ENGLAND V WELLINGTON.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1841, 15 May 1888, Page 4

ENGLAND V WELLINGTON.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR ENGLAND A DETERMINED STRUGGLE (PBB FBS3S ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, May 14 The matoh between England and the Second Wellington team, not playing under the auspices of the Dnl >n oame off this eftein >on m drizz'ing cloudy weather before two or three th?uiand spectators. The grses was very wet but the ground still remained hard underneath. England played Paul forward at firat and Burnett foil back, while Dr. Brooke made his first appearance la the oniony, bang stationed outside tha scrimmage. The Wellington team remaioed as ohosen on Saturday. At the Btart WelPngtcn •wept all before them, their dribbling taotica proving mooh eoperior to the English passing, which waa a. failure with the greasy ball. la less than 10 minutes Ellison secured a try between the posts bat no goa\ was kicked. After the kick off the ball was driven back to the Englfoh goal and towards Spoakman. Whatman who followed it sharply fell headway over the running man, who stooped V«fore the charge &Dd most unfortunately the dasf Ilng Walrarapa player snapped his left leg above the ankle. Dz. Glllon S9t it on the spot, and Whitman was placed upon a gate and taken to- the hospital and the faoture was found to be olean and will heal readily. After this lobs the Englishmen bore their opponents back and made a series of assaults upon their line, and nothing but the collaring of the Wellington man saved a soore, but rallying at length they assumed the offenti*e> and penned the red white and blue In their own grcnnd. Another toiefortnae then took place, Thompson • getting hiu ehoolder hurt. Be played on till the interval and t<he»,le£t the greosd. Aftec that Wellington played with 13 men and y^of- course, it waß a foregone conclusion. ■ that the Englishmen '-most win, bat tb c local representatives played a gal.ant game and kept a bold front. Of c anQ over again the visitors etr&ini^g e y e ry effort to aaoie*. bor* d' jwn npon their line only to be hm>' dd Dac t A t length fro» a throw fn, '' „ B BOrfcm * le3 over the Itoe knocWr; do ° Q the corner 9»r, , «fcbe dld»o. T fiere waß aome anoer . taniyforilnw. bafc the refere6 fin .n y •warded the Xr ' from wh|oh p aul ft ,, ed io kick » r^i. Again the Engllahmen ?w 7 i'S g * * thf y knew ' drove the reda \ We |*' f nr ,ton wore red and blaok anltorms Att ' mBtOD ) Dac^ BQ<sl reaortiog to n'»?>ent taotics gave their fast backs ail uB fthof they eool<?. Twice Haslam who played splendidly all through thlß ■pell darted through bis men and was finely collared Js> Sim at foH 1 aok, when all bnt over the gaol line. At length the coveted score which mast give the game to England oame there, Fairbrother failing to take the bill from a punt of Nolan, Eagles who was standing a long way off aide, immediately d»rted as it rolled beteween the posts, but even then, Fairbrother might have saved the gams by kicking the ball to the boundary. He tried to touch it dowa bat misted the slipping sphere, and Eaglos had no diffi catty m securing it. Paul kicked a goal After that there was no further soore, though the Englishmen made frantic efforts. Repeatedly the local men, m- j ferior as they were m numbers, dribbled half the length of the ground, and once thay passed all the Englishmen. Punl, who after the the firat try had been pat In his old position, with an expiring effort just managed to kick the rolling ball out of touch towards his own corner ft«?. The «ame ended m a victory for England by four points to one, but there wee little doubt from the splendid defence shown by the Wellington men &nd theeaiy way fn which they dieposed of the Englishmen beforo their ranks were thinned, that it was a nominal victory cnly, Tho game was superior m every respect to that of Saturday, being much more open m charapter and free from unpleasant disputes. The visitors were m better form after a day's rest, and nono regretted Whatman's accident more than they, especially after the unjust way In which they bad been obarged whh all the rough play of Saturday The beautiful accuracy with which Sim collared tbe speedy Englishmen time after time, was the general theme of admiration throughout the day. This was the player who was considered the weak spot of the first team, and eventually was displaced In favor of WarbricV. The Englishmen leave for Now Plymouth tomorrow.