FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8558, 18 October 1907, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE./'PRO-BLACKS."

MATCH AGAINST WIDNES

ANOTHER EASY WIN,

NEW ZEALAND 38-WIDNES 14.'

By Telegraph—Press Association

Recieved October 17, 10.39 a.m. LONDON, October 16. The New Zealand football team which is touring the district under the jurisdiction of the Northern Union, played the third match of the tour to-day, at Widnes, a Lancashire town of about 70,000 inhabitants, at the head of the Mersey, and connected with Runcorn, on the other side of the river.

Ad in the first games played by the New Zealanders, they proved too strong for the opposition, winning by a very substantal margin. The ground was- heavy, but this fact did not detract from the display, the game being fast and the scoring rapid. In the first spell the home thirteen held up their end well, the game being marked by even play. When the teams crossed over, however the visitors showed the "'mettle of their pasture," their superiority being quickly made apparent. The result of the game was : New Zealand 38 Widnes 14 The New Zealanders scored ten tries, four of which were converted. Widnes scored four tries, one of which was converted. RESULTS OF MATCHES.

The following are the results of the matches played so far by the New Zealand team: —

September 12th, v. Ceylon, New Zealand won by 33 points to 6. October 9tb, v. Bramley, New Zealand won by 40 points to 6. October 12th, v. Huddersfield, New Zealand won by 25 points to 11. October 16th, v. Widnes, New Zealand won by 38 points to 14. Matches played 4, won 4, points for 13G, points against 37. The team play the Broughton Rangers to-morrow.

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