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IN THE WORLD OF SPORT I Lessons of Defeat-Walts Miss I Trew Badly Changes Called for t Ajaiast Scotland England I Win on Me-r-.ts The Need for I a Skirmishing Forward-—Fill-1 man's Opportunity — How he I lariea 14 ic Aceoust— Llaaellya iiepressaiati yb a buccsss. (.B Y :PE\ DR.\(OX.I Vv hen the "cEll team u, Oppose Scotland is pioayi.t next ednvad&y eveni ng thci<> will probabiy be .some j drastic changes. Ii the selectors c<- not take iuto oonstcer&tvon the merix>. or a lew 01 the backs connected J vitn West aics Club& they will crease a storm or criticism lor the H) called i "ttars 01 Cardiff and Newport have I b&?n u?ct! and iotind v anting. The ccbcr day, Mr. H?m?i;. Stuart, a critic who h<m .seen nearly every Inter- nat;o"- ?att? durwg th? hf..? n'.<?nty jv.trs, urgou tival Wale- had r.uido a mistake in not taking advantage ol the genij; oi hew. utterance was prophetic; lot the Principalit\ iwre • beaten on Saturday not only because { tue ability ot somt 01 111(: selected men had been over-rated but because i thev were Ixidiy m u rs i iailed. Trew 1.> I a great leader. A famous Welsh in- j t,ui-i.iatl,uiizt' T-GICL nie the other day that j t!; na capta.!ik could w'?i matches i by ins prc'-ene? tU'?r?.. because of the v. o u: it: iA t' I c li he inspired j confidence. But quite apart from this he is iai f/om being- a spent force ae> a I pii';yor. One would not lik to say that he it as good a.s ever, but it can safely ( be urged thai. is still a. better back [ than any man. who operated ia the ill- starred Welsh back < vimou aira.1 na, i Rr-grlanti. -A ud a bove ali he is a b-orn i^lei Oi tocc.  '? C.'I' ?.191-? The last time, prior to Saturday, that V. ales lost a match with England on %as a Swansea. England had never 00[01'0 j -Engian(i 'iiad iiei,.er bt-ro:-o j uta«c hixtorv in add.-tioi. to \i inning o't tLetj 1l1erlL, A!t'c"thcp?)n<;?)Ui j the Springbok.- the Welsh team Wel-e discussed us a strong, resolute lot. JorwurcL- who could scrummage- j honestly. There were weak spots aud j we all expoeted to see changes. These did not materialise, but F-ert then it "was thought that Wales, even though j they did not appear fct, be a great side. I "would be good enough < o beat England, j This contention >\ fus based on the uiet i th:n. the Springboks cieleated England with compilative caw. and also upon the power or environment. But Wales J had been I uhe air. The team suffered by comparison every- where w'th the exception of Geen's wing. The Oxonian made so me mis- takes. but speaking generally be was far and awav the best of our backs. THE MORAL Of IT. I We can prune by experience. Welsh I football is not what it used to be, and international matches can never be won unless the best material is brought into play. One of the lessons derived from' Saturday's defeat was that- the Welsh I Union made a mistake in ignoring the I claims o dH Swansea Ciuh. The AH Whites have an unbeaten certificate. They have defeated Newport (twice) and Cardiff. Why then, should the backs of these two eastern clubs be given the preference over men who have repeatedly beaten their defence? "Why wen Y. W. Birt and W. Spiller re- included' when they were admittedly failures against the Birt has never yet done well in an international match. He was had on Saturday, but Spiller v, a. worse. The C'ardiffian might have enabled Wales to penetrate the defence on two occasions had he iipen less selfish. His tendency to hold on was one of the most aggravating "J I io features of a disappointing game. The quality of the hack play made one blush I for the reputation or Welsh football. It was quite impossible to get enthusi- astic. and the crowd had nothing to ap- plaud except the excellence of the work done by the opposition. POCLTOX'S DAY OUT. I It has often been said oi R. W. Poul- ton that he is, on his day, a class by himself as a centre three-quarter. Well. Poulton had a "day out" against Wales. Qu ite apart from his dropped goal, he was the oui.vtanding figure of the game | •—the man whose bursts and clever side steps made the Welsh centres look hope- lessly at sea. Lowe had little to do, because Stentbiel. like Spiller, seemed disinclined to pctrt with the ball. The best wing on the ground was, to my mind. Gieen. He s howed an ing, turn of speed, which w.u in striking I' contrast to the slowness of some of his coUfagup.s. \'i!? worked hard enough, i ùm his p!:?y Sacked finish. H? was no doubt ha.adirapppd by the forwards, who were much too slow to be of anv great service in the open. Wales did not scrummage well either. The out- standing men of the pack were J. Mor- gan, of i iineliv, Giyn Stephens and Perry .Jones. Many people appeared to be wondering who the first-named was. The Llanellyite, distinguishable by bis I auburn locks, was a perfect glutton for work. His place against Scotland should be secure. ERE OP OF JUDGMENT. It was i.n error of judgment on the purl of the Welsh Union not to have picked a ?kirm?hing to:ward -someone to cope with the wily Pillman. A simi- is.