FOOTBALL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12583, 2 October 1908, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

AUSTRALIANS DEE'EAT GLOUCE-sr'iit.

LONDON, Octo-jcr i. The WallahW defeated Gloucebtiißnire by two goals and two- tries to nil.

THE LATE R. G. DEANS.

(Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 1. The smoke concert in connection with the presentation, of trophies* by the Canterbury Rugby Union, which was to have been held to-morrow evening, has been postponed indefinitely on account of the death of Mr R. G. Deans.

Mr. Fred Ja«kson, one of the best, i£ not the be«t; forward in the British Rugby team, is- not enamoured of the Nortiij crn Union game, and opines' that it wilf not 1 prove so attractive as its supporters •andf admirer* think. "I have seen a loi^ of Northern Union games,' remarked Jackson -to the writer, 'and the Rugby Union game; if played well, is far ahead -os it, What i» required in the Baigby Union game is a modification of tie' rules and intelligence to play it.' There is the 1 matter in a nutshell. In Australia (writes "The Cynic," in the Sydney Referee) the movement to improve Rugby Ka« • not taken definite shape as- in New Zealand, largely, I think, for two reasons^ — one thatr the average Australian player is not yet by any means^ equal to the average New Zealander as a. football thinker, and the other that there are many players not enamoured with the Northern Union game", and somewhat prejudiced by its , atmoßphere. The success of the Northern Union game in -Sydney will depend^ on^ its management. So farthe spectacular side of the game — when pJayed by representative teams — has appealed to the public, though it has so far not weakened public support to the old game. There has been considerable faultfinding with the League's management, and by. members of the League itself. It would appear that the League Council has not been a very happy family in its first" year. Yet it has done a good deal, and there is no reason why it should not do better with! the Council a body united.In' that case New South Wales may beforced to joift with New Zealand, if tho proposals for reform be treated coldly by the International Board or the English Union, as has been the case in the past. These remarks refer only to the laws of the game'; ' the' othe)r question, the more liberal allowance of expense's to players, being quite apart. In New Zealand it is stated in the Press that there is an idea that the Northern Union game in not so> rough as the real Rugby. That is a natural idea; but in practice, so- far as Sydney football goes, it is quite incorrect.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

The following will represent T.Y.al.T* juniors against D.H. School to-morrow afternooi, at 2.30 o'clock, sharp — Young* Pumell, Munro, Butler, Moosman, B&Tl, Barkman, SEarpe, O'Connor, Sfchaate, Bell (captain). Emergencies 2 , Smart, Jack.