The Archive · 1938

CALCUTTA. CUP PLAY THRILLS "ENORMOUS CROWD

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COTLAND beat England by 21 points to 16 in a thrilling match INJ here to-day. They thus regained the Calcutta Cup, and won the Triple Crown and the International Rugby Championship for the first time since 1933. \It was the Diamond Jubilee of England-Scotland Rugby Football, each side having had 25 victories. It is estimated that 72,000 people watched the match.

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