An Unbeaten Record: 121 Goals For and 10 Against: Many Lessons Taught From 4 Connssronoext, Sydney, July 29.
For the first time on record representative team of Association footballers from England has visit ed Australia, Though not the best possible combination that could have been sent out, nevertheless the players have given an excellent ace count of themselves, and have gone through the tour with an unbeaten record. The aggregate number of goals registered by the Englishmen was 121 and by'their opponents 10, But even these figures do not by any means indicate the superiority of the visiting team over the Austra-Vian players, for in most games, after the visitors had found the net a few times, they were content to rest on their oars, 60 to. speak, far as goal-getting went, and devote their energies to exhibiting to the spectators the finer points of the game. The worst defeats experienced by the Australians wer in the third and fourth test matches, when they were overcome to 2 and 6 goals to 0 to be productive of good as far as Australian Soccer is con~ cerned. Until only a few years ago, the dribbling code was not very popular in the Commonwealth. Even in Sydney there were few clubs, and these were regarded with 4 certain amount of scorn by the Rugbyites, The game had a greater following in the mining districts, for here were great numbers of men recently out from the "Old Country" and these, of course, were almost to a man ardent devotees of the Association game.
Still, the game never reached a very high standard, and the younger generation of players, the great majority of whom never had been in England and never had the opportunity of watching the great Ponents of the game, were some what inclined to think that they knew all that was to be known on the subject. The Englishmen soon convinced them that such was not the case, ud the crowds of apecte tors were treated to wonderful hibitions of combined play, of clean Kicking, accurate shooting and, above all, to sportsmanlike haviour on the field of play. Throughout the tour there never a regrettable incident, and the iters departed for the homeland carrying with them golden opinions well earned "down under."
Incidentally, the tour was quits financial success, the total takings being in the neighbourhood of £20,000, Pants, Aug. 29.—The death is announced of M. Adolphe Brisson, manager of "Les Annales Polit is thought that a fuse of wires somewhere behind the projection screen set it alight. An American sailor {in the audience saw the smoke curling up, and he jumped on to the stage from where he advised. the people to leave quietly. This he was able to do without causing the usual ery of "Fire" which electrifies the people to panic. "Meanwhile the electricians hastened automatic sprinkler extinguishers to the scene. Two of their number ran up to the emall platforms at the side of the screen and stayed on them, using the sprinklers until foreed by'
mes through side escapes. Both men were caught in the flames as they retreated from the burning platforms and badly burned. One of them stated that he did not realize he was burnt until 80 minutes after he had reached the fresh air. They were immediately removed to the Melbourne Hospital for treatment from which institute the writer was informed their eondition is slightly improved, but still serious. 'Their prompt and selfless actions were almost on a par with the gallant steward who saved many lives when the'Canberra' caught fire the Sydney wharves, and who lost.
is own. tis certain that with the forts of those in less precarious position on the stage these "men held the lames in check till the theatre was cleared of the audience.
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