MARINES 2nd Taking a slight measure of revenge for the defeat of their junior XV the Durham Light Infantry Ist XV defeated the 2nd XV of the Fourth U.S. Marines by two tries (6 points) to nil in a match wherein the winners dominated play, but were held out by a stubborn defence which would not give in and despite continued battering were able to hold the score to the low level.
On territorial advantage, the Durhams should have piled up a bigger margin, but try as they might, when they got inside the Marines "25", they found themselves up against a solid wall of defenders and to penetrate this was the most difficult task. The losers were always dangerous when they broke away, and gave their opponents several breath-taking moments, inasmuch as the Durhams' lead was not at all secure.
The winners played their usual open game and with superiority from the set scrummages were able to give their threes plenty of passes. These, however, were not used to the best NЄ; mainly because the outsides
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