FOOTBALL
AUSTRALIANS BEAT WIDNES, HOME PLAYERS WEAR MITTENS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 26. The Australian Rugby League team beat Widnes by 31 points to nil, after leading 13 to nil at half-time. The weather was so cold that nearly all the Widnes backs wore mittens. English County Matches. In the county Rugby mateh, Monmouthshire beat Glamorganshire by 10 points to 6. INTER-EMPIRE RUGBY. SIR THOMAS WILFORDS SUGGESTION. United Press Association—By Electric i Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 26. Sir Thomas Wilford, speaking at a luncheon at which Lord Mottistone, formerly General Seeley, announced j the building of an Indoor sports arena I at Wembley, said he would like to set . an inter-Empire Rugby championship j played there. He expressed the opinion \ that New Zealand would assuredly j enter, and therefore Sir Thomas understood the British Union was not j opposed to the idea.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19632, 28 October 1933, Page 19
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