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...Crimson backs were much improved from the previous matches this season, especially in tackling, but the greater size and spirit of the Tiger scrum meant that all too often Princeton could check an attack at the last moment...
...main Crimson weakness today, as usual, will be in the scrum, which is sadly short of both height and weight. The absence of Mike Nightingale and Jim Cooper in the exam room leaves seniors Geoff Locke and Bill Gill as the only tall line-out forwards, and there is a distinct lack of 200-pounders...
Particularly strong is the backfield. Of last Spring's team, Alan Waddell will be at scrum-half, with ex-football player Jim Damis up to fly-half and Hal Churchill in the centre...
...main weight in the scrum will come from Charlie Eaton, a member of last year's football and rugby teams, South African Derek Henderson and Englishman Jim Cooper, both at the Business School, and junior Bill Gill, all of whom are 200 plus...
Rounding out the threequarters are fullback Jim Damis, Scots scrum-half Alan Waddell, Hal Churchill, and Mike Reynal. The other forwards will be Charlie Eaton, Ash Hallett, Tom Fritz, Stan Merkel, and Alastair Rellie...