SATURDAY'S FIELD-SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1181, 17 July 1911, Page 7

SATURDAY'S FIELD-SPORTS.

THE CHAiPIONS' LEAD ifPJISHED. y PONEKE, 6;. ST JAMES, 3. #LAYER SUSTAINS CONCUSSION OF BRAIN. HUGE CROWD AT LEAGUE MATCH. RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Southern 19 Wellington 0 Poneke i 6 St. James 3 Melrose 6 Petone 5 Athletic „....,..:... ..... 11 Old Boys .'. 5 Oriental 25 Victoria College 0

Previous, to the meeting of St.j James and Poneke on. Saturday afternoon, tho former had a. 'four-point lead of the next team on the championship ladder, and their position looked unassailable. Followers of 'form did not anticipate that the champions would have a very difficult task in accounting for Poneke, especially as the older team was minus the services of Walsh, one of its strongest men, and Mitchinson—tho other star Fonoke man— was reported to he still feeling the effects of' the severe handling which he received in. the Athletic match on the previous Saturday. The game, however, proved a most interesting one, and the win of Poneke by 6 to 3 after, .a fast keen fight wis probably the biggest surprise of tho season, first because it was so totally unexpected, and secondly because it brings St. James within striking distance of the next best team, and thus adds interest io a, competition which bade fair to develop into a runaway victory for St. James.

The forrq displayed by the Poneke men wai refreshingly good, and/although their spirited opening was looked upon as a flash in the pan, they maintained tho pace throughout, despite the undeniably fine efforts of St. James in the second spell. Within four minutes of the kickoff Poneke struck their first blow. A loose scramble saw the ball sent out to Elliott on the left >"ihg, and that player made I6r the corner flag, having only the fullback to beat. Ho cut in and left Thomas standing, and scored the first try amidst Joud 'npplai«e. Cheered on by : ••hundreds of leatherlunged supporters, Poneke continued to kick it in' most' effectively, and, before many minutes 'had elapsed, it was clear that their forwards were setting a pace which bt. James could not withstand. At length another-try was registered, Kelly getting over the line after a brilliant piece of passing which non-plussed the St. •Janift* defence. For some time Poneke continued, to-.have all the best of the struggle, but, on one occasion when St. •James wore.within striking.distance, they were awarded a.free-kick, which'enabled Clark;to place three points to the credit of his side. ••■- . . - . ■

Thenceforward the end of the game, the score was not altered.-- At times, during the second spell, ;St. Jaines,threatened to- overwhelm ..their Opponents, but Poneke .invariably rose to the occasion with renewed vigour,, and often, in addition to wearing down' their tack, drove the war home to the enemy's quarters. .St. James certainly had a good deal of sheer bad luck in the second term. On one.occasion,, their.forwards swept the ball.over the-line after a brilliant vush; and, jnst w:hen theynvere about to touch down, the übiquitous Tilyard popped up from nowhere, and forced. On another occasion King' crossed the fee from a forward rush; but was unable to ground the ball.

The most bitter pill for the St.'.Tames men, however, was the sacrifice of a certain try owing to the selfishness or want of judgment of E. Roberts. From o scrum five-yards out. .the.-.ball was stut to Roberts, who.'came round the blind side.;.He ran to. the.-full-back,, the only man >to.. Oppose him,-and.-was attended by Crewes. . Instead of passing to Craves who, had- only to fall over the line and score, Roberts attempted to cut in and boat the full-back. The result was that a certain score was-lost, and it is not too much to say that this blunder cost St. James .the.match. The only excuse that can be made for St. James is that they had the handicap "of "a strong sun in their eyes in the first spell.. On the actual play they got as good, as they could give. Several - mishaps occurred during tho game, the most serious being an injury t0.,7. Elliott, who collided with an opponent,' and received concussion of the brain. The .Poneke man had -to-leave the field, and his place was filled bv a junior named Duggan. Moffaft. one of the St. .Times forwards, was also incapacitated for a short, time, and his clubmate Kin" was compelled' to leave the field for a time.

