FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8865, 28 October 1907, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE "PRO-BLACKS." MATCH AGAINST LEEDS. NEW ZEALAND 8* LEEDS 2. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received October 27, 6.17 p.m. LONDON, October 27. The New Zealand team played Leeds yesterday, and secured another' win. The Leeds team is one of the strongest in the Northern Union, and naturally considerable interest was manifested in the match, as the result would give followers of the game a good idea of the New Zealanders' metal. The visitors showed their superiority over the home team and when the final whistle sounded the score stood — iSlew Zealand 8 points Leeds 2 points New Zealand's score was made upof a gual (counting 2 points under the Northern and 2 tries, (six points.) Leeds scored a goal (2 points.) At the end of the season 1905-6 tiie Leeds Club, by consMent good play, worked up into the third position, with the following record:— Matches played 34, won 25, lost 7, drawn 2; scores for, 49 goals 93 tries, total points 377; scores against, 27 goals, 23 tries, total points 123; League points obtained 52, percentage 76.47. That there was little to choose between the Leeds Club and the team which headed the table is clear, as the leading club played only 30 matches, of which 23 were won, 5 lost, and 2 drawn, the League points obtained being 48, and the percentage 89.00. The following table shows the matches played by tlie New Zealanders and the scores to date. It also shows, in parentheses, for each of the English teams, the matches won and lost, and the position gained in the League Competition for 1905-6: — Bramley—Won by 25 points to 10 —5 goals 5 tries to 2, goals 2 tries. (Won 9, lost 15; 33rd position in I the League.) Huddersfield—Won by 19 points to B—2 goals 5 tries to 1 goal 2 tries. (Won 17 lost llj'llth position in the League.) Widnes-r-Won by 26 points to 11— 4 goals 6 tries to 1 goal 3 tries. (Won 10, lost 16; 21st position in the League). Broughton Rangers—Won by 20 to 14. (Won 21, 105t.32; Bth position in the League.) Wakefield Trinity—Draw, 5 points. (Won 13 lost 15; 16th position in the League). Leeds-Won by Bto 2. (Won 25, lost 7, drawn 2; 3rd position in the I League).