The Archive · 1941

Rugger Season Winding Up With Fine Match Today

MARCH — Club 18 XV to Meet French Forces in Final Clash; Great Struggle for Supremacy is Anticipated

FTER what to all intents and purposes has been a most successful season when the loss of good playing material is taken into consideration the Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club winds up its winter programme this afternoon when the Club 1st XV engages the French Forces' senior side in what should prove to he a great struggle for supremacy. dod Both fifteens have defeated each if there is the slightest indication of other during the past few months and Any weaknesses nere. Their out-though the Club victory was on a 51465, with the possible exception of bigger footing than ite loss the out ihe fleet-footed wingers, Oslame and Someone Apparenüy Hit A Six tome of todays game is nest pro.|Pelegry, are not offensively dangerous blematical. The French apg me Bw their defensive tactics are good hone growed oj Jack Hobbs, Sandhem, "BW" Hitch and rany other photograph. of Fe Oval, the scene of many an epic struggle and the AM their spolling, B-ahead 10 say the least.

The Club will make two changes famous cricketers, after the Nazi bombers had paid it a visit at the they require a great deal of stopping, from the team that lost last Sunday beginning of this year.

Thay do not play good football. to the Japanese, Knight and C. H. indeed, they make no such preten: Reynolds coming in at stand-off half sions—but they have the knack o? 20 in the pack respectively. The ack OF C\wB forwards are likely to show

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