On No. 2 ground; .Athletic, Park, Southera romped'over the Wellington Club to the tune of 19 to nil. Had the winners been'in earnest nil through thev could almost have doubled the. score. To meet Wellington nowadays means ?c'oring exercise in plenty for any team of average ability. CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER. The positions of the various teams as Tegards the ultimate winning of the championship has assumed a"more interesting complexion since last Saturday's games, and, although St. James'are still in the lead, their position is not as good as it was, and there is a possibility that they might even be ousted before the curtain is rung down. The standing on the ladder i

PONEKE-ST, JAMES, DOWNFALL OF THE CHAMPIONS. Although St. .Tames probably thought that they had an easy thing in Poneke they must have been..surprised at the vig-. our of the opening .'attack which broke on'thom. Before the game had been in progress for five minntes play drifted into St. James's twenty-five, and here a kick from a loose scramble gavo J. Elliot a chance. The speedy wing three-quar-ter embraced the opportunity, and, lighting, out for the line with a dear run before he reached the full-back, ho beat the latter, and scored n pretty try. Gardiner failed to convert. Encouraged by this success, the Poneke forwards put in two stinging charges, and St. James were kept steadily on the defensive until a nice passing-bout, initiated by E. Roberts, turned the tide in favour of St. James. After a spell of fast, even play, Sotheran secured possession from *a scramble forty yards out, and passed to Ryan. ' This player put. in a straight dash, beating a couple of opponents, and then sent tho ball out to Kelly, on the wing. Kelly cut infield, and threaded his way past several St. James men, ending up a pretty piece of play by scoring in a good position. Gardiner's kick at goal was again at fault. At this stage the Poneke forwards were carrying all before them by their splendid dash, and their backs were also playing excellent football. Another forward rush by tho Reds saw them smother E. .Roberts, and sweep-.the ball on over the line, but tho only reward was a force-down.. A strong, passing-rush by !ho Poneke rearguard rolled on tho Sr. James defence again, but it was wanting, and Byan crossed the

dine, but was' prevented from grounding the leather. A scrum on the line ended in relief to St. James, through tho instrumentality, of Cook, but once more lofteke assaulted, and E. Roberts elfected a clever save. After several bold bids, St. James got within striking distance of tho Poneke line, E. Roberts and Cook being to tho fore in the attack, which only let up when Poneke forced-down. A sharp attack by Poneke was followed by a determined rally by St. James, who were at length' awarded a free-kick at a rather difficult angle. . Clark was entrusted with the shot, and his first attempt failed, but the kick was allowed over again as a penalty for a false charge by tlie overanxious Poneke men. In-his second ossay Clark landed a beautiful-goal, and the half-timo bell saw the tally: Poneke, 6; St. James, 3. , Although there was no further score in the second naif, the play was fast and interesting. The St. James forwards infused moTe dash into their work, and, at times, it looked as though they were going to sweep all before them. Poneke, however, were in great heart, and they responded gamely, and frequently carried the war into the enemy's camp. Soon after the kick-out, a series of scrums took place on the Poneke line, and the defenders escaped by a lucky force. A lengthy spell of hard play in favour of Poneke was followed by a couple of fruitless shots at goal by the attacking party, and a nice passing-rush by Kelly'and Ryan, which ended near the corner-flag. From the en&uing scrum on St. James's line, E. Roberts got -possession, and attempted to run across his own goal, but he was smothered, and the ball taken from him by an opponent, who initiated a Poneke passing-rush. When a certain try appeared within reach, a Poneke back was tempted by. the proximity of the posts, and he potted, but the ball went <outside the posts. Just at this stage Poneke were full of dash, and St. James had a lively time on the defensive. Smart following up and a good tackle by Moffatt gavo St'. James another chance, but Poneke broke away again, and St. James were compelled to.seek relief in a 'force. A further determined effort was made by the St. James forwards, headed by De Blois, and the ball was swent over the Poneke line, but Tilyard reached the leather in time to ground it before a St. James forward fell on it. Another great St. James rush followed, and King got over, but could not ground the ball. From the ensuing serum St. James'lost 'tho chance of the. match.... E. -Roberts sent the ball out to H. Roberts, and the after ran to the full-back, well backed up by Crewes. Instead of passing to- Crewes, who was absolutely unmarked, Roberts attempted to beat the full-back himself, and,was collared, thus throwing awav a' certain, try. The St. James forwards made a great effort to pnll the match out of the fire after this, but Poneke stuck to their task, and eventually won nut by' Gto 3. It was a great victory, and thoroughly deserved. Mr. H. Card was referee.

