Whakatane Combined Clubs' Convincing Defeat Of Otahuhu Senior Side

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 88, 30 August 1948, Page 5

Whakatane Combined Clubs' Convincing Defeat Of Otahuhu Senior Side

In the senior match at the Domain pn Saturday a mediocre side representing W r combined clubs beat an Ofahuhu senior team that showed all the signs of lack of i condition. Final score was 38—8. After the bright curtain raiser, the senior game was a bit of an anticlimax. Teams: — Otahuhu: Petherbridge, Wallace, Conway, Peace, McCarthy, Edwards, Butler, French, Bennett, Ryan, Hall, Curry, Sadlier, Mason, Bentley. Whakatane: Laurie, McCready, Cave, Rutherford, Tina Riini, R. Crapp, Hurran, Semmens, Cleland, Ratahi, Gardiner, Boynton, Te Pou, Mundy. . . . Otahuhu lacked precision in the backs and lacked weight in the forwards. The local team played a mediocre game against a weak side and won on their merits onrthe day, Laurie, . Cave and Tina Riini were the pick of the backs, but, as is usual here, real combination was lacking. Hurran played his usual-' steady game. Boynton, Semmens and Cleland stood out ki the forwards. ■ The Otahuhu backs were uniformly poof, with Conway and Butler, half and centre, perhaps the best. The forwards took it rather easy. . Scorers* * Whakatane (38 points): McCready and Cave, three tries each, Rutherford, Semmens, Cleland and Hurran, a try each; Semmens, three conversions; Tina Riini, one conversion... Otahuhu (8 points): Peace and. Conway a try each; Conway, a conversion.