ing and travelling with the boys. Mr. Burger has to be thanked for attending to the fixtures and travelling arrangements. A special word ofthanks to Mrs.Ireland and herkitchen stafffor so cheerfully coping with teas, visiting teams,late meals,etc. I wish also to include a word ofthanks to Ron Zeller for organi sing the Old Crocks team, to Cliff Rindell for organising the Old Boys' teams, and to Allan Piper for so kindly donating and instal ling a water pump and motor by which water may be pumped on to the fields during the dry winter months. We are indebted also to the Referee's Society, Durban,for supplying referees for many ofour senior games. R.B. 1st XV MATCHES 7th August vi. Hilton Home Lost 0-36 Kearsney, playing their first game for two months, could offer little resistance to a very fit and fast Hilton team. With the freedom that he was allowed behind the scrum, Giles time and again was able to give his backs the necessary overlap to penetrate the Kearsney defence.For onlyfifteen minutes during this halfdid Kearsney hold Hilton at bay. The second half was very much a repetition of the first, the Kearsney side showing little fight, allowing the Hilton backs to run through at will. All credit to them, but this was too one-sided a game to be really interesting. The final score was 36-0. 14th August vs. Michaelhouse Home Lost 6-30 A feature ofthis match was the magnificent play, both on attack and defence,of Norwood,the Michaelhouse Eighth Man.He had a hand in virtually every try and his cover-defence was superb. Michaelhouse kicked-off but it was Kearsney who nearly scored from a penalty in the fourth minute. However,in the tenth minute,from a scrum near the Kearsney line, Norwood broke,'making'a converted try.In the 17th minute Michaelhouse scored from a penalty,followed soon after by onefrom Kearsney. The half-time score was 16-6. Soon after half-time Michaelhouse scored in a somewhat fortunate fashion after the ball had rebounded from the upright. A penalty brought the score to 22-6. In the closing minutes, Michaelhouse scored two tries. The match was not as one-sided as the score indictes. 21st August vj. Glenwood Home Lost 8-12 Playing one of the best sides in Natal, Kearsney turned what many expected to be a heavy defeat into a closely contested, tense and thrilling game, which they narrowly lost after playing the greater part of the match without the hardtackling Bertram, who was unfortunately concussed. Kearsney kicked off and were soon on the attack. In the fourth minute Sawyer scored with a well judged penalty. Glenwood however soon retaliated andscored an unconverted try afterafine backline movement.Glenwoodfollowed up with another unconverted try, making the score 6-3. However Kearsney returned to the attack and after a good backline movement,Paterson,supporting well, was in position to score, for Sawyer to convert. Kearsney now led 8-6. 89
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