At a. pleasing little function' during the tiffin hour, at the Shanghai Rowing Club, on Friday, a presentation was made to Mr. F. Durrer, of Chas. Rudolph & Ca., by Mx. R. B, Roach, on behalf of the numerous friends of Mr. rer in the club. The presentation. oak the form of @ silver cigar-line-orts being very well done. Bed passing ruined: mast of the. move-nts, however. "Boyd, on one. ocation, shot away with the ball and 'Club score seemed. possibility. Bawards brought him down nicely, however, and the game resumed t3) scrappy' aspect. Shortly before! half-time, Davies secured and) brought off a really beautiful run, through the combined packs into the open to score a try under the posts after a 60 yd. sprint. Walden converted, to "tung the score to 8-0, at which it remained until half-time.
'Several shifts in the Club team' were seen when the: teams lined? up again. Walker replaced Welch at serum-half, the latter moving to: some close play, the Old Boys just getting their goal in the closing Bet Olsen, der, S- Dronpikolt, Meston, Wie, Tao, Fabre, Another Rugger Sensation Even the most optimistic of the Shanghai Rugby union Football Chub received the of their lives when, to their hug delight, a fast moving Club side out-ran, out-played, out-scored, and out-lasted the 4th U.S. Marines 1st on Saturday at the Canidrome, and {allowed the hitherto almost invinciple team to score only once from 4 penalty, having 0 feld-day them: of 263. H. D. Bidwell earned a selves and ruinning up a total score place on the rester of Shanghai's tin this match, play of the finest games that it has been veitch for tome time, "There the privilege of the spectators. to
ever any question asto which side Was the "better, although the Marines during the firs ged to hold the Club down fairly well and kept the play in their territory for a great part of the time. It was in the second half that the Club ran riot and the end came with baffled and tired Marines team still wondering what had happened, however, for the Marines 2nd fifteen The day was not entirely lost, earned a well-deserved victory over the Club 2nd, beating them well to the tune of 14.0, This game started Seconds Make Amends lene grime between the lub End and From a fally scrappy beginn
the Maines 2nd developed. into. a good exhibition of Rugger with the fitter winning by the" ood. score te, of 14-0, was the Mavines' game Practically from the beginning a Brough the Club managed to hold the score down to 3-0 in the. fret half, SRUEC, 2nd—J. B, M, Lackle; Thomson, Tt 1. Croft Livingstone, A. ct. Ww: eC fain); Ni Hicks, Morphew, W. H,'. Bilche Marines" ena.
"tubers, Ksparack, "othe, Batenn, Marvin, Hruby, Swinchart, Zawndshi.
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