“A Rugby Glory!”
THE ENGLISHMEN’S WIN. PRAISE FROM THEIR OPPONENTS) [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [lljitbd Pbbm Association.! (Received 8.40 a.m.) Sydney, July 6. The captain of the Australian team declared: “We were hopelessly beaten and outclassed fore and aft. The Englishmens defence in the second half was the finest ever witnessed.” FINEST HEROIC EXHIBITION. The Herald says: “Never was a more heroic exhibition of pluck and determination seen on a football field than the Englishmen’s.” “MORE THAN RUGBY.” The Telegraph says: ‘ ‘lt was more than Rugby—it was magnificent. It was the British pluck we read about, and that has done wonderful things in other branches of national activity. It was a Rugby glory.” IMMENSE TAKINGS. The Sydney matches yielded £ll,824. The Herald estimates that when tne tour is over the English team’s gross takings will reach £IO,OOO.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 63, 6 July 1914, Page 5
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136“A Rugby Glory!” Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 63, 6 July 1914, Page 5
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