FOOTBALL.

Otaki Mail, 12 September 1923, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

RARFURLY SHIELD. RETAINED DY HOLDERS. \ HAWKES BAY 38, HOROWMENUA 11., I At McLean Park, Napier, on Sat- , lui nay lasi, HawK.es Day, as mtlicatea J I uiwve, deiinneiy uisposeu oi Huro- | wiienua. in ihe niatcu ior the nun- . itiiiy Sheid. in explanation lor the local team must Ue stared Miat most ui xlieir | playet's were recovering irom ilio mnueuza wliicn attacked tiiein in their , training' quarters at tne Central Devciopiueiii i-urin, und which definitely mouglii training operations to a close on Tuesday, instead oi Tliursdiay «s was niienued. Given a learn in periect ~ eondiuon, however, llifcre is Hardly . any doubt mat iiawKCs Buy would

ml liave won. ineir handling ol Uie all was masleriy, /mu wuen they ;oi possession they took no cnances

\,IUI iMCas as long as UiC'l'e was any jHis.sihiß.iy ui passiiiy. There was not a weak spot in the team, which worked like clockwork and had the 1 lorowheniui representatives beaten m c-very department ol the game. The Jealui'u ol liieir game was ihe passing vi rile backs. they got practically all Lie hall irom the scrums, and in the line out, they almost invariably se~ rated it, especially m the second spell, and got through the iiorowhenuu lorwards like liglitning, leaving the hacks to do the hiockuig. The iirst liiinoeii (luiuls were pul up within as many minutes ui the opening oi the game, the dash and snappy passing oi Uie llawkes Day men absolutely stunning their opponents. Ilorowhenua Woke up at this stage, and irom then until Uie end ui ihe spell looked as it they had a chance. Eight points were scored and play remained in Uie llawkes Rat' -5 almost entirely, llorovvhemta's tackling at tills stage was deadly, and jueoh, Taliiwi, Wallace , Tana, and Mela Johnstone especially, time alter time drew cheers irom Uie crowd with brilliant Hashes ol play. It was only a (lash in the pan, however, and llawkes Ray's fourth try was obtained so easily that, it. was evident that n was the beginning of the end. The

second hull was a debacle. The weather and ground were perfect-, arid the l'aet that Uie teams were known to lie well matched in weight, lire llawkes Ray weights being: Racks list, lain, lorwards 1:1st alb; iloiowheruia, backs List Jliib. forwards 13sl d lbs had drawn what was estimated to he one of the biggest crowds to ut- ’ tend a match in Napier during the season, there being between 4000 and 5000 people present". The weather was ■ on the warm side, but. a light breeze, which was not sufficient to affect ' , play, kept the players cooled some- •; what. | THE TEAMS. , The teams were as follows: 1 IIAWKES BAY (Black and White), f Full-back: G. Yates. Three-quarters: Falwasses, J. Kirwan, B. Grenside. Five-eighths: G. Nepia, L. Paewak Hall': j. Mill. Wing-forward : J. Walker. Forwards; A. Kirkpatrick, W. D\ine M. Brownlie (captain), C. Brownlie’.l McNab, S. Gemmell, T. Daley. i-lOROWHENUA (Bed and Blue). Full-back: Meta Johnstone. Three-quarters: Wallace, taliiwi, Kelly. , . • Five-eiglilhs: Jacob (captain), MoHalf : McDonald. Wing-forward : Broughton. Forwards: Be van, Georgp, MoyiUi lam, Tana, Gardner. Koro. Howell, j THE GAME. ) Daowai kicked off for llawkes Bay *at C. i 5 p.m., tlie ball being loiloweu , up ny a barn iurward rush, in winch they gave an indication ui their mettle bv snappy passing. ■ Taliiwi inter--Ice filed, and raced down Held aim 1 .Vilen hall' a chain irom home had '■only Yates ill front of him. A bolu dash might have succeeded, but instead lie kicked over Yates’ head. 11 o row lieu ua Jnul followed up well, and in a scrambling rush got the bull over butrlost it when a score seemeo certain. From a scrum winch lollowod, [llawkes Bay got rebel, and at the -a • ltaewai picked up and shot the hall •! out to .Mill, who raced up to the S& before being grounded. M. Brownlie ■ ,r ot possession and heating all opposition look the leather over, hut an hi- , lriiigement brought jilay hack 10 the j -_> 5 free kick to Ilorowhenua. shift ,ed the game to half-way. From the ! ii llo out, M. Brownlie again picked ! uj,. and giving the dummy to j two Ilorowhenua players, .he dashjed through, but was, however, , "•rounded by Johnstone at the &>. the had going out. The relic) \\us short-lived for irom a splendid piece of passing through the whole llawkes 1 Ray backs. Grenside got, over. Nepia kicked the goal.

lluwkes Bay ... J Ilorowlicnua 0

From the kick-ol'f, C.. Brownlie got away but rail out and a scrum followed, from which Mill secured and passed to Nepia to Paewoe, to Falwasser, who got over in the corner within a couple of minues ol' the first score. Nepia kicked a splendid goal.

