POVERTY BAY OUTPLAY EAST COAST
GISBORNE, August 8.Though down 3—5 at the interval, Poverty Bav Rugby representati ves hekl tlie territorial margin throughout and defeated East Coast on Saturday by 17 points to 5. Bay scored four tries (one converted) and a penalty goal.. Bav backs, who received the greator share of the ball, vvere faster and more versatile in « attack and combined better in defence (hau Coast. Bay forwards gained the ball from more than two-thirds of the decisive scrums and also claimed a margin in the line-outs. Coast forwards played impressively in the early stages, but they wefe subsequentlv outplayed fyv a htter e'ordbinat ion. R. McKiniey" scored two tries and converted oue. ' O'tlier tries were scored by W. Edwafds and J. Barbour, while R. Clav lcicked a penalty goal. East Coast 's try was scored by L. Blane and converted by J. Takarangi.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1948, Page 8
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