SHIELD STARS

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 14

SHIELD STARS

Strenuous Battle On Heavy Ground (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Masterton Rep.) For the third time this season Wairarapa, last week, proved their right to hold the Ranfuriy Shield when they defeated Wellington at Carterton by 9 points to 3. The scoring was opened by the visitors, wj tn a penalty goal, . Wairarapa then securing a penalty goal and two tries. " j HB match WRS a hard.fought ;one I i 0n a heavy ground. Wellington flelfl fl weak set of backg and Wai. rarapa a good pa(jk Qf forwards. The result was that the home for. although they were .beaten hopelessly for the ball inthe Bcrumf carrled their wQrk m the , They dropped the ball at critical V r \, . . . „. „ v * moments and their wmgs^were pushed ou r „,.,,, . , .. .w C °™af' hl? d *c s ,f U™'„ fed *! Wellington backs liberally. They.went away time and again in-passing bouts, m whlch the ball was weU handled, but as an attacking force they .lacked a great deal. Hart, at half, was too slow, and Porter, who proved himself Wellington's best forward, was quickly ?£&'** X??*?^ °Ut * ' fectlve spoiling work, Coman was by far the better half, although Hart left him far behind on defence, O'Regan and Wilson were responsi b _c for giving the backs a fair share of the ball, while Sly was another forward who gave an outstanding performance. DONALD IMPROVES _ , Cuming was not altogether reliable at full.back and there was no doubt fi Roacn Wairarapa had a better 'position, "* * •■ *" Indeed, the Wairarapa backs, asa wnole, gave a brighter showing than that of the visitors' rearguard, Yates played a good, aggressive game, particularly m the second speli, ,With good support from R.< Jury, and stringfellow m the three-quarter line, sharp was nippy, but he refused to run any distance with tlie ball when the backs were on the" move and m consequence his pass out to Cooke found the latter smothered. Cooke himself was not able to acligh much lbeyond his sound de- £» occasional thrusts, ™™ h f ttht he was too uwms . , ™£ Donald played a far better game at wing-forward than against Marlborough. _••-_. . iiiiiiiiiHiiiiiriniiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii