REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1932, Page 9

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

WELLINGTON TEAM WINNERS DEFEAT OF WAIRARAPA SIDE. JBRIGHT EXHIBITION BY THE BACKS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. Speed, tactics, and combination enabled the Wellington Rugby representatives to score a decisive victory over Wairarapa in a match at Masterton today by 28 points to 3. Though they were handicapped by very unfavourable weather the visiting backs gave a finished display and provided the highlights of the game. The , final ecore, however, does not give a true indication of the respective merits of the teams. Territorially the play was fairly even, and it was only towards the elope of the second session, when Wairarapa were playing-14 men, that Wellington forged ahead, putting on 15 points in quick time. Wellington settled down quickly and with their backs plentifully supplied with the ball lost no time in carrying . play to Wairarapa territory. The defence held and the Wairarapa forwards soon cleared to neutral territory. Wellington, however, were going well and Lamason and Reid took play., to the Wairarapa twenty-five, where an infringement saw Fuller open the visitors’ account. Wellington came .again and McDonald dribbled through from the ruck to score. Fuller goaled. Wairarapa had the visitors pinned in their twenty-five for practically the whole of the repiaining 25 minutes of the spell, just before the end of which R. Devine •cored for Wairarapa. The kick failed. - On the resumption Lamason capped a Wellington forward rush with a try. The kick failed. Waifarapd retaliated hotly but McDonald intercepted a pass and initiated a glorious movement from which he scored • for Fuller to convert.? -McDonald again scored a good try and Fuller goaled. Effective use of the blind side, made by Tindill saw Lama-: son scores Wellington’s final try,? >and Fuller converted. Wairarapa attacked desperately in’the final stages’but noaide sounded with the scores Wellington Wairarapa 3. CANTERBURY DEFEATED. (SOUTHLAND TEAM SUPERIOR. ’ p'-/ , Invercargill, Last Night. !A Rugby, match 'between "Southland «nd Canterbury to-day resulted in a win for Southland by 28 points to 5. The. weather was fine and cold and the ground-wasJheavy after recent rain. The garpe was very ragged in the first spell but brightened in the . when (Southland ran all over the visitors and put on 19 points. Canterbury’s only try was. scored in this .spell. LTh® Southland forwards, although, a lighter pack, were, too good all round, and at times played, the opposition on their own. The Canterbury backs were disappointing. Tries for Southland were ■cored by Geddes, Grant, McKay, Donnelly, Murphy, Fowle and Berry. Mc-Kayand-Porter converted one each, Mcl£ay also kicking a penalty goal. •n J; BUSH WIN AT NELSON. k ATTRACTIVE TX T SECOND HALF.' ip - " Nelson, Last Night, ■f The Bush Union touring Rugby team defeated Golden Bay-Motueka at Motuek* by 11 points to 3. Play in the first half was scratchy but attractive football was provided in the second. For Bush Mahoney, Oliver and Beeves were the best forwards, while McCarthy, Olivant (full-back) and Mills were prominent in the backs. For Golden BayMof/ueka Holmwood,. Gillespie (backs), Leitch and Dando (forwards) were the best players. Bush won the majority of the scrums •nd gave the backs good chances in the second half. Reeves, Welsh and Harvey scored tries for the winners, Reeves converting one. Dando scored a try for the losers. . . .. . . . MAORI TEAM’S EASY WIN. DEFEAT OF THAMES*VALLEY. Paeroa, Last Night. — In fine weather and on -a greasy ground the Maori touring team ihad an easy victory by 35 to 6 over Thames ' Valley. . Showing vastly superior back play in the first half the Maori backs repeatedly lined out in passing rushes •gd had easily the. better of the play. The Thames Valley backs lacked combination, their passing was smothered •nd. their tackling was weak. . In the second half Thames Valley made more use of their forwards, holding their own in this division for the first pari of the spell, but the visitors were too "snappy, their backs missing no opportunities and handling the greasy ball well. ; ’< Most of the Maoris’ trie® were the .result of combined back movements, the ball starting from, the- half-back and travelling to the wings. The first half ended with the score 16 to 0 in the Maoris’ favour. In this spell Thames Valley had little of the game, seld- i hooking the ball from the scrum, while the passing broke down. For the tourists Watson scored three tries and Downs three, and 'Maitaira, Smith and Jackson one each. Potaka converter four. ■For Thames Valley Laverick scored a try and Henry kicked a penalty goal.