TOUR OF ALL BLUES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1837, 25 August 1913, Page 9

TOUR OF ALL BLUES.

fIRST GAME AT OHRISTCHURCH, 1 LOCALS ROMPED OVER, (Bjf ffielegraph.—Press Association.) Christchuroh, August 24. Tho Now South League-team flefeatsd the Canterbury team to-day ■;by 45 points to 5. Canterbury kicked off against the wind, and after some beautiful passing by -the Welshmen play hovered close to tho local twentyiivo, and, from a cross-punt by Algie, Frawley.was almost- over. Knusetben kicked down" to Hallott, and tho fullback, coming round, potted a,splendid goal. • New South Wales, 2—o, After resuming, Hallett kicked well down field to Mitchelli who .returned to Cubitt, that player .making, a, fin© run, but tho locals intercepted him. ' Hallctt, however, snapped up tho ball, and passed to'AlgifV who ran through and 1 scored. New South Wales, .s—o. Immediately afterwards Canterbury were penalised, and Frawloy kicked a goal. • New South Wales, 7 —o, A heavy attack was now launched by the visitors, and a strong kick by . Hallett was fumbled by Mitchell, Tho latter picked up, however, and kicked across, but his slot fell into the hands of, Frawley, Who secured, and ran over at the corner, New South Wales, 10—0. Canterbury now attacked, but Doano snapj.ped up the leather, passed out to [Thompson, who raced Frawley Into posiition.tho speedy wing easily outpacing and scoring behind the posts, jf&iuidst applause, Frawley easily goalNew South Wales, 15 —0. The now brought off further clever vpieces of passing, and, after some livejly exchanges, Cubitt .passed out to fDeane, Tvlhlo- ran through and scored. ;18—0. So far tho visitors had ,-bcen ybeating tho local forwards badly in 1 the scrums, and a clever piece of work by Thompson and Frawloy ended in -the latter being pushed out. Obtaining the ball in midlield Coyno fielded, and threw out to Deano to Thompson, and ■then -Ho Frawley, who passed in to and Cann received, only to be Veil tackled. Half-timo then sounded.

On resuming, Smith brought off a nice Jna-rk wlion the visitors wore attacking bloso to tho lino. From a soriun in tho local twenty-five Coy no worked the blind sido, and passed out tio Algie, >vho dashed over. Now South Wales, 21—0. From play in front of the Canterbury goal a passing rush was started'by Cubitt to Thompson to Deano, and the last-named scored be- ' hind tho posts. New South Wales, 24 —0. Morris and Nuttall wero. next prominent in a forward rush, but the visitors camo away in a passing rush, and Frawley_ ran round unopposed, Cain converting. Now South Wales, 29 —0. Canterbury now livened up, and the forwards, putting plenty of dash into their play, had the visitors "hard pressed, and, from a loose rush, Shanfcs dashed lip, and scored behind the posts, with Campbell in attendance. Smith easily goaled. Canterbury, 5— 29. Immediately afterwards a passing rush by tho visitors saw tho ball kicked ovor-tlio lino, and Thompson dashed up and scored. New South Wales, 32 —5. The. visitors were now doing what they liked, and from a passing rush M'Cul scored in tho corner, and , Frawle.v landed a splendid goal. New South Wales, 87 —5. Courtenay next broko awayfrom a rush, but Mitchell intercepted, and by compact play the visitors' forwards took play to tho Canterbury line where, from exciting work, Courtenay flashed over. New South Wales, 40 —5. Keeping up tho attack Cubitt secured, ind zig-zagged through a host of opponents, passing to Thompson, who iTansfcrrod to Algie, tho latter running round behind the posts. C'ann converted, .ami time_ sounded with the scioro reading: —Now South Wales, -45 points; Canterbury, 5 points. SPREAD TO DUNEDIN? LETTER SENT TO THE CONTROL. Tho Council of Management of the Zealand Rugby Leaguo met last 'week in Auckland. Present; Messrs. D. ,\V. M'Leaai (chairman), F. Gladding, A, Powell, A. Campbell, N. B. Lsvien, J. B. Morton, P. Osshe-r, E. W. Watts, W. 0. Carlaw, and H. Oakley (secretary). , A letter was received from Mr. C. O'Connell, of Dunedin, stating that all that was needed to put tho game ou a good footing in the southern city was an exhibition game between two srstclass teams, such as Now Zealand and New South* Wales. Tho one drawback was a ground, but the writer thought . -that- arrai)£§meivts could easily bo jnade

for tho Wingatui racccourse, soven miles out of Dunedin, to which an excursion could uo run. Next year, tho Rugby Union's leaso of the Caledonian Ground, tho principal playing area in Dunediri, would run out, and! thero would bo a c'hanco of securing it for tlio Lcaguo game. ■

It was decided to reply that it was impracticable to send tho Now South Wales team to Dunedin during their tour, and it was suggested that Jfr. Bannatyno, tho League's representative in Dunedin, should Confer with Mr. o'Council regarding tho possibilities of thd gamo thero. Tho council went into committee to discuss tho attitudo of . the Auckland League with reference to tho case of C. Savoury, and it was ultimately decided to ask tliat body for a copy of tho minute whereby Savoury's name was.expunged from tho register, and the reason for such action, and also whether Savoury, received notice of his expulsion. SYDNEY CLUB FINAL. By Tetetrranh—Press Association—Copyrifflit (Rcc. August 24, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, August 23. Iu the Rugby League final to-day Sydney defeated by 70 points to 42 points. ' N.S.W. V. "QUEENSLAND. (Rec, [August 25, 0.20 a.m.) Brisbane, 'August 24. In the Rugby League inter-State match Now South Wales defeated Queensland by 27 points to 12 points.