No light stopped play
“ NZPA-AFP Swansea £ A floodlight failure 13 •“minutes from time.brought
premature end to Aus- “ tralia’s rugby match against “ Swansea, the last before the «- international against England at Twickenham today. ~ The referee abandoned "the game when it became «clear that the main supply “of electricity from outside ™ the ground was responsible. “ The tourists had just in's creased their 13-7 half-time ** lead with a break away try. “from the flanker, David Co“dey and although the game - probably had another 15 minutes to go, with injury
time included, the Australians were good value for their 17-7 win.
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Press, 3 November 1984, Page 29
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