Prolific Rugby Scorer

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6137, 17 September 1945, Page 4

Prolific Rugby Scorer

The feat of scoring 100 points in a Rugby season is rarely aCcofriplished by a school boy. However, this honour was recently achieved by a Morrinsville lad, Alex Paterson, who, as second five-eighth for the Hamilton High School, took his tally to the century mark when his team defeated Rotorua High School by 40 points to three. Paterson, who as a member of the Terriers junior team and a Morrinsville junior representative last year, is the possessor of a powerful and accurate boot. He has scored no fewer than 58 points in outside school games, securing the remainder in cluß competition matches. Earlier in the season Paterson, who went to Hamilton from the Morrinsville District High School, figured as centre threequarter, and it was in that position that he created a good impression when Hamilton High School inflicted a substantial defeat on Mount Albert Grammar School on King’s Birthday. He distinguished himself by scoring eight points in the first five minutes of play. During the latter stages of the season Paterson has been playing at second five-eighth.