SCOTLAND BEATEN
England Champion Side FIRST TIME SINCE 1928 (Received March IS. 7.30 p.m.) London, March 17. Seventy thousand at Twickenham saw England maintaining tier season’s unbeaten record with the defeat ot Scotland by six points to three after a close and exciting game. Scotland consistently won the scrummages but the English backs were faster and safer.
England thus wins the British Rugby Union elia’inpionship for the 'first time since 1925.
England was greatly strengthened owing to the cleverness of the international South African, Owen-Smith, at full-back. The winning try came five minutes before time, after which Scotland, with a plucky burst, twice nearly scored.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 147, 19 March 1934, Page 9
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