WELLINGTON FIFTHS BEAT HOROWHENUA FOURTHS

Chronicle (Levin), 8 September 1947, Page 4

WELLINGTON FIFTHS BEAT HOROWHENUA FOURTHS

In a game that lacked interest, Mellington fifths defeated Horowhenua fourths to the tune of 27

poin'ts to 14. TherQ was '- very; little individual play in- the home'fteain, ihe 'best eomingiHrpm RQadViSwAA and Lay in the backs, while Murray Beeqh and Stevens were conspicu3us 'in tLe forwards. For Horowhenua Lambert gained 11 -points, the only try coming frogi Read. Horowhenua were first fp icore when, after a scrum, they wqre awarded a. penalty right front of the posts, Lambert easily putting it over. Folowing' this Wellington. forwards attacked vigorDusly and- a well.-deserved try \yent to the credit of Jamieson. The gamq moved from one end of the field tQ .he other, with the backs of both sides getting the ball. From a scrum Jamiespn again received thq ball and went over the line. Shortly after McKenzie took a penalty and put it between .the posts, bringing the score to 9—3 in Wellingfon's favour. Rugged play followed, with Wellington forwards rucking hard. Sykes, getting the ball, went for the line and brouglit fche score to 12—6. Early in the second spQll Serimshaw, who was playing a grand game for Wellington, scorecl. Breaking clear from the scrum, he side-stepped three of th.e opposition. Wellington backs threw the ball from one wing to the othei?, and had the home team' s backs completeiy bewildcred. It was from this - movement that Burridge broke away to add another three points to, Wellington, 's tota\. ScrimAh^w QonvertQd, making (he sco^e '20—6. Sykes sc'ored n'ext for Wellington and Scrimshaw converted, bj?mging (he total -to 25—6. Horowhenua forwards, made a good passing rush and Read. getting the bill from Lay, seored undqr whe posts. La,mberf converted. A good,' penafty w§.s tahen by- Lambert,, making the spore 25— (4. Although the Horowhenua team. was severely trounced, they put up a, game resistance. The weight o| (he Wellington boys was the deciding feature of the scrum, while the backs were fast and their runs wer« always very penetrating.