DRAWN GAME

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1932, Page 3

DRAWN GAME

'H ; . -:>V A j-'~- 'X Six POINTS EACH. > : -. COAST UXiLUCKY. :j CHRISTCHHRCH,. October 1. Canterbury and.' West C'Cast' reprpamibatives played <a drawn game to- ; day, 6 points each. ' .Cpa. s t ha.d all the R-itter .of- the play, hut only run up a. try. and a penalty goaf With a quarter -an hour to gp Canterbury came with ,a, rattle and scored. two tries ; to make game a draw. It, was a, fast and interesting game throughout. Jftver 1.0,000 people were present. Oritprbmy won the toss, and started with the. sun ..behind it.

-4 The kick-off Went straight .into, touch, nnd West Coast got the; ball from; the serpm, but. did no good ■ with - it, A penalty,id ; ck. against JojiCs, for, pff-ei.de P-Viy.,- allowed:, Roberts,, ,to. kick, into t<mph at the West Coast twe.nty-fivO ffag. The Canterbury forwards went away from the line-out, but West Coast forced down. • . . . .

After Bouterey and 'Haze'burst had j gained a.. Ifttle,. ground,-d. rush by the ' Coast forwards and a dash by Martyn pp,t .Canterbury on the defence again. The West Coast 'backs were, given the ball, and W. Hughes, changing direct.. ion-smartly, cut deep into, the defence. ißfs,, was dropped, but tbb, Coast surged, on to the Canterbury line. For some • moments . there were set. scrums and sacks-on-the mill on the goal-line. Manchester came round the side quickly a* the ball was breaking loose, and was, for .' off-side p’ a yM.ai'ty® ,v had a,, shot at goalj ._but, missed, Canterbory forcing down. The, Coast, forwards Packing,, .•jnui'e, solidly, "and / also',Jtnea^g ;i/ hiore qui,pldy.... than the Canterbury,:'|.acknjen. and with some good work by Jchrode'on ; . tfm» right wing. Canterbury was • ,psesqed . AffPr , had : ,beea ; : for ; a moment or. two,‘ 'bie‘cqn?P Routerev had suffered a. knock,, 0a liferburyworked 'free to midfield,' wher 1 ’ was another stoppage, because" had hurt a hand. . . . . ..Hazelhurst, picked up beautifully, a low. dropping, pass from Bouterey, and • Started the Canterbury ' baqks.; going. Innes brushed past Fong, and g av e to Brown, • rho centred. Howell drove down the. centre, but just failed to . take ,i. .high 1 bouncing ball in a- good poej- ; tjon> and .olaared off the left •yffanik- to' midfield. Robert’s long kick lpto 'toneb gained more, ground apd v , tackling, : ,in whieh." Hmcelhumt' high,., wag .needed, to hp’d .the;./Cantnrbury.'backs in a rush oii th° < right-iflank. , However, Jones, -breaking awsy; from., a. Scrum in' the.. Coast tweniyjfive, kicked into touch well ou,t"sicfe: the twenty-five. .'Scandrott startpr' appther 'West Cogst attack/ etopped'- by just ; outside : 'the. pjay,''drifted infieia .a, ‘ C; w: Thompson got: offside, and Fpng kicked \ good penalty gba]. , V ; 'West ' Coait 3, Canterbury 0. ' ‘ j*!ay had Leeh in progiiess 20 minutes, ' ( ' v ' ■-■ v- ..■.•■ -Cottrells kick-off was a’ very llow. one, ' wntLl \Hughes’ returned it ipfo ytouciinside Canterbury’,s t'ventyfiy e '•taiiik! and couhter-rush oii the other flapk- ended in Canterbury getting back ;to-halfway- where the .'West Coast war penalised. Innea’ kick ‘y was nearer -.the rniddl©' of the ground than the touch lino,i and Jones returned it into touch. The’baß came out on Canterbury’s sidy of the scrum, but R. King (West Co ft st" and Scandrett were on •to Bouterey before he .could get it-.awayV and< wit.' that rand 'another rush. Coast came int .Canterbury; territory again, Again, It. King (Coast! checked Bou-.y (prey's pass from a scrum; arid tb-- ! Coast forwards swept down on to the Canterbury line. R. K. King started r (breakaway, but his pass went along till© ground between several of tht Canterbury men,; and little ground . w-as gained hy it. W. Hughe?;,kicked into touch, jifst dutsido the; Canterbury line. '; , ; charged 'badly into the line,put and, of course, was penalised. I . doing it he injured Perkins,, and fho penalty kick waj ; , heldl ' fdr few. ipinutes while that - Canterbury forwai-' ; vfa* jattended by ambulance men. Roberts took the .kick, and put .the ball into touch a little more than midway, between the Canterbury twenty, five and the half-way line. Coast g°t the s bali, and 'backs started a rush. ,W, 'Hughes waa stopped, but the Coa-t forwards carried th© ruck ' that developed, and Jones broke clear past Roberts with the ball at his ifoet.-

