CELTIC THERE

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 14

CELTIC THERE

To Meet Pirates In Lane Cup Final (From "N.Z. Truth's" • Hawkes Bay Rep.) Celtic (holders)' and Pirates' are now the only two remaining teams m the Lane Cup. The meeting of these teams is being anxiously awaited. QN Saturday Celtic outed H. 5.0.8., by six points to five. The only incident worth noting m the game was Eddy's' try. Breaking away^with the ball at toe, he beat four «men, gathered up •and kicking down the field, . beat the opposition to it and. scored. Pirates managed to scrape home from Hastings by a marked goal to nil m a game m which the forwards predominated. On the play, the game should have resulted In a draw. . ■';.• Both teams suffered through their best being away m Taranaki with the reps. Last week's notes anent refereeing:in. the Hastings area was^riot directed at any orie referee, but against the -present system of appointing referees, rto which the public, players and club supporters have objected. "N.Z. Truth's" representative was not "geeing" for any referee, but for the public, the players arid the welfare of the game m this district, and still maintains that the referees who have proved the most capable should •be put m control of the more important games. .