STILL ON TOP...
Once again our Battalion Rugby representatives succeeded in "bringing home tho bacon"* Tho vanquished side was the 38th Battery, and at "stumps" the score was 42 - 10. The Battery have boon on the island for only a few days and Saturday was ths first time they hvae played together. However, onco they have settled down to conditions among tho niaouli trees 9 wo shall see in thorn a good team, for there are some good players in their ranks.s Give tho now battery several weeks to see the beauty spot of Necal, oh« — then watch ’em go* m For the Battalion Eastwood was in groat form and delighted, tho crowd with determined dashes down tho side line. The executive of this paper intends to enter him in the next meeting of tho ■■Tiaouli Jockey Club* In the early stages of tho game the s battery wont well* Their forwards attacked in groat stylo and it looked as if our side w mid have to play hard to win* ’ After tho first 15 minutes tho newcomers to the island decided that, when all was said and done, Necal was a rotten place in which to play Rugby. From then on it was just a question of whether ' ‘ Jordan or Barlow would cut through to make openings for scores. . Unfortunately '.laugh was injured inn determined dash for the lino, and ho was replaced by Groathcad* Ths battery’s total of 10 camo from tries by Nhite and. H-seme re both of which were■converted by King. For the Battalion Jordan scored 3 tries, Barlow 3? Eastwood, 2, Waugh 1, and Burke 1-. Jordan, with fine kicks, .00nu0 .i *u e a,. 6 u re. s © At fullback Gillespie played his best game to date* As usual all tho forwards did their fair share, with Bill Fright, our-Glaxo‘baby, always in the thick of it. Once again wo suspect that the opposition mistook George Bolt for Capt. Condor; poor old. George left tho field with a badly buttered face*
However* it was a bright game? punctuated with patches of excellent rugby* Lot us hope that tho score 42 - 10 will roach tho oars of the 30th Bn.
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29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 8, 4 July 1943, Page 2
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