N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM BEATEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12616, 29 November 1926, Page 4

N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM BEATEN

BY GOAL IN LAST MINUTE TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED. Australian and N. - Cable Association (Received November 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 27. The New Zealand League team was defeated by Swinton by 16 points to 14. It was a thrilling contest. Swinton started well, and quickly gained a lead of 5 points when Beswick scored a try which Morris converted. The New Zealanders then subjected the Swinton line to greater pressure than it has known for a long time. Several attackers were held when only a yard from the line, and several times the ball was over the line, but a defender got there first. Eventually Mnuat kicked a penalty goal, which was the New ZeaIcnders’ only reward in the first half. Morris kicked a goal for Swinton, who led at the end of the first half by 7 points to 2. New Zealand led nine minutes after the resumption, Desmond, Brown and then Desmond again scoring tries all of which were the result of remarkable speed and delightful work. Mouat failed to convert any of them. SWINTON DRAW LEVEL Swinton then attacked hotly, and Morris kicked a penalty goal. A thrilling run by Davidson and Brown ended in Brown sooring a spectacular try from his own half. Swinton made the scores level when Halliwell scored a try which Morris converted. There was feverish excitement in the last minute, when Ijgarson dropped a goal, giving Swinton the victory. The New Zealand team played splendidly throughout, and was inferior to Swinton only in the scrums. New Zealand team.—Gregory, Desmond, Davidson, Cole. Brown, Delgrosso, Brisbane, Carroll, Herring, Mouat, Peterson, Avery. the letter in time. Perhaps that’s his ring!” she added, as the door-bell rang warningly. “Ob, I do hope so.” It was Donald, and as he caught sight of Adela he went up to her and kissed her warmly. “This is on unexpected pleasure,” he said. “Mrs Montague told me she had wired for you, but hardly knew whether to expect you. I’ve been out of town with my tutor all day, and only got your letter when I returned, so please excuse this lato visit,” he added turning to Montague and his wife. Adela stayed to talk to the boy for some few minutes, then said she must be going, and Donald, satisfied that his sister was in such good hands, said he would accompany Adela to her hotel. “I can never thank you enough, Donald, for doing your best to bring your father home again,” said Adela gently, as she and her stepson sat side by side in a taxicab that was carrying them swiftly to her hotel. “I think it was so splendid of your friend to interest himself in our affairs like that. But tell me, Donald, was his primary reason for doing so in order to warn your father against—?” “Yes. It appears that he found , out that Gordon was not acting hon- \ ourablv towards her—used to have a ■ sort of gambling den at his flat by i all accounts, and Conyngham was ' afraid she would be drawn into playing without realising the seriousness ' of it all. But in any case, whatever 1 he may have said to my father, I ’ think it will be my letter that will ] be the means of effecting his return. I can’t tell you now, because the sub- < ject is just too hateful ,to speak about.” < “I think I understand, Donald,” j answered Adela quietly; “and I think you have behaved splendidly in writ- ! ing to him.” , That night Adela wrote a long letter to her aunt, telling her enthusiastically of the kindness of the people into whose hands Julia had fallen, i and asking her advice as to the course to be pursued, since it seemed obvious- ' ly impossible for the girl to return to her husband; for even the mere ! mention of his name was sufficient ( to bring a look of utter terror into , her eyes. But the letter arrived too late, for when a maid entered Miss Gunning’s room to awaken her, she found that Aunt Bessie was sleeping peacefully ‘ fo awaken never more to the troubles j and stress of this earthly life, for , she bad found, after much sorrow, the ; everlasting iov. < (To be Continued.) ■ I