all. , Watson was the bright point, both m attack and defence and pulled his team out of many tight corners. Wells proved, that he is a dangerous attacking man. On several occasions he made up his mind "to give it a go*; on his own, which was justified jvith the poor support he had. C. Newman stood out as the best Wakatu forward. Unfortunately, Wakatu were again Without their leader and captain, J. Grigg.