EASY MUTTON

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 14

EASY MUTTON

Otago Fall By The Wayside-

'(From- "N.Z.. Truth's" Dunedln Rep.) .As 'much as they were peeved " '■ about such ,absence r Otagans breathed a sigh of relief last week when Cooke and the other Waira- , rapa stars :Were. not on, hand to. '■inflict a heavier defeat on the ." first Otago representative team to ■ take the field this season. .■.:'• PITH. Cooke,l.:pQii^;..lr i virje, Yates, „ Roach andy Cundy at home, and ■^Parfier, Reside-and-Fairbrother on the injuries, ■Wairarapa fielded practt&ally,,a B team, but they had Otago's ;im erasure and won handsomely m the last jfew minutes. „ . ; It; -was the!;. magnificent work of the WairarapS;- forwards that carried the day, : "anditheit 1 overwhelming thrusts th'rougih'^^Q.tg.go pack, supported by undeniable "tackling when their opponents , got ' possession, • that . .turned the tide Jn thelr ; 'ia,vor. '" ." "'.' • •' The game was far' from a bright ex"hibition of the code, but- it contained' T'jh'ari'y thrilling features. . •'■ ■ . ■ -■' ■In Denby and Sharpe (substi- ■ v. v tutes for- Gundy anfrGboke), Wai- ..,;-.-'_ rarapa fielded two. . novices*-who : f~ were making .*he;r first appearance '.-■'■' m representative 'footballs' .'■■-. '■'.:■ A Their play m the first half, when the Z' WairarapU; forwards allowed . golden L rather much latitude, ranged .,fronv.f>o or '"■: tb patoKy,<but. In the'i: second session . itiey...redeemedi themselves. ( - " . , • ! j,'.';- Sharpy, scored tavo^ tries for the visi^ .* .Vjior's; and for a novice he shaped like -■■' ijmakirig a good companiqn for Cooke 'iHiwhen he dey.elops. ,'■ r ' Hart, 'whose r hands were troubling :. ; him, played a* courageous ga.me, but - his hookers were too frequently beaten -;jrpr v the ball .in.set scr^Onis '£pr ;h.lm to '■-:. /h|Lve;:much fr.eedomjin attacking' rtiove- ;;''" V ' i;: '■.'. ■■■ '. — ■:'■ ■•' :-iri Hne-outSi rucking and «'-'i loose,-, rushes that the men m front of i* him'prpved their worth,. arid theit: rugt: ■". ffife.d -. and .insistent ' excursions^ ; into ;j^ (Otago^er'ritor jr-caused ■ the home backs h ': much worry.. /*' ' \" ; . '■ 1-' > > ;■■.". Th e Wairarapa "' ■■ three«^uarter ,' : , : ' line was poor, , Stringfellow drop- , ping a : lot of passes, while Jury's 'il- 1. flank was too frequently neg lected ;.:i.: Jn of the play. . , . ";'.,■ !rl. r i Cofcjnack, the, yquthful Wairarapa ; [ \ if ujj^b.acfev earriecl ' the- plaudits- of the ■■••' <jrowd. "'He made two errors, but these ", '•; iv^ere cpjinpensated for by ; his all-round "■■[' ' '■"■". :■'.-. ■. : : . '. v, y fIOBWABDS' PAT . ' ) . y ■ .'.; Le •; (Jiueshe was the outstanding forward for the visitors, with Ward, the iyiHpughby brothers and Reid always m the van of attacking movements. ': --Gletndinhing was the best forward on fee Home side, with / Soijntag ;.and \§6v■^er nextin s,upport. ■ ' . <&. Mathie'sqn; hovered a lot dh the side while McMeeking broke dpw^.i several good dribbling rushes m the -flrsif -spell by trying to pick the ■. bait;^p; ; ;■''•' ••;•' ■ ..* ■■;■; . ■••:;;\ v .-;: : .■ ,V. v : iiojdeh's play was about up to >nJs r usual form, though he Was m- y , / cllhed to run out from the scrum i|;t6p far .and too often. He cramped „. -backs', especially; m the %¥ecpnd sp,fj,r> vwhen.Yth^ Wairarapa ■|^forW,ards;'gaye him;-;no;:p'eace. . "SliHaughtpri, 'whO' l r*epl£tced Bradano- . vitchi^t, first five- eighths, and Nicoljjph (cehti-e) got, through a lot of servicealjle work, but the connecting, link between them; Ross, was as far off his. girne as it Was possible to be. '■'„ The 'wingers;' Webb and Mct!lympnt, f were given 1 little quarter.' '.The: former -WOT v robbed: 'of - two.;. , ; scoping;';' chances ". through bad passes ' "from his inside .men. Only t\yice throughout the game ; 4?dVhe get away. -with his usual dash for the corney, and then he was promptly -dumped. '■■'■■; .' ■ Stevenson, suffering from the effects of a broken vrib, . ,-vyas,,^elpw^hiS: , usual form, thougK'bn'a iiU'tfib|r' < &f occasions he ran .too much with the ball when there was no. need for it. : 5 '" ■< The scrummaging was negatived by poor- packing', and m this department fief cr cc >R., Herd was very lenient, especially. inothe,y first, spell, ■ with the : Witilra^apa^pi'^rds, jf ho. infringed far tob'frequently-by-offsidec'Play. - • >■ oiS."';;,. ' '^i. '-y;!, i.% ' ; .'. v^ ; - .-■:■■• v CUL^LIE has been retired to the to the delight, of. thos,e who ' .;; backetl :'h?r last summer,' and; autumn. . i'TnJJLi ;COIiDS WITH^PULMONAS. ':• -j^Qn't'let' a told getfc a, strangle hold ; upon you". Keep the Tiandy Pulmonas tin 1 intybur pocket and at the very Bne'eZe i slip a Pulmona:-ih; your mputh. ; Its ; patent healing vapours w-ill nuickly'. klii 'flu •'• and /...cold - germs, -banishing cougrtis^aricl ißheeze^:^'i'sf,;^iSd^and 2s. 6d. /Rom all ohemists.* ':■