THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 1938.
HERIOT'S (F.P.) WIN MELROSE SEVENS
FIRST VICTORY IN
OVER 15 YEARS
MOST ACCOMPLISHED TEAMS WERE IN
THE FINAL
BORDER CLUB IN 2ND ROUND
(BY MAIL)
Glasgow, April 11.
Under
DETAILED RESULTS First Round... London Scottish, 10 pts.; Sel- kirk, 3 pts.
Melrose, 10 pts.; Dunfermline, 3 pts.
Edinburgh Academicals, 10 pts. Edinburgh Wanderers, 3 pts.
Hawick 8 pts.; Royal High School (FP). 6 pts.
Stewart's (FP), 19 pts.; Lang- holm, 10 pts.
Watsonians, 6 pts.; Gala. 3 pts. Heriot's (FP), 14 pts.; Melville College (F.P.), 3 pts.
Kelso, 6 pts.; Jedforest, 3 pts. Second Round London Scottish, 11 pts.; Mel- rose, 5 pts.
Edinburgh Academicals, 16 pts.; Hawick, 5 pts.
Stewart's (F.P.), 6 pts.; Wat- Heriot's (F.P.), 16 pts. Kelso, 5 pts.
Semi-Final
Edinburgh Academicals, 18 pts.; London Scottish, 8 pts.
Heriot's (FP), 6 pts.; Stewart's
(FP), 0.
AFTER an interval of fifteen years, Heriot's sonians, 3 pts
(F.P.) were successful in running out winners of the Melrose seven-a-side sports, which were held at the Greenyards, under ideal conditions. the leadership of J. G. H. Napier, the Goldenacre seven were the smartest of the 16 competing teams, and they could truly claim that they owed nothing to luck, as so frequently is the case with those who triumph at similar promotions.
Splendidly balanced, they revealed a fine assurance in swinging] the ball about to win all their four ties comfortably enough, and it was a popular success they achieved at the expense of Edinburgh Academicals in the final by two goals (10 points) to one goal (5 points).
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Final
Heriot's (F.), 10 pts.; Edin-
burgh Academicals, 5 pts.
Heriot's (F.P.)-J. B. Craig, J. G. E Napier, T. Gray, W. R. Bry- don: C. C. Brown, E. J. Oxley, and D. W. Deas.
Edingurbh Academicals-R. E. Harvey, C. Ritchie, G. A.-E. P Gibson. B. R. Tod; L C. Henderson, FA. Wright, and A. G. M. Watt
DELIGHT TO WATCH
Some of the bursts of Ritchie and Gibson, who finished the afternoon with four tries each, were a delight to watch, but neither. enjoyed the same scope in the final as they had done against Edinburgh Wanderers. Hawick, or the London Scots, Faced by Heriot's, their forwards showed a loss of power, and with F. A. Wright obviously tiring, they were unable to get their share of the ball.
Heriot's three forwards E. J. Ox- ley, C. C. Brown, and D. W. Deas. were astonishingly energetic, and it was they who made the issue- safe, for before the finish of the tie both J. B. Craig and T. Gray were limping The result might have been the other way round had the Academical for- wards found some means of feeding their speedy outsides, but in the end there was little doubt that Heriot's, who had got tries through Oxley and Craig that were converted by Napier, well deserved to come out on top. Ritchie scored the Academicals' try in one of his characteristic bursts, and Tod placed a goal.
-HERIOTS PROWESS
Heriot's won their ties against Mel- ville College (F.P.) and Kelso easily, bewildering their opponents by the rapidity with which they passed the ball, and in the semi-final they had the added satisfaction of defeating Stewart's (FP), their Murrayfield conquerors. The Scottish club cham- pions revealed plenty of possibilities, and moved A. G. Blair from the wing into the centre in an effort to frus
summer Oxley and his colleagues. trate the scheming of the Goldenacre backs, but rather surprisingly, their strong-going forwards. failed to hold By common consent, it was been
indefatigable scrum-half in their similar tournament during his long Oxley has never played better at a rated highly. Notwith-captain, B. R. Tod agreed that the most accomplish-standing the guile of H. Lind and ed teams figured in the final. Up 4. H. B. Adair, and the strong counted for Selkirk and Melrose a discovery was made in D. W. Deas,
The Scottish had previously
Career, and he was an inspiration to till that time the Academicals had running of W. N. Renwick, the (the winners of the Gala sports) abbreviated game.
ac-his younger colleagues, among whom come through a testing time with Scottish were outclassed by the in ready fashion, but they had no was well illustrated by the fact that who was making his debut ia, the flying colours, playing some of Raeburn Place representatives, thing to counter the pace of Rit-all seven players contributed to their Heriot's balance the best Rugby of the afternoon who had two of the finest backs chie and Gibson, while, in addition, to defeat London Scottish, whose in C. Ritchie and G. A. F. R. Gibthey were mastered by the Acade chances of eventual success had son in the tournament, besides an uical forwards in the scrummages.
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aggregate of 46 points. Of their 12. had four, Gray and Brown two each, thes, Craig, an outstanding runner,
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