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Harvard dominated in certain areas in the A game, noticeably the scrum, but the game was decided in the backfield...
London won almost every scrum with superior technique and an excellent hooker. And according to DeMatteo, its "kicking game was phenomenal." They kept the ball from the Crimson running backs and consistently kicked it over the back line...
Wing forward Carl Esterhay set up the winning tri (worth 4 points) scored by Walter Herbert. Moving from a scrum, Esterhay intercepted a pass in the Columbia back line leading to the scoring drive. Jim Durham rounded out the Harvard scoring with a 3 point field goal...
Actually, the embattled particpants of this rumble use their feet attempting to feed the ball to a "scrum half" who flings it to a back. The back line, spread diagonally behind the ball carrier as a formation of seagulls or rather as a wedge of football players, swarms upfield as the ball is flung, always backwards, towards the sideline...
Late in the second half, the ruggers mounted a final drive deep into Bulldog territory. Awarded a scrum on Yale's five-yard line, the Harvard forwards drove over the ball, getting it out to the backs, who passed quickly down the line, out to the wing, but just as the ball was carried over the goal line, the referee ruled that the ball had been illegally passed forward and whistled the play dead...