Victory Snatched With Last--Minute Try
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WELLINGTON, May 11. Austr'alian Universities, witli a lasl .. ininute try, snatched victory by 17 — 15 a-orn the Combined Victoria-Massey university Colleges' team in a Rugb\ inatch at Athletic Park this afternoon The visitors opened their New Zealand tour. in southerly rain squalls whicli washed out any prospect of good Rugb\ dlie combined team showed more initi ative in the first spell and Jed 12 — 0 a'. half time with tries by Macleod anci Shannon and two penalties by E Roberts. They carved holes through he Australian defenee in a fashiox which suggested that the visitors hat iittle knowledge about wet weathe> play. In the seeond spell, however Australia were aroused. The tall for ward, Taylor, erashed over for a try and the centre, Solomon, scored twice once almost .on the deadball line aftei a long sprint. A conversion and penalty by Wileman brQught the Austral f ians to 14 points. Leading 15 — 14 after a penalty by Roberts, the combined forwards tried to earry the game beyond question nearing time but were me-t by a few cbuntermoves by the Australians. Determined though eccentrie short-passing efforts ended with Taylor again makino a bulldozer dive for a try.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1949, Page 5
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