OVERSEA FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 5

OVERSEA FOOTBALL.

~... ;.„', * • AMATEURISM. ' , ACTION OF THE SCOTTISH UNION. WHAT IS A PROFESSIONAL? , |Dt TKIEGKArU—NtIES ASSOCIATION—COPTRtGJIT.) London, January'2o. Mr. C. Wray Palliser, secretary of tho English Rugby Union, in a letter to the newspapers, protests that tho Scottish Union's action in cancelling the annual fixture with England—bec-uso tho English Union sanctioned payments to the "All Blacke" and -the "Wallabies" of a guinea a week eaoh, besides expenses —is unsportsmanlike. Scotland is seizing upon a frail excuse to mako England tho scapegoat for the presumed evasion of amateur rules by tho New Zoaland governing body, Ho declares that it is ridioulpus to torm an allowance of three shillings a day a wage or a payment for broken time. "A FINE, IF NOT A GREAT, SH)E.» London, January 20. . "The Times," summing up the tour of,the ."Wallabies,"' the Australian, amateur foot-' ball.teamj'says that, .though inferior to the New Zealand and Solitt AfHtah combinations,, they have a verylgood record, and at' their beat were a fine, if not a great, side. [Including, the Bristol and Clifton match, tho "Wallabies .played 30 matohes, won 24, lost fi •and'draw.l.] ~ .'■ "■'• ■ . ■. . ' LEAGUE TEAM AGAIN DEFEATED. ■'■;' ':..'.•;•' London, January 20. Wigan defeated the' Australian League team' by two goals and; 1 four tries (16 points) to a goal and two tries/(8 points).', '■'■..'■.'_ : [According to cabled'figures, the Australian League-team has played , Bo matched, won Iβ, lost 11,, ai(d drawn 3.J : ;■ ;