ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

RUGBY FOOTBALL. AT WELLINGTON-CANTERBURY MATCH. Several motor-cyclists complain bitterly (hat tho football ir.atch, Wellington v. Canterbury, played at Clirislelinrcli Inst Saturday afternoon, cost, them the watches attached to the handle-bars of their machines. The Rugby Union would not allow tho bicycle any further than the enclosure between tlie main gates and the barrier, and consequently thousands of machines were piled up in din small space available. The motorists stale that tho cases holding the watches on their machines v-ero unscrewed, tho watches were abstracted and the cases were then screwed up again. AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE TOUR. YORKSHIRE DEFEATED. By Telegraph—Press Aesociatiou-Oop.vright London, September 2.3. The Australasian football team touring under Northern League rules played their second match yesterday, when they were opposed by a Yortshi.ro thirteen. The name, played at Sheffield, before an attendance- of two thousand, resulted in a win for the visitors by tlirco goals and nine- tries (33 points) to two peals three tries (13 points). Cnnn scored a try. then "iortolure equalised. Francis and Gilbert added further tries for the visitors, and tho Australasians were, leading at tho interval by 9 to 8. Yorkshire got a goal after resumption, but then Farnsworfh scared three trios, and Cann, Russell, and Francis one apiece, Cann placing two goals. Owing to injuries, Yorkshire -finished with eleven men.