THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 1,
PERTINENT NOTES ON THE RUGBY LAW INTERPRETATIONS
SHOULD A FORWARD BE
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PENALISED FOR OFFENCE
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BY THE SCRUM HALF?
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London, October 24. DMIRAL Percy Royde, one of England's Rugby law makers on the International Board, has explained what the Board had in mind when they publicly criticised referees for not administering the laws severely enough in international matches. Admiral Royde made it clear that the Board's chief complaint concerns what goes on round a scrum, where, the Board maintain, things go on which should give the referees concern.
Most particularly are the Board concerned with the difficulty of putting in the ball. Times without number it hits the near forward on the outside leg and comes out again. That means that the ball has been prevented from going in, and the Board assert that players meaning forwards, must not be permitted to do this with impunity.
This constitutes one of the "persistent infringements" for which players must be ordered off. This is an amazing deduction on the part of either Admiral Royde or the Board Rugby men are, in effect, asked to believe that a forward should be penalised for what is almost equally an offence of the scrum half. 7
SMALL UNITS TROUNCE WEAK Y.M.C.A. ELEVEN
Fast Hockey Game
Yesterday
Particularly in the case of a scrum which is slewing round, the scrum half when putting in can easily hit the foot of the outside forward quite by accid- ent. Yet according to the pecul iar interpretation rendered of the scrummage law, it is the forward who is held to be guilty and who may be ordered off.
The Combined Small Units' hoc- The whole business of putting in key eleven made their debut yes and serum crime hinges on thos terday evening when they defeated, ill-chosen words in the law "gent- a weak Y.M.C.A. eleven by 7 goals ly propel," which were introduced to, 1 after leading by four clear a few years ago. goals at the interval
Since last season the words have The "Y" were unable to field
been changed to "at moderate their best representative side ow- ing to unforseen circumstances, and speed, a compromise which, though several players cried-off at the last an improvement, does not meet the moment, among these being Fit Lt. Wallace, Colledge, who has an injured foot, and Fox and Clevely, who were on duty.
case.
GENTLY TO MODERATE A gently to moderate speed of putting in is at the bottom of (a) Capt. Harvey, in the Units' cen- slow heeling; (b) much of the foot- tre-forward berth, played a very up crime prevailing last season. (c) dashing game and scored four of the prominent part taken by wing the seven goals, while L/Cpl. Brice forwards. in all spoiling play and netted the three others.
lastly the almost mechanical cer- The "Y" team were never com-tainty with which the side putting pletely at home and their attack in "gets." never blended at any one time dur- ing the encounter. The outstanding feature of the Units' display was the work of their intermediate line means a lively ball in the scrum where Bhag Singh, at centre-half, while a and Austen, at left-half, were very
A quick put in makes for livelier and better attempts at hooking It
reverse.
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slow put in means the COLONY LADIES
good, while Morgan, their right- The chief objection to a fast put LAWN TENNIS
back, was also in the limelight with in seems to be that there exists a clever interceptions and sound fear that the ball would go straight clearances.
through the scrum and out the other side. If the ball were flung hard down at the turf it is difficult to see how it could work through
Reuter
MEDICALS DEFEAT THE SERVICE CORPS
their
MUCH DISPUTED BOXING VERDICT
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Semi-Final Stage
Reached
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Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Mills and Toimes, and Miss Tylor, how- three sets before the
pair won
DOUBLES RESULTS
The following were the results în the Second Bound:
Miss Perry and Mrs. Chin best Mrs. Marmont and Mrs. Walker 6 1 60- Mrs. Rice Evans and Miss Griffiths beat Mrs Wood and Mrs.
Barnett
Miss Rose Perry and air Chun-chin, Mrs. Rice E Miss M-Griffiths, Mrs. Holmes and
Chin and
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Oliver and Mrs
beat
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Mrs Stokes and Firs
Shirley beat
'am': told that Delaney finals
olany Ladies
pionship, und
OPEN SINGLES
The Medicals consolidated position at the head of the Third Di-
(Continued from, Page 10) Miss Tylor and Mrs. Stokes and Miss Prince and Mrs. vision at the head of the Third Divi- sion League Football table when they a halt in the seventh round. Mrs. Shirley will contest the Semi- defeated the Royal Army Service I
In the singles championship, Mrs. Corps at Sookumpoo, yesterday, by two who was brought over by bles Tennis
Oliver and Miss Madge Griffiths clear goals in their postponed Third
N. S. C., whom he is contracted, has the auspices of the Division encounter..
have already entered the semi-final Costello, Youd, and Ganizer were been loaned to Harringay. I hope RC
The former defeated Mrs. rominent in the Medicals forward it is not true that Norman Baines Miss Perry and Mrs. Chiu, who stag
64 and the latter line, while Smith in the Service Corps is the only man to be put against are the title holders, had an ex-Mills goal, and Furnival, the pivot, were
him Baines in my opinion is not in tremely
age against Mrs beat Mrs Wood 6-2, 6-2
The two matches yet to be play- outstanding for the losers
Youd scored for the Medicals in the the same class as Delaney There Marmont and Mrs. Walker in the
round, dropping only~ oneled are Miss Perry v. Mrs. Holmes first half, and ten minutes after the was a time when I had hopes
resumption Howells netted from a cen-
Baines making reasonably good.. game in two sets. The tie betweenland Mrs. Chiu v. Mrs. Marmont by Gautzer.