RUGBY

Southland Times, Issue 22345, 9 June 1934, Page 14

RUGBY

TO-DAY’S FIXTURES RUGBY PARK OLD BOYS v. PIRATES. At 2.15 p.m. INVERCARGILL v. ALBION. At 2.45 p.m. AT MATAURA STAR v. MATAURA. At 3 p.m. NEXT SATURDAY’S GAMES. RUGBY PARK INVERCARGILL v. STAR. PIRATES v. MATAURA. AT GORE. OLD BOYS v. ALBION. REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES. July 21, Saturday.—Sub-Unions’ game, Southland v. Otago, at Invercargill July 28, Saturday.—Southland v. Hawkes Bay, at Invercargill. August 15, Wednesday.—Southland v. Canterbury, at Invercargill. August 18, Saturday.—Southland v. Otago, at Invercargill. August 25, Saturday.—Southland v. Otago, at Dunedin. September 1, Saturday.—Southland v. South Canterbury, at Invercargill September 12, Wednesday.—Southland v. Wellington, at Invercargill. September 19 Wednesday.—Southland v. New Zealand Maoris at Invercargill. September 29, Saturday.—South Island v. North Island, at Dunedin. NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By “Onlooker.”) In view of Albion s improved form prior to last Saturday’s games the result at Gore last week came as a bit of a surprise. According to reports the Albion forwards made the mistake of allowing the Pirates backs to get too much ball. Instead of making a mess of things the black backs shaped well and played a big part in turning the scales in their favour. . Pirates’ success renews the interest in the Galbraith Shield Competition. After their defeat at the hands of Invercargill it looked as if the premiership issue would be fought cut between Old Boys and Albion. Now Pirates are in the party again, and if they can repeat their first round performance and defeat Old Boys again this afternoon they must be regarded as having a first class chance of again winning the

honours. Old Boys managed to defeat Star for the second time but in the doing they played their poorest game for the season The White forwards were not to blame. They played their part well in subduing the Star pack. It was the backs that let the side down. Time after time Mitchell and Wesney got Old Boys into trouble with partly completed stunts and some shocking (for them) handling. It is good to see this pair working out and practising moves which are likely to give the side an advantage but the idea can be overdone. Especially if there is any uncertainty about what is going to be put over. When the Old Boys’ backs were making so many mistakes Star had glorious opportunities to get in and win. They showed little or no enterprise and the result left them on the losing end at the finish. . All round the game was a disappointment. Star failed to live tip to their early promise and, feven though they fielded a depleted side, they showed none of the form which threatened to make them a serious contender for championship honours. In addition to Wesney and Mitchell having their day off Hislop added to the general failure of the backs with a drab display of flat-footed passing which if anything favoured Star rather than his own backs. Hislop has played much better games and he doesnt need to be told that a first five should be on the move to receive passes from the scrum. Old Boys will have to speed up at this point to have a chance against Pirates to-day. One pleasing feature about a poor Star display was the return to form of L. Stubbs, a former representative winger, who took Sievwright’s place on the wing and showed, up budding representative wingers with his dash and anticipation of the play. Stubbs has been playing in the Star pack this season, but there is no doubt about it he is a back and will serve Star better as a back. Perhaps the spell has done him good. With the full backs about showing such poor form this season Stubbs would have been well in the running. It is not too late for him to start playing full back and as young Taylor, the present Star full back, is leaving Invercargill here is his chance. Attention to kicking and tackling will give him a good chance. The Invercargill-Mataura game was interesting if ragged and served to show that individual dash consistently applied is a worrier likely to upset the best of combination. Halfway through the second spell it looked as if Blues would win comfortably but they reckoned without the staying powers of the Mataura men and in the final stages found themselves staring at defeat. A win for Mataura would have been very popular. They play hard football and infuse plenty of dash into their play. All that is needed is a. bit of combination to make them a fair side. On Saturday the scrum half was given a good service from scrums but he fired chance after chance in the air with some cannon ball passes hurled all over the place. McGowan’s huge kicking was a feature. Both at punting and goal kickin's he got tremendous range. The goal he°landed from a penalty was a beauty. G. T. Nolan, the Canterbury fullback, who is being hailed as New Zealand’s next All Black full-back broke his arm in a club game last week. This will probably end his chances for a trip to Australia this year. Rex King, Canterbury and South island forward, played his final game in New Zealand at Christchurch last week, preparatory to departing for England where he will follow his profession in future. Nominations for the South Island trial match to be played at Oamaru on June 27 will be sorted out shortly. Southland’s nominations will probably include G. B. Purdue, R. Berry, N. Mitchell, T. Metcalfe, Les George and A. McKay. Herbie Smith, who played for Star in a few games last season, is reported to be playing a fine centre three-quar-ter game for Southern in the Dunedin competition this season. According to Dunedin critics R. Silver (full-back) and A. Francis (half-back) threaten to dispose J. Taylor and. H. Simon from their respective positions in the Otago team this season. The dates of the New Zealand trials this season are as follows:—.June 27, South Island, at Oamaru; July 4 North Island, at Wanganui; July 7, North v. South trial, at Auckland. The New Zealand team for Australia will play eight matches on tour, six in New South Wales and two in Brisbane. There will be two Tests against Australia, -both at Sydney. _ Ray Pickering, wno captained the Western team against Town No. 2 on Monday, has a fine record as a subunion player. He has played for Eastern, Northern and Western when each of these sub-unions has held the Sports

Trust Cup. In addition he has represented Southland as a three-quarter and toured with the Maroons in 1929 and 1931. For the representative match against Wairarapa, Auckland’s sole selector (Mr V. R. Meredith) has taken the bold step of playing the ex-New Zealand representative, Ron Bush, in the forwards, L. K. Heazlewood securing preference to him as last line of defence. Bush has the physique and dash to make a useful forward, and it will be interesting to see how Mr Meredith’s experiment turns out (says “Hooker” in the Dunedin Star.) When the New Zealand team toured Australia in 1920, “Scotty” Baird, well-known Southland forward, was once or twice called upon to fill aposition in the backs. And Ray Bell, the Southland, Maori, and New Zealand representative, was equally at home in the backs as in the forwards, and going back further there is the classic instance of Jimmy Duncan, who developed froth a good forward into a champion back. On this season’s form it looks as if a few Wellington five-eighths are in danger of losing their reputation, as well as their places in the Wellington representative team (says “Touchline,” in the Free Lance). Lilbume (Hutt), and’ Page (Wellington), for example, will have a hard job to win the selector’s approval, unless they show a quick return to their old form. Killeen (Hutt) was in line for that trip to England on his last season’s form, but he has not reached his standard yet. Pollock (Petone) is not the player he was. A five-eighth that is impressing a lot is Baldwin (Old Boys), and so are McDonald and Robins (Marist). And a few more displays like Chesterman (Poneke) gave against Hutt will place him in line for a representative cap. Experience is a big thing for players in the five-eighth position, but form sometimes is a better guide. Pirates v. Albion.

