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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 178, 30 July 1932, Page 3

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BANGITIKEI v. TE KAWAU. COMMENTS ON THE GAME. Weather conditions did not favour an open game on Wednesday, but of the two sides the greens handled better than the black and whites and on the day the win was well earned. Nero Kane put in a lot of work foi the winners and he easily did his share towards the victory. Cameron made few mistakes and must be credited with a very fine save. The Te Kawau defence at times was shocking. What was sadly needed was Tattle and Fuller behind the scrum. Short, the player selected, failed to turn up. Selector Cameron might have filled the gap with Lapworth at half, W. Scott brought in to five eighth and M. Sanson at centre. This would have been an improvement. It was hardly fair to R. Algar (a forward) to ask him to do the job. With two fast wings like L. Moffatt and H. Dixon, whoy do they see so little of the ball. There is something lacking in the five-eighth’s line. Why not give Pat Royal a try out against Oroua? Cook played a sterling game in the forwards and deserved his two try’s. D. Hammond also toiled hard. G. Mil lard still retains his art of getting offside. The referee caught him twice but missed at least two more occasions. Innes did not impress. Referee Reeve wa s a bit hard on the blacks on Wednesday when three of them were trying to get the ball away from a green defender right on the green line. A free to black from any position or even a penalty try would not have been unfair under the circumstances, but a free to the greens for handling the ball, may be strictly correct in Rugby law, but seemed rather harsh. L. Moffatt’s effort when he scored was a good one. This player is fast and tricky, it is a pity he gets so little of the balk