RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

OXFORD BEAT' CAMBRIDGE. BY 11 POINTS TO 0. UY CABLE —I'RESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Dec. 9. The annual Rugby match between the Oxford and Cambridge Universities was played at Twickenham in dull weather, Oxford winning by 11 points to 6. The attendance was .‘IO,OOO. After twenty-five minutes Dgvjtt scored a try for Cambridge, but Barlow failed with, the kick. Almost immediately afterwards Jacob sprinted over at the corner for Oxford, hut Berkeley’s kick went wide. Oxford continued to attack, and just before the interval Wallace scored. ■ Berkeley again failed with the kick, and at half-time -Oxford was leading by 0 points to ,3. On resuming the Cambridge backs got going several times, but met a powerful 'defence. A good movement set going among the Oxford backs ended in Jacob getting a try,.which Berkeley converted. Tn the last minutes of the game Devitt- again scored for Cambridge, but Barlow could not add a. goal, the match ending: Oxford .'. 11 Cambridge 6 Raymond (Australia), though in an unfamiliar position at full-back, was the outstanding success of the match. Except for an occasional tendency to play oyer far. his display was practically faultless, enhancing his claims for recognition by the international selectors. Wallace and Aitken (New Zealand) constituted an effective right wing and plaved with solendid understanding. The former’s trv was the result of a brilliant individual effort, in which lie beat four men. Aitken’s tlefen.sh’e touch-finding was, noteworthy. Wescbe was 'always a conspicuous figure in the Oxford nack, which, .although _ eclinsed in the loose, held its own in the scrummages and tioht work against the heavier Cambridge men.