FOOTBALL.
Australian Footballers. The match between tbe Australian Leaguers and England resulted i-n a draw, each team scoring 4 goals and 3 tries. Cumberland scored one goal and three tries against the single goal registered by the Australian Leaguers. The Australian League team met the (Broughton Ranges on Saturday, whan they were defeated by four goals and bwo tries (14 points) to three goals and two tries (12 points). The “Wallabies” beat the California University at Berkeley by 27 points to nil. Professionalism. The Rugby International Board has disagreed on Scotland’S' proposition that the daily allowances to the New Zealand “All Black” team amounted to professionalism. Scotland and Ireland voted for t|ie proposition and England and Wales against it. , The Board unanimously resolved that cast allowances were contrary to the principle of Rugby fqotball, and that nf> .such allowances should be made 4,1 future.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 10 February 1909, Page 10
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144FOOTBALL. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 10 February 1909, Page 10
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