ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 20

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

LEAGUE & LEAGUERS. THE SAILING OF THE WELSHMEN. THEIR FIXE RECORD. Yesterday saw the last act in tho New South Wales tour of New Zealand tor the season, IDIiJ, Tho team arrived back in elliiigton after a very pleasant trip from Nelson, and lett for Sydney by tho Warrimoo ill tho evening. In some respects the tour has been a memorable ouo. In the first place the team has done what it set- itself out to do, namely go through tho tour without a loss, ft won the wliolo of its eleven matches, scoring 426 points, while 121 points nero scored against it. It was noticeable that even m such centres as Nelson, where tho !f ag ."r°. salne Ilot J' o ' vcr y strong, Helsnmeu did not depart lrom their standing rule to play their very hardest regardless whether the teain pitted against them happened to ho atron" or weak. Speaking on this point one of tho managers remarked: "Playing what, may bo termed fool games is bad policy. It would tend to spoil the morale of our own men, and besides that it would cheat tho public out of seeing our style of game as it really is. Wo want best" SCB League play at its 111 0 then," said tho reporter, lias been moro of ail educational demonstration of League play than a financial Venture?" " . replied tho .manager. No Know what the League game is, and wo are pleased to see that the peoplo of i\cw Zealand arc rapidly acquiring a tasto for it. Every succeeding tour wi we feel sure, bring more and more adherents to tho League stant i IVO can fairl - v sa >' tfn's without desiring to get off anything in tile nature of a boast." "And then look at these," said the manager in conclusion. "I think wo lull ho excused if wo feel a little proud of them. Mr. Ball then produced a firm I ° / CrS V* I'*s''"61'* s ''" 6 to the uiiitnirr §? conduct of the men on tour, these letters were from the Railway and Postal Departments, and from every hotd at which tho team had stayed m New Zealand.

| THE MATCH TO-DAY. S JThe following team will represent 1 hnd fix '"< th ° "l? t0 . h agai " sfc Auck- | land >at Newtown Park to-day:—Full-back, A. Anderson (Hufct); three-qmr-AHllnK I W f' tlo iT ( }! etou °)> Kc'lly » (Athletic) G. Bradley (Athletic), A Houso (Petone); halves; K. Geor'e 1 Newtown) J Barber (Petone); ht I v rds / J \ P i! rker (Petone), J. Spencer I (Newtown), T. Turner (Hutt), A. Bensj in ami (Newtown), L. Campbell (NewS it athletic); reserves, I . , ~ h.; ! Guiro (Newtown): for-. I artl, B. Cliilds (Petone). I ref + ° ret! , "'"'J bo Mr ' C - Murphv, 1 j tjio touch-judges Messrs. H. Hav I and K. Ba.rber. "