FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1928, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[By Telegraph, Per Press Association. ENGLAND BEAT AVALES. LONDON, Alarcli 17. At Cardiff England beat AVales by 2 goals to I. INTERNATIONAL. RUGBY. LONDON, Alarcli 17. At Twickenham, in glorious weather the attendance was 60,000 including the King. England heat Scotland by 6 points to 0, thus winning the International Championship and the Calcutta Cup. PROPOSED DOAUNION TOUR. LONDON, Alar cl/ 17. A leading Jtugbvite, though regretting the International Board’s decision, does not answer this iina.lly means that there will he no tour of New Zealand or New South AVales in 1930. It is suggested that the Scottish f nion, which is always most aloof, especially towards Dominion players, is probably the principal force Irehind the decision, and which two years before the proposed tour, declares that a sufficiently representative side is not available.

It is pointed out that the English Union, with which New Zealand and New South AVales are affiliated, and whose relations are most friendly, might undertake a tour alternatively, as Anglo-AVelsh and Anglo-Irish sides hut the situation demands the most careful handling, as the International Board on which neither New South AVales nor New Zealand are represented, might resent the suggestion that the tour be made by an individual nation.