"after the first five minutes ' d brought about a great deal of. se play in midfield, the Club began to press hard, and, keeping the ball inside the Arm; 25 for the next ten minutes, threatened to score on three Occasions, Roe, Mills and Innes, having hard luck in not getting through. After a quarter of an hour, however, after attack had been launched Bassett put Mills away- with a delightfully timed pass that caught the defence on the wrong foot. Quick to seize their advantage, the civilians transferred the ball at lightning pace io Innes on the wing, and this player easily side stepped his way past three opponents to touch down under the posts for the first try, which Rigg unaccountably missed converting from a very easy angle.
The next five minutes saw a battle royal between the opposing packs and at this period of the game the Army was very much in evidence, but try as they might, they could not break down a stone wall defence.
The Club, however, maintained their pressure and after the game had swung round to the other end and after the ball had been hovering near the Army line for a few minutes, the servicemen were penalized fifteen yards out and Rigg made no mistake with a none too easy kick, the ball sailing well over the bar and between the posts.
At the commencement of the game the Club threatened upon numerous Occasions, footrushes and three well executed handling movements among the backs, nearly spelling disaster for the Army men. A good defence, however, prevented any score being recorded and as the game wore on it was apparent that nothing short of a crack sprinter would elude either defence, Putting their backs to the wall' the Scots came back with a will and having them fair share of the ball in the tight and loose were able to give their opponents many ar anxious moment before the tall could be cleared from the danger zone, The Club forwards, however, kept the ball at their fect and several forceful rushes had the Scots at sixes and sevens for minutes on end. Then, just as spectators were anticipating a score, the Highlanders would come back and the boot was on the other foot with the Club players having to give of their best to retain a clean sheet.
And so it went en throughout the game, a ding-dong battle being waged from one end to the other with neither side giving way. The nearest scoring attempt occurred when McKeown was pulled down on the line with the ball, half the Scotsmen hitting him simultaneously from all angles.
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