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The Army Navy Match is the annual rugby union match played between the senior XV teams of the Royal Navy and British Army. It marks the culmination of the annual Inter-Services Competition. Although a match was played between the officers of the British Army and the officers of the Royal Navy at Kennington Oval, London on 13 February 1878, it was not until 1909 that the Army Navy Match became an annual fixture, when it was jointly administered by the newly formed Royal Navy Rugby Union (RNRU - 1906) and the Army Rugby Union (ARU - 1906). Since then it has been played every year, with the exception of during the world wars (1914-1919 and 1940–45) when the matches were suspended. The 2013 Army Navy match saw another new record crowd of 72471 watch the Army Navy match which was one of the most compelling ever. The Navy took an early 19 - 0 lead before the Army pegged them back to be all square at half time. The Army then went on to a 43 - 26 victory with their captain, Darrell Ball, being named Man of the Match. This season's match reverts to the first weekend in May and will be played on Saturday 3 May 2014.〔http://navyrugby.co.uk/senior-xv/senior-xv-inter-service-results/senior-xv-v-army/〕 Note: The table of wins on the right does not include the matches of 1905 or 1906. 1907 was the first official Army Navy match played after the formation of the two respective Unions.〔http://navyrugby.co.uk〕 == The First Army Navy game 1878 == The first Army vs Navy game was held on 13 February 1878. A contemporary newspaper ''The Broad Arrow'' gave the following account of the match:
The full version of the report from the Broad Arrow seems to suggest that the correct quote of 'Force the Passage of the Straits' was used.〔http://navyrugby.co.uk/history-of-the-union/historical-events/1878-the-first-first-match/〕 The Army selectors made a generous contribution towards the Navy victory by selecting a Royal Artillery officer, R Bannatyne, as Team Captain. He was serving overseas at the time and received no notification of his selection. As a result he was absent for the game. The situation was further confounded by the fact that another Army player arrived late and missed a good part of the match. The teams were: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Army Navy Match」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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