Rugby - Scotland V Tonga

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2365A

Date Released

3 Oct 1974

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby - Scotland V Tonga. DESCRIPTION: Scotland versus Tonga at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Scottish technique finally triumphs over Tongan enthusiasm. Score Scotland 44 - Tonga 8. SHOTLIST: SV Scottish team running out from tunnel onto field. SV crowd. SV No 10 (Scotland) kicks off (Telfer). LV scrum Scotland wins ball & attacks scrum half passes ball to No 14 Steele, he is grabbed by his opposite No 14 Isikeli Vave, SGV Steele being grounded. GV play Tonga attack, ball is passed to No 15 Valita Maake, he passes to No 14 who is tackled by No 13 Renwick and another player No 15 Irvine. SV Scotland take penalty through posts, score 0/3 to Scotland No 15 Irvine took kick. SV scoreboard 0-3 to Scotland. SCU scrum Scotland win ball No 8 Watson is tackled by No 9 Ha’unga Fonua & brought down. No 6 McEwan picks up ball but is blocked. LV Scotland with ball, No 9 passes to No 10 Telfer who passes to No 14, he is tackled & brought down. LV No 15 takes penalty for Scotland, ball between posts. LV scoreboard 0-6 to Scotland. LV Second half maul in front of Tonga posts, Scotland win ball, No 9 passes out to No 10 who passes to No 15 Irvine who passes to No 12 McGeechan who passes to No 14 Steele, who scores. SV cheering crowd. LV No 15 takes conversion, kicks ball, ball between posts. GV Scotland wins ball from scrum and attacks in Tonga half, Scottish man with ball is tackled & brought down but ball gets out to No 11 Dick who goes over line to score, scoreboard 16-0 to Scotland. GV play in progress Tonga attack No 16 Saimone Vaea is tackled but he passes ball to No 1 Isikeli Vave who runs over line to score, scoreboard 22-4 to Scotland. GV Scotland attack, No 8 with ball, he is tackled by No 8 Mafi (Captain) with No 7 Lauder receives ball on the run & makes a run. SV No 7 with ball, he runs over line & scores. LV scoreboard 32-4 to Scotland. SV No 13 Latu (Tonga) failing to bring down No 12 McGeechan, but is stopped by another Tonga player & a loose ruck forms. LV Scotland player No 6 McEwan breaking from maul, he passes ball, the man with ball scores (No 14). SV crowd score 26-4 to Scotland. LV No 15 kicks ball to convert try, ball between posts. LV scoreboard 38-4 to Scotland. GV play in progress, Scotland with ball. LV No 14 Isikeli Vave with ball makes tremendous run from his own 25, to run over line to score. SV scoreboard 38-8 to Scotland. SV No 1 McLauchan runs over line for try for Scotland. GV No 15 converts ball between posts. LV scoreboard 44-8 to Scotland. SV crowd running on pitch.

Keywords

Sport; Rugby football

Locations

Scotland; Murrayfield

Card file number

74/203

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

236

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