FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17193, 9 November 1923, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

I THE RUGBY GAME. ENGLISH TOUR. Pan Press Association. WELLINGTON. November P I A special meeting of the New Zealand) Ruyby Union this evening decided to ac- ! tept an invitation from the English Bushy I l nion to play a series of matches in I Britain and two m France. The terms ! agreed upon are:—Team to leave New < /.ealand end of July, 1921. arriving England in September; one week's rest- play thirty matches, twenty-eight in Britain j an.l two in France; one week’s rest he- | tween thet teet matches. The players I will receive no allowance. ! The English Union declined the New Zealand Union's suggestion that three i shillings per day be allowed. Though not ° facially «tated this may hare the effect o: limiting the choice of players to single aJ “ :> believed that the itiner--Bt'viand, Wales and {rela'ifd. I™'*’ 1 ™'*’ Kns,arjd ’ GIFT VETOED. *3* Telegraph- Press Asso< iation- Copyright Australian and N.Z Cable Association. LONDON, November last rear the, Newport Rugby Football ’ib. as a mark of the team's remarkable record, made orifra to the player*, with ♦he Weleh Rugby Union? consent. The Scottish Rugby Union has now created a foothall sensation by informing Neil Mac. Thereon, ex nptain of the Newport team, that unless be returns tbo gift* he mav not be considered again in Scotland, for ho has played six times.