SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 4

SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

OVERWHELMING LEAGUE SCORE.

N.S. WALES FLYERS AT THEIR BEST

RUGBY "TEST ENCOUNTER.

NEW ZEALAND COMBINATION DEFEATED.

Hydo and Jokyll—which was Robert Louis .Stevenson's creation—and which showed the vagaries of two souls in one body, Was no myth. It seems that there can even be two souls in such an everyday thing as football, and those who watched the big League game at Newtown Part on Saturday saw this. Thoro was, on the .on© hand, tlio dash of Australia: on the other there was poor, lumbering New Zealand. The conflict- botween two .such disparities naturally produced a one-sided termination, and soojo 6000 or 7000 New Zealanders lookodv ohV at it with feelings which wero possibly as mixed as the gairie. On the one hand was the undeniable pace of the play: which was pleasurable. On the other hand, there was the fooling; which steadily. grew_ to certainty, that New- Zealand was being walked over, an<d that the,BMes total* at ;the last wduH''hK:.a •crickefc.acor?.; This foature of the game was less jpleasant to tho crowds on tho banks—it was received with sturdy silence. The final score was 58 points to 19 in favour of the Blues. Lamentable Home Team. • The breeze play.od its The Blues had the benefit, of it in the fi spell, arid this enhanced the advantage which thoy already held in staying power, for in tho second half the infer-lorily-trained Blacks, who had battled against tho "wind anu tho Blues all the -early spell, - died out, and some of them could hardly raise a.walk.'.' -Almost all through they played third-rate football. They wore lignt. slow, butter-fingered, unskilful, and without tho faintest idea that there was such .a thing in the world as tackling low.* In fact, few of thefti.,seejn ever, to have heard of collaring of any kind. To them it- seemed undignified to interrupt their visitors; they< were most considerate- to their guests. '.The all-round/lamentableness, of tho Blacks made it nearly impossible for'-a high-class exhibition to result from tho meeting. Fleet and Powerful Blues. Tlie Blues, heavy, powerful, and fleet, were much Buperior. . They passed accurately and freely, and took thoir passes splendidly. Their handling of the ball while on the run could hardly have been better. Their pace was a valuable asset against the lumbering, ever-tiring New Zealßnders. Their chief;weakness was their defence; their collarin»«waS'at.times;,-avjolce. For a time,''"toff;'".their, passing' was of the straiglit-aoross-the-field type, until, discovering the-; New Zealand politely declined to tackle them, thoy adopted the cutting-in style, and thus mado thoir atttacks far more attractive. Generally speaking, it was Horder's day. His pace >vas extraordinary; his ehisiveness dangerous indeed. Some spectators classed him" as an expert side-stepper. And ho is all that. Then, too, ho has an effective'trick of changing pace, and a pair of winged feet, when it comes to a straight run. As an attacking wing, ho probably ban few peers. Ho scored five tries, but the two most spectacular (his two last) were obtained when Finlay son (New Zealand's full-back) was off the field. In one of these efforts lie simply left friends and foeß standing— tho mass of the, players wore bunched about the twenty-five zone when ho was over the lino.

Frawley, who did nearly all the kioking, scored twenty-seven points, eighteen of which came from goals. He however came under the eye of tho crowd more than once, and was cordially hooted just before tho conclusion of tiio game for kicking at King when tho latter, was lying on the ground.

Casualtlos. Threo players retired during the contest.- S. Dean left the Blue back division for the side-line, and ho whs followed soon afterwards by Ifwerson, tho Black wing.- This, of course, was an irreparable loss to tho Now Zealanders. In the second half, Finlayson (New Zealahd full-baok) was disabled. George, who camo 011 to fill the blank left by Ifiverson,. tackled well, a virtue which he and Finlayson monopolised..

