NFIRMING their earlier impressive displays, the Durham Light Infantry XV earned what is tantamount to the rugby championship of Shanghai for the season, when they defeated their friendly rivals, the Royal Welch Fusiliers XV, by two tries and a penalty.goal (9 points) to nil.
The Durhams have successively beaten the Club, the U. S. Marines and now that they have subdued the Welsh, they need only add the Loyals to their string of scalps to make a clean sweep.
The match brought about some very close and hard play as was expected, the winners holding territorial advantage for the better part of the game and being well worthy of the margin by which they won. In the first half they were very much to the fore, the Welsh making a strong effort in the earlier minutes of the second half, which proved abortive, and the Durhams resumed sway until the last ten minutes when the Welsh again rallied but to no avail.
The winners found the watering of the ground to their advantage, as the turf was very wet, the zealousness of the groundsman on the previous day being such that large parts of the field: were almost pools of water. Tu consequence the bell was very slippery and difficult ta hold, and the forwards were much in evidence in footrushes wherein the Durham pack were more to the fore than their opposite numbers.
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