BREEZY RUGBY IN THE CAPITAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 147, 12 September 1927, Page 10

BREEZY RUGBY IN THE CAPITAL

j CANTERBURY BEATEN FIVE TRIES TO TWO MARK NICHOLLS’S DAY OFF (Special to THU SC:;.I WELLINGTON. Saturday 1 Scoring five tries to its ! two, Wellington nevertheless aged to beat Canterbury to-dav points to 17. This is explained in ,L'" measure by the unexpected fau,,,T !t i Mark Nicholls at goal-kicking I tally of one conversion and one ,JS S. R. Carlton, the Canterbury ma-f 3 ’’ sponded by adding the extras to ojl the two tries scored by Canterbury nr* i kicking three penalty goals ' The 11.000 spectators present treated to a fast and escitirg ticn. On its rime to-ilav, the tv.n ington side, w th its generous sea,„‘ ing of international players, mint k given a big chance of lowering Aurt land’s co ours next Saturday if j. „ get its best team away fir the inaS? Previously weak in the 'onwards. tiT Windy City has -strengthened its Jet this year and the forwards gave Car, terbury a rare tussle today, and pZ. vided plenty of opportunities for it* backs, of who n Kilby, the ex-South lander, was a brilliant success at half while Rushbrcok and South in th* three-quarter line playec. great foot“TEDDY” ROBERTS'S SUCCESSOR Kilby is only a little chap, and with his shock of fair hair, bee rs somewhat of a resemblance to Dailey, the Cantebury half. There the resemblan* ends. Kilby is quicker and cleverer than the All Black on attack, but not so solid on defence, although he b _ ver Y resourceful in

* *>-oviui,nui in ■ setting out of dilß- ■ eulties. His style of ■ play resembles that ■ of Teddy Roberts, I in fact, the vnnn, ■ Southla r_ der is ■ 'tailed as Roberts’s B legitimate successor « in the capital. g Rushbrook, on the j wing, was another B of Wellington’s successes on Saturday. He made some great runs, and he

and Kilby worked the blind side in dashing style at times. South also made a name for himself in the threequarter line, and with Svenson, thii trio should give Auckland’s brilliant back division a thorough testing next week. Emerson, a massive forward, vbo tips the beam at well over 15 stone, we* a shining light in the pack, and J. Shearer displayed all his old All Black form in the loose. Porter, the 1924 All Black captain, is as resourceful as ever, but the genial “Cliff” is nursing a damaged knee these days, and he is not the same all-com-pelling personality he used to be on the fringe of the pack. For the winners, J. Shearer scored two tries, and South, Rushbrook and Emerson one each. Nicholls converted one try and kicked a penalty. Gray and Pickering registered tries for the Southerners, Carlton converting one and kicking three penalties. It is safe to say that the Canterbury team that won the Ranfurly Shield would have beaten Wellington, but injury and the necessary rearrangement told their tale. Canterbury, because of the rearrangement of its scrum, was unable to get the ball often, and thus the-backs were hampered. Wellington was a better side on the day, and thoroughly deserved its win. Canterbury had hard luck with some of its shots an goal, and Carleton kicked two posters, the ball sailing above the uprights. His kicking, as a whole, was first-class. The Wellington backs went like : champions for the first 2C minutes or j so, and had Canterbury bustled a-ter that. When the Canterbury inside men j settled down, often they were forced to run across field. Lance Johnson played a good orthodox game at first

u. uuu ui inuu. five-eighth, and Mark Nicholls made some excellent openings in the loose. J. L. I South played a fine j game at certre. j and showed that j he had a magnifi- j cent swerve. He I scored a fine try, j but should Lave J been stopped by I Payne before he " got way* on. lie will be an asset

to Hawke’s Bay next season. On the wings. K. S. Svenson and C. Rushbrook were dependable, with Svenson aided by experience. w. Elvy was not playing on the wing because of injury. The Canterbury backs were out ot joint, and ran across field far too muen As individuals they played fine games, but collectively the rearguard was disappointing. W. Dailey, at half, a great defensive game. He has plucic in bucketsful. At first five -eighth *■ P. McGregor, after a bad start, cm the work of two lien, and went down grimly to every rush. S. R- Carleton played at second live-eighth instead oi his usual centre position, and pW" dashing football, especially on He was a strong candidate for a > Zealand team on the day. At cen J. Payne was weak. J. Steel gave a disappointing display as wing quarter, being lazy. A. C- L. K° linrd played a 5-ound game on , wing. No complaints can be w _ ac « the play of J. Harris at fullbacksome of his saves were really 9 THE CANTERBURY PACK In addition to the backs n™” l ?* across field, they were handicapp©® not getting possession of the the first half the Canterbury forwu - were sluggish, and not to be *, nised for the same pack that P , against Manawhenua. In the sec

half, however, they livened up, . were going great guns. Th scrums were disapppomting, tn and rarely did the red and M ac k*__j cleanly. There was no better i on the ground that J. T. Burro d about the last quarter. shone like a trojan right, through, aW in the lineouts, setting the D«u . every time. G. T. Alley game, and sn° - -"■ loose a* s : l

up in loose ‘W, tieh ‘ a ' i ' te ’ m akc wants to ; more use of “ weight, tr.oakh. In the open, pScrimshaw wa* better wing * . ward than - Porter. - wen t fell iy rf rti hut sot a ** y _, 0 f ,i fair amount obst-uction- -

had an oil dai lhe whole.