AT AN END.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13656, 27 July 1908, Page 4

AT AN END.

To-day New Zealand bids farewell to the members of ' the Anglo-British fuotbj.ll. team, which landing at Wellington tuvrurds the end of May last-, lakes its depart tiro from Auckland this afternoon to 'enter upon the last'; stag© of ira: lour. in. the southern seas./It is not our plaeo in this column to critically rovie>v the doings of our visitors so'far'as; theyjit|oct' the,gaine.'. ExperW in football can be left to .draw their own conclusions, which may «nd' iio doiibb will, embrace lessons tha'b ■■will; 'boi of much interest:to the younger" gcnenilion of New/ Zealuiideiis. It is refreshliig'us ti •keynote to tali© the brief tfejuwik Jiiado by the genial 'manager of' ille-BiitislieVs > that, socially, the', lour has b&n success, and that the parting takes with it the most pleasant sof memories. As u> tutiring team, ,\ho visitors' haye'/won. ; nine niatclies, lost eeveni and played one drawn game. This is not aly'all, or' discreditable, record,, for ,■ ji team that was' not fully representative. ;of Ife ..Old Country. It was, •however, shown throughjut that New ZculaiidV beat 1 prb.viiiciul players were more "than' ii match 'Tor'Harding and his compaiicfris; uiid ' tlio i,hree so-called great tusts,further showed that New Zealand was iiiueh superior to any British touring team. Thab this-was so, was matter for rejoicing, and goes to show that New Zealandcrs are more than worthy (descendants of a people, that excel in outdoor sports. Such sporte,it Las, been said Lave rather too strong u, hold upon the younger generation of colonials, ■ and the manager of the British team has. goilo so" far as to say .that, football is to a religion out here. Wo are 'among those, who wish well to recreation among young people, for the hour for play must bare a beneficial effect on those who takai part in it. - , . . ■