LEAGUE RUGBY
NjEP.IA’S BRILLIANT PLAY : ’AGAINST ST. HELEN’S- ■
JTancbcappcd by the loss of Nicholson 15 minutes after.the stnrt^of .the game, Slr;eatiiam-Mitcham and St. Helens wefe beld to, each; says;'a I,ohdon paper.. ■ On a waterlogged ground Nop in was superb. Agile arid, safe, tyo wns, a constant inspiration, and in addition to brilliant defeueo;: .initinted many desperate'iittacks. ■ . 1 , - ' 9t. Helens bad the better of the spram s’ arid vye I *’©;'slightly s uperior in the Hfieiii’'%t- they' were' outmatched - tactically’ by r tho powerful Strgathain fbrwarAs, who/W?ed their fee.t ■ tb''ridyantags in' 'strong dribbling movements; ’ ..... ....Tbo, one combined passing bout of the gnme ; «aw‘ McDppald go over to eq.unEso for Sfi'en'tlmm after’ Froclsham ha,d scored a try for St. Helens,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12804, 7 March 1936, Page 11
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