... RUGBY FOOTBALL. FOR its opening match, against Old Leysians, Blackheath was able to put a powerful fifteen into the field, it in cluded in the defence those fine three-quarters, Perey Royds, H. B. Talyor, R. T. Skrimshire and R. Forrest, while another ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. ALTHOUGH the season closed on April 15th, the Committee of the Rugby Union acted in a liberal spirit, and granted an extension to the Yorkshire Union for the replaying of the final tie in the County Cup Competition. Alverthorpe and Sowerby ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. AT Newcastle on Saturday, by a goal and two tries to nil, the South gained its third successive victory over the North. With each of the men engaged playing for his cap, the game was of rather an individual and scrambling order. The ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. Wale, s v. Ihngland. NEVER have England's representatives suffered a more disastrous defeat than they did last Saturday against Wales. The match, the first of the season's Internationals, was played before nearly 20,000 spectators at ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. AFTER the Welsh fifteen's brilliant display at Swansea it was not surprising to find that only one change will be made for the match against Scotland. Evan James is incapacitated through injuries, and his place at half will be taken ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. THE defeat of Blackheath by a combined fifteen from Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, though disappointing enough for the club's supporters, was not altogether a surprise, for Black heath was not at full strength. Amongst the absentees ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. ALTHOUGH cup competitions provide the most exciting matches in football as played under Association laws, they have undoubted drawbacks, and are not in much favour amongst followers of the Rugby game. Neither the Kent nor the Middlesex ...

... football. RUGBY. FORTUNATELY for Rugby footballers, their game is not so dependent upon a clear atmosphere as that played under the dribbling code, and last Saturday's fog did not lead to any serious interference with fixtures. Moreover, the most important ...

... all the pressing, had the satisfaction of drawing level before time was called. A third match of considerable interest to Rugby enthusiasts was that between Richmond and Leicester at Richmond. The midland cupholders gave a capital display, but Richmond ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. FOOTBALL was seriously affected by the holiday season, and the number of matches played in and around London last Saturday was small. Kensington's return game with Croydon, played on the former club's ground, resulted, after a most i ...

... Old Edwuidians' nil. An even nn.re crushing defeat was inflicted on Rugby by the present Alidland Cupholders, Leicester, the final score standing Leicester seven goals four trios, Rugby nil. ASSOCIATION. It is an extremely long time since ten goals wero ...

... ham Park, as the result of a rather uninteresting game, played a pointless draw. The Royal Engineers, one of the few Army Rugby teams, entertained the Marlborough Nomads, and lost by- three goals and a try to a try. At Cooper's Hill the R. I.E..O. fifteen ...