NEW ZEALAND V. ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7994, 4 December 1905, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND V. ENGLAND.

I THE GREAT FOOTBALL MATCH. t WON BY THE COLONIAJA A RECORD ATTENDANCE. THE .SCORE.' Recoived 3, 4,18 p.m. London, December 2, Favoured with finojweather, the;test match, England v. New Zealand, estab" lished a/ecord attendance.for; Rugby football in; England. An enormous crowd was present, being estimated at quite 80,000.' The ground, from previous rains, wal terribly heavy, and thejeondition told palpably on players, inasmuch as that towards the end of the game many of the contestants wero lagging. The greatest care had beon taken in selecting a team to do battle for the Old Country, with tho rosult tliatji fine team It included seven old International players,land was captained by H. Cartwright, the well known exponent of Rugby, and liimi were Godfrey «nd A. C. Hind (Leicentcr), and Showring (Somerset). The Home team played fivojthrecqtiarki'.s, with J. E. Raphail (of Oxford) as rover. In tho New Zealand team, Gallagher (Auckland) *nd McGregor (Weilington) replaced Mynott (Taranaki) | and Smith (Auckland), the latter liaring injured his shoulder in tho Lime, rick match. | Newton (Canterbury) took tho place of Cunningham (Auckland), otherwise the team wa3 tho same as last Saturday. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM Mc( i rogor (Wellington). Gillelt (Canterbury). Wallace (Wellington). Deans (Canterbury), Hunter (Taranaki). Stead (Otago). Roberts (Wellington). Gallagher (Auckland). Casey (Otago). Tyler (Auckland). Newton (Wellington). O'Sullivan (Taranaki). Glasgow (Taranaki). Seeling (Auckland). McDonald (Otago).

THE PLAT. Reversing the tactics of the match against Ireland, tlio Colotiiala ttok tho initial ire, and, opening with a hot attack, invaded tho Home Country's 95. The Englishmen wero hard at work defending their line. From scrums inside the quarter flag, McGregor got possession and whipped over tho lino, thus registering first blood for thelMaorilandws, No goal resulted. New Zealand 3, England 0. Within six minutes oTlterslaft of the game, Wallaco (Wellington) had a. shot at goal, but tho ball-went \ridi». On resuming, tho Now 2oalanders followed up (heir advantage* with renewed rigour, and continuedvto press the Home team, keeping them penned down. ■v Various efforts to cross the line wero fruitless, until aoout ten minutes later than the first score, when McGregor again got through, but Wallace failed to add points. New Zealand G, England 0. When in play again, England showed a stubborn defence, and successfully' chocked farther scoring, until just before the end of the spoil, when Mo. Grcgor was once more in cridence, and placed a third try to his credit. The ball was placed for Wallace, but the score was not iucreased, and tho spoil ended—" New Zealand 9, England 0. McGregor was 'playing inrare "style, and his; brilliant dashes for ■ the line •licited cheers from tho immenso crowd. The opening of th» aeoond half was practically a repetitio* of th« first, the visitors still being on the oft'ensire, and for a quarter of an liour England was sorely pressed, though tho Colonials were unable to break through their defence.

Erentually the Home forwards took a lmud in the, game, »nd, by a fino rush,,the scone of play was rcmorod into New Zealand's tecritorw, whore it remained for some time. Then ensued givo and take play,, followed by a determined rush of tlu* Now Zen lander 8 down in tho English quarters. At the end of half an hour's play, McDonald (Otago) registered a fourth try for his Colony. Wallace's star was again not in the ascendaney, and no further points were added as a result of his shot at goal. New Zealand 12, England 0.

: In quick succossiori, McGregor added still another try to his credit. This time tho ball was placed for Gillelt (Canterbury), but his olfort was at. 5 tended by no better success than th# efforts of Wallace. In tho last few minutes tho Britishora rallied somewhat nnd mado a desperate effort to score. Pressing lwr<l, they rushed tho ball over New Zealand's line, where the Colonials kicked it into the dead area. The game ended— New Zealand 15, England 0. THE PREMIER'S CONGUATtJ. IA TORT CABLE. DiwKMJi, December 3. Til.) Premier despatched the following cable lo the High Commissioner on hearing of the result of the Now Zoaland v. England football match " Convey hearty congratulations* from the Colony to the New Zealand football ern._ ['he people here are delimited it .heir conspicuous success, and tho (oifchy manner in which they ('are up. lohlmg the prestige of New Zealand ootball.