CANTERBURY BEAT SOUTHLAND IN BRIGHT GAME

Grey River Argus, 18 August 1949, Page 3

CANTERBURY BEAT SOUTHLAND IN BRIGHT GAME

P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug 17. One of the brightest representative games played in Christchurch for some years, Canterbury beat Southland by 21 points to 11. The weather was fine, with a light drizzle in the second spell. The ground was fast. Early in the; game, Southland narrowly missed scoring, but the Canterbury backs came round on the defence. Passing by the Canterbury backs broke down at the centre but Kitchingham was on hand to score a good try Stuart converted it. Southland equalised when Guttrey passed to Smeaton, who badly beat the defence. Miller converted. , Kitchingham again scored, and Stuart converted. The half-time score was Canterbury 10; Southland five. Good passing by the backs endec, in Herman scoring for Canterbury. Jones later charged down a kick by Miller and scored. Stuart converted this try, making the score 18-5. In a fine passing rush, Smeaton kicked for Inder to snap up the ball and scored a good try for Southland In a passing rush, Harper cut in and sent Smeaton over for a brilliant try. Argus scored the final try for Canterbury, after a passing rush, in which all the backs had handled.