Twickenham - England V. Ireland (1954)

Twickenham. SV Ireland taking field. GV crowd. LV England in white shirts kick off and attack. SV crowd. LV England attack. Philip Davies bursting through. Martin Regan running alongside. Davies passes to Regan, and he dashes through to touch down. SV scoreboard 3-0 (King fails to convert). SU line out. Ireland start attack after loose scrum. LV Henderson dashing through. Downed by Butterfield. Ball loose and general pile up ten yards from England line. SV crowd. TV scrum. Rimmer receives and slings out, to send his three-quarters away. Butterfield collects neatly, evades Pedlow, dashes towards corner with Davies in support. Hewitt brings down Butterfield, but Davies collects, dashes towards line and is brought down just short of line. SV crowd. SV Woodward receives, dashes towards corner, hands off Gaston. Evades a flying tackle by McCarthy, passes to Butterfield, who dashes forward to touch down. SV crowd. LV good tackling by Irish breaks up another English move, and Ireland go into an attack. LV Irelan
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