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ENGLISH TEAM'S N.Z. TOUR.

August 6 — Canterbury, Westland, and South Canterbury, at Christchurch. August 10— Otago and Southland, at • Dunedin. August 13 — New Zealand, at Wellington. August 17— Taranaki, Wanganui, and Manawatu, at New Plymouth. August 20 — Auckland and Poverty Bay, at Auckland.

SATURDAY'S' senior games at Alexandra Park drew a very large attendance of spectators, in fact it must have been the record far this season. The attraction was the game between City and Ponsonhy. The former led by three points to within a minute of time, when Ponsonby scored, and enualised matters, the match thus ending in a drp\v. Orafton and Parnell played two short spells.- and the former won by 6 points to nil. The North Shore and Newton match was another interesting one, and the latter got home by 7 points to nil.

As a result of Saturday's matches, Newton are now leading for the Cup, with City, North Shore and Ponsonbv x;lose up. So it is still a very oi'en question as to who will be the winner of the Cup. The positions are as follows

The City-Ponsonhy gnme was a fairly interesting one to with. Ponson>>v n'lnyed with the wind in the first snell. _ but failed to retristpr a score. [ilthmurftseveral opportunities were gi^n them., Ottv had t^e advantage when th'ev turned round. Vint it. was not till well on in the suell that Herring snipned the hall Up from a loose rush, and makintr a' smart run, scored City's try. Ponsonbv still kept hard at it. and just prior to call of time, Francis whinped the ball nut to Carlaw. and he dashed over the 'line, putting the scores enunl. Th" PorsonV." hac<<s ke'>t to their nlaces more on Siturdnv. but their handling was hnrdly as pood. Lendrum had hard luck in losing the ball when he pot over the line, and Renwick made a mistake when he tried to get over himself instead of passing. . Kenyon. the full, was a bit uncertain at times, but taken all round his play was satisfactory. Lendrum is still showing great improvement. He made some snlendid dashes, and kicked with judgment. No - three-qniarter in the competition is showing Wetter form than this sturdy nlaver. Carlaw played a fine game. ' tackline with great determination, aad his dash when near the line is not to be denied. Renwick made several errors, but still made up for it at times with good play. He had to retire in the second spell, but his injury will not prevent • him from playing on Saturday. Taylor made some fine openings, and ran very straight. He oould have passed with advantage on several occasions instead of kicking. " Morry " Wood, for the time he was on, did some neat work. Tt is quite imorobabK however, that Wood will stick to the game. Poison clayed his best game of the season. His passes were smart, And he made some nice runs, teatlng his men in good style. The blue and black forwards fought the game out to the bitter end. They were lighter than their opponents, but cannot be said to have been beaten.

Francis is playing a very fine game, and it " was a clever piece of work when he gave the ball out to Car law. Gallaher was also in good form, and McDonald Bros, and Bigelow. were in the thick of the work. • Doraoi did clever footwork, and Mayne is an improvement on Wright, but. he is apt to bustle rather much.

The City hacks did not stand out prominently on the attack,, the ball not coming out much, and the "red and blacks were keppiirig the ball to their forwards. • ' ;

lihomas took the position of full for City, but his form was not good. His fielding was his best point.

In the . three-quarter line, George was the soundest player. His attacking and defensive work- was marked with soundness.

Asher. is playing much below himself. His defensive work was up to his best style, but he has lost his dash on the attack. On his present form, it sets one thinking as to how he will secure his position in the rep. team. Gladding had practically nothing to do during the match.

Magee kicked in quite his best style, but- in attacking he was slow, generally beine; collared before he transferred the ball. Young was as sound as ever, doing an immense amount of tackling and stopping-.

The City pack did not have all the best of it, considering the advantage they had in weight. To pick out the best of them is no easy matter. Herring has quite earned his place and it was a smart piece of work when he .scored. Seeling is another good worker, and" besides a splendid kick. (J. Tyler and Nicholson were right at their beat. W. Tyler was a useful winger.

