Australians Romped Home Against Combined Team

Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1949, Page 9

Australians Romped Home Against Combined Team

The superior all-rouiid spee^rafti magpifieent backing-up play of the Australians, gav6 ^9 points8 to 6 wllen they played a combined-Mhn^^ at the Palmerston JNForth Sh.oWg«jj^§ff Both sides threw the ball about delightfully • • sttd cohesion in the Australian tactics.- Theifr fcackin^ up caused a definite embarrassment to them oh', bnevbcMsioh When the ; chain became elogged with men and. the short g^S bet\?een the passes enabled the defenee to break dowhtiie ntdte&eht/ ,. : Australia's points caii&.lfoin; i^;4i^csey?ed ' by R. Garner, N. Shehadie, C. Davis, C. Burke, 3. ; Bl6fntey aM J. Baxter, a penalty goal kicked by C. Burke • and: "of -tries by Burke. For Mana whenua H. Harkness kic%d.a penalty goal and B. Moynihan scored an uiiconverted f ty. ; ' !

The weather was fine and the.grofintl in exeellent condition althohgK jfxerh&ps, a trifle on the hard side. Theie iYfasJhi erowd of between 8000' and 9000. fiXlll sent. Niek Shehadie receive€^aZpBdd knoek on the hip eaxly in tnh;v^jB|Qfl^ half and about 20 minutes.. befqre-fulb-time retired froxn the field. :;~Hy taken to hospital for observhti6n';;BuC it is understood that the injnryi^iaCfi^ worse than a severe bruising. : ists; fullbaek, John Solomon, ,alsO;.i|aJ hurt at oue stage but was ab;lh;to^|&h^ tinue playing. ' • ' -c-V Manager Satisfied '/ Hgp After the game the •Austraii^fi'Ti^|.n?ager, Mr. E. Walden, expreased^ia''k^tj ; isfaetion with the perfprmanpje^pf^i! team, and in partieular YYitk that E. Broad, the first five-eightF'^dj viee-captain, who was making^fd|dlfii" appearance of the tour, hai .'g|0ddiilipj well to a hard game. Thls,' dieate that Broad is being . q.p.4gfi(l^ttfor the team to play the against New Zealand at Saturday. He thought that the team had found a relihble/.-ld^kP^; 11 points coming from hia l5Q:pts«i"®®^fb« was a possibility that the .team have to find a fullbaek and that; seeond string halfback,. -.E,'.. might find a berth iii the te6't-^'de.;^K|. possibility then is that B\ii'kp ; eorne fullbaek and Gawsey ,'tiip r'h^l^ baek. R. Cornforth, wlio ha« 'had" ^#t injured ankle, is now praetica/liy: rigiib again. If Shehadie is loreed" to ;Speii : ior a while Cornforth will prob^bly^rdV piace hirn as a iock, but- if She|iadie;is able to play there may he c0^p|'fi|ip,ii between Keith Cross and Corhfdftpi the backrow p'osition. r/4 The teams yesterday were;— , Austraila: J. Solomon, JK'. Garmer/nAi' Ware, C. Davis, J. Blomley, ,E,.; flrojd.'C. Burke, Iv. Cross, C. Winddn; (cap^),) X. Shehadie, Ji. Mossop, iD. B£oekHgn:'£ J. Baxter, D. i'urness, B. Wilton. C: L; Manawatu-Horowhenua: H,.: Harkness, JJ. Keeuan, W. Galloway, Bl uihau, S. Mander, E. M. Boberts,. ; .GiiNew, R. Eobiuson, M. Gibb", T. Ke'li^,, A. Woods, G. Bryant, B. WaidpgiayS|. G. Gordon, J. Winterburn. • • A; The referee was Mr. A. A. liobofts^ of Napier. / ' Tired in Second Half : ' r The home forward pack had appfOXimately oue stone per man welght 4i|y vantage over the visitors who; •wejr^ weii held in the scrums and Outrueked in the first half. From the set' sefuxhhj the Australians won the ball fr.bha onf$j three more than the home sidd.'itf. tBd! first half but in the lihe-Oiits , hdld *'ait almost two for oue advantage. V: ThS' seore at half -time waS Anstralia:-,ii^ Manawatu 3, and the proSpeets *- j&'dkei for a fairly evenly contested matclh but the home side visibiy tired -in; Ma* seeond liaif and the tourists iVeiit" h'way in grand style to burst through at-'mkihy points against fairly wehlc tacklin'g. They dominated the set scrums 14 to 1 and the line-out 15 — 6, giving -them a: total for the match of scrums: 25—12, ilne-outs 31 — 15.

