THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 22, 1937.
WING FORWARD IN RUGBY IS
RUINING THE GAME
NEED FOR REFORM IN LAWS
HOME UNION'S RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
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(By HOWARD MARSHAL)
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London, January 20. FTER-THOUGHTS on the Welsh match at Twickenham. Not that I find such grim post- mortems very agreeable, but now and again we have to take stock. The match was a mess, to my way of thinking, but I have met one man who enjoyed it. He was delighted with the English for- wards, and their scrummaging gave him a happy afternoon.
Parker, the England left-half, above, gave an outstanding display against Scotland yesterday their semi-final round clash in the Sunday Herald Cup series.
WALES AND IRELAND
SHARES SPOILS
(Continued from Page 18)
TO-NIGHTS HT BADMINTON FIXTURES TO
WILL SAINTS BEAT
KING'S COLLEGE? ·
KOWLOON TONG "DERBY”
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Both Recreio “A” and University "A", the strongest badminton teams in the Colony, will be engaged in the League to-night. The former will meet University "B", while the latter will try conclusions with St. Andrew's “A”.
Neither combinations are likely to be extended in the slightest, and should record big victories.
An interesting game should be witnessed at St. John's Cathedral Hall, where the Saints will enter- tain King's College. The latter team have not lost a game this season, dominating the exchanges, that he but despite this, their opponents -UP TO A POINT I AGREE WITH HIM. THE ENGLISH came into the limelight, using his are expecting to provide a keen
head to the best advantage.
tussle and with the advantage of PACK DID ITS JOB EXCELLENTLY, AND I DON'T SUPPOSE
Coakley was the pick of the playing at home, they may spring a THE SELECTORS WILL TINKER WITH IT. THERE IS THIS TO CONSIDER, THOUGH. IT HAD VERY LIT- Welsh forwards, working very hard surprise, although the chance is TLE TO BEAT, FOR THE WELSHMEN DID NOT AT on the right-wing and providing very remote.
Roberts with a glorious opening to Kowloon Tong will be the venue TEMPT TO SCRUMMAGE.
head in the equaliser Coakley is of a local "derby," as the senior really an inside-right, but was cer- and junior teams are clashing. tainly not wasted on the wing, al-maximum win for the "A". seems to though he did not get much change be indicated.
“A” DIVISION
University 'B' Recreio B
"B" DIVISION Connor was fairly safe in the Kloon Tong Av Kowloon Tong 'B' Irish goal, while Stevens was the St. John's
▼ King's College
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Welsh packing was merely comic. It looked as if Wales had decided to allow England to have the ball, in the hopes of snatching opportunist tries when swift spoiling had upset the English backs. The fact remains, and it was never more clearly demonstrated that Wales must find a scummaging pack if they are to make proper use of grand players like Tanner, Wooller and Davey. Scrummaging still counts, whatever the modern pundits
may say.
But what of the scrummage or the judicious kick ahead. On laws? The referee gave kick Saturday we had a perfect demon- after kick against England, stration of this theory in practice. some of them because the ball It produced complete frustration. was put in crookedly, many for foot-up. I do not dispute the re- feree's rulings, but I do suggest that the time has come to stop all this front-row nonsense.
- LAWS NEED REVISION
out of Stevens, the Irish left-back, St. Andrew's ́A ́v University. "A" in the second half.
NEVER CONFIDENT
pick of the four backs on display, his positioning and first time clear- ances blocking the Welsh forwards in the opening period. Coyle, his partner, was a bustling player, bat inspired never confidence.
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ENGLAND BEAT SCOTLAND IN "HERALD CUP
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
(Continued from Page 18) Now to a very different matter, the position of France in the Rug-
After a goalless first half by world. I am told that the gether with Ferguson constituted which Scotland had more
The Irish intermediate line work- ed very hard, Miller, on the left fank, being outstanding and to-
| French Rugby Federation are con- the greatest danger to the Welsh play, England opened the
unions.
right-wing, and later at inside /* * Scotland:-- Rodger' (Club);
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the
Steele
templating a reorganisation where goal. Galbraith, a junior player through Elliot when Rodger failed The laws as they stand are far by they will delegate responsibility promoted to fill the vacancy at to hold a hard drive from Fowler, too complicated. They should be for running their championship to centre-half caused by Campbell's and a few minutes later Fowler revised and simplified so that regional committees, retaining thigh injury, gave a sound per-scored with a good shot from close forwards will comprehend them themselves merely a supervisory formance, although there were in. and referees interpret them consis authority. Their aim, I gather, is times when a ground pass would England: Church (Navy); Webster tently. The whole match might to place their championship on a have met the case better than an (Seaforths) and S. Strange (Club); E. Strange (Club), Jones (Navy) and have been staged, in fact, as an similar footing to our county cham-overhead one.