SOUTHERN-WELLINGTON. A GAME THAT VfEtfT TO'SLEEP.'" Playing Southern at the Park, Wellington were in so complete a fix all the time that their game, had very little interest. Strict y speaking, there was no game, lor Wellington never once showed anr sign of coping effectively with their livelier opponents. Southern took things verv easily.- They might have scored three times as often as they did with little extra effort. Any attempt by Wellington to assert a separate individuality was sternly suppressed, but, lor the rest the dominant team simply lay on its oars. the opening spell was devoted mainly to untidy scrambles on or about the Wellington line. •Campbell, Capper, and Gallagher went over to a score, in the order given, and the two latter tries were converted by Campbell and Bradley respectively. At half-time the score stoodSouthern, 13; Wellington, nil. Tho second spell saw Wellington again hopelessly out of it. Southern continued to trifle lazily with innumerable opportunities, but even so. Wellington perforce stopped at home defending. Bridge was a lone star among the outclassed Wellington players. Frequently he cut cleverly into the opposing pack, but he was not backed up, and, as a consequence, always came to grief. Lambert attempted a dash now and then, but seldom got far, and his passing was bad. L. Campbell and Houlihan each scored an unconverted try for Southern during the second spell. Houlihan's attempt to convert the first try was a good one. Kicked at a difficult angle, tho ball struck the cross-bar and fell back. Mr. T. 11. Jones was a satisfactory releree. COLLEGE-ORIENTAL, PERFUNCTORY FOOTBALL.

There was really no hope for College from tho start, weakened as they were below their bottom-on-the-list standard by the absence of about five of their regular players. , Oriental, on the other hand, had a strong team, though "Fred" Roberts was playing full-back owing to an injury to one of his hands. Tho first spell was merely a practice gallop for Oriental. In this spell altogether 22 points were scored. Matheson started first, and followinj him in quick succession came Perry, Jt'Leod, M'Ewen (2). Roberts converted MathesonY try with a magnificent kick, and made another sensational effort a few minutes later with a penalty allowance. Kinvig also converted one of the tries.

In the second spell College fought, and fought, and twice nearly got over. Oriental did not. seem able to add to their score, but there was no outstanding anxiety on their part. They held a good deal "up their sleeve." Finally a line of their forwards took the ball down, prettily, at foot, and Murray fell over. Kinvig failed in his kick. Unfortunately a few minutes before time Stainton, a Collegian, received a bad blow on the forehead from a knee-contact, and was taken off unconscious. Tho game ended: Oriental, 25; College, nil. Mr. Ingram was referee.

