DEPARTURE OF BRITISH FOOT- BALLERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 261, 28 July 1908, Page 9

DEPARTURE OF BRITISH FOOTBALLERS.

TWO MEN' FALL'OVERBOARD, i ' (ox TELEGBAriI—PBrSSvAS'SOCIATIbN.) . ... . !i;; ; A^qHj^nd (^uij:,; 27.,,,;, The British football lwro; this evening for .-Sydnoy "Jy" tKo-Ts.V ; Yiofbriav Vassall missed the boat,: audi will .g0..t0. iWefc. lington, leaving therej-.by steamer] oi}. Friday; for Sidney. Prior tp. deiiar'ture,*-the team were entertained"ktt "a "farewell function .by tho officials" of tho. Neji'.: Zealand Rugby Union. Mr. ,D. G'^ljahpf,',onbehalf of tho New Zealahd:team i .whjcli.i>laje:l.in tho third test match, presented-Mr'..A.','Hard-ing, captain of the British, teaW,TffUK^" : gold cigarotte-case. Tho of,jthc Now v Zealand team ivas. greatly'' appreciated'. liy. Mr.*. Harding aud, his, comrades.:.'..':.': j"'.' iV-.'.' A. somewhat-sonsational;;.iric;derit j ocqiirred just as .tho Victoria'was. leaviiig this evening with tho Britisli:f6ptballers.: One of,tho latter, who was'.leariihg.'.'ovef :the J rail of tho steamer Ho shake,Vharicls with. , oho; of , tho Auoklanders, fell, oyerbpfxi'd., _ JnjtantJy. two of the Auoklanders jumped in arid; ono of them caught hold ,of hiiri'.Ropes were at once thrown, and tho threo .men were hauled up on to tho wharf. .. .Just, then,.another of the English team fell oyorboard, arid. two more, it is believed, went into the water after hira. He was rescued' with one of those who went after him.., .It,is, stated,.that the third man when coining up the rope fell back into tli g water. Tho police-were dragging in the vicinity up to a lato hour to-ujght, but with-1 out result. All.the Englishmen avo afceounted for, bccause beforo the "steamer -left a muster, on deck was mado.. ••i