FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8492, 22 July 1907, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

;NEW. ZEALAND v. AUSTRALIA. ;3£ASY WIN FOR THE "ALL BLACKS." ißy .^Telegraph—Press AssociationReceived July 20, 9.35 p.m. SYDNEY, July 20. tThe i. first of the test matches of the present tour between Australia and New Zealand was played this and another monster crowd thronged the Cricket Ground to witness the game. The extra space adjoining the pavilion was thrown open to the public, and it is expected W&en ;; the official figures are completed it.will be proved that the ; attendance distanced that of last ,-Saturday. iThe exposition of football :by;*he visitors showed a remarkable jreversal offifiorm as compared with tthftir i,two displays. The ;play, vwhile not as brilliant all round as'ifcfea.t some .of the former New iZealaud, teams ,have given, was still the of the Dominion's ifootfeall progress, and it imustihe ireniejpakered, too, that no iprevious ;team jjjas ever had to contend ,wish such greatly improved Eughyiptayon thepart of Australian jjila^ers.fiiiiiias^been put forward in the jatesent tfcwr. T&& Australian team jjnder th-c combined colours of NftW.Spjatfi iWales.and Queensland, viz.., blue vand ma-rjCkOn. Mr Alex. Brown .was .-iss referee, and his ifSseisiojte jgave ,gtsjieral satisfaction, 'One feature of the gaaiewasttbe number .of casualties, the laasit seiHojjs .beingttiiat sustained by Cstean, <«f the N.aw Zealand team, wjfcw> r ; eqe&ed a naa^ 7 wound on the head, Tlhe weather was fine though os.Wieast Owing to time lost by accidetsts play was much delayed, and it was nearly dark w&en the whistle sounded ''-'sip side;" From the very outset the All Blacks showed that the torpor whic% had characterised their previous ,e£orts had disappeared, and their alerfeiess and clock-like movement was a delight, to witness. Within the n>st three minutes of the gai»£ beginning (t&e visitors had Mieir first. spom, and their determination to re- j txiwfi Wednesday's defeat was soon apparent. The Australians w&v& captainaJ by Burge. The following were the teams: — ,NEW ZEALAND. Full-back—Booth, Otago. Three-quarters—Wallace and Mitchinson, Wellington; Fryer, Canterbury. Five-eighth®—Hunter and Mynott, Taranaki. Half—Roberts, Wellington. Forwards Colman, Taranaki; SeeJing, Francis, and Cunningham, Auckand; Hughes, Southland; Casey, M'Donald and 'Johnston, Otago. AUSTRALIA. Full - back — Carmichael, Queensland. Three-quarters—Russell and' Dix, New South Wales; Watson, Queensland; Smith, New South Wales, Halves— M'Kivatt and Woods, New South Wales. Forwards—Flanagan, Queensland; Barrett, Griffin, Rose we 11, MJCue, Burge, Row, and James Hughes, New South Wales. Messenger was unable to ..play for the Australian team owing to his having a sprained ankle. The New Zealanders were successful in the spin of the coin, and chose the northern goal. There was a light breeze blowing across the ground, which gave no ■ advantage to either side. The Australians kicked cff> but the New Zealanders quickly swarmed into the home territory, where Francis started a smart rush, and ably assisted by the other forwards had the Australians penned down on their line, where Seeling got possession and bustled over, scoring first blood. Wallace was given the kick at goal, but just failed to send the .ball between the posts. New Zealand 3 Australia 0

