Four dropped goals
; x Z Press Assoctat*.or. PALMERSTON NORTH. Two dropped goals in the (last four minutes gave Otago a 16-13 win over Manawatu at the Showgrounds in Palmerston Northon Tuesday. Manawatu led 13-3 at half-time I Four dropped goals were.scored during a fast, open: niatch. and the difference at the finish was dropped passes by the Manawatu I backs, and the skill of the Otago five-eights. Duncan, I Robertson and Lyn Jaffray. : With four minutes to goj Laurie Mains kicked a 50-: i yard dropped goal, and a' minute later Robertson did. i the same for the niatch-win-:ner.
The other scorers were — for Otago: N Purvis a try. Mams two penalties, for Manawatu: G. Old a try and a penalty. A. Innes iwo dropped goals.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33933, 28 August 1975, Page 15
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