The Club had the excuse of being short of some of their regular players, The forwards worked hard, with Macrae hooking. He has filled position very creditably recently, ud Burford was not playing terday, this may be a permanency. Wallace and Warner were always well up in the loose. P. De Beaumont was deputized to play serum-half in place of J. A. MeGregor, who was ill, His passes were good and well distributed, although He was slightly slow and inclined to be smothered, He is a valuable player, and might fit into this position if he perseveres. The serum-half position is one which is giving the selection committee some troublesome thoughts this reason, and it appears the only way to find the suitable person is to play several men repeatedly as crum-halves, A. Thomas was not at his best yesterday. He has apparently been told he hangs on to the ball too long, and as a result his eagerness to get rid of it yesterday saw the three-quarters completely mixed up with no understanding reached as to what was going to happen. He is not the man for the fly-half position, and is valuable enough to be retained in the team, so a reversion, with R. H. Roe going back to fly-half, and Thomas being put into the threes seems the logical positioning of the outsides. G. S. McGill on the wing was good, and several of his runs impressive, A. D. Sayle on the other extreme suffering in comparison because he did not receive as many chances.
R. H. Roe was the best of the threes and is always a good example to his side, and in view of the weakness of the outsides, particularly the halves, it would seem he must go back to the fly-half position.
Bastian deputised for W. H. B. Rigg, who is suffering from a bad leg, and was fairly good.
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