THE BETTER TEAM WINS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 4

THE BETTER TEAM WINS

OLD BOYS MISS GIBSON ‘SNOWY” SVENSON TUE.NS OUT The inability of Old Boys’ forwarus to cuiuiver* ixaxeiau. m tme van was tne real cause oi vic wry and defeat m tue major inawn or We day. Xn Lne nrst iew ixiiautes of tue game Old Boys’ pock went out imuued w±tn a winning spirit, anj. attacked soixdly. ixaierau’s counter attacks we_e too penetrating and too devastat-ng, However, and. the resistance m tae red and biacK rauns wnted oadiy. Hooking of the ball in the set scrums, too, was a i actor, i/laasants aid his job well for Kaierau, whereas Old Buys sadly missed Clay, who was taking an enfo.ced spell on the line. Protected by a luggmi pack, the Kaierau backs gave a splendid display. D. Jones, at first five-eighths, was tho pivot from which, the bru lianee radiated and it encompassed Morgan (at centre), and Burgess (on the wing), the two fi.st-nained responding in a. manner which must ga-n them places in the team to detoud tiie Pownall Trc-phy a fortnight hence. Apart from the absence of Cmj, Old Boys were Without Gibson, their centre threequarter, and in the second bpcil, when Nicholls way injureu, naa ♦o fall back on K. S. (“Snowy”) Svenson, who made a name for himself with the 1924-25 All Black team, and in days gone by, played at second five-eighths for Old Boys. He was by no means fit, but participated in the move which brought Old Boys their one and only try. BullockDouglas, detrimentally to himself and, in many respects, *o his club also, played first at centre and then at second five-eighths. In neitner position did he stand out, and his real ability as a scoring winger was lost to tho team. Kaierau (maroon): Stowers; Wilson, Morgan, Buigess; Jonen, Smith, Hoskins; Lockett; Byres, I’irmin, Turner, Simpson; Pairama, Pleasants, Dawson. Wanganui and Old Boys ‘red and black); Svenson; Pargcter, BullockDouglas, Polson; Nicholls, Sharp; Hunter; Halligan; McClelland, McIntyre, Pleasants, Darroch, McGregor, Watson, Sclwood. Old Boys were in trouble early in tho game when Hunter and Svenson were both badly deceived by a bouncing ball. The team made the first likely move, however, when the backs were fed to a passing rush, the whole line handl-ng for Pa.gctcr to make a lino dash for the corner. He was Drought down a few feet away from his uojective and deserved the ovation his effort gamed. Another bright movement came when Hunter cut through and Sharp carried on. lie was b.uckcd and tue ball went out f.u cue wing, Pargeter just failing to leach tue bail as it bounced into touch in tho Kaierau goal area. From iiiai out Kaierau became aggressive and scored. VV ilson stopped inc ball xi'c-in going out and kicked up. Svcnsun mailed and was tackled m attempting to clear. McG.egor booted through and Morgan coLcctcd in front of the goal. He took his tmi e and, with a line kick, raised lour points vor his side with a “pot.” Bignt minutes of the gamg had gone. A inisundersiamliiig between Hunter and Svenson in taking the bad let xvaieiau m again, Uni Boys Doing penalised when they attempted to pick up. Muigan's kick found the Hne well down and Kaiemu carried a paosmg iujU io Wilson j wmg. 'i.he Maori winger took the ball well but was forced out at a corner. A scrum followed and Kaierau hooked. Hosxms b(-.i\ ais bucks away, ,Wi»son coming in to provide an overlap, which ult-inatcly allowed burgess to gallop for the Hue unopposed. Moigan’s kick missed and Kaierau were seven points up in 14 minutes. Another good run was made by Wilson after Morgan beat Bullvck-Doug-las badly. Wilson got past Svenson witn a fine dash, but Mclntyre saved the Une uy fo.ving tftu winger into touch. Oid Boys nearly scored when tiie ma.oons were penalised and Bul-iock-Douglas took the kick, the bail miss:ng a po-t by a very narrow uiarO.d Boys were in a handy position when Hunter worked the bund side of the scrum on the Ka-eiau une. Lock ett and Morgan cleared by booting through and play was taken to Wilson ’s wing, where it was stopped. At half-time the scores read: Kaierau 7, Old Bovs 0.

