E. H. Diack Tops The Scorers
Members of the 1929 and 1930 Southland teams still head the list of scorers in shield games played, by Southland. E. H. Diack, coach of the team in 1937 and 1938, is on top with 32 points, and J. H. Geddes has scored the biggest number of tries.
M. P. Grace, one of the present-day players, is fourth on the list with 13 points. Following are the scorers for Southland.
The following each scored one try:— T. Clark, G. A. Fortune, J. Holmes, A. White,' E. M. Gilmour, L. R. Lopdell, H. Brown, W. E. Hazlett, E. Ottrey, B. A. Mahoney, R. M. Bird, H. McKenzie, W. Southern, C. George, H. Southern, A. McKay, J. Purdue, D. G. Grant and D. U. Crosbie. I. Brown converted a try.
C/2 g o O Ch w o 0 ft o Q 3 £ E. H. Diack 3 7 3 - 32 G. Porter 1 2 3 1 20 J. H. Geddes 5 — — — 15 M. P.. Grace 2 — ■ 1 1 13 D. B. Herron. 2 1 1 ■ — 11 R. G. Webb 3 — — — 9 A. W. Wesney 1 1 1 — 8 H. Agnew — 4 — — 8 A. G. Sutherland 1 — ■> 1 7 G. H. Graham 2 M ■■ 6 T. Metcalfe 2 — — — 6 N. Stead 2 •• — 6 F. D. Kilby — 1 — 1 6 J. R. Bell 2 — 6 R, Barnett . ■» — 2 — 6 D. Hamilton — 1 1 •• 5 E. E. Hughes > — - — 1 4 J. Ballantyne - 2 - — 4
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Southland Times, Issue 23888, 5 August 1939, Page 13
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244E. H. Diack Tops The Scorers Southland Times, Issue 23888, 5 August 1939, Page 13
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