The Archive · 1940

Second Round

In the only second round encounter ihe Club 2 vanquished the more-fancied Seaforths 1 by six points (two iries) to five (one goal) after a most exciting tussle. The Club had the better of matters in the first half, their opponents appearing lethargic in their methods to allow Ward and Reynolds to score two good unconverted tries, te the interval there was but one team in it—the Scots—but they failed te open their account until the last minute when Alexander made an excellent run to score close to the posts. The kick was improved, but insufficient time remained for the soldiers to do any further damage ind they retired defated, The Seaforths 1 made the shortest work possible of the Area Details 2, winning as they pleased by 32 points to nil. They should have eased up, however, after gaining a substantial lead and reserved themselves for the

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