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- FOOTBALL NOTES AND i,NEWS.

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FOOTBALL NOTES AND NEWS. Blackheath at West Ham. LONDON WELSH 6 points BJ \t KHEATH 5 points The London Welsh, on Saturday last, felt that they had at last reached the pinnacle of fame in the Rugby world, by entertaining the Black- heath XV on their own ground, at West Ham. The clubs had met twice previously at Blackb.eath, and on each occasion the men of Gwalia had been returned victors-in 1906 by 13 points to 7, and March, 1907, by 15 points to 4. The game of last Saturday had long been looked forward to by the home supporters as idne of the Tit Bits" of the season, but three things mitigated against their hopes being realised: 1st, the heavy rain of Friday night and Saturday morning, which made the turf frightfully heavy and quite against the Welsh style of play 2nd, the hurricane which blew all through the afternoon; and 3rd, the refereeing of Mr. Andrews was of the most biassed description that it has been my lot to witness for many a long day. He continually penalised the Welsh forwards, either for feet up in scrum or off-side play, when there was no shadow of irregularity on their part, and on one occasion he blew his whistle when a try for the Welsh was certain but for what reason, it was beyond me to fathom while the try given to Blackheath was quite out of order, as Maddocks had already touched the ball down for a minor before Chambers fell on it. Really, it is a great pity that gentlemen appointed to referee these big games in London cannot go on to the field to do their duty for both sides without in the least being antagonistic to one side or the other. This is not the first game this season that the Welsh have suffered from biassed refereeing, and it has already cost them one victory. Instead of a crowd of about 5,000, about 500 turned up to see the game, which, from the first, became a forward game. Black- heath had slightly the better of it in the tight, but the Welsh were too good for them in the open, and some splendid dribbles were put in by Dobson, Harding and Jenkins, while J. F. Williams played a very fine game, his fast following up in the first half being responsible for the first try, scored by Maddocks. Near the end of the first half, the Club" forwards came away with a good burst, and took the ball over the line, but although Maddocks touched it down, the referee awarded a try to them, Chambers being the scorer Hill converted. During the second half the Welsh kept pegging away in the Blackheath half of the field, and after many fruitless attempts on their part to score, Harding made a great dribble, and when near the 25, kicked hard to the left, with the result that sprinter Neagle had no difficulty in scoring the win- ning try for the Welsh, amidst tremendous cheering from the crowd present. Black- heath made a brave attempt near the end to score again, but the Welsh defence was very sound, and they kept their line intact during the second half. The final score was:- London Welsh, 2 tries Blackheath, 1 goal. ? Evans, Maddocks, Gabe, Jones and Saunders, of the Welsh backs, did excellent work, while all the forwards did grandly. Chambers, Cooper, Portus, Hill, Cave and Newbold appeared to be- the best of the heathens," who struggled hard for victory. Next Saturday, Richmond will be the guests of the Welsh at West Ham. Kick- oN 2.30 sharp. WELSH FORWARD.

IOLO MORGANWG AS A SOCIALIST.

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