Shanghat looks forward to another game when the Melil and the Shanghai RUFE. play their return urger match on Christinas Day. On [Saturday a large crowd saw the visitors fully extended to beet the local side. "The better fifteen won, but Shanghai had no reason to be ashamed of the performance of its own men. The machine-like precision of a perfectly-balanced team, all the players of which knew each other thoroughly. told in those last critical moments, when chances went begging, Jond the Meiji men were far too good opportunists not to take them, So, when Shanghai might have felt that the game was theirs, it was snatched, from them at the' eleventh hour. Apart from the play itself, the match, Was pleasant: on account of the splendid. spirit. shown.
Burkill, on Saturday night," rl singled' out this quality in the jose team for special appreciation, less than a decade has developed to. match-playing standards of approved excellence. It thas also succeeded in. accurately absorbing the true appeal of rear ame, That implies the best traditions of sport in preferring the canons of rugger to the dryasdust statistical result. Hard tackling, cle heeling, sound team-work and Ieeen following-up—those are the attributes lof rugger as it should be played. And when they are present what matters how the scoring goes? Tt was pleasant on Saturday night to see the two teams vying with. each other /barmonical achievement and the wel-Jcome presence of Mr. Ishii and other prominent Japanese residents gave point to atr, ES. Barraclourh's happy use of the meger moral to adorn a vivid international tale. Now, it fs to be hoped, Shanghai will do their best to make honours easy on Christmas Day.
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