HAWKE’S BAY IN TOP FORM

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 166, 17 July 1939, Page 9

HAWKE’S BAY IN TOP FORM

WATCH WITH WAIRARAPA FORWARDS GOOD IN TIGHT AND LOOSE [ Per Pre.'S Association J WAIRARAPA July 15. The Wairarapa-Hawke’s Bay Rugby match provided good football this afternoon. The 'Bay won by 17 points to 6. The visiting forwards played great football, especially Dalton, Reid, Jackson, McDonald and Wilson. They won most of the scrums and line-outs, while in the loose they were brilliant. Only the dogged Wairarapa defence j saved scores. The ’Bay backs were clever and 1 tricky, and easily masters of the W«i- ■ ■ rarapa rearguard. The best visiting j backs were Dyer, Moss, Fox and Devine, Peterson, Hatton and Denbee were - the pick of the local backs. , There were many thrilling incidents ■ j in the game and the spectators were j kept on their toes. Both back and for- , i ward the ’Bay was superior. The 1 game, at times, was flayed at a fast . bat, but the ’Bay had the better form . and was more skilled in the finer , ' points of the game. ,; In the first spell Fox and Deviiu ,' scored tries for the ’Bay and Brunton ;: kicked a penalty for Wairarapa. In I the second spell Wairarapa dominated , ■ for a period, but Hawke’s Bay, by ■ ’ brilliant tactics, gained the upper ;, hand and indulged in many thrilling /movements. Thompson scored a try , ; for Wairarapa and for the 'Bay tries , I were obtained by T. Reid (converted J by Fox), Fox and McDonald.