FOOTBALL.
RETURN OF "THE WALLABIES."
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Received March 22, 10.20 a.m. BRISBANE, March 22.
"The Wallabies" (the Australian Amateurjßugby team) returned from England by the steamer Moana. Mr MacMahon, manager of the team, interviewed, said he was quite satisfied with the way the team had acquitted themselves. Their defeats were largely &!ue to the unfavourable conditions under which they had played. The standard of British football, he considers, has considerably improved since the visit of the "All Blacks" (New Zealand amateurs), who caught the British players "on the hop." "The Wallabies" were up against stronger teams | and better football all round. | The Australians, Mr MacMahon says, had little to learn from Britain in the way of football. Concerning the dispute between England and Scotland, it was caused by fear that, as a result of the large amount made by the New Zealanders, professionalism would be introduced. A colonial team would be well received within two years, but Mr MacMahon did not think an earlier visit would bp. successful.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3144, 23 March 1909, Page 5
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170FOOTBALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3144, 23 March 1909, Page 5
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