FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 10 December 1910, Page 16

FOOTBALL.

! ' I Wigan were defeated by Widnee re-' ■ cently, and in commenting on the match an English writer, says:—From forwards to full-back there did not appear i<o be a weak spot in the visiting contingent, j whilst on the home side the only men who came out of the struggle with credit were the New Zealanders, Todd and Seeling. . Neither before nor since the days of' the Maoris has any club in the Rugby football world done what Pontypool has done thie season. Cardiff, Newport, Neath, and Llanelly have each fallen be-; fore them, whilst on the 6th of next month we are looking with eewne surt of; awe •to their meeting_ with Swansea. If the "All White" be defeated, then, indeed, shall" our awe be mixed with bewilderment, for such a record has never before been in Wales. Yet lam told that Pontypool have attained their position by no mere fluke, and that they are really as good a side ac their record ■ would make them 'Out.to .'be. Really and truly I hope this is co, for then the ] days of the autocracy of the big clubs' will be numbered, and with Pontypool j will doubtless follow up other clubs, and I the days of the League will commence, and with them equal representation for all clubs.—"Soyth Walian." The secretary of the New South Wales Rugby League received the following cable from Mr. Platt, hon. secretary of the Northern Rugby Union, England:— "Committee anvito you send Australasian team next season." ' Ac* cording to the press cables a N*w South Wales, as distinct from ah Australasian team, woe invited. The official c"able, however, is sure to be correct. It means that the team Will foe drawn from New Zealand and Queensland, as well as New South' Wales.' The matter will be considered at a meeting of the general committee of the League. Should the team 'be Australasian, it is probable that a big football carnival between the States and' Dominion will be held before the selection of players to visit England is made.—(Exchange.)