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Poulton captained Oxford to victory, in front of a crowd of 10,000. Geen's form coming into the game was suspect but he proved his worth. However, Poulton suffered a hamstring injury early on and his replacement Eric Thomas, a forward, lacked the speed and skills to combine effectively with Geen. Nevertheless, he came close to scoring, but, as he had done in the previous year's match, he dropped the ball over the tryline. He was to repeat the error the following year.
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Geen got his second try after another break from
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Africans on 14 December. His next international appearance, under the captaincy of his Newport teammate Tommy Vile, was on 18 January 1913 against England. Wales
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Barbarians matches against Leicester in early 1915 to aid recruiting and to raise charity funds. Mobbs then arranged one final Barbarians match against the
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and every device the
Germans could bring to bear to break through. Seventeen officers and 333 other ranks of this battalion were killed in this engagement, in which officers and men showed themselves worthy of the best traditions of their Regiment."
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to score under the posts. Luyt failed to convert and Newport remained a point ahead. Newport scored again through a cross-kick from Wetter, which Birt jumped on over the line for a try, which he then converted.
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the following day reported: "Newport deserved the victory, if only for their remarkably sound and highly intelligent defence... In spite, however, of the good play of the Newport forwards ... the South African
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Geen was commissioned second lieutenant into the 9th
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1967:The Rugby Football Internationals Roll of Honour
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1039:"World War One rugby roll of honour: Billy Geen"
1892:. Ferndale, Glamorgan: Ron Jones Publications.
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2091:Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980).
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1986:. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers.
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524:, Belgium. He is remembered on the
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1963:Sewell, Edward Humphrey Dalrymple
1739:"Wales v South Africa at Cardiff"
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1810:"Rugby Heroes who went to War"
1262:"Football: Play and Players".
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2072:Renshaw, Andrew, ed. (2014).
1982:Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977).
1714:"Captain Arthur James Dingle"
1926:Tommy Vile: A Giant of a Man
1860:"Second Lieutenant W P Geen"
1764:"Wales v Ireland at Swansea"
1449:"Wales v England at Cardiff"
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2005:. Newport: R. H. Johns.
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1137:"Rugby Trial at Leeds".
1112:"Mainly About Players".
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514:King's Royal Rifle Corps
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1943:McCrery, Nigel (2014).
1523:"Ireland Finish Last".
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2030:History of Newport RFC
1909:. Leicester: Matador.
1905:Corsan, James (2009).
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1116:. 10 December 1910.
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1007:. cricketarchive.com
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2003:Rugby Recollections
1890:Springboks in Wales
1693:The Daily Telegraph
1620:. barbarianfc.co.uk
1577:. 17 January 1914.
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1502:. 30 January 1913.
1477:. 23 January 1913.
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1213:, pp. 196–197.
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1794:The London Gazette
1675:Starmer-Smith 1977
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1498:"Geen Withdraws".
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1947:. Pen and Sword.
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1808:Ferris, Matthew.
1527:. 10 March 1913.
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