Word: crossbar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...side on an oval field whose measurements are 180 yards by 120. There are two sets of goalposts at each end of the field. If the ball is kicked between the tall center posts, six points are scored : between the adjoining posts one point. There is no crossbar. American ex-footballers say the game produces the finest and most accurate kicking they've ever seen: frequently players running full speed can drop-kick the ball between goalposts from 60 yards and more...
...Elephants were set back to a tune of 13 to 0. In the second game they took a 6 to 0 lead over Leverett, but fell by the wayside when the Bunnies rallied to tie up the game and then win as the conversion kick bounced safely over the crossbar. Their last game against Adams was a rout as the Gold Coasters ran wild to chalk...
Fireworks were popping left and right yesterday afternoon as the Bunnies nosed out the Elephants on a conversion kick that bounced off the crossbar for a 7 to 6 win, while on another field Lowell staged a last-second fight to shade a battling-but-tired Dunster eleven...
...bench, nose bleeding from earlier action, came Normie Cameron to boot the winning point. The center snapped the ball, Cameron kicked, a low aerial that zoomed off the hand of an opposing lineman, flew high in the air, came down, hit the crossbar and bounded over for the winning point. This was enough for a victory, and the Bunnies trotted off with a hard...