EXCITING MATCH

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 432, 13 May 1937, Page 2

EXCITING MATCH

Tukapa-—iiraiiord | i In a match thai was full on incident, Stratford drew wH.h. Tukai-U, 6 6, at Rugby Park, New Plymouth I The teams were: j Stra'ford: Robson; Ross, Lehmann, . R. Cuff; B. Clifford-Jones, P. Collins, iSangstier; Hinton, Smith, R. Clarke, ! Garlick, Butcher, L. Clarke, Bird, FasI tier. R. Young was not available be. ’ cause of an injury. I Tuklapa: Broughton; White, J. Sul_ »livan, George; Hanover, Brown; 'Main; G. Sullivan; Bell, Ruakere, {O’Dowda, Sanger, Mace, K. Knott, j Kenny. Kenny wag injured in the second spell and was replaced by Dickey. Th© firsit 20 minutes, after a surprising thrust by Clifford-Jones, was all Tuktepa’s. Passes occasionally I went astray, but S‘ratford was kept I cooped up. The home team’s reward for enterprising fooKlba-11, including one movement which saw the ball go out to the wing and come back again, came when Main s\nt Brown away on the blind for White to score! neatly in the corner. O’Dowda missed. Stratford then took ?. hand in things, dc.iiinat.ing pav :n much Rhe same way as na.i -lout and the home te:» i had its S'o; ning to do. Stratfcrd also repeated Tukapa’s movement, Ross going over easily in ihe> corner, too far out for him to kick a goal. With Stratford having the best of things a sudden reversal caught the visitors on <the wrong foot, the Tukapa forwards storming downfield for Sanger to complete a splendid rush with a Ury well out. O’Dowda missed', and Tukapa led 6 —3 alti the interval. After Fastier had made a typical dash Stratford scored again, the ball going along the backs to Ross who • put in a determined run to score [again. G. Sullivan was moved from wing. forward io wing three-quarter ■!o mark Rcss, but with the- Tukap;.* ’ pack . appUrerMy tired by the re-lent- ,| less football of -their- opponents S-trat_ ! ford play, q'he win. i niiig points were nearly S : tr£|fiford’s j when Lehmann came through and the I hall went through‘ several hands to j Chfford -Jones, whose drop-kick went i cbove the bar a s the referee whistled ,'for a prior Then White, ; who had/come back to the . wring, i nearly won the'gam? for Tukapa. after ian opehjng by Su 11 ivan. ,He made a Lrljicky bld for the line and was over "'X'fye w.w, ur'ible, . -to get the ball ! down before two Stra ford m?n rolled ; h.'m over The last 10 minutes saw a. 1 continual alternation of ati lacks with a rejuvena.ed Tukapa pack fighting back as the Stratford forwards made their las|d spirited bids for vic tor v I Stratford 6, Tukapa 6. Mr N. Frost refereed.