[?] (31) v. SOUTH CANTERBURY (12).

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 28, 24 September 1920, Page 9

[?] (31) v. SOUTH CANTERBURY (12).

(Maroons) (Colours) an easterly gale Colours kicked he return being mulled and O'Kane ^ijjg to half-way. The visitors' kick cleverly angled, and they raced up ,,ery ,jry ground in a spoil that must placed them in the home 25 but for ifflfae-wind, Maroons carried the first Colours heeling, the swift wind-pro-d ball landing from the Southland k to 30 yards from the line. A Mari'a line feed was centred play lining at yards, where a heel to Dalgleish to jdell to Fortune on the blind side saw wing three over, Whyte making a gootT jmpfc to add the two. Southland 3. ■ one. Agnew and Baird then broke a the 25, Lopdell marked, kicked iss, Holmes taking to everybody's asshment. He rau well- and then threw [ when grassed. Brown returned the ) out to 15, and a pass to Fortune saw at the same spot. Brown then missed, Colours cleared to the 25 flag, where rd and Millar came from the ruck. A to Canterbury brought Whyte out ij a jlribble. A scramble passing rush mj( and the ball was out at the corfrom a pass of Baird's. The visitors •ed, t Storey reaching Fortune, who e a hai d tackle when his man appearo be getting under way. Colours again ed on, the play going across and nes being caught at the press table. enalty kick was returned by McKen-

and the blast to 7 yards from home. rm the line the game came across the listern posts and Baird sent high to For. ;ie who crossed at the corner and ran )und, for Brown to goal. Southland 8. nterbury 0. Try two. O'Kane missed J.B kickl off, but a pass to Dalgleish to hnes was weakly returned to 30 of Man's in-field. Colours then broke on pdeil, who punted, Brown, Dalgleish d Holmes then forcing the visitors; A dour passing bout on the north line then ; /Storey to Fortune. The great S.C. ing passed in, and the play stopped at ilf-way. Millar came out in a rush and ilf-way. Millar came out in a rush ' ick to be headed off by Brown to the l|;.;|horey here showed up well, the truggle in and out of the visitors' 25, 'hen Agnew marked and dropped a goal. outhland 11. South Canterbury 0. Daleish returned the placer to half-way,

and Maroons came through the lines, swanning over the backs and finally chasiug the full who sent to dead-ball-line. The 25 was returned by Storey to Roche and from the sequent line Storey ana* Taylor appeared in a fine transfer rush to over half-way, when Maroons dribbled and passed, McKenzie feeding Agnew to score wide and to convert his own try from a very difficult angle. Southland 16 South Canterbuiy 0. Try three. The re-kick off was returned by Holmes to Colours' ' *here the Pack again came, and Holmes being fed by Dalgleish ran well to he pushed out on the corner flag. The 25 a owed 0 Kane to get a lucky bounce a t e corner, the play swinging across the ttprights. Baird here broke away in possession , his pass being intercepted and hcked to the 25. Colours moved to midh*ld, Brown sending a defence pass to °P ell, Baird finishing with a punt to Jhe last quarter. Two free kicks to Canterbury brought the packs to midfield, JflL feedin8 Holmes who dashed and punted, Whyte and Baird comrrL n ° 6 lnoveni'entj the big winger s„u1h. From ' -^ .^^rbury 0. Try four. did m ^°^ours' half, Dewar, 1 and n Z f°,°^ Wor^' but Maroons held, to tr a ^ e's^ ^eelmg Lopdell who sent 8avt, mes' ^le w'ng three mahaging to I v^hy specMatJng ^ 20 yards. From Ba'rd came through and relim , yte's compliment by feeding JontM 7'„Agnew kicking a great goal. i a'ld 26" South Canterbury 0. Try once the forwards swarmed over • visitors, Whyte and Cockroft lea^ing, ■crmer touchbg down> but ^ £ eav f n6 26 SaW another strong envour °f CoI°ur8 tQ get Qut o{ d^enc5) Mlllar and finding the line. m w ii6 |lne ted Holmes who two men and ecoring. nntu j another difficult goal. Phland 31. South Canterbury 0. Hol- « agam received and kicked, being well. Cockroft led a dash, and O'Kane

saved Lopdell after the cut had "failed. Storey came into a good take and centring kick, which Whyte and Millar dribbled through to half-way. Halftime sounded. Agnew had accounted for 14 points oi Southland's 31. The teams filed out after the reeess, the Maroon half straw between teeth, and the Colours looking determined. Colours sent Cockroft's kick off back to mid-way, where Brown ran too far and was caught. South. land entered into 10 minutes of defence well done by the backs, the forwards mostly acting as spectat-ors. A number of individual efforts of the South Canterbury forwards allowed little Fitzsimmons to cross, Spillane goaling surely. Southland 31. South Canterbury 5. A long period of poor defence by Southland and uneven attack by Canterbuiy allowed MilTar and Dalgleish to be prominent, the forwards getting well on to Agnew's kick at halfway. Lopdell, Baird, Stead and Holmes appeared in turn, Stead tiying to set Holmes racing against the wind. The visitors cleared smartly, and Storey came through and made an opening for Direen) who scored easily. Southland 31. South Canterbury 8. At once Cook, second five, took the ball and dropped a goal. Southland 31. South Canterbury 12. The rest of the spell was distinctly in favour of the visitors, who failed to use Storey, the best wing three seen here this season. The game ended Southland 31," South Canterbuiy 12, Southland's score being : 6 tries, 5 converted, one dropped mark; South Canterbury's, 2 tries, one converted, one potted goal. The wind made the play very poor indeed. From all kinds of forward feed, South Canterbuiy received 9 in the first spell and 10 in the second — 19 ; South. lend, 14 in thc first spell and 9 in the second — 23. There were 5 neutral scrums.