The Marines began with their usual rush and were soon in the Club 22 but good tackling and clever footwork among the civilian forwards quickly. drove the Americans back to their own half of the field, Three of four individual efforts made by the Marine players Were frustrated, but the pressure gradually was increased and play took place for lengthy periods dangerously near the Club line, After the ball had been hovering on the Club line for three minutes in a series of lines-out and loose scrums, a bunch of Marine players went over and Blondin touched down under the posts for Davis—a fine kicker this—to easily convert, The Club then came into their own and with their pack getting the better in set crums, the outsides "were sent away on several good movements, but in a number of cases really first class tackling frustrated all efforts to get over, while in others, Martin, the left l. winger, unaccountably could not hold the passes he received from his inside man when favourably The Seaforths were on the attack without respite for ten minutes but stout defensive measures adopted by the Police kept them out and half-through, Prokofeff, making fallen on in a bunch. This gave the Police the lead, but Hocking failed to add further points from the kick.
The "Tommies" then played hard converted try.
The end came shortly afterwards with the Police pressing very hard -but unable to penetrate the Scottish placed,
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