Clear-Cut Win

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 9

Clear-Cut Win

VICTORY FOR H.B. Manawata Game Not a Spectacular One 26 POINTS TO NIL Tor the fifth time this seasoa the • Hawke's Bay Rugby football representatives scored a ciear-cut victory . on Saturday. Their latest victims were Manawatu, who went under v - to the extent of 26 points to nil. It was a well-earned win for the Bay Manawatu providing the forwards with plenty of opposition, .but the game was not as spectacular as anticipated. At times the paay was ragged, then on other occasions there was hrilliance revealed. On the general run of the game, however, it was not & good spectacle from the viewpoint of the 2500 or so spectators "who attended at McLean Park, Napier. Tlie main features of the game wero the sterling struggle throughout between the two paeke and three spectacular individual , breaka that reaped thrilling tries for the Bay, For the first time the Bay defensive qualitios • were tested out and they wero not found wanting. There was nothing brilliant about the defence, but it was consistently good, and generally compared more than favourably with that of Manawatu, who at times revealed wonderful defence, but then were guilty of some almost unpardonable breaks in defence. The Bay fully deserved and earned their win. They possessed i'ojrwards who weid 111QI8 agile and ^ adept at short* passing. Tiiey were al'so better in the loose 'wbera their speed and enterprise was delightful. As a pack the \Bay forwards were more effective in the open than Manawatu, who worked excellently in the tight as a division, but were definitely individualistic dn the open. ,The teams. were a® follow:- • HAWKE'S BAY. M. Dyer V* Herbert H. P. Brady K. Apeey C. Robins L. Bradley L. Clothier (captain) W. Johnson C. Wilson, A. Griffiw T. Reid, 3: D 'Brien, L. Hannigan, D. Dalton, E. Jackson MANAWATU ... M. Waldin O. Buick ;Bv Gillespie L. Bradley. J. Thomas J. Nicol - C- Edlin J. Pindlay -*: • Y. Fleming, R. McKenzie, W. Powell, ti. Terry, W. E. Fell, B. Ewart, \V. Sullivan Tlw Gcme Describod. With the wind behind them in the first spell the Bay were quiekly on the attack. Kick-and-follow-up was . the policy, and for a long time Manawatu were kept hard at it on defence. At times the Bay openpd .up play nicely from loose forward rushes, but the handling was poor, and more particuJarly the forwards were not supporting the backs as they usually do. The Bay were repeatedly penalised near tlie visitors' quarterway and tliis made the home forwards work a lot harder to regain the lost territory. * Twice Clothier opened up the game from scrums, but soUnd tackling kept tlie Bay backs Dut of the danger zone. Oceasionally th,o Manawatu forwards, with McKenzie, Finlay and Tcrry takiug prominent parts, broke away in great xusbes, but' they found the defence solid. A brilliant break by the Bay forwards, led by Dalton and Hannigan, was cleared by Waldm getting down on the ball. He repeated this a little later and hung-on too long, to Ije penalised. Herbert took a shot at goal, but the effort fell short. Up rushed ihe Bay forwards for possession and in the resulting stacks on the mill the Bay were again awarded a free kiok. This time Bradley took the ltick at goal from ncar the posts and opened the scoring. Hawke's Bay 3 Manawatu - ... 0 Fine work by the forwards on both side* kept the ensuing play tight for a time, then there was a" brief, but welcomed period of open play, during wkich Robins, Bradley and Herbert made good breaks, with the Manawatu backs doing likewise oceasionally. In consbquence the play moved up and down field at a great pace. A clever break from. a scrum saw CJothier break through atad pass to Johnson, with whom llad lined up several other Bay i orwards, and a snappy passing bout onded in Wilson dashing over for an unconvcrted try* Hawke's Bay ... 6 * Manawatu • ... 0 ? Within two ininutes Clothier repeated the perforinance and this time Dalton battled his way over for a try.

