NORTH PREVAIL

Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1930, Page 4

NORTH PREVAIL

TWENTY-NINE TO ELEVEN? RUCBV TRIAL AT INGLEWOOD FLASHES IN PATCHY GAME PROBLEMS FOR SELECTOR Tn a patchy game brightened by many flashes of spectacular play, North Taranaki defeated South by 29 points to 11 in a Rugby trial match at Inglewood yesterday. The attendance was not large, and not a great deal of interest was taken in the match, which in the first, spell was rather dull and confined to the forwards, but in the second spell, in spite of the many mistakes made, there was plenty of incident. In several cases form of the past few Saturdays was not sustained, and the sc- ; Inntov’ xiTill hnvt.v rl i 11l 11F "Fa Ctlf VP9«

lector win have a diiheuit tasK u yesterday’s play is to be his chief guide. The teams took the field as follow: North. —Hunt; Evans, H. W. Brown, Hamilton; K. Fookes, Owen; C. Brown; Guy; Smith, McNeill, Waiter, Ward, Kivell,- Young, Gudgeon. South. —Burke; J. Crawford, Grant, Hunter; Johnston, T. Robinson; R. Hohaia; Wills; Richards, Clarke, Williaffis, Bremer, Baldwin, W. Robinson, Gargari. Tight forward play characterised most of the first spell. North drew first blood when Kivell dived through half, the opposing side and crowned a splendid solo effort with a try under the bar which H. W. Brown had no difficulty in converting. - After quarter of .an hour’s play South retaliated, in similar -manner with a forward try , pear the corner. In this ease it .was Wills, the South wing-forward, who crossed. Clarke converted with a good kick and the scorewas five all. .The forwards continued to monopolise the play, such back movement as there were being spasmodic and often spoilt by faid.y handling. Towards the end of the sp-J! a North forward was penalised foi being off-side, and Clarke turned the chanee into points, 1 making the half-time score: South 8, North 5. BRIGHTER PLAY IN SECOND SPELL. No replacements were made in the teams at the interval. In the second spell North came at it hard -’.nd a fast solo dribble by Guy nearly resulted in Walter scoring. In a melee Grant was penalised for handling the ball on the ground, but 11. W. Brown missed the simplest of kicks. North were throwing away opportunities, for a few moments later Evans topped a sparkling North 1 :ck movement by crossing near j the corner. In curving round to improve his scoring position he ran over tire dead- • ball line. South were penalised near the half-way line through Gargan being off-side/ 'and "with 'the simplest ease

H. AV. Brown drop-kicked a magnificent • goal, thus evening the scores. From a , scramble in South territory Guy flashed through with a stab run, and tumbled • over the line in a medley of flying arms ?, and legs to give North the lead by three ' points. H. AV. Brown’s kick failed. Back. came’ North again, and the ball lapped from C. Brown through the whole combination to Hamilton, who. outstripped the opposition to score near the corner. Hunt’s kick was a poster.. BEST MOVEMENT OF DAY. South recovered half their deficit in points with a spectacular try, the like of which is seldom, and is the champagne, of the game. Out shot the ball from the line-out, Wills beating fry for it owing to his superior height. As it reached the wing Hohaia came up fast to take an inward pass, and in and out the ball travelled in a. bewildering concertina passing rush, Johnston topping it to score as he was heavily grassed. Clarke could not goal. Johnston was injured in scoring his try, and AVineera replaced him. From a scrum in South territory, C. Brown shot the ball so Owen, the latter stepping neatly through the opposition with a clever cut-in and scoring under the bar. H. W. Brown converted, giving North the lead by 19 points to 11. ■ ■ , • • . : • ' . Owen was temporarily injured in midfield. He was resuscitated with a bottle of something pfofwwtfl by the line umpire. Ayith. a neat sleight-of-hand trick Ward secured .the bottle as it was being returned by Owen to the. astonished donor, and emptied it with a hearty draught. The crowd laughed merrily. From a line-out Owen repeated his .former cut-in with great success, and handed on to Young for the latter t-o dive over for a try. H. AV. Brown converted with a fine kick. In a loose, dribbling rush Burke badly missed the ball and Gudgeon gathered it up to canter over for a simple try. H. AV. Brown converted, and time sounded immediately with the score: North Taranaki 20' South Taranaki 11 ?.*■. G. Hooker refereed.