THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1938.
BRILLIANT ENGLISH AMATEURS
LANCASHIRE
AGAIN TRIUMPH IN RUGBY FINAL
Heaton's Big Part In Victory Over Surrey
(By "PETER LAWLESS)
Lancashire Surrey
SELECTING RUGBY TEAM
TO TOUR
24 pts.
12 pts.
S. AFRICA
In the final of the Rugby County Championship Lancashire beat
London, March 16.
SCOTLAND'S FIRST HOME DEFEAT
LOSERS SECOND HALF
RALLY
Scotland
(By NORMAN ACKLAND)
2 England
London, March 14.
Surrey at Blundellsands by 3 The first meeting of the com- goals and 3 tries to 2 penalty mittee entrusted with the selec-AT last England have won an amateur interna- tional match in Scotland. One of the finest
goals and 2 tries. This was Lan-tion of the party of 29 players
and their second in three seasons.mer takes place to-morrow even-
It was Heaton's match, for ing.
cashire's third win in the series.to tour South Africa in the sum- teams that have ever represented the country com- pletely outplayed a Scottish eleven composed main- the Lancashire captain played a The chairman is Mr. James ly of Queen's Park players at Hampden Park,
brilliant attacking game in a line Baxter, the old English interna-
which, individually and collective-tional and selector, and the work Glasgow.
ly, was always more thrustful has been put in the hands of two What is more, they beat them at their own game, keeping the and ingenious than the opposi-members of each of the four ball low, and finding each other
tion.
With his beautifully bal- Home Unions. As already an-mechanical precision.
anced running, effortless accelera-nounced, the manager and assis
tion and strategy he kept the tant manager, will be Major B.
Surrey defence on tenterhooks. C. Hartley and Mr. H. A. Haigh- SURPRISES
Lancashire won well, but nothing Smith respectively.
like as easily as the score suggests As is almost invariably the IN RIVIERA
for they got a goal and a try in the
closing minutes.
Leading 10—3. case with similar parties leaving
half-time they survived a period of in- these shores, a certain number of CHAMPIONSHIPS
tense excitement, and a quarter of an outstanding men are unable, hour from the end were clinging on to through business or other rea- a 13-12 lead, which they held only
by virtue of the fact that of two goal sons, to make the journey, but it kicks from the touchline by Couch- would appear from a casual man, one grazed the upright and the glance at the list of possibles that other hit it. And the whole of the the final party will be armed at second half they were without Hus- all points.
kisson, whe injured a shoulder.
Although they had the last laugh, The sailing date is May 20, the winning pack had a hard time of though one or two may follow on it. The solid scrummaging of thela later boat. Surrey eight enabled Seligman to get
a bigger share of the ball from the
(By A WALLIS MYERS)
Carlo, March 10, Central European players continue to show their advance in the Riviera championships at Mentone.
but
with their passes with almost
The England forwards were brilliant. The inclusion of Edels- ton, a player with a real brain, strengthened the immensely, and Ball, who came in at outside-left in place of Finch, gave a great display in his first international.
The Scottish forwards did not blend so well as the England line, but that was not the main cause
To-day Pachowski, unranked in Poof the losers' trouble. The backs land last year, beat Butler, 75, 5-7, were too slow in thought and ac- second set, saving it gallantly, 61 Butler was 5-1 down in the tion to keep out the incisive Eng- Pachowski's steady all-court game pre- quite unable to deal with the wiles land forwards, and Cross was vailed.
Ritchie lost to "Hildebrandt (Gerlof Gibbons. many), 8-6, 6-4, and Bawarowski (Austria) dismissed Nelson (Califor- nia), 6-3, 6-1. Schroder, Bogers leaving defenders groping and baffled and Lesueur are also in the last eight. Horne made an error or two but play- In the women's singles Miss Scriven
He opened the scoring five ed his part in the victory.
and Miss Whitmarsh reached the semi- minutes from the start by heading Surrey, of course, were without Ni-final, Miss Scriven beating Frl Sander, through a perfect centre by Parr, cholson, and Lambert came in on the of Germany, 6-3, 6-3, and left wing instead of Ford who had Whitmarsh beating Mile. Sioda, of Po-scored again following clever con- Miss and midway through the half he
acquisitive Toft than had been ex- was second only to Heaton in his pected; in the open they frequently speed and cleverness, his side-stepping made ground with close rushes.
SIMPSON'S DECISIVE TRY But the seven heroes of Lancashire lested to the very end and, in a fur- ious rash ten minutes from no-side, Simpson scored the decisive try. Taft, Clint and Simpson I noticed particu- injured himself on Friday. Maddocks land, who defeated Thelma Jarvis.
EARLY SCORE
larly, but all must have put all they and Davies were sourd enough in the British pairs did well in the Coupe structive play by Ball During a had into the battle.
face of the harassing of Fry and Clint des Nations mixed doubles. Butler and brief Scottish rally Christie shot At half-back, Lumby and Howarth and the solid stopping of Howarth, but Miss Whitmarsh beat the holders, played with capital understanding, neither of the centres, of whom Harri-Brugnon and Mile. Saint Ferreol, and and Howarth's accurate kicking was son was the better, could get very far, Shayes and Miss Scriven, after a close invaluable while his tackling was tre and I do not remember either wing match, beat Moreau and Mile: Wervers, mendous. On the right wing Guest! being given a real chance.
the Belgian pair.
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inches wide, but the England for- wards were soon forcing the pace again and Thornton headed a grand goal after clever passing between Edelston and Parr.
Scotland were at their best early in the second half when, with a re- arranged forward line, they ham- mered away ruthlessly at the Eng- land defence. It looked as if they were going to make a fight of it when Kyle scored from a free kick a few yards outside the penalty area, but Edelston retaliated by tricking three opponents and beat. ing White with a superb shot the best individual effort of the match.
Whitehead scored for Scotland, and then Gibbons get his third goal from Edelston's pass Team
Scotland-D. White (Queen's PË
J. Clype: (Queen's Park (Queen's Park); W. Buch Park), P Cross (Queen' Hosie (Queen's Park) (cæpt) Christie (Queen's Park),
(Queen's Park). Macfarlane met), D. Whitehead (Kingstonian), E/CPL C. Bootland (Army)
England-HHHill (Dulwich Ham- let): G. S. Burchell (Romford), H; S. Robbins (Dulwich Hamlet)** 3. Lewis Walthamstow Av.), LN kaday (Enfield), TE Leek Green) W Parr (Blackpool), Edelston Brentford), E (RAF),
Thornton (Kingston- an), EJ Ball (Dulwich Hamlet),