From the kick out some exciting play followed in the neutral zone, and" Dix was prominent for his excellent line-kicking. Gradually the scene of operations Was removedinto the visitors' quarters, chiefly by the aid of the local forwards, who were working the scrums rather better at j this time than their adversaries. I While in their opponents' territory j the home team were awarded a pen- i alty kick, and Carmichael had a shot j at goal, but the leather fell a trifle short. Mitchinson resumed the play, the ball going into the centre of the field, where .play became very strenuous, and the All Blacks had several penalties recorded against thern. Foot by foot the Australians again advanced towards New Zealand's goal amid cheers from the multitude. Carmichael from a free kick had another abortive try at goal. The ball was returned outside the 25 line, and from a line-out the visitors secured the ball, and an exciting rush by them followed. For a time it appeared as if another score was certain, as Carmichael, the local full back, missed the ball, but McKivatt whipped back and snapped up the ball just in time to save his side. Give and tike play ensued in the centre of the field for a time. Then Mitchinson from half-way got possession of the ball, and with a beautiful dodgy run completely fooled the opposing backs and crossed the line. Wallace kicked an easy goal, and the board read : New Zealand 8 Australia 0 When the bail was in play again there was a lot of tussling in the centre of the ground, without much material advantage to either side. Here Rosewell, one of the local team, received an injury to his leg, and his place in the field was taken by Graves, Carmichael going up from full-back to three-quarter, relieving Dix, who took up the position in charge of the goal. For a long interval the game was confined to within the home team's lines, Dix preventing New Zealand from getting in on several occasion?. Eventually the Australians were re-

dieved by a free kick, given against the All Blacks and play was taken to straggle that Colman received a .nasty kick on the head, which necessitated his leaving the field, and J. Spencer, of Wellington, took his ' .place on the wing. The game was not i allowed.to remain long in the New ■' half. The scene of play [ was'; shifted by a good run by Walj ilace, .who ended by passing on to i Fryer, the ball eventually going out. | Another brief interval now took place i <owingi.to.one of the home team sus- ' tairiing.an injury. Barnett ricked his : .ankle, and Richards, of Queensland, ; \was put.on in his place. The AusI iralians were being sorely pressed by : ;the visitors,, but they obtained occasi ikinal in free kicks awarded ' against Zealanders. A little later on the visitors set in another rush, ;and Roberts passed to Mynott, thence,to Hunter and on to Mitchinson, ;the latter handed the ball along jto Wallace, who in a few seconds \ passed it back to Mitchinson, almost lon tfaettouch-line. It was a magnificent ipiece,of passing, and Mitchinson ! lost mo *ime in .striking for the goallme which ihe successfully reached. Wallace «dded the major points, and th.en*h.e whistle sounded half-time wiith ;the scores reading—jNew Zealand "* 13 Australia .... ••• 0 As Ahe second spell opened the ligfat iheg-an to fail. The New ZealandeiPS soon 3iad their opponents on the defensive ;again, but once more were ike Jocjtl&eam relieved by the aid of a free tk&tjk. For a time they managed to .get-the play out of dangerous quarters,, fout surely, however, they wm® forced :iack into their own ground, feat Bit's kicking kept the enemy in (Check. iPtey was very hard, and free .kicks were plentiful, chiefly against ike All Rlacfkk A fine push by the visiting forwards, who were putting gx&at. heart .asto their woflk, carried the jplay dowss to the»Au£tralians' line, and a penalty gavei Wallace a sb&t at goal, but the ball! went wide. Time ans again the Australians endeavoured to desperately invade the New Zealanders' line, but the latter's back play and .fine judgment easily disposed &i them. Another fine rush was started by the visitors, and Carmichael making a bad mistake enabled Hughes to pick «p the ball and run in. Wallace a goal comfortably—the third is succession. jNew Zealand 18 Australia 0 The kick-out was followed by an interval of uninteresting play, of which neither side had much the best. The Australians were rushing down repeatedly, but the New Zealand backs were content with the' taking of marks, and sending the ball out near the centre. The local men appeared to be sluggish in their movements, but this may have been more apparent than real. Inside the visitors' ground Carmichael got his ', chance off a free kick, and placing a goal drew blood for Australia. . New Zealand 18 Australia 3 This score caused the visitors to \ change thair tactics and they at once shifted play into the home team's . 25, and from a long line-out New ; Zealand got the Australians., up against their back line, and com- ' pelled them to force down. The ball ! was no sooner in play than ; New Zealand had it back again. The J strain was relieved by the Austral- 1 ians getting on a smart dribbling rush that looked dangerous, but the ; opposing forwards broke it up and took the ball at their feet back into the home territory, and narrowly missed ending up with a score. The J Australians rallied, and with another rush had the All Blacks on the de- : fensive. From a great struggle in the New Zealand quarters the local men obtained a mark, and Carmichael was again successful in piloting the ball between the posts by a brilliant kick from just inside the halfway flag. This second score on the part of the home team brought forth a terrific outburst of cheering. New Zealand 18 Australia 6 Immediately the game was resumed New Zealand invaded their opponents' ground and here the finest try of the day was obtained. Mitchinson got possession of the ball, and made a long pass in front of Australia's goal post to Roberts, who snapped up I the leather and whipped it on to Hun- | ter. Mitchinson in the meantime had 1 dashed across the ground, and got I round in time to accept a pass from { Huntex-, and dashed over the line. Wallace was again successful in registering a goal. New Zealand 23 j Australia 6 I Australia at this time was in a bad way, and though they fought on gamely they were hopelessly out of the hunt. The ball was not long in play than the scene of the operations was again in Australia's quarters, where Francis secured possession, and dodging through scored the sixth try for the visitors. It was a difficut angle, and Wallace failed to convert the try. New Zealand 26 Australia ... ... b Towards the finish the Australians pressed the All Blacks into their own 25, and worked like Trojans to ge a further score, but the defence was too good, and when the whistle sounded "no side" the game stood— New Zealand 2^ Australia 6 j The Australians failed to cross the visitors' line, their score being made from a penalty kick and from a mark. On the other hand New Zealand crossed their opponents' line cm no less than six occasions, the tries being obtained by Mitchinson (3), Seeling, Hughes and Francis one each. On eachjoecasion Wallace was 1 entrusted with the kick at goal, 1 kicking goals from each of the tries scored by Mitchinson and Hughes. L I Received July 21, <1.40 p.m. SYDNEY. July 21. 1 The turnstiles recorded the attend- • ance at the match as jusr. on 50,000. ■ The takings amounted to £2,400.

