SUPERIORITY

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

SUPERIORITY

Psrates Show It InGood Measure ♦■ ■ ■ (From "N.Z. Truth's' 1 Wanganui Rep.) [ On Saturday Pirates defeated | Wanganui Old Boys by 13 to 3, Marist- Ratana match ended 7-3 m favor of ; ( tne former, while Tech. Old Boys put down County by 9 to 4. .•-•. ;..• >: v . AS a "result of y;he games, Pirates are ** still leading^ for the championship with 15 points. Marist are- one point behind, and . then come Kaierau 11, Tech. Old Boys 9, .Wanganui Old Boys 8, County 6 and Ratana 3. There will be no more Cup games for a month, owing to rep. matches having to be played. Pirates gave a glimpse of their very best- form m their match against Wanganui Old Boys on Saturday, and quickly asserted their superiority.. They were right on their game, both forwards and backs playing with "fine dash. 1 Well led by J. Duncan, the. black rearguard threw the ball about in' fine style. ■ • ■'„!■' It was only the excellent' play of ,Fulton, the Old Boys full, which prevented the blacks from winning by/a much bigger margin than the 13 to 3 registered. , , One of the most improved players on the Pirate side is James, wing threequarter. \ He has developed a swerve and this, with his pace and safe handling combined, makes him a good winger.. • . ; J. Duncan, the half, was m good trim, while Billy. Wakeling's reappearance helped i.to strengthen the black rearguard both m defence and attack. AH the other backs played well, except A. Duncan, who was very weak at full. ■ Wills, Cox and Mcßae were the pick of Old Boys forwards, but the black vanguard was superior all round, every man playing with plenty of dash. Their solid, tackling was a feature. • Not Football ' ' The match between Technical Old Boys and County -was a poor display of football. County commenced with 13. 'men and later another came on. For the greater part of the game they were one point ahead through 'a potted goal by Thompson. It was only m the dying hours of the match that Technical managed to pull of£ the winning points, viz.,' 9 to 4. . • ' ■- •■■..'. - Tilley. engineered a nice passing rush and whenxtackled, sent on to Wellington on the wing, and the latter ran strongly and crossed near ,the flag. . Another try also came to Tech. through a series of passes straight across the field, Tilley eventually getting over. . Tilley gave some nice exhibitions of long distance kicking- at goal; but the wind was just a trifle too tricky to permit his finding the bar. ■fhe Tech. ' exhibition was by.: no mean's . up to their usual standard, particularly amongst their backs, and it would have been, no surprise to, the spectators if they had lost the 'game. Ratana put up a surprisingly good game against;; Marist. It took the greens all their time to. win. ' . Darby scored all the Marist points, landing a -potted goal and getting , a try.- . ■ ".'. , ■ ■ :'. , .',' .. -. ;',' ■/.•■.• '•■ The display of Marist was not convincing, the team being faulty m the back division, Bordwman and Darby baing the piok»