FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3520, 6 July 1920, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

VVANG.-'LNUI V9l. BAY OF‘ PLENTY.

A DRAVVN GAME—-NO SCORE.

The representative game between Wanganui and Bay of Plenty was played on the ‘Wanganui Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon in fine Weather, before a large attendance numbering 2300.

Tll9 game ended in a. draw, neither side scoring. '

The teams were:——

VVANGANUI (Blue and Black):

Fllll back: T. Quirke; thl~ee-quar-ters: R. Phillipson, R. Scott, Sh-ach-an; five-eighths: F. Collier, J. Lockett; half: J. Hiroti; wing-forward: Boswell; forwards: A. Dillon, J. Stewart, W‘. Ross, C. Danielson, A. Lookett, P. ‘Alabaster, Wilson. ' BAY OF PLENTY (All Black):

Full‘-‘back: Borrell; three—qu.arters

Mason, G. Rogers, Stewart; five-

eighths: Reke (captain), Ru Rogers; half-back: Brady; -wing-forward: Hutchings; forwards: Wallcer, Petterbridge. Gardiner, Heather, Munro, Reid. Pattie. ‘W. Referee: Mr F.‘ C. Atkinson. THE PLAY. \\7angauui'carried play into the_ Buy half from the jump, and immediately the home backs tried to open it hp. From the first scrum Hiroti failed to get possession but from the next he got it away to J. Loclfeft, who hung on too long and was smothered_ Borrell and Quirke exchanged kicks and the ball went out at centre. From the throw-in -the blues went away well but Brady pulled them up with 21‘ mark. The blacks conceded a free and Alabaster took a shot from easy range‘. the Bay forwards charging the ball down. Ross set the next attack going by passing back from a line-out, but the passing was slow and the Bay fiveeighthg stayed progress. Gardiner and Heather came away”at the head of a rush and Hiroti cleared with a screw kick. The next item was a" kick ‘and follow through by Scott, and Ba)’ forced. The game was fast and open but scrambling, and neither side had combination. The handling by several of the visiting backs was {shockingly bad.

The’ game strilggled on. -A rush by (—he.blues saw Reid go down well and stop it. From a. serum Hirofi sent to J. Lockett to Collier. The latter

made a fine opening but he passed. wildly and Phillipson could not get. it.

Brady set the Bay ‘backs going but] the passing was crude. Their for! Wards took a hand and in a. rush got} past Collier and Phillipson, but Quirkog saved. J

Casualties stEL]'t€d 211- this stage. There was a teniporary halt when J. Lockett was knocked out and a moment later Collier had to limp off the field, Glenn taking his place. The home backs were re-arranged, Scott.‘ coming up to five-eighth and Stfachan going centre three-qual'tel‘. Vvzuiganui continued to press. A centring kick by Phillipson saw G. Rogers miss badly and Play surged up to the Bay line. Boswell hade a. great opening and passed Vto Phillipson. With a clear field ahead the Pirate back set sail but Hutchings, the Buy wing-forward, showed pace and gof him from behind. It was 21.‘ good tackle. .

Play was bn'ghtening 111). Mason,

the visiting rig/lit-Vving tllL_‘ee-qua}-ter (\V‘{l.s standing out. his fielding and ‘line-kicking’ being of a very high I order. 3 Lnckett in trying to wedge his Way §i'll."¢!llg]l two charging opponents‘ got la had knock and had to come off, ‘ Cl-are going on in the forwards. K Bay took a hand in attack and _|Sl-rachan showed up with clever deifeiice. A free went to tlle 11()111e5t91'_"" [but Ross failed “to find the line. Hutchins followed with a dash along the }line, and afler beating Phillipson he transt‘el'red to Stewart. The latter |side—stepped a couple nicely: hnd then [passed in-field. __lt. was a bright _litgtle sortie, and with a ‘bit of finish the ivisitors should have scored. They kept up the pressure and exploited ‘with cross kicks. The best chance came when G. Rogers had only !Quil-ke to pass, and Stewart (Wanga—inui) turned the tables with a fine _ dribbling rush back to half way. 1 Petterbridge (Bay) was the next casualty and was replaced by Royal, a hefty native. E On resuming Scott broke through liwith Boswell in support, but a sh-crt ipunt enabled Borrell to get back and lforce. A rushby Ross saw the Buy _!line in danger, but Mason saved. A ibl'i;;,'llt rally followed, the ball travellling up and down the field, and half ltime was called with the game at |cen’r.re. I ! SECOND HA.LF_ 3 In the second half J. Lockett was by courtesy allowed to return and Clare was relegated to the spectators. i Gardiner ;,kicked off and Scott rolturned. Clever play by Strachan put the visitors on the defence. Daniel~ {son broke away well with the ball and int the 25 Bay were penalised. Ste*.vart {had a shot but displayed very poor Jjudgment in selecting site for the ball and Bay easily charged it down. There was another halt for the fourth casualty. Walkei-, one of the Bay forwards, getting a kick. ‘

