THE CHINA MATL, MARCH 12, 1937.
SEVER SCORES TRY OF LIFE-TIME REMARKABLE RUN WINS GAME
FOR ENGLAND
(By HOWARD MARSHALL)
London, February 15.
ANOTHER addition to our rich store of Rugby memories five minutes
to go
Ireland two points ahead in a desperately close game at wickenham suddenly the thickest figure of Sever breaking clear pounding along the left touch-line running 60 yards- 60 miles it seemed Boyle racing across to cut him off Sever swinging inwards -Malcolmson and Boyle hitting him like thunder-Sever swinging left again driving forward with his powerful thighs - plunging over to score the great try which gave England victory by a single point.
IT WAS THE SORT OF TRY WHICH THE HERO OF A SCHOOL STORY SCORES IN THE LAST CHAPTER, AND IT ENABLED ENGLAND TO SCRAPE HOME BY A PENALTY GOAL AND TWO TRIES TO A GOAL AND A TRY. WERE YOU THERE, IN THAT YELL- ING CROWD? DID YOU SEE THAT TREMENDOUS RUN? AND DID YOU WONDER, AS I DID, HOW SEVER FOUND THE STRENGTH TO REACH THE LINE AND HURL HIMSELF -OVER WITH BOYCE AND MALCOLMSON CLINGING TO HIM, WHEN ALL THE AFTER- NOON HE HAD TAKEN SUCH A HAMMERING FROM THE 13ST MORAN?
Lt. C. C. Garthwaite, above, was in fine form for England yesterday in the local International Hockey Tournament match against India.
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Sever, with his pale, determined face, is swiftly becoming one of the game's great char-Fanling next Sunday: acters. As we waited for play to begin, Irishmen were apprehensively recalling his smashing try in Dublin last year, when he ploughed through the Irish pack and left two massive Irish forwards stretched out for dead. And it was Sever, you will remember, who dropped the decisive goal against Wales a month ago.
CRITICISM - SILENCED
Now it is not often that we have a chance to talk about a match like this. I daresay there have been bet- ter matches, from the purists' point of view, matches with more brilliant football to raise them above the ordinary. This match, though, had
moving at top speed, Bailey crack through the centre, another beauti- fully-timed pass to McMahon, and Moran charged away to score a try right.out of the old-fashioned text books.
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No opportunism here just swift 9.52. attack and classic running-and 9.56 a quality of its own, a vitality which of Irishmen moved everywhere silences, temporarily at least, all Irishmen in green caps-Irishmen when Bailey went through again a 10.00 critical mugwumpery.
with green ties and rosettes and moment afterwards, clean as a whist- 10.04
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It was a convincing answer, any- flags-loquacious Irishmen, hope-le, we rubbed our eyes in amazment. way, to the demand for new legisla-ful Irishmen, even, strange phenoThe scoring pass was knocked on, 10.12 tion. We do not need new laws, menon, truculent Irishmen, and a it is true, but this was real Rugby 10.16. but a revival of the old spirit, a steady stream of spectators flowed football, and Ireland were playing 10.20 revival which took place in this round the great stands and eddied like men inspired. particular game.
into the enclosures along the touch- Did you think, incidentally, that lines and piled up on the terraces enough Morgan broke grandly from 10.28 Ireland were unlucky to have vic-at the south end.
a loose mani, ran clear, punted dia- 10.32 tory snatched from under
gonally as "Owen-Smith came in to 10.36 their noses so dramatically? Se- It was a grey, still afternoon. No tackle, and Moran roared up the ver's try, after all, was merely the sun, no wind The touch-flags right wing to touch down for an-10.40 chance rebound of a sorely pressed drooped, the seamen's band and the other perfect try. A great goal by 10.48 English defence, and freland had pipers of the London Irish rifies Bailey, and England's goose seema- shown us superb running and glori-marched and played, and we talked ed cooked. ous tackling. They had even scor-of old battles and cheered as the ed a beautiful orthodox try from a teams trotted out of the dark alley- set scrummage, thus confounding way.
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all modernists, and I cannot help We were anxious to see little posts. A goal by Cranmer, England 11.08 regretting the intrusion of a penalty Cromey, the new Irish stand-off half, two points behind, a furious Irish goal with England's total
for he could run, they said, and onslaught, and then the great mo- TAME ENGLAND ATTACK dart like a startled fish. There he ment. The ball went loose near the I do not propose to haggle over was, diminutive and bow-legged, English twenty-five, Giles nipped the fact that the. England backs and behind him the great jovial hold of it, shot it to Candler, and 11.20 should have made more use of Siggins and bald-headed Deering, there was Sever, bursting free, tear- their abundant opportunities. The and neat, efficient Morgan, and the ing along the touch-line with criticism is true. There were the rangey, thin. Bailey a dangerous yards to go. England forwards, scrummaging one, this watch him, England, for Never shall we forget the sight magnificently, and there was the all you are worth.
of that white jersey on the far side English attack, fading tamely away And the English players took of the field, racing for the line, and in midfield before an opponent had their places-massive Longland, as Sever started we saw Boyle on 918. been drawn or an opening made. I youthful Kemp, imperturbable the Irish ʼn left wing turn and sprint can well believe that the English Owen-Smith and Cranmer.
for the corner Bag in a desperate 956 selectors were the only thoroughly BUTLER'S AMAZING TRY attempt to cut him off. wretched people on the ground, and
AND 60,000 CHEERED Not great football but rousing they will have a good many heada- enough, and full of promise. The ches before the team to meet Scot defence of one side or the other must land is picked.
TRISHMEN EVERYWHERE
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Mrs. Chapman, Dinsdale.
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It seemed to last a century, that K.CC. ANNUAL
heroic charge of Serer's, and with
five crack, and we had hardly settled yards to go he swung inwards CONCERT AND
PRIZE GIVING
The critic, though, will be able
Malcolmson was there, diving for ourselves after the interval when to make his deductions from the Campbell started a dribble in the
this knees. Boyle flashed across, run of play in a match which went England 25, Longland carried it on, how Sever managed to veer left, crashing at his shoulders, but some- far towards restoring the prestige Huskisson followed, the ball skidded
dance will be held
of international football
away from touch by inches and fling himself forward and ground Kowloon Cricket Club on Saturday,
at 9.30 bounced into Huskisson's hands, and the ball, while 60,000 people leapt March 20, comm
Dress suits will be wor A co collation will be served, tickets for the evening being priced at $2 for Gentlemen and $150 for Ladies.
The annual smoking concert and tation of prizes Cricket,
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And here let me be honest, Butler was up to take a pass on the went to Twickenham expecting little Irish line and fling himself over for more than the ordinary dull dog an amazing try.
wildly the selves: hoarse-
The referee consulted the Irish
the historic 4-try,
and yelled them-
at that
fight. All the trappings of the big A fine dash by Husskisson, one touch judge, Occasions were there the good of the best of the English forwards, spot and raised his hand. humoured, shuffling crowd, the ser-but the irrepressible Irishmen came and the try pentine procession of cars, the un-back like a whirlwind two minute officia
me sellers, the ticket later. A scru on the English 25,
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