N.Z.E.F. RUGBY TEAM BEATS OXFORD
GOOD FORM SHOWN BY FORWARDS 21 POINTS TO 5 [U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] LONDON, sth December. The New Zealand Army fifteen beat Oxford University by 21 points to 5. The New Zealanders were 8 points in the lead after 10 minutes through tries by C. Fowler and R. K. King, the first being converted by R. E. Patterson. Oxford replied with a converted try. From then on the New Zealanders were winning most of the scrums and showed much superior form. Fowler and W. T. Cooper scored two fine tries and Patterson converted both, but he failed with one scored by C. P. Campbell who was the only New Zealand back to get a try.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 7 December 1940, Page 5
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