FOOTBALL TOURISTS.
IMPRESSIONS OF AUSTRALIA. 1 TXWDOX. October 17. L ' Ttip Northern Union footballers wlio 5 toured Australia and New Zealand have v arrived at Plymouth. A representative *■ of the Australian Press Association c interviewed the manager, Mr. Wilson, '" who said that the tour was a gigantic 3 success from the sporting, financial, and " social points of view. Everyone was '" very kind. The game was faster than S at Home, as the rules were not so strictly d interpreted, fc-everal players complained of the linesmen and referees favouring the Australians, and also of the barracking of the crowds. Mr. Wilson has been elected secretary of the Northern Union. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) \
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 249, 18 October 1920, Page 5
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