KIWIS FINAL MATCH

Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1946, Page 7

KIWIS FINAL MATCH

(N.Z.E.F. Correspondent).

ABERAVON BEATEN

Received Sunday 9.20 p.m. ABERAVON, March 3. In the last game of their tour of Great Britain, N.Z.E.P. beat Aberavon by 17 points to f after a very hard and fast match, with some spectacular incidents and a considerabla amount of rough piay among the forwards. The forwarus were mixing it early in tne first half, but excellent control was kept over a di.ficult game by Mr.' Ivor David, one- of the finest refe^ees in Great Britattt. ; ... - Si'^, wh# , vrcite. riglxt fttlly teit spoilihg tactfofe (tlih ba^^iie pl^yink' cioseri:tdgether''and;'i3|ery - d:ebp, and their; four Ipues came- from good pasking moyements. • ' ?f! A ' i'"".- • The; tour !ends»-t:with ,23 vHns/^.tiwo losses and .two clraws-^poihts for, 4^4; points against,-' l4l. "y ' | The teams were: — -5. = N.Z.E.P.: Scott, Sherratt, Smith, ! Meates, Froctor, Kearney, Edwards, i McPhail, lngpen, Bond, Arnold, _Wooe i ley, Rhind, Nelson, Finlay (captain). i Aberavon: S. T. Walter, E. Bowen I T. Price, J. Drew, T. J. I. John, G. | Arnold, L. Howard, S. Davies, H. Mor i gan, D. Stani'ord, W. Vicery (captain), j W. I. Thomas, A McCarley, D. J'oncs. ■ D. M. James.

Tne game was plaj^ed under excellent conditions, with the ground in goof order, before a capacity gate of 18,000. Both sides showed enter.pr.se in the eacly stages of the game. Ingpen and Rhind broke through from a line-out. Then Arnoid broke ciear from another line-out and passed to Rhind to Bond, who was thrown into touch. The scoring opened when a penalty enabled Scott to kick a tine goal from 40 yards out after 15 minutes' play. A great Aberavon passing rush, in which the ball went along the lxne of the backs to John, who centred, was stopped when Meates gathered the ball in and cleared. Another Aberavon rusb went close to the Kiwi line, Smith clearing from behind liis own goalline. Drew went off with a broken collar bone, James going out of the scrum to wing. The Kiwis" initiated numerous pass ing attacks, but fttmbling and also a-c-curate tackling by tbe home side prevented their scoring.

TWO FORWARDS WARNED. The forward play became very tongh and the referee took a forward from each team aside for taiking to. Prom a line-out the Kiwi backs went away in a fina passing rush and Sherratt racei- 0'. er in the corner. (Joox kicked a nne goal from the sideline. This succeSo- was iwpcatea. a iitfcle iater- -when, from loose piay, Finlay threw the ball out to the, backs and it travelled along the line, Sherratt topping off a ..good mo.v emeix,t, , with " a try near •the' corner-. , Scott 's kiqk. was wiae. Tiie half-time score was: iTew, Zealand 11, Aberavon 0. . ■ - ' - More vigorous rucking after the -re smnpAon endecl with the reieree warn ing the forwards. The Aberavon backs tried a passing rusn and made ground. Then, from a scrum near the posts, Arnold whipped the ball back to Howard, who kicked a hne held goal. Aberavon contmued to press their attack and after fumbling by the Kiwx backs James almost br.oue through-, but Scett.Wa,^ there. ' ' ■» \ r ' Fiel^ing a long kick,. Sco'tti. rau to the open • side and 4then gave Keamey a . sc'issqrs pass, an'd play s wi t cli e d| ' a vi'tiofes : ea Meates,1 who'ipasset^ inAelq'itb finlay to Keafriey, Uhfi',raCied -bvei'''witli ihree supports outside liim. Scott missed an easy kick. Aberavon attacked on McCarley's ilank, but Meates intercepted and . passed to Finlay to Rhind to Arnold uo Rhind to Nelson, who scored. Scott 's kick was wide. The team goes to France on Wednesday.