RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 14

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

STUDENTS AT TWICKENHAM. "DOMINIONS" V. BRITAIN. LONDON, February 26. In a Rugby football match- at Twickenham a team of Dominion students beat a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team by 8 points to 6. K. Saxon scored a try in the first half which Bettington converted. Later on Malfroy broke away and dodged several opponents and then- passed to Saxon, who scored a second try for the winners. In the Dominion students' team Bettington was the only Australian, the New Zealanders being J. Malfroy and K. Saxon at centre three-quarters, and S. Gilmer, who played forward. Saxon was the outstanding player. His first try was the result of a splendid swerving run, when he cut through the centre. He nearly scored another try but slipped a yard from the line, after beating the defence. Gilmer played a great game as wing forward and Bettington was always prominent, and he converted . a try. Malfroy tackled well. The students were somewhat lucky to win as the Universities, aided by a strong wind, maintained an almost continuous pressure for a great part of the second half. Only strenuous and wholehearted tackling kept them out.

INTERNATIONAL GAMES. IRELAND AND WALES WIN. LONDON,' February 26. In an International Rugby match at. Dublin, Ireland defeated Scotland by 6 points to 0. There were 20,000 .spectators present. At Swansea the Welsh team defeated France by 25 points to' 7, before 12,000 spectators. Both games were played in ■ the rain.