REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19335, 27 May 1937, Page 7

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

WIN FOR WELLINGTON • TARANAKI BEATEN 11—9 (Fer Press Association.) HAWERA, last night. Wellington defeated -.Taranaki in » representative Rugby match to-day by 11 point's to nine. The match was played at Hawera be fore a record crowd in perfect footliall conditions. Wellington to-day was superior in the hack division, but it was more than held in the forwards. Taranaki's weakness was the inside backs, who could not'get the ball In .Sullivan and Smith often enough. Taranaki gave good service from (lie scrum, but Andrews was round on Brown before the latter cotdd get lus pass away. Le Quesne, Veitch, and Had Fer.'proved a thorn in the side of Taranaki, cutting through effectively and handling cleanly in comparison with their opponents, whose passes were slovenly. • • ■'•.'• "■ ' Wellington, opened, its account when Leahy burst.through to send Burns over. The next try came almost immediately when f.e Quesne heat Brown and Hunter badly, and sent Andrews across. Bollock converted.

Sullivan scored for Taranaki early in the second spell, after Smith made an opening. Wareham crossed in the corner shortly afterwards, but the try was disallowed. Taranaki attacked strongly till Le Quesne cleared. Wellington followed up. Pollock kicking a penalty goal. Hunter made an opening for Sullivan to add another try in the corner, the final try being added on time when Ford outstripped the opposition to score in the corner. The teams were: Taranaki: Richards, Smith, Sullivan. Ford, Hunter. 'Brown, Arnold, ,McLlenaghan, O'Dowda. C'oull, Smith. Richards, Fastier, Gargan, Fowler. Wellington: Pollock. Burns, Hudson. Wareham, Veitch. Le Quesne. Sadler, Andrews. Devinp. Guy, Pringle, Wells. Leahy. Lambotjm, O/igley.

N.Z. EXECUTIVE 'MEETS

SPRINGBOKS' MATCHES (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union .met to-night and decided to extend the date tor' provisional nominations for the inter-island and New Zealand trial matches to June 15. The Otago University Football Club's

request for ;i New Zealand University match with the Springboks, which was referred from the lion. W. E. Parry to the executive, was received without com incut. As the request of the Otahuhu Railway Workshops for permission to invite an Australian workshops team to tour New Zealand involved a matter of policy, it was referred to the New Zealand council. Acknowledging a welcome from the Rugby Union, Mr. C. Wilford Brown, manager of the visiting English soccer team, replied: "We hope to emulate in this country your doings in the Old Land.''