Over-running it, he kicked if sideways, and a 'little backward to F. King (West - Coast), who kfeked it ove:,the, goal-line (apd followed 'it with Schroder. - Schroder dived at th e baH. but did not touch it "down, and King /cored the try, .. which Bong did nut /convert. . . ■ > - , ~ . ■ West Coast 6, Canterbury 0

On the West ■ Coast- side of half*w4y> R. K, King threw out a long pass tc Hazelhurst, .but that hack had both the Coast .five-eighths on hapd at oner.; ■The Oafltjrrbury made another effort, ,in. which Oliver, after passing; t< nnes,,. rap roundf outs'de- .to centre again-, and passed to Dumsiiea, who maoe

i dash, hut was-, brought. down on the fouph-1ine,;.,.. A fin e line-kick by Roberts drove!the 1 C‘oast, hack to its t>yenty-fiv e again, 'file > fjoastv .forwards. ..werei breaking. ;■ i,way and following up too .for .'he Canterbury and the backs .'.vene , ptayi-n.gr a brighter attacking ;ame rthan. ini - the Ranftjrly . Shield* "•nr.tf.lv,..between the - t\yo • provinces.; > Twice-Roberts marked: -.dangerous high -iekf; .imdec ;.wh‘dh forwards and. "iackfi. were,.sweeping,.and: drove them, >ok from .Canterbury's tw«nty?fiye .with his tpuphrlibe lacking. AnothPT; beautif .tl filino-kiek- by Roberts, penk.it he;

Coast back, tp a dozen yards from its - t ; he" Coast forwards immediately rushed, play into Canterbury territory. y ;.. .

Oliver tried , a stab-kiqk in the next; movement by the Canterbury backs and jlnnes got, on to the ball again and sent' it baqk to Oliver. But the latter’® pass, to ; Rro\yn merely., tipped., the winger’s fingers, it In midfield, R. K. King was 'penalised for being off-side, and the fullbacks exchanged kicks, unt.il J. King put the. ball into touch and half-time' wag called, ajth the ,scores,: West, Coast. 6 ( Canterbury 0. G. W. Thompson returned, to the field in the second half, with a kneg bandaged). The, CW s t attacked, ql.nrost <at once,, and after, being checked for : ,a moment, ov two -’by a kick into touch ■by Bouterey, came almost on to Canterbury’s lin e through a couple, of bflind-si.cje, dashes by gcapdrett, assisted by Ofaftyn.. Manchester . and R. K, King wer© in- th© front, of. a relieving rush to outside the twenty-five. However, the Coast attacked again, Scandreft started it ,off,. - and from in front 0 f v thn posts. Oliver tried, to. find touch. Martyn took the ball on the full, and went, for the goal-line; but was brought 'down .by Du»..shea.. oil ■; the touch line not far short, of • the corner. Receiving the; .'ball again a feyr- minutes' later, Scandrett. passed to W. Hughes, who,, tried tc -cut through . on the short aide, .. hut' held- op a. little j too jong-,; though, Martyn was in, sup- ! pqr't. . ‘Eventually, Roberts had to toroc down.. 1, ■

