Australians Have Good Win Over Bay Of Plenty
WHAKATANE, August 2i.;: Before a crowd estimated at over 6000, superior combination and htn^S gave the Australian Rugby representh-! tives a convincing victory by 35 points to 8 in the second match of tlie tour against Bay of . -Plenty/ under ideal conditions at Whakatane on Saturday. Bay held the visitors to half-time when the score was 8-all but faded badly in the seoond spell when the visiting forwards shared with the backs in passing rushes that gave a consistent overlap and cut a somewhat slipshod defence to pieces. With a consistently good hooker m Furness, the Australians won the scrums three to one and were also suocevssful in the lineouts in about the same ratio due largely to the efforts of ( the tall Sliehadie and Cornforth: 4 Though completely outplayed in the second half of tlie match, the Bay forwards m, ora than heJd their nwn in the '
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1949, Page 7
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156Australians Have Good Win Over Bay Of Plenty Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1949, Page 7
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