EXPERIENCE WON GAME

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 16

EXPERIENCE WON GAME

; Canterbury Outwitted Men From y The Southern Province "VISITORS COULD NOT FINALISE

* (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Special Christchurch Represontatho). Canterbury supporters who* found satisfaction from the match as a,Ranfurly Shield trial must be easily pleased.

, frills score of 21 to 3 amply repie- ( { rented dnterbmy's superiority 1 „ oyer the southerners — the dominI am;e of an,; experienced team over ,a ! youthhil/ inexperienced one., j. ."..-. I > Young arid, heavy; the Southland, for-. i tvrirds could- ha y e. been a winning cpm-

bination had ■ they done the correct tliing.once they won the ball. ; .That*' was where i ■ Canterbury held an advantage ' over them, lor the home pack . applied experience to the-ad-vantages ..-won-, arid their backs, once they got the ball, were m a correspondingly similar position over ... the visitors' ; rear division. '■•'"■ The eleven points scored by Canterbury iii the first spell were the result* "of clever tactics by Kthe -. backs which found,. .gaps m the Southland defence..-'' ■'*"• '" '*' Each time Canr

/"terbury would sweep down, thevSputh- ' land." forwards would r launch i a counteroff endive, but they sorely lacked 'the jtijowledge :of. a jack. .Hazlett to , press Sidrne* ..the .attack once it reached .striking cHstSLTICfi This where. Southland, 'primarily i ifrlledvand- all the good> worit of their . forwards was as well as wasted^ .. !'*■' The southerners produced ; >, forward, yln .. Gait, who ; locked '- the v* scrum. He was a fount of' uhre- < V. strained energy, useful with; his feet >!ln the. . ruck,- '.clever. -In ; the. Jine-qut, ■■ vand' ab'tiive' 'al. a trier when;* the Can- „ .yterbtiVySgoaiMme hove In '-■' slglft.'f yy ; tLatef'ih 'the secbndj.s'peil,''he bunocked J oyer r from r a line-out and -appeared to I spore" aV- genuine ":•'«. tnr'— the- reward: -of: a s day's hard /toilr^but Referee Ernie Bmpi s6n ruled' in favor of thijee' defenders who i appeared to • get : ■down Vto . th'e': ball a ' bit; late. v 'V--'"'-"'"' : -** ; ' '*'■*"•■■<-' -!••:-•*'• *■ . Southern, and Tinnock were , ay trio of toilers 'Who deserved better' rei faiilts; from; their backs.* -■ .y : . j. <*"Ti*by'V''>Holdep's * work "was overI sbadd^e*d~by,.that of Tommy $lullan, but , 1 the ' . e'x?Qtasb~£'haif V had'r a-^heartless task ! tossing s'the*' ball out to'imeri?wh6 persistj eft' inpftanaittg,:f^ for ttieir : psußses'y '. «y -. * Afr^ y ,: ■ .-.,.' ' ; ••Ytfampy'V^Bfll,- whot^«i they/Southland I team; was up^oVMs ola^'game-of-interce'p- ! tion. It .'rcantesfSS*' once a&ud ! riearly,Jscore# ,ia^ M«.^Pi, ; ' Matiy times'lt-missed, arid^two" of 'Can-' ; terburyf s. .tr.ijsjxwj£g^ to: Bellnot 'iiaTungTus man early m the movement. -_- r „J,...., ..-. ;. ... , .'.... Porter ; was going air right, till he went ■off, and T/owrisehd, his substitute, bright- ; cried {up the ' attack, but^n'ot; to much purpose. , '•. --';V<y ,' . ... .-.-',: - ... ',(&&/■<*■*.. , "!&>-.' ■ Southland also lost <3r#spje, •'the- centre. Pickering- and SWb6s, ; V on" ' the wings; were opposed by two better ;rnehlny. Steele and HACs.'C?!nc( '\Conse--quently were well bottledV :up. .THebusiest ! ;ifnaii.in the .Southland backs was VNbrrls, the full-back. ; He gave a r safe idlsplay , well- ! up to the'best proviii-. | cia!/ standards.. „..'■■ ". /;',-', I Tbm'my rMullan got a. game in' the ab-

sence of Bill Dalley'and gave his side many openings from ■which they unproved their position. J-lis defence was' excellent, but at timesin attack, particularly when m the Southland quarter, he' tried-a little on-, his own when a ■smart. pass to the backs was the correct procedure. ' Herb. liilburne was the chief- cog m- the Canterbury back machinery. Resourceful m attack, sturdy m defence, he was always trying something new. • If Charlie Oliver wants to keep his place m bigfobtballhewill have-, to pay more attention to his condition. He carries more surplus than any other man m rep football to-day and this was clearly his trouble wfien he got a knock- and retired froiiri the Southland game. Gordon Innes and' Daye Hay, the Old Boys inside backs, got together after Oliver yw ent off, Herb. Lilburne y going centre. . •...'- Canterbury missed Lilburrie's, work closer m, , but Hay did his stuff right, being responsible for ia spectacular cut In w.hich/ finished -with Jack Steele scoring' under tlie Southland goal. ' George Hart, .the promising: Christchurch winger, thoroughly .justified his inclusion. He. scored two tries, the first made by Steele and the second' bjr OHveri ; and. his. work throughout . was sound. ,VHe did: riot hkve much tackling to d 0. ... V .-,' '■'-..^ '■ '; ' '.■■.. • Ori the .other wing, Uack Steel gave glimpses of, th&: Steele of old. , The crowd were pleased .'to see this former 'crack back to something like, his All Black form, and though 'he 'tired a.' little towards the end. he was. mostly up with the game. • '.."" .V > '■' . " : ' .Jack's, knowledge „ was ..worth eight of the points, scored by Canterbury, - and he gained half the field at times with well directed - line-kicking... v ■• ;Tack only blunder was an inclination to kick awayvfrom his. forwards, thereby .placing a good., deal; of j-esponsi-. billty on his wingers; Otherwise'he^'.played a. safe £ame.y- v. ''y--;;;-.- y;V Manchester, took the honors m the Canterbury;; pack, with Anderson,

Cottrell'.'ahd Mahrtlng "always looking for openings forVtheliv backs. , s „ George Scrimshaw got through some good york, but some of the things he did were hard to account tor. - Hfavi n gy Vheld their own against a heavier pack,' the Canterb ut y - forwards have satis-fled-a. good many of their Shield admirer's. -;*'. "Writing, -"before the Shield 'match is played," however, "Trtith" " was not irapre s'sed. For over a auarter of

an hour 'm- the second spell Can-

terbury

forwards

slowed up the game, , a policy they will not find successful m Ranfurly Shield challenges)

They beat the Southland pack because they were more .experienced and converted their adA r aritages into dangerous attacks, whereas Southland lacked this initiative^ .' ■ . '

That was where Canterbury scored; they had more brains and knowledge both fore and aft.