The ill-luck which has dogged Pirates this season has necessitated an extensive rearrangement of their rearguard. For a couple of weeks it looked as if the task of fielding a side approaching that of recent seasons was out of the question, but the adoption of the motto “If at first you don’t succeed try, try, try again” has proved sound, for the rearguard which opposed Albion at Gore last Saturday looks as if it will be an excellent unit both on attack and defence. Instead of finding two five-eighths among the juniors the selectors decided to bring Belsham into half, play Gervyn Thomas at first fiveeighth and move the hefty young Calvert out to second five, with Curry as centre and Geddes and Dixon on the wings. It would be an exaggeration to say that this division functioned brilliantly, but it certainly gave promise of developing into one worthy of carrying on the Pirate tradition of fast, open R 'Diomas shaped very well at first five considering the difficulty a half experiences in taking up a different position on the field. It would not be too great a stretch of the imagination to see him fill an inside berth in the representative team. Belsham came through a gruelling day with credit and with some coaching in ■ ground work should develop into a really good half. Calvert threw his 13 stone weight into Grant almost every time the Albion crack got the ball. His. deadly tackling played no small part in Pirates’ win. Curry has good hands, a useful boot and a stout heart. There are distinct possibilities in him. Geddes looked much fitter than earlier in the season and was appreciably faster but the run of play was dead against him. Dixon’s ankle had been injured the previous week and caused his retirement after five minutes’ play. Morrison, who came on in his place, showed his pace in scoring Pirates’ deciding try. Glen Thomas does not appear as robust as last year and is ■ still having trouble with his leg. He nevertheless did much good work. The Black pack gave a fine display despite the fact that they were giving away the best part of a stone a man in weight. The put all their , energy into the tight, displayed dash in the loose and gave excellent protection to their half. At the finish particularly they were playing with rare elan, the redoubtable Albion pack being very much in the background. Metcalfe was as energetic and tireless as ever and often turned defence into attack. His fault is that he gets carried away in his enthusiasm and forgets that there are other players than himself on his side. Clark won applause, for a splendid goal from the touch-line and Wilcox did much good work on the line out. ~ Had the Albion pack played as well as they did against Town on Monday ..the result might have been very different, but they seemed rather sluggish, particularly in the first spell when a strong wind blew behind them. Pawson was characteristically full of dash, but was often offside and committed other breaches such as picking the ball out of the scrum. A stricter observance of the rules would make him a better player. From the way Pirates were able to hold the Albion scrum it was obvious that some of the Colours’ heavyweights were not using their avoirdupois. The good tackling of the Blacks made it difficult for the Albion backs to get moving but on the few occasions the ball did get out to Wylie and Major, (the wings) they were anything but impressive. Wylie apparently needs a good bit of room to work in. He was closely watched by Geddes who made him look innocuous. Unquestionably Albion can do better; they are still well in the running for the shield. THROW-INS PARS FROM THE TOUCHLINE. His fine showing in the Town-East-ern game on Country Day brought Jack Purdue into favour again for the fullback position in the Southland team. Don Grant, Eastern captain, has definitely retired from “big” Rugby and will not be available for selection for the Southland team this season. Grant captained the maroons during two record years, firstly in 1932 when Southland won every one of its interprovincial games for the first time, and secondly, in 1933, when a Southland, touring team created a record by winning four out of six games played away. Rob Donnelly, Star captain and Southland forward, has departed for Wellington. He will be missed by the navy and whites. Donnelly first represented Southland as a rugged youth of 18 years. That was in 1926. He went to Wellington the following year but returned to the south a season or so later and again won his cap in 1929. He did not tour with the Southland team that year, however, owing to an ankle injury, but two seasons later he again secured a place in the provincial representatives and took part in the northern tour. His form that year was favourably commented upon by northerners and he was accorded a nomination for the South Island team without success. He was a member of Southland’s victorious team of 1932 and also last year when he again toured north. Donnelly was one of the best dribbling forwards Southland has turned out and must be counted unlucky that he has not yet won interIsland honours. If memory serves aright I believe he was nominated again for the South Island team last year. He will probably throw in his lot with the Wellington club in Wellington, recognized as the Southlands’ club, and for whom Frank Kilby and Russ Page play. Report hath it that Dick Smith, the Pirates five-eighth, is making a good, if slow recovery, and provided every care is taken he might yet play Rugby

