war aethnenan, ce ace Dob thanan bar gctned tobe there pretenines Roto Gat Rugby Union didn't start until ash.
Football of Kind was played in the public schools of England in the eighteenth century and it was out of this that' an" unregulated "sovt of Rugby grew.
The pioneer was a who simply picked wp the ball and at Rugby Schoot named Elis down the field with it No doubt he was soon tackled as eff tively, if not ax neatly, as any first-lass player tackles to-day.
It is oven more difficult to say which is the national game of Ens To begin with, it is essential think of the sporting year in two parts, summer and winter and it is impossible to. com fal ing one category with those of the other., Of the three being discussed, leave, and in an; only one, of course, ina, summer ably. would go the national game for that part of the As for the national winter game)
swaver, the choice must depend jupon an interpretation of the word ational." If, for instance, ie to te thought o€ aa meaning' ish" ly the sense that the ational izaine Te the one played by Britons fe'ah "parts of "the. worl, thei Hogby fae it, but if it is to) meat the game. played by the "masses Siglandy there can be no doubt that Soccer claims the title winter is concerned, Since eatly days, it has Deen the custom. in Avatralia. to" play: Test Statehes to a finish, and? althoct there cree thre diy aaa Was the Oval Test of 1912, the yet of the triangular tests, when Aus: tralia were bundled out for 65 and England won the Ashes 'The value of acceding to the cry those English followers of the Kame who Want the 'Tests played at is shown by the fact that, while naturgily there have been no' drawn [games in Australia since 1882, there been 25 of these annoying inesisive battles inthe Aether Coun.
Despite the long innings and heavy scoring in Australia, itis worthy of note that the biggest individual innings of the series has been made in England. This was Bradman's great score of 334 fat Leds in 1990. "Although he took 6 hours to make the runs, he reached his first century before Tuneh on the first day.
A new regulation of the English Lawn Tennis Association has dently been introduced in order to put. championship pi equal footing with their competitors from abroad. Nevertheless, it reveals an inconsistency of attitude towards the amateur. The decision is that such players shall be exempt comply with) that the pi cerned is not" employed by any athletic firm: or benefiting in any way from the game.
There are, however, certain loopholes for the players' who, directly or, indirectly, gain some pecuniary advantage from playing." It probably be found possible, for in~ Stance, to allow some of the subsidised overseas players to get into 1879, at least four days encraliy li wwe" been ret fred sep 'Another taster' te be considered the "more important tournaments.
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