A. dolermined run by Pelegry, the French Forees left winger, during the lao minute of the game, enabled the French Forces to defeat the Gin 46 KV at one Rave Course yesterday afternoon by three polis cone try) fo ni. Pelegry's try came as the Fesull of some loose play neat the ne then ale the heme attees Wwere paying attention to te injured Richardson who had been, lad Tow the result of a nasty Wile inelcad of watching the play and paying attention to the white, The game throughout the encounter was a struggle between the (0. Dosing pocks "and though the, Club, vith four reserves in their side, battled Tani tily and at times brlantiy, they were. invariably on the defen Sve with the aggressive French Fortes on the attack, The Club defensive measures were\tp 10-8 Migh Handard their pack working extra: ely hard out the Preach visitors were not. to be denied and had Demat, the 'French serumhalf, not been so selfish, the vielory. would Rave probably" been greater. 'Bath packs "were. inion out keeping the Eattnage' end' ay was antilpated. in many" quarters & battle royal wad teen between the two packs with, of Course: the two sels of outsides, com pletely starved, "With the feld ina Territle condition and the ball almost Impossible to handle correctly such tactics were" the onder of the "day and: the Frenchmen made the: most of their opportunities Lusitano Vanquish Rees by 5-2
Shanghai, Feb. 24 With both contesting teams out of the run for the Senior League Cham. pionship the services of a number of reserve ployers were secured for the Clube. Lusitano and the Shanghai Recreation Club yesterday afternoon in the only first division match over the weekend and the second stringers of the Portuguese under the guidance of the veleren, Humberto Gollaco, vanquished the Recs on a Race Course pitch to the tune of five to two. 5 Under adverse weather conditions and on a soggy ground the players experienced much difleulty in the control of the lesther which being soaked with rain, soon resembled a ball of lead. During the greater portion of the match there were rareely any spectators watching.
Although the Rees hed a fair share of the game, yet their poor marksmanship robbed them several points, At interval the Portuguese" were leading by. two clear goals. "The Recs scored the first goal and the lest goal of the second period, Al Symons. contributing the first point soon after" resumption, while Honniball was credited with the concluding marker from a penalty Kick about one minute before termination.
The teams were os follows:
Clube Lusitane:—Mauriee Suza; Pereira, Aquino: "Ozorio, J.. Remedios, Remedios: Favacho, Xavier, Mick Souza. and Warradas. fpustin, Symons, Senichenko, ye, "Novikov and mann and Kidby, Japanese Trounce Club Shanghai, Feb, 24 The Shanghai Japanese Rugby Association "BY XV had little difficulty in defeating a rather depleted Club 2nd XV at the Race Course yesterday afternoon, the visitors winning just as they pleased by fifteen points (five tries) {0 nil. Throughout the encounter the winners were on the attack and they dominated the encounter from slart to finish. Tt was only the excellent Club defensive tactics in which Seaby was outstanding that allowed the hosts t+ hold their opponents to such a low score, The game was due to begin at 215 p.m. and It has to be remarked that at 230 pam, the game had not started, Club players having put in
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