RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 114, 31 May 1937, Page 9

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

■ ■ gp^-a — -* — Points in Saturday ?s Games MARIST OUTPUYED i Bob White, Marist winger,. hardty *nw the ball against M.A-0,— good business on the part pf the Mauri lads. ! 9 9 9' Last Saturday was Black Saturday xnth a vongeanco, Pirates won in alJ ^our grades. m 9 9 Gooke, the Hastings half-back, greatly enbanced his reputation. He was in great fettle againsij Tech, I * 9 * I liedward, of Hastings Old Boys, continnes to be onp of thp most consistent performers in his side. • • • A weak attempt at tackling by Jlutchinson, Napier Old Boys' fuljback, let Davis, Haveloek North, over for a try. ♦ * • Very eool and deliberate, Syd. Jackson, M.A.C. fjili-baek, did all things t?eli exeept for tackling. J. 0 'Brien fpoied hinj badly, * " * • Cargill Jpil ig a gpod gpal-kick on j oecasldns, One such was his fine penI aity in thp dying stage§ againsf Napioy i Old Boyg. ■ 9 9m J, O'Brlep, hfarisf fo?wat(l, secyring ; at midfield, set off' goalwards whijp his cpmrades admired the effQrt,' B°oking fpr support, ha r&n all ways until. sighting the goal-line, he boited ovep for a spegtacular try. * 9 9 Crawford, 3J.A.C., ignores the offpide xule completely. Sonietimes on fraturday he escaped detection, but his impetuQsity on one occasipn cpst his side three ' points, Bobins turning a peneby; to good advantage, t * • • Orreat cheering greeted a #ne run by TqxI Kejd tbat took the ^f.A.C. eaptain over for a try, but the ref'p wpiptle hpd sounded long befpre and couldn 't be lieard above the din, . * • 9 gri$n, Marist lopk fprward, hurpying up to a sarnnj, \yft3 kiched on the in•jtep by one of his team mptes and rolled out q£ the scrum in great pain. A case. of misdirected effort. 9** G. Cox, Napier Old Boys, was the fha? Bap on No. 1 gronnd, McLean Park, and the Village lads just cpuld not get near him. Three times v he seored — all spectacular effortg, * ♦ f Havelock North were nnfortunatp in striking Napier Old Boys at full strength, and the ex-collegians gave the ball plenty of air,' with Clothier and Bradley as stpge-nianagers. *99 When in possession of the ball, and with the goal-line in sjght, H. Craw- i ford-Smith, Napier Old Boys, is likq a j runaway train. Against the Villagers ! he sprinted 25 yards and crossed the j line per means of a negt header. ; ... ; # # . j There were wany phanges m«4e m the personnel of the teams fielded in Hastings on gatnrday. Mqny players who had been on the "sick list" retupned to the game after varying perjods of absepce; * • • After all the games that Les MeCarthy's kipks hayp won for Hastings Old Boys, it was ironic# thnt his fp.ilure to put over two "sitters" against Pirates should have made all tb§ difference between f win and a loss . • * • Rossiter, the Teehnioal' full-back. gave one of the bgst exhibitions seen from him thi^ seaSPft against Hastings. He npset Hastings altogether and on -one occaBion brought off probably the hnest eave seen in years. • • • "Feet, Hastings," was the yel] frp» quently heard in thejr gapie against Teehnicai O.B., but the players concerned did not appear to know whai to do with their pedal extremities. 9*9 Pirates put up a great up-hill fight to snatch victory over Hastings Old Boys. They outplayed the ex-stndents at their own game, making the play bright and ppen afld Tery fast. , 9 9- 0 Lister, half-back for Pirates, was responsible for several very fine breaks against Hastings Old Boys. He cut the defence to ribbons on several opeasjpns with his piercing straight runs. M.A.G., relying on their forwards mainly, were always on top against ivia,rist, and the score was fiattpring tp f-his Qreens, who on their last two aames are fortunate to be sharing the lead |n the champjQnship with M.A.C. • * • Newton, hf-A-G., has a penchant for field goals from seemingly impossible ppsitionp, nnd against Marist he obliged with one from an acnte apgle, As a teprisalj, Marist players blazed away merrily, but the attempts were deeidedly poor. ' • • • A long run by Davis, Marist winger, too ihim' from side of the field to the Pther. He employod, as ho ?uade the prpssing, a short of rabbit-kiHor fppd. Arriving p.n the other ppast, he met up with Greening and finished abruptJy outside the touph-line Qn his back. 9 9* The attendance of the public at McLean Park on Saturday was remarkable, and the Hawke's Bay Bugby JJaion handled cash takings that cpnstitnto a record for club Eugby'ih Napier. Visitors from as far north at Mokai and as far south as Dannevirke were present, # t • The best try in the big game on Me* Jrfpan Park. was the one credited to Everard Jackson. AValford connneuced tiro move with a long run down the touchliijo. A wild ipfioJfl ppss followed. but Jackson made it look perfect, and froiu therp to ihe goal-line he Avas UPstoppable, • 9 9 The Hastings forwards appeared to haye stndied the English amatour Soccer players in the matter of short kicks. This might be all yight when near the opposing goalJi^e, but aB a means -of defence in Bugby it's alJ wrong. Jolinny Nelson did his best to Sfib a good example, but his forwards refused to follow the lead.