BIG TIME FOOTBALL AT NAIA.

Gun Flash, Issue XIII, 27 March 1943, Page 3

BIG TIME FOOTBALL AT NAIA.

On ’Wednesday, 24 th March a Homeric struggle was waged between rloel Watch and others v TThe Rest and others. A, good time was had by all with intervals of Rugby hero and there, No 1 'Watch and others defeating’ The R st and others by 9 « G 0 The winning team scored a fay by sgt Crabb and two good goals from penalty kicks by l/Bdr the losern scoring two tries prominent player s& The winners played a hard game and were probably lucky to win as The Rest were combining we I*l and had the pressure on in the closing si. yages of the game and another .few minutes would possibly have changed the result. It was a good game played in excellent spirit throughout. Good performances werc:«' Winners:- Backs ? Sgt Crabb, Sgt Banks ? f/Bdr Nicklin,Gn:? Roberts ForwardSo Bdr Campbell,Gnr ■■ Kuh. losers:- Backs, Sgt Rowling, L/Sgt abb 9 Bdr San der j>Bdx* Br ad 1 Forwards,!./Sgt Fox,Bdr Ftsh, Bdr Topp,l/Bdr Sherrard, Gnr Huffadine 0 A lot of the back movements of The Rest showed promise but • • wore hampered by'slippery graond and a lack of co-ordination in the early stages, but"the game clearly showed that the Battery has some real Rugby talent amongst its members, and 131 throws down the gauntlet to any unit that cares to take it up, «

feature of the game was the br Ad cast and running commentary on an all-duty station hook-up by the Naia Broadcasting Corporation Unlimited - its ■ sporting commentator being * the well-known, golden-voiced “Hard skull” Walker, now restor ed to health and strength again after his recent roll in the heather with a sportive Quad - that’s one thing he didn’t give a-rolling commentary on®