Bright Game Won By Old Boys

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30794, 5 July 1965, Page 16

Bright Game Won By Old Boys

OLD BOYS 18: A. G. Steel, P Hatchwell, R Grenfell tries: M. J. Millar 3 penalty goals MERIVALE 8: J. Taylor, try. con version and penalty goa: Even the stodgy conditions of Lancaster Park South did not daunt the Old Boys* backs and although there was an under standable number of missed passes, the game was willing

and entertaining enough. Old Boys always had the upper hand and hardly looked likely to be beaten except when Tay lor's try brought Merivale to within four points, a! 12-8. But Miliar, who had been kicking

n, clinched matters with iird penalty. ft was. on the whole, the use

Old Boys made of their backs shat won the game. The king pin of the line was the Ist five eighths. T. Mehftens, constantly probing, forever setting up his oacks. Hatchwell and Steel were a dangerous combination when play veered to the left—as it often did—and Steel’s try was a classic. Merivale was beaten in the forwards and the lack of good possession hampered its keen backs. However, Taylor's try, after L. McCaughan flipped the greasy ball rather miraculously from near the ground, was possibly the most satisfying of the match. Referee: Mr B. E. Powell.