The Newton-North Shore match was played on a sloppy ground,, thus making the ball greasy. rp nfi rCf ] -and whites had much the best of the game, their forwards having a deal to do with bringing the victory about. Phillips shows no falling-off in his play, and did all his work like a tradesman. . . Murray again stood out prominently in the three-quarter line. He made several smart runs, and his potted goal was quickly thought out. Roberts had a pretty hard time of it. and got through some good work. He was apt to lose his temper during the, game, and for an old player like him it was not very becoming. Rowe t"ok a hand in all the work, and his try was a. similar effort to that when he scored the last time. Newton met Shore. Gray showed much smartness at fiveeighths, besides doing a lot of sound defensive work. Rowe, behind the 'serum, has not played many better games than Saturday's. He went down to all the rushes, and his kicking was well judged. The Newton forwards put great life into their play. Their rushes were frequent and telling. Trevarthen. Long and Mackerell were a slashing trio, and Long followed up in the open in great style. Heath Bros., the wings, were a source of annoyance to their opponents, and missed very little of the open work. The North Shore team was not the strongest they could put in, and their form was not nearly up to the standard they showed in their first match against Newton. Miller, the full, showed much unreliability In his play, and often put his team into trouble. Gerrard did the work of several men in the three-quarter line, and came but with honours. He made one fine dash in the second spell,- and it was fully deserving of a score. Smith's best point was his tackling. Mays was another hard-working back, and- had an anxious time in stopping the Newton rushes. His line punting shows no deterioration. Frankham played a passable game, being slow on attack.

The Shore forwards did their work manfully, and seemed to go better in the second half. McCluskey, Irvine and B. Wells were about the pick. A. Wolls, the wing, got off .some neat footwork.

The Grafton-Parnell match was a happy-go-lucky sort of an affair. The maroons were short-handed,- and| had to call on four of their first juniors to make up the full complement. The Grafton men • did not over-exert themselves, and seemed to take more interest in the City-Ponsonby match.

The first England-Australia match will be played in Sydney next Saturday. The English team have now played three matches in Australia and not suffered defeat. The return match against New South Wales resulted in an easy win for the visitors: — 29 points to 6. Auckland will play Thames on Saturday, July 16th (provided the Cup matches are finished), and the Combined Goldfields team on Saturday, July 23rd. Both matches will be played at Alexandra Park. The Ponsonby F.C. held a social on Saturday night. There was a large number of members and visitors from the other clubs present. There are rumours afloat of a split in the, North Shore senior team. Let us hope that this is not so, as the, team have still an excellent chance of winning the Cup. The British forwards were very sound as scrtimmagers, Csavs the Sydney Referee writer on the first N.S.W.-Eng-lishmen match). They packed in different ways. the caiitain directing them with a sharp " Three-two, three." or " Two-three, three." or whatever formation he wanted. They made no mistake about putting in their weight, and, as already remarked, their heeling was very smart. They break quickly, and in the loose are far quicker and better as a division than Mullineaux's forwards were. They dribbled cleverly. The captain is a grand type of all-round forward, and is exceedingly fast. While all are good, Edwards' appears to be particularly" useful with the ball at his toes. Bevan, one of the smaller forwards, appears to be the fastest.

One of the most pleasintr features at the West End Rowing Club's " prize ni^ht " was the ['Plantation by Mr A. Kohn of three Klondike nugget breast pins to Messrs J. Clork, "Jim" L'owry, and S. M. 'rtarry.

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Points. V W. L. I>. For Aest. Newton - 7 5 11 84 11 N. Shore -7 5 2 o 78 lfi City - - 7 4 12 5B ■ 9 Ponsonby - 7 4 2 1 inn 36 Grafton - 7 3 4 0 49 54 Pavnell -7 0 fi 1 n .122 Suburbs - « n 5 1 n I*s

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Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 42, 2 July 1904, Page 10

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ENGLISH TEAM'S N.Z. TOUR. Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 42, 2 July 1904, Page 10

ENGLISH TEAM'S N.Z. TOUR. Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 42, 2 July 1904, Page 10

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