Stop Varsity's Run Of Victories

NZ Truth, Issue 1282, 26 June 1930, Page 18

Stop Varsity's Run Of Victories

(Prom "N.Z.. Truth's". Auckland Rep.) 1 THE opening of the. second round of ;the *'■ competition saw surprises m two of the games played. ' University ..unexpectedly met their first defeat at the hands of - North Shore, while Wesley gained their third point m the' competition by holding Somerville to a draw. Only St. Lukes played up to expectations and had little difficulty m overwhelming the University Whippets. • As a result of Saturday's play, St. Lukes regained their position at the top of the table and are level with Varsity. After • the defeat .administered v the previous Saturday' by Mt. Eden, North Shore were not expected to "break the students' run, of victories, especially as.'almost every week sees ' a change In the positrons of theShore men, but the team displayed surprising combination among the forwards at times, and fully deserved the points. Norm. Haggett played a rattling game at centre-half, and allowed' the students' line little scope 'm which to settle down to combined play. . • , Anthony and Reid held their line together well, and Shore's passing rushes were a feature of the match, but the whole line requires to watch off-side when they indulge m a raid.* . Their attacks break, down too often through a man getting "m front -at • the critical moment. . • Brown played an unusually solid game at full-back.- Despite his . apparently heavy build, he showed that. he has plenty of pace to foot it with attackers. Wesley's 'draw with Somervilfe only showed how badly disorganised. . the wh.te attack is with E. Watts, . out of the team. While full credit must be given to the play of FTeet and Michel of the WeSley defence' * for their pay, had Somerville possessed one forward with ability .to take advantage of any opening to ram home an attack, the greens would 'not have been able to share the points. C. Watts and Seccombe appeared to fail badly, but this was due to the bottling up tactics adopted by Wesley against these two, for it was obvious that any thrust would come from either Watts or' Seccombe. ' Though the pair strove hard to. swing their line into effective action, they could not shake off the relentless attention of Wesley enough to break through to the goal. '

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