Rugby

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 983, 28 May 1930, Page 15

Rugby

-The Game and. its* Players s

Good Goal-kicking K. G. Bush had his kicking boots on on Saturday. He converted the tour trie* scored by his team against Grafton, and gained a lot of ground from free kicks. It isy understood that at the dinner to be given by the Wellington Rugby Union after the match against the British team on June 3 Mr. James Baxter, manager of the British team, will propose the toast of the wingforward. Mr. Cliff Porter will respond. “Mill Back Number” Keith Reid was Wairarapa’s best forward against Bush, and McGregor and Reside put in a lot of good work (states and exchange). Jimmy Mill is not quite a back number yet. and was mainly responsible for two tries. Denby was taken off to make way for Corkill in the second spell, and the latter, with Jury, played solidly. Fuller’s Boot Thirteen of Wairarapa’s 22 points against Bush Union were scored off Fuller’s boot, and 11 of those points ■were from almost impossible kicks, kicks that showed wonderful judgment against a strong and tricky wind (reports the "Pahiatua Herald.”) Wairarapa notched only three tries, as against two by Bush.

Hadley Going Well It is a pity that Swin Hadley, the Marist and ex-All Black hooker, was not available for the All Black trials

this year, as there Is a possibility of this tine forward being overlooked On Saturday he was into the thick of everything, and he proved that he is still a hard toiling. honest forward and a fine hooker If he is seen in action in the Auckland side against the Brii - , ish team on July 19, it is quite on

the cards that he will win his way at least into the third test, which is played here a week later. Batty Out of Action It is unfortunate for Grammar that it will be without the services of W. Batty for the Ponsonby game on Saturday. A dental operation kept him off the paddock last week and this will also keep him out of the Grammar pack on Saturday. Batty is playing very fine football, and at the present time it would be hard to name'-any forward superior to him in the art of ball control. Fit and well, he should give a good account of himself in the final All Black trial to be played at Wellington on June 11.

McWilliams Returns An interested observer of the pon-sonby-Manukau game on Saturday was R. Cr. McWilliams, who, this season, has been piaying in Hamilton. McWilliams has now returned to Auckland, and if the necessary residential qualifications have been complied with he will be turning out for his old club on Saturday against 'GramR. G. McWilliams mar Old Boys. Pie will be a great asset to the Ponsonby pack.

Up-and-Under If. in the last quarter against Pon* sonby on Saturday, Manuka u had adopted the policy of up-and-under instead of playing its backs, it is just possible that the result might have been different. The rays of a sinkuig? sun were in the faces of the Ponsonby backs and, no doubt the result of a hard, gruelling game, their fieldwas not as & 00< I as it had been. The up-and-under policy is always a good recourse for a losing team in the concluding stages. The Sins of the Manager

If the International Board which Mr. James Bax.er so fondly quotes really wished to do something in the interests of the grand old game it could a ° ?°* etter than bring in a regulation prohibiting team managers from making after-dinner speeches. The New Zealand public accorded the British team a warm welcome and there is no in j but that the country as a whole will do its best to make the stay in tms country of our kinsmen from overseas as enjoyable as possible. It is also evident that the New Zealand twUgby Union is doing its best to meet tne wishes of the visiting manager, ” ut ltle continual carping: of Mr. Baxter must eventually exceed even tie units of New Zealand patience. However, if Mr. Baxter must persist in hjs serial speech on the question of the wdngforward, let us hope that the sms of the manager are not visited «Pon the members of the team who, appearances, appear to be Jy.v’ appreciative of the hospitality which they are being received. * * * Teri Makarini’* writes:—“l was ®ry interested in the paragraph in >our Rugby column last week about men of the ‘cloth’ who have played in

Dig football in New Zealand within recent years. I think you forgot to mention one, at least, of very near interest to Auckland. I refer to Wanoa, who was at St. Tohn’s Collcige last y’ear studying for *iis degree. Although he has not Deen ordained, he is on the way. He

A now over in Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, rhK 6 lie ' together with Ike Robin. 6 huge Maori ex-heavy-weight wrestng champion of New Zealand, who is lay reader, has formed a new club, amatea by name. Although the new f am bas not been very successful so r . Wanda has been a tower of r *?f**h to the side and is practically ro5 ta n to into the Hawke’s Bay Representatives.”

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BRITISH RUGBY TOUR

A “Crackajack” Angus Finlayson, the ex-All Black hooker, reproduced his best form on Saturday at Eden Park No. 3, when playing for Grafton against Training College. Although he was closely marked, especially in the lineouts, tinlayson was the outstanding forward on the ground. It is unfortunate that he did not have an opportunity of playing in the All Black trials this season. * « Out of Action , Pccausc of an injury received to his thigh, Jim Steer, the tall Rifles forward, has been out of the game for two matches. He got properly mangled against- Ponsonby on May 12, was limping on the sideline when Rifles Played \ arsity the following Saturday, and had a grandstand seat in the match with Technical last Saturday. He expects to be fit for the next game, Huge Fellows huge fellows” is how one Christchurch Rugby writer, W. Ha.zJett, Collett and R. T. Stewart, the second row of the Possibles team in tpo South Island trial match played at < hristchurch last Wednesday. It is stated that all three played splendid games and, despite their big poundwere in the thick of everything, tartly to their smashing rushes is ascribed the poor showing put up bv Halley who, behind a beaten pack, had to stop a lot of hard stuff. On the form shown by many forwards in the recent trials it would appear that New Zealand will field seven solid forwards and that places in the pack will be hard to get. Good Team for Waikato Very few complaints can be made in regard to the selection of the Auckland representative team to play Waikato at Hamilton on June 3. The Waikato match is generally regarded as an experimental game and with this in mind the selection of Jones, the Manukau five-eighth, at second five-eighth must be approved. The back division, which consists of Corner, Jamieson, Jones, Lucas, Minns, L. Hook and V. Butler, should work -well. The forwards, Hadley, Palmer, Greville, A. Knigh*-, Anderson, L. Knight and W. Batty are a solid and useful lot, although it is probably doubtful whether Greville has earned a place before Satherley, the Manukau forward*. Solomon, of course, is the rover.

A Promising Centre J. Connolly, Training- College’s centre-threequarter, has been showing consistent form this season. 'He played very well against Grafton at Eden Park No. 3 on Saturday. In that game he scored a brilliant solo try after running from just outside his own twenty-five. He also dropped a fine field goal." That J. Connolly lie can handle the ball was evidenced by the way. he took passes, even though the ball was greasy. Unfortunately, ho received one or two bad knocks last season, and apparently has not yet fully recovered.

Dailey Was Disgusted W. C. Dailey became “plum disgusted” with the Probables pack in the South Island Rugby trial, we learn from one of the other backs in the side, says the Christchurch “Sun.” When he told his

forwards to keep the ball in the scrum after they had hooked it they persisted in heeling it. Once, after receiving the ball from th€s scrum in the Probables’ own territory, Dailey ran round in front of the scrum and put the ball down on the ground in front of the breaking forwards, with

an air of “You’ve got to have it. dash you!” Several times Dailey, seeing that the White forwards were leaving R. T. Stewart unmarked in the lineout, urged them to mark the big fellow, but they were always slow to do so.

Date. Opponents. Result. May 21 May 24 May 28 May 31 June 3 Wanganui Taranaki Manawhenua Wairarapa Wellington Won 19-3 Won 23-7