ATHLETIC-OLD BOYS. ANOTHER WIN FOR THE BLUES. Athletic and Old Boys met at Jfiraraar. Neither teams were at full strength. The first spall was very evenly contested, and Athletic spent more time defending than attacking. But there was more finish about the Blue's attack than about Old Boys, and that (old its tale. Old Boys' attempts at back passing were all spoilt by mistakes, but some of the chances which thev had were good enough to score off. The spell ended in Athletic.'s favour by five points to nil. In a line-out rinse to Old Boys' line A. Wilson got Hie ball, strolled across the line, and scored. One good tackle would have brought him down. S. Wilson converted. Athletic ">, Old Boys 0. Shortly before the spell ended S. Wilso.i got over, but was sent into touch-in-goal by Dawson before he could touch down, Grace's fine line-kicking was

very troublesome to Athletic, and was quite a feature of the. game. In tiio beginning of the second spell Old Boys attacked strongly, but Athletic soon hart the upper hand, and the Whiles "ere lorced i-cvrral times. The .-pell was still young when K. M'Donald ran through and scored. Athletic S, Old Hoys 0. A little later Gallic scored for Old Boys through fast following up. Mason converted. Athletic 8, Old Hoys .1. A. Wilson endeavoured lo increase the Blue's score by kicking at goal. The kick fell short, but the return was a bad one, and, Cunningham marking, S. Wilson had another shot, but without scoring. Athletic were attacking warmly at the end of the game, and a minute before time Osborne scored. The final score, therefore, was— Athletic 11, Old Boys 5.

PETONE-MELROSE. SURPRISED SUBURBANITES. . Stirring football was witnessed at Petone on Saturday, when the local team went under to Melrose by the narrow margin of one point. Melrose had all the best of it iu a hustling forward battle that filled, the.greater part of the first spell. In the last of a scries of attacks Melrose, just before half-time, drove, in to a score. H. Marshall, slipping round a serum, obtained the points. His brother, W. Marshall, failed in a good shot at goal. Melrose, .1; Tetone, 0. . Soon after play resumed, H. Marshall took a good mark, and "\V. Marshall cleverly landed a goal from near half-wnv. Melrose, li; Petone, 0. Stirred by tlio incident, Petone opened a dashing attack. Their sweeping onset was fruitless for a time, Melrose defending pluckily. M'Kenzie at length found the desired opening. 'With a. well-judged kick, ho sent • the ball right across the field to Daly,, and the three-quarter galloped in safely. M'Farlane goaled. Petone, 5; Melroso, G. The fifteen minutes that re•ruained for play witnessed a battle royal in which Melrose were by no means overwhelmed. A lively dispute was raging on Petono's lino at the call of time. Mr. C. Atkinson was the referee. THE SMALLER BATTLES. In tho junior grade the results were as follow:— Wellington beat Southern by . Hired points to nil. the victors having the upper hand throughout, Cotter scored for Wellington. Oriental defeated Selwyn by three points to nil. Athletic met defeat, in a match with St. John's, by eight points to nil. For the winners, Enting kicked a goal from a mark, and converted a try scored by Ellife.' St. JanlSs. playing with ten men, were defeated by Petone by 17 points to nil. Third-Class. Wellington were beaten by Petone by U points to G. The game between Oriental and Southern was made interesting from tho fact that Oriental were one point behind ■Southern for championship honours, and by defeating them thev aro now both level. Oriental had the best of a very fast game, and the forward rushes were on a par with a senior pack. Finlayson, who played a fine game, scored a fry for Southern, and, for Oriental, Carmi'chael kicked a penalty, and Johnstone scored a try which was not converted. Mr. W. Spencer was tho referee.: Other Matches. Newtown Primitive Methodist SundaT School defeated St. John's Junior Bible Class by 14 points to nil. St. John's played with only eleven men.

