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in the second, after holding the university to 1–0 at half-time, but having to play an hour of the match with ten men after
Nicholls broke his collarbone. The crowd of 4-500 was considered "very small" and blamed on the "intense cold", as it contrasted with the 6,000 at the Lower Grounds the
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rules, but, after the death of Wilcox in a match against Derby Rugby Club in March 1876, refused to engage any further such fixtures.
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