Rugby Notes Season 1923

We have had a very full fixture card this    season, but   have, unfortunately, been    able    to     arrange only   one 1st  XV  inter-school    match, that against Clays more, but the second XV and Colts have both been able to arrange   School    fixtures.   It   was unfortunate   that   owing to the   frost we had to cancel the match against   Bristol University and the return of the second XV against Osborne House School, but these were the only two. The main difficulty this term has been the composition of the first game, there being   a   big   difference    between   that and the other games.  The first Yeovil match  showed promise of  a  good   fifteen.   This  hope   has   not been   realized.     The   high-water  mark was reached when we ran   the   United Services to one try   when at  home to them. After this match it looked as though our fortunes had turned, but we failed to   gain   an   easy  victory   over   Yeovil in the return by sheer lack of staying power   and    dash.     The   Tank   Corps brought  down only an average fifteen, but it provided a good game to watch. Of   the    Clays more  match   something has been written below. In the return with   the   Trojans   at   Swathing  the School   was unfortunate and   the   score is by   no   means representative   of  the run of the play; there was far more life among the   three-quarters. Another difficulty that has confronted the team   has been the   composition of the   three-quarter    line, of  which   the tackling   has   been  very   weak   all  the term. The Lower School has been divided into “Leagues”; a   Colts    game and first   game  have   also   been  arranged, and a “pick-up” for those who had not gained a place in any of the other games.     Occasional “form “and other matches have been arranged, but these have    been  somewhat handicapped by" epidemics " of colds.