ALL BLACKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 5

ALL BLACKS.

. -4 A DRAW. COLONIALS PULL UP IN THE SECOND, HALF. BT TEtEGItArH—TRESIS ASSOCIATION—COPTIIIGET. London, October 23. Tho football match between the New Zealanders and the Wakefiold Trinity . team, ended in a draw, ea'ch side scoring a penalty, goal and a try. Wakefield scored in the first half, the .colonials equalising iii the ..second. At the end.of tho,season 1905-6 Wakefield Trinity team occupied the .sixteenth position, with: tho following rccbi-d':—Maiches played 35, win" 13; lost io,- clra vxi i; scons for, 37 goals 38 tries, total- points 188;; scopes 38 goals (£2 tries, total points. 262; League points obtained 30, .percentage '{6:87. It' will prooaMy" Ije found, wlien fuller information''arrives, that tho "All Blacks" 1 played several of'their reserves against' Wakefield Trinity, in order to givn the other men a rest, preparatory to meeting the Leeds elu.Tj on ''Saturday"' (to-moi-row). Lteds is one of tho strongest clubs in . the Northern Union. At the end'of the -scasofi 1305rG tho Leeds club, by consistent good plsjr,- w.orked tip into the third position, with the following r.eeord "'Matches play.ed'"34, won'.;!;, lost 7, drajvii 2; scores for, 48 goals 93 triej, total points' 377;' scored against,''27'goals'. tries," total points 123 ; League ' points ' obtained 52, percentage 70.17. " " ..... .

That thero was lititle to choose between the Leeds' cl'iib 'and the; teari which headed tho table is clear, as' the lea/.ling club played only, 30 matches, of which. 23,' were woii, 5 lost, and--2' drawn, the League points .obtained being; •18, and the percentage The following,, tabbi shows the matches played and the scores,';o date. It also shows; in parentheses, for each of, the English teams, the matches won. aod lost, and the position gained in tho League-Competition for 1905-6:— Brainley—:Won'by 25. points to goals 5 tries to 2 goal!: 2 tries ; i (Won 0, lost 15,23rd position ia the League.) " ; Iluddprsfield—Wei) by 10, points fo B—2 goal's 5 tries tii 1 goal 2 tries. (Won 17, lijst' 11, lltli position. in the League.) ;'•> Widnes—Won by 2G points to 11—1 goals , 6 fries to 1 gcial 3 tries. (Won 10, lost 16, 21st position in the League.) Bniughton Ea'.igers—Won by .20 to H. (Won'2l, lost .12, Bth position in League), t Wakefield .5. points. (Won. : 13, lost. 15,11 Mi 'position in/ League.)