New South Wales, 5; Taranaki 0.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 88, 30 August 1912, Page 7

New South Wales, 5; Taranaki 0.

A minute later 11. I'uniswortli aaMioral the hall in his arms, passed to V. Farnsworth, who transferred to Oarlick. Tho ' last-mentioned player streaked in and scored fairly near the corner flag. Cilluming landed a splendid goal. New .South Wales, 10; Tanuiaki, 0. The second spell followed shor! !y afterwards. Tanuiaki forwards made the pace warm from the jump ou resumption, hut iiurge cleverly intercepted. The hall returned to New South Wales' quarter, where Siddels made a bold but unsuccessful hid to open a scoring account. The visitors suddenly turned the tables, and after securing tho hall from the ruck, Burge was seen scaling for the linn, lie outstripped all opposition and scored. Cummins failed with the kick. New South Wales, 13; Taranaki 0. Taranaki retaliated with vigor, hut McGregor was too knowing a full-back. A brilliant run was witnessed when the licet three-quarter, Thompson, once got away, hut he only got as far as the half-way line. Tarunaki were now relying almost solely on. their forwards yhen attacking, but they were too well marked. On other occasions thev nullified many good efforts by kicking too far. The amber-and-blacks were also not in the best of condition, and always I their insufficient knowledge of tlw finer point* of the game told more or less against them. Once when a fleet blue

was going "eyes out'' for the line lie was ( brought down in line style by Robinson, I who throughout the afternoon gave a ! sterling account of himself. Well into the second half Stockman had a dropkick at goal from just inside the Halfway line, the ball just falling short of its mark. Shortly afterwards, Thompson put in a good run on New South Wales' behalf, and would have scored had he not transferred to a confrere. Several chances of scoring were lost by the visitors through wild-passing. Another grave mistake on their part was that, confident of success, they were all trying to score, and in consequence their selfishness cost them more than one try. Through superior tactics the blues invariably got the ) better of the scrums. An exciting moment came when Hogg marked on the line, and pust saved Taranaki from a certain try. A few seconds later Burge (lodged several men and scored under the posts. Cummins converted with ease. New South Wales, 18; Taranaki 0. The crowd, having sized up the game in their respective estimations, now made trek for the Recreation Grounds. With a few minutes to go, Taranaki put in one of their few really creditable passing rushes. Robinson, the last man to secure, ran down the line, and passed within handy distance of the line, but his confrere was immediately lloored. The game see-sawed tor several minutes, and once Siddells saved for Taranaki with a splendid line-kick. Robinson once more got going for Taranaki, but lack of support proved his downfall. Immedjately afterwards, Gleeson scored for New Sopth Wales with apparent ease, ' easily beating several opponents. Cum- \ mins failed with the kick. 5S T ew South Wales, 21; Taranaki 0. Suprrod on by this reverse, Taranaki attacked strongly, Julian being prominent in an attack which just fell short of success. Stockman followed this up with a free-kick at goal, but without avail. The closing incident of the match was a passing rush between Curran and McOue, the latter scoiing. ' New South-Wales, 24; Taranaki, 0. The kick was not converted, and the whistle immediately sounded mo-side. Mr. Ferguson, of Auckland, was referee.