THE NEW SOUTH WALES VISITORS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1843, 1 September 1913, Page 8

THE NEW SOUTH WALES VISITORS.

TARANAKI DEFEATED. FAST BACKS AND GOOD PASSINC. (Br TolesraDh,—Prosi icsoolation.) New Plymouth, August 30. Great interest was taken in. tho match between New South Wales and Taranaki. Ideal weather prevailed. New South Wales won by two points, beating tho Taranaki back division in faster play and better passing. They wore moro rapid thinkers. The homo team hold and beat thorn in tho forward ranks, except in part of tho second spell. Close forwaril work and dribbling rushes wero departments 'in which they could beat the visitors. Tho absence of Stohrwas keenly felt. In tlio socond spell Lovcridge injured his ankle and this further handicapped Taranaki, although ho continued to play. Now South W.iles kicked off, and immediately attacked. Pini carried the ball into touch. From tho line-out tho Now South Wales backs with lightniim speed initiated a passing bout, the ball goijig from Wogan to M'Mahou, back to Wogan and then to Taskcr, who scored within a minute of tho opening. M'Million's kick failed. New South Wale?, 3; Tarnmiki, 0. Tho Blues had the hotter of tho lino-out's. After Bomo

even play Cameron mado an opening for Taranaki and had hard hick in not scoring. Later, from a line-out, tho Blues got. tho ball and Tnskor sent it out to Wogan ; who passed to M'Mahon. The last-named failed to gather it in although eloso tp tho lino. Later a Now South Wales attempt at goal from tho field was unsuccessful' and Taranaki forced. Mculi, Cameron, and M'Leod combined in a nico piece of passing and Loveridgo tried a Glint which failed. Further in-and-out play was followed by a great run by Wogan, but ho passed too soon and tho ball wont out. Tlio visitors wero speedier than Taranaki, whose forwards worked well. Tho tackling of tho Yellows was weak. Taranaki had a fruitless Gliot at goal and then ' Whittiugton, Cain, and Taylor headed a rush which ended near tho visitors' corner flag. From another splendid rush Roberts scored, Hawkins missing an' easy shot. Now South Wales, 3; Taranaki, 3. Give-and-take play followed and M'Mahon had an unsuccessful shot at goal. Tho Blues wore in danger when Fahoy snapped up tho leather and passed to Wogan who boat all his men and passed to Miebusch, who scored. M'Malion's kick at goal failed by inches. New South..Wales, 8; Taranaki, 3. After give-and-take play Roberts scored. Hawkins failed with tho kick. Noiv South Wales, 8; Taranaki, 6. Excelling at times, the New South Wales backs in the sccontl half wero handling tho ball better than Taranaki. After a bout of even play Brown passed to M'Leod who kicked to Dwyer under the, posts. Piini headed a rush, and missed ,i score. From a scrum tho ball went through all the backs' hands; 'but Roberts held too long before giving to Mculi,! and a sure score was lost. Tho homo team attacked hotly, and, bustling the Blues, kept them penned up. At length Roberts kicked a goal from a free-kick. Taranaki, 9; Now South Wales, 8. From a. scrum at halfway Wood, Tnslcer, Wogan, and Carr carried tlio ball to the Taranaki twenty-five, and from a trow-in after a scram Tasked picked up and sent to Wogan, M'Mahon, Carr, tho last-named outdistancing tho pursuit and scoring. Murphy, failed with the kick. Now South Wales, 11; Taranaki, 9. The Blues attacked strongly, but Cain and Prouso set the. tide in tho other direction. Tiie New South Wales backs wero very much alive and took a lot of stopping, besides beating Taranaki at line-kicking. A weak tackle by Roberts nearly let M'Mahon through. Close play followed in tho Taranaki twenty-five, Roberts stopping tho visitors from scoring, and Carr being thrown out when attempting to roach the line. .Wood. Tasker. Wogan, and M'Mahon handled the ball in a passing run, and Miebusch missing a pass spoilt a certain try, Tho whistle went with tile score unaltered. BULLER'S THIRD WIN. IN REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY. Wostport, August 30. ■ Ideal weather prevailed for tho match on Victoria Squaro this afternoon between tho Canterbury Rugby Union's touring team and tho Buller team. Tho gamo was chiefly a forward one, although tho visitors occasionally indulged in passing runs. Tho Buller backs wcro sound,' but did not show tho brilliancy in attack expected of them. In tlio first spell, Buller, though playing with the sun against them, moro than held their own, and Bligh scored two tries, ono of which Atchison converted, the spell ending—Buller, 8; Canterbury, nil. 1 On changing over, Canterbury assumed t'ho aggressive, and kept Buller for a time moro or loss on their defence. Finally the backs got well away, and tho ball passing from Omrod to Wallace, then to Watson, Boag, and Guthrio, who scored. Tho try was converted by Hasscll, making the position—Buller, 8; Canterbury, 5. From this out Buller had much the hotter of tho game. Time and again thoy made hot work under Canterbury's goal posts, just failing to score. Tho whistle, however, sounded .with tlio position unaltered. , French, tho Buller forward, who recently toured Australia with tho Maori team, stood out on his own among tho forwards, and it is difficult to understand why ho was not included in tho' Californian team. Bligh and Molloy, of tho local team, and Hasscll, Burns, Omrod, and Cuminings of tho visitors, wcro tlio other prominent forwards. Colvin (Buller) and Fuller (Canterbury) wero the pick of tho backs. / Buller have won three representative matches played this, with total points: 55 for, 17 against.