NORDON CUP LOST

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 106, 21 May 1937, Page 10

NORDON CUP LOST

Wanganui Defeat Hastings by Three to Nil LOCiU- SIDE PATCHY After successfully holding the Nordon Cup, ihe emblem of " supremacy among minor associations thoughout New Zealandj for tbr.ee seasons, during wbich time tbey bad played thpee games, the , Hastings Sub-Asspciation repre$entatiyes iy.ere soijndly d,efeated yesterday afternoon by Wanganqi, to jbhe extent °f three goals tq' nil. Tlie garne was not a particularly briiliant one, but Wanganui played consistently well tbrougi[hout, while Hastings were very patchy. The teams were as follow Wanganui (blue and black) — Ooimett, Revell; Hammond ; M. Stewart, Hawatson, Smallwood ; L. Stewari, Burley, E. Wallace, P. Wallace, Frasor. Hastings (yellow and black). — Parkhill; Mahoney, Blumoni, Taylor, Tutaki Lynch, McPonald, Fulton, D'Njeill, pepapo, and McN.ap. ' Tjiqugh playihg f^aiust the brefspe, Wanganui Tiad thq suii at fieir backs and were early attacking, their hardhitting keeping Hastings defending harjd. The homp teqin's first vi.sit tq Wangnnui's circle came when Taylor sent a pass to FuJt.on who drove intq fche pircle, but Hemapo over-ran the ball with an open goal xnouth ahead. Twice Hastings hustled matters in the circle, but Wanganui cleared nicely, as they also did from a penalty corner. Twb free hits placed Wanganui on the attaek, and from a prolonged skirmish pn the fringe of the cjrple a tricky "ccpop" shnt Hfted ihe bajl into t|ie net, the goal goipg tp' the credit .of L. Stewart. — M.W&auui 1, Hastings nil. Wanganui were soon back in the circle, E. Wallace taking a hot sliot at th'e net, but Parkhill cleared. The home team wa§ hard pressed for a timo the Wanganui forwards playing with fine dash. H&stings made pne goofl break, bqt thojugh they buncbed in the goal-mouth McNab's shot went wide. Returnipg tp the hoip© quarter-way, Wanganui benefited from ia' misunderstanding bejbween Taylor and Mahopey and in a brief seramble E. WaUace sent the ball" home.— Wanganui 2, Hastings nil. Within a few painutes of resumption Fraser retired. injured and was replaped by Naidu. For p time Wanganui continued jbo hold the advantage. Then for the first time Hastings appearpd to extend themselves, and they indulged in several excelient passing bouts, but the stout defending of the Wanganui backs kept the circle cleared and half-time was called with the ecore reading. Wanganui 3 Hastings 0 The early part of the eecond spell was very even, it being aome time before eitber side gained the circle. -The first to dp SP_ were Wanganui, their fprwards profiting from misses by Blumont and Lynch, but no goa) came of a good rnsh by the Wallace BrotHers pnd Burley. Hastings came away with p, promising ru.sh, Fulton, D'Neil and Hemapo ipovipg nicely, byt the lastmeptioned was relieved pf the ball by M. Stewart only a yard fi'pm the net. Twice Wanganui swept the field with L. Stewart an,d P. Wallace prqminent. At this stage the garne had improved popsiderably, bpth teams playing better, with Wanganui holding the advantage. Therp were several exciting rushes 'and fast movemehts up and down the field. In one seramble in tbe home circle an obstructi'on penalty bully was xuled apd E. Wallape beat Taylor to add another goaL— Wanganqi 3, Hastings nil. hastings rallied well and pressed hard, Cojinett having tq clear twice in quick tiine. Therp'was a brief respite while a player was t'aken qff on a stretcber bwing to a back injury. Upop resumption, pl'ay cqntinued to be up amj down field at a fairly fast clfp, but there wap eyjdepce of tiredness qp 'the paft of both sides. The game ended with th(e score reading: Wanganui ' s Hastings o Messrs J . Tizard (Wanganui) and Y. Wallijs (Napier) were tbe rpf.ereps. Thp ^urtain-Eaiser, Ppior to tbe represpntative match a juujor-gra,de game was played jp. whiph karori' dpfeaied Piratps by two goals to nil iji an jjatprpstipg and fairjy evpn mateh.