MAORIS DEFEATED BY HARLEQUINS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3557, 2 November 1926, Page 3

MAORIS DEFEATED BY HARLEQUINS.

BY 11 POINTS TO 5

London, October 30,

At Twickenham, in dull weather, over If),000 people saw a tremendously hard and fast game on a perfect turf.

The Maoris, who were obliged to bring in Kingi, Lockwood and Crawford for Mete, Bell, and Manning, tackled finely and found their pace most valuable in defence; but the Harlequin forwards, with Price! and Chick as wingers, got among the visiting backs so quickly after breaking .up that the MffßHs did not develop many handling movements, thus Falwasser and Phillips had few chances.

A great feature of the game was the magnificent kicking by Harlequin’s full-hack, Hubbard, who repeatedly found the touch-line, his superb efforts driving back the. Maori forwards.

The visiting forwards scrummaged hard, but were beaten at heeling. They were also handicapped in the second half by losing Potaka who was injured. Harlequins had all the best of the first half, in which Laird scored a clever try after kicking, to the right and following up, but Hubbard failed to convert. Just before half-time Hubbard scored a fine penalty goal. Harlequins 6 Maoris 0

Wakefield scored a great individual try from mid-way in the second half, after a fine run, and Hubbard converted. Harlequins 11 T\faoris nil.

Soon after Kingi broke away, Falwasser took the pass, and scored a ivy, Pelham converting. Hailequins 11 Maoris 5 MAORIS UNLUCKY TO LOSE. REFEREE’S TIME-KEEPING FAULTY. London, Oct. 31. The Daily News says: “The Maoris were unlucky to lose in the match with the Harlequins. They especially suffered from the referee’s faulty time-keeping. He extended the first half by four minutes beyond stoppages and the second' half by three minutes. In the first half the extension enabled Hubbard to kick a penalty goal.” The Daily'Mail says: “The Maoris were again curiously unequal. They locked combination and tackled too high. Apparently the old wise word to take the man low has not penetrated to Maoriland, resulting in tackling resembling wrestling.” The Times says: “The Maoris’ mid-field play was mediocre, and erratic, except that of Kingi. The Harlequins’ centres made even more glaring mistakes than their oppon-

ents, but the wingers made the Maoris’ defence uncomfortable, as Phillips and Falwasser made the Harlequins’ when they secured the ball in the open.”