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SPORTS & PASTIMES! FOOTBALL. I f RUGBY. I 1 Saturday's Results, f Welsh Union. t Swa-fisea. 13pts; Leicester, nil. t Aberavon, 8pts; Neath, 3pts. Penarth. 8pte; LlaneUy, 3pts. Cardiff, 14pts; United Services, 3ptt. Newport, 19pts; Gloucester. nil. Ammanford. 14pts; Swansea II., nil. Maesteg, 12pts; Pontypridd, nil. Crocs Keys, nil; Abertillery, nil Llwynypia, 3pts; Mountain Ash. nil. Pontardawe, nil; Bridgend, nil. Pembroke Dock 'Quins, 5pts; Carmarthen "Quins, niL Skewen, 3pte; Danygraig, nil. Aberystwyth College, 8pts; Carmarthen College, nil. Glyn-Xeath, 5pts; Llanelly II., nil. Resolven, 6pts; Treherbert, nil. Pontypool, 27pts; Tredegar, nil. Bryn, llpts; Aberavon Rovers, nil. Rugby Union. Durham, 33pts; Northumberland, 3pt8. Harlequins, 16pts; Richmond, llpts. Old Merchant Taylors, 5pts; London Irish Rugby, Bpts; Old Allpynians, nil. Blaokheatli, 25pts; Oxford Univ., 8pts. Cambridge Univ., 21pts; London Scottish, 16pts Jxjndon Welsh, 3pts; Coventry, nil. Bath, 9pts; Bristol, nil. Devon Albion, 31pts; Redruth, 3pts. Birkenhead Park, 9pts; Northampton, nil. Edinburgh Univ., tpts; Edinburgh Inst., m il, Watsoniajis, 6pts; Gala, nil. Northern Union. Broughton Rangers, lOpts; Leigh, 2pta. Swinton, 5pts; Barrow, 3pts. Oldham, 28pts; Runcorn, nil. Wigan, 19pts; Warrington, 4pts. Widnes, 17pts; Salford, nil. Hunslet, 13pts; Wakefield Trinity, 7pts Bramley, llpts; Halifax, 5pts Leeds, 13pts; Keighley, 7pts. Huddersfield, 17pts; Batley, 5pts. Ht. Helen's, 12pts; Dewsbury, llpts. Hull K. Robers, 8pts; Bradford, nil Rochdale Hornets, 3pts; York, 2pts SWANSEA v. LEICESTER. I During the early stages of the Seaman the All "Whites showed such a deplorable weakness on attack that they were only able t-o cross the line four times over a stretch of ten matchers. Their failure on attack was due to chopping and changing. After the de- parture of Owen and Jerram new half- backs were tried almost weekly. Thi?, coupled with the experiments at titree- quarter, threw the back machinery out of gear, and caused the team to be dis- cussed as a spent force. The Swan- sea. club, however, have weathered the fctorm. At the next annual meeting an effort will no doubt be made to get the Selection Committee re-constructed, and in the interval there may be an attempt to keep pace with the times by forming a Supporters' Club. But whatever happens, it has been demon- strated that the All Whiter have "come back." The crowd follow a winning team—this has been hown in the case of the Swans-and now that Rugby has taken a new lease of life we can. confidently look forward to bigger gates "at St. Helens, and better football. During the last fortnight Swansea have beaten Newport and J/eicester, two of the best Rugby teams in the world, with an aggregate of 30 points to nil. The trouble before Christmas was that we wanted scoring backs. Our wingp were being hampered by having to play with new centres week after week, and the centres had reason to complain about the halves. The for- w-ard6 and the full-back were good enough for anything. An improvement set in when W. J. Itapsey came along from Pontardawe to play at inside haif; but hk first match—that at Newport— was not re-assuring, the All Whites losing that afternoon by 12 points to nil. This was not the fault of Rapsey. Since then Swansea have not lost a match They had a splendid run during the Christmas holidays, and at the same time they unearthed a first-class centre in Owen Jenkins, the brother of Oswald. Since his debut he has come to be reo- garded as a, player who will later on be wanted by Wales. The pity of it is that lie can not turn out regularly because of his scholastic duties at Aberystwyth. Another "discovery" is B. Beynon, tho ex-Mansel half-back, who received his baptism of first-class football at Aber- avon early in January. Beynon's suc- cess has been one of the gratifying fea- tures of a peculiar season. He came to the front in a hurry. At the beginning he played Association. He is not yet 20 years of age, so that there should be a tong period of useful service in front of him. If I were asked what constituted the turning point in the fortunes of the All Whites I would point to the solving of the half-back problem. Had Owen and Jerram remained we might now have been invincible. It 'was the difficulty of replacing this clever couple which upset matters before Christmas; just as it was the introduction of Rapsey to partner Alt Thomas and afterwards Beynon, which lent that extra sting to the attack which was so badly needed. There is no reason at all why Swansea should not escape further defeat. Now that the All White# have found their feet they are propably the best balanced side in the country. Beynon, by the way. is not at all likely to take the Northern Union bait. I am told that his play was watched by a couple of emissaries on Saturday, but they seem to be wasting their time if Beynon is the only player they are after. # Last season Leicester provided the All Whites with the best game seen at Swansea for yecj-s, Saturday's match was not as good. There were bright passages, and it was a very attractive first half, but the quality of the foot- ball played in the soeond ha.lf waf) not iv, keepii\g with the reputations of the bides. Swa-nsetf, won all the way. They made victory secure before the interval and they kept their line intact after- wards. True to tradition, Leicester were strong forward, but the pack who beat Newport so soundly tpe week be- fore, had the better of the argument this time with the result tLat the Swan- sea backs saw much of the ball- I can- not help flunking that Mr.. Hague, of Cardiff, did much to mar the game as a spectacle, by the freedom with which he whistled. With such a strong wind blowing it was alfnost impossible for the half-backs to throw the ball out straight from touch. The referee, however, night have made allowances instead of condemning the players with that long succession of scrum- mages. There were far too many scrummages in the second half. The crowd resented it, and there were more interruptions from the stand side than I have heard for a long time. Swansea did all their scoring in the first half, when they were playing with the wind at their backs. The Leicester three-quarter line was' disorganised, and the quality of the handling done by their backs left much to be desired. At half-back the English international couple, Wood and Tayior, w-arked hard without meeting with I, much success. I wonder what the Kng- f lish UniOn members who attended i jfcaiuzht about them Ba-psey aud ,uey-, non again worked well together, behind a splendid pack, of forwards. and the wings, Bryn kÆwis and Howel Lewis, were dangejous whenever they got the ball. Tney monopolised the scoring. Bryn Lewis was at his best. Bancroft gave the Vie direct to those who say that he is/ja spent force. As a full-back he is still/in a class by himself. Owen Jenkins and Alf Thomas made some effective bursts, the latter being per- haps the most prominent of the two. Leicester's best three-quarter was Percy Laurie. Pendragon. I WELSH RUCBY CHAMPIONSHIP. I Points. Per- P. W. L. D. P. A. centg Pontypool 25 18 3 4 299 70 80'00 Abertillery.. 23 16 5 2 185 65 73 91 Newport. 24 17 5 1 273 127 72'91 Aberavon. 24 14 4 6 191 49 70'83 Swansea S24 15 5 4 2)9 72 70'83 Penirth 25 17 7 1 :J57 103 70'00 Neath. 25 15 8 2 190 108 61'00 Cardiff 25 14 10 1 194 134 58-00 LlaueBy 20 8 10 2 146 147 45"00 ————— .—————

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