OUR FOOTBALLERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8000, 11 December 1905, Page 2

OUR FOOTBALLERS.

NEW ZEALAND V. CHESHIRE. A.\ EAISY VICTORY. FOl'li TIMES TO TAIMYNAKI. ItcPelVed ](), 1.11 .p.m. London', Dcc.'inhcr !l. TllCfC WHS splendid Wl-illll.T for the niiitcli sgainst Clicsliiiv. which was witnessed h.y 8000 spectator,. The New Zcalantlers quickly scored I'l'oui :i forward rush.

Abbott (Taranaki) secured two tries, Hunter (Taranaki), ami Thomson (Wanganui), one each before half time was called, (iillelt (Canterbury), eonverting Hunter's try. New Zealand II Cheshire. ... ... n In (he second spell Deans (Canterbury) scored it couple, of tries, and Thomson (Wanganui), Hunter; (Taranaki). Huberts (Wellington), illu l Nicholson (Auckland) one each, only one of which was converted. The game ended:--New Zealand ;■),!, Cheshire o The Premier has received the follownig cable:—"New Zealand heat Cheshire County by U points to nil. eight tries and two goals. Thomson secured three tries, Hunter and Deans two each, Abbott, Nicholson anil liobcrts, one each." NEW ZEALAND v. CliEiT BKITATN. A MATCH A .{RAM; Kit. Lo.vi.on, Decembers. The New Zealandcrswillplava leant representing Ureal lirilain ni'Li.ndoii lor the unemployed fund, probal.lv on January lilli. || is | 10 ,„. ( | ( |„. fa and Queen will at lend.

THE WELSH HATCH. Of ,-»,„•<,. everybe.ly is wailin-. ,-,„. tin- Hi.-itL-li against Wales. (),„■ | ; don correspondent writes: "Nowhere in ih,; l r idi,.(! Kingdom is Hi'' triumphant progress' of the New /Valanders watched with keener hit itest than in South Wales, which ma v he '•""'••I 111'" cl' IJu K l >v f'i.otl,all in the Old Country. CV-i-tuiiil.y, lliev seem to take Llio game there far mora seriously than anywhere else in the hind. To-day the leading clubsSwansea. Cardiff, Newport, anil Id-,,,. •■ll.v--li.-iv (lie New Zealaudd-s fairly »n tin- Imiiii. and no elVorl will Ikspared hy them to try to give the ii.itors a drubbing ~r |,wo during Hi-'ir Welsh tour. On siu-li collatci-al I'erju as the season lias provided thus Car the \\clsh eluli teams hardly appear lik-lv to seriously threaten New Zealand's supremacy. Cardiff, for instance oulv won Us inaleh against Bristol by Ih'e extremely narrow and hu-kv niiii-'dii of a dropped goal to a try, whereas the Nfiv Zrnliiinlrvs thoroughly routed the Brislolians, crossing (heir'line no l.ss than nine times. The general idea in Wales appear* to he that the only „ IIV to eheck tlic New /cahindcrs'i, to attempt to .smash up their front line with eight powerful hustling forwards ol the Harding type, and so m;l k,, Unllaher, or his deputy, come hj, t„ || lt , park and push. They evidently behove that heliiiiil a pack thai i> held by its. oppui.enls the New Zealand l.a, U will prove no heller than those Wales can call upon tor an international and that hehiud a beaten front rank their powers of defence will j.r.>vi. to Lave been greatly overrated," PRESS OPINIONS. How the New Zealandcrs eaine io lose a try is the wonder ol' (he season. —Morning Leader.

Brilliant as the New ilea landers are if is not impossible to hold them in check, and even make a close slrn<>. gle.— Daily Telegraph. In Wales we go on the field to win. not to slop the others from winning We have told you times galore that al-t-ark is the loest defence. Seven forwards who will stand up to Wales' eight stalwarts will be worth seeing. Come (0 Cardiff and solve the problem.—A Welshman.

Having regard to the established combination and the inherent- merits of the players, it is really dillieiilt to see where the colonials are to lie stopped. U they have a weakness, il has nut vet been discovered, and as soineliu.lv '1 \. pressiv.-ly puts it. ihev take the'hall like short slip.—Daily Chronicle

The one lesson they do teach us. and one we will do well to si ml v. is "the importance of b.-inj, earnest;" thoroughness, uuhesitiilinu. heiulloiiK determination this- is the k.-vimic of their phiv. -Express. Superl'eW was Ihe ~|.l v „|- : |„. _ x ,.„. Zeahindersihat Ihev qui.-Uv aroused Ihefulleiilhusiasinor ,1 verv sp„„i„„ '•'•'<»-,!. and their London rec'epliuu will '■"'""I Ih'' l-'iisl ideasaul incident „f ll "'' 1 ' '"'O'. Sufli 1, displiv as they ffive was a revelation in |'|„. \> lv j,\. r ,lllk '- ' oov.diy in tactics was (i-ili-ill!,'compared with the jfeiieral ex.-el-''•i f 111" team al all points of the gilllle- -World.

The New /.-aland footballer, march on from one victory m another, and have created a spurting panic here thai can only lie compared to ih" successes of the lirsl team of Australian cricketers. Tin-side which cnilmcdlo score one single Iry against lliem is 1,,.|,l |„ have covered itself with glory.—Uri. tish Australasian.