As the Game has no rules, tactics were imaginative, with the goal being stolen at one point. This year’s contest was described as “vigorous” and players came from as far away as Australia to take part. Following last year’s public roww over the score, featured in the letters pages of the Observer, the results of the Game this year were fixed in advance at red 8, blue 6, yellow 6. But for the record, the goals scored were actually blue 5, red 4, yellow 3.