Parker (Police); Fowler (Club), Elliot "awful warning to young players. pionship, and they are working to The Irish forwards rarely com- (Club), Wride (Navy), Talbot (Fusi-
an exhibition of what is wrong ards reconciliation with the home bined well. Irwin, first on the liers) and Bickford (Club). with Rugby football
(Seaforths) and Hill (Club); William- There was nothing new about it. I am not at all convinced that right, was never completely at son, (Seaforths), McKnsker (Sea- Wales and England have had this we should be wise to resume inter- home, but Killen, in support of forths) and Cook (Seaforths); Ayres kind of destructive dog-fight for national fixtures with France. Our him, was very dangerous and came (Seaforths), Wilson (Club), Miller (Seaforths), Knight (Lyemun), D.. years. I only wonder why people international programme is crowd-near to scoring on several occa Knox (Kowloon). continue to watch such miserable ed and unproductive enough al- sions. stuff. There is bound to be a re-ready. On the other hand, I feel FERGUSON'S FINE GOAL action sooner or later. We shall a little uneasily that we have per-
Wales opened the scoring when realise one day that the back-row haps not encouraged the French Roberts headed past Connor from VOLUNTEERS MÉT K.C.C. forward whose job it is to do no-authorities sufficiently in their a glorious centre by Coakley, but AT CRICKET TO-DAY thing else but spoil the opposing efforts to put the game in France Ferguson equalised from a punt attack is a menace to the game. on à sound footing
forward by Miller, catching the The following will represent the ball just as it rebounded to beat Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Rowlands, had advanced out Corps cricket eleven against
Soon after Kowloon Cricket Club team to-day,
THE FIRST ESSENTIAL What concerns us at the moment
IN WHAT STATE?
What do we know of the state of from: arge.
is the fact that Rugby football can-affairs in France now Nothing at Wheeler stopped the ball in the commencing at 1.30 p.m. on the not thrive on negative tactics. The all. How far have the French an area with his elbow and the Re latter's ground. first duty of any efficient team is thorities succeeded in stamping out feree gave a penalty kick from H. Owen Hughes (Captain), E. Zim to concentrate оп attack. This the abuses which caused us to while Coyle placed Ireland in the mern. A. Zimmern, W. Raples, G. Son- means using eight scrummaging cancel fixtures in 1931? It would lead.
za, H. A. Murray, A. K. Mackenzie, E chardson, L. S. Forbes. 7. R Mitchell, P. C. Frost, J. R. Ri-
equaliser from another centre by Roberts.
Wales: Rowlands; Wheeler and
forwards to give the backs their be interesting to discover, and we Ireland carried all before them chances on a dry day, and to conmight without prejudice make the in the next few minutes and a trol the game by shoving, wheeling friendly gesture of allowing club corner kick taken by Irvin, saw and dribbling when the ground is teams to visit France and see how Ferguson head into the net after wet and heavy.
things are shaping.
Rowlands had failed to clear. At present the seruence of I doubt whether Scotland or Ire The second half saw a rousing thought is reversed. First stop the land will ever play international display in which the Welsh halves Keating North. Wandy and Kene- other fellow, says the modern the-matches with France again, but played a big part. Sullivan reduc-ghan: Coakley, Sullivan, Evans, Taylor orist, and then grab your chances. English and Welsh opinion is quite ed the arrears with 2 Tries, he argues, come mainly from well disposed, provided the French effort from corner kick by opportunist attack after the swi men have first put their house in berts, and a few minutes before heel in the loose, the dropped
the end Wanklyn headed in the
time and Roberts.
IrelandConnor: Coyle and Stevens McGonigal Galbraith and Miller:
Moure, Dohe