FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

JEW ZEALAND . WALE'i deceived Dec 58, 5-5 p.m. London, Dee 23. Thirty-five thousand people watched the New Zealand-Welsh match, winch was played at -Swaassa in driz'-ile Many New Zealand oSicer.s ,vwe present, including Cieiiei-1 dltwuit. Great cliccrmg me Ah Ijiacks on their appce r'iuw on. the held. The game throughout was faot, opea and spectacular, resolving itself into «< duel Delween the Sen Zealand aggfessivc lorvrai'd attacks, which, were mostly by drilling, with excellent footwork, »ad tho saperb, tricky Weish. back play. The Welsh got most possession ot the ball, and handled ii better than the Kevv Zealanders. -. At half-time there (fas no ;:eore.

Insufficient policing permitted iho crowds to invadj the tisld, necessitating several stoppages.

In the B econd half, after a splendid passing rush through nearly -all the Welsh backs, v'/ales scored at the corner, brushing against the spectators, but the ivv was not converted. The New Zealanders made tremendous efforts to equalise matters by hanging to tho Welsh lines. A great passing bout took place between Brown,-Taurei, McJTaught and Cock-fott, the latter just l'ailinst by inches to score under the nosts,

The game was truly a memorable one, although iiardiy equal to past international standards.

Storey, O'Brien, and McNaught ecvo the best of the New Zealand backs, and Wilson, Fogarty, Moffitt, and Sellars of the forward division.

RESULTS OF OTHER GAMES At the Albert Hall, m iu amusing push-ball match, New Zealand defeated Australia by 9 points to nil. In a Rugby match, Cardiff scored two tries and New Zealand placed a goal and obtained a penalty goal. —Aus.-N Z. Cable Assoc.