EASTERN WINS AGAIN

Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1935, Page 10

EASTERN WINS AGAIN

RUGBY LEAGUE MATCHES RAHOTU FADING AT FINISH. GOOD FOOTBALL" OF FORWARDS. Eastern Suburbs, mainly because of the hard work Of its 3 forwards gained Victory by ! 15 points (three tries, one converted, - and two penalty goals) over jlahotu -4 (two penalty goals) at Western Park on Saturday. In the first part of- the game, -playing with a wind, the visiting combination appearedjto be the superior team, but the remainder of the game saw its downfall.. The greasy ball, however, accounted for a godd deal. Of the poor handling of both teams. . Each team gained a fair share of the ball, Bishop and ,C.. Leatherby dividing the honours with; Davison, centre man in 'tire front row for Eastern Suburbs. The match was hard especially in the forward division and good tight rushes by the home pack were seen. C. Leatherby played his usual good game both in and out of the scrum and led several attacks against Suburbs. On the other sidd* Carroll was the leading forward, Davison and Lawrence, lacking the opportunities for the open play in which they shine. Tamatea, at first five-eighth'for Rahotu, was prominent but marred his good work by starving his ’ back '• line of the ball. King was the better of• the fullbacks, although it must be taken into consideration that H. Lawrence was playing his first game of the season. L. Moorhead, despite his lack of speed, proved himself an asset as wing threequarter for Suburbs and Pui on the other wing made himself conspicuous by the way he avoided wofild-be tacklers. Henderson made a good half-.back, getting his line away with the minimum of delay and his try, when he went through Rahotu backs with the ball at his feet, showed what «. change of tactics can x do. Eastern were without the. services of Wayne, G. Moorhead and Tumai. The teams were:—

Eastern Suburbs: H. Lawrence; Pui, Lash, L. Moorhead; Bedford, Muschamp; Henderson; Carroll; . Burke, Williams; Hicks, Davison,. A.- Lawrence. Rahotu: King; Lewis, ; Stohr, Coffey; Tito, Tamatea; Robinson;'W. Leatherby; J. Conroy, Kahui, C.. Bishop, C. Leatherby, Thomson. ' On receiving .the. ball from .the kickoff, Eastern, Suburbs began a.'back movement that was marred, by a forward pass. Rahotu secured from the scrum and in the resulting , play, just inside Suburbs’ half-way Hicks was" penalised for mot playing the, ball- and;. using the wind well, Tamatea sent the ball over to make the score’ 2-nil' in the . first minute of play. 'L. Moorhead supported by Davison .started a rush that came to an abrupt stop When, the winger -was' forced out well up in Rahotu’s territory. The visitors’ replied with’a passing rush to which L. Moorhead' put an end by running up fast and putting his man out five yards from the line. Several dangerous attacks oh the home team’s line ended with the ball being forced. Eastern Suburbs secured near half-way and Henderson picked up 'smartly and sent to Muschamp, who dummied . his way through and sent a long pass to Lash, who was tackled as he received the ball. Because of H. Lawrence missing a long kick from King, the Sulbur ■ team were pilt in a. dangerous position, as the’ opposing forwards broke away. The position was relieved when a mis-kick sent the ball over the line. In a resulting scrum the home forwards were penalised for. lifting but Tamatea failed, with an easy kick. Eastern Suburbs attacked vigorously, .-and the .backs -managed' to get away in a promising move that was stopped by Tito. . • . , Led by C. Leatherby, the Rahotu forwards, using dribbling tactics, were within' an ace of going. - over several times..’ z The. hard work of Lawrence,. Davison and Carroll repulsed the attack until the whistle'Went for half-time. For' the first part of. the second spell Eastern Suburbs’ kept the play in its opponent’s territory, the . forwards of both .teams struggling. for an opening , until Rahotu was penalised. Bedford equalised with, a fine kick. Play was tight on' both Sides but showers of rain made the ball, hard to handle. Two more free, kicks to Eastern followed inquick succession, one - going Wide and the second just clearing the bar. Securing the ball from a scrum, Robinson, Rahotu’s' half-back,- sent a snappy pass to Tamatea. The ball went to Tito, who fooled his opponent,’and’passed the ball aS H. Lawrence tackled him, but Stohr was thrown out. Suburbs secured the leather immediately afterwards. Carroll took possession and dashed through the opposing backs and went on to pass to L. Moorhead, who, unopposed, went over easily. Bedford missed the kick.

Spurred by the reverse, the visiting backs, started. by* Tamatea, had their rivals in a tight corner but Lewis lost possession. Coffey took the leather, ran around and passed to Tamatea, who cut in. The ball went to Tito, Stohr and to Tamatea again, but he went solo instead of passing to his. winger, thus losing a good chance of scoring. Vigorous forward work brought play back into Rahotu’s ground, where Henderson dribbling the ball fhf’du'gh Rahotu players kicked infield to beat the fullback, and followed up fast to score the best individual try of the day. Bedford’s; kick went wide.

Rahotu rushed play to the corner. From almost straight ,in front Rahotu was awarded a free kick when A. Lawrence was caught off-side. . Tamatea made no error.

