FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18659, 7 April 1926, Page 14

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY. WALES BEATS FRANCE. A CLOSE STRUGGLE. (BT CABLH—rSSSS iS3OCIATIOX—COTrRI&HT.) Cbictsb's TXLEGBAVS.) PABIS, April a. Plaving Rugby, Wales b*»t France by seren poitts to five, before an attendancj of 40,000. It wa» a hard, fast game. Half-wav through the first spell the. French three-quarters participated in a neat movement, ending in Gerintes scoring a tx 7_°f' tween the poet*. Gonnet converting. The Welshmen fought e-trenuously, but met with stubborn resistant". At half-time the score was: France S, Wales nil. On resumption the Welsh forwards rushing tactics severely taxed their opponents defence. From a scrum on the French twenty-five Cornish secured and dropped a goat and then a mistake by the French fullback let in B. Jones, who scored an unend the Frenchmen -purled and there was a fierce struggle in the Welsh twenty-five, but it was ineffective. N.Z. CLUB IN LONDON. (TBOK Or/B OWK COBREBPOKDHrr.) LONDON, February 9. Since' the establishment of the LondonNew Zealanders' Rugby Football there has been no lack of fixtures. A Wednesday aide played the Boyal Air Force at Uxbridge, and although the ground was on the soft side and sticky, and the ball greasy, some very good passing bouts ™« * ee P; The New Zealand forwards were good in the loose and line-onts, and except for th* first five minutes of the game they carried all the set serums. New Zealand playing the English scrum formation. The Airmen attacked at the outset, but the Blacks soon retaliated, and Kradually worked play .into the Airmen a where, after a series of scrnms, the BlacKs scored through Brooks who forced hisi way over'the line. L. Ellison's kick failed to add the extra points. On ""mining, the Blacks came back to the attack, and alter several backs had handled L.B. Ellison scored an unconverted try. Half-time arrived with Airmen in arrears by 6 points to nil. The second half was practically a repetition of the first; the Blacks were on top alt -through," and it was hard luck on their part that they only scored three more tries, as on five occasions the Airmen only forced just in time, whereas they had to force down on no fewer than 11 occasions during this half. The Blacks' tries were scored by I. Herd, H. 8. H. Gilmer, and L. T. Brooks, none of which was converted. Bosalyn Park Match. By giving Eosslyn Park XV. a good game, much good has been done for the New Zealand Club, and fixtures for next season are ■being secured with many of the leading firstclass clubs' sides. It is hoped that all New Zealanders who visit or come to stay in London will play for their own club instead of joining the local clubs. • The side was not the strongest that New Zealand could havo fielded; nevertheless the game was a very enjoyable one, and we better combined side won. The home side were soon on the attack, and scored an unconverted try. Play was then carried to the home half for some time, .but eventually the Park three-quarterß got into the open, and, after a fine passing rush, scored an _ttsJ—rerted try. The Blacks then attacked strongly, and after several minutes dogged defence by the home side, L. B. Ellison got over for the New Zealanders. _ The try was not converted. Half-time arrived with the Park leading 6 points to 3. On resuming, the Park attacked strongly, and shortly afterwards scored and converted. The New Zealanders were unlucky not to score on two occasions, while the Park scored twice more, one try being converted. Near the end of the match the New Zealanders were given a free kick, from which Malcolm kicked a penalty goal. Thus the game finished with the New Zealand Club in arrears 6 to 19. St. George's HobpiUl. Owing to the Old Emanuel Ground being waterlogged, the game between the Old Boys and the London New Zealanders had to be scratched, but it was possible to arrange » game last Saturday morning with St. George e Hospital. The New Zealanders were able to mußter only 12 men, but borrowing three from the Hospital's overflow, they .had • most enjoyable game. ~„,>,,„„ Playing up the slope, the New Zealanders began In a very spirited fashion, and after missing twice they eventually scored at the end of fifteen minutes, Booth J>emg Ihe try-getter. The try was not converted.. Following this reverse, the Hospital attacked strongly, and their efforts were rewarded by L. Haydon scoring an unconverted try. Shortly before half-time the New Zealanders were penalised for not dropping the ball when tackled, and G. *.. Taylor-kicked a good goal. Thus the Hospital led at half-time by 6 points to 3. Playing down the slope, the Blacks were soon on the attack. Booth, who was playing a great game, scored under the pOBtS after side-steppnig past six defenders. T. Malcolm's kick just missed. T. Lewis, following" through smartly, was able to ground the ball for a try in a good position, De Matis making no mistake with the kick. »■•' fore tho end of the play ■ Rylance • again scored under the posts, and De Mans converted. The game thus ended in favour ot the New Zealanders by 16 points to 6. ASSOCIATION. REFEREES' ASSOCIATION. The Canterbury Association Football Beferecs' Association held its annual meeting last evening. Mr W. J. Trusttum presided over a, good attendance of -members. The annual report showed that the 1930 season had been a busy one, in view of the fact that tho question, papers had been received from the New Zealand Referees Association. The Examining Board were able to put Bovoral candidates through the testa for the Referees' Badges. The election of officers resulted:—President, Mr Geo. Black; vice-president, Mr VI. J. Trusttum; secretary, Mr L. S, Coton; delegate to the C.F.A., Mr H. Smyths; delegate to the New Zealand Referees' Association, Mr W. Auld; Appointment Committee, Messrs E. Davey, L. S. Coton, and w. J. Trusttum; Examination Board, Messrs E. Davey, R. Robinson, and G. Black; Management Committee, .Messrs W. Campbell, H. Smyfhe, R. B. Robinson, J. H. Foster, J. Stout", and E. Davey., The chairman stated that nothing could be done regarding tho "offside rule" until official word had been received from Wellington. In the meantime they would have to plav under the old ruling. He slated that when the ■ new offside rule came info play in England, special training quarters had' had to be qpened for the referees, aa the game wag too fast for them to keep up with. , , The Management Committee had arranged for a match to be played on Saturday, between tHe Villers and the Technical College Old Boys' Clubs. ■ Mr Bunt moved that a lotter should be. sent to the secretary of tho New Zealand Referees' Association, asking that the results of the examinations held last year should be sent immediately. This motion was carried. . The Management Committee wished to record thair appreciation of the services rendered by Mr E. Davey, the retiring secretary, during hia term of office.