Off-side piay was proving expensive to the visitors, who gave away‘six penalties in suééession. A seventh penalty was, the result of 80.-rell holding on—the best" thing to do under the circumstances—when fast following up by Strachan.bl-ocked his return. ‘Alabaster had a shot, but the ball was badly placed and a grubber v.'a:< a natural result . Boswell was standing out in the loose as on the previous Saturday, and started one promising move. He sent the.ball on to J. Lockett, who in turh gave a bad pass to Strachan

retrieved a bouncing ball cleverly and transferred to Glenn. Amid excitement the latter’ went for the C'ol'llel' flag and was pulled down right on the line. It. was the closest Wanganui had gone to scoring.

Slowiy the visiting van (=.:ll'l'ied thaw play back to the centre. It was anyb.ady’:; gauze. attack and counter--attack being the order of things. From :1 mark by Stem-a'.‘.iAGzu'flinol' 11:11 :1 shot. for the visitors. but ‘the bnfl! "flew wide. Bay kept up the pl'os.~;llre, and Quirke shoyod up with fine defence, his line—kicking being‘ welldirected. A free to \Vzmp;anlli saw Scxo-tt pick up a lot of ground with a line kick, and then ft‘oll'. :1 ‘rush led by Alabaster 801-roll had to spocmato to save. The Bay full back \\':ls very safe. Hiroti worked the linv well and from :1 throw-in Al:lb:lst‘or was over but lost the ball ut‘te,:' :1 s.plen,did run.. ~

The light ‘.':a;< now fixdixxg t’:L.<t and in the gloztmizxg the pla_v(-r.< \-.'ol'ohzll'd to sort out. Ross, Lockett and Stimchan showed up with :1 collective bit of work, but the visitors’ tackling was sound. The Bay forwzwds retaliated with :1 f:ll'ev.'c-‘:1 rush and were in the homo 25 when the bolt went for the call of timcf The ball was Still in play and Wangmuti were pell€lliS€d~ I€}\'ol'_ytllillg' now depended on G. Roger“. shot, whose chance was improved} by u no-ch-.ll'g‘o ruling. H 0 1111100 3 good effort, but the ball passed out-‘ side the post, and the game ended in :1 pointless draw.

.\'u'l‘l::.s ON 'DHE (4-.T:X-~L\‘[Ez\

The game was frankly di.~':lppoillting. '.l‘llm'(‘ was L'\'t’l')'“‘i“§ i“ f3"'°lll' of :1 good Ctispl-my of I\’ugb_\g' but as an trxpusitiun it was not up to senior club st;lndzu'(l let ztloue I'epl.'oselltathe I'm)th:lH. Neither back divisions had combination. while the forward play was equally inarkctl by faults. It was a very scrambling‘ game, the bright t"v:1t111*(‘s alone being resolute tat-kling; and occ:lsi<m:ll good indi-i vialuul play. In -the Serums the Visitol'.~: had the advantage of weight, but. the .<(:l'um work of both sixics was defieotive, and neither heeled cleanly. In the open the home forwards pll-uyed thu spoiling game to better adv:lnt.:lgo 'l‘h(2x'o was little to chose betwoexi the wspoctivo back divirzions, and in the case of the home backs they were unfortmiatc in losing both their five. cigths in the first h:‘llt.‘.—Clll'onic.lc.