FOOTBALL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1910, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

- MAORI TOUR FIXTURES IN AUSTRALIA. The following lire the fixtures and results of matches to date: — Juno (>. —Against New Koiit.li Wales.--Lost by U "to 0. .111110 0. Against New England, at. Armadale.- Drawn ((» each). .1 lino UL—Against. Queensland, at 15ri>ib;im». "Won by 111 to IJ. June l»—Agnin&b Xoilthorn Union, at Newcastle. - Drawn, (i all. June IS. -Against New South Wales. .Juno 22. ■— Against Western Union, at Bathurst.. •fitno 2o.—Against. American teui.ni. .1 ii.no 25).--Against Central-Sou thern team, nt. Goulburn. .July 2.—Against Victor'! l :!, at TM clboii ruo. MAORIS MAKE A DRAW fnr ia.KCTi:rc TKi,Kr.i!Arri--coi'viuonT.l [run rnr.ss association.! SYDNEY, June, 10. The Maori f;>-iin played a draw with a fifteen representing the Xorlhern I?r.;ihk-Ii of the New Soutli Wales Rugby Union nt. Newcastle. The score was six all.. Tlie ma t :-li was finely can teste:! on both sidts. It was a willing game with strong defence. \t hall' lime (lie Maoris led by flireo to nil. In the second spell the Xortherncrs niniSelnxl a couple of tries, and just before the c!o«o the visitors equalised the score?;. ffihia and Rogers were th« tr.vgetters. NKW ZKALWD r. NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY. To no If>. N"W Zealand defeated .Yew South Wales hy 17 pu'nts to 8. At half tint"- fhe (■'.ceres were: Xew Zealand >'■. N;-w S;,'!i!!i Wales PROEMS! OX.\ I.S EIGHT. SYDNEY, Juno 10. The Metropolitans put up a. good defence, in til.- 1 I>l:iif i■l i . Northern L n a!iue v. Xew S.-.uHi Wales, At nun stage of the nine the scoi'trs were: England 11'. ftv, ; ,p,,l; h-,,, i:,. Me---:.Mr_vr play.- 1 •■•-jdeudidlv. hi. kickinir b'-inrr a feature of the ga-ea. [[~ |„ and r.Miv. rted four'lie.s. The el<:«i"'l stages ri the sj-imp were marked ed hy verv rou"-h plav. endintr in a meliv anioi>.-r-t I'l'-' olavers. R"|ere the t'''oihl". reached its height the EuglMpiiiin. Rartholnmet wi'h an n r "-fort. Two ri'w were broken Kershaw. who ri'pK',,.-] i,?,,, +W> he-t of illmv .'.trii k ll:Aiistral::y; nn'ain ; n t | l( , lh» fadui'e "f ihe umpire lo orf!'. j r Korsjii'uv ofT f]i ; » frrnMnrf rnistvl a h,°s,!!i> iv f l".fi-:o on tin- part r-f the crowd, .and s-nvrnf .•nn oMn . t1*«: or^urtv.'f. I', veu tuall v an P. ir/l'-duna n an-d an \i! ■• 1 i'a!'' in w --re -red efl\ Th-> fi.v.l \','h- i!,. i) if :M1 „ d's.rracTul melee. '