WANGANUI’S TOUR IN SOUTH
WIN OVER SOUTH CANTERBURY Press Association TIMARU. Wednesday. J The Wanganui Rugby team opened j its South Island tour with a match I against South Canterbury today, and won by 13 points to 8, after a very poor display. The weather was dull but fine, and there was no wind. The ground was rather soft. Both teams were composed of comparatively young players, but few of the showed anything like representative form. The standard of play, in fact, was decidedly poor and the margin of points about represented the merits of the teams on the day. The visitors appeared to have a slight advantage in weight in the forwards, and while they had slightly the better of the tight play, the home side
was superior in the loose and in the line-outs. While fresh the visitor* made the pace fast, but neither sid«* was in a condition to last out a solid game. The home forwards did not plav well in the loose in the early stages, but improved considerably later, and gave the visiting backs no respite. The Wanganui backs handled the ball fairly well, but solid tackling quickly stopped many promising movements
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1032, 24 July 1930, Page 15
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198WANGANUI’S TOUR IN SOUTH Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1032, 24 July 1930, Page 15
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