FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8004, 15 December 1905, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. Witt UNITED MESS ASSOCIATION, COl'ritlGHT.

NEW ZEALAND V. YORKSHIRE. ANOTHER EASY WIN. Lo.vdox, December 13. Thirty thousand spectators witness ed the mutch against Yorkshire. ■The visitors made the pace warm from (lie .star!, tries being scored by Booth (Otago) and Deans (Canterbury) in quick succession. Hunter (Taranaki), a little later on scored a third. allaee succeeded in couTcrtiug the last only, Before half-time Deans twice mora crossed the line and Mynott (Taranaki) got the sixth try. Wallaco (Wellington) and Tylor (Auckland) oacli converted one, and half time was called with the scoro; New Zealand <M ~, Yorkshire g On starling tho second spell, tho Yorkshire forwards set up a fino rush, and got within a yard of the Navy Zea. landers' line, but failed to malf" fur. ther progress. Gradually the sceno of play was re■moved to Yorkshire torritory, and when within their 26's Booth got possession and crossed tho line. In quick succession Hunter added a fur. ther try and then McGregor (Welling, ton) twice got over. Wallace failed to place McGregor's tries over the bar, but succeeded with the other two, and when "no-sido" sounded tho scoro was Now Zealand 40 Yorkshire 0 (The above credits Deans with three tries and Myuott with one, whilo tho Government cable statos they each scored two.) The Government cable states that New Zealand won by 40 points to 0 ■ ten tries, live of which were converted. Booth, Myuott, Hunter, Deans, and McGregor scored two tries each. The game was hard and fast and the atten. dance was estimated at about 40,000. CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD. London, December 13, In the inter-Uiiivmity match Cambridge beat Oxford by 3 goals (15 points) to two goals and one try (13 points.)