Rugby International match at Bristol on Sstarday, the opinion is pretty general that the representatives of the Rose acquitted themselves very well. We are quite used to seeing Welshmen best Englishmen on the Rugby football field and their triumph at Bristol enabled them, for the first time, to take the lead on the whole series with a total of twelve wins s against eleven by England. Their ron of success in recent years has been wonderful and the ree on is easy to explain. It all binges on the matter of combination, for while the wearers of the Leek know each other's play toa nicety, the English fifteen is in variably something resembling " scrat: h side. This, of course, is entirely the fault of the Rugby Union officials, wae year after year ignore sound advice " to pick the English team early in the season and then arrange dozen trial matches, so that the selected may learn to combine properly." Considering some of the English players often meet for the first time (on the same side), it is a wonder they do as well they do. Itis all very well to try and please the supporters of the game all parts of the country, but it does not result in victories. In Satarday's game the half-backs were new to each other, and yet there is no position on the field in which perfect understanding is more necessary. All things considered, the English side played up very well, and if there are no material changes, they will do better still against Scotland and Ireland.
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