LEAGUE TEST.
ENGLAND BEAT AUSTRALIA AT BRISBANE. LOSER’S DEFENCE IN HOPELESS MUDDLE. SHORT KICKS & GRUBBER PUNTS EXPLOITED. (Received Sunday, 6.3,0 p.m.) BRISBANE, July 5. With their players fresh after a spell of three days and the ground soft under foot as the result of heavy rain during the night, England won the second League test against Australia by 12 points to 7 at Brisbane. The Englismen fielded a much stronger team than in the first test, including Risman and Brough in the backs and eliminating the weaknesses which l&t them down at Sydney. Exploiting short punts and grubber kicks, they had the Australian defence in a hopeless muddle for the greater part of the game. For England, Edwards scored two tries, Hodgson kicked a penalty and Risman converted a try and kicked a penalty. Crippen scored a try for Australia, which Beaton converted and Brown kicked a penalty.
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Wairarapa Age, 6 July 1936, Page 5
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148LEAGUE TEST. Wairarapa Age, 6 July 1936, Page 5
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