again. This is very good news. When the injury was first diagnosed little hope was entertained that Smith would ever bend his leg again, let alone play football. Now thanks to science and Providence combined there is every possibility that the injury will be healed in such a way as to give Dick full use of the leg again. Whatever the result, it is not likely that he will be seen out this year. Is there a faster forward playing in the Galbraith Shield competition than Don Agnew? Bob Berry might be, but I wouldn’t like to wager on it. Agnew has been displaying “toe to burn” in all games this season, and as his general play has been of a high standard, it is safe to say that he will be one of the first representative forwards picked later on. His covering up of Albion backs in one or two games has meant more than a few points to the Gore team. In the Town-Eastern game on Monday he showed in dashing style what pace can do for a forward. North Island selector E. McKenzie is not wasting any opportunity to see prospective All Blacks in action. On Monday he travelled to Wanganui to witness the Wanganui-Taranaki game. On the same day Mr V. R. Meredith, the second North Island selector, saw the Auckland and Waikato reps, in play, and Mr Alan Adams, South Island selector, was present at the Can-terbury-West Coast match at Greymouth. Probably the first, Mr W. Pearson, the other South Island selector, will see of Southlanders and North Otagoans will be in the South Island trial at Oamaru on June 27. He will, of course, have under observation the Dunedin players from Saturday to Saturday. A first five-eighth who impressed by his clean work in the Town-Western game was Alex McKay, the Riverton player. He was well served by a good pack and a useful half-back, but all the same ho generally made the most of his opportunities and completely outplayed his marker, T. Crowe. I don’t think he made a mistake all afternoon. McKay has been a member of the Western representatives for some years and can be regarded as an experienced sub-Union player. He has been called upon to fill positions in the five-eighth, threequarters and full-back lines, and in all positions he has shaped well. He looks like being the Southland subUnions’ first five this season, and who knows he might seriously challenge the contender, whoever he might be, for the Southland team position. Some good wing three-quarters in the making were seen out on Country Day. C. Milne (Town) was the niost impressive, and once he can be relied upon to handle with any degree of certainty he is sure to be called upon to play for the province. Others who shaped well were A. Sutherland and D Bruce (Northern), A. Dixon (Western), M. Burke (Eastern), R. Frampton, R. Henderson and A. Crawford (Eastern No. 2). At the present time the .most likely men to be considered for wing positions for the Southland team are A. McKay (Blues) and M. Burke. I like the latter’s style. He is a determined runner, a sure handler, a deadly tackler and a good rush stopper. His work which led up to Eastern’s first try on Monday was commendable. Other wing threequarters would have floundered blindly on without thought of support. Burke is a distinct possibility. While on the subject of threequarters it is worth while noting that R. Pickering showed somq- of his best form on Monday. He was playing in the centre position for Western and put in some very good runs. His handling was sure and he ran with determination. He must be regarded as one of the possibles again. He has always shaped well on Rugby Park and as all but one of Southland’s games will be played at Invercargill this season he might be worth considering.

