RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 149, 12 July 1937, Page 14

RUGBY SIDELIGHTS

Points of Interest m Saturday's Games Teeh. carried too many guns for Hastings Old Boys and beat them at their own game in the loose. # * Hutton produced a great game for Technical Old Boys and ably substituted for Dalton as leaticr of the £ed-o,nd-Grey pack. ' He battled his way. over twiee for good tries as a reward for his good service. « » « Hastings Old Boys' backs sadly missed Ilon Devine. There was a lack of understanding in the ehain. * * s Les McCarthy did the hat-trick in converting Hastings Old Boys' tries, but he missed as many shots at goal from free kicks. . * • • Will Johnson made a good job of his Ca.sk as centre for Technical Old Boys. He and Herbert combined very well indeed and were together in several fine breaks. • * * With nearly half the Bay representacives absent in Wellington, several of tiie other eandidates for bigger honours nad an oppOrtunity to shine on Saturuay; and a good many of them made Ihe most of it, too. # * * - The Joll family monopolised the scoring for Havelock North - against x'irates. Between them tliey contributed a, do'zen «pf the 14 points. The only mcmbcr of the quartette who failed to ecore was Allan in tho forwards. # * * ' Ford continues to give good sorvice to Hastings Old Boys, as do Denton and Irwin. • • • The two best Village forwards Wero Russell and Ferguson, with Small showing out in the line-outs. • # ' • Fraser and Stewart McKenzie were rivals for leadership of the Pirates forwards. The honours went to the lormer, who was more consistent. • • * Mapuhi recorded some great longdistance touehfinders for Pirates against the Yillagers, and in consequence saved his forwards a lot oi hard « # * - * Herbert, formerly of Waipukurau, is now playing right up'to best form. Apart from his gcneral play, which was goocl, lie presented Technical with a iry, a penalty goal and two conversions. h'or once there were no lield goals Janded in any of the four games on Saturdav # # # Of the 21 tries scored in the varlous games on Saturday 12 were converted. There v.ere six penalty goa'ls kicked. « « # "Tut" Geddes cmorged from his retirement tliis season to assist Celtic. « f> * Marist were beaten in the scrums by Celtic. It says much. for the general play of the Greens that they share the lopmost rung of the championship ladder in spite of this defieiency, ' • Hannigan was again Celtic 's leading f orward, learling them in the loose and working with mrtbod in the rucks, *> i> # I'laycrs are learning the rules. In the Marist-Celtic gamo the referee litew tho whistle, but before hc could utter tlio penalty Ihe non-offending captain brightly suggested a "Scrum back, Sir " Determination was written large over Armstrong 's try, in the scoring of" which ha was temporarily knocked out. # * « The value of goal-kicking was fully clemonstrated in the Napier H.S.O.B.Hastings match. The Yellows scored three times, but the Whites scored only one, goal-kicking giving them. a point* advantage. • • • A burly Marist forward was temporarily embarrassed with torn • shoxts. The coach, apparently not versed iri mercery, endeavoured to pour the big chap into a pair of "small men 's. ' ' X.O.S. were obviously required. • • • A quick line-out by Marist wouldhave borne fruit but f&r the timely arrival of Hannigan, who bundled Ireland, eomplete with ball, into touch once again. * •- # Aldrich, Hastings, frequently found an open road through the Old Boys' insidh backs, ani he helped himself to two tries. • * , . * HutehinBon again was in good form at full-baek for Old Boys, and he is now playing consistently good football • • ' # Both Hutchinson (Old Boys) and Hardgrave (Marist) judged the wind velocity accunately to register good goals for their respective sides. • * * One spectator at McLean Park, Napier, arrived in his car, eomplete with radio, and, apparently finding the games there uninteresting, tuned in to' the North-South encounter at Wellington. Soon he had a major portxon oi the Hawke's Bay Rugby XJnion ofiicials in the back of the vehicle, and upwarda °f 100 speetators clustered round listening to the description of tKe game by Mr C. Lamberg.