VICTORIOUS WELLINGTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 200, 25 August 1931, Page 4

VICTORIOUS WELLINGTON

19 POINT SECOND SPELL CKI MBLED WANGANUI HOPES ,»anganui Collegiate School had the sun behind them and what breeze there was in their favour in the first spell, and Wellington, facing the bright rays from the west, were under a handicap. The opening of the match, in fact the whole of the first spell, gave the impression that two fairly evenly matched teams would play hard to the bitter end, would score in turn and keep the watching public on tente hooks of expectancy. What really did happen, however, was that Wanganui, after playing with plenty of vim in the first spell and for a portion of the sec- 1 ond, failed badly in handling, kicking and tight work towa.ds the close. Sadler, the half-back, who disti.. uished himself ro much on Saturday by his quick and elusive solo efforts, had a watchful defence to contend with, and in the first spell was effectively taken care of. \\ ith a spirit of determination, however, he came into his own at the end of the second spell and led Wanganui a merry dance afte* his lightning bursts just as ip had done for Nelson on Saturday. Watt was a splendid scoring winger for Wellington, and so was Kirkcaldie, Wanganui. Unfortunately for both these players repeated mishandling by inside backs gave them very few chances of distinguishing themselves I in proper Rugby style. It was noticeable that School’s in- . side backs made decidedly more effort ! to penetrate than they did on Satur- ; cay. both '‘’over and Bunny chaUeng- i ing the defence, and keeping it on the i qui vivc. One such move gave Gover a lightning try. The stab-punt was resorted to a j gr»-at deal by Wanganui and. in this J particular match, really marked the - turning of the tide against them. Il j was a stab-punted ball the white j live-eighth line that let Watt cleverly j kick to catch the opposing full-back , our of position, follow up and play the ' Wellington team into position for a try j which started a long run of black and gold scoring that topped off the second j spell. Wellington scored 19 points after th«- interval to Wanganui’s solitary three. The player who had a linger in the pie to good purpose was j O’Loughlin, the victors’ rover. His • efforts at goal wore very accurate, and. I in addition, he scored two fine tries. i School was not well served on the ! last line of defence and Wellington ' played to that position frequently. • sending up very fast spoilers behind • ong kicks that were not so placed as : to tire them for nothing. Wanganui ; fielded better hookers than their op- , ponents. but this match was another i which proved that such an advantage ■ « not of much use unless there is a i •’•o-eight!. Hi ■ to make the best oi possession. How the Play Went. The o nee opened at a fast puce the i Wellington backs handling to Dickey’s | Ring. Wanganui s tacKling proved j !q » it to the task imposed upon it and i t qui«-k. retaliatory move came when ' the white baeas handled to J. H. Cole j i;an, whose punt upfield brought Wellington treub e. Before tho attackers I TtrUid be vlcared Wellington infringed, I enabling Bunny to goal and draw urst ' blood to School, four minutes after the ‘ sick-off—School 3; Wellington 0. The b ack and gold forwards asserted iuenuer.es and an offside infringement by bcaoo! gave O’Loughlin an opportunity to kick at goal. The effort failed and, a minute later, School forced. School swung back to an attacking role as the result of the forwards playing better than their opponents. J. >. Wiliock kept his backs moving, Wellington smashing into them. Faulty handling by Wanganui let Wei.ington resume an attacking role. Sadler moved his backs up twite I or three times, the defence holding j well, bur a move on the left of the ! field caught Wanganui napping. The ball was played to Watt’s wing and j he defied the defence, to score a great : *. Udjougnlin’s kick failed. —Wellington 3; Wanganui 3. There was plenty of vim in the play at this stage and the Wellington back line moved into action again, Sadler, i Steele, Halliwel’, Cooper and Dickey handling. The winger got an infield pass away to llalawell very nicely, hut Wanganui’s defence held. A minute later a scrum infringement in front

