CHOW FOOTBALLERS.

Grey River Argus, 12 October 1922, Page 6

CHOW FOOTBALLERS.

PLAYING RUGBY. Ti-lAM MAY VISIT NZ. AUCKLAND, October 9. There is a prospect of a team ol Clii:'.e."O Lugby fooibal’ers fn m li-eng Ki.'iig touring the I)\>minion re.r:t season. Efforts are now being made t>» arrange for a loam to play a series cd games in both New Zealand and Australia. The project is more <?r less ‘‘in the air” at present, but it. is stated that an •emissary from New Zealand is in Sydney negotiating with the New South Wales Rugby League, authorities with the object of erra.i - ing the tour. As far as can be m '-ertained, no basis has been established for carrying out the four in New Zealand, but if the negotiations with the New South Wales authorities arc satisfactorily concluded, no doubt details of the scheme will Ire submitted to the New Zealand League for approval or otherwise. Discussing the proposal. Mr C. AlChee, who recently returned from a visit to China, stak'd that ho understood arrangements for a tour woic now being in:;.if. Tin' team would play I undur League rules. Asked to express an opinion as to the standard ol loct- ' 1 in Horg Kong, Air Ah Clic-c sa d is.,- teams he saw in Jlon-g Kong played a fast game, very similar, he thought, to that of the Australian League players. The players wore mostly students and young Kilmws engaged in office wo. . 1 ;. x\ were associated with the Y.M.C.A. The Rugby footballers of Hong Kong, ho adde 1. already had demonstrated their prowess on foreign fields. One team had successfully toured Cali forma, ami another had visited the Straits’ S-tile-ment, and played a series of matches. Both these teams had b-.-en :; cossful that the football authorities <>: their champions against players of th British Dominions, who wore reumyiised as the best •exponents of Ihe Rugby u In th.e ci;cumstances die did not think there ■would be much difficulty in arranging a tour. The C'mm' players would, Mr Ah Choe thought, compare favourably with the New/am landers in physique. Some of the backs he had seen j-iaying were perhaps a shade on the light side, l. :l they were fast and tricky, and Lad -d i d the passing game to :t high standard. Foul hall in Hong Kong, snul M r Ab. Choo, was purely on an amateur l a: u ami was played as a reerea! imi. im! m a busines--. Thu you: g m u wh > played the game were of good standing, and belonged to tli? advanced :-uho< I , of Chinese, who assimilated the m >sl progressive ideas of Western civilisation. In the event of a football tom being arranged, lie said, th-) visi’ should prove highly educative to both visitors and the people of the Dominion. LONDON,’ Oclober 10. Arrival—At P nm-'.-i. I.micrii Moon; I‘apartur< s, from (’o’.o.i. Port Denison;