LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1938, Page 2

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

WIGAN’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

i A trip by members of the Wigan I Club in July next year is planned bj' the former secretary of the Queensland Rugby League, Mr Harry Sunderaland, who has just taken up an appointment as secretary-manager of I the Wigan Club. Mr Sunderland’s I first stipulation is that the club rrmst win the Cup final at Wembly. ’He also wants ■ the Australian Board of Control to extend the invitation for the tour. Wigan has already won the Lancashire Cup, but is away. down on the championship list at the moment. Cup conditions are different. One defeat means “out.” Wigan men are dour Cup fighters. Interviewed on arrival at Southhampton on October 24, Mr Sunderland said he would like to take the Wigan team to Australia to play such teams as Eastern Suburbs, Canter-! bury-Bankstown, South Sydney, New-j castle, Toowoomba and Ipswich. | A four-cornered compe'tition be-| tween Wigan and two of the best, clubs in Sydney and the top country

team, he declared, would create tremendous interest. “There are many difficulties t 6 be

overcome,” said Mr Sunderland. “First an official invitation is essential andi then it would have to be sanctioned by the English Rugby League. | • According to an English writer, Mri Sunderland’s terms with Wigan are £4OO a year, plus £3 a win, £2 a draw and 10 per cent, of the season’s profits.