Old Boys started the second spell with fourteen men, Nicliu.is having retired injured. Fear minutes after the game recommenced Smith cut tn rough, passed to Jones, who ran Mraignt in rough to score. Morgan goaled and Kaierau were 12 points in the lead. Hadigan played at fir.»t five-eighths until replaced by K. 8. Svenson, v’ho went to centre. Bullock-Douglas then played at second tiv e-eigaths. Kaiclau kept the ball tight and play became quieter, until Mclntyre came Out of the scrum ai)d sent BullockDouglas away. Out went the ball to K. Svenson, to Poison on the wing, and he scored in the corner. BullockDouglas goaled from the line.—Old Boys 5, Kaierau 12. liilciebt immudiaicly quickened in ■he game. Kaierau continued to keep tho ball locked up in the ruck and they were eventually rewaided. Simpson got it from a ime-out' and broke away. Pleasants was witn in in and look tho pass neatiy to score. Morgan missed the kick and Kaierau had a ten-point lead. Kaierau’s backs handled nicely, Jones coming round to take a paoS and run down the wing. He kept Kaierau in position with a good Pnc kick and tn© maroons scored again liom the favourable position created. Huskins worked the blind and passed to Burgess for fhc winger V> bout Polson and cross in the cornel). Morgan missed the kick. —Kaierau .18, Old Beys 5. The game did not last long after that and ended with the better tcaffi on top. Mr. G. Thrush was the referee. BACKS WIN THE DAY MARIST LAPSE IN POBM A LACK OF FINISH Technical Old Boys’ backs had too much pace for Maiist, and aitnougn Thakoiubau, the Fijian centre, did not show up to the same degree as in the two previous matches, and his dcxcncc was a littio bit lop-sided, the greens knew he was there. The match was of a mediocre type, and would have been very drab but for the occasional flashes of cohesion and pace shown by tho winners. I’c.ritoiiaily, the contest was even, but the Marisc inside backs were hopeless.y at sea, and the finish to scoring moves was invariably nipped in tho bud. It was a surprising fall from grace so far as the greens were conce.iicd, notwithstanding the fact that Hansen tvas missing. Cleary, a promoted junior, largely made up for the loss. The teams •were; — Technical Old Boys (blue and white): McNicol; Renz, Thakombau, Beadie; J. MetoMvingi, Irwin; Rowe; Bassett, Hutchinson, Craig, Davidson, Blakely, Kjoss, Ballinger, McGlynn. Mar.st (green): Da*by; McCashin, Narbey, Bowler; Healey, Currie; Smith; Cleary, Matthews, Buckley, Phillips, Marton, E. Froniont, L. Fromont, Reynolds. Technical Old Boys made the first spectacular move, the bail travelling out to Beadle’s wing. Darby tackled the winger and saved a score. Play swung back to the other side of halt way, where Currie, with a neatlyplaced stab kick, found a gap. McNicol mu.lcd the ball under his own goal and the greens would have scored but for a post keeping the ball out. Technical Old Boys’ lust try came when their backs got to work and Thakombau sent Beadle away. The winger started a dash for the line at halfway and with no one in support. Narbey made for him, but Beadle changed his pace and got clear neatly. Darby, at full-back, expected Narbey to b.ing the winger down. When Beadle continued his dash, the green custodian found himself out of position, but he caught up with Beadle to tackle him on the line —too late. The winger was there first and scored. Thakombau missed the kick.—Technical Old Boys 3, Marist 0. Technical Old Boys _ kept up the pressure for the remainder c-f the half and called the tunc. An opportunity of secu fng another three points was offered them when L. Fromont got offside following a scrum. Thakombau’s kick went just outside the posts. There was no further score before the interval. Marist assumed an aggressive role when the second spell opened, and when Irwin kicked the ball to sec it

rebound off Bowler, the blue and whites had to work hard to keep Marist out. Technical Old Boys maue several attempts to start dabbling rushes, but they invariably failed on account