Received July 21, 4.38 p.m. SYDNEY, July 21. Colman received a nasty wound in the back of the head, necessitating several stitches being put in. He is progressing satisfactorily. Mr £|. 1. Swannell, who toured New Zealand with Bedell-Sivright's team, attributes the Australian debacle to bad selection. In the tight scrummages the teams were pretty evenly matched, the advantage in the open and line-out being with the New Zealanders, but in the back division the New Zealanders were streets ahead of their opponents. Received July 22, 12.45 a.m. SYDNEY, July 21. A motion will be submitted to the Rugby Union, to-morrow night, suggesting that in the event of Australia losing the second test match at Brisbane, that the third test at Sydney should be abandoned, and a match against New South Wales substituted. The New Zealanders left for Brisbane to-night. Hunter is suffering from an attack of influenza. Mynott stays behind to look after him. Colman is able to go to Brisbane. THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 20. The Oamaru Mail give the following as certainties for the professional football team : McGregor, Pearce, Turtill (Canterbury), Smith, Wynyard, Todd, W. Tyler, Cunningham, Francis, Gilleit (Auckland), Eckhold, Johnstone (Otago), Tyne, Cross, Wright, Byrne, Kelly (Petone), Baskiville, Watkins (Wellington), Wrigley (Wairarapa), Colman (Taranaki). By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 21. With reference to the Press Association message from Oamaru namiiag twenty-one players as certainties for the professional team, Mr Baskiville, of Wellington, who is understood to be connected with the undertaking, states that the list is not correct.