F. Wallis and McConnell (fiveeighths) paired very well for Eastern against the Town elect. Ussher could always find Wallis and the result saw the Eastern backs go away in rush after rush with a good start. Not a showy player, young Wallis has been doing his work week after week in solid style, and after all that is what is most required of a first five. The Gore boy has been the safest of conveyances and has never shirked rush stopping. He might be worth keeping in mind. With Southland “at home”, to northern unions this season it is interesting to note that during the past six years the maroons have won 23 out of 27 games played at Rugby Park. This is a good sort of a record and is convincing that Southland is the hardest of teams to beat on its own midden. Of the four games lost two were at the hands of Wellington teams, one was lost to the British team in 1930 and one to Auckland, in 1928. Two years ago, it will be remembered, Southland beat all-comers to Rugby Park. Can the maroons of 1934 repeat this performance? They look like having a very solid team to do battle for them. On looking over the representative fixture list however, it will be seen that five of Southland’s seven representative engagements will be played while the New Zealand team is on tour in Australia. This might upset, calculations as there is every probability of four or five Southland men being included in the All Blacks. Still it will be the same to all unions, and between the end of July and early September it is not likely that any province will be up to full strength. Both of the Otago games (Dunedin and Invercargill) will be played during this period. The Southland selector will require to watch this when making up his first team to play Hawkes Bay on July 28. Southland’s representatives in the New Zealand team (if any) will be away from Invercargill on that date. Les George continues to play consistently up to that form which won him South Island honours last year. Associated for the most part with a junior pack against Mataura last Saturday he stood out like a Triton among minnows, and time after time led rushes to clear the Blues line from danger. George is a strong type of forward and makes his weight and muscle felt when he gets his head down in rucks and scrums. His brother is a similar type. Cyril, by the way, was forced to stand down last week owing to an injured leg, and again on Monday he forfeited a game in the Town team. Some excuse has been made for the poor service at the base of the Town scrum by Gervyn Thomas. It is claimed that Thomas was hampered by the fastbreaking Eastern forwards and the slowness of the heeling by Town. Be that as it may only the purblind would say that Thomas was at his best in passing out to the first five. Town B v. Western. While Western came through with a fair amount of credit the same could not be said of Town who only in the closing stages showed their worth. The Blues were not as strong as the programme indicated (George Purdue and Ray Nicol were scheduled to play in the pack), but they proved a good all round side and had far more dash than the lackadaisical Town representatives. The Town pack should have done much better; the backs could not have done much worse. There were, it is true, a few good individual breaks but nearly all the concerted attempts failed. Admittedly the players were associated for the first time, but if they were worth their salt they should have combined better despite this strangeness. In the Blues good form was shown by McKay who seemed to know exactly when it* paid to kick and when to run; and who, when he did kick, did so to good purpose. Gonley did not seem thoroughly fit, but was good in spasms. Watson behind the scrum, though scarcely the equal of last year’s half, Buxton, played a serviceable game.

Both he and Gonley showed good judgment in carrying on with their feet when to try to pick up would almost certainly have meant a knock-on. Dixon on the wing had plenty of dash, while Lockett was a reliable custodian. Pickering at centre showed many glimpses of the form which in Invercargill made him such a prolific scorer for Pirates and which raised such high hopes for representative possibilities—hopes which, unfortunately, were not fulfilled. In the Western pack, the big men, Southern and Irwin, were great shown by Forde and Brown. Northern v. Central.

Usually Northern and Central are well matched. This year it looks as if Winton are in the doldrums. Admittedly it was not their strongest side which they fielded on Monday, but it is hard to see them improving sufficiently to make a serious bid for the Sports Trust Cup. On the other hand the score of 23-6 rather flatters Northern, for at one stage it looked as if Central would go close to overtaking their lead. The Central forwards went well enough; it was the backs who were inferior. They were triers and were not afraid to give it a go, but they have a great deal to learn. Brosnan is not a good attacking half, however sound he may be on defence, and Calder seems to have lost a .good deal of his dash. Though Driscoll and McKenzie ran straight enough they seemed to have little idea of where they were going or what they intended to do next The wings were neither fast nor versatile. About the best display was given by Whitaker at full-back. He was a trifle slow, but he was very safe. His inability to kick goals, however, cost his side a few points. Murphy played well in the forwards without being brilliant and D. Chilton impressed as being a solid toiler. There are distinct possibilities in the Greens whose reappearance on Country Day was very welcome, for they always play sporting, open Rugby. The forwards are a solid lot averaging nearly 13 stone (probably more if the true weights were known) and though some are approaching the veteran stage they infuse plenty of dash into their play. Bisset is a fine type of front row forward —a good hooker, a worker from start to finish and a good handler. S. Keown was always ready to open up play and all the others did their full share in tight and loose. Hamilton did not often receive in chain passing and had to make the most of the play for himself. It must be admitted that he played so well that one would like to see him in a Town side. There is good reason to believe that he would be up to representative standard with a little practice in first class company. He can kick, tackle and stop rushes with the best; he is fairly fast, handles well and has a tricky run. He should certainly receive consideration for the Southland sub-Union team. O'Shea and Soper were fair inside backs who found Central’s tackling a stumbling block. Bruce did not seem as dangerous as of yore, but got few chances. A. Sutherland got even fewer. At full-back Ray Sutherland played so well that he may come in for attention by the selector-, GALBRAITH SHIELD HOW THE POINTS WERE SCORED. To date 463 points have been scored in the Galbraith Shield games. The scorers and details of the scoring are as follows:—

