A BOIL-OVER

NZ Truth, Issue 1180, 12 July 1928, Page 16

A BOIL -OVER

Pirates Now Stand Slender Chance (From "N.Z. Truth's" Dunedln Rep.) The boil over m Saturday's competition was the defeat of Pirates . by Alhambra, which practically removes any claims the wearers of the skull and bones have to championship honors for 1928. * . " CONDITIONS were easy, but the i'orm V was not consistently ..good, bright incidents coming. only m patches. The Pirates' backs brought about their own downfall, the principal offender being Faulks, who missed two wonderful opportunities ! late m the second spell to make tries for Graham, who is one of the speediest and 'most determined wingers playing m Otago. Pirates were strengthened by the'inclusion of Mardon, formerly of Hawkes Bay and recently of Christchurch. Mardon made several bright breaks through the Alhambra inside backs, but on occasions he did not relish the onslaughts of the 'Bama forwards whom Boutery, Pirates' scrum half, failed all too frequently. -'.to check. , Pirates tried out Jolly at full-back, and for a new hand, he played convincingly and was an improvement on Cheyne. ! KEPT HIS END UP Graham's opportunities were limited through the run of play going to Fraser's wing, but when the ball did" come his way he made no mistake about his intentions of reaching Al- • hambra's line. Gilkison was about the most useful forward, m the Pirates' pack, with Glendinning showing up m line-out play. ''.. : '.'..■. . Gillick. is. an old-timer, but a good one, and he set some of the younger members of the side an' example m hard toil. , The hardest grafter, however, was Malcolm, an emergency, who, with Bob Souter and Williams, was always m the thick of the fray. Davis was responsible for another serviceable game, ■ but the attacking movements of the men behind him were too, lateral to be of much use. On two occasions, however, , they caught the Pirates' backs out of position, and from these movements they registered their tries, Ron. Callander topping off a great attack m the first spell, and Gillick scoring at the end of another rush started by Callander m the second spell. Wyllie was one of ' the most consistent backs for Alhambra. He is giving his team better service on the wing than he did behind the scrum, and he took a big part m the movement m the first spell from which Callander scored. Varsity. A had little trouble m disposing of the Varsity B team m a curtain-raiser to the Pirates — Alhambra match.' The feature of the game was the success attained by the B side from packing a 3-2-3 scrum. In the first spell they shared the honors with Douglas, and Hendra, the A front rankers, but m the second spell they hooked the ball two to one. PACE THAT SPTLLS' The B backs, however, were unable to cope with the speed set by the A's, this being one of the fastest games played this season. Wallis, who played on the wing m place of Malcolm, was the outstanding back for the Bs, and was rewarded with a try all of his own making. Both Webb and McClymont scored three tries, Webb's final coming after a superb run. by Stevenson, who cut out half of the Bs defence. He sent the ball along the forwards to Webb, who racpfl away to the posts. , , Two of McClymont's tries came from good midfieid play by Nicolson, who has now found his right position In the A side. McClymont's play was again more impressive than Webb's. Through a shortage of ball, the H'olden - Bradanovitch - Haughton combination was not so, successful as m recent matches, but m making play from mtdfield scrambles, a they were incessantly oh the job. Jackson and Martin are two others m the Varsity A pack who must be considered before' the season is over. Dune~din's possession of the wooden spoon is now assured, but they have on their side a good forward In Delahunty, whose football has been sound since the opening of the season. ,In the absence of any really outstanding rover, this player might find his neck through a dark blue jersey before many rep. games are played. : s Against Zingari on Saturday he was the inspiration to the Dunedin pack. Caradus was out again for Zingari, and gave a bright display of inside back play. * There was little m the game, Zingari winning by eight points to three. Zinguri's first try came from an opening by Price, who handed on to Williams, the winger sidestepping his way round three Dunedin defenders. Kaikoral swamped Southern to the tune of 43 to 6 ,pn Logan Park. Cleland, one of their most consistent forwards, was always, brightly m the picture, scoring two tries and converting three. > Fountain, who is sound again, is one of the bjest club wingers playing this season, and scored two tries by determined excursions to Southern's line. Perry, Kaikorai's rdver, was also ■ m the front of things, and aided his side with two tries. The hillsiders' defence was solid, Southern failing to cross their line. Two penalty: goals by Devlin comprised their score. Union and Taieri, which occupied equal positions on thp .championship ladder, played a good forward game on the suburban ground, the city side winning by. 21 to 8. Union's score included two potted goals, a method of scoring which has become very popular m Otago since Benny Osier beat the New Zealanders. Elliott was a useful member for Union, scoring two tries.