1 lawkes Bay 10 Horowhenua , 0

'III,, kick orf went out and from a set mu which followed, a. free kick was given against. Uorowhenua for failure to put the hall in properly. Nepia's kick fell short. Moses got possession and made a g'A'cat run but C. Brownlie intercepted his pass, and sent it out to his brother who was downed by Johnstone on the line. A scramble followed, play going back h> near the halt way. where Falwasscr picked up anil giving ilie dummy to three opponents in succession, sent it to Paewae 15 yards from home. I’aewae passed forward to Nepia and a deserving piece of ploy failed on the line. Immediately after Daley kicked the hall up from the 25 and following up like a racehorse, beat Johnstone i n 2i race across the line, and scored. The kick failed.

Hnwkes Bay 13 Tlorowhenua 0

Ilorowhenua were playing very poor t football at- ibis stage* Yo attempt was made at concerted action. T'ne team , : was dead and all a player seemed to thinlc of was kicking the ball as soon as he got it . The result was that, they ; f rrfivo rossesinn fo the other side im- ; I mediately, and Hawkes Bay made every use of it. The third score registered against them, however, con- ’ vinced them that a change of tactics was n'ecessarv. Meta Johnstone saved .• an almost certain score by a. timely mark, and again from the line out at the 25 Hawkes Bay got over, but off-. ■ tide play by C. Brownlie saved the , , situation - . Shortly after Bevan inter-, cepled a pass and took play down to ' ■ the T-TnWkes Bay 25, three scrums Talt- _ in 3 place in rapid' succession. From , j ilie last a free kick gave Jacob a shot at goal from near half-way. A; i splendid kick struck the bar and bounced over. Hawkes Bay ... -13 | i Horowhenua 3 j j Horowhenua were now holding j if; ait opponents, an interchange of ! picks leaving play at half way for the next &h minutes. A gradual pressure look the gißhe io Hawkes r.,v’k 25 where in a nice passing rush Jacob shot the hall out io Wallace, wlio was dumped on the line by Yates, A scrum followed and Mill,

breaking through, the ball passed ii'om Puewai to Kirwson who' was smothered by Jacob anti me ball went out at hair way. Wallace bailed do intercept ’a” pass*- a . mom-ent later, aiul missed a ce.r.un scorrbut immediau'ty art-er Taliiwt: caiAieu’ tin; bad well down held and kicked ii over bates’ bead. Kelly t< Unwed up and scored behind'the* posts. Jacob goaied.ilawkes Bay ... ... 1.1 Horowbenua , ... ... ... 8 ; A spell oi even piav followed about hall way. 'file game here was last 1 and open and Jfr.st, Ilawkes Bay a (id j then Horowncnua invnided the op- ■ posing to. iia.wi.es Bay relumed and 11 oni ait exci.ihg iorw aid sc,ammo , Kepia picked up, and ..dodging Juan- ; stone rather easily, scored under the posts, converting the try a lew sec- | ends later. ilawkes Bay ... ... IS Horuwlicnua, ... 8 j The bell went a lew minutes later.; fiie second spelt opened with a game attempt by lioiowiicnua lu cany on aii oileus.ve, but tire te.m: was done, and shortly went to piece,- . 1 he forwards were absolutely unable to withstand the .attacks oi the opposing 'pack, which liint through iheui in "line outs and beat them in open .play. The tackling also coMapseu, pia> - ers making incidental auempts to collar high insiCiul oi gelling down ■ to it. Prom a Jiei: kick to il avia i Bay, Johnstone iumbled and s.-cuiing e time :acried l ac!; and im_ cod. .Muynihan relieved by a hue kid. groin tieserum which jollowed. i e. ;rco Kicks were given to liawi.e.- Bay in ten ininiiLCi , spieudbl a tempts i:i each case he i.mg niri'minin M. inoy.njie scored the next try. A high kick pliz/.it’d Juimsiom.'. win yvei-ran. amt hroveni.e loliowiua t p p anted :!. • j bail near 1 lie cm ;: . . ■ . ba. b a 11: lib. , liawkes Ihi> ... . . ... ... . ■ -I t I lorowlu nua Gemmed semen lie- next try With Hue run. ii- ii tin > llo> ••••>, m ■ nu-'i ji it I rum ieili v. ay. Again th • kick failed , ilawkes Bay - ■ j Ho row hi liiia 8 I Jiorowlieiiuu's tiu.il score was me result of a spi ondid rim by Jacob, who sbtrline near the opposite ca, citv- . ried the bail inside bis own. He transi ferred to Moses, who carried it. over. . but was tackled "n the Line and lost ■ the ha.!l. Aioynihan threw inn,.wit on if and scored. The kick failed. ilnwkt’s i >;.V ••• •'* Horowhcnua U 1 The remainder or Hie game was a plucky attempt by a "done" team io keep die upp'.sing score as low as possible, ilawkes Bay was untiring ■ iinl gave them not a moment's res;, and despite the tact that s''. a,, altei seme was registered against them. Hurowhentla Weio tiiels to tile las, i As mentioned above, Hie game ended Hawkes Bay ... ... •• ... ... y* Horowhemia H i Mr G. iMaddisC'ii (Ikastitig's'i was re I feree.