FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7971, 7 November 1905, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

Comments on the LeicesterMe!i. < KrcviwU Nov. li, p.m.) SYDNKY, Nov. I>. The London D.iily 'lVlrgrnph, comon thf l.vkvster mutch. says that, for the lit'st time the New /oaiatid wviy fairly hold in <•hn.lv. I.i'ing unahlc 1,0 all'ord their back.-* a five hand. Directly the balance of power forward rested with the \en' Zeiilanders, tlu» superiority of ihi■ backs is very manifest. The Daily |.\Yus says ?|~j "Kvery • hiitce that presi'iiUd ilsjuJf w-tui milised l.y ihn colonials lo the full, and ii chanced -did not come along in tii*'* ordinarv iw;i\ the\ would make theni tlinn.selves. So gToat, indeed, is their conl'nlence in thvir a'.iliiy that they hail no hesilalion in starling an attack' in their own 2.Vs. 'Moreover, their audacity in I this i'i- was justified hy results I I'e.'fect combination, speed, skill and strength bid lair lo render the New /<alanders invincible to the end of their tour." The Tiires says I "The Leicester I cam bad not any capacity outside thu scrimmagv t<> turn to account |he ft<j<rd work of their forwards. Having taken the stints out of the home team, the NVw Zealauders turned I lie game quite easily.) With regard to the notorious wing 'forwarnl ol the Xew /oalanders. he mav be s-aiil almost 10 liave met his match in 1 Brail hwnite. the Leicester halt-back, whose excess of zeal often found him tackling Gallagher when the latter had not the ball. With regard to the Middlesex match, the decisive victory was thoroughly genuine. In tin- matter of .'outwork the home teand held their own. but -in all other, departments they were -obviously the weaker side, the backs being quite outclassed.