The Marine pack outweighed their opposite numbers by something like 40 lb. per man, and their heeling and showing were good although by packing down lower the Durhams were able to hold their own in the earlier stages.
For the Durhams, It. Luard played a good game at inside three, and was well up in the attack, his touch finding being good while his tackling was fairly good. Pte. Scottowe played a hard game at stand off half, and the three-quarters had a difficult task in marking their opposite numbers in the Marines' threes line. The teams were: alnly a find for the Marines. were very closely marked by their opposite numbers in the Marines, and also because Hylton at stand off half, is not the force that Stringer was, the former being a deputed for the latter who broke his collar bone when playing against the U.S. Marines two weeks ago.
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