FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1930, Page 3

FOOTBALL

BRITISH TEAM,

AGAINST NORTH AUCKLAND.

AN EASY WIN.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) . WHANG A Mil, July 30. < ,Th© attributes of speed,.. stamina, and pliant combination, which have stood the British Rugby envoys in isuch good stead'throughout their tour> •were again manifest when the visitors "North Auckland at Rugby Park thib > afternoon in the presence of about, seven thousand spectators. ThesA factors accounted for the Home--fiAwlirs eventual victory by thirtyeight* points to five, representing the widest margin in. any game played thus far.

4he • on’ly alteration from the personnel of. the teams as announced, 4-aB that Jones,replaced:Parker in the .JBj'itish pack.

party; of, twenty Maori, notables ; 'the visitors'*„ to ; the ground cfjjptH a typibali.hakai.'.l weather was fine, though over- * ing the"aibna ' diagonally from the tthrti, -Arid ihidiing ; ho-api>reciable difference to the play. The ground was Ri capital"order.?/‘ >''l S£Rrom Nortji Auckland

dominated the play during the major portion of 4h© first -half the forwards'' ■fiyliy equalling their opponents though ,!the latter were much heavier, and with- idle local backs working well together, they prevented the British : ffom invading Northern territory ‘ex■g§pt- on a few occasions, two of which proved fruitful. After 18 minutes, Wilkinson opened the tally with a try, Prentice’s essay failing to goal.

Britain;;#,'; North Auckland 0. The Northerners kept.,up, their pressure, and utes latenfwith 1 ,a 1 jtry ‘ by McDonald, which Hfjlstead, converted. . Noyth Auckland s|Br ltairt 3. !. ‘ jj ' fSiiorfly ‘l . afterward?;’ •;. JoncsDavies smartiy spiked: art. opening and raced across’'to score, Prentice adding the major points, and at the interval the scores stood;— ’M..' ; . ..• ;

BRITAIN ... v... 8 v',NORTH AUCKLAND ... 5 the' North had had decidedly the better of the proceedings in the first ]sperf,t but., a. dramatic change came -'over the scene in the second session. With the Northerners tiring, the vis-

passing rushes, .which proved irifetible, arid resulted in-no fewer than six 'tries being obtained,, ofiye-. eventuating in rapid succession, and all • ljejng augmented.' *' The; pace ■of the three-quarter line nonplussed the, locals, rUio were unable either to catch or check the sweeping movements. Jones-Davies , v started - .the sequence, Pfenti.Ce/ doing ,|he requisite, making Hie Cpoifits :- -•- ' '

Britain 13 ; North Auckland 5v

,/J’he British fly-half was conpspic'fioiis .all the time supplying liiS as.sociaticis with the ball, and two minutes later, Welsh went over as the /outcome;' .of neat .work by Bowcott, Prentice again completing the points and bringing the recokning up to 18-5.

.../Bowcott figured again in another niaohine-like movement, which Wilkinson culminated by sprinting across without; opposition. The kick , at. gofil ; was / child’s play for Prentice,,!, and(the; tally .read twenty-three-five iiF Britain’s favour. 1 'A ' * ■■ >'

Snapping up smartly, Jones-Davies initiated another perfect interchange, the ball going finally to Bowcott, who iiad' no’ difficulty in: scoring'.close to the .posts, giving Plciltice: auotlieF #&sy proposition, and increasing thotcrtal on Ibehalf of Britain to twenty-

Then Poole set the backs going once .more, ...the whole line handling, until finally Knowles got within striking distance, crossing in a handy position, and enabling Martindale to lift the leather over. This brought, the figures to thirty rthreedive. As a matter of .fact the Britishers were strolling through an almost open door, their score mounting by twentyfive points in an equal number of minutes.

" The last tale of the day was told when Reeve badly left two men who were “marking’’ him, and roinped over the chalk line at will. Martindale put on. the finishing touches and wound? up~.'thp,,yeckoning at thirty,-eight-five. 3n the expiring stages of the game, f'i he North Aucklanders made a great rally, -, endeavouring to fessen ■ the 'huge disparity against them, and all .but succeeded on two occasions, but the' defence proved equal to the strain, and the Britishers left the field with the greatest triumph of the tour to their credit. Mr M. Kronfiekl refereed expertly and impartially.'

S OTAGO BEAT WANGANUI. Q DUNEDIN, July 30. Otago defeated Wanganui by • 34 points to .8 at Oarisbrook this afternoon. For the winners Bradanoyich potted two goals and tries were scored

•by Sonntag (2), -Smith (2), Giles and Laing. Lindsay converted four tries. Byres and Fremont scored for the visitors, Collier converting one try.