FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1920, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE LEAGUE GAME. //jIM BRITAIN y. NEW ZEALAND. ENGLISHMEN'S EASY WW. 'f By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Auckland, lutt- tlfialU The first Rugby League test match' bttmluSß England ami New Zealand vtf> played «t"»JaraM Domain to-day in glorious Wiather, a»d arotMß dry ground. There wa' huge MtinKmlH the public, eatlmated at nearly 40,000, The teams were as follows :-r- "'JfiMM England.—G. Thomas, W. Stone,, S. PiyjKfcilß D. Hurcombe, J. Bacon, J.- Wrkin, ll.' 'Ti|i«'M| J. Cartwrlght, W. A. AUWHhH D. (ironow, 11. Hilton, and If. cisrk.. 1 New Zealand.—W. Davidson, J. Grey, C. Woolley, K. Ifwerson, A, tf/iffIM&SBBjM M. l'ollock, K. Walters, W. Soraers, W. Mont, J. Scott, H. Avery, ajld* Bug. ' New Zealand kicked off |M for Kite -tfßagM were attacking In the EtiflMbwV -tentrafiftH From a free kick liweraon had 'm BttMßaW ceasful shot at goal, and then Gray. In a fairly good position, but DavidtWV'JlMKH again failed. Shortly nftnr thn came away, and Parkin securing thr.taUMjijS ft scrum, heat the New Zetland bads jKpfwfl scored. Gronow converted,' New Zealand Give and take play toUondft the wa'lißHi mostly in the Englishmen'! half: IfofEMBM scrum In the English twenty-five, was awarded a free kick, but tb* )M|3SH goal failed. England then attacktdL-j&&2S| Zealand gaining relief from m-bttUkwSHSS rules. From the resulting scrum Pouoek away on his own, and nearly UMM. j>"lU now became very fast, the hall ltiu<t|)MHl and down field. Then New Ep«11 unsuccessful shot at goal, and frami', sßim|lH«| suiting scramble nearly scored, wards the Engliahueu were afatb MlaiHfiM but Ifwerson's kick struck a pOft- 'ijHßgflJ hovered round the hair-way flag,, and- tnaM9§9 fine forward rush' by the bl*ot» {aUtVfgSfl ball to the Englishmen's 2.1. ! Tfiti hi|B serutn the English barks gave t|ie fMctusß| tuste of their quality, and a pusJnfTnjjffi ended 1 n Stone scoring. Gronow"COttVftrw*^ Now Zealand New Zealand attacked, an& fcUHUf a penalty from the twenty-BTe Big. .V®' t England ....... New Zealand England set up a hot attack, but land relieved. Then Parkin cam* tirmStl' from a scrum, and passed to Btoae, *h»'i3t the New Zealand backs and scored.' -OnnS#? kick failed. t England New Zealand .X ■ ■£ A few minutes later, Stone picked up',l4fliji ; the loose, and dashing over, scored: • Urattest, converted. • England ljtfiv Neiv Zealand ........ - .-j** T? nulf-tlme sounded soon after. « On resuming, England sttneked strongly, ito'dfc almost scored. A free kick r«ll«YeV jUjfl j* leng kick was forced by the English fuUMfc',; The black forwards came away rush, and nearly scored. Shortly •fterwd Englishmen were penalised, but New ISMlllH' klek at goal failed. Bhortly afVM Hew Si?land, who were getting mos; of the ff«V Maun had another shot, which also railed. jHBi Zealand continued'to attack. hut ,th« .MfSy. were unable to put on the finishing'tmuSKi and England relieved. Shortly sftaiyTsrißyj dualled over and scored, < n«im*|r England Ww New Zealand '.,. , i.®: rant play followed, the New almost scoring. The Englishmen, -hirttoK|fc', were showing far superior lndtvldust'.-Kow and easily extricated theiuaeliw. '■ land had anotner unsuccessful .abet jet-jliffi: and a further attempt shortly after itottSH The Englishmen then came &wi;y with it «BfsW passing ru;Ui. New Zealand kept, tklO «KnH and the ball travelled up hnA'«it mrii Then Parkin got the ball to Stand-"wwSffgil verted 1 " Eaco0 ' wht> .^GronflWdH^^ England ; New Zealand t New Zealand attacked and from a In a scrum were award a penalty, DavldMSlli'ai goaled. 'Hi England I New Zealand 4 j',® Soon afterwords Ifweraon was oanifd: tf 9 with an Injured Jaw. From a lone New Zealand forwards followed -up. hard, .'ai4 .ft§ smothering the Engl la h full-back scored. Oavifl-i"® son mined an easy kick, . IM| England it 'itSm New Zealand - ti U-ral An Englishman wag here ordered off; «l4'<t*u9 retaliation Parkin dashed over and geawtMi Gronow converted. The game ended':— England ■ '■»* New Zealand J ;St CANTERBURY BEAT WELLINOTfIW.'' Wellington, Last A League football representative played ou. the Baain Reserve between llngton and Canterbury resulted ln ai,' for Canterbury by )7 poiata to I, • There were 450 ft spectators, The -(MM ,l®fM fast end open throughout. The backs showed superior forni, and all thVHt9wl» came, from good passing rushes. ' she mwtm llngton forwards showed good duh, ttoHl backs failed to make use of eppoH«n|w|@3 At half-time the score stood 9 to 5, Canterbury, Sanders (3), Gulney (8),; bolt and Howe one each, scored tries. , ' tininfl and Mitchell converted on* each. Sn IMMja llngton, Salisbury scored two trtw, »Mfyjß Nichoiis kicked a goal. ' .