of the.r own men not displaying cohesion. A glorious opportunity to score a try came when tli e green backs were out of position, but Mete Kingi decided to use the stab Kick and Darby cleaned. 'L’nakombau missed a pass when the ball came out of the scrum, ICut.ng liuek.ey and Fromont lead the green forwards into the gap. Naibey tr.cd for a field goal in a handy position, but the ball went wide and was xorceu. xk penalty against Marist was taken by Thaxombau, who kicked into tiie greens’ twenty-live. Following a sc.um the nail came out to Mc<.e Kingi, who cut through and passed to Irwin, who missed tne pass. iiutchiiioOn came round and seat a long pass out to Renz, unmarked on the w.ng. Renz missejl the ball on the full, but gathered it as it bounced. Lt was an easy matter to run ten yards over the line and touch down. Thakombau’s kick failed. Marist set up a passing rush in fiC-nt of the goal and Bowler forced his way across, a five-yard scrum being ordered. Currie cut in and kicked for a corner, Bowler going up to block Bead-e, McNeal being obliged to concede a five-yuxd scrum. The Marist backs operated, and Healey was dumped on the wing. Thakombau cleared with a speculator. A period of even play followed, after which Technical Old Boys scored an unexpected try. Hutchinson broke clear from a line-out and went through to cross the line without opposition, catching Darby out of position. He grounded the ball Under the cross-bar and Thakom ban goaled. The game ended shortly afterwards, the scoies reading:— Technical Old Boys 13, Marist 0. Mr. AV. 11. Rowe was the referee. WIND A BIG FACTOR PIBATES DEFEAT WAVEBLEY Pirates and Waverley played a hard, even, but straggling match, on tho racecourse. In the end Pirates triumphed, holding to a four-point lead gained as the result of a field goal kicked by Lowe. Waverley scored six points, all of them being registered by Petersen, who crossed for a try and kicked a penalty. Chamberlain scored a try for Pirates and Lowe kicked a penalty and a field goal. Waverley 'scored first. Pirates had tho benefit of the wind in the first spell and hail tho visitors on defence. The black backs functioned in a passing rush, which broke down between the second live-eighths and centre and Petersen came to light, gathered iu deftly and cut off for the corner to score. His kick was unsuccessful. —Waverlev 3, Pirate:; 0. At last the black backs camo away, but the move was held up momentarily on the wing, the ball coming out eventually to Chamberlain, who scored. Tonks failed to convert. —Pirates 3, Waverley 3. Lowe kicked a penalty for Pirates and gave the blacks a three-point lead. Pirates opened tho second spell with a strong forward rush to the black and whites’ twenty-five but were driven back by Walker, who put Waverley on the attack with a long kick. Pirates were penalised and Petersen’s attempt to goal was carried well away from tho posts by the high wind. Pirates returned to tho attack from the dropout, the black forwards taking the ball deep into tho Waverley twenty-five, where Lowe received to “pot” a good field goal.—-Pirates 10, Waverley 3. From tho kick-off Waverley took play to the black twenty-live where the black hookers were penalised, but again tho wind carried Petersen’s kick outsido the posts. Shortly after Waverley were awarded another penalty-near the side-line and this time Petersen made no mistake, goaling with a great kick. —Waverley 6, Pirates 10. Waverley kept on the attack and Pirates had a strenuous time in keeping them out. Just on the call of time Thomas attempted to “pot,” the ball going just outside the uprights. I’iay was still in tho Pirate half when tho final whistle sounded. Mr. W. Molau was tho referee. FOR NEXT SATURDAY FIXTURES AND GROUNDS. THE METROPOLITAN UNION The third round of tho senior competition in the Wanganui Metropolitan Rugby Union opens next Saturday. L’he two Spriggens Park games will be between Pirates and Technical Old Boys and Kaierau and Marist. Timos for these two matches have not yet been decided upon. Old Boys arc to meet Waverley on the racecourse. The Fixtures Committee has compiled the following list of fixtures and grounds for the respective grades:— Senior Pirates v. T. 0.8., on Spriggens Park. Kaierau v. Marist, on Spriggens Park. Waverley v. Old Boys, on. Racecourse No. 4, at 3 p.m. junior Kaierau v. Old Boys, on Racecourse No, 1, at 3 p.m. Technical College v. Technical Old Boys, on Tech, ground at 3 p.m. Technical Old Boys A v. Kaierau A, on Racecourse No. 1, at 1.30 p.m. Aramoho v. County. Ground to be allotted. College v. Pirates, on College No. 1, at 2.15 p.m. Marist v. Kaiwliaiki, on Racecourse No. 2, at 1.30 p.m. Fourths Pirates v. Technical College, on Racecourse No. 3, at 1.30 p.m. College HI. v. College 11., on College No. 2, at 2 p.m. Technical Old Boys v. Marist, on Racecourse No. 4, at 1.30 p.m. Kaierau, a bye. Fifths Kaierau v. Marist, on Racecourse No. 2, at 3 p.m. Technical A v. Technical B, on Tech, ground, at 1.30 p.m. College IV. v. College IV B, on College No. 3, at 2 p.m. Sixths College V. v. Technical B, on College No. 4, at 2 p.m. Pirates v. College VI., on College No. 5, at 2 p.m. Technical A, a bye.