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operated remarkably well with the backs and were mostly in. the passing rushes or in. a position to profit by the passing work of the backs. The Londoners apparently played up pluckily against odds, and in the first spell gave the Blacks a lot of defensive work. Their only, score came from a .brilliant piece of following up by Gibb®, by which he was enabled to profit by a slip on Steel’s part and to beat the full-back by clever tactics. It was thoroughly deserved. But in .the second part of the game there was quite evidently only one team in the race, and had the weather been good, it is difficult to say what the score ■would have been. The result appears to show that the team have completely dispelled the opinion expressed in many quarters that they are only a fair weather team. Naturally they do better under good conditions, but the display was quite evidently good hack and forward. It 1 was a triumph in scoring for the vanguard, and C. Brownlie in scoring three tries emphasises the danger, remarked on by some Home papers, of not watching him earefuly and specially. It was a runalwa/ victory and adds assurance to the prospects of the international match on Saturday, though no doubt the English team will be the strongest that can be put in the field. •