From the kick-off the French forwards surged down the field and ith Roe committing a technical infringement, were awarded a penalty in the Club 25. Got took the kick rom a difficult angle and had the bad luck to see his effort hit the upright and bounce back into play.
The soldiers were not to be denied, though, and with Rigg hesitating for a fraction of a second after catching a high punt almost on his own line, he was grounded by four forwards and the ball quickly taken over by Simon to equalize the score. Got narrowly missed from an awkward angle.
Immediately after the whistle opening the second half, an orthodox threes' movement put Roe in possession and swerving and brushing aside his would-be tacklers he made over forty yards ground before planting the ball beneath the posts. Rigg converted easily The French then retaliated and from a line-out some 35 yards from the Club line, Carrel secured and forced his way through several defenders to score the second French try. Got just missed adding the extra points from a most difficult angle.
The soldi: were then seen for the next ten minutes hammering away at the civilians' line but try as they might, they could not force the ball over. Then from a set serum some: 30 yards in the French half, Basset secured, passed out to White who then handed on to Aucott. The latter sold a beautiful dummy before slinging the ball to Roe, and the latter finding his way blocked handed on to Innes, who went on to finish the best movement of the day by touching down under the posts, for Rigg to add the extra points to make the final score 13 to 6 in the Club's favour.
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