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PHOTOS. A large collection of photographs se lured during the inter-Collegiate Rugby tournament may be seen by calling at Tesla Studios, opposite D.I.C. They include Wellington, Wanganui, Christ’s and Nelson College teams and also ; snaps of the various gajnos in action. Series are obtainable.* I

of the posts made O’ Loughlin a present of three points.—Wellington 6, Wanganui 3. Wanganui’s backs handled, following the resumption of p ay and a punt upfield found touch very nicely near the corner. J. S. Wiliock let Gover off to make a splendid opening which was nullified by a pass forward as he was tackled. A free kick put School close up to Wellington’s line and from an action initiated by J- S. Wiilock, Bunny made a clever cut-in to be hauled down very close to a try. J. S. Wiilock got the ball nicely from a ruck scrum, and a quick run round the blind side resulted in Kirkcaldie being sent away in a strong ruu which beat Dickey and brought a great try, the winger nicely judging a narrow touchline attack to get round into a fairly good position before touching down. Bunny’s kick was close, but not effec tive. —School 6, Wellington 6. Matters were interesting at this stage, School, with the sun and wind behind them, making the most of the spell iu anticipation, of being handicapped by these elements after halftime. Faulty handling by the Wanganui backs let Wei.ington well up again, O’Loughlin being given another chance at goal, which he narrowly missed scoring from. A long kick upfield resulted in Dickey being unable to field and, to make matters worse for Wellington, he kicked the ba 1 back when trying to pick up. He was smothered and from subsequent tight play Gover crossed for School after a neatly-executed penetration run. Bunny’s kick was easy of accomplishment. —School 11, Wellington 6. Back Wellington came to the offensive and another free kick gave O’Loughlin three more points. —Wellington 9, School 11.

XXXXXXXXXXZXXXXXXXXXXXXIZX This was the score at half-time. Wanganui gave away three poiuts ■ as the result of Gover kicking cleanly I into Watt’s arms. The Wellington ■ winger punted upfield and so placed ! the ball as to catch Moore out of posi- : tion. Watt had the pace to get up and smother Wanganui vainly struggling to clear and from the ensuing scramble O’Loughlin scored The scorer’s kick proved successful.—Wellington 14, Wanganui 11. Watt’s strong running again put Wellington where they wanted to be — up iu the whites’ twenty-five. Wanganui infringed outside the twenty-five line and O’Loughlin put a difficult kick nicely over the bar.—Wellington 17, Wanganui 11. I The black van had the upper hand j at this stage in all except hooking. ; This advantage was of little use to i Wanganui, however, as the Wellington I breakaways kept going up fast. The ! backs, too, kept up a spoiling attitude, and a wild passing movement by Wanganui let O’Loughlin intercept and beat two men to score. His own kick failed.—Wellington 20, School 11. I Wellington infringed the offside rule ten yards inside half way, Bunny failing to goal. J. S. Wiliock worked the blind side of the scrum to Gover, to Polson. The winger’s run earned him into the right corner of the field where Wellington’s defence rallied momentarily. School support materialised quickly and Payton crossed for a try. Bunny’s kick missed.—School 14, Wellington 20. In the dying stages of the game the Wellington forwards were on the offensive with great determination and gave Sadler possession near the line. A characteristic twisty run brought the blacks a clever try, which

•J’Loughlin iiad no difficult in convert ing.—Wellington 25, School 14.

I The final score in the match tame to Wellington as the result oJ a rear guard action which handled the ball to Wati, who crossed. Cooper’s kick missed and the game ended a minute or so later with the scores: Wellington 28 Wanganui 14 . Er W. 11. Rowe was referee. • The teams were as follow; Wellington College (black and gold): Full-back, W. Tricklebank; three-quar-ters, J. M. Watt (captain), D. C. Cooper, S U. Dickey; live-eighths, J. Haiti well, C. C. Steele; half, B. S. Sadler; forwards, R. M. Milne, T. Gale, C. M. Ongley, D. R. Porter, A. G. Gray, A. A Barnett, J. C. Sourness and W. P. J. H. O’Loughlin. Wanganui Collegiate Schoo] (white): M. R. Moore; W. J. Polson, J. H. ColeI man. S. M. Kirkcaldie; R. Bunny (cap tain), F. W. Gover; J. >. Wiilock; N. i H. Christie (wing-forward); C. E. Daw- • son, 0. N. Williams, J. J. Pay ton, E. E. j Heenan, P. R. Willcock, P. S. Coleman, • J. A. Harrison.