EASTBOURNE V. WANGANUI T.O.B.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 83, 10 April 1939, Page 13

EASTBOURNE V. WANGANUI T. 0.8.

The annual match between Eastbourne and Wanganui Technical College Old Boys, played at the Lower Hutt Recreation Ground, was not a very exciting one. though it was closely contested. The "' Eastbourne team wore white arm-bands in memory of the late Pilot Officer Peter Shennan, formerly a member of the club.

Though Eastbourne held a decided territorial advantage, they could do little with it, and the first spell was half gone before a score resulted. Then Guthrie, Wanganui's half, kicked to Skewan, who ran from ten yards on his own side of the half-way mark to score a brilliant try. This was not converted, and soon M. Hill evened accounts with a penalty. An Eastbourne forward rush ended with McCauley diving' over for an unconverted try. Ford came to light with a penalty for Wanganui, which again squared accounts.

Play was uneventful until late in the second half, when, following a dribbling attack by T. Cairncross, Guthrie scored well out for Wanganui. G. Posselt, EastbourneJs centre-three-quarter, left the field because of his injuries, and his brother, who replaced him, scored the final try. The game ended Eastbourne 9, Wanganui Technical College Old Boys 9.