RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 4

RUGBY

JUNIOR MATCH TECHNICAL OLD BOYS AND OLD BOYS The junior match between Technica College Old Boys and Wanganui ui.c Old Boys last Saturday was played or the racecourse and was quite a good display of junior grade fooicail. Froir the kick-off Technical Old Boys carried play into their opponents' tevri lory, and after several passing rusi;?. had broken down Cornish got the bal; away to his backs, the bail parsing along to McKenzie on the wing, win easily outpaced the opposition. FonL Jack failed.—Technical Old Boys 3-0 Shortly after the blue and whit( forwards swept down field and from the twenty-live line Jones snapped u;: and passed to Taylor, who handed on the leather to Falconer to race over —Technical Old Boys 6-0. Technical were attacking constantly, Shuker just failing to get across. Couchman and Taylor featured in another charge upon Old Boys’ line, but a clearing kick was gathered in by Gannon, Technical full-back, wh. moved up smartly to transfer tc Cairncross, who made a fine opening and passed on to Ford, to Falconer, who cut in near the corner and forced his way over.—Technical Old Boys 9-0. From the kick-off Old Boys got the blues on the run, and from a loose rush Johnstone scored. —Technica Old Boys 9, Wanganui and Old Boys 3.

Shortly after Falconer put in wonderful drop-kicks from half-way one of which at least deserved a bet ter fate. The second half, territorially, wa well in Old Boys' favour, who strivu again and again to add to their score Taylor again led the blue pack wcl and cleared on several occasion.Cairncross, too, relieved the tensioi when the Technical backs got awu.v by short-punting and gathering hi own kick. He was grassed in time an< Old Boys forced. Stroud led the rec and blacks in repeated attacks bu Technical Old Boys defended strenu ously. Towards the end the bjwe once more dominated the play ai-< from a line-out the most spectacula try of the game occurred when Fal coner intercepted and cut through the opposition to score near the posih thus completing the “hat trick.” Hi converted his own try, thus leaving Technical Old Boys the winners 14-3. Technical players showed mor finish among the backs and the pacl worked with more cohesion. The line outs and loose rushes were evenl; shared but both sets of backs failei frequently to stop rushes by getting down on the ball. Mr G. Lints con trolled the game.