RUGBY INTERNATIONAL
FRANCE BEATS ENGLAND. (United Press Association—By EJectri* Telegraph.—Copyright I PARIS, April 6. What is probably the last AngloFrench international match for some time, unless France speedily settles her internal squabble, cabled on 2nd March, resulted in France, despite the handicap of the absence of several foremost players, triumphing magnificently. The crowd was the smallest for many years, though it numbered thirty thousand. England was superior at the start and secured an early lead, but France played inspiredly in the second hnl f . The lead changed five times. England was leading by 13 to 10 ten minutes from the end, after which Bailetto picked up from the loose and brilliantly scored a drop goal from forty yards. The kick elevated France to second place in the international championship which Wales won. England are the wooden spoonists.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1931, Page 2
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