TIGHT DEFENCE.—The Canterbury right wing, W. M. Birtwistle, whose 10 tries for Canterbury make him the leading try scorer in New Zealand first-class Rugby this season, was unable to add to his tally in the game against Hawke’s Bay at Lancaster Park on Saturday. A dangerous attacking player, he was well contained by the alert Hawke’s Bay cover defence for most of the game. In this photograph Birtwistle is watched by the Hawke’s Bay No. 8, D. R. Bone, and covered by the wing, G. Watts, as he attempts an outside break.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19640909.2.131.1
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30541, 9 September 1964, Page 15
Word Count
92TIGHT DEFENCE.—The Canterbury right wing, W. M. Birtwistle, whose 10 tries for Canterbury make him the leading try scorer in New Zealand first-class Rugby this season, was unable to add to his tally in the game against Hawke’s Bay at Lancaster Park on Saturday. A dangerous attacking player, he was well contained by the alert Hawke’s Bay cover defence for most of the game. In this photograph Birtwistle is watched by the Hawke’s Bay No. 8, D. R. Bone, and covered by the wing, G. Watts, as he attempts an outside break. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30541, 9 September 1964, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.