RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 123, 10 June 1937, Page 14

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Points in Yesterday^s tiep. iiame THE BAY D0MINATES Hawke's Bay's victory was a real walk-over. Except for about 20 minutes in the second spell the Bayites were not extended, and 47 — 5 is the second b.ggest thrasnmg the Bay has given the valley representatives in the ul games that have been played between the two provinces in 47 years. # # # In the first nine minutes of the garae Johnson had three siiots at goal. His thdrd shot was a bull's eyo. * * * Hatton, oue of the Wairarapa fiveeighths, put in some fine sprinvs after the bait, but he lacked support. * * « Everard Jackson was probably the best forward on the ground for constant toi'l. # « « Morrie Dyer, at full-back for the Bay, was saie, aud Urougut oif some gouu clearances. lie dia not nave a gieat deal to do. * # * The Bay backs generally are as an impressive a iot as have worn tne biacK.-anu-whifce jersey lor a numder of years. * * # The announcer: Robins — potted — never went over By the time he had got theso few words oif his chest the game had restarted from a .drop-kich. * * w " Bellis, son of the famous "Moke," cut *a good picture as wmger for (Jentral hawxe 's Bay agamst the comtined Hastings-N apier AV. , * # * The only time Wairarapa were in the least impressive. was for about 20 minutes after the dntervai. Before and after this period they wero well and truly out of it. * ' * *. Tho tackling of the Wairarapa eide in the first spell was very weak. They went for their mau, but did not unduly iuconvenience him. * V ig. Herbert, the former East. Coaster, and Bay winger, gave a good account of himself as centre.- He used his weight to good purpose on occasious. 9 « « v • Bill Jobnson headed the Bay scoring. with . 17 points . (f our tries, a penalty goal and a conversion), with Bradley running him close with 15 (a try and six eonversions). . « • # Dalton and Hannigan, the "two f airies," weie prominent in their breaks from the ruek. , They both rcveaied great skill in their dribbling work. * • * # It ivas not until half the first spell had elapsed that Wairarapa were aangerous for the first ' time, and then it was for as long as it took the Bay iorwards to clear from a line-out. # * m Bill Johnson most certainly justified the selector's decision to place him the odd m'an in ihe pack in the place of Wilson. The Technical Old Boy linod up beautifully with the backs to finisii oif four movements with tries. & * # C. Robins, tlie Bay second fiveeighths, was . the live-wire on the ground. He pierced the defence brilliantly with his . side stepping and cutins. He was' dirlctly responsible for three scoring eiforts dn the first spell alone. « » • With seores of 42 — 13 and 47 — 5 cbalked up againsf them in their two first meetings of the season one wondeis whether Wairarapa will be very keen on takiing a posslble third "Rck* lng'J on July 17 next. It can't be muck fuh for ihe boys in green. # m m Aftec participating in the first oi the curtain-raisers the primary school representatives were joincd by a number of other youngsters .and they occu picd a "stand" on their own to the south of the new stand — and there wag a no more ardent section of barrackers for the Bay than they comprdsed. # » • Ward and Rosyth were the two best Wairarapa forwards in the first spell. After the interval the pack, as a whole, showed a vast improvement, with Crookenden, Percy and Walker being more prominent'. Rosyth was quito their most consistent performef. # # • Though his- fielding was not of the best, Edgar Apsey was responsible for some clever and spectacular work. White 's first try, the fourth of the match, was iniiiated by Apsey on the other wing, he having cleverly changed the direction of play. * # * Individually Hume and Hatton, the Wairarapa five eighths, performed quite creditably, but in collusion they were far from impressive. . Neither was successful in combining with Denbee, and the result was that seldom did the green three-quarter division receive the ball. * „ * # Right from the very start the Bay backs came into prominence - and they were vastly superior tkroughout. Apart from Bill Johnson, who was essentially a spare part with tho rearguafd, only one of the lo tries scored by the Bay was registered by a forward, C. Wilson, the Central Hawke 's Bay representative stariing oif the try-getting. • • * The best try of the day was the one Bradley scored and converted to make tho tal'Jy 13. Tho ball came out frora the scruin to Clothier, and White raced into line to give the bay an extra man. Out went the ball per medium of beautiful crisp passes through tho whole cluain to Apsey then in again to Robins and finally to Bradley. It wae as pretty a pieco of passing as one could wish to see. # '» # Wairarapa obviously had not forgotten R. White 's great scoring performance against them on Coronation Day. Yesterday thoy had Eastwood marking him, and with sonle sujccess too. But Eastwood had to retire and before the end of the spell the Maor.i All Black was coming into his own. Jlowevor, in the second spoll they paid, him^the com- *

pliment of switclung waiigejs, iiollana being transferred over to tlie right wing. ® # 0 A. Wilson, Reid and Benson, in the Central Hawke's Bay pack, put plenty of dat-'li and enterprioe into their piay. The next representative match will be against Poverty Bay on July 3. This will oe at Nelson ParK, Hastings. # * « Pcud was the best of the HastingsNapier forwards. He was run clOse by Bob Keeble and Crawford-Smith. # # * Of the four senior half-backs seeu yesterday the most enterprismg was the Celtic representative, Tomoana, m the Hastings-N apier side. * * * Height gave Central Hawke's Bay an ac.vantage in the line-outs, but dn the scrums Hastings-Napier more than held- their own. Cargill Joll, the Hastings-Napier ilve-eigkths, was quite the outstanding play oi in the game against Central HawLe's Bay. iie played right up to A graue standard. 9 0 0 Some of the Maoris in the Central Hawke's Bay side rather overdid the up-and-under kicking. Too many of their efforts gained them nothing but a lot of hard work dn scrambling for the ball.