AND NOW TOWARDS THE CUP.

29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 18 July 1943, Page 2

AND NOW TOWARDS THE CUP.

■ Then "the stofy of/^ho/.^FigEl-.ing .49• hl. ■is written no ; small' : r4 ißi be given-'3 to its football triumphs B ' ; ./i On, Ca.turdsy ' last the B-1,t0.-lion team,, got >l43■■ lirsitf 4swrfds.£. ' .. off with the: Bu.rracidtrgii Cup r by? ae^-eftt-ingbihelPiv'o'. n in.' a most .exciting end ’gruelling gamer. ' . •■'3/■.1?; • Eyen .pur .normally placid 1C;«.0-®;. stood l ' up .in. the stirrups and rode and-encour- .. aged the 14’map team to..yict.pry o -.Efforts by gentlemen ridres' -to pocket him provedunavailing. . .;/ . .•»;>.;■ : .-. Even Tod i.icKenzi.e, after 'forcibly.:- -. becoming a spectator, could scarce- .for- . ' bear to cheer. .•’ ’ ' r '' ■ -. The highlight 'of -the game was when • . Eastwood took his pass’as cleanly as a .:■ bullet from' a marksman, and -bounding in t the air,.thrust . his head .back, .and, .like, the proverbial -woiih'ded .sta-g, to-re-. down the line in a. pretty run that,-finished ■ . up under '.the posts. -/-'/;m .>... -• •. ■ On the other 'hand,Tan fair -.of ...tragedy quietened, the 29th--’’blokes” when Geo Bolt secured from-?Bi'll'-V/ri-ght- right -.on. ■ the line and failed-to scorq-; a-; .beautiful try over the- der dmkal.l : line- . S.o, Bill, Wright 5 s liid'' to : .his t-'-ckl.e.r. 1 s ’ solar plexus was -p‘uit.-e‘Was,to4o.\/g, - ; z -• 'The’crowd s■' With . Bob-Barlow-when'.'/-, -he nipped through an opening' no doubt ' opeisefi>by the .terrific.. look .-of determinati'On on-hi.s i*ace 9 |, f&l yll cashed with r wj'i^n r hp v/£.s brought . down ’by a i-ather lucky tackle.-. .. .....-, The _l)one in Skipper Burke’s knees' 1 ' made ’ hiit .angry ' • - well las. Ithe■ sho rt ago .- ■of., ohnel ) ' : ond--pieryone uvs -mi-ghty glad wheh'-'ho- ; to'uch'ed? - dawrw of ter receiV"- : ' ing from ' Barlow. ;- " ■•■la.vj.l--- a' • ■ ■-/• ■ ' Yes® It was a great, game, and an in°= dication that - l z ps- i h-om.e-...-of • the crowd werejright after'all’-in/sayip-g- the r we can beat you - s-i-xt-pen • men .-with. ■ fourteen'! ‘ Y ! r •• V ■ . A period of rest flscbe^ng,.enjoyed, Iby ' sone of'' the-haru' ! workers,-,-of the team and who aro' ; we; to -.sty, that- ’.they should-, not have .it®’ ' ■.y- : -r'. Yes The-" Barr-r-;-..-.. ugh: Cup is ,n’baring our lips® •Let’s hope there- is no. slipping with this cupo ' ’ ■ Ifc’-H'?' Nd',' I did 'NOT-soy ..-again NOT / to offer 0-points iny.’Ur Tulloch*. There -'nb? meal ticket about me, Archie. - ; ■:•? 1/ j • ... < ,_„X . ,

i -'he only /nonerote r fact'■’• [so far to 'hand ; %b out•- - [ . .pho Barra clough Cup ’ , i congest is that.we -.wo I- 1 | .yet unbeat•' Except' I of -course, those who- " ; ..-goffered, top many points'

■■ ■ Having much -’the ■ bettor -.’of i ■ • i .''the'game 1 , the Battalion'..;-’!'yi' .; /Soccer team beat the 20th if'.j- 'Fd Coy by 2 goals to 1, jl; i; The game duo to he played jiIf yesterday was postponed* a .-

. [/Prominent on tho hockey-] /[ca.lviTdar-in the ; near -j'i .. 'i future i.';:• game- bo* .... tween the talion A• if [•and B teams»•Naturally [I J interest is running A -. .. ; fairly 'high* ..-• ... b