[1] The Dundee Courier of 8 November 1928 ran a damning assessment of the inter-district fixtures this season:[2] RUGBY TRIALS AND THEIR PURPOSE Leading Up to the New Game with " Anglos " By TOUCH JUDGE.

Are these games just what they are called, " representative," or do they fulfil any more serious purpose connected with the discovery and advancement of players for the present or future use of the international team?

Leaving aside the absurdity of selecting team to play after such an interval, during which vagaries of individual form may render it utterly unrepresentative or injuries may entirely alter its composition, Edwards, of Leeds United, who oaptained the victorious English League eleven.

It is, for example, conceivable that Stranraer might be able to give the South as good forward Ross-sfiire has given the North in A. T. Cameron, but unless the telephone is busier than I anticipate on Saturday evening won't get farther than Dumfries.

And there is nothing inherently impossible in Stranraer or the Stewartry being able to provide Scotland with, say, a forward —for polished backs are not found in the outposts.

Coming to this game on Saturday in which are immediately interested, I can hardly see any other result than a substantial victory for the North.

is never wise policy to underrate a foe, especially ono whose calibre is to iargc extent unkrown, but as six of the West Counties side are drawn from Allan Glen's F.P.s we get a general indication of their probable strength from the fact that Dunfermline defatted that club by 33 points to 9.

Without having first-hand knowledge the ith players it is, of course, impossible accurately to forecast what form the combined side will take, but I extremely hopeful that Alan Wilson and Harry Lmd will the halfbacks, that A. W. Wilson and C. H. Brown will form the left wing, and that G. Ritchie, A. C. Bain, and either A. T. Cameron or N. Begg (preferably the first-named) will find places in the pack.