POLICE v. COMBINED NEWSPAPERS.—In the first Rugby football match between the Christchurch police and newspaper representatives since 1939, played at the Show Grounds yesterday, the police beat the newspapers by 15 points to 9. This photograph shows the police half-back, R. Smith, attempting to find touch from a loose ruck. Next to Smith is the police forward, F. Flanagan, and behind Flanagan is W. Stonehouse. R. Bennett (nearest the camera) and I. Johnston, of the newspapers team, await developments.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25305, 3 October 1947, Page 5
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79POLICE v. COMBINED NEWSPAPERS.—In the first Rugby football match between the Christchurch police and newspaper representatives since 1939, played at the Show Grounds yesterday, the police beat the newspapers by 15 points to 9. This photograph shows the police half-back, R. Smith, attempting to find touch from a loose ruck. Next to Smith is the police forward, F. Flanagan, and behind Flanagan is W. Stonehouse. R. Bennett (nearest the camera) and I. Johnston, of the newspapers team, await developments. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25305, 3 October 1947, Page 5
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