Hawke's. Bay 9 Manawatu 0 Manawatu' Rally. Manawatu railied well and for a time they held a territorial advantage. Fleming, McKenzie and Powell were prominent in keeping them on the attack, but half-time was called with the score reading: — Hawke's Bay 9 Manawatu 0 Within a mdnute of the restart the Bay were awarded a free kick and Herbert put over a magnificent long-rango goal. Hawke's Bay ... ... 12 Manawatu ... 0 Makiug good use of the wind, though during tlie interval heavy rain had commenced to fall, drenching players and g(round alike, the Manawatu backs began to show up, Edlin shaping well in a couple of solo breaks. GiTIespie, too, was enterprising, and once came within au ace of scoring. Manawatu were eetting the pace, the forwards more than holding their own, with Ewart and Fell; then Powell and Terry, to be followed by Finlay, McKenzie and Fell, all being responsible for good breaks. At this stagie the wind was dying down and the rain ceasing. The Bay endeavoured to open up the game,# starting off first with Jackson, Reid, Hannigan and Wilson indulging in a splendid passing bout. The Bay baeks emulated the feat, the whole line handling twice in pretty movements, but made no real progiress owing to solicJi tackling, atid a tendency to pass forward. The main movements, however, came from the forwards, both sets taking it in turns to break away in fast rushes. Powell missed with a shot at goal, then Finlay was very unlucky with a freo kick, the ball striking the upright and bounciug infield. The home forwards, with Dalton, Johnson and O'Brien taking leading parts, pressed hard, but generally the honours, territorial ly were in favour of Manawatu, who were making the pace a fast one. A Creat Try. v Then came one of the -great tries oi the day. Manawatu were pressing strongly right on the goal-line. A cross-kick was seht to Bradley on the .wing but the bounce beat him. and instead Reid gathered iu the ball and after selling a couple of dummy passes broke througk with Hannigan and Herbert lined up with him. The ball went to Herbert who outstripped the opposition ovei; the last 25 yatds to score just as Nicol took a fiying dive at him Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 15 Manawatu • •• ••• «fi D j At this stage the Bay lost Clothier, the North Island captain, and he was replaced at half by Moss. The Bay were quiekly back on the attack, the forwards breaking loose to send Brady over in. a handy position for Bradlev sto convert, • Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 20 Manawatu ... ... ... 0 Evejr play ensued for a time, then Jackson broke away in another brilliant and spectacular run during which he should havej been tackled at least three times but wasn't, so carried on to score after a 75 yard run. Hawke's Bay 23 Manawatu ... 0 The Bay were now definitely on top and just before time Robins sent a cross-kick in a handy position for Herbert to coilect and he badly beat the opposition to score after another fine long run, making the final score rcad: Hawke's. Bay ... ... .... 26 Manawatu 0 ' Mr J. Laws, of Napier, was referee. JUNIOR CURTA1N-RAISER Hastings-Napier Down Te Maori XV. A good exhibition was given by the Napier Hastings juuiQr representatives in their game with Te Maori in the curtain-raiser to the senior representative match at McLean Park' on Saturday. The home side wou by 23 points to six. The teams were : — Hastings-Napier: De Denne, M. Smith, Stanlord, Weymouth, Younghusband, Chambers, Parker, jUcCalthy, McCormick, Hulford, Chadwick, Gadd, iMasgji, Bennett. Te Maori : E. Kenworthy, S. Rodger, G. Helm (capt.), J. McFarlane, A. Mercer; J. Kennedy, W. Moran, R. Marsh, A. Hedley, A. Fraser, Heays, N. Compton, P. Harvey, H. Fraser, H. Burgess. The major diiference between the two teams was in the backs, the home side being definitely superior. The forwards too, had more dash and were responsible for paving the way for several bright tries by the backs. The policy of the home sido was to feed the fieetfooted three-quarter division, and it was most successful. The half-time score was 13 — 0 ip favour of NapierHastings. . The scorers were as follow: — Hast-ings-Napier: Alexander (four tries), Weymouth (try, three conversions), Younghusband (one conversion). Te Maori : McFarlane (try) and Helm (penalty goal). Mr R. Marcroffc refereed.