FORWARD STRUGGLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 157, 3 June 1940, Page 4

FORWARD STRUGGLE.

FEILDING PREVAIL. By a margin of three points to-nil, ! Feilding beat Kia Toa in a hard forward struggle. The teams were: ! Feilding.—Pollard, "White, McGrath, i Goffe. Rush. Dernier, Thompson. Pye, Garliek. Miles, Nicholson, Sullivan. Grey, Kitchen. "Wilson. Kia Toa.-—Garr. Leader. Fitt, Harvey, McGrath, Thomas, Quinn. Masley, Thurston, Coomhe, "Williams, i Manderson, Speedy, Barnao, Grindrod. j A succession of passing movements by the Feilding backs took play to i tlie Kia Toa goal-line, but a free kick eased the position. The play went to I the other/end. where Pollard saved for ' the visitors with a long line kick. From i within the home side’s twenty-five, Thompson made a high centring kick which was taken by "Wilson, who went , over for a nice try. Thompson’s shot at goal failed to rise. Play see-sawed

for a period until the blue forwards broke aivn.y with the -ball in what looked like a good movement, but solid tackling by Dormer and Rush halted it. In this Rush received an injury to his knee and had to retire, Lewis replacing him. From a scrum infringement, Pye had a shot at goal from just inside half-way, the ball passing outside the post. After the the visiting forwards continually pushed the local side off the ball, hooked it from the scrums and went away in fast rushes which were very disconcerting to . the blue backs. Pye, Kitchen, Sullivan and Garlick were prominent in these movements. From an easy position, Pye failed to add further points from a penalty kick. In the closing stages Manderson ran over GO yards, after Carr had. attempted to open up the play, only to be collared short of the line. When the whistle sounded the score was; Fcilding 3, Kia Toa 0. Mr A. Neville was the referee.