RUGBY FOOTBALL.
NEW ZEALAND ARMY BEATEN. ROSSLYN PARK WINS 22 TO 20. LONDON,. November 23. Rosslyn' Park beat the New Zealand Army Rugby team by 22' points to 20. The Times” says the All Blacks found form too late. After being down 17 points in the first half, the New Zealand Army played like a different team in the .second and scored no fewer than 20 points, and if it had been given a few more minutes of play it might have won. Once,only in the first half were the New Zealanders near scoring, namely when O 1 ’Hearn cleverly broke through, but was brought down within easy distance of the line. After that Rosslyn. Park constantly attacked, and the All backs were never in the picture until after the change-over. In the second half Rosslyn Park scored only one try, which xvas converted. Then it was the New Zealanders all the time. Four tries from King, O’Hearn, Neighbours* and Pepper werc converted, all by Simpson, whose place-kicking was an object lesson in sureness and deftness. The New Zealanders’ touch-finding was a pattern of accuracy, and their tackling in the second half was fully worthy of the All Black tradition. O’Hearn and Tindill were the best of the backs.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 38, 25 November 1940, Page 2
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