HOME PACK’SGREAT DAY I

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 202, 27 August 1936, Page 5

HOME PACK’SGREAT DAY I

LOCKETT’S VAN PLAYS WELL BUT BEATEN BY SHEER PACE LOSERS, BUT NOT DISGRACED • Gay Lockett's pack played the ( greatest lorwaru game Wanganui has seen lor many years. T: was inspiring to see how the van held to its jou, and even in that last ten minutes, when both teams were tired, there was still a spur! left in the blues. Nobody win quibble at the . statement that the blue forwards , were not disgraced, 'i ne one factor which beat tnem was tne pace of Ihe r i [visitors, pace applied at me correct moment when pace was required. ‘ To a Wanganui puoi>c mere were many irregularities indulged in by the , visitors wmeh wore inclined to go un- ‘ checked. Maybe it is that this centre is alive to every breach of the rules ‘ and too readily expects penalties. ( Maybe, and this is more liKCly, the 1 Australian packmen, particularly ’ Hodgson, have been schooled in the "liner'’ points ot play round the 5 scrum, in the line-out and when the referee is not looking. Much of what ‘ they ‘‘got away witn” yesterday sa- | voured of that sort, of thing. I Knox Welsh, the home full-back, ( | came through a heavy day with credit 1 and Drake Thompson played a sound ’ I game. So did L.rogden, considering | mat he IcII a prey tu me eager loose ’ ’ forwards ot tne omsr team when | they looked to be badly oiiside. But < I there w as no pace aooui tne Wanga- ! aui bacniine l<> match thal ot Lie visitors, and that was the real story pi me uc.cai. Wanganui was slow m J I getting me ball irom nah io wings and me Australians weie quicK to !smother every move. Likewise, on at- . 'tac.,. th? Australians were so last in ’ hue loose mat mcii tries looked like •gms. ihe truln of tne matter was Imai the visitors were so much faster ' jlh.au tne other side, TacKling, how- 5 lever, on Wanganui's pait, wa> really ! >'goo.. ihe way ihe backs tavKled ' their men and ihe way the forwarus ! pin every ounce of uasn into their , | ,>iay maue tne game wnat it. was, one I which will live in memory cis one of r khe hardest struggles Wanganui has ever made to beat an international ' .side. '1 hose pcssimislij critics who * 1 foreshadowed points tuckering away T up to the thirties went home a saa!denod and more respectful band. Perhaps they will come forth to-day and 'proclaim that had it been a tine day I But, never mind, credit where credit is due. Australia's side v.as beaten in the pack tor most of the ' (game and the inside backs were n»t 1 jup Io the standard expected. The teams were: - I . Australia. -K. I’. Storey: A. D. Me- ’ I Lean. A. McLaugdin, D. W. Orr; R. r Rankin (2nd.‘, J. D. Hammon; E. de'C Gibbons; A. J. Hodgson; O. L. J Bridle, W. G. F. White, F. i_,. Hutchin|son. K. S. Windon; R. J. Walden, A. „ IH. Stone, J. H. Malone. c I Wanganui.—K. Welsh; G. A. Bui- | lock-Douglas, I). G. Barton, L. Burigess; D. Jones, D. Thompson; H. I Brogden; G. Lockett; N. James, W. j Firmin. A. Davidson. C. Hutchinson; I Wally Thompson, C. Reynolds, and M. , I McGregor. ’ K i__ ‘ r I : THE CURTAIN-RAISER P

WIN I i)R TAIHAJT. H MGRS i t i The big match was preceded by a j j tussle between the Wanganui Metro- g j politan juniors and the Taikape ( junior representatives. TaiJiape won c by 13 points to 7. I Hermans, ihe Wanganui full-back, j, drop-kicked a goal from 19 yards oui. f —Wanganui 4, Taihape 0. r Casey scored from a forward ri'. h <- and Downs conve; ted.—Taihape 5, £ Wanganui 4. c Shewan scored for W’anganui from v j a scramble, but Hermans’ kick | missed.--Wanganui 7. Taihape 5. ( Maher scored for Taihape from a j stab kick over Hermans’ head. Downs x * added the points and made the board i I read.—Taihape 10, Wanganui 7. [ I Reeves scored the final try from a j [scramble on Wanganui’s line. Maher ? i failed to goal; | ... I Taihape t-> • Wanganui - f , I Mr. S. Cass was tne roreree.