FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1926, Page 4

FOOTBALL

IXTERXATIOXAI. CA.MES. [ A li-I ra lia n X X .'/.. Cubic Association.! LONDON. February 27. In tile iiiUTiialionnl Rugby i'oot lull I m:i tf-!i a l Edinburgh, Ireland heat Scotland h.v 3 to (I. At Twiclioiilisiin England heat Franca li.v I I to (I. HOW EXORAXD WON. I.OXDOX. I , ’t‘hni!iry "7. I'oity thousand people, i uciudiiig (ho Kniy;. attended the Twickenham mntcli. Tin* weather was dull. hollowing on French attacks. the I'- 1 1 gli-!! 111 e 11 pressed, and front. a tussle on the French line, Aslett scored a try uhich was not converted. Acting was playing a great game in the scrum and ho started a movement which resulted in Aslett scoring another try. which was not "converted. Half time saw the scores: England l!. Franco nil. On the resumption of play, danger threatened the French line lor a long while, hut. putting eight men in the scrum instead ol seven, which number they tried prior to the interval, the 11 1 in n men obtained possession inure j frequently. Alter twenty minutes! Kit tei master got across and scored Francis converting. The play slackened in the closing stages, the KnghMi [ line being rarely in any danger. IRELAND'S VICTOR A’. I.OXDOX. February 27. Iho weather at Edinburgh was line lor the Ireland v. Scotland match, alter the heavy rain overnight. The attendance was forty thousand. It was a magnificent game in which superb play by the Ihll-hacks "ns a feature. The game was full of thrills, and approximately it ended in a last-minute try lor Ireland, whose forwards played a great game, though the Scots' pack were ol the dourest and put up a tre-j meiidous resistance. Crawford, the Irish tull-lmck, was injured, hut lie continued to play. AVaddell, the Scot- f tish half was carried off senseless near t the end of the match, having collided . with Browne, the Irish forward.