Marist Finished On Better Than Blackball
Although the margin at the end was only six points, Marist had an overwhelming territorial. advantage in its game against at Wingham Park and only the dogged defence, of the country team held the score down. The Marist- backs made occasional runs, but as a general rule orthodox football was impossible, under the. conditions and most of the play consisted.of rucking and soccerlike tactics. . ’ Blackball had difficulty in securing a team and drew heavily on reserve grade players. The O’Donnell brothers, W. Mountford, C. McGougan and W. Pascoe were all missing. The Marist team, on the other hand, was just abput / up’ to full strength.’ " ‘ Forwards Well Matched There- was' not much between. the forwards .day, although-Marist hunted slightly better, as a pack. The Marist* backs tried to . open up. the game : at times and they succeeded in handling the ball remarkably well.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1949, Page 8
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