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Match Of The Year

"Best game of the year" was the consensus of opinion of what was also the last game of the year at the Oval, the annual encounter between Poverty Bay and the Olympians. A fast-scoring game which ended in victory for the Olympians by 37 points to 32, it had spectators on their toes most of the way. Incidents in the game caught by "Photo News" camera show

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T. Robb (P.B.) cracking on the pace in a duel with J. Paea, the Maori All Black.

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J. L. Penny scores for P.B. as he is tackled by Olympians fullback, P. Walsh.

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Barry Preston loses the ball as he is brought down by Harris close to the Olympian goal line. Behind them is P. Sharon, who scored 5 tries for Olympians, and to right of them are Walsh (turning), Robb, and Atkinson. Everybody seemed pleased with the game and the performance of the P.B. side. Even the selector, Mr. E. Halstead, who commented, "Now, if they would play like that all the time, my worries would be over." Small picture at top of the page shows R.A. White reaching for ball in lineout. He was playing his 100th first-class game. (See additional pictures elsewhere in this number).

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A lineout in the second spell, with K. Bagley, 1953–54 All Black, and W. Carrington leaping high for the ball. Carrington, playing his last first-class game, has had brilliant football career which includes first-class games in N.Z., Australia and Fiji.

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Future All Black aspirant is Brian Anderson, 2 1/2-year-old son of Mr and Mrs R. L. Anderson, Stanley Road, who took over the oval at half-time.

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Harris, coming up fast with the ball, is opposed by Robb.

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The Poverty Bay representative team photographed immediately prior to the Olympians game. E. M. Halstead (sole selector), G. Robb, W. Carrington, W. Atkins, B. Preston, K. Bagley, R. Mackay, T. Glover, T. Donovan, G. Daveron. N. Somersby (coach). R. J. Preston, T. Robb, N. Adcroft, J. Penny, B. Wolstenholme, (president), R. A. White (captain), R. Clay (vice-captain), G. Duncan, G. Horsfall, A. Birrell, P. Blair. (Photo, Lloyd Cornish).

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White, the captain, leaves the field on the shoulders of his fellow players after the match, which marked his 100th first-class game, spanning only six seasons and thus giving him the distinction of reaching this honour more quickly than any other member of the small band of Rugby centurions in New Zealand. White, who is 29, should still have some good years of football in him, and will be needed for the All Black side when the Springboks make their N.Z. tour. He is accepted as one of the greatest forwards ever to wear the All Black jersey, both in N.Z. and overseas, and is regarded with affection and pride by the whole of his district, and especially so by Rugby followers.

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"Bonzo", as he is known affectionately in local circles, speaking at a football function. (Photo, E. T. Doddrell.)

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On the morning of the Olympian game, the referees of Poverty Bay and the East Coast, the men who so indispensibly control the games throughout the season, took to the field themselves for their annual tussle. It was a hot morning, but they made a fast game of it. P.B. won by six points (two tries by B. Wolstenholme) to three points (a try by R. Davey).

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The Poverty Bay side. McKeakin, G. Forrester, P. Wanklyn, G. Goodley, B. Wolstenholme, E. Munro, A. Allison. R. Longley, H. Rodda, D. Wyley, S. Lee, J. Davey, W. Nolan.

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The E.C. team included B. Malone and C. Nelson (back row, left) and R. Davey and I. James (back row, right). Tombleson, Jennings, W. Goldsmith, McCosh, and I. Sinclair.