NARROW WIN TO LINCOLN

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 17

NARROW WIN TO LINCOLN

LINCOLN COLLEGE 5: M. Moore a try; S. Murray a conversion. MERIVALB-PAPANUI 1: w. McLaughlan a try. Uncoln College's lead in the aenior championship hung on the attempt by M. Culhane to convert a brilliant try by McLaughlan in the last few minutes of the match. The ball swung outside the right-hand upright and Lincoln College gained victory by two points. It was not a convincing display by Lincoln College. It did make every attempt to play open Rugby, but a slow service from L. Karatau, who ballooned many of his passes, stopped the back-line from functioning smoothly and the backs made no headway against the determined Merivale-Papanul tack-iferlvale-Papanui did not match Lincoln College tn set play, but in the loose was live-

Iler. Its backs had few opportunities, but when they did run they looked competent. A. M Goddard again played soundly for Lincoln College and remained unllustered and confident in the face of the MerlvalePapanui loose forwards. M. Moore was an aggressive wing and his try was the result of alert following-up. G. Rennie was a lively loose forward and A. McLellan a capable pack leader. The Merivale-Papanul forwards were a bit disappointing and allowed Lincoln to dictate terms for much of the game. C. Furlonger was an aggressive flanker, who did a tremendous amount of covering work The Merivale-Papanui right wing, McLaughlin, confirmed the promise he had shown in earlier matches with another good game and he scored a splendid try after chasing the ball for 50 yards. Referee: Mr B E. Powell.