A POOR EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Age, 4 July 1929, Page 5

A POOR EXHIBITION.

The teams lined out as follow:— Wairarapa (Dark Green).—<F. Fitzgerald. W. Yates, F. Fuller, A. V. Jury, A. E. Cooke (capt), T. Corkill, J. Mill, M. Devine, J. Walker, Olliver, M. Willoughby, K. Fairbrother, S. Willoughby, J. Churchouse, M. McGregor. Bush (Red and Blue)—P. Humphrey, H. Wolland, A. Tait, G. Harris, B. Udy, R. Biddle, L. Humphrey, J. Galvin, H. Udy, C. Bond, H. Henderson, H. McKay, C. Kendall, J. Monohan, H. Raffe. Wairarapa lost the toss and kicked off into the sun. Bush had the best of the first few line-outs and their forwards worked through to the Green 25. Mill took a good mark but failed to gain much ground. B. Udy went close with a penalty awarded in the Green 25, for offiside play. The Red forwards had it all over the Green pack, and play for a time w’as confined to the Green 25, till Cooke broke away and took play to mid-field where F. Fuller narrowly missed from a penalty. There was no rearguard play so far, play being confined to the forwards, with Bush having the best of matters. F. Fuller secured in midfield and corkscrewed his way through and sent his backs away but a faulty pass 'by Mill let Bush break through and Udy and Tait rushed play to the Green 25, where Yates, who was playing splendidly, saved a dangerous situation with a good line kick. The Red forwards were creating havoc among the home 'backs, Fuller and Cooke saving repeatedly. At this stage Cooke received a knock and required medical attention before play was resumed. Corkill short-punted from a scrum in midfield and Devine followed up well, bustled Humphrey, and Cooke was almost across, a forcedown saving. The Wairarapa inside back combination, from which so much was expected, was not functioning at all, faulty handling and bad passingcharacterising all their attempts at rearguard play. Udy and Galvin broke away to the Green line, but Mill saved with a fine kick. Bush came again, but over eagerness saw Cooke clear with a penalty kick. Fitzgerald was giving a shocking exhibition at full-back for Wairarapa, his handling and kicking being well below rep. standard. Play waxed faster in the forwards and Fuller flashed away well into the Red 25, a bad pass to Yates stopping what appeared to be a certain try. A good mark by Udy sent the Greens to midfield again. The Bush forwards kept tirelessly on the ball and besides being vastly superior to the Green pack in the set scrums and line-outs, their spoiling tactics were having the desired effect on the fast Green backs. Henderson broke away from a scrum in midfield and the whole Red pack combined in a rush to the Green line, where Fuller saved brilliantly. The Green pack retaliated with a good rush, Olliver breaking away in a great solo effort taking play to the Red lin6, where from a scrum M. Devine secured and dived across for a good try which Fuller converted. Wairarapa, 5/0. Bush replied with a rush to the Green line, and kfept up the pressure till a forcedown relieved. Half-time sounded with the score unchanged and Bush on the attack. Bush assumed the offensive on resumption, but Cooke gave a taste of true form by securing in his own 25 and flashing clean through to the fullback, who tackled well. The Green forwards continued the rush, but Udy saved with a good kick. Play was faster and brighter now. From play in midfield, Corkill passed to Cdoke, who kicked well down the line for Yates to follow up fast, secure, and cross for a great try near the posts. Fuller added the major points. Wairarapa, 10/0. Wairarapa had livened up now, though Corkill was- the weak link in the backs. Cooke and Mill were going well and Olliver in the forwards was ever in the picture. From a line-out in the Red 25 Mill set his backs in motion, and Cboke receiving from Corkill, cut brilliantly through to score a great try between the posts. Fuller converted. Wairarapa 15/0. The Grsen backs were now going well, especially Fuller and Yates, the latter giving a great display on the wing. Corkill, his play greatly improved, secured in midfield, cut through and was away; Cooke came up fast, took the pass and flashed away to score a sensational try 'between the posts. Fuller converted. Wairarapa, 20/0. Bush, stung by these reverses, rushed play to the Green line, and only good defensive work by Mill and Cooke kept* them out. P. Humphrey, at full-back for Bush, was giving a very sound display. Tait and B. Udy were also playing well. Wairarapa 7 s next score came from an exceptionally good piece of work by Fuller. Securing from a high kick, he side-stepped into position, and drop-kicked a splendid field goal from well out. Wairarapa, 24/0. Mill had the spectators on their toes with a tricky bit of play behind the scrum, but a faulty pass nullified the effort. The Green rearguard was now going well, Cooke and Corkill combining splendidly. Corkill was breaking away repeatedly, but Bush defence was sound, though their forwards were tiring. Mill, from a scrum at half way, sent his backs away, the ball travelling safely along the chain of backs to Yates and back to Fuller, who fooled two Red men, to cross for another try which he converted. Wairarapa. 29/0. Play was now fast and exciting, the Green rearguard working beautifully. Their play, however, seemed to lack finish, as time and again their backs would swoop down field only to be pulled up for a knock-on or a forward pass. Wairarapa dominated play in the <*losing stages, but the score remained the same when final time was called. Wai rarapa, 29; Bush, 0. Mr. H. J. McKenzie controlled the game.

WAIRARAPA AGAIN DEFEAT BUSH. i YESTERDAY’S REP. MATCH. 6 BUSH OPEN WELL. Wairarapa met Bush in the return match at Memorial Park yeeteiday, before a large attendance, and won by 29 points to nil, after a colourless and disappointing ex hibitlon of footbaU. The Bush team gave a creditable display, ee ; pecially in the first spell, their forwards being superior to the Green pack and their backs all played soundly. The first spell, which ended 5/0 in Wairarapa’s favour, was moat uninspiring. The Green pack was beaten in the scrums and line-outs, and their backs played like a lot of juniors. The second spell, however, was a different story, the Green rearguard combining splendidly and their foraards infused more sting into their play. Walker replaced Irvine in the Wa:-arap» team. For Bush, Tait and Udy in the backs and D. Henderson and Galvin in the forwards were outstanding. While Cooke. Mill and Yates, and McGregor and Olliver were the pick of the Green team.