... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. THE sudden change in the weather took the Scottish Rugby Union by such complete surprise that no preparations were made for protecting the ground, at Inverleith, against frost. Consequently, last Saturday's international between Scotland ...

... THE WEEK'S RUGBY All Blacks Win at Leicester London Scottish Still Unbeaten Leinster Win the Irish Inter-Provincial Championship-- A Narrow Win For O.M.T's EASTERN COUNTIES Still unbeaten. Last season Eastern Counties won the leadership of the South Eastern ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. When it was found on Friday that the frost continued, many matches fixed for last Saturday were scratched, and, around the Metropolis, there was scarcely any play. After their capital form of the last month or two, Blackheath were expected ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. THE University Fifteens have entered on a series of trial games which should thoroughly test their abilities. Suppor ters of Cambridge cannot expect that the Light Blues will maintain their truly remarkable record until they meet Oxford ...

... FOOTBALL. RUGBY. A START was made with the game in the London district last Saturday, though the foremost clubs are awaiting the advent of October before entering on their fixtures. Croydon opened its season with a match against Wickham Park on the ...

... Rugby in the Sunshine HOSPITAL Cup Rugby is always pretty virile stuff, with no quarter asked, for none would be given but it is rare that a March afternoon allows for such photography as this. St. Bartholomew's (in the ringed jerseys) might have brought ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. Richmond were certainly unlucky in having three men injured in their match against Blackheath at Richmond last Saturday, but they were not altogether unlucky in losing. The chief surprise was the excellent form shown by the Blackheath ...

... THE RUGBY XI. The Rugby eleven was again this year, as it was in 1916, one of the very best School teams of the year. It had probably the best captain of them all in C. D. McCarthy, who though, perhaps, below the form he showed in 1916, was still the ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. I HEAR great accounts of the United Hospitals pack. They have had the advantage, rare indeed in these days, of having played together four or five times, and are a lively, hustling lot I am told. One enthusiast goes so far as to predict ...

... The Rugby Championship By Our Rugby Correspondent FOR some reason County Rugby has never attracted quite the attention it deserves, especially in the South. The reason is not far to seek. In order to avoid interference with club matches, the Counties ...

... RUGBY FOOTBALL. THE expected duly came to pass at the Old Deer Park on Saturday, when the Rest beat the London Schools with masterly earn by 2 goals and 5 tries to a try. From the movement the names of the rival teams appeared in print it was as clear ...

... THE RUGBY GAME. AS was only to be expected, the South beat the North very easily in the Rugby trial at Northampton, on Satur day. The present is probably the leanest time that the North has ever experienced in Rugby football, and. for that reason, the ...