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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 166, 29 May 1940, Page 8

Valmint Improving. The Vaa-s —Lomint gelding, Valmint, was seen out at Te Rapa on Monday. He ran fourth in the prin cipal handicap, one mile, wonb v Silver Quex. As runner-up in the Cornwall Handicap in the last three years, he may go one better this Week. The handicapper, in allotting him 7.5 has invited him to "give it a go." It is worthy of note that his dame, Lomint, won the ?vent while her dam, Loloma, was also victorious in the mile and a quarter race. Last year Vaimint was runner-up to Royal Appellant, who he now meets on 12!b better "crmsi

behind the opponent; and if the opponent muffs his catch so that the ball rolls away to the player, thenthe* player can accfcpt this ball and play,'it without penalty. ■ Only -the man in his own: team.' whose actions have put him off-side ■ can place a player on-side. < Mr Bradley Avas careful to stress; this point. He gave as an example the case |'of~ a wing three-quarter who runs up with the centre, and carries on whenthe centre kicks downfield. The centre, perhaps, satisfied with his kick, Avrongly rests on his laurels. The wing follows the ball. But only the wing (or any other player whohas been behind the centre when the ball was lucked) is on-side. Any - other player who is in front of fthe kick is wrong if he assumes himself" when the w 7 ing has run up to him. Mr Bradley's version of our statement that no player can be put offside by an action of his opponents, , was this: "Except as regards the 10yard rule, no player can be off-side if an opponent has possession of .theball, or was the last to play it.' 1 No Scrums in Goal. In his second talk Mr Bradley raised an interesting point about the application of the off-side rule behind the goial line. It was quite wrong, he said, to believe that a de* fending player behind his own goal; line had special privileges. If (he 4 knocked-on, or passed forward, al scrummage would be ordered five - yards inside the field of play, opposite the place. If he obstructed, a, penalty would be awarded between > the goal posts. If the referee believed that the obstruction prevent- - ed a try being scored, then he might award a penalty try, instead of thispenalty kick. r But, and this is important, on e concession is made to a defending - plaj'er in his own in-goal. He.is not off-side if he is in front of a player <?f his own team who has the ball or Avas the last to play it. He may,. hoAvever, place himself off-side by standing in front of a player takinga free kick or a penalty kick. While he AA*as talking about theapplication of the rules, generally,., inside the in-goal area, in his second' talk, Mr Bradley came to the point, which very often gives rise to confusion, both among players and spec-: tators. It is impossible to hold a-_ scrummage inside the in-goal. If a scrum is pushed back over the goaf line then it ceases to be a scrum. Mr Bradley pointed out that in these circumstances any player could drop on the ball to score or forced doAA'n. A back could even enter the 1 scrum or score or force, ly the ball reached the goal line. Players might even adA r ance in front of the ball. But he warned who are not in the scrummage Avhen the ball crosscs the line: if it isknocked back into the field of playtliey immediately become off-side,, and should accordingly be sure in - all circumstances that they can get back. . (To be continued)