MT. BATES TEAM.

Duffy's Gen, Issue VI, 5 June 1945, Page 3

MT. BATES TEAM.

.. Although suffering from a shortage of players, the Unit has fielded ! “ Si + u,.? 7 2 iC ? h£ie played come excellent football this season. I HP ainc* +n / Liq '- 1 b i- finishes the first round with only a win I b?‘n f-tiiD vGam an 4 a draw with Signals to its credit, it should | ■ ° to be reckoned with in the second round® s , ' Lh f. Pu,pp b ac k,' Lethlean, playing his first . season of rugby, having J e ~Adam° U and an ., Victoran uaise, is performing very creditably hove rnf Vn d - are J l pair of determined wing threequarters who several season- 0 * Of ’ good wcrl; after £ w absence from the game of e v oi u i se a son s»

Mt. Bates Team (Continued) The Berth at centre has been filled by Marty Boyle for most of 4 the season and he has played consistently. j Nathan at second five-eights has been a very usefull member of the | rearguard, his tackling being very solid. , ' Q i /it first five-eights Nev Brown has been able to make good use oi t his speed and has played excellent football throughout the season* He | i is the very popular Captain of the teams . , , I Our wild Irish halfback and vice-captain is Maurie Healey, who has . been playing bright and steady football* ! The forward division of the team are a heavy, hard working .bunch who have been securing a fair share of the ball for the backline and 4 have started some very bright movements on their own account* i The locks, Windle and Cummings, who performed the same . job lor the « I ? team last season, are the nucleus of a very solid scrum. Tne breav- s ) aways 'Wilson and Fraie are a fast moving pair who give . the opposition | i little time to work* In Fred Palmer, as last man down in the scrum . J and amongst the first in the loose* the -team has another goon j. or wars with a good knowledge of the game* In Nankivell, Nicholson and j richardson, the team has a sound front row which has gained a lot ol , i the ball. , i ?■ Bob Lunny, who has been doing some good work on the end of the whistle, is available for the rest of the season and should uc c , usefall addition to its playing strength despite his long absence ? from -the game as a player* . , . .r, I We all regret the loss from the game of Dick Bailes, who wao injured | in one of the'early, friendly games, suffering a fracture in his foot* „ He is an old timer sadly missed* . p As a whole, we have thoroughly .enjoyed the games in the first j, j round, and are looking forward to even better games in the second*