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Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 47, 2 May 1929, Page 10

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T-his match was a'very disappointing: one, -the play. ge.neTally being below Senior B standard. The winners fielded the belter balance*! and -'more ex-

perienced side, several- -of" their men playing for the Oriental Senior A fifteen last season; Had the.local, team not left their final "spurt" too late

'the result may have been different. Oriental, however, deserved their win. The Hutt backs, generally sneaking, did not know their positions on the field, and need an experienced player •who can- direct t<he pKy, Numerous opportunities of scoriilg were thown awy either through lack <5f backing up or dropping of passe~sr Smith had a day off in the latter respect, but improved in the second spell, when he. changed places with Alexan^der, Very.; often when a passing rush was initiated from the line out,-the backs were '' crowded too much, which could

have been counteracted by one or more dropping put and following up the play

ready to slip iAto'"a gap. if necessary.

Foote 's form at full back was too bad * to be true. Weak kicking gave the other skle v six points and a determined tackle could have saved three more. Jarman played very soundly, loing all that was required of him in workmanlike style. Koss-does not yet know his position on the field, which causes Mrs side a lot of trouble, His ofoier work was fair. ISbnith was patchy... However, he is always a trier, and manages to cover up his mistakes in most cases. Alexander -was suffering from a bad wrist,; which no doubt affected his play, but l*e must get into

the habit of going up to meet the

tfcill instead vof waiting for it to bounce. Feeney was at his best on defence and nothing was too hard for him to tackle. Gordon was handicapped dwing to the"

fact that the opposing -forwards, were

breaking up quickly, This can be counteracted by iinatructiiig , his foxwards to hold the ball and go through with it and then heeling back when

instructed. When the ball did. ■coma

out cleanly he., lost very little time in getting it away. Dowsett as rover, in the second, half, led the pack well and with Hiriton made strenuous efforts to snatch victory. Hinton played a very fine game and.isia. tiger for work. If the other .forwardsi will learn to

back him up better plenty of " tries should result. Sundrgreen grafted hard, but did not appear to fit into the scrum too well. Baker was in the thick of everything. and is probably the best tight forward on the side. Roberts and Tilley were good pair on the side, leading many rushes. Bo-

herts's try was a good effort, lie show-

ing surprising pace for a man of Ms build. Langford and Hurrel were in-

clined to bxeak up too quickly, especi-

ally -when /weight was needed in the scrum. Huirell made a couple' of very bad breaks in off-side play,' mistakes perhaps excusable in lower grades, but not in senior football..

The scrums appeared to be fairly even, but - Oriental showed decided superority in the line out due in a great measure to Pringle, a very; tall forward. Hutt could do with a man of his build for line-out wprk.

It looked, as if Hutt won the toss and elected to play with the sun in their eyes. TMsis not a good policy on the local ground, as tlie sun disappears early in the second half,-. consequently the team winning the -toss should play with the sun behind them to gain any advantage.

Hinton's try was a good effort, a-less determined player would not have reaohed the objective.

Some of the local spectators showed very bad taste in "chipping" Oriental

players for " marking' '■ at every opportunity r There is no rule at present to prevent a player claiming a jnark, and "Ories" were quite justified in doing everything possible to retain their lead. Let us hope that when our team is in the-same .position its players will adopt similar measures.

The, Juniors had a comfortable- win by 32—0. They must not lose sigiht of the fact that most of ..the players opposed to them were playing third grade last year. In Petone, Poneke, and Athletic they Will meet heavy forwards and solid'; backs. The Junior

b&cks look to be pretty 'nippy' and with a solid pack in front of them will be hard to beat. 'The, Fourths also registered a win, certainly their display was not a convincing one, but there is good, material to work upon, and there is eyery rsasbn to, expect that..:they will mould into quite a fair team, before the season is over.. , ..'-. <- ; < There are vacancies for -fliree or'four more boys in the fifth grade, partiou^ larly forwards. Any boys between the age of 15J and 17 who desire to' play shoiild get into toucih with the secretary, or the. coach, Mr. M. J. -Power, accountant (between Waterloo and Kings Boads),