The following each scored one try:— Stott (P). Carter (P),.Dick (P), Marshall (O.B.) Gumbley (O.B.), Milne (O.B.), Lynch (O.B.), Naylor (A), Harris (In.), Foster (In.), Currie (P), Morrison (P), Hunt (M), Maley (M), Murphy (M). Pawson (A), C. Smith (O.B.). Calder (M), Cullen (M), Cruickshanks (M), Cuff (S), Stubbs (S). McColl (S), Giller (S), Donnelly (S), Ferguson (S), C George (In.). Columb (A), while Geddes (P), and Lee (In.), each converted one try. Herb. Smith is Captaining Southern this season, and besides leading his side in fine style his displays in the centre three-quarter position have been nothing short of brilliant (says the Dunedin Star). He made some great openings on Saturday, and also drew the defence well, giving his wings some splendid opportunities. He showed very keen anticipation of the play on defence, and frequently got back to save his side, his tackling being very sure. Smith is a brainy footballer, and a maintenance of his present form will make him a strong candidate for New Zealand honours. JUNIOR NOTES AROUND THE GRADES. (By “Searchlight.”) It is time that some thought was given to the advisability of selecting a junior representative team. A match with one or two sub-union second grade teams should not be difficult to arrange, while there is no reason why an endeavour should not be made to commence annual home and home games against Otago. Such fixtures would do much to attach interest to the junior competitions, and nothing is more calculated to raise the general standard of play than the prospect of a worth-while reward for merit. There is plenty of good material available for a strong junior representative side which could be expected to make a good showing against a team from another centre. As soon as it became known that a definite number of representative games were to be played each year, there would be a marked increase in the interest taken by junior players. The Rimu-Pirates match last Saturday was a bright, hard game between two evenly matched teams. It was played in an excellent spirit, and both sides infused plenty of dash into their movements.

A draw would perhaps have been the best indication of the merits of the teams, and Rimu were if anything a little lucky is notching a win by a score in the last five minutes of the game.

The Rimu forwards were the dominating factor - in the second spell, Pirates holding them well in the first half. The scores at half-time were 10— 3 in favour of the Blacks, who did not add to their score in the second half.

Baird played an excellent game in the Rimu five-eighth line and is a player well worth watching. Pettie, first five-eighth for Pirates, also played a good game. He potted a goal which was exceedingly well worked.

A. Knight was outstanding in the Pirates forward pack. He originally hailed from Rimu, but joined up with Pirates about two years ago. In the first speli Pirates, who are fielding the best team they have had in junior football in recent years, had things their own way and led by 9 points at the half-time whistle.

The black forwards ably led by Galbraith hooked the ball repeatedly against the heavier red pack and their backs opened out at every opportunity. Their centre showed plenty of pace, ran straight and handled well, but his passing to the wings was not up to standard Jones at second five who has graduated after years of service with Waikiwi juniors was safe, but too slow with the passes. On the whole the game put up by Pirates is the best feature of this club’s activities in recent years. Coach S. Batchelor’s work is already evident and in the second round Pirates will have a first class combination who are even now playing the right type of the code.

