FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.
AN IMPROVED STANDARD. RETURN OF THE AUSTRALIANS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— ' .]■■ •' • ■ ■ Brisbane, March 22. The Wallabies (amateur Rugby team) returned to Australia by the Moana. (Mr. J. McMahon; the > manager,' in an, interview, ; said he was quite satisfied ' with the way the t team had ' acquitted themselves. The j' defeats were due to the unfavourable conditions under , which the matches were played. t' T ' '. ; ,\ ■ ." ' * " ; "_- The standard of British football had considerably■ improved since the visit of the "All Blacks," who caught the ' Britishers on the hop. The;' Wallabies were up against stronger \ teams ■■:. and better footballers all round. • Australians had little to learn from Britain in the way of foot- ; .. ball. ..", ' ' V % ' ' " ; '" ; Concerning , the dispute between England arid Scotland, he. said it .was, caused by the J fear j that as ; a result of ; the large amount made by. the New Zealanders, professionalism ':' would be ' introduced. A colonial team would be well received with- I in two years; but he did not : think an earlier visit would be successful, r f ; :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14016, 23 March 1909, Page 5
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173FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14016, 23 March 1909, Page 5
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