In another Coast, attack, Fong twisted, away, from Hazelhurst and cut in. but his.pass:-,into 'the. forwards.wa.l3. out. offPlay moved;'.aercgs tlio ,ground, along the-,-.Cahthijbury;. tw«nty r ffve , line. ..until the Const wp s penalised and. Manchestey . kicked into touch*, though wit*' only . about 15 yard? gained. The ha’ 1 going , lp.oae,: the Canterbury- forwards * rushed it;,to midfield. , Fr a it«.s 'wa?. .p.eenj lending,.dhr Ooa't forwards back a' T ,ain. 1 -however. Roberts took , the. next noUri : alty :kick,., and, put the boll into to-yb | ■sj., dozen yards, nena% -kifck (for : -Camtorburyvy 'again bv ROberts - f brought Canterbury .v;elj, into -the visitors! threntv-five., ■ j iAlter play .Lad moved infield a little ; Jffartyn hopped on to a; dropped pass and broke away unfield until Dun shea J got- him from: behind. He passed in toj (filbert and it looked as >f the 1 Coast would- score again, but, Gilbert’s pos? to Fong was. forward. -s - »>. •Canterbury returned to fhe attack, .-.tod Roberts bad a penalty shot at goal from, rather long range. The. ball -fe’l ;hort, and the return left play in mid- 1 .field. The Canterbury backs had 1 a run, and Dunshea. 'blocked: on th n flank, punted slightly • infield. Form: folded' the kick; and-‘Oliver had to tackle him into, touch. v Inpes miss-Od a puss, and almost Immediately, after Gilbert broke through gapping: up t'hA hall very .quickly, and ; dashing.- nway upfield. -However, Fong his pass. . and . Brown, cominy "ight across fVom his own wing, saved very well. .j . Soandrett made a break soon after, running to Roberts, but held on: just n .moment' too long. Bouterey kicked the- : halj,: along the ground in hi s ..own twentyjfive, and- Gilbert) snapping it. up, had a pot at goal. Ho missed. Bease, gave away' a penalty in a; : ! ine-out near, the Coast line, and play ' came, to mid-field, whence Scandrettstarted" if moving on to the Onterbnry-'twenty-five. . Hojveyer, a penalty Jqiek.. to Canterbury, ‘taken by. Roberts, .left play, in mid-field again. Oliver came •>.way from here find passed to Brown, >.vho ran down 'near the Coast twentyfive line-, and , then centre-kicked ‘high. ! ,W. Hughes marked.

“ From midfield play again the Canttrbury backs came away on the left ‘lank, and Brown, handling nicely inpassed to Oliver in the Coast twentyfive, " but Scandrett got Oliver. A •hark by Bouterey gave Fong a mark, ■jid play was once more back in midfield. -

■ A; line kick by Oliver-took Canterbury to the Coast twenty-five and artother kick by Roberts held it there for a time. -•

... Presently the ball came out to t.h> Canterbury backs and -aiorig the line to Dunshea, who passed in again tV ‘Oliver.-- Oliver made, a smart da'hy down the■ touch-line for about 15 yards tond; scoted right alongside th e .flag.' Roberts did not goal.

West Coast 6, Canterbury 3

With oply four minutes to go, play" wa.s not far on the Coast side of hallway, when Bouterey got the ball away .to Hazelhurst, from whom it went to Innes,. at second five-eighth, and then tp Oliver. Dun=hea made a determined dash, and. lacking quick enough support, -he ! had to crash into J. King .the Coast fullback, on the touch-line. The Canterbury backs came into quick action again, Innes making a break in the. centre and then pa-ss n - to R. K. King, who sent Aut.-another pass, which, however, fell at Hazclhnfst’s feet. There -wan,-a -cruin th-eie and three of the West Coast players .got badly off-side,''but fortunately for Canterbury they - were not penalised,,fdr -tbs referee was watching Oliver flashing round on the short side, and passing to Brown, who crossed the- line at.i the corner, land ran round in-fieM' a . little before touching down- for a , ( try. Roberts did not g0a1..r._ '.Fi-om the kick-off the Canterbury backs made another desperate effort »•*’ break away from their own half, but D.unsbea wap collared by- -an opponent . ; H «t as the ball was bouncing to him from a kick across.(by Oliver. ..and.-t : m p ■iw* called, when the ball,.;went into ■.touch a few moments later, with tb-'Core«:--rt - ,• , ' Canterbury ••• ••• '*• ‘ . West, Coast - 6 ~ Referee A, Thompson.