INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 60, 20 June 1910, Page 5

INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND v. QUEENSLAND. A CLOSE GAME. NEW ZEALAND WINS. NEW ZEALAND 19, QUEENSLAND 15. By Cable—Press Association—-Copyrigh ; Received June 10, 5 p.m. Brisbane, Saturday Night. ' For the New Zealand - Queensland match the weather was dull and cool. There was a large attendance. Queensland won the toss, and Paton 'kicked, off. A scrum was formed in the Queensland corner, from w'hich the ball jpassed out to the New Zealanders, who concentrated their force, and Francis, \ dribbling over, fell on the ball and scored ■ a try. O'Leary failed to convert. \ New Zealand ; 3 Queensland ~ 0 The play for a time was confined to the centre of the field, and a combined : rush by the visitors three-quarter line carried the game to Queensland's 25. A , forward pass by ißyan (prevented a score. Tihe Queenslanders then pressed the attack, and the New Zealanders were in difficulties, 'but succeeded in relieving, and play went back into the Queensland 25. Paterson rushed through, but lost the (ball. Shortly afterwards O'Leary kicked a penalty goal. New Zealand 6 Queensland 0 The visitors continued the attack, and nice passing by the three-quarters ended in Mitchell, scoring, O'Leary kicking a goal. New Zealand 11 Queensland 0 Almost immediately Fuller crossed, but O'Leary failed to convert. • 'New Zealand 14 Queensland 0 For the balance of the first half Queensland was on the defence. The visitors were repeatedly on the line, and the local team were many times forced to save. The New Zealanders were play- ' ing splendidly, making few mistakes, though forward passes a couple of times prevented the visitors obtaining what looked like easy tries. The spell ended— New Zealand 14 Queensland 0 On resuming, Kent kicked off. O'Leary returned to halfway, and the Queenslanders then moved up and held the visi-' tors in front of the posts. A penalty for offside play gave Stanley a chance, but the kick was mulled, and the game flowed down the field. Murphy secured and broke through the pack, but was onposed and passed to McCabe, who was too far back, and the opportunity was lost. The local team were playing better than during the first spell, and held the visitors to their own ground. McCabe ■ failed to accept a ball, which bounded , to Mitchinson, who made off down the line, but was tackled and passed for- ; ward, and lost the advantage. Burns , accepted the ball from the toe of an opponent, and bolted and passed to Mitchinson, who transferred to Francis, and the latter, going along the line like a streak, scored. O'Leary kicked a goal. New Zealand 19 Queensland : 0 The Queenslanders opened up and be- ' gan to force the pace, pressing the Blacks back to the line, but could not break through. A penalty against the Blacks, however, resulted in Stanley kicking a goal. New Zealand 19 Queensland 3 Following the drop out, the local team freshened again, and, the New Zealanders defending, Avery got offside, and •Stanley kicked a penalty goal. •New Zealand 19 Queensland 6 The New Zealanders then took a turn : at attack, and carried the battle into . their opponents' ground, where it hov- . ered dangerously close to the line, but a free kick sent them back to neutral ■ ground. Both sides began to put their whole life into the play. The Queensland pack reaching the ball, Athow secured and sent 'to Stanley, to Farmer, to McCabe, and to Farmer again, and the latter crossed and scored with a bunch clinging to him. Stanley converted. New Zealand 19 | Queensland 11 Queensland being penalised in the 25, O'Leary took the shot and just missed. Tucker then potted a goal. Time then sounded with, the scoresNew Zealand 19 Queensland 15 NEW ZEALAND v. N.S.W. RECORD TO DATE. 1884—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 11 to nil. 1884—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 21 to nil. 1884—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 10 to nil. 1893—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 17 to 8. 1893—At Sydney, N.S.W. won by 25 to 3. 1893—At Svdney, N.Z. Avon by 'l6 to nil. 1897—At Svdney, N.Z. won by 13 to 8. 1897—At Sydney, N.S.W. won by 22 to 8. 1897—Ait Sydney, N.Z. won bv 20 to 3. 1901—At Wellington, N.Z. won by 20 to 3. J 1903—At Sydney, N.Z. won bv 12 to nil. 1903—At Sydney, N.Z. won liv 3to nil. 1905—At Sydney, N.Z. won bv U) to nil. 1905—At Svdney, drawn, 8 all. 1907—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 11 to 3. 1907—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 14 to nil. 1910—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 21 to 8. I' 1910—At Sydney, N.Z. won by 17 to 11. SUMMARY. Matches played 18

New Zealand won 14 New South Wales won .. .. 3 Drawn .. 1 Points scored hy N.Z 302 Points scored iby N.S.W 03 AMERICANS' OPENING MATCH. DEFEATED BY SYDNEY UNIVERSITY. Received June 17, 7.30 p.m. Sydney, Saturday Night. As a .prelude to the Maori match, the (American University team played its first match in Australia against the Sydney University. The visitors displayed a fine knowledge of the game, kicking splendidly. In the first spell they led by 6 to nil, hut in the second half the Sydney lads' form stood by them, and they scored rapidly, the Americans failing to .score. The game resulted— Sydney University 17 Americans G MAORIS v. NEW SOUTH WALES. MAORIS DEFEATED BY 27 TO 13. Sydney, Saturday Night. Fully fifteen thousand people, including Lord Chelmsford, were present when the Maoris commenced 1 the game against New South Wales. The teams were as follow: . Maoris. ~ Fdl-back, pOfinanga 5 three-

quarters. Rawiri, Winir.;a, and Kaipara; halves, Stead and Piki; forwards, Takarangi, Hall, Ti,pene, Cunningham, Tamu, W. Winiata, Small, and Burnett. New South Wales.—Full-back, Dwyer; three-quarters, Gregory, Adamson, Dunbar, and Prentice; halves, Hodgens and Wood; forwards, Griffin, Middleton, Clarken, Prouse, Stuart, George, Fahev, and Row. It was a remarkable game in the matter of form, and it was difficult to realise that the Maoris were the same team in the second half as that which played so dismally in the first .spell. The whole of the first interval was practically spent in the Maori territory. They were sluggish to a degree, and the back division could not get the ball at all. It must 'be admitted that the brilliant passing of the local men completely beat the Maoris, and score after score came with almost wearying frequency. The first spelt ended —New South Wales 24, Maoris nil. Gregory failed to convert a couple of reasonable goals. The second spell saw a wonderful change. The Maori temperament became mercurial, and Stead did his utmost to spur on his side. W. Winiata and stood out well in their play. W. Winiata drew first blood with a lucky goal from a free kick. The foal] struck the post, but bounded in on the right side of the timber. Hodgkin scored the only try for the local team in the second spell, ibut the shot at goal failed. The Maoris then rushed down, and Hall got over. Takarangi took the kick and landed a really fine goal. The visitors worked like Trojans, and pressed their opponents, with the result that Sellars dashed over. Takarangi added the vantage points, converting what looked like a hollow 1 defeat into an ordinary defeat. The .game ended—

New South Wales 27 Maoris 13 New South Wales played brilliantly throughout.