SOUTHLAND DEFEATED.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9106, 4 June 1908, Page 5

SOUTHLAND DEFEATED.

BRITISH FOOTBALLERS' •SECOND WIN.

MAGNIFICENT BACK PLAY OF VISITORS. BY TEIjIMBAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATIO N . INVERCARGILL, June 3. Th; British team scored the second win of their tour to-day, against Southland, whom they beat by 14 points to 8. The following were the teams:— BRITAIN. „ ~ ' ick-E. J. Jackett. ter T s " Jno , L - W,l, ' an ' a ' J. Tuan Jones, „.' Ponfc y Jones ' P - F - M'Evody (captain). , I 7 „ Halves-G. L. WilhW 3 ' W " Mor i

Forwards- R. Dibble, J. V. H. Archer, L. S. Thomas, T. Smith, P. Dowan, F. Jackson and G. R. Hind. SOUTHLAND. Full-back—A. M'Neece. Throe-quarters—H. Hill, H. Walker, W. Broad. Five-eighths—R. Pyle, W. Stead (captain). Half-back—B. Stead. Forwards —D. Robinson, E. Hughes, W. Fraser, W. Ridland, J. Jenkins, T. Clark, J. M'Neece and D. Hamilton (wing). Of the British team "Tuan" Jones, "Jerry" Williams, Thomas and Hind, hava not before played during the tour. The team played an immeasurably better game than ihey. did against Otago, both back and forward. The local team started off promisingly, and within ten minutes Hamilton landed a fine goal from a free kick for an infringement m the scrum. Southland 3 Britain 0 At this stage Hamilton was the outstanding forward both in attack and defence. When the spell was half through lie broke through from half-way from loose play and outpaced the inside backs and punted over Jackett's head. Jackett recovered wonderfully well, and got to the ball with Hamilton, but the latter dribbled away from the Britisher, and when on the line passed out to Clark, who scored. Hamilton kicked an easy goal. Southland 8 Britain ... ... 0 The Britishers rosponded well, and their backs began to take a hand in the game. Morgan started them in a beautiful passing rush, which ended in McEvedy being . stopped right on the' Southland line. In a like manner Williams, on the other wing, was thrown out at the corner flag after a dashing run. Here, from a very long throw-in, "Tuan" Jones fieldtd in great style, parsed to McEvedy, who scored a pretty try, which Jackson converted. Southland 8 Britain 5

From t!iis on to the end of the spell the pl.iy was confined to a heavy struggle amongst the forwards in the centre of the ground. Several times the local m-in broke through, but the beautiful line-kick-ing of Jackett invariably sent them back. It was obvious from the start of the second speli that the visitors intended to make every U3e of their backs. The forwards on both sides were thoroughly tired, but the Britishers obtained the ball in the scrums with persistent regularity, and this gave them the controlling interest in the game. Morgan cleverly fed the backs with his "fiick" pass, and the other backs consistently fed McEvedy, who was in great form. The first score came early from a passing rush, in which Williams was stopped right on the Southland line. The ball was kicked across the field, enabling McEvedy to dash in and score an easy try. Jackson again made no mistake with the kick at goal, thus putting the visitors in the lead. Britain 10 Southland 8 The local forwards were for some time penned in their own 25, but at last broke through. An over-hard kick, however, proved disastrous. Jacke'.t fielded quickly, and running in-field, potted a beautiful goal. Britain 14 Southland 8 From this on there was no further score, but for the next ten minutes the British backs kept up an incessant attack, McEvedy being specially prominent. They were unable to score chiefly on account of the stout defence of W. Stead, Hamilton, Hill and A. McNeece, the last-named of whom tackled in great style at fullback. Almost the whole of the second apell was marked by magnificent linekicking of Jackett, "Ponty" Jones, and Jackson, and by, apparently, the total inability of the Southlands s to find the touch. In the first spell the scrummers shared the ball fairly equally, but throughout the second half it was almost invariably obtained by the visitors. They were superior to the local forwards, too, in line play, while the attack of the Southland backs could not compare With that of their opponents. In loose forward play only did the local men show to any advantage, and even it was considerably nullified by the great linekicking of the Britishers. The gate totalled about £4OO, which means an attendance somewhere about 7,000.