The South African football team—four-fifths of them men of Dutch
names and blood—practically brought their tour to a close on Saturday last, when the match against England resulted in a draw, the conditions under which the game was played having been unfavourable to the visitors, who were further weakened by the absence, through injury, of two of their finest players. The record of the South African team is remarkable not merely for their almost uninterrupted series of victories —they were only once defeated, and then by the narrowest possible margin—but for the scrupulous and unimpeachable fairness of their play. Their sportsmanlike behaviour—added to their remarkable skill and speed—has made them great popular favourites wherever they have gone, and nothing could have been better than the spirit shown by the captain, Mr. Roos, in returning thanks at the dinner given to them last Saturday night.
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