ORAWIA 3, OTAUTAU 0.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 427, 15 July 1913, Page 5

ORAWIA 3, OTAUTAU 0.

Orawia : J. Oosgriff $ T. Chamberlain, G. Ussher, F. Topi ; T. Dnrie, H. Agnew (cap- . tain) ;D. White ; J. Wilson, S. Laurie, W. Durie, W. Chamberlain, J. Liurie, E. Laurie, F. Bates, J. Minty. Otautau : O. Renowden ;A. Thomson, A. Sutherland, N. Saunders ; 0. Robertson, R. Norrie (captain) ; H. Angus ; R. Tapper, A. Lindsay, R. Paterson, W. Brown, T. Egan, J. Lindsay, J. Richards, J. Gow. The first meeting of these teams eventuated at Orawia oa Wednesdoy, both being Btrongly represented. Owing to the late arrival of I some members of the Otautau team, the shades of night were fulling fast m the second half, which was played m semi-dark-ness. Orawia won the toss, and Otautau, who commenced wich two men short, kicked off and immediately attacked strongly. From a line-out Robertson secured and cut m but hung to the ball too long and lost a good chance. The attack was sustained for some time, and from a ' cross-kick .Thomson was (nearly across at the corner, but TOpi saved. Good line kicking by Agnew and White,

coupled with fine forward work, shifted play • for Orawia to the centre, but Otautau came back to the attack and tried hard to set with backs going, a proceeding Orawia fairly successfully stopped by close forward woik. Several shots at goal by Robertson and Norrie did not succeed m notching points, and gradually Orawia's forwards, prominent of whom were Minty, Laurie, Durie, and Chamberlain, worked the ball into the visitor's end aud here Agnew made a splendid attempt to » drop a goal from a penalty, the ball falling under tho posts. The spell closed without further score. Rain was now failing c.ntini'. ally, and the b_ll was very slippery and the foothold greasy, but Otaiil.m continued their attempts to open tho y:mi., Angus sending the ball away from the scrum m good Btyle, but it was not a fit day for the rearguard to get working, and these attempts fell tttroagk very early. Orawia were working very hard at this stage, and tho Otautau backs were thrown off their gauie ny tho strong forwur i rushes of their opponent,-, coupled with m bad state of the ball and ground, until wli«.i I m Otautau's 25. E. Laurie secured from . short low kick and dashed over, althoug > strongly tackled by Ren owdon on the iin Agnew failed with the kick. In a short tim the game was conclude;), Orawia being tn winners 3 points to nil, Mr J. P. Ford controlled the game.