FOOTBALL.

Mataura Ensign, 22 March 1909, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

HETI'UX UF THE " WALLABIES." Received March 22, 10.30 «.ui. HHI,SHANE, Mmvli 22. I lio "Wallabies" (Australian amateur Kugliy footballers) returned b.vth* -Monnii from their tour of Ureat'Britain. 'Uh* manager *ti the team in an interview stated tluit lie was quite satislied with tlu« way tin* team bad acquitted themselves." Their defeat# mix largely duo to the unfavorable conditiuns undci which the men ulaved. Tin* standard of British lootball had considerably improved since the visit of the "All Blacks," who caught tbo Britishers "011 the. hop." Tli© "W»l----labies" met stronger teams and bettor i football was played all round. TheAu»tralians ho considered had little to learn from Ureal Britain in the war of toot ball. Coiiei'ininK the dispute between Kliabind and N<otland, Mr Macmalioii said II WHS caused by the fear that a* * result o| the larpo amount made by •New Zealand's professional plovers professionalism would bo introduced. ■Mr Maciiiahon thinks a colonial leanr will b» will received in Great Britain "ithin two years' time, but lie considers ;ni earlier visit would be unsu< tessful.