The Archive · 1932

Shanghai Rugger Matches

between The long-awaited Roghy match wanghai and the U. S.A. Marines took place on Dec. 3 before 4 large crowd at the Canidrome, the result being a draw, with each' side 'The' match was one of the best seen this season and brought about much sparkling' play, while the score was a very fair reflection of the run of things as each y5 Side had their share of the game. the Marines pressing strongly the first half, while Shanghai had their' measure in the second, Both men were going strong, bub was easy to see that the leader

fuer-up but shih held on to win by much more tired than the rae Twenty yards, The two first places thus were filled by the same couple year, and both recorded bet-for time. "Shih beat his own record by 90s, whist" Neugebatey was sce, slower.

The third walker did not appear until nearly six minutes later, and hho proved to be CJ.W, Fallacs, the first man home for England," I yeas closely followed by ¥. Y. Chow, who was "0. ace. behind and who was the second man of China's team get home.. Twebty yards behind [Ghaw came' Kennedy, one of the Ent Lancashire Regt's. runners, who finished very strongly, and fae cla tae tha the earn competition had developed. into a fuel between' England. aod China [Some little time later, C.F. King appeared, followed two minutes Inter Davis. K. V. Kuh war eighth man home, and the third man of the Chinese tea England also having three men tremendous roar went up a it was seen that "A" Seaborn would place ninth. Seaiorn completed England's team; but, according to. the scoring

depended upon who was the ten system of the competition," a man home, "Ax Ye turned out Shen came inane te later a thereby" won the championship for (China, the margin being the narrow tone' of a solitary' point perfect 0 thanked assortment of Prizes, which Mrs. S. W. Wolfe [presented to the winning competi-for.

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