Nevertheless, the defending champions were by no means outclassed. It was true that they failed to combine as a team, but, judging by the way the games went, they had just us good a chance to emerge victorious. The first game was undoubt ledly the Russians who were in convincing style when the tussle go! under way. The "Y" made a poor start, losing four points in a row. Then the trailers woke to life and rallied, But the Club had already built a fairly safe advantage ud were never headed, although the "Y" managed to catch up to a score of 15-13 where the game was abruptly finished.
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