How the Play Went Manawhenua had a grand chance to draw lirst blood within two minutes bf the kiek-off a regulation baek movp ending with Keenan beating Garner. Kacing to the Australian 25 the wingei-centre-kicked in the face of s'trong opposition but the forwards failed tp drive up the centre of the field and the Australian forwards took coinmand with a short-passing rush whieh drove play to their own 25 yard line where Garner beat Harkness ahd set sail fPr the line. Moynihan came over fast from the opposite wing but his tacklewas a second too late and Garner scor-. ed. From the kick-ofi! a ruek was i'brmed and the tourists were penalised Harkness goaling from 35 yards out in front of the posts. From a scr-um three yards inside the Australian half the ball travelled out to Mander who. beat Blomley and grubber kicked through the defeuders. Moynihan came raeing through but overran the ball and a scoring opportunity was lost. Manawatu took possession from' the line-out and Harkness joined the backline in a determined bid to seore but he missed the pass from Galloway. Davis snapped it up and in-passed to Shehadie with Windon ranged aiongside. The fush was finally stopped on the Manawhenua 25 where Burke missed penalty points. The Australian forwards altacked again but Harkness cleared with I a kick whieh gained 30 yards. From the line-out Manawhenua were again penalised for barging and an unusual incident oeeurred. Burke had difiicuity in digging a hole for plaeing the ball and after two minutes had elapsed the referee washed out the atte.mpt and ordered a scrum. The visitors hooked and Broad put through a grubber' kick. Moynihan fielded it and -kicked aliead to beat Davis. Taking the ball on 'with a foot rush Moynihan beat SolPmph and gatliered it in from a bounce With a clear field 'ahead when he was b'yettaken from behind by Shehadie. Harkness failed to goal a penalty kick. A bright episode oeeurred when ua Manawhenua baek move • broke djotvjn between New and Mander. Ware snapped up the leather 4 and raced • through the gap.but kicked. The bafl • was -brilliantly fielded by Harkness

> rurfiifng. at-'tpp Speed and he eharged j Stf^ipiit tjjrpugh^th'e visitors to halfivay Aybef e^h^.'pht' ih a high centre kiek t :8jjpn . The ball, kiip^d'. on. Gordon ; ..C&iQb infield as' an ibhbR . ppt ; Mand:er dropped his jk©. Mb^ehaeiit had found ' down and Ma- ; tiawhei'ii^ were 'penalised. Burke 's kiek ;i^ired.;ibi'fl%d .touch and was well field- : ed [by.tAb|llkb:~Wb raced. down to half- • opehed up - play with a ' yta& up to take ;;|he!/^l.^ ^^gent' pit/to Mander who . the Austra,.driving the attaek- . jSiiTke started a fedti^ackv ;;th!rpugh Blomley to ; >,.MdCS0p to Shehadie who to .seore. ■ ^ 'bblore; 'balftime Burke -biyi-'^eidnd a ruck and ; ,^e^f HiSblally;;; aw|y/ The five-eighth put • Raikness jumped tiliable to get in a rkie|s' jl'ftcii th'e ruck' Austraila rak- : worked the •• -'iBroad 't'o Davis who | - . ■lif'l*-' h- Speii vb;|l|e/^usJ;f.aiiah§' inissed a certain try 'Ib-.-ite when Harkness was ChMf>|btely b.C'ktpn by the bounce of fH^!/bil|iji|(tpyfukanrgot baek but failed tb4i'&te.rMc Davis and Ware 'pavis knocked icjh-^l^t^jailjpb^QsitiQn to face. Tlien ; 'pihpment yhen the Aussie - .many men. Sheof the at- ; but" was held right on hlr^,iih|: 44^ ihiubscquent rucking was ihybriW/ ' iirbad iaunclied himself at the lihC' bttT'"Wh"k* "held by "Harkness and Hbtirists hooked but 'tfeil •'{^«iitH»ir '69^k"4- were driven baek % ! Bard JPrwayd " charges. Bobinson .S'n^4cd 'the-bhii from a ruck and ; broke "cipaf, ■passi'ng to New, but the hiaiyiWai thrpwn lnto touch near half-ijfo&Sfr-l Thp '.yisitiiig forwards broke •tkfcougft; iSfl iine-out but New- skilfully ball .f.rdm their feet to send ; iiis. . bajlkS pa wav, but Galloway 's pass vto lvchhaa was wild and the winger jwas ^iiiable tb exploit the gap ahead. ;,Hhi4y 'jja4i.pd;a .pen.alty! kick from 40 1 yards ;oAt. : Shortly after he missed an^6theti,.kick .Ifcjm T5 yards out but the ifPiiwkito.Wetb up on the ball as it feii labdrt 'ih' ff.pnt of the posts and from 'tliC .:iycF' Bjurk'e": -whipped around to :-shc(re3)^;fhC iticks. Shehadie left the ]4efd'5 ht!Jthis .stage. pp. ajyhehua;. ' ddveloped a promising tiifew intercepted a pass . oetwC^ /^iire : .and Garner and raced iHirduglr; /-lnto clear- with Kelly, iWald'&g^ayA ahd; Bryant in support, but |h'e ' ball, was khocked on. From the Scrb|hi:Aus^aiia' were. penalised but , Galloway failed to goal the kiek. Burke payed the way for the next try when he ;iieatiy changed the direction of the 'a'ttack with a reverse to Broad who cleared to Blomley. The second five rac.cd throiigh to seore by the posts. W&re opened the. way for the next with a grfeat run down the centre of the; field., He was tackled by Galloway but passed baek to Blomley who founci the' gap - and kicked to the 25 where the , bounce fooled the- defence. Baxter foilowed. through with great anticipation a.nd, scored. Harkness narrowly faiie'd ' to add further penalty points. There was a line-out on the Australian 30 yard line.. Mossop knocked baek the ball whieh bouneed wrongly for Burke and went iuto . the armsfbf Moynihan W'ho ; raced into the cleax- and just reached the - line aa Davis taekled. •Harkness again narrowly failed to find the posts, and; the game ended Australia ] 2i), Manawhenua 6.