Rimu packed their best scrum to date in this match against Pirates. The battling of the forwards bore fruit towards the final whistle when they had the blacks run out. They almost left their recovery too late as it was in the last few minutes that they secured the winning points. Acklin’s try was a bright piece of work after a rather drab display compared with his previous exhibitions this season

The Marist-Old Boys game on Tweed street was very one-sided, the Greens having no trouble in piling up a large score; backs and forwards combined well. Old Boys who have lost most of their last year’s pack, were inclined to keep their heads up in the scrums and it was mainly due to their superiority in this branch that Marist received such a plentiful supply of ball. The Old Boys rearguard however, played a good defensive game and it was not the fault of the backs that they did not do better. Peterson, Polson and P. McLachlan were outstanding in this respect, and Strang gained ground consistently with his line-finders. The Marist forwards have been improving with each game, however, they are not quick enough in their rucking and against strong forward teams they will learn too late the value of such methods. Another fault is their failure to break away quickly from line-outs. Chisholm, Crowe and Cooper (who has just resumed after being laid aside with a leg injury) were a trio of hard working and fast following forwards.

Forde behind the scrum, played his best game to date, varying his play cleverly and having a good understanding with Mcßae who is filling the first five-eighths position well. This latter player just needs a little speed off the mark, as he is a resourceful attacking man and a deadly tackler. The two wings Hogan and Tither gave of their best and the former showed a clean pair of heels to his opponents when he gained possession in Marist’s 25 and ran round behind the posts for a great try Tither continues to improve on the wing and displayed pace and determination in scoring tries.

Another hard game ensued when Blues met Bluff. Blues were hard put to it to win, and there was plenty of incident in the course of an interesting game.

Collegiate thirds as yet require a great deal more practice and coaching before they will make much of a mark in the competition. More cohesion and science will have to be brought to bear on their play, and so far they do not seem to have settled down to practice in real earnest. That is absolutely essential in any team, particularly, in a team “making its way in the world,” as a novelist would say.

Star thirds played their best game so far this season when they met Borstal last Saturday. It was a very even game, with both teams making it a hard struggle. The forwards were evenly matched, but the Borstal backs finished off their movements better. Pirates inflicted an overwhelming defeat upon Bluff, who, however, suffered the serious handicap of fielding only 12 players. High School met Clifton (third grade) and had a much harder struggle to win than might have been expected. The School backs played an open game during the first half, throwing the ball about in good style. Hamilton and Watson were prominent for School, but McLauchlan was not playing with his. usual dash. i Callaghan and Campbell were prominent hi the School forward pack, while Hamilton and Watson showed up well in the backs. Skerret was the pick of the Clifton forwards. Johnstone proved a versatile player at first five-eighth.

Nisbet (In.) Wesney (O.B.) T. 5 4 c. 3 4 Pen. Pot. Tl. 2 - 30 - 26 Mitchell (O.B.) 7 2 - 23 McKay (In.) 3 2 2 19 Crowe (O.B.) 6 — - 18 M c Connell (M) 2 1 2 14 McDonald (S) 2 2 1 13 Sievwright (S) 4 - - 12 Watson (P) 4 •• - 12 Dixon (P) 4 - - 12 Wylie (A) 4 - - 12 D. Agnew (A) 3 - — 9 Wallis (A) 2 - 1 9 Mattingly (S) - 3 1 9 Southern (A) 3 - 9 Scott (A) 3 - — 9 Metcalfe (P) 3 — — 9 R. Frampton (S) 3 - — 9 Riddell (S) — 4 — 8 R. Smith (P) - 2 — 1 8 L. Marshall (In.) 2 1 - 8 Clark (P) 1 2 7 H. Frampton (S) 2 6 L. George (In.) 2 — 6 L. Henderson (In.) 2 6 Leitch (M) 1 1 6 McKinnon (M) 2 _ « - 6 McGowan (M) 1 1 6 Major (A) 2 6 Herron (A) — 2 6 Easton (A) 2 - 6 Grant (A) 2 - 6 Naylor (A) 2 — 6 R. Henderson (O.B.) 2 — 6 Lock (S) 2 - 6 Beadle (O.B.) - 1 1 5 Glen Thomas (P) 2 - 4