A ZIP IN IT

NZ Truth, Issue 1178, 28 June 1928, Page 14

A ZIP IN IT

Nelson Title Worth Fighting For (From "N.Z. Truth's" Nelson Rep.) Club fixtures m Nelson were played m Ideal . weather last' Saturday. Old Boys put Pirates down by a single point—B-7 and Waimea and Rivals drew—l 3, all. THESE results have given a very m•- -• teresting turn'to the competition games. ■i" The best football. on Saturday was ,aeen at Brightwater, a little village 16 ; miles froril Nelson, and the Pirate team's home town. . The game was a /battle between the ■Pirate forwards and Old Boys '.backs., The backs'won with two tries, ".; one converted, against a penalty kick '■■»'; and a pot. ■ ._ Snodgrass showed some, of his last year's form when he scored'from a wild "spec." by Buckley. . All day Snodgrass was at his best, which is a good indication for the long list of representative matches ahead. Bowers kicked a penalty from m front, giving Pirates, a lead of 7 to 3 at half-time. Towards the end of a hard-fought :..'.. second half; Patterson sent the ball to !•':.' Everett, Fowler and Snodgrass, who reverse passed to Fowler for him to . finish off a 'brilliant effort. James con- ';' verted. , .'"" . . ■, Papps showed flashes of his old brilliancy. More of a dog fight than a game ' of Rugby iis ajl that-can be said of the game at Trafalgar Park on Saturday! between Waimea and ' Rivals. Most of, Waimea's points, were gained through mistakes on the part of their opponents and / the Individual brilliance of the. five-eighths, Watson.Rivals* total included a penalty, one potted goal and two tries. Both the tries were grained through the deplorable weakness of the Waimea defence. •'• Rogers, the full-back, was, useless m this respect. At half-time, Waimea had finished their scoring for the game, while Rivals had not started, Savage (Waimea), will toe twice the player he is now. when he learns to tackle low instead of round the neck. Waimea would have be'eri better off . without,: Rogers at full-back, for, theri they would not have been relying on a man who repeatedly let them ■down. - Representative honors will'be a fair reward for Watson's consistent work this season. Mcllralth's invariable selfishness with the ball will prevent him getting the advancement he is looking for.; .'■',' Of the forwards, Sutton (Waimea), was m a class of his own, with Cross (also Waimea), a good second.