Boissezon was the only candidate considered for the position of keeper.
It will be necessary to have a pivot who can play the "third back" role. There is only one player who can do so, and that is Thomasson of the Durhams, and much of his success is due to the fact that his wing half backs know this, and because of this understanding the two wing halves should appear in any trial game along with the pivot.
ope and Fulton will have to be considered for the two inside berths. In fact, opinion appears to be in favour of the Durhams filling nine of the places with Boissezon and Marcal the other two. There is much to be said in support of this idea, as the Durhams have demonstrated that they can play real football. They have had homeside experience, and recent experience at that, and just as the Loyals were able to confound critics and defeat Waseda last year when they were able to play good, football with quick tackling halves operating behind the forwards, who knows but what the Durhams, who have proved themselves to be the best football team in Shanghai to-day, with the addition of Boissezon and Marcal would not render as good an account themselves as did the Loyals last year.
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