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• . 1 . * . ■ ■ . , THe Durand challenge c\ip for football has beenwon this year by :the Royal Dragoons, who, iri the final match, played at Simla on the 25th ;uit., defeated the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment by one goal to nothing. Lord! and Lady Curzon were among the spectators; and; when piny was over* the Viceroy made a speech in Which he laid claim tosome. experience as an old football player who hadbroken both a shoulder and an arm, in the game: t • * ’ , • **«,**His Excellency also had special reasons for congratulating the victorious team, as it included Captain Lambert, one of his aidts-de-camp. After a. speechfrom the Military Member, Sir Edmond Elies, who i* • - • * * • •. * * • •• .' * , , •jfor the last ten years has given a cup to the win-1nin? team, Lady; Curzon distributed the prices—the' Durand Cup, which cap only be held for a year; a second cup, which can be retained if a regiment carrier it off three years in succession ; and.the military : members* cup. The Durand football tournament was instituted, by the British Ambassador *to the United States, in 1888, when he was Foreign Secretary to theGovernment of India, and*as ardent, if not quite;sofrequent, a player as when hie was at Blackheath. This is' the ninth time in eighteen years that the cup has been Won by a single goal. In 1893-95 the Highland Light Infantry won three years in succession, and the same feat-.was accomplished by the Black Watch in 1897-9. ..This year, for the: first time, on record, a cavalry regiment has not only competed, but come off a winner.
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London Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Oct 23, 1905
Page 10
Full Page
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Arnab S.
USA 15 May 2023
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