SPRINGBOKS WIN AGAIN
DEFEAT OF AUSTRALIANS
FOURTH TEST DECIDED. \ (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) CAPE TOWN, Aug. 26. There was warm, breezy weather for the fourth Rugby test, played at Port Elizabeth to-day, "when South Africa beat Australia by 11 to nil. The halftime score was 5 to nil. Twenty thousand spectators were present. Turner and Venter were unable to plav owing to injuries. The first spell was uneventful, the Africans using the line and winning most of the scrums. Poor place-kick-in «■ by Cowper cost the Wallabies points’. After 25 minutes’ play White scored a spectacular try, which Osier converted. . . In the second spell do Villiers, who suffered a kick on the head, came on again, and. Billman owing to an ankle injury joined the pack, Sturtridge. replacing him as fly-half.. The Springboks continued to dominate the play through the forwards and S. Prouw scored a try. Osier failing -with the kick. Brand landed,a penalty goal. The Australians were mostly bottled up in their own territory.
The results of the first three Tests were: First, South Africa won by 17 points to 3; second, Australia won bv 21 points to 6; and third. South Africa won by 12 points to 3.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 28 August 1933, Page 5
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