NOTES ON THE IRELAND MATCH.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 337, 26 January 1889, Page 3

NOTES ON THE IRELAND MATCH.

out-paced by Maynavd. The latter thus easily gained try number five, and it was converted into a goal by McCausland, About ten minutes now remained, and during it the ball was kept in dangerous proximity fen the visitors' goal; but the Irishmen could never score. It was a very | poor and easy-going exposition of football throughout, any respectable play being shown by the visitors. With the exception of Woods, Warren, Waitcs, and Moffatt, the homo team played very badly. Teaivs — New Zealand : W. Warbrick, full back ; D. Gage, McCausland, F. Warbrick, half backs ; Ellison, Keogh, and Wynyard, quarters; Taare, Taiaroa, A. Warbrick, Ellison, Anderson. Stewart, Williams, and Maynard, forwards, lroland : Edwards, full back ; Bulger, Woods and Walpolo, half backs; Walpole (centime); Wan en (captain), and J. Stevenson, quarter backs ; J. S. Jameson, J. Waitcs, J. Atrnew, R. Stevenson^ T. Forrest, J. iJ. O'Connor, l<\ Stoker, and J. Lyttle, forwards. '

McCausland, whose knee has troubled him a good deal of late, found on arrival at the ground ou Monday that ho was so bad as to be quite unablo to play, in fact he had to stand stock still-throughout the match. The Irish public and the Irish footballers were, a New Zealand player writes me, as nice as possible about their team's defeat, but the Irish papers took ib most 111temperedly, depreciating- both their own side and the Maoris, though they had the previous morning spoken of bho liishmen as fairly representative, and prophesied an easy victory for them. Harry Wynyard, who played with the New Zealanders at Dublin, does not belong to the team. He happened to be in England on private business, and Scott, knowing him to be good a back, and being short ot men (so crippled has the corps now become), tent for him. Towards the end of the first spoil of the All Ii eland match, the New Zealanders carried tho ball right up the field, and Anderson scoi^ed a fair try right between the posts, but it was disallowed for some reason the Maoiis don'b understand. In the second tho New Zealandera had the wind in their favoui, and vveie rightly confideut of winning the game which, as you kno.v, they did easily enough. Under the Irish Rugby rules, the scotes when time was called stood : Maoris : 4 goals and 1 try, viz., 18 pointsIreland : I goal and 1 try, vi/., 6 points. A very jovial dinner, at which a number of nice things were said by the Irishmen, followed the match. The All Ireland team, a New Zealand player writes me. was the strongest rained in Ireland this year, bar Montgomery, of Cambridge Univeisity,who couldn't get over. During their stay in Dublin the Maoris visited Guinness's brewery. Only about 1,000 spectators witnessed the Trinity College match on Monday afternoon. Clearly the Irish aie not enthusiastic footballers.