RUGBY IN UNITED KINGDOM

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 271, 15 November 1937, Page 15

RUGBY IN UNITED KINGDOM

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. SWANSEA GOES DOWN TO BRIDGEND. LONDON, November 14. Rugby Union county championship matches played in Britain on Saturday, resulted :— Lancashire 15, beat Durham S. Gloucestershire 9, beat Cornwall 3. Devon 14, beat Somerset 11. Yorkshire 14, beat Northumberland 0. The feature of other contests was the defeat of Swansea, the only club team to defeat any of the three All Black teams which have toured Great Britain. Scores :— Bridgend 11, v. Swansea 3; Birkenhead Park 51 v Guy's Hospital 0; Blackheath 19, v. Oxford University 21; Coventry 19, v ' Northampton 8; Gloucester 23. v. Old Blues 3; Harlequins 16, v. Richmond 9; Leicester 19, v. Cambridge University 17 ; London Welsh 10, v. Aberavon 3 : Old Merchant Tailors 0, v. Rossl.vn Park 10; Old Paulines 14, v. St. Mary's Hospital 10; Plymouth Albion 20, v. St. Thomas' Hospital 10 ; United Services, Portsmouth 6, v. London Scottish 12; Llanelly IS. v. British Police Union 0; Moseley 8, v. Bedford 0; Neath 24, v. Penarth 6; Newport 3, v. Cardiff 3; Newton Abbot 12, v. Devonport Service* 9: Old Edwardians 12, v. Bath 0; Ponrypool 6, v. Ebbwvale 0; Waterloo 6. v. Dublin Wanderers 18; Glasgow Academicals 5. v. Royal High School 13; Stew.artonians 20, v. Heriotonlans 8.