The first fifteen minutes saw- the Scots doing more attacking than the Police with Lieut. MacLaglen she ing up well with some fine kicking and tackling. The superior weight of the Police, however, began to tell and their pack gained possession of the ball time after time but although several chances presented themselves to the backs, they were not taken and, as a result the Police indulged in foot rush play that soon brought a score, Hocking securing from a maul and dodging his way through a crowd of opponents to touch down near the flag. The kick for extra points failed Henchman led a good forward rush in the second half which finished with The first few minutes saw the Club attacking and Mills narrowly missed with two penalties for infringements in the Navy 25. After fifteen minutes Mills put Blackwood away just inside in the sailors' half and the latter made a good run of over 40 yards to score near the flag, beating three men in doing so. Mills just failed to add the extra points. Immediately after. from a five yard scrum, Mills secured and with a short burst went over for the second try. The scorer again just missed conve: ting.
Reynolds dropping on the ball after it had passed the line to secure the second try. Edgar narrowly missed converting.
During the next ten minutes the ball was forced over the soldi line on five different occasions Lu not once were the Police able to produce those final efforts that make all the difference between tries and touches-in-goal. McKeown, Henchman and Killingbeck during the second half.
Midfield play followed and then five minutes prior to the interval Yeo secured possession and cutting through and avoiding the clutches of two opponents grounded the ball under the posts to reduce the leeway. Dearing converted with a good effort.
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