- blunder was made on (be first oeca- I (;I; ci)e !ir. I; ended in defeat, and the result; showed the fallacy oi' making a man like Ivor Morgan bury himself in the scrummage so long as Piliman was t?.?. Pillman scored a try i,n Sstur-j d;,y. Ho peri lously near go: tins, ano-her two. Arid 'h?i').?nT. i?).u h iouad in the Tact that there was no- body there to stop him. With Ivor Morgan <>ui ot the running, Tom Siam:- oi "t Poiisiord. of Aberavoti, v,ot:id 'nave been just the man to; .the job air-. ,*hou!<l have met attack by counter-attack, fn other wor d s, wit h. Kagiami playing the wing forward g.a'nc.lh?\ should have don? something t" checkmate them. Had Trew been there h?ve no doubt that he would have had a forward out to stiffen the defence when things were no: going nht. "Bobby" ? Dij?m?, ?t idi-hack. was ?tter fhnn against the Alricaus. and H W. Thomas kicked and tackled splendidly. J'was not his tai-dt that things did not go right with his side. Plumm^r was not .-o good as i:-ua!. But when everything is taken iiuo account, it has to be confessed that the great weakness was at centre three- quarter. Here W ale-; wers let down badly. International matches at C'ar- diff do not draw the crowds that xhey u-ed :<> do. I ground has been im- piovcd. ?utth??'ihHcwo?'.?othpro. Tney appear to prefer Swansea to Car- d;'i as a Rugby centre. SCOTT;H XV. V. WALKS. l:d:JbEr;;ht (.:1 ::atul'day e'ning- fol- ic vi :he trial jnat-'h at I I t b. the S Union select,eri tli43 follov.ins: team 1.<.> <-i!i):<se ^ilcs at Inverlitb ou Feb. 1;- W. M. Dickson (Ox..d I;ni-oersity); W, A. Stewart t.i»ndon JlofpitaK K. K. Gordon iRoyal Artiilory), A. W. Aiiprus 'toiryc-mnn*), and A.N. Other; Brui'e Lockhart Jouion Sc?rHfh' and i' AtHroy ?V?t.&on:a?s.: F-h Turner C. H. Aber'.?'?mbi? tUni'cd S??ic?'). C. -M. lhe\ Cnu? tjerv L. R?hK-r:on i London Sc?t?i'b'. I D. Ji. Bain (vixford UrÜ'nit), J'.D.JHc'?i€(K)rkcaldy;. P. C. E. Biair ?Cambridge Univet»hy>. and J. M. £.J (i: ¡ii nhurgj¡ A';ul(1"1.:('aJ,-i. Turner will W if. the <nlj n^w eap. T?{??iKtb?? liii'e*line 16 o<?u? kept open OT .f. lÙ (Cambridge (Jnn'ere?y), ii he is fii. in trme. MO V LL Kfl. í Mr. Y. B. Wilson in th£ Daily Mirror — Om: yaitK-niariy pled.sunr thinh about the game laitai- be reocrded. Tne IVeleh snp- pot-tors, ai'tei- it was all over, were prac- 11<XJ.lly unanimous in admitting that t.De j better suit- woo. and t ne Welftju pa.pe»—or 1 eaw~ saul that it was no fluke," shows the leal spirit for Wales ox- pected to w in. and win decisively. Aad natuially. hoglaiut ha-v-e never lieeten Wales at Carriifl. The- poi&onous conditione —thouea the giouml ha« been drained it i waG In patches 1ik« a black lmseea ovei a. ae rn surface--were supposed to be all in fa.vour 01 W al. Again. Wales were only lieatcn by ;(Hl'll Africa by a stupid penalty goal, and to have kicked j .nt ttiemsslvee 111 the lJlï. ha if and made a j difew of it; while tnahaJid were be.iten bv I 9 pointe. And, furtfier. the Kuglii-h for- wards liarl failed to stay to tbe, tLtiisLh against, the Sourh Afrir-ans at Twickenham, wnereas waits had four-fifths of the Inst twenty minuies against the South African-s at Carditt. The crowd took their defeat, splendidly, and it rnit-; be said Quite can- ¡ didly, tha.t if ltlwr tude had the betier j hwk in th? rf.Íeli!1 it wa?? ?u?I?nd.r. j S. Cra wford mad« some mbe.La?e<- of course. Bat how, in that blinding ram. he managed j to lake the game a quarter part as well a-s I he dm 1 cannot conceive. it was generally conceited to be a wonderful performance on hit, part, and there were many hundreds I who would iiktr to tell him 60, Of couree we had a ehocKin? anxious tline watching tha.t first half. Wales kb-ked off with the rain and the wind at their bacte. Why i-.nsland did not. tolir, the opposite end nobouy tyre-med toO kdDW. It, turned out. ail nght, but the ta-"ti«> eeemed curious. a TREW HAD 15HEX THERE ] ?arly D? ih€ crttic-A ujpec tn? need lor It ,f Ni,1. '1 re?,v thie ui7(), D, Forward &f the ? œtenl Mai" Aayf Wales was b<.