The Teams. New South Wales (Light Blue): — Full-back, H. Hallett; three-quartern, IX Frawley, S. Deane, 0. Dcano, H. Horder; halves, L. Cubitt, E. Coyne; forwards, 13. Courtney, W. Haddock, It. It. Craig, C. Sullivan, W. Cann, P. M'Ctie. •

New Zealand (Black): Full-back, C. Finlayson; three-quarters, K. Ifwerson, W. Kelly, ; A. House, It. Sidd'ells; halves, G, Bradley, J. Barber; forwards, C. King, C. l'earce, S. Walters, J. Bensmann. E. Mitchell, J. Johnson. Itoferce: Mr. T. Cunningham. First Spell—Blues with the Braeze; Tho first flash of-bright incident oame when. Kelly intercepted a pass and streaked half- the length of tho field. Ho badly beat several of tho Blues, but ho was not supported, and a fine run ended fruitlessly near tho visitors' lino. A few momenta later Frawley scored for tho visitors near the corner, after a great deal of fumbling and scrambling, Now;" South Wales, 3; New Zealand, 0. New' ; Zealand -gained the lead shortly afterwards with a beautiful try. Tho leather wa3 kicked to Finlayson, and the Black full-back ran well up, sidestepped a trio of tho opposition, sent on to Ifwerson, whoso sensational dash up the field permitted' Kelly to - score. Ifwerson goaled. New Zealand', 5: New South Wales, 3. Another good run by Kelly, and then a clinking try by New South Wales. With play at half-way, Canu, a forward, secured tho oval and passed out to Cubitt, who made a great run, fired on to S. Deane, to Fi-awTey, who scored. Frawley goaled. New' South 'Wales, 8; New Zoaland; 5. A .free-kick in front of the New, Zealand goal followed, and Frawley again landed the ball between tho posts. New ; . Smith Wales, 10; New Zealand, 0. And'.'so••far Frawley had scored all the visitors' point's. S. Deano now left the field with a "knee." Challis went : on! and ■ played full-back, while Hallett moved tip to the three-quarter line. ■ Twice in quick succession Horder, on tho end of a chain of passing backs, outpaced the Blacks and scored. Frawley converted both tries. Now South Wales, 20; New Zealand, o. Ouco more Frawley added to tho Blue total by landing n goal. New. South Wales, 22; Now Zealand, 5. Hallett wound up a feinting run by-gotting over in tho corner, and ilio try was excellently converted bv Frawley. New South Wales, 27; New 'Zealand, 5. Nearing the ond of the spell Barber put in a great run, and

scored in the corner. Bradley kicked a fine goal. New South Wales, 27; New Zealand, 10. Horder wound up tho spell by scoring a clovor try, which Frawley failed to convert. Half-timo rang, witn the scores: New South Wales, 30; Now Zealand, 10.

Second Spoil.—Blacks Flagging. The Blues attacked at the opening of the second half, and O. Deano wound up tho onslaught by scoring behind the posts. Frawley missed the goal. NewSouth Wales, 33; New Zealand, 10. New Zealand attacked, and bad passing gave Bradley the option of potting or running back. He potted, and landed a pretty goal. New South Walos, 33; Now Zealand, 12. Two fine runs by Kelly were the chief items provided by Now Zealand, but neither proved quite fruitful. Bradley and Siddella took place kicks at the goal; both failed. At halfway tho flying Hoddor shot out in the middle of the field, and quickly producing full steam, he scored with a mile to spare. Frawley goaled. New South Wales, 38; Now Zealand, 12. Away again went Horder, this time down the wing, and, with ono of the most beautiful runs possible, ho left the Blacks standing, and flow over. Frawley coaled. New South Wales, 43; New Zealand, 12.. iiensemann broke through the Welshmen, and passed to Bradley, who transferred to Johnson, and tho forward foil over the line. George converted. New South Wales, 43; New Zealand, 17.. Bradley took a penalty kick, and succeeded in goaling. New South Wales, 13; New Zealand, .19. The finest passing rush of the day was then turned on by the Blues. Through the hands of Coyne, Cubitt, Thompson, and Hallott the ball sped, and otit to Frawley, whose pace carried him over. He converted the try. New South Wales, 48; New Zealand, 19. Cubitt and O'Sullivan scored the two final tries, and Frawley converted both. Final score: New South -Wales, 58; New Zealand, 19. OTHER CAMES. ST. JOHN'S AND PETONE. . ' St. John's (Wanganui) beat Petone by 32-to 6. ;For the winners, Graham (3Ruscoe, Earle, Harris, Smith, and Trainer scored trios. . Ruscoe 1 landed three goals, and Davidson one, goal. Gladding and Ingram scored tries for Petoiie. Mr. K. Barber was referee. : . -