Charlie Beaton...First to Score a Try on Rugby Park...

It is 1908 and Pirates were facing invercargill (Blues) at Rugby Park, Invercargill.  The park as we know it today had two fields running North/South.  
The try originated from Gerry Burgess, the Pirates half-back passing it to Charlie Beaton, who made a determined run to score under the posts, giving his team a 5-0 win.
Charlie had played for the Bluff second grade team, the previous year, but went to the big smoke of Invercargill with fellow friends to play senior rugby.