The New Zealand Football Team in England. DETAILS OF THE TOUR AND MATCHES:

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 4

The New Zealand Football Team in England. DETAILS OF THE TOUR AND MATCHES:

Dukinc: the ia&b ten days or s>o, the New Zealand Footballers have experienced a n almofcO unbroken serie« of triumphs over leprobeulativo local teams in the north of England. They have, however, been playing tar Loo often. Five matches in eight days is out 01 all mason, when combined with long lailway journeys, and the worst possible w Gather. The Maoris are showing Ihumsbkci? better able to face Ihe condition'; ot our awful climate than might ha\c been imagined ; but they are at tor all mortal, and 1 am scarcely hur pjipccito learn that on Saturday last the majority of them were in a.--tatoof complete physical demoralisation for tho time being. k>o much to was this the case t.hab in older to raise a team fco play Westmorelund on •Saturday last fcjeott had to call upon be\eral invalids who (as you will easily gather trotn the intei'csbintj rejjorts of mv correspomlenb.'s with the team) wcie ically unfit to play- Ib is to bo hoped the boys willha\e had a few days re,-*t thi- week, otheiwibe they will bo in no condition to 1 nieeb the All .Ireland at Dublin to-day, and Mr Scotb may t'md (hose northern matches | oxer (from a "gate" point ut xiex\) comparatively unnnpoibanti clubs cost him dear,

I MAORIS Y. LIVERPOOL. A nuVeiablo team of cripples went over to pla\. a Liveipool lilteen at l-'airfielJ on i Wednesday. Foitunately, however, they had only to meet a. very thiul rate lot. . The Liveipool " Post" describes thegamcas follows : — Unfortunately the heavy rain, which had descended in this locality rendered the Old Buy»' giound at Fahtiekl \ery unh't for tlm important iixturc, which was played yesterday before several thousand spectators. From some cause or other the home team underwent v lcmodolling. F. ilickson, who was oiignally selected lor full-back, was conspicuous by hio absence, and the position was iilled by J. Lloyd-Williams. C. J. Lvtya undeitook the post of centie threequarter in lieu of Abb, and at half back ( v ). Loitch became 11. D. Wood's colleague, the one originally selected boing A. G. Melly. Tluee of the foiwaids liit-t chosen turned out, these being ft. X, Fernie, K. Uoold, and W. Hollway. There were severa changes also in the Maori team from that which was defeated on Monday by Swinton. Having lost the tos3, J. A. Brodie kicked oil for tho district a quarter ot an hour after the adveiti-ed time. \V. Wurbrick returned to the contie, and the fii&t scrimmage was catried by the home side amidst ringing cheers, the visiting forwards being stones heavier than their opponents. Brodie, Luya, and Male got in a bit of good play, and then Wood got hold and made an excellent i an and pass to Withcis, which the latter negotiated in correct style. On being tackled the Liverpool man had to pass back, and the ball was in touch. Wood, Mule, and 'Withers in a good sequence, Withei.s afterwards charging down Coldsmith's kick. The play was confined to the Maori halt for a considerable period, the capital passing of the district backs for a time disconcerting' the tourists. Several free kicks for slight infringements of rules weic awauled to Liverpool, but they availed little, a« the Maori backs weie always on the alot. The home side had haul lines, as the ball was lushed by their lorwarc'U right up to ,bhe line. Then a general chaige was made by the Maoii torwaids, who dribbled down the iield. A fow bungles were made by some of the Lneipool men, and two minois tell to the Maori?, whose extra weight on the sott erround sewed tlicm well. Wood, Withers, Biottie, and <). (Joold cleared the ball trom ji \ eiy dsingciou- position, aiid^o long as the home team kept the ball loose they were <-afe. At last the New Zealandeis managed to break through, and Keogh scored a try, but the place kick of Williams was a veiy pooi cilbi t\ A eonp'.e of -seconds latertheball was once moie ovci the home lines. ((Uige), but the k< cotneiting "' businc^n wa^ again a Jailine. The homq team loosened the tension s'iglitly, but Warbru;k (full back) <_rot in a grand kick irom the top ot the hold, which he followed up in a surpiiaingly btnarti manner, and {lulling down hi-> man, enabled Williams to " walk over ioi a third point. Before half-time Luya twice distinguished himself, one of his elloiis being a splendid dribble to the opposite end, w Inch Wai brick just managed to save. iScoie at half-time: — Maoris 3 trie- and 2 minors, Luerpool nil. After the lcstait the game was of a more even chauictcr, Luya, Male, and Leitch each doing bomc lair work. Leitch was near scoring, but the heavy going told its tale on the playeib. W. Warbiick again got in one of his sensational inns, but i Male, who collated, sent him into touch at the 25. Wood tried to get otF, but had to part with the ball to Male, who also passed to -Luya, but the latter failed to take it. The hrst point in the second half was now notched, a minor falling to the visitors. A iree kiciv in the home half by the Maoiis was afterwards mulled by Lloyd- Williams, who allowed the ball to slip from under him, and Williams being well up, crossed the home line for the fourth time. A fifth try was immediately afterwards scored by Keogh, and tin;- time Williams notched a goal. Arthur Warbiick added the next, and Filliott followed up with another, and when the whitetle sounded time the Maoris were easy winners by 1 goal 6 tries and 3 minors to nil. The visitors deserved their victory, for thoyplayedwith a vigour quite astonishing under the circumstances. Their style is ot' the rough-and ready order, without any inclination to take undue advantage ot their opponents, and, so far as was seen, theie wab nothiog objectionable either in their manner or method of play, though all who oppose them must be prepared to meet great strength and determination to win. For the district the three-quarters played pluckily up to the finish, Withers and Male both shining throughout ; Wood and Leibch did their best at half under difficult circumstances, tho forwards tendering but small help towaids the finish, as they were quite overpowered. J. Diodio and \\, K. Femie played a good uphill game against odds, and was well supported by J. Uoold, E. lhillin, and W. Edmunds, While W. E. Hollway also deserves a word for his praiseworthy efforts.

It is publicly announced that Counl Jouft'iay D'Abbans intends to leave the colony for Europo in March, and thab he will be absent for a period of nine months. Dr. Lastolar Bachono, the present consul at Aden, is appointed to be French consular agent in \\ ellington during his absence. Lt is reported that it was intended to divido the see of Rochester ; Dr. Barry, ex-Bishop of Sydney, receiving the new bishopric, to be known as the,,dioce&e of Soubhwavk. \