Scotland is to be congratulated on a great victory over Wales at Murrayfield on Saturday, after being behind by six points to nil at the end of the first half and facing a wind which was believed to be all in the Welsh favour during the second. But that does not detract from the bad luck the Welsh selectors have suffered in the injuries which have kept Wooller, one of their greatest attacking three-quarters and an old partner of Cliff Jones, out of the two internationals played up-to-date. Wooller this season has been suffering from a strained thigh, and though he has been able to turn out for his club, something has happened at the last moment to prevent his playing in international matches, Last season Wooller suffered from a wrenched knee, which he got while playing golf—one of the last games at which one would expect such an accident to happen. It was an accident which provoked one leading sports commentator at Home to suggest that players selected for representative matches should in future be limited to strenuous forms of exercise like ludo and tiddley-winks—a suggestion which was not well received by the selectors. Scotland's victory on Saturday leaves the championship very much open. Ireland has not yet had an opportunity to show her form. Next Saturday Ireland and England are to meet. The English team should be strengthened by the inclusion of Giles and Reynolds as serum and stand-off half respectively. Giles has been one of the mainstays of the Coventry team; he is an unorthodox genius and not easy to play with, which may explain ihe selectors preference for Gadney in the first match of the season. The Irish are, however, a fast and fighting fifteen, and England will have to be at her best to win.
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