FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10279, 6 July 1911, Page 5

FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE TEAM. DEFEATED BY QUEENSLAND. (Received Last Night, 7.40- o'clock.) BRISBANE, July 5. There was a fine attendance at , the match between. Queensland and It.' Now -Zealand. The Queeaislanders bad a much heavier team than on Saturday, and a number of proma--nent New Zealauders did not play. The Queeaislanders had the assistance of the breeze in the first half, and (bad much the better of the game. The brilliant tackling presented the New Zealand buck* from moving. New Zealand's off-«ide play and hanging on v cast them several tries. At half time Queensland s acpre was seven, acid New Zealand's nil In tihe second half th© Queenslanders playad brilliantly, completely outclassing their opponents, whoso rthreequarters were agann unable to gob moving. The visitors played strenuously towards the close, and scored twice. The Queeaislanders fiaat waing threequarber _ (Gilmore) /soared three brilliant tries. The match finished with the- scores— ; ' Woodward, Rukuti, and Mitchell ~ scored' fries for New Zealand, and converted two. WIN FOR N.Z. UNIVERSITY TEAM. SYDNEY, July 5. The New Zealand and Now South Wales Uaiversities played on a •ground that was under water. Several 'hun cVod spectators attended. The first h.-ill : was a hard and even forward game. Rain fell unceasingly during the . second half. The greasy iba.ll made passing impossible. 'The final scores were—New Zealand 9, Sydney 3. Grace ' and Molloy iscored a try each-. J. Noxrie kicked <a penalty goal. The following will represent the Red Star seniors against Carterton, at Carterton, on Saturday next : iW. Flaws, N. Chamberlain, K. Welch, Chumberlain, Vallance, F. L, Ball, A. Ross, L. Welch, A. New-- | lands, iMoLaohlan, Schofield, A. Miller, Clairk, J. Oorbett, and B. ]Weloh. Emergency: Oberhurber. The following will represent' 'Man•terton 111. against Carterton 111., at the old Showgrounds, Masterton, on ' Saturday next:— Jackson, Jaokett, Montgomery, Bannister, Hanley, Jones, Biggins, Boyd, McHattie, ■Bryant, Shackleton, Harding, Boyd, Appleby Terry i Emergencies: James, Baillie, Miller, Moore. Players .arte requested to be on the ground at 2.30 p.m. sharp.