TWO-POINT WIN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 9

TWO-POINT WIN

Celtic Secure Victory, from Pirates FAST, EVEN GAME Celtic gairirid a Victory ovrir Pirates by 16 points td 14 iri an iritriresting riiatcri at Mfcuean Paris, mapier, on waturdajh Tiie febiites? was very even. throughout, i narrowly missed conversion by Keebie ihaking the two-point mhrgiri that ftnaliy iet Celtic wiri. The triafiis were;— Pirates! Mapuhi, Hardgrave, Lopleil, Thompson, Yates, DoWrick, Lister, Gilroy, Keebie, Fraser, McKehzie, Wolstenholme, BliSs, iiopdell, Hill. Oeltic. — Halligan) Piillen, GarVriy, Reifl, HErinah, Geddris, Toriiohria, Gibb, McGourt, Kelly, Hannigan, Bipef, Marika, Bowers, McHardys Two easy peqalties Wero missed by Pirates iri the openiiig stages of the gaiue, Keeblb and Dowi'ick both failing :o tuffi ppportunity tb accqutit, and it vas Oeltic who opened tiie seo/lhg. After a.'vigofous rittack by Celtic, Piralris staged a bECk.riiovcment that lpokcd like getting. ihririi out of troUblB, wheq,. E paris WaS dropped in midfield, for Hanhah to siiritch' it up and frice across iri the cbrrier. tiie kitik failirig. Pirates rritaliated soon aftef wheri clardgi-hve mEde ri nice break brifofd passing to Dowfiek, wlio Scored, rilao lu Ihe corner. The kick met with thri samd tate as previous attempts» J'eid was then prornin^rit in a spectiCitJar riin in which he took full advaritage of the weak tdcklihg of. tiie Pirates rear« giirird fd 'race ' ffom half-vv'riy to score in the ebfuef, the kiclc hiisSing. Oncd liiore Pirates managcd tq eyen Ihe s.cofe, this timo from a penaily by Kteble, shortly »beforB the interval.

The second spell began m a whirlwind a&sault on the Pirate line by thri Viriiting fbfWards, E kriock-bfi ritopping'play jUfet wheii.it seemrid that the ma.ibfity bf the pack wbuld Crbss in a body. However, from the resulting scrum right in front of the posts MCHErdy secrired arid scored, Pullen makirig no niistake with thri riasy kick. ; Apparently determined tb maintain the or der of scoring, the Pirate forwards battled their way to Celtic territory, whefe Hill feecured and serit Wolsteriholmri ovef well but. Keebie 's lcick Wfis ri good effort, but. the bali struCK high on the ffir upfight arid boiififeed back intd play, leEVirig Celtic with a. two-poirit ridyaht&Erii Near the Cnd bf the gariie BbWers touched doWfi britwririri thri propri at the end of a runaway try,, ih Whieii the poor taclding bf the Pirate backs wris onee inore emphasised and the full* back, Mapuhi, caught on the wrong side of ihe iieid. Pullen converted, and although soon after KeeBle scored Eiid DoWrick converted fof PirateS, thriy CbUld db iiothihg ribout gEirihig the extra points. Scorers. — Celtic (16): Han* ririh (try), Reid (try), . Mc-' Hardy (try), Bowers (try), Pullen (two conVersions). Pir-' ateri (14): Krieble (try and penalty goal), Dowrick (try and. conversion), Woistenliolme (try). Mr E. D. Berry refereed.