ídyill n?d cl a, le?d?r on Saturday, and Trew's serous a& a director I oi operations wouic. have been an invaiR- i K.bl«j iwciet to Wales. He i¡;, ()r: of the f(w 1 rren who can possibly t>o picked t, go to Scotland who lias any experience of inter- | national foot bah ai lnverl-fc;th. and what bo I doct-nt know about Scottish ta^-t;(» is not worth knowing. 1 shall not, be the lenet curprised ray suguwH/ior. itoet iwr- com- iiseud itself the L Hicn Comciiiuee, but r I make :t in all st-r!OUc;ifri in the full belief thai it would b., the best. c of aottou I in the circumstances. On :>a:urday't> form i did not merit le-eeiection. and I am quite prepared tee see his place given to Hirat, wr.il' itowei IAwiE may bc. brought in to till the gap caused by the transference | of iieen to the centre." ) LACK OF LEAHLliSIilP. I lr. Ilatntsii btuart- saysEngland s vic- tory was i surprise, yet it was thoroughly detcrved. Eng-lynd were quite as much at j heme—iud<.eu. more w-on the mud as W ales, wiiii: they took their chances in a j way that <annot he clain.ed for the Welsh- j men. The Welsh "jdi' seemed to me to lad; leadership. indeed the presence of Trew j would have mad* muh difference. E ii la ud Wéf"O superior in their methods. This applies particularly io the backs, whose passing was superior to that of the Welsh backs, while their handling was much more accurate. England were the faster side in all positions tiane the left wing (Deen), of the third line, and their superior pa^e was always ia evidence in spile of the mud. Johnston played a great game at full-back lor England, and. so far as I could sec, j never made the shadow of a mistake. i Williams, on the other hand, was unequal, ] though he did much good work. The Eng- i lish three-quarters were the cleverer and raster line individually, and seemed quite unaffected by the environment. The V,elsh tbr«-<iiia rt'-rs did not make un for their individual inferiority by collective superi- ority. Tin-y were a. very disap- pointing line. 0*eeu heing. much the best. Thomas was unequal, and he and V >.le failed to assert the superiority ex- peeled over Cbeesoman and Da-vies. j RADICAL CHANGES CALLED FOR. I Oid St.azei- 77 in the South Wales Daily 'I Newt; rl'h] mutch should give the Welsh selectors pa-use. 1 think tticy can- not help making radical change*. It was J not a ca.^e of tuck being <ni(, but of a side ( failing to >• !ise expectation. Individually the e.lfih players played herd. and there was no example of a inait ii>L' his side's success—they were not the men to maintain the prestige of Welsh ff.ntn:ill, a on le.sson should ro home to the ^alectoir, that players, good individu- ally. may be rlaved tcio cifrt-u. and that eure must be exercised in the blending to- gether of the sections of a, team so that if one lype of game is checkmated there must be men nn the side with the necessary ability to direct, their colleague*, on a euoces.-fui tack." CONDITIONS FAVOURED WALLS. j ne Sunday (jtirorucle. —For the fi I me and for the first, time in Cardiff. Kr.gia.ntl had the satisfaction of beating Wale^. Ibeir victory wa« most, emphatic, for aftei- holding tho Welshmen in the first, half they proceeded to outpJay !h opposition in th??, FN'ond period, beat- ing tnem for? and ;Q¡r under eooditjons vb ir'a were aItogetber more favourable to Wo I-E-, than to England. "rj?yf'? W??y.' Hn?Iard's great triumph fv?r a team whkh few Kn?Ii?hmen had the hardihood to fancy would be beaten wa« thoroughly deserved in every respeot. lore and aft England hail the pull I in .individual work and combination, but It was the magnificent, work of the, English I forward.. that paved the way to success. THE GATE." I Saturday's crowd was. roughly. 20,000, or about .\000 more than wi. ne,d the South Africans v. Wales. This, of course, is mn?h  below average. <l'EMS. 1 Th? Wcl?h tjnicn ba?e bn asked to appoint the referee for the England trance match aL Twickenham on Saturday next. f>!ani|A.mlet met Mynynrlbach for the John Davies' Cup, ai.u after ar even and sti-euuous the homesters just managed to win by a dropped goal to nil. At present i .Lla.llarulet are me holders of the tiophy. i I

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