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NZ Truth, Issue 1186, 23 August 1928, Page 14

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Mountain Men Count Their Scalps (From "N.Z. Truth's" New 'Plymouth -. ■:■■■■-' --\. : -,^f Rep.) -„- ■■ - ■ ■ After. Taranaki's dismal display "..against Hawkes Bay, there were not many m Taranaki who expected the locals to defeat Wanganui. ESPECIALLY as the team from the - river city was said to be a strong combination. ■ ' Certainly; '^Taranaki, unbeaten as they were* would not have drawn the crowd, but .-High" School-Grammar, did' - and Taranaki -Wanganui held them .to the end. v . Taranaki fbnwai'ds came right back to forth; ;. proving ■ that .the previous week|&£dtspja^;waa--&ll-;wro'ng v . Thelp^dasfting of the Iprovin*cfe' at /its' -bestv 'roused the crpwCCtoLtKeYgh'tsf of leritVusiasnil -^ ' •." ;;Play v.^erfe/al.'disastrpusly ' f or ''T<ara- " naki, as within a minute, TilleyAhad landed a wonderful penalty goal from" lialf way;* making the crowd sit up and take notice.' He just failed to do likewise, twice-later.--"Then TaranaKi forwards shook matters up and placed their backs m attacking position for Foofces "to score, and Collins goaled. • , ■ The forwards took another . hand . for front ranker Murphy to a-dd a try. For a while m the second, spell, Taranaki tried to make , the: game a back one, tout Wanganui profited; by a weakness. • on •G. Hohaia's wing>- and, using-the-stab^punt,- both Varigioni and Tilley scored tries, .Vangioni converting the latter. . % •-. . ; , Meanwhile, Brown had potted a. ; great goal for Taranaki, who led ; twelve, points to eleven. j 'The.- forwards .then • took control again and that was;, the end of it. Fookes again scoring after the backs had put thje finishing , touches, to an attack, whilst Guy scored a final try which Ike converted. Taranaki 20, Wanganui 11.. i " ■ ' . .. j MOKE SNAP NEEt>BD [ Taranaki forwards proved a great flighting force.' All -went well, 'but, perhaps^ Alf. Kivell and the burly Ike were the pick. They were m every-, thing, although Robinson, Murphy and Walter were not far behind. , ' ;' Riley at half, <was solid m defense, and made some good openi ;s. He needs to develop a little more snap m liis passing..* : ' ; " , Brown went well at centre. His tackling. was a treat and so was his passing, whilst his dropped goal was a ibeauty. .'•'"■ ■•■ ■ Collins, the full-back, was solid, but could thot contend with the , stab punting. when Hohaia got out , " of position. : '.£>arby, the Wanganui full, did some giSeat fielding, but was not reliable. One '.never*, knew "whether ; he would do the right or the wrong thing.. . ''Tilley, at centre, was .the pick of the backs. He showed pace and initiative, Whilst' his kicking was a treat. Both .Narbey and McLennan appeared' out ofl. place on the wings, though, of course, they aid not get jfcbo many chanties. Narbey tackled well. ■ Wa.keling would not go down to the forward ' rushes; but h'% cleverly exploited the stab kick; Shanley, the first five -eighths,, went down solidly to the Taranaki pack, setting an example to his other, backs. "Vangioni, at half, made some good openings and was quick to seize his chance to score, ,He, however, kept out of the road of Taranaki's pack. • Stiver, as rover, went well, tout was off-side a lot.. ,■ ' ■ ./ • ' r \ Leahy, 'Ross and Stewart were the pick of a beaten pack, i "Mcßae Went well m the loose. Had he passed out once instead of trying to do it all on his own, another : score height have. been. added. .