Using the wind to advantage Muschamp kicked high and Eastern forwards forced King out in the corner. Hard nicking play followed until Williams gathered in a greasy ball 10 yards oft the line and crashed through only to lose the ball, but Burke dropped on it for an easy try. Bedford converted. Eastern Suburbs 15 Rahotu 4 Mr. H. Lawrence refereed. VICTORY BY ONE POINT WESTERN DEFEATS INGLEWOOD. FAST AND HIGH SCORING GAME. Western Suburbs.defeated Inglewood in a fast high scoring game at Inglewood by 19 points to 18. Towards the end of the game play became exciting and at times rather willing.. Towards the end, when Inglewood was, attacking, Cottier attempted a field goal which failed and Inglewood had to face defeat. At half-time Western Suburbs had ■ a fair Jead, but towards the end of the game Inglewood made desperate attempts to pull the game out of the fire. Although exciting, the game was not of a very high standard, players apparently being over-keen. At full-back Cottier played- a safe game for Inglewood, as did Bennett, on the wing. L. Arnold was the life. of Inglewood’s inside backs, while his brother Roy had a day off. Buckley and Yeates played well in the Inglewood forwards. Hunt’s services were greally missed. Western’s three-quarter line all played very good games, both Lewis and Leatherby making good runs, while .Wipiti was- safe, McLeod, Tip-

lady and Lewis were the mainstay of Western’s forwards.

Western Suburbs: Lowjy; Leatherby, Wipiti, Lewis; Scott, "Keogh; Pratt; McLeod; Fraser, Tiplady; Lewis, Robinson, Kirkland. Inglewood: Cottier; Surrey, Hall, Bennett; R. Arnold, Ward; Zimmerman, Arnold; J. Buckley, C. Buckley; Phillips, Yeates, Price. Inglewood’s opening attack was only temporary, for Western forwards carried play out of their twenty-five, where Pratt picked up to give his backs a good opening. After a scramble on Inglewood's line Tiplady picked up and scored. Lewis failed to convert. Play fluctuated till Keogh kicked through for Cottier to be caught with the ball, and ; after hard forward play W. Lewis picked up and beat two men in a'short run to score at the corner. The kick failed. From the kick off R. Arnold followed up quickly and dribbled to the line, where L. Arnold picked up and sent the ball to Price, who crossed the line as he was collared: R.- Arnold converted the try. Following off-side play near Inglewood’s twenty-five Western was awarded a penalty and W. Lewis landed a.good goal. Western 8, Inglewood 5. Fast following up by the .Inglewood forwards saw Western in trouble, but the forwards again relieved with a good rush. Inglewood again infringed and W. Lewis kicked a goal. After uninteresting play around- half-way Pratt sent his backs away in fa- good rush for Leatherby to be .tackled on -the line, but the effort was rewarded a little later when L. Lewis picked -up from and scored. W. Lewis failed to convert. Immediately afterwards Inglewood hooked from the scrum and L. Arnold handed to Ward, R. Arnold and Bennett, who scored in the corner after a good run. Bad tackling by Inglewood let Wipiti through but his pass to Leatherby went astray and a' good opportunity was lost. I A back, movement saw most of the Inglewood ■ backs handle, and R. Arnold found the line at Western’s corner.' From the scrum Inglewood hooked and L. Arnold went round to score a 3 neat try ■near the..posts. R. Arnold missed an easy kick—l 3-11. Inglewood was playing better, and a' loose rush saw L. Arnold beaten by the bounce with a 1 clear field. ‘Following a scrum 1 , Western infringed beneath the posts and L. Arnold landed an easy goal, making the score 13-13. Western had a ..turn at attack. Wipiti picked up and sent to McLeod, Scott and Leatherby, who in' a great run beat four Inglewood players to score in the. corner. The kick failed. A bright solo effort' by L; Arnold ended a yard from Western’s line, but from the scrum the ball came to Wipiti, who after a good run handed to W. Lewis, who beat Cottier and dived over the line to .score as he was tackled by R.: Arnold. Arnold, was injured but after attention was able to continue play. Yeates led the Inglewood forwards in a rush to Western's line. Lewis kicked through to Cottier, whq„ spade a good attempt at a field goal, but failed. Inglewood pressed, but a dropped pass enabled Lewis to clear. Yeates again led the- Inglewood forwards in a willing dash 'nd L. Arnold picked up and dropkicked a good goal. A’penalty. to Inglewood put it oh the attack,' and . Ward snapped up and passed on to R. Arnold. Hall and Bennet, who after a great run erbssed the line at the corner. R. Arnold made a good attempt to goal, but -the score was left at 19-18.- Bennett broke away Ahd kicked over Lowry’s head'but Lowry; was able to save.-Inglewood was. back on the attack quickly but was not able ‘to sedre before time was called. .Western Suburbs. 19 Inglewood 18 Mr. R. Coles refereed. JUNIOR GRADE FIXTURE. INGLEWOOD BEATS WESTERN. As a curtain-raiser to the senior game at Inglewood Western Suburbs and Inglewood juniors played a match, Inglewood. winning. Parks and .Stachurski scored, while Paries converted .the second try. Jefferies scored for Western and Lowry converted.. ’ ' - • ■' ■'■..■ OTHER COMPETITION RESULTS. Results- of senior League matches elsewhere are:— Auckland.--; ■ Ponsonby '8 beat Marist 3. , ' Mount Albert 5 beat Richmond 3. Devpnport 10 beat City 6.