WELLINGTON TOO STRONG

Chronicle (Levin), 8 July 1946, Page 7

WELLINGTON TOO STRONG

CHRISTCHURCH, July 7. Before a crowd of about 9000 Wellington beat Canterbury at Lancaster' Park on Saturday by II points to 7. It

was one of the best exhibitions seen at 1 Lancaster Park for a long tiine. For f. the- greater part tlie game was ficrcely j contes'ted and . play swept up and down v in very bright moyemenLs. .Welling- J ton.owed its win not so mucli to indi- { vidual effort as to excellcnt backiug up by forwards and backs in attackingj fiiovements. This was the only depart- 1 ment of plav in which Wellington licldj' tlie advantage, providing a splendid ; oxumple of team work. Wellington won j 1 on its merits and' the score gives a truej indication of the game. . Yet Canterbury j. anpporters have good reason to be; pleased with the performance of their j. team wliich was hardly expected toi make such a brave showiug against thej: fifst-class Wellington combination. Thej fxill backs, Callanan (Canterbury) and l Wishnowsky, both came thro-ugh a : great day's work with credit. Callanan! was given the more scvere tcst and i when kicking wus iiupossible he side- 1 stepped brilliantly until - :support ar-) rived. It was oue of Callanan 's veryj bost.displays but no bettfcr thau that ofj Wishnowsky whose handling was good; and kicking long and accurate., On tlie!. day's play, Beaven, the Wellington' half-back, was much better thaa Vin-j, cent (Canterbufy)'. The. work of both, sets of forwards was of a high stan-; dard. Both sets of 'backs u'ere given; numerous chances and ;rt(|i.e,l ball was 1 handed on in'the orthodox .fashiou' from j-half-back to iive-eighllis to three-1 j quarters but the statc of the ground j i was always against the quick thrustl | and tackling -always was.'deadJy, The I bq,ll went across the field witliout much f gfoumj being gained and Wellington , generally held the advantage when an !' an attack was held up and the for-| wards came to the rescuc with quick, j short passing and clever footwork. This ! style of jduy won the game for Wel-j lington. i Canterbury scored first with a penaltv goal by Callanan. After KobortS| taekled Callauan on thc line a scrum ! was ordered. Wellington hooked and * tlie ball went swiftly from Bevin to[ Colquhoun to Wickham to Boberts and { linally to Abbott who swerved round Mcllugh and scored a line try in tlie [ corner. Beard's kick just fell short. j Half tinie: Wellington 3, Canterbury 3. j Colquhoun scored Wellington 's second try almost at the corner and Wislinow-! sky's kick missed. Then Wickham f scored a try l'or Wellington, Beard converting. With nine minutes to go Canterbury secured possessiou near the Wellington goal. The ball went to lioach after some broken play. Jtoach edged clear of an opponeut and potted a goal.