THE ENGLISH TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.
BRISBANE, July 20. The English footballers defeated 'Maryborough by 27 points to 8.
July 22. The match between the English football learn and Australia, played here, resulted in r>~ wiu for England by 11 points to nil. The Knglish team had the advantage of a strong wind in the first half, and after a hard half hour's fight .Ayre-Smith scored a try, which Adamson failed to convert. In the second half, contrary to expectation, England kept the game entirely confined to tho forwards, despite Australia making desperate efforts to opeu it up. Tho local backs played badly, and allowed the English team to add to the ecore.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2369, 27 July 1899, Page 43
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