FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10277, 3 July 1911, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND V. QUEENSLAND. WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND.. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) BRISBANE, July 2, There was fine weather, and an attendance of six thousand to witness the League match between Queensland and New Zealand yesterday. The opening stages of the match favoured Queensland.. The New Zealanders, who were lacking in combination, were kept defending for the | first teai minutes. They played into form, however, and towards the close of the first spell showed splendid forward combination. Their passing and. dribbling rushes completely beat Queensland. Infringements of the rules lost .the visitors several tries. The second half of the game wm very fast and exciting, and free from roughness. New Zealand scored two tries in quick .succession, and as a result of brilliant combined play. The last quarter of a,n hour was very j even, both sides showing great combination. . i Asher's knee gave way, and Cot- ' terell replaced him at half time. The match resulted in a win for New Zealand by 24 points to 13. Dunning scored two tries, and Savoury, Woodward and Francis one each. Seager converted tOwee of the tries, and kicked a goal from the field.

UNIVERSITY MATCH. , NEW ZEALAND WINS. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, July 2. 33h.e Univerisdties Rugby match between New Zealand and Sydney was won by tihe former by 15 points to 10. The wealtiher was fini©, though cold, and there was an attendance of five thousand. The first half of tihe game showed dull, ,&traggjdinig play, with occasional good forward rushes. The backs on both slides showed want of combination. The first spell ended— Sydney 5, New Zealand 3. < On resuming, tihe New Zealand backs . attacked strongly, and had I their heavier opponents in difficult- i ills,; reversing,, the positions. '' For New Zealand, Fafire and Quilliam each scored two tries, and Curtayne one. None ftf them, were converted, being mostly angle shots. DUNEDIN MATCHES. '. By Telegraph — Pres* Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night._ The football matches were continued on Saturday, in, fine weather. < The University sustained _ its first j reverse of the 'season, (being beaten by Dunedin fey 11 points to 3. Zin-gari-Richmond (8 points) beat Al- j haimbra (nil), Southern (9) beat Tai- | era (Rovers (nil),.Kaikorai (32) beat, Union (nil), Pirates (14) beat Port Chalmers. ' WANCANUI v. TARANAKI. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ,'WANOANUI, Last Mght: The- first representative match of tihe season under Northern Union rules was played here on Saturday, in glorious , weather, and before a very fair, attendance of tihe public. The Tarauaki team,' whichincluded several emergencies, was beaten, after ah attractive game, by 19 to

WAIRARAPA RUGBY UNION. SATURDAY'S COMPETITIONS. SENIOR. RED STAR (3) vTgLADSTONE (3). j The Red Star and Gladstone sen- j dors (met on /tihe old Showgrounds, , and a ifast, interesting, match was ! witnessed. Red Star kicked off witb the .sun in their faces, and the forwards, following up, sent 'the. ball to the line out. The play continued far a islhorfc time in lavour of the home teaim, but their attempts to cross the line were cleverly saved by ' tihe opposing backs, at the head of whom Tori Raitama figured very prominently. The game continued very even, each team attacking and defending in turn,. Gladstone were awarded a tree kick,,and 'Mason succeeded in : : putting the ball between the poste from .a, difficult angle. There" was no : further scorein the.: finst .half: In tie isecond .half Red', Star Vhad the bestvof Ipie game, and in a scramble Ross beat two Gladstone men v and scored ' a The kick at goal failed. Red, Star were on their opponents' Tine practically the whole of the time, but their attempts ito cross the Mhe 'were frustrated. Just before the call of time Gladstone broke away, but the Star backs defended well, and the , game ended wiith-#he play near the centre of itJhe field;' Mr Charters was referee. - CARTERTON (15) v. MASTERTON -(3). Carterton defeated, Masterton by 15 points to 3, after a well contested game, In the. first spell each side scored a try, and Carterton kicked two penalty goals. Masterton . forwards • gave their opponents a hard time to 'defend tiheir. line; Cai'terton did -most of the attacking in the isetaond ! ;ihalf j and. \ succeeded in sporin'g;another' and; kicking two penalty goals. Mr E. McKenzie was referee. JUNIOR. RED STAR. (12)~v. MASTERTON (0). The Red Star juniors defeated Masterton by 12 points to nil. The score was. composed of four unconverted tries. THIRD-CLASS. RED STAR (3) vTmASTERTON (0) A very interesting match between the 1 above teams resulted in favour of Red Star, who scored toe try, being tihe only score of the match.