NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIOUS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 8, 10 July 1893, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIOUS.

(PER FRESB ASSOCIATION.) Sydney July 8. The retnrn match, Kew Zealand team v New South Wales, was played to day in the presence of 15,000 people. The New Zealand team was — Full-back, Wilson ; three-quarters, Jervis, Bayley, Good ; halves, Shannon and Gage ; forwards, Ellison, McKenzie, Latrtbie, Cockroft, Murray, Speight, Stuart, Gardiner, and Mowleui. Fraser kicked off for the local men, and a scrum was formed. Lambie headed a rush, and came right through' until he met the full-back. The local men made determined rushes, and the ball waß kept constantly in the N.Z. 25, end the latter had all their work to prevent a score. Ellison relieved bin side hy a good run, being collared when near the line. Here a free kick was awarded, but Ellison failed at a very easy shot at goal. Jervis received a quick pass from Cockroft, and scored the first try, but the kick at goal was missed. Attack after attack was made on the New Zealand goal, and Hiddlestone and Hanlon scored, but the kicks at goal were a failure. From this out the ball wa. confined mostly in the N,Z. 25, and the local men did pretty well as they liked. Tries were obtained by Fraser (2) and Roberts. Two of the tries were converted, and a goal was kicked from a mark, making the score— N.S.W., 25; N.Z., 8. The New South Wales men played magnificently, and their passing at times was brilliant. The New Zealands were beaten at every point in the game. Hiroa, Butland, and Wynyard were greatly missed io the team, but the trio had had a severe knocking about in previous games, and were quite unfit to play. Ellison and Stuart, too, were practically cripples, and it was very apparent that the strain of playing five games in ten days had an appreciable effect on the New Zealanders, who played without any life and were very stale. Gage and Cockoroft were the only two conspicuous for real bard work. Tbis Day. The Sunday Times, referring to the match, says the game was a phenomenal exhibition of football, and the greatest sight ever seen in any contest on tbe Association ground. Referring to Saturday's match the Herald says the result waa brought about not by the superority of the home team, but by the staleness of the visitors. The Daily Telegrayh says that while the reason of the defeat is stated to be stalenessjit is ir/clined to the opinion that the viotory was in a great measure due to tbe lesson taught the|homo tteain in tbe previous match.