LAST-MINUTE TRY LUCKY FOR WHITES
614 Boyv were more than a trifle lucky. to ward off defeat at the hands of Kia Toa. The first half was definitely; theirs, but throughout the second spell, it Was Kia Toa who took the aggressive, their forwards storming down on the Old Boys’ line, so that until the concluding few minutes, the ex-scholars had crossed midfield on only two occasions. . It was in the concluding of- : fensiye, with the tally 6—B against them, that Old Boys notched the deciding try, a splendidly executed movement, » but with more than a suggestion of a knock-on by Col- " lins, the second-to-last player N -... to handle. The three-quarter was racing along the side-line in close play when the breach, a slight one indeed, appeared to occur, and there was no, reflection on the yefereeing of Mr Sutherland, one of the soundest men in the North; Pressure Goes On. Old Boys clapped on the pressure from the {start. Play was five yards from fhe line when a defender injudiciously attenipted to pass, and Whiteman got his hands on the ball to go through like , a bullet. Collins initiated a nice movements,; which culminated in Tapper and Bradley sweep-. ' -J ■ '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19370621.2.82
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 7
Word Count
201LAST-MINUTE TRY LUCKY FOR WHITES Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in