FOOTBALL MATCHES.
Hawke’s Bay y Wellington. Wellington, August 21. The interprovincial match between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington was played at the Athletic Park this afternoon, and resulted in a win for Wellington by 12 points (tour tries) to 3 points (one try). The visitors have a fine team of forwards, who more than held their own with the Wellington pack, but their backs were weak. Slattery, Wood, Adams, and Mclntyra scored for Wellington and Humo for Hawke’s Bay. Southland y. New South Wales. Invercargill, Aug. 21.
The weather conditions were decidedly against the New South Wales team for to-day’s match, and they failed to score, the game ending—Southland 17 (5 tries and a goal) to nil. Rain fell all night, and although the ground was not in the worst condition there was water over the part to which the game often gravitated. A steady wind blew in the line of the ground, and the visitors winning the toss took advantage of it, and were expected to score. The local team battled against the wind and quite held their own, and Maley managed to score a try. In the second spell they put up four trios—Jacobs two, Bain one, Stead one. From the latter E. Purcius kicked a goal. It was generally held that Bain should have beiu credited with another try. The play of the visitors was much admired, and had the ground been in better order the scores would probably have been more equal. Hughes, Lindsay, and W. A. Shortland did good work in the back division, C. Shortland being prominent Bmong the forwards. The result does not indicate the merits of the team, as the ground was very greasy, but it seems probable that Southland would have won under any conditions. Some of the Welshmen knocked about in the Wellington match stood out, and the strongest team was not in the field. Jacobs, Bush, Maley, Purdue, Stead, and Jenkins were prominent for the home team.
The visitors gained golden opinions for their style of play and the abseMC of protests and wrangling.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 August 1901, Page 4
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344FOOTBALL MATCHES. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 August 1901, Page 4
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