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FOOTBALL
A beautif ul movem ent follow ed the kick-of f when Fookes , receivi ng throug h Brown ancl Gibbon s, sold the dummy neatly to his vis-a-vis and cut th rougl1 before ltandinp; to WDtson. The latter fell to Bunny , but Beck took ln:::: pass and raced oYer i:l! the cm路nc1路. Gibbon s failed to conver t. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 \Vanga nui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Wetere and O'Neill. broke away, but an infring ement let Wanga nui back to half-w ay. From a scrum Giesen specul ated to School 's line, but Petty was safe and from the ensuin g line-ou t, MeN eill, Fookes , W atson and Brown came to t~e attack again. Althou gh he missed his pass Fookes dnbble d throug h and tackled Bunny beautif ully; the movem ent ended in the hall going out at the corner . Good work by Gaddu m and a free kick by Bunny brough t Wanga nui back to half-w ay, where Eaves and Abbott were promin ent in stemm ing the rush. The ball swung to the wing, where Brown smothe red Donald but after a tight :period W anganu i, led by Gaddu m ancl aided by a free-k1ek, took play to neutra l territo ry. Eaves and Strong e led the School pack, but the visitor s went down gamely , and by fast smothe ring tactics just kept play in the centre. Just as half-tim e was called 0. Brown sent the ball via Gibbon s to Fookes , who cut in and, beating Burke, passed to W atson. Bunny tackled the latter and left Beck with a clear run in. H. Brown conver ted. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wanga nui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 On resumi ng the School backs at once swung into their stride, but Fooke s' pass went wide. Beck punted to an open space and, follow ing up, smothe red Ellingh am. Fine dashes by Gibbon s and Beck kept W anganu i defendin g until a specul ator reache d neutra l territo ry. Wanga nui prevail ed in the tight work, but School rallied and kept them back. Gaddu m broke throug h and Macke nzie tried to set his backs going, but a droppe d pass let School swoop throug h. From a line-ou t W etere sent Eaves away, and next momen t Fookes snappe d up in the ruck and made an openin g for Watso n who, after .shakin g off Bunny , sent Beck gallopi n g over. Gibbon s failed to goal. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 W anganu i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
FOOTBALL
51 Donalcl streake d down the line and when tackled by Ea,7 es sent tlJ e ball in to Macfar lane. Play was hangin g nea r t h e School twenty--A.ve, but by securin g in the lineont Wetere g<1 in ec1 a few yards. From a line-ou t \Vanga nui hacks swung into lin e, but Watso n tackled Pomar e. 'l'he Wanga nui pack, led by Barton , Bethel and Gaddu m, swept down in a rush that was only checke d within ten ~rards of School 's line, where Eaves saved by lining. Next came a neat bout on the blind side by 0 . Brown , H. Brown and Fookes , but the last-na med was collare d by Burke. School forwar ds swept on, ball at toe, till they were checke d by Pomar e and Bunny . School started some good bouts that looked very promis ing till the greasy ball was droppe d. Then followe d some long interch anges of kicks and finally Petty lined near the College twenty -five. A desper ate rush by the School pack culmin ated in a scramb le n ear the line, where 0 . Brown nearly forced his way over. Here Gibbon s r etired injured ; Petty took his place, while Haywa rd went to full-ba ck. The W anganui forwar ds, with Gaddu m in the van, swept play to half-w ay, but the School backs soon swung into action again. W atson was well taken by Pomar e and his pass to Beck was wide. The Wanga nui forwar ds led by Bethel profite d by the droppe d pass and swept throug h again. A few yards from the line Bethel tried to pick up and School were able to line. Roused by this escape the School pack swept play to neutra l territo ry. After some solid forwar d play on both sides the School forwar ds, led by McNei ll, Eaves and Wetere , attacke d again, but their backs, openin g out, let W anganu i throug h. Then W anganu i started some quick passing , which resulte d in Donald passing in-field to Burke. Bethel and Gibbon s were promin ent in a danger ous forwar d rush. Like a flash School change d defenc e into attack, but mishandlin g let Donald snap up the ball. He had not gone far before H. Brown and Fookes had grassed him. Next momen t 0. Brown tried a pot, which went wide and was forcecl. Eaves, Harma n and Watso n were associa ted in some pretty footwo rk that took the ball over the line, but it went into touch as 0. Brown dived for it. Almos t immed iately afterw ards a good pas. ing bout ensued . Beck in-pass ed to Watson , who was well tackled. In the ensuin g play the ba.ll was forced. W anganu i