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Gain Tie At Windsor

They almost got It Friday
afternoon against the Windsor club
from the suburbs of London.
Playing in front of historic Windsor
Castle, ancestral home of the
Queen, the Cavaliers continued
their habit of putting out their
finest efforts immediately after
hitting town. Windsor pulled the
game out, 11-6, but not until the
Cavaliers had had the tying try
called back for an infraction.

Despite the close call, Windsor
proved to be one of the best hosts
of the tour, and the Virginians
responded with one of their finest
efforts. Inside back Courtney
Hoopes set a Windsor Club record
for chugging a yard of ale, despite
his lack of familiarity with the
British national chugging drink,
Tartan Bitter. The Cavaliers were
also introduced to the ultimate
extension of the British national
preference for baths over showers -
communal tubs in which the club
was invited to cleanse itself of the
day's soil.

The first victory for the A squad
finally came the next day against
Osterley, another suburban London
club, Perhaps because they were
not too impressed with the Virginians'
touring record, or because
they had also scheduled a match
with a touring Welsh club for that
day, the Osterley men sent their
second side out against Virginia,
and the Cavaliers responded by
shellacking them 32-8, scoring early
and often. And the Welsh squad
made it a miserable day for the
home side as they also won. Most
of the team topped the day off
with a visit to the London production
of Hair.