REAL SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1933, Page 5

REAL SCHOOL FOOTBALL

FEILDING TROUNCES HAW ERA WINNERS EXHILARATING DISPLAY. BOTH TEAMS KEEP GAME OPEN. Brilliant school football was played by the Feilding Agricultural High School fifteen yesterday when it beat the Hawera Technical High School at Hawera by-32 points to'six. Feilding played exhilarating football while Hawera, even though completely outplayed, never tried to tighten up the game. Enterprise characterised the play of the whole Feilding team, frequently turning stem defence into sparkling attack. The backs always took their passes at top speed and were ever on the lookout for an opening. It was in the forwards, however, that the visitors held a big advantage. Big and fast, the Feilding vanguard would open up to the. backs and then join in the passing with as much dash as the rearguard. When a scrum broke up there were 14 Feilding three-quarters on the ground. The whole team played in the typical schoolboy spirit, with passing rushes starting any- » where, even in the twenty-five. Hawera held Feilding to a 5—3 lead at half-time, the boys playing above themselves. Thereafter the weight and pace of the winners told and it was a very tired team that finished the game. The Hawera backs played brightly and rarely kicked defensively when they could pass. Inequality in pace tended to upset the combination. The light forwards played remarkably in the first spell, but the strain was too great and they had to pipe down after the interval when Feilding began to set an even faster pa-a than in the first spelL The game was strikingly reminisee.it of the Wellington-Taranaki match, except that the brilliance of the winners was more obviously the cause of the result and not so much weakness in the opposition. Had Hawera tried to keep the game tight the score might have been much lower. The teams were:— Feilding: Stewart; Weston, Burgess, Sawers; Williams, Simpson; Elliott; Heap, Te Punga; Finlay, Hipango, Campbell, Smart, Hooper, Huston. Hawera: Gould; Thomson, Hayman, Richards; O’Dea, Kirkby;' Graham; Moore, Cruickshank, Gardiner; McMillan, Meharry; N. Taylor, Barker, W. Taylor. Hawera opened with a strong forward attack. Feilding tried to make the game open, the backs starting passing in their own twenty-five at one stage. Hayman frequently sent them back with long punts. A dropped pass by the visiting backs let Hawera through and Graham made a good opening for Meharry to score near the comer a try that Gardiner could not. convert. FEILDING’S BRILLIANT TRY. Play had not been going long again when Feilding scored a wonderful try. The forwards heeled cleanly from a scrum at halfway. Elliott went to the blind to let Williams away. The fiveeighths after a penetrating run handed on to Sawers, who in turn reverse passed to see the ball go through more than four pairs of hands before Finlay scored at the posts. Finlay kicked the goal to give Feilding the lead. Hectic play followed with both teams opening up play well. Finlay and Hooper headed a dangerous passing rush but Hooper did not have enough pace and then O’Dea headed a U.rong counterattack. Feilding secured most possess: .n from the scrums and the backs had more opportunities. Hawera started a handling movement, Hayman carving his way deep into Feilding territory before Stewart brought him down, the other Hawera backs having been left behind. O’Dea, following up fast, caught Stewart in possession to put Hawera on the attack once more. Loose forward play with Hawera attacking succeeded the bright back movements, though the home team tried one with the same result as before owing to discrepancies in the speed of the three-quarters. The Hawera backs did splendid work going down to Feilding foot-rushes and did their share on attack, two good passing movements falling just short of the goal line. Both sets of backs had another good run, Hawera erring in passing too soon and Feilding in passing too late. The Feilding forwards stormed the Hawera line and there was a race for the ball, a Hawera back getting there just in time to force. O’Dea handled twice in a Hawera movement that broke down when ■Richards missed his pass. Hawera had just forced in the face of another forward rush when half-time sounded. FEILDING PILES ON POINTS. Hawera again attacked early but lost 50 yards or more when the Feilding forwards swept downfield with beautiful passing. The visitors heeled from a scrum and Elliott again worked the blind with Williams in support for Sawers to make a very determined run and score in the corner. Finlay found the kick too hard. Back and forward Feilding threw the half about in enterprising fashion, trying first one wing and then the other. Weston ran across from the left wing to open play on the right. The ball came to Finlay, who sold a couple of dummies and swerved over at the posts for a brilliant solo try. He added the major points. Again Williams started the swift traverse of the ball from hand to hand, Hipango going into touch. Play went to the other side of the field, where Gould tackled Weston a yard short of the line. Heavy forward play kept Hawera penned till Finlay forced his way over. Huston failed with the kick. From a scrum Feilding’s side of halfway Hawera hooked but Elliott took the ball from Graham and passed to Williams, who set his forwards going with ■ accurate passing, Huston streaking over at the posts. Finlay kicked a goal. The visitors kept on attacking, Hawera’s sole incursion past halfway for a long time being when O’Dea intercepted. Hayman later made a good run in a Hawera passing bout but his reverse pass to Kirkby was taken by Finlay just when Hawera seemed to be under full steam. With Feilding at it again Sawers snapped up and following a tricky run down the line he let Burgess away for a try in the corner. Huston could not convert it. O’Dea made a good save from Burgess but the respite was only temporary. Campbell came around a five yards scrum to dive over and Finlay converted the try. . More brilliant passing made it Weston’s turn and he scored on the left wing. Huston failed with the kick at goal. Hawera at last woke up. Hayman kicked through, followed up fast, outpacing Stewart, and scoring after picking up a rolling ball well. Gardiner failed with the kick. Feilding 32 Hawera 6 Mr. L. H. Clapham refereed.