MATCHES ELSEWHERE. (By Telegraph-Special Correspondent.! Palmersion, July 15. Football matches were continued here to-day in fine weather. Results:— Senior Grade. Abraham Cup competition: Kia T.oa (6) beat Athletic (nil), after' a very good game. Third Class.—Pnlmerston (27) boat High School (3); Feeding (12) beat Old Boys (3). (By Association.! Auckland;".' July 15.The Rugby matches to-day resulted as follow:—City and Ponsonby, a draw. 8 points each. University beat Grafton by 14 points to 8:- Marist Bros, beat Newton easily. Playing in the City v. Ponsonby match, Fitzgerald, of the former team, hud his collarbone broken, and Daudney, of the latter, had his shoulder dislocated. Christchurcb, Julv 15. The weather was beautifully fine for the Canterbury Rugby Union's competitions this afternoon, though, as the result of recent frosts, the grounds were greasy. The Christclmrch forwards were much too good for Old Boys, 'who were beaten by 12 points to 3. Merivale and Sydenham had, a close struggle, the former winning 1 by 14 points to 13. Albion beat Marist Bros. Old Boys by 18 points to nil, and Lin\vood beat Canterbury College by 11 points to nil.

ASSOCIATION. MUDDLE AT KELBURNE PARK. BIG MATCH PUT OFF. Regrettable indeed was. the misunderstanding which.took place over the Cor-inthians-Swifts fixture which should have beep played at Kelbimic Park on Saturday. It appears that, early on Saturday morning, there were then sheets of ice on some parts of the ground, and, in consequence, the caretaker, 'when making his report to the city authorities,, thought the ground unfit to be played upon. At eleven o'clock the superintendent of City Reserves (Mr. Glenn) inspected the ground, and the final edict went .forth that no games were to be played on it that day. In such cases it is the custom of the City Council authorities to notify tho Wellington Football Association, and they'in turn put up notices in prominent parts of the city to tho effect that the game, or games, will be played at Mirainar. Thia was not done on t-aturday, and both teams turned up with their following of spectators, only to be deeply disappointed—the ground was not available.

For the past week tho sole topic of conversation in Association circles had been the anticipated, encounter between these two teams, for, after their sensational defeat, of Thistle on the previous Saturday, it was' confidently expected that Corinthians would give the leaders for the championship a good "go," and, if they did manage to win, the competition would have been one of the most interesting seen here for some time. The suspense, no doubt, is still there, but the ardour of both teams has been damped, and spectators disappointed. In conversation with a reporter, members of the Grounds Committee of the W.F.A. stated that they did not know of the decision that Kelburne Park was not available until a few minutes before three o'clock—too late to send the teams out to Miramar. Seeing that there was so much interest 'in this match,' the misunderstanding—or whatever it was—is very unfortunate. Taken On- the whole, the other games on Saturday were not of an interesting character, the exception being the match at Miramar, where Y.M.C.A. managed to draw with Thistle. Following is a result of the senior division games:—

Mental Hospital 11 St. John's 0 Diamonds 2 Wanderers 1 Ramblers 2 Rovers 2 Thistle 1 Y.M.C.A 1 RAMBLERS-ROVERS. Ramblers met Rovers on Saturday at. the Basin Reserve, and it was only at intervals that one saw that dashing classical play with which Ramblers have earned their ' reputation. The gamo started under fair conditions, although perhaps the ground was a shade on the slippery side, and this accounted for some misjudgment in passing. Play had only been in progression for a short while, when Rovers asserted themselves, and O'Shea scored with a very simple shot. Rovers had been doing most of the pressing up till this juncture, but Ramblers now realised their position, and got going, serving up some good combined play to the t-pectalors. They had hard fortuno repeatedly in not getting tho leather through. After some give-and-take play, which was mostly in favour of Ramblers, Smallbonc got the ball at his toe, and made no mistake, thereby netting the "equaliser." The same phlyer. who was playing a really good game, added number two for Ramblers, thus making the score 2—l in their favour. Both sides were now fully extended, and vigorous' and determined attacks were maintained by Ramblers, but without success. Those of the Red audi

White (cam who had (earlier in the came) anticipated an ea«y win. found that in reality they had a hard nut to crack. Seeing (hat. Tlninblers could mil increase their score, Hovers essayed a passing run up field, which ended' very satisfactory for llicui. for they gained a'penally, (libson was entrusted' with the Ami, and sent in a beauty. The score was now two all. Ramblers did all in their power to increase their lead, hut their efforts were useless. The Ramblers' halves were sound, and Smallbone and Edwards were the pick of the forwards. Cross was very safe at back. Gibson, Duignan, and Millar played well for Rovers.

