OXFORD DEFEATED
SURPRISE WIN FOR CAMBRIDGE
THREE NEW ZEALAND PLAYERS Rec. 7 p.m. LONDON, Nov 29. A record crowd of 50,000, spectators saw Cambridge beat the favourites. Oxford, by 6 to nil at Twickenham Cambridge scored two penalty goals It was the first time'that the annual universitv match was played on a Saturday. Cambridge showed greater dash against a strangely lethargic Oxford team. Oxford had a big weight advantage in the pack. Oxford had six dominions players, comprising its Australian captain, B. H. Travers, the New Zealanders, A. Stewart (half back), and G. L. Cawkwell (forward), and three South Africans. Cambridge had one dominion player, the New Zealand three-quarter, H. M. Kimberley. The full-back, Lloyd Davies, kicked both goals.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26632, 1 December 1947, Page 9
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119OXFORD DEFEATED Otago Daily Times, Issue 26632, 1 December 1947, Page 9
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