SHOCK FOR KIWIS
NAVY’S RUGBY ABILITY
SAVED BY TEAMWORK
I Special Correspondent.) (10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 17.
Only superior team-work saved the Kiwis in the game against the Royal Navy, remarks the Daily Telegraph. The Kiwis met their equals in fitness ana toughness, and received something of a shock.
The Times says: “The Royal Navy played a fast, robust game all through, none doing better than R. J. L. Hammond, the captain, and one of the best forwards on either side. To a large extent they upset the New Zealanders, who were put off their normal game, but the tourists displayed their usual swiftness to take advantage of errors by the opposition. Dobson, at centre, was particularly smart in this direction. Scott, at full-back, also gave a polished exhibition.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21899, 18 December 1945, Page 3
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