Mr. J. Munachcn v,as referee. HOSPITAL-ST. JOHN'S. Ouiup to St. John's turning up five men Miorf, their niatrli provided only a farcical exhibition of football,. Hospital winning in a hollow fashion by 11 goals to nil. In the first half Phillips put on throe goals. Tyrcr two. and Davis one, while, in the second half, Davis, Pearson, Phillips, Elliott, and Roots added to the score. The remnant of St. John's, however, put up a good fight. Shaw and Dick being prominent, but the' Hospital men did as they pleased, and had an afternoon's iirnclico at keeping on side with the opposition playing cither ono back or no backs at all. The chief exercise of the referee (Mr. Paton) was in blowing for offside. Tyrer having many "solos'' dedicated to • him during the game, but. nevertheless, he put in some very pretty dribbling runs, his second goal being a fine effort, beating both Shaw anil Dick before netting. Phillips scored one point with a wonderful screw off the. goal line, hut. play was so onesided that it was a relief when time was called. DIAMONDS-WANDERERS. Playing at Duppa Street, Diamonds just managed to beat Wanderers by 2 goals to 1. Taking the game on the whole, Wanderers hardly deserved their defeat, for, (luring the second half, : they canie within an ace of scoring on many occasions. During the opening stages play was very even, the ball travelling up and down the held at a fast rate. A "breather" then came in the form of a penalty-kick, given against Wanderers. The attempt was a good one, but Garnet (in-goal for Wanderers) saved splendidly. Tho Blacks again came at the strong defence put up by Wanderers, and, eventually, Wilton (Diamonds), taking an opportune opening, put, his side ahead. A few minute? before half-lime, Wanderers' left-half (Parsons) equalised with a shot which gave the Blacks' keeper no chance. Towards the end of the second half Wanderers showed signs of weariness, and appeared to take no interest in the game. There were three exceptions, however, the two full-backs and Garnet (goalkeeper),' and, owing to the defence set up by theso players, Diamonds were only able to score one more goal, A. Low being responsible for it. Mr. H. L. Godber was referee,

THISTLE-Y.M.C.A. A well-contested game was fought out between Thistle and Y.M.C.A. at Miramar on Saturday, when the Blues were only able to draw with their opponents, thus stilt further jeopardising their chances for championship honours. On several occasions both rides had opportunities to score, but the old habit of hanging on to tho ball too long was nil too evident. The forwards made the game fast and open, and, generally speaking, the play throughout the match was interesting to watch. During tho first half, Hall managed to give his side a lead by placing the ball neatly in the net.

The Blues sustained this lead until well into the second half, when Y.M.C.A., who had been defending gamely, asserted themselves, and Murray, with a. good shot, equalised. The game ended with the ball in Thistle's territory. Mr. E. C. Hayton was' referee. JUNIOR DIVISION. The results of the matches played in the second division were as follow:— Brooklyn won against Corinthians by default. •St. John's defaulted to Rovers. AVadestown beat Diamonds by three goals to two. M'Leod (2) and King scored for the winners, and Lome scored for the losers from two penalty kicks. Third Division. Y.M.C.A. defeated Johnsonvillc B by seven goals to' one. For the winners Skirret scored five goals and Shorney two. St. David's beat St. John's by two goals to one. .', Petone beat Brooklvn by three goals to nil. ■'..'' --.:,; Fourth Division. St: David's beat St. Anne's by five goals to ono. Fifth A. Division. Y.M.C.A. beat Swifts by two goals to one. Fifth B Division, Marist Brothers easily defeated South Wellington by four goals to nil. Institute won against Y.M.C.A. B by default. Sixth Division. Rangers beat Institute B by eight goals to nil. Brooklyn defeated Swifts by two goals (scored by Stanley) to nil. To Play Marlborough, On the Basin Reserve on Wednesday afternoon, the Wellington Boys' Fifth Division representatives will try conclusions with the representatives of the Marlborough Boys' League. The following will constitute the Wellington team:— In goal, Smith (Brooklyn); backs, M'Xally (Brooklyn), Henderson (Y.M.C.A.); halves, Wareham (Marist), A. Marshall (Marist), Haws (Swifts); forwards, Waller (Marist), Thomas (Brooklyn), Fitzgerald (Marist), Levs (Swifts), Cox (Y.M.C.A.). Reserves: Full-back, Sullivan (Marist); half-back,. Bowden (Swifts); forwards, 1. Reid (Brooklyn), and Lloyd (Swifts). School Competition. Owing to the stato of the town grounds on Saturdav, the opening of the Schoolboys' Competition had to be postponed.

