MATCH v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

Free Lance, Volume VI, Issue 287, 30 December 1905, Page 21

MATCH v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

We left London this morning in a heavy fog, owing to which, our train was some forty minutes behind time m arriving at Oxford. The weather cleared about mid-day, and th© afternoon was fine, and almost warm. New Zealand team : —Full, GiOett; three-quarters, Booth, Wallace, McGregor; five-eighths, Hunter, Mynott; half, Roberts ; forwards, Casey, Tyler, Johnston, Newton, Nicholson, Corbett, Glasgow, Gallaher. Referee, Mr. A. L. Siloper, Loinaon. Oxford kicked off, and it became appaient at once tihat th© Oxford pack was completely out-matched. For the first few minutes, however, our backs mulled dreadfully, and it was some little time before the scoring opened. Once started, however, tries came quick and fast. The game was too one-sided to warrant detailed description. The scores were as f oillows . — 1, from scrum, Roberts, Hunter, Wallace try, Wallace converted, o points; 2, from loose, Gallaher, Mynott, Hunter try, Wallace goaled, 6 ; 3, from line-out, Glasgow, Johnston try, WaMace poster, 3 ; 4, from Jine-out, Gallaiher, Mynott, Hunter try, Wallace faded, 3; 5, from looise, Gallaher, Nicholson, Roberts, Hunter, McGregor, Humter try, GilJett failed, 3, 6, from line-out, Gallaher, Mynott, Hunter try, Hunter failed, 3; 7, from scrum, Roberts, Mynott, Booth^ try, Gillett failed, 3; 828 2 from loose play following line-out, Roberts, Mynott, Wallace, Gallaher, McGregor try, Wallace ejoaled, 5 ; 9, from scrum, Roberts try, Wallace failed "3; 10, from scrum, Roberts blind side, Glasgow try, Newton failed, 3 ; 11, from 'scrum, Roberts, Hunter, Mynott, Wallace, Booth try, Glasgow failed, 3; 12, from scrum, Roberts, Mynott, Hunter, Wallace try, Wallace failed, 3 ; No. 13, from scrum, Roberts, Hunter try, Tyler goaJed, 5; total, 47 points. Wallace played centre three-quarter in this game, but was not an unqualified success. Booth played with lots of clasih, and tackled and ran in fearless fashion. The other backs all performed satisfactorily. The forwards did as they liked in the scrum, and showed a lot of pace and cleverness in handling the ball in the loose. In the evening wei were dined in Trinity Hall by Mr. An/son, an old Oxford man, and a resident of many

years' standing in New Zealand. If I am not mistaken, he is a brother of that popular medico, Dr. Anson, of Wellington Terrace.