The conditions were brilliantly fine but windy, after a night of rain, One heavy shower before the kickoff had little effect upon fast going. Ireland kicked off into the wind and almost at once were in serious trouble, England kept on getting the ball.
In the first attack B. E. Nicholson, whose strong, aggressive running was in throughout the match, shook off several Irish tacklers—only for Cranmer's long punt upfield to roll over the ' goal-line, Next, whom Ireland had good rea
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