FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1472, 5 June 1905, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOE ENGLAND. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, iu,G night. fcgam for Australia and Groat Britain wia picked on Sducday night, and onderaed by the commiGtco of tho New Zealand Rugby Union. The following are the names : Backs. Gillelt, Canterbury E. Booth, Otago Wallace, Wellington D. McGregor, Wellington Thomson, WaDganui G. Smith, Auckland Harper, Canterbury Mynott, Taranaki I Deans, Canterbury j Hunter, Taranaki I Stead, Southland I F. Roberta, Wellington I Forwards. I Casey, Otago 1 Tyler, Auckland j Gallagher, Auckland ~ I Maekrill, Auckland Glasgow, Taranaki f j Corbett, Westland I. Johnstone, Otago I , McDonald, Ctago j Newton, Canterbury J Seeling, Auckland j Nioholaon, Auokland j ‘ O’Sullivan, Taranaki | ■; Glenn, Taranaki | J

The following will make the trip to Australia :—Wallace, Booth, McGregor, Thomson, Smith, Mynott, Hunter, Gillett, Eoberts, Glasgow, Oasey, O’Sullivan, Corbett, Glenn, Seeling, Nicholson, Gallagher, McDonald, and Johnstone.

HiUIA 55, .WEST END,

There was a very large attendance at .Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon to. .witness .the second round of the, above clubs, and the interest [Was maintained througho.ut. The Hilda team were considerably. Strengthened by. the inclusion of ' Share (full back), and, Sefton, Sherratt, and Parle (forwards.). Tait come up to\ the three-quarter line, - and showed much improvement m that position. West End also' included several new men. With the sun anfd wind behind. them the Huia vanguard, headed by. Sherratt and Sefton, put West End on ithe defensive, Tate ju,st clearing by a fine line', kick. Wopih-a and penei further improved the position by nice fqotwork, but Rowe, with a powerful kick,, put the ball oat at the corner. thuja were almost over on several occasions, but the West End defence was too sound. Tier, JVeniha, Parker, and Brown doing some solid graft. Park had a shot at goal from a penalty, and West End forced,, Te Reinga gained ( # ground by a fine kick, but Penei; 'it',, [who captained the To Auto team .. during their Australian tour, came through the I-Duda men with - the ball at his toes, and with fine footwork, carried the ball to midfield, where Tate kicked out. Te Reinga, Robinson, and Rowe commenced passing, which resulted in West End gaining ground. Swann broke away from the line, and transferred to Sherratt, who beat three men cleverly, and again placed the West End cm the defensive. Penei, (Tate, and Foley brought temporary relief, but the vanguard were not to be denied, Swann and Wauchopo carried the oval past the quarterline, where 'Rowe snapped it up and dashed for the line. Wepiha upended him close to the line, but Sefton and Park swept the ball over the line, the lati/er scoring close to the touchline. He took the kiok himself, the hall grazing the uprights. Play became faster. The game was wholly confined to the forwards, and as each team was evenly matched in this department, the play became very interesting. Swann, the Huia wing-forwafid, was in splendid form. ' Ellison kicked high among the Hluia hacks, and Sheet following ujn smartly, carried the ball to within a few yards of the Huia goal line, being there overtaken by Lasker. Wepiha took a ha'njd, anfd carrying Robinson with him, scared beside the posts, Tate failed with the kick. Three alii Sharp,- the Huia lull-back, got his Bide out of some tight fixes during the nest stages of the game. The spell ended without addition to the score., . ' With a good breeze behind him Wepiha had a shot at goal from a mark at half- - way. The Huia half shot the ball out to Robinson, who made a fine, run and passed it on to Te Reinga, who kicked out at centre. Leah took the bail on the line- . out and kicked across to Te Reinga, who h kicked out at the West End quarter flag Parker Turei, Wepiha, McLernon, and Hogg carried play back to the centre. Wi Friday, at half for West End, got away from the sorum repeatedly, but failed to give Brown the leather at the right moment. Penei, Olark, and Ellison oarried play into Huia quarters, where a penalty against Huia enabled Wepiha to kick a splendid goal from the touch line. Tate (Huia) took a high kick, and made a fine run up the liue, and West End were soon busy defending their base. Brown saved, and kicked high across the ground. The ball failed to find the line, and Leah,- taking it on the full, beat Foley and scored. Swann failed with the kick. The game ended : Huia 6 points, We3t End 6 points. Mr W. McOrodio had charge of the whistlo, and Messrs J. Martin and Rec 3 Jonos held the line flags.

bunaway victory for north ( ■ ISLAND. (Per: Press Association.) mu Wellington, last night. Tot “I match North Island v. South ' waa won by the former by 26 p mis to nil. South Island never had a on^ l ' o - 6 ' backs had practically no - .“ !u!|, *>od ; their forwards wore beaten m the loose work, and it was not until t.bo second spell that they showed any gcod ork. About 7000 people were present, here was no wind, and a heavy, slippery j ground, with fine weather overhead. The game, with one exception—a brilliant oack run by the Southorn baoks, and occasional quick passing runs—was slow, •the Northern backs’ gamo was below exp.eota.toni, the ground being responsible. 7"“ e ■"Ottth Island backs were far superior l T B * r opponents in line kicking, handling *-ho hall, and pace. Thomson, of Wanguhni, was brilliant in attack, and atiackiog £alhes from tho Southerners rarely passed xtoberts, Hunter, aud Myuott, the half snd five-eighths. Tries were scored by Hunter, Thomson (2), Glenn, Johnson and Smith. Four of them were converted by Wallace.