ENGLISH LEAGUE TEAM.
REPLY TO CAPTAIN’S CRITICISM. press Association—Electric Telegraph-Copyright (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, Wednesday.' Mr. Miller, secretary of the Rugby League, replying to Mr. Wagstaffe, states that at a farewell dinner Mr. Wagstaffe said the football had been hard, but undoubtedly the better side had won. Both the managers and Mr. Thomas (vice-captain) spoke similarly.. Mr. McMahon, the referee, denied that the spirit of the rules had been ignored. The matches had been played the same as matches were always played in Sydney; If the Englishmen were barracked they courted it by their continual talk and looking for fight.
(Mr. Wagstaffe, Captain of the English team, in an interview, said the spirit of the rules was often ignored in order that play could be speeded up and made more spectacular, lie regretted that the' spirit' of sportsmanship was not shown either by the spectators or a section of the Press - when the British won the test.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14240, 21 October 1920, Page 5
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