OVERSEA FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 402, 11 January 1909, Page 5

OVERSEA FOOTBALL.

"WALLABIES? , BEAT ENGLAND. NINE-THREE. AUSTRALIAN FORWARDS SUPERIOR. V>l TKOiaitAFH— PBESS ASSOCI.VI'IOS-COPrBiaHT.) ( ' (Rec. January 11, 0.25 a.m.) , London, January 10. The ".'Wallabies" (Australian 'amateur i footballers) defeated England by three tries * ' (nine points) to one try (ihroo points). i ' Tho ground was in splendid condition, and n the' game' was' very fast. Thoro -wor<) nearly 20,000 spectators. B -The' ,, ,Wallabies" practically put their I best team in tho fiold. Moran was absent i i owing to 1 lamenoss. ' _ F - ' The start f was sensational, Mobbs (of Lei- ° cester) scormg'a briljiant try in the first minuto. Row obtained a lucky try twenty c -" minutes .later, tbo,ball screwing away from an English three-quarter, who was trying * to .touch down. The scores wero level at f half-time.' ■ c Play was exciting in the second half. Rus- - Bell scored a try by following up a high punt, and 'in tho last .minute ( the s,amo _ player ecoreil another' brilliant' try, after splendid { passing 'by the Australian three-quarters. 1 Tlie vktpry was duo chiefly to the splendid ecrum .work of the Australian forwards, who -,' almost invariably secured tho ball in tho '' scrum,' giving their outsides many fine openings., - [The latt match cabled, against Cardiff, who ; beat the V Wallabies " by 24 points to 8, left , the amateurs with a record of i-Played 28, won . ,' 22, lost' 5, drawn 1, point* for 403, points against ,137, • Tho win against England will to-consolation for spme recent losses.] • '.. League Team Defeated. , two goals and two tries (ten, points), defeated the . Australian League team, two goals and one'try (seven points). ' In.tbo first half, Messenger early kicked a penalty goal for the Australians and conrerted a try by Walsh.. Wigan soored on unconverted try. . ' In' the second,half, Wigan added ai goal ?rom ,a try and a penalty goal.