RUGBY FOOTBALL
Written by D.R. Gent
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited
in 1932
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RUGBY FOOTBALL
Written by D.R. Gent.
Stock no. 1328421
1st.
1932.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
The Aldin Series. Foreword by Walter T. Pearce. Illustrated with b/w photographs specially taken for this work. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing to textblock.
Front cover
Contents
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER I
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME
- CHAPTER II
- THE GAME BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR
- CHAPTER III
- THE GAME TODAY - SOME WEAKENESSES
- CHAPTER IV
- REFEREEING AND MY "BEST EVER" SIDE
- CHAPTER V
- TACKLING AND SOME GREAT TACKLERS
- CHAPTER VI
- DRIBBLING AND RUSH-STOPPING
- CHAPTER VI
- PASSING THE REVERSE PASS
- CHAPTER VIII
- FORWARD PLAY THE "HOOKING" NUISANCE
- CHAPTER IX
- FORWARD PLAY - LINE-OUT WORK AND SCRUMMAGING
- CHAPTER X
- "WING" FORWARDS AND THEIR PLAY
- CHAPTER XI
- SOME GREAT HALFBACKS: THE SCRUM HALF AS A "PASSER-OUT"
- CHAPTER XII
- HALFBACK PLAY - THE SCRUM HALF IN DEFENCE
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE OUTSIDE, OR STAND-OFF HALFBACK
- CHAPTER XIV
- THREEQUARTERS - CENTRES IN PARTICULAR
- CHAPTER XV
- WING THREEQUARTERS
- CHAPTER XVI
- FULLBACK PLAY AND SOME GREAT FULLBACKS
- CHAPTER XVII
- WHAT FULLBACK PLAY CONSISTS OF
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE ART OF CAPTAINING A SIDE
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE GAME IN THE SCHOOLS
- CHAPTER XX
- THE GAME IN BRIEF