HEAVY SCORING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 4, 30 September 1918, Page 7

HEAVY SCORING

IN REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY TRENTHAM BEAT WELLINGTON Trentham and Wellington Rugby representatives mot on Athletic Park on Saturday, beforo a large crowd of spectators. Thero was a high wind blowing, which seriously interfered with the play.' Trenthnm put a first-class team in thn field, including Fred Roberts, E. Roberts, F. Glasgow, and A. M'Donald (Now Zealand representatives). They were much heavier and faster than Wellington. In addition, the Wellington team contained a fair sprinkling of emergencies. Trentham ■won very easily, and, although the gamo was not by any means bright all through, the Camp backs at times displayod exceptional cleverness, and showed that thoy possessed both speed nnd resource. Fred Roberts, at halfback, gave' a ifew glimpses of tho form which won him fame on tho All-Black tour, and E. Roberts was conspicuous throughout for his dash and ,clcverJicss in opening up play for such good scoring bncks ns Packer, Milliken, Davidson, and Bradley. Tho gamo was controlled by Mr. Georgo Nicholson,' also an All Black.

The gamo opened with a pretty piece of passing between E. Roberts and Bradley. Koberts broke away wall, nnd transferred to Bradley, who got it back nicely to Roberts, and considerabl? ground was gained. Trentlw'.n attacked strongly for a while, the wii:d assisting them to keep AVcllington in .the lattor's twenty-five. • AVellington ■worked their opponents to the other t-nd of the field, and their backs were given soveral chalices, of which nothing came through tho wind interfering with the passes. Back again in tho Wellington twenty-five, Trenthani used their backs a little, but offside play spoiled their , work. However, Wellington wero penalised, and E. Roberts kicked a g0a1... Trentham,- 3; Wellington, 0. Tho Wellington forwards carried play right to the other end .of the field, and in tho Trontham.twentyfive they were awarded a free-kick, from wliich Nicholls registered a goal. Trentham,. 3; Wellington, 3. Trentham from now on to half-time made the gamo morn open, and rattled on tho points: F. Roberts was getting the ball away from the scrum, and fiomo clever passing was witnessed. From-a serum near the line Roberts scooped the ball away; quickly to E. Roberts, ncrl enabled him to dash over (vi'the blind side. Trentham. G; Wellington, 3. For a while Trontham fairly. ran over their opponents, .and Davidson (2) and.Bradley scored trios. !At half-time the scores stood:Trentham ' 15 Wellington. 3 When the teams appeared for the second spell, Tancred was missing from the Wellington team. E. Perry, tho ex-Oriental forward,- took his place. (Wellington held their own for a little while, with the wind to aid- them, but 'Trentham soon began to outplay them, and from a forward rush A. Pooley got over. Bradley judged the wind nicely, and kicked a splendid goal. Trentham continued tho attack, and from a pass by E. Roberts Bradley scored a good try. ; Trontham, 23; Wellington;, 3. At' about this stage Albert Parker was taken off the field, suffer-' ing from an injury,to one of his logs. Immediately play was resumed Mi!ji-Icc-n got over, and within a few minutes Davidson scored. Wellington spent a period on the attack, and only bad luck prevented them from scoring. Trentham forced, and from the kickPacker secured, and ran right through. A couple of minutes later Packer scored again, and the / tally read:' Trentham,; 35;' Wellington', 3. Just, on the call ot time Packer scored again. M'Donald converted, and tho final score was: Trentham ....... 40 " .Wellington 3