Realizing that the half must be drawing toward a close, Fardale went in to rush the ball over in a hurry. The first effort advanced it three yards. Then came two yards. Then four.
The ball was down one yard from Viewland’s goal.
Fardale might have scored, but at this critical juncture Shannock made a bad pass to Nunn, who dropped the ball. Pitman leaped through and dropped on the oval.
Viewland had regained possession of the leather.
Jabez Lynch drew a deep breath of relief, his heart seeming to drop back from his throat, where it had throbbed in a choking way.
Still confident of her ability to make gains by bucking Fardale’s line, Viewland declined to kick in order to get the ball away from this dangerous point.
In this she made a mistake. The ball was passed to Warne, and the star half-back of the visitors let it get away from him and roll along the ground back of the goal-line.
Brad Buckhart came through with a roar, but Jordan saw the danger and fell on the ball.
This was a safety, but it counted two points for Fardale, as Buckhart had pinned Jordan on that spot.
The whistle cut the air.