SCOTLAND BEATS WALES

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1923, Page 4

SCOTLAND BEATS WALES

CHEAT WINNING TRY

A-AH 1)1 EE. Eebruai y 0. Scotland beat Wales under -Rugby 1 ales at Cardilf Arms I’afk on Saturday l,y a goal and two tries to a placed goal and a penalty goal. This i- the first time Scotland hate wt n at 1 *t ■ Jiff for Mil yen• s. Although only gainoil m the last two minutes of a wonderful encounter, Scotland s victory was (iiuroitglily deserved. Ihe huge crowd of fully -10.000 people nearly all ot them M'eKhmon rcali-vd lit: on st. emphatically. N'U only du! good Welsh judges of the game remark lf~ I n!'.. the finish that Scotland "ere the belter -ide. but a portion of the crowd I hemselves paid St ( land a ve; v pretty U Ernie V. hell, (in eel !y the final vAii-tl.' had been blown, they i Itshej on title field of play, collared hold of A. 1.. Craeie. and carie.l lum slmuh'er I'M’. fr. ill the ground ant'd tremendous i herring. (Em ir him-. Ii eliioyed a great pi’ .-oeal triumph- hrotii -tin to tuu-h. he played heamifdly. wli ther in attack or detoiice. Scotsmen lane been prune to remark that Graii" had cm. m shown the form .in international iiiiiLehrs that his English admirers hod had people mirth oi the Border to expert. In this match. It wever. he w:cat his he-t, and the try w itli which he gave tile -ide lie captained a wonderful victory showed clearly what a great payer lie 1~. ; Eoi .-r-.vi.iy minutes a ten die sti ilgi gr had gone on. and wilh Wales leading :i. s |-. .juts ; . (i. it looked a- though thm. w err going to -erurr their first a in over avail hi ml ame the war. Thalli-- lo two perfe t Scottish dnhI, not rushes in whuh J. M. Bam re mail. .1. H l.a'.i rie and I . ,M. Si oarl look the leading part. Scull mil <"-l a!,I idled tl.eiuselv.'s in H e WeNh ipr r tei's and ! rum tin. pr-iumi w hicil t he-e two delight i ■ l l pime- ol play g.ave 1 hem I lie-, ' el a e- , at 1.-rw aid' Iml Tou' 'h.. fi :. " me again ■ u ihe right dal ia. o hr ■ cl'-i h. an I .mar indeed Sim:' Went O'.a- aid || ell tile 'a!| p. have \i lla t I" kill Nile a iry ili-allo'.'o"!. aid a -fa m il aiin Ugli Wale-, clearly ll’e infeiior - in the 'i 1 .. m| half w■ dd e-' a; e. Tin-; 'i ii: : ll.i.ini■ moment. 'I hen Ia me i fie thtailing mum mi. w. E. lli.m c got tlie I all out ij i -kl.v and S. 11. Mcnma ii slime: ii over E. Md.sreii'. 1 'll i’ll U ('• I aei'.'s li. id -. la, 11a; Ic •<j;;in mode ground at on e. vi; b j-;. !I. I idd il in ill lemlaurn bdT. J. 0.1 iso ii. W bile Vl'.ei ! Jen!.ins aid R. A. Cornish, were leoking after Grtieie. * In a -econd Gfitele sized up the situation, and. cm ling in. darted between his two upjumelils. to run rm n,| t:mi .gt'eiiiid ti e i.r I' i eleml H e pests. As lie fell in touching the hali J. v. |] verc ele e to the de u'-hd] line ill. fouj shot up and i aught an enthusiastic VOl'llgster tlll-'l oil Hie iliollth., kiioekiiig out lour teeth. D. Dry-dale ;... 11 v.u'teil. aid two minute- alter w arda gieat match ended. J he Wd li t!mee-i|mi: C i- were wed; in the centre. They lacked real tlum-l in their work, and the wing men nrely had a chance. while \oi'y little typical Welsh handling took place. Males had their line rivs-rd three time-, despite their hard-working Pm van!- 1 . '> inie they t helilselves only got over cnee, and from this nobody could gel away. The penalty gmi! which A.lheii Jenkins kicked enabled Males to lead at ill, 1 interval by three point-, hut I.iddell got over for Scotland directly all T change of ends, and aider Clem Lew is had scored for U'alos. for .AN ort Jenkins to place a goal. Snmrl obladied a 1 1 v fer Scotland in a lorn ard tesb Il was at this 1 .'.'it'd II that the game stood before the thrilling ten min' f -

at tile eb:-e to V Idell lefel'elUV lias been made. In fairne-s to Rowe. Raidiiig. V. j|.. had few opporliinit ies. it should be stated that lie made the opening from which Lewi' ored with a marvelinns zig-zag ran. S aki d with rain, till |... the turf at Card ill Anns ]’ark prove,:! to b m meet: better mudition than could possibly have I ecu