BRILLIANT RUGBY

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 6, 9 January 1928, Page 9

BRILLIANT RUGBY

WARATAHS DEFEATED ENGLAND WINS GREAT GAME (United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) LONDON, 7th January. Sixty thousand people attended the Eng-land-Waratahs match at Twickenham, including the Duke of York. The weather was line and the ground was dry, with a light wind. The game resulted in a win i'or England by J8 points to 11. England won the loss und kicked off with the wind. The Waralahs were first on the defensive, but gradually made ground, obtaining the ball from the scrimmages. King broke through close to the English goal, but Cove-Smith tackled him almost beneath the posts, secured the ball, and touched down. Young secured the ball and brilliant three-quarter play resulted in Tucker getting a try, which Kichardson converted. Within live minutes, from a beautiful passing movement, K. Ford obtained a try and Lawton converted. The game was 'fast and thrilling. England came down with a great threequarter run. Young smartly picked up within the. Waratahs' twenty-live, enabling Taylor to score a try. Kichanl.-un convening from a most diiiirult angle, lingland was greatly improving in the scrum and pressed hotly. Laird, securing amid a passing movement, ran in, Kichardsou again > converting. The struggle continued to be most strenuous, only desperate tackling preventing scoring. At half-time the score was England 15 points, Waratahs 5. In the second half the WaralaliH fought valiantly, and penned England in its own half practically the whole time. Only the defence's vigorous tackling and excellent touch-finding kept out the attack. Periton obtained from a breakaway. The Waratahs, going hardest in the concluding stages, increased the pressure, ami desperate combined runs resulted in Towers and E. Ford adding tries, Lawton failing to convert either. England was repeatedly in the mosrt difficult straits, nevertheless Twickenham luck held. The damaged ankle of the Waratahs' five-eighths, Jack Ford, was troublesome, and prevented his showing his best form. (British Official Wireless.) UL'GBY, Sth J.-inu-iry. The Waratahs have thus concluded the international engagements of their tour with an oven balance —victories over Ireland and Wales and defei\(s by Scotland and England. Of their -6 engagements they have won -2. They were beaten by Oxford and Pontypool and the match with London was drawn.