REP. FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12405, 24 August 1918, Page 10

REP. FOOTBALL.

WELUBDTOH V. GAHTERBURY. WIN FOR VISITORS. Tho .interprovincial match between Wellington and Canterbury was played at the Show Grounds to-dnv, before a very largo crowd, Tho tennis were ns follow: Canterbury (Red and Black): A. D. tench, A. M’Leod, R. E. Hoag, J. ('. Mullins, J. Hirst. 0, E. Guinoy, ,10. f ilzgorald, 1. Gray (wing), T. Cmviisliaw, 0. Hegnrty, C. .Nlurray, W. Cummings, .I 1 ,. Cummings, A. Henry, R. Drake. Wellington (Black): R. Scott, 0. porter. AI. Corner, W. Thomas, I l ', J ilyani, C, Morris, H. Nicholls, A. Barker, Albert Parker, T. Trov, D. .Eberhard, A. Scott, J. Marks, it. Tancred, A. Bowes. Referee: Mr J. F. Peake. W cllington were a heavier team notably in the backs, while they had groat weight in tho pack. Winning the, toss, \\ cllington elected to play with a slight advantage of wind, ihoro wore some nice bursts of Canterbury passing early in the game, but Wellington tackled very effectively. A rebound from a Canterbury kick in the first ten minutes went into touch-in-goal, and from Hie drop-out Canterbury were again bard pressed, but Mullins marked a dangerous kick by I homas. Wellington pressed hard and bad passing averted a likely score, but finally Guiney fielded well and shifted play to the Wellington, half. Hero Wellington wore penalised, but Tench failed to find touch, and play came back, Tench was beaten by the bounce, and Marks cross-kicking Porter gathered the ball and, throwing M’Leod off. scored near the flag, but Troy railed to convert. Wellington , . .3 Canterbury . . o Gray led a Canterbury rush, but a kick by M’Leod was charged. Drake and Gray led a flue loose rush to tho Wellington twenty-five, but Wellington were very well served by Nicholls, who was very quick to get the ball away to his backs. Morris started a fine rush for Wellington with a very fast run, but Bong marked bn the line, and from a long kick Bong forced. Wellington charged the drop-out, and in subsequent plav Tilyard marked in a nice position, but Nicholls missed the kick., A penalty shot by Tench fell short, but almost from tlie kick out Mullins broke through, finding touch close up. Here Canterbury passed out, but Boag, after breaking through, slipped, and a likely score was lost. Wellington rallied, and just bofloro half-time .a rush started by Morris travelled out to Corner, who scored with Thomas in attendance, but Morris’s kick failed. Wellington .... 6 Canterbury .... 0 Guiney dropped into touch, and from tho scrum Tilyard was all but over, but lost Hie ball on the line. The game surged back, and Wellington being penalised twice for off-side at tbeir twenty-five, but overkicking found touch in goal. Half-time sounded a little later. ' Canterbury had _ what advantage there was in the wind in the second spell, which opened smartly, mostly with forward rushes. Fitzgerald let the ball out, and Boag kicked tuovm held, but tae W cllington full-back just got back in time to force. Then Wellington took a hand, Morris showing a wondciful turn of speed, but Canterbury were back again, a high kick having Wellington in trouble, but they forced before M’Leod could got up. There were very exciting momenta for both sides, as the forwards of both sides iought on tho linc-out and in the loo=o with varied fortunes. Finally Wellington were penalised for playing the ball off the ground, and Tench had a shot, which just fell short. Canterbury tried an up-and-under dropout, but the forwards overran tho ball, and Porter, with a brilliant run, passed infield to Troy, who scored a groat try, but Porter’s kick failed. Wellington . , ,9 Canterbury .... 0 Canterbury lost a good chance to ficoro when >\. Cummings find Hcgartv charged tho full-back who fumbled. The referee gave a scrum, when tho application of the advantage rule might have meant a Canterbury score. Apart from this the rest of the match was more in favour of Wellington than Canterbury, but the score remained nnaltered. It was a hard-fought game, in which the Canterbury forwards had to Lake more than their share of the woik. Undoubtedly the better team won. Final score:— AVellington . , , ,0 Canterbury .... 0