Foetball.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43214, 13 August 1907, Page 3

Foetball.

THE “ ALL BLACKS” TOUR. A DRAWN GAME. (By Telegraph— Preear Association.) SYDNEY Yesterday The foal teat match Australia v. New Zealand was played on Saturday. There were 35,006 people present. There’ was fine weather with a fresh north-easterly, which gave the Australians the advantage, as they played with it in the first ipell, having won the toss. . . In the first half hour the game was not to representative standard. Then the ew Zealanders livened up, and the lustralians responding the game was a nerry one until the -end of the spell, teither side having-scored. The Australians lost a possible . chance 7 bad passing, and the New Zealanders ad a shot at goal from a mark, with rie result.

In the second half Woods raised the ithnsiasm of the local supporters by rossing the line after making his own pening, and Messenger kicked a goal, ustraha 5, New Zealand nil. The Ne w calenders, however, kept their opporats on the defensive, though at times leir play lacked the usual dash. The ime hovered about in various positions the field until New Zealand with a

rward movement, and the opponent’s tcks mulling the leather, Mitchinson lipped over the line, scoring behind the its, from Wallace kicked a goal. New aland 5, Australia 5. There was no rther score, though the New Zealanders 1 the best of the game, which ended a draw— five points each. [lie New Zealand team was as under: U-b&ck, Booth; threequarters, Fryer, tchinson, and Wallace; five-eighths,, nter and Mynott; half, Roberts (rards, Gillett, Casey, Hughes, W. mingham, O’Sullivan, Francis, John*nd Nicholson. In the Australian team Burge replaced

I PROFESSIONAL TEAM. I AUCKLAND, This Daylunning, Auckland, replaces Hall in ■team. fir Devore, president of the Auckland ■by TTnioh, speaking at a dinner at fth the Hawke’s Bay team was entered, regretted the appearance of pro■Dnaliem, and thought there was a II chance of it obtaining a place ■»g players generally or those [con - ■ng the game in New Zealand. Mr fcrthy, manager, of the Hawke’s ■earn, said bis union heard that the ■>rt of prominent Aucklanders had ■ it possible to send a professional ■to England. I Sheehan, chairman of the AuckI Union, agreed with the remarks, ■’.id the energy of the New Zealand ■•’ Union to stamp out profes- • ■ism would receiye every support ■the Auckland Union.