FIRST LEAGUE TEST

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 8

FIRST LEAGUE TEST

AUSTRALIANS’ BIG WIN OVER ENGLAND 31 POINTS TO EIGHT Australian and N.Z. Press Association (United Service) LONDON, Saturday. In tho first League football test match Australia defeated England by 31 points to 8, after leading at halftime by 18 points to 2. Parkin was unable to play for England. The home team started with a strong attack, but the visitors got going at a terrific pace. Busch, Treweeke and Gorman played a great

game, and carried all „before them. There were 20,000 spectators. The game took place at Craven Park, Hull. The decisiveness of the score did not exaggerate the Australians’ superiority, which extended to every phase of the game. E n gla n d was beaten both in speed and general understanding of the game, and paid

the penalty for weakness in defence. The only department in which England could claim any advantage was in the scrum, where it gained possession nine 'times out of ten, but this advantage was nullified by hesitancy and faulty passing. In fact, the English backs were made to appear very moderate. The absence of Parkin, Brough and Ellaby, through injuries, weakened the team, but it did not excuse the feeble play. Treweeke, Shankland (2). Prigg, Bishop, Spencer and Weissell scored tries. Weissell converted five. For England Middleton and Freetliam scored tries. Thompson kicked a penalty goal.