From the match programme:-
"THE "TIGERS." "
"BEAMISH AND HIS MEN."
"Leicester come to Newport to-day with a fine record this season, for they have not as yet been beaten, so Newport have, for a change, the chance of breaking a record. The play of the young team at Blackheath against a side of stars who were expected to win quite easily was astonishing and supporters now look with confidence to future displays wiping out the stigma of an extraordinarily bad start."
"Leicester have rarely played impressively in Wales. The reason is difficult to find, for at home they are one of the most difficult teams to beat in England, They are fond of big forwards in the Midlands, and in the Leicester pack we expect to see George Beamish, the R.A.F. man and Irish international, perhaps the finest forward in the four Countries last season, and joint hero with Slow of the defeat of the Springboks on their last tour."
"Another interesting personality among the Tigers is B. C. Gadney, an unusually big scrum half, who has played in Minor Counties Cricket against Monmouthshire, while Leicester's latest acquisition is Dr. Morgan Crowe, an Irish international centre, whom rumour associated with the Royal Gwent Hospital persistently at the end of last season."
"Leicester have done very poorly against Newport through the years, for since the first game in 1890, Newport have won 40 times to the Tigers' nine, scoring 83 goals, 92 tries to 43 goals, 32 tries."
"To-day's visitors, it will be re-called, had the last opportunity of breaking Jack Wetter's teams invincibility, but they think the finest game they ever had with Newport was that in 1926, when, playing under an experimental Welsh scrummage rule, they won their first victory on the Athletic Ground by 3 goals (1 p.g.), 2 tries, 19 pts to 3 goals (1 d.g ), 1 try, 17 pts."