RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 139, 29 June 1937, Page 12

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Points of Interest in Saturday's Games Taylor, Havelock three-quarter, was : back in the side again, and to celebrate the occasion scored a nice try. # • • Cargill Joll, as a place-kick artist, is improving, and he added two more to his tally against Marist. • • « Celtic's defence was surprisingly weak and Hastings Old Boys equally surprisingly strong. # « 0 Bowinau, ech. forward, was always iu the limelight on Saturday, and he showed gt tiines the agility of a back. * * • An innocent-looking "dummy" by Moss paved the way fpr Marists' firsfc try, "Waki".Davis dgihg the needfuh • * .f Mclvor, Marist, diid some fine things against Havelock, aud it was his best performance of the season. •0 * 0 Hargraves was back in the Marist pack on Saturday, and his eoatribution was five conversions, three of them from the sideline. 0 0 0 Ashmau was Hastings Old Boys' best forward on Saturday, Quffce apart from his two tries he was an excellent worker as breakaway. 0 0 0 Bligh, Havelock full-back, had a busy day, and he fiid it very well, some of his saving work earning applause from the packed stand. * * * Clothier, wearing a contrivance that resembled a gas^mask,- attracted a -lot of publio attention. Anyhow, it "did , not affect the quality of his play. ' 0 0.0 Marist forwards are now adepts at providing opportunities for their backs, but they need to brush up their scrummaging just in case of a wet day. • ■ • J. Thompson, Pirates second-five-eights, revealed much promise against M.A.C. and was well rewarded with seven points. 0 » 0 Teeh. Old Boys have lost three matches this winter, and all per medium of the potted goal, Surely this is a yecord for these parts? * 0 • Tori Reid failed to notoh three tries on Saturday to keep up his average over the last three matches. He missed by Pne, 0 0 0 Robins, Marists' dircctor-general, was again in eparkl'ing form and, putting zip into the back movements, made possible most of the tries, » 0.0 Cushing, Teeh. wing three-quarter, made two fine runs along the touch-line, ufeing an efijfjctivp fend, and his try wa« the rewayd for a good afternoon's work. 0*0 Hastings Old Boys are firm believers in "getting in first", and on Saturday tliey again made Celtic start an uphill light for points within a few minutes of the commencement. 0*0 Though Hastings Old Boys easily had the upper hand in tlie first spell againpt Celtic in the second half of the game it was thp reverse. e^cept in regard to ecoring. 0*0 Les McOarthy, Hastings Old Boys' kicking specialist was 100 per cent efficient in his conversionB against Celtic and for good measure added a penalty goal. .# 0 t Hutchinsou, Napier Old Boys' fulh back, was in fiu.e f'orm, kicking well and taekling more rob.ustly than previ* ously this winter. His potted goal tp win the game for the Whites created a furore. • * 0 Bill Johnson missed some fairly easy shots at goal against Napier Old Boys, but wheu he handed over tp Herbert the latter pushed oue over right from the touch-line. If Herbert had beeu given the earlier1 hieke the result miglit have been different. ^0 * | » Bradley engineered a fine try whon he rau to half -way and then, instpad of passing to Marr, reverBed to E. Cox and the big' forward, stepping lively, left 50 yards behind dn record time to score a grand try. 0 0 0 Five attempts to land penalty goals were made in the second spell by various Celtic players but only one went over. Strangely enough George Harvey was not given an opportunity to try out his drop-kick. 0 0 0 A^few -players had gathered round a comrade who was changing his tdrn jersey but the "shelter" was quite inadequate and the torso was easily viewed from the grandstand. - One wag summed up the picture nicely by exclaiming "Wot a Manl" 0 " * # Selwyn Jackson, the M.A.C. fujlback, was in good form in every respect against Pirates. In the first spell he had tp wprk overtime on defence oovering up tlie mistakep of his bachs, After the interval he coUected threp conver, siops opt otf eight shots at goal. 0 0 0 Tke M»ori backs provided probably oue of the worst exkibitions of fpotball seen fof a long time in the first spell of tho M.A.C. v. Pirates game. Tliey were pitifully weah on defence and their handling was sliocking. However, when the forwards took matters in hand after the eliange over it was different picture.