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FOOTBALL

THE ENGLISH MATCH. PRESS CRITICISMS. A DISAPPOINTING EXHIBITION. Rectived 11, 6.29 p.m. Svdxey, January 11. Tlio "Daily Mail," commenting on the England match, said that everyone had come in the sanguine hope o£ witnessing, not a game of Rugby as played on the stereotyped, depressing lines with which the English crowds so long had been afflicted—nearly all linesout, scrimmages and whistle, but for a display of football pyrotechnics, but the game had not been going a minute, before it was clear that the state of the ground was all against a display of fireworks. The players slipped about as on ice; the wet ball slipped through the hands of the players with exasperating regu* larity ; passes went forward, or ways that were never moant to, while the floundering footwork was merely a matter of chance. Tho game, consequently, lost much of its eipectcd openness and brightness. What the public wanted to sec was that marvellous All-Block back formation sweeping down the field in its inimitable and irresistible fashion, to its own accompaniment of deft outrages and dazzling tricks. The result of the match was a secondary consideration. Scarcely ! anyone expected to see England succeed where Scotland and Ireland signally failed. Instead of this, for the P* most part they saw mulled passes, ineffective sprints, absurd mistakes, ludicrous kicking, weary serum after scrum, tiresome lines-out innumerable. Only on rare occasions did the AllBlack machinery get in proper motion Then more often than not, the whistle blew for some infringement at the same time. To those initiated in Rugby mysteries, there were noticeable many delightful points, particularly the way in which the visitors circumvented the tactics by which England hoped to throttle the dangerous cutting in, which has yielded so ninny tries to their half. Instead of passing out to his five-eighths or three-quarters from the scrum ho would merely feint that way, but directly he had got the English defence on the move, he would pass like lightning in the other direction, with tho result that one or the other of his backs, rushing up, would find an opening. It was this apparently simple trick that led to the first three New Zealand tries, Roberts initiating the movement twice and/Gallaher once. McGregor was waiting unmarked. The three-quarters on each occasion had little else tc do but to turn on top speed and gallop over before the discomfited English defence, veering away from him, had realised the quick change and could alter their feet. McGregor was the hero of the match. The plaee-kicking was ineffectual. Wallace, ate' failing thrice, gave way to Deans and Gillett, who, however, did no better, which was not, to be wondered at, considering the nature of the ground. When the whistle blew, the whole H thirty players were alike—ail black. STARTING EARLY. PBR FBESS ASSOCIATION, Dcsedis, January 11. At 4 meeting of No. 1 Battalion Volunteers to-night, it was decided to form two football teams—one to play r Eugby, and one the Association game. This is subject to the Rugby Union admitting the team as seniors.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8026, 12 January 1906, Page 3

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FOOTBALL Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8026, 12 January 1906, Page 3

FOOTBALL Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8026, 12 January 1906, Page 3

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