BEST IN WILD GAME

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 703, 1 July 1929, Page 6

BEST IN WILD GAME

land, the big feature of the clash was warfare, wordy and otherwise, among the forwards.

It all began in the first spell and reached its peak near the end of the game. By then, the match went perilously near to a show of sheer bad sportsmanship. Mr. B. Emerali, the referee, had to bo watchful. Pic was tolerant, though he issued one general warning. The crowd showed its annoyance when a Kingsland man was burying a Newtonian’s head in the slush, but one or two of the Newton forwards did their share in playing the man. A general argument between the crowd and some of the players took place after noside. Most useful and the cleverest player in the game was List, who continues to be Kingsland’s mainstay in the backs. At centre, List handled particularly well and showed up in everything. Kingsland’s win, which was worthy, principally through its sound back play, must give List personal satisfaction. R. Carter, wing-threequarter, again did good work for Kingsland with his determined running. Longville was sound at fullback, but Herewini, last defender for Newton, overshadowed him by his efficient play on a heavy day. Herewini, who this season has switched over to Rugby, returned to City League, and nas now turned out for Newton, was the losers’ handiest player. Newton needs him. COLOURLESS FIVES

The five-eighths were a colourless lot. Angelo (Kingsland) and K. Peckham (Newton) did best.

Little, on the wing for Newton, played extremely well. The losers’ threequarter line suffered, of course, through the absence of Hardgrave. The other English League capture, Hall, also did not play. In Hardgrave’s wing position was Ferguson a forward, who has just come over from Manukau Rugby Union. Kingsland played a forward, Simms, on the wing against Ferguson. Both men were scorers. But Newton could not fathom List’s play and the Kingsland man tricked Brimble, the opposing centre, time and again. Of the halves, Lucas (Kingsland) made more of his chances than Cammick (Newton). Newton's forwards had the better of the day in the scrums and, in the first spell, the losers really had a territorial advantage. Scoring back rushes by Kingsland, before and after the interval, actually won the match, and Newton’s forwards could not be blamed. But their work paled for the rest of the game.

Rhodes was a hard-playing forward in the tight and Newton benefited by his weight. In loose work, the two best forwards were McCloughen (Kingsland) and Francis (Newton). Railey, H. Carter and York were other good Kingsland men, while Middleton and Page played honestly for the losers. Coupled with the misfortune of having lost several of the best players, Newton missed a chance of making a draw when two easy penalty kicks failed. The scoring register was: Kingsland, 14 points (Simms, two tries; R. Carter, try; McCloughen, try: Railey, conversion); Newton, 10 points (K. Peckham, try and conversion; Ferguson. try; Brimble, conversion).