FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4476, 10 July 1930, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

BRITAIN DEFEAT'S MAORIS,

BY .MARGIN OF SIX POINTS.

The Maori All Black team were defeated at Wjellington yesterday by the British team after one of the hardest matches the visitors have played during 'the tour. The game ended Britain 19 —Maoris 13. Throughout, the game was played at a rattling pace; there was always something doing, an almost entire absence of the prolonged tight scrummaging- that so often makes football uninteresting, and there was not a great deal of difference [between the opposing forwards. E. Bell played a particularly line game at wing-forward in the Maori team and was largely responsible for the effective smothering of the British inside backs, R. iS. Bpong and H. M. Bowcott, who, however, both (proved versatile in meeting the occasion. J. Morley, the speedy winger who scored the sensational try at Dunedin, notched another two tries, and A. L. Novis, on the other wing, was also responsible for two, .J. Rum, on the Maori whig, also played a spectacular game, and H. Harrison, the Maori half-back, came out with colours ffyhigvin his contest with Spong. The two full-backs, G. Nepia and J. A. Bassett) gave splendid exhibitions.

The Maoris scores were made up of a penalty goal kicked by Nepia, converted try scored by Pelham and converted by Nepia, and a try by Rum also converted by Nepia. The attendance was about 27,000 and Ihe weather was ideal.,

lIAWIRE'S BAY v. BRITAIN.

The-Hawke's Bay team to play Britain in Napier on Saturday next is:—

Full-back, E. Evans; three-quar-ters, J. Rum, L. South, B. Greuside ; five-eighths, 11. McDonald, J. Setford; half-back, B. Lambie; forwards, back row, W. Wilson, A. Meivay, S. Rennell; middle row, C. Brownlie, E. R. Steere, C. Camp- , hell; front row, J. Gemmell, R. Wanna; wing-forward, M. J. Brownlie. One of the forwards is to be dropped. Reserves : Forwards, ,B. Cairns, W. lleffciaa n; backs,' A. Grant, Both ef way. The first round of the Nash Cup Competition .will fie played on Saturday, when Ofeaki will meet Wanderers at Otaki. Shannon will have a bye. BRITISH TEAM’S R;Ed>RD. PLAYED 13, WON 10. Of- flic;'thirteen matches it has played in" New Zealand the British team has won 10 and lost'3. It has scored 238 points and 111 have been registered against it. Details of matches played are as' follow: Ma y 21—v. Wanganui, won, 19— 3.

May 24— ; v. Taranaki, won, 23 — 7. May 28 —-v. Manawkenua, won, 34 g v 'May 31 —iv. Wairarapa-Bush, » won .19 —6. June 3—v. Wellington, lost, 8— 12. June 7 —v. Canterbury, lost, 8 — 14. June 11 —v. -Buller-Wiest Coast, won, 34 —11. - June 14- —v. Otago, won, 33 —9. June 21 —v. New Zealand, won, 6—3. | June 25 —v. Southland, won, 9 3. June 28—v. Ashburton- South, Canterbury-North Otago, won, 16 —-9. July s—v.5 —v. New Zealand, lost, 10—13. July 9 —v. Maoris, won, 19—13.