SOUTHERN JESTED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23204, 31 May 1937, Page 5

SOUTHERN JESTED

PIRATES' GOOD SHOWING A large crowd witnessed the, game at'Carisbrook.between Southern and Pirates. The forwards 4 were; i airly well matched, and the souths end rearguard j frpnrV? effective passing movements.. The lollqws:— •• ; '; .^outHern.-^Bacics^olton,' Black, Smith,. Churchill, .TV'Trevathan,;'; p. Trevathah„ Simon - ; ForwardsrpLaw- ' son,' Quaid, M'Donald,,: Tyrie, HHI, Neiper, Niven, Wrbblehski. Pirate's.—Backs—Taylor, M'Lachlanir Bathgate, Gaffaney, .Harkess; forwards —J. Mahoneyi'r Graham, Neilson, Parkhill, Clode, Beadle, Shand. SouthernVkicked off from the Car'end; and -;Mahpny marked nicely a short; punt by, D.. Trevathan. ..Play was soon at the Blacks' twenty-five,; and Sim on picked up snifartly near the sideline con his right Wing and passed infield, and NeipW and; Smith carried on the movement." Smith -.'then, gave Churchill, on the left :w-ing, a clear run in, the Blacks having been caught out of position, but the Southern three-quarter knocked on. The' /.Colours' forwards tried again, Gaffaney punting back to the halfway line. Gaffaney again tried the short punt,, after getting the ball from Harkess at mi'dfield,..and Bolton was caught with the ball., A penalty kick ytOftSouthern,lifted the pressure. The Pirates front row— Mahoney, Graham and Neilson—were winning the ball from the scrums, and Gaffaney was exploiting the short cross punt, but Bolton, was fielding the ball well. Two welljudged punts in quick succession by Gaffaney, -had Southern defending hard oh'their line,' and compelled them to force. r<SOod work by Bolton put;. the Colours'bn attack, and Taylor,and M'Laehlah joined inVpassing, play resting'at midfield. .A,,clever cut in by T. Trevathan" enabled him to beat the defence' badly, but he threw the ball away wildly when near the line. A scrum was formed, and Taylor punted the ball out near halfwav —a great kick. The Black forwards were playing with great dash, and the. Southern backs could not come-intq, effective action., Black v/ell ''taken .'by RTLachlan, and thW"Blaick forwards thep • swept tlitoughtathe 'Colours' twenty-five. Gaffaney was .still trying the short crt?S#; o(mt after 'getting . the ball fsgrn Harkess, but Bolton . was usually handy to hold up the.thrust. Nefpetf secured ..the ball"'-near 'the. iiPf(!;side line and kicked into midfield,:' and, MahQny,snapped MP tne ball and raced through the. defence.: . He punted when he came to Bolton, ■ but the latter turned quickly and got back to kick the ball over the claad ballline. Play was fast, with the Black pack well holding the opposing vanguard. Black was well tackled by Taylor as he tried to go through at the end of passing. Quaid showed up in. a fu.e loose rush and Black was again well tackled. A scrum was formed on the ensuing line out. Simon passed to D. Trevathan, to T. Trevathan, who cut the defence in two and scored near the posts. D. Trevathan kicked a goal. ■ Southern 5 points, Pirates nil. There were only a few minutes to go to half time, Churchill making a .ereat dash along the stand wing and being caught near the goal line. The Southern forwards went at once to the attack on resuming, and D. Trevathan potted without success. Simon was doing a, lot of saving for his side, but his outside backs could not gain grouhd on attack. Gaffaney short-punted from a scrum, and Taylor ran up after fielding the return and passed to Geary on the wing. Geary crosskickedy and M'LachJan secured and Was pushed out near the stand

corner. From the throw in Graham secured and forced his way across. Taylor missed the goal kick. Southern 5, Pirates 3. Play had slowed up, and the forward play was more solid than spectacular. Beadle led a Pirates' rush, and shortly after Black was well tackled as he tried to go over on the blind side. Bolton potted without success, and Taylor stopped Black as he tried again to force his way over From the : . throw in M'Donald .scored, \;D. Trevathan missing with the" goal kick. Southern 8, Pirates'3- . - • In the closing stages of the game D. Trevathan had another unsuccessful kick with a penalty, and Gaffaney made a great run and.passed to Mahony, who was stopped at the corner. Mahony made another good run shortly after, and the final whistle went with play at midfield. ' Southern' .. .. 8 points Pirates •• •• 3 points Mr N. Tilley was the referee.