LEAGUE MATCH. OUR MEN RUN TO A STANDSTILL. HUGE CROWD PRESENT. By 'feltgraph-I'rqas Association-Oopyrteht (Rec. July 16," 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, July 15. The League match-Now Zealand v. New South Wales-was played in fine weather and heforo a big attendance. • ' New Zealand kicked oft' against a slight breeze, and, from the outset, tho game ms fftst,'neither-side having the advantago till Messenger landed a . beautiful goal from, a free-kick. Then New South Wales got to work, and quite outclassed their opponents, the ball .being flung about in a bewildering fashion till .halftime. The scores were then:—New South Wales", 27 points; New Zealand, nil. For New South Wales, Courtney (two tries), Hallet, Sullivan, and Farhsworth scored, .Messenger converting three of the tries, and he also kicked two penalties, while Hnllct dropped a beautiful goal from half-way. . . In the second half, New Zealand improved, their forwards breaking away repcatedlv, and plav i\ns for sonio time nu the New Smith Wales goal-line, where Gilmoro kicked a. penalty goal. The New Zealand forwards then worked back, and. from scrambling play, Rukutni, who had been plnving a sound game, dived across, and Oiliiiore added the extra points. \fter this the Now Zealnnders, who had been run to a standstill, broke up, New South Wales monopolising the ball till the end of the game. The final scores were: New South Wales, ,1!) points; New Zealand, 7. For New South Wales, Broomham and M'liivalt scored a try each, Messenger converting both, and also dropping n goal. Thirty thousand spectators attended Ihe match. LEAGUE TEAM FOR ENGLAND, (lire. July IS. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, .Inly 1.1. The League team for England is as follows:— New South Wales—W. Neil. A. Broomham, 11. H. Messenger, A. Hailed, [). I'rawlev, 11. Gilbert, V. I'arnsworth, T. Ilereery. C. Itussell, C. H. M'Kivat, A. Hollowav, W. FarnsM-ortli, S. Pearcc, W. Noble, '('". Sullivan, W. Cnnn. I'. A. M'C.uc, L\ Courtney. R. Williams, C. M'Murtrie, Craig, Murray, Burge. New Zealanders—F. Woodward,' C. Savourv, H. K. .Francis, G. Uillett. Queensland—H. Nicholioa,

o ■ -1 a i i-s|=4 ■ J £-2- & IlU'I St. Jamos 13 11 2 0 166 48 22 Oriental 13 10 • 3 0 193 52 20 -Athletic 13 9 3 1 117 47 10 Poneke 13 8 3 2 • 145 61 18 Jetone 13 8 5 0 140 87 16 Southern ...... 13 8 5 0 109 67 16 )!, ero ™ 13 4 0 0 83 115 8 Old Boys 13 2 9 2 67 102 6 Wellington ... 13 1 10 2 41 196 4 Vic. College ... 13 0 12 1 41 261 ' 1