RUGBY FOOTBALL

Gun Flash, Issue XXVIII, 3 July 1943, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Navy Vs 151 B . By playing its usual fast' open game the' Naw side eclipsed, the Battery team by" 9 points', to; 3-, and ■ though .. ? ' Saturday’.s" game was not quit© so good from. a ? spectator’ s.point of view's was the previous Wednesday’s, this . was probably due to the different type', of-, opposition met with by ti.B ■h vv. fifteen, Points gained by both .. sides could .have••boon greater, but faulty -handling ana a tendencysto creep offside spoilt ...any brilliant - movements which? would nor-:wlly-.lia. vpi resulted, in tries. This was probably through lack of training and must . have been even more ! disappoint lug to the players. themselves than- to thio spectators. ,; This is an ideal opportunity to 'stress a point whicn,-. taougl-. it pro — .bably has little or no bearing, nevertheless sticks out a mile, .and,. ... being no gentleman, X cm going to .7' stress i-t. - The standing player'on then days game was the'/Ravy’-fitlst Five-Eighths, or ’Fly-la Hf’, c s no ; is -called' in British Rugby parlance, ' and this plater, - 1 understand once : - ■ played'.for. ; Crafton when ho was. stationed in- Auckland. ' The man whom 1 saw coaching the :Navy pack: prior to the game, also,at one st,age, ployed for the sane .club» Aucklanders drew

your own conclusionsV’. For quite some while-many of "a were trying .to puzzle eitt just, what ’Mont’ Hewitt, was doing on'the field, -but, ' after a lot. .of .speculation, we finally -deduced, tout ho was playing- . , in : the -scrum'. But what we should all like to know is, Where was ’Mont’ ; / ■when that ’Fly-Half’ got going??????? All .of us hero ere - most’ thankful that- these' Bavu -teams ' don’. . play together often enough to get a real -combination• going, as, if so., we’d never be able to -nold up our heads ter, bring trauric ed thoroughly as would bo the -case With more practice ; on their part .' So take the Auckland >trained men out 'of. your tear?., nexr time, ..Navy, and give us a break’. I’. • And, in conclusion, here.’ s /’.oping that it’s no t ’long before wo have opportunity tp play more gomes /’gainst the r_:ovy. .

-o -0 -o -0 -0 -3 -0 -0-0 - O-0 -o-o-o-RESULTS '& LAST WEEK’S FOOTBALL SWEEP Vinners: • Gnr .Bell (12) Gnr.Goodall(9) ■. Other” winning numbers 3; 6; 11; 13; 37; 62; 87; 112; 137; 162;.. 187; 212;, 237; 262; 287 312; 337; 362; •387; 412; 437; 462; 487. ; ___ '