WAIRARAPA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. . - . ■ MASTERTON v. RED STAR. A match was played on the Showgrounds, Masterton, on Saturday afternoon last, between the Masterton and Red Star seniors. 'I he day was an ideal one for football, and the ground was in good order. As was to be expected, there was a large attendance of the public. The game was keenly contested, and was most interesting seen on the Showgrounds this season. The only score in the first spell was a goal potted by Wrigley from a mark. Shortly after the commencement of the game O'Leary injured a shoulder and had to retire. His place was taken by A. Millar. The play in the second spell was fast and open. The Masterton forwards did excellent work, while the Masterton backs played, a safe game. Masterton obtained 10 points in this spell,.Kinzett potting a goal and Brenchley and Minett scoring tries. Red Star added three points to their score —a try obtained by McLachlan. The game thus ended in a win for Masterton by 10 points to 6. Masterton had the best of the game, and their win was, to a large extent, due to the good work of the forwards. Mr F. Hawke was referee.

CARTERTON v. GREYTOWN. By Telegraph —Special to Age. CARTERTON, July 20. The Carterton Seniors defeated Grey town Seniors, at Grey town, by 24 points to 3.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. MASTERTON v. MARTINBOROUGH. The Masterton Juniors met Maryborough, at Carterton, on Saturday, when a very even and interesting game resulted in a win for Maryborough by 9 points to 7. In the first spell Martinborough had slightly the best of the play, but in the second half Masterton had the advantage. Masterton forwards were superior in the scrum, and also in loose work. In the first spell Marshall kicked a penalty goal, for Martinborough, and Ahiapene scored a try. Cook potted a splendid goal for Masterton. In the second half scored a try for Masterton from a passing rush between Lett, Cook and the scorer, and Marshall crossed the line for Martinborough. The Masterton team had slightly the best game. Mr J. Nicholls was referee.

The Master ton District High School team defeated Carterton schoolboys, on the Masterton Schoolground, on Saturday, by 9 points to nil. N. Fly scored a try for Masterton and H. Milne kicked two penalty 'goals. Mr Haslam was referee. The Liberals ars now hading for the Wairarapa Thursday Union Senior championship by one point from Rover A, having played eight games, winning six, drawing one, and losing one. The Appeal Committee of the Wairarapa Thursday Rugby Union met on Thursday night last, at Carterton, to deal with the appeal of the Liberal Club against the decision of the Management Committee that the Albion-Liberal Senior fixture of June 27th (which was not played owing, to the Albions failing to fulfil their engagement with the Liberals) should be played at the end of the rounds. The appeal was unanimously upheld, and the match awarded to the Liberal Club.

By Telegraph—Press.. Association. WELLINGTON, July 20.. The Senior football-matches yesterday resulted as follows:—Poneke (9). beat St. James (.8), Athletic (3) beat Oriental (nil), Wellington (16)-beat Victoria College (40), Petone (14), beat Melrose (3). By Telegraph—Press Association;. CHRISTCHURCH, July 21. The Senior football competition concluded to-day, the results of this afternoon's matches being as follows:—Albion (20) beat Old Boys (nil), Sydenham v. Merivale- drawn (no* score), Linwood (13) beat Christchurch (3). The.following are the championshippoints:—Sydenham 10J, Albion 10, Christchurch 7, Old Boys SJ, Merivale 3, Linwood 3> Canterbury College 1. By Telegraph—Presa Association.. DLJNEDIN, July 20. The following are the results of the • Senior football matches played today:— Southern (18 points) beat Taieri Rovers (nil), Dunedin (6 points) beat Union (5 points), University drew with Alhambra, neither side scoring, Zingari-Richmond (5 points) d»-ew with Pirates (5 points), and Kaikorai (3 points) drew with> Port Chalmers (3 points;.

By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 20. Waikato defeated Auckland B team at Auckland, on Saturday, by 8 points to. 6... By Telegraph—Press Association,. BLENHEIM, July 20. The representative match Buller v. Marlborough, for the Seddon Shield, was played to-day, and ended! in a draw— 6 points each (2 tries).