SANDON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 182, 6 August 1935, Page 3

SANDON

RUGBY TOOTBALL HEN.SON CUP MATCH By defeating the winners of the T« Kav.au Sub-Unioti’s junior champion* ship, Hiiia, Sandon won the Hensojj bhieiu fur the union s Knock out cum* i petition. The match was played ut tiio i "andon grounds in ideal weathsr condi* Itioiiß aud tiiv large attendance witI m.’.-.'C i au exciting game from start to I liuisii, Sandun winning by 6 tv 3. | The game wa» a duel between strung backs and strung forwards, the latter pievailing by a narrow margin. The most p.uuiineiit player on the livid was lx. U Liion, tiic oandon full*back. He gave a faulilesb exhibition and repeatedly c.eared hia U"e from dangeruu.3 niu. erreath. Buiure the commencement ul ll’.e game both teams stood in silence a> a Iribui*: to the late Lindsay K. At oilutt. | From ilie outaVi. play was wry exciting. cavil side having a turn of atlacuiug. bandoa’s Ihal score was untxpwTcd inc Kuia forwards, icd by | lidUc, headed a strong rush for the I line but a certain tr< was lost by a i kauck-o.i From the scrum lluia heeled and waca :n a handy position the back ■ i.iuvemint uroac down. Larkin (baudon) sccu.'tj and dufthed through the Huia bucks Lu h.nd on to Kent, who had a clear run in from his own twenty-live. The kick missed.—Sandc-u J. Huia U. Play during tiic balance of the lir?y half was wry even. 'J he second hail su\; tSandon attacking hard, when the big Saudun forward, Murphy, gut pos session and dived uwr for a good try. The kick mused. —Sandon 6, lluia 9. Pressing hard Huia staged a grear recovery and had .Sandon worried keeping them in their own twenty* live’ for the best part of the second half. Their persistency was rewarded when Potu raced over to open Huia’s account. Gilmour missed with the kick. —Sanoon 6, Huia 3. Huia were still attacking when time was ca led, thus ending one of the most exciting games witnessed in Sandon this year. Air. R. Scott ably controlled the game.