OMAKERE'S GAME SHOWING

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

OMAKERE'S GAME SHOWING

Ouiaket'e put up a game sliowing agaiust a faster, better orgauised team -when they lost to Waipukurau by tbe narrow margiu of 22 points to 15. Had the Waipukurau team produced, the fofm they showed ib the secoud half of the match before half-time, oue imagincs tliev would have finished much further aliead. The teani« were--' Waipukurau: J. McKay, B. Gihson, '}'. Fergusou, lt. Spotswood, K. Higgins lt. Crappe, T. Lovett, K. Dixon, W. Benson. C. Pedersen, D. Joliustone, M. Lane (capt.), M. Fergusson, N. Little, D. Norinan,

Omakere : B. Pindar, E. Alloway, Elgie, J.' Wo'rthington, Price, Avison B. Eade, Hunter, Barnes, Ngatoro, Iviakutu, MacGlashin, Nielson, Brewster, Christianson. Omakere took the lead shortly after the game started, when Elvie crossed the line after a series of determined rushes had teinporafily disorganised the Waipukurau defence. Price eonverted, Lovett was doing great Work at the base of the Waipukurau scruin, but the rest of the backs did not seem ablo to get going at all in the early stages of the game, dropped passes and wasted opportunities nullifying a lot of the half-back's efforts. l'laying the first spell with the wind at their backs, Omaker.e made the pace a hot one, the forwards hunting " in a pack and playing dashing Rugby. Price's boot again came in useful- when . he ,added four points to Omakere' g total with a neatly exeeuted field goal. Waipukurau gjot going better ' to-* war.ds tho interval, and scoring two; tries in quick succession, Lovett getting through with a bright solo run, and T. vFerguson, the winger, rouhding off an exciting passing. rush. Atter half-time, the game .hrightened-. considerably, and the Waipukurau players settled down' to show th'e pubjic a much better. brand of Rugby. None the less, Omakere again orew first blood, Worthington scoring an unconverted try, Four points to the good, the .visiting sido looked to hi.ve a fair chance, but Eade twisted his knee and had to retire. Alloway came in from the wing to the- half' s position and S. Puka filled the vaqaucy at the end of the line, but Omakere' s attack seemed tb have lost its stuig, while the defeqce was shot to pitces with a sudden awakening in the Waipukurau side of a spirit of co-opera-tion hitherto lacking. Forwards and' backs combined splendidly to pile on three tries in quick succession, one when Mick Ferguson dived over from a forward rush, and two others 'by 1. Ferguson' as tlie result of concerted back play. Iliggins Was successful with one of tlie kicks. Hereafter -the issue was not in doubt, and though Omakere added three more points with a penalty goal, they were no longer able tc stand the pace set by the home side's backs. Before the match ended Higgins scored a further unconverto'd try for Waipukurau. Waipukurau 22 Omakere 15. Mr O. Scott refereed, t