In an interesting and keenly fought game at the Race Course yesterday afternoon, a Combined Club/Police/ French Forces XV drew with a selected Marines and Seaforths side, each team recording an unconverted try.
The game never reached a high standard, none of the Americans taking part ever having previously played, but what they lacked in experience they made up for by their willingness to learn good handling and keenness. With more matches under their belts, they will form the nucleus of a very useful 3rd XV that will give other similar local sides plenty to think about. The Scotsmen playing for this fifteen were prominent in opening up attacks and it was due to their efforts more than anything else that their side remained in a winning position until a few minutes before the end.
For the Combined Club/Police.
Forces XV, Blackwood, playing his second game of the day, Shellam, Vilm, Kelly and Webb showed up well, the latter especially having improved a great deal since he was last seen out Seaforths Defeat Recs Easily Outplaying the club team throughout most of the game, the Seaforth Highlanders defeated the Shanghai Recreation Club by seven goals to two in a first division football match on the Race Course yesterday afternoon before a large crowd.
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