MARIST FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18988, 13 April 1936, Page 11

MARIST FOOTBALL

| THE FltfAL MATCHES SPILLANE CUP TOURNEY I BRENNAN TO GIS BORNE *}r!The fact that both the Gisborne "Smic and the Gisborne Marist clubs Are represented in the final matches ot tie Spillane Cup and Brennan Cup compfetitions, played this afternoon at the Oiral under the auspices of the Marist football Association, was sufficient to etiiure that the attendance would be lajTge. The expectations of the organising committee, must have been fully realised by the crowd which gathered at the mil, and cheered on the. teams m the last two matches during the final session of- the tournament. • -"The earlier match during the afternoon ■tttas between Gisborne Marist and Hastings Celtic, finalists in the Brennan Cup sMes, while the grandstand ground was later occupied by the Gisborne Celtic and Wellington Marist teams, in the last afd deciding match of the. Spillane Cup division.

BRENNAN CUP FINAL WELL MATCHED TEAMS The teams for the Hrennan Cup final awteared to be well matched, on thenpSformances in the elimination rounds ok Saturday, the personnel of the teams being : ,!■'■.„ « . ■listings- Celtic.-D Simon, EColebwok, D. Pullen. F. Scanlan, E. Oalgv, M. Garvev, H. Tomoana, M. Kelly, h. Hannigan," J. Manaena, Calnan, 1. Tawnsend, W. Brigden, H. Meecham. D. Maaka, and T. McHardy ' Gisborne Marist.—Wright, J. Ryan, € Sexton, G. Quinn O■ Fisken, L . Haisman, D. Heeriey, K. O Halloran, R. Qmnn T\ Griffen, R. Julian, T. Monro, W. Ashdown, H. Bean, H. Kirkpatnek The game was played in good conditions though the field was damp from midday rain, and the Gisborne team opened aggressively, carrying play into their opponents' end and pressing there for several minutes, during which the hopes of their supporters ran high aa attack, after attack seemed to fad l>y narrow margins. The Hastings side aeeincW to be-slow in getting under way, but, their forwards began to work well alter 1 iew minute* of play, and they made .the scrum,' and hne-outs, willing tussles ft* possession. Their first real display of d&hgerous form followed a long crossfield kick bv Scanlan, winch G. Quirm, the Gisborne right winger, prevented from going out of bounds, but was unable to secure for himself. Townsem! Hannigan and Pullen followed up the ball fast, and dribbled to Wright, the Qisborne fullback, who was unable to get bis kick away, a scramble following in which M. Kelly almost got over for Hastings, close to the c6mer-Hag. Upborne threw the attack back after a series of scrums, but infringement on the Gisborne 25vds. line gave Hastings a chance at goal, Simon's kick missing narrowly. ... "Hastings kept up the pressure with determination,but a scrum near the ZSyd. iie in Gisborne territory gave the. defending side the ball, and Heeney switched it io the blind side. Haitian making a beautiful opening and Heeney following ik to take his pass. Kirkpatr.ck and (jfrlalloran were both m support, and ttiie lastmentioned made a fine run to tlie Hastings 25yds.. where, however, ho » a wild pass as he was grassed, tlutings inside backs getting the rolling ball and sending it out of bounds, lhe 2§me continued on even terms to the m|Sval, without either side scoringpGISBORNB EFFORT SUCCEEDS ■The crowd got a big thrill out of the early portion of the second half, when Q&borne launched a series ot swift rushes, and opened up a chance for (graham Quinn to use his speed on the right wing. Quinn outpaced two men. blot was trapped on the corner, and he sent in a pass which no one was up dose 'enough to accept. However, a scrum lotlowed inside the Hastings 2oyd. hue, aid Haisman got a quick pass from the W of the Gisborne pack, flashing in ck>s« to the posts and passing to Kextbn. The latter knocked on, but apparently was over the line when the ball went forward, for he followed up and touched down, the referee awarding a try. Heeney took the kick, but missed, and the score stood: — Gisborne Marist 3 Hastings Celtic y The Hastings team seemed a bit unlucky when Gisborne was awarded a second try a few minutes after. A long kick by Haisman was apparently well out of the Marists' reach, but Ryan, the left winger, followed up fast, and when Simon, his opposite number, fell on the ball and merely got his hand to it as it rolled, Rvan swooped down and stopped its roll, ,t"o be awarded a try. Again the kick at goal failed, but Gisbornc's sixnil lead gave the local supporters of the team a comfortable feeling : Gisborne ° Hastings ° HASTINGS RECOVER FORM "In subsequent stages of the play, however, the' Hastings team showed a good recovery of form, and their forwards commenced to get the ball regularly from scrums and line-puts. Tomoana, the Hastings halfback, showed up well in behind the scrum, and his dummies fonnd a ready market, opening up many chances of gaining ground for his team. %WO or three times Hastings were within an ace of scoring, but each time the situation was recovered by the Gisborne side, and the game ended without (py addition to the score, the final result bfllng : Gisborne Marist . ... ... 6 Hastings Celtic \ 0 Mr. N. Tasker was the referee. asSsSB ~. " jeg