BRITAIN V. AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 200, 22 August 1904, Page 2

BRITAIN V. AUCKLAND.

■ A SPLENDID VICTORY. DISAPPOINTING BRITISH PUT. A-TC-_____rD, 13 POINTS ; B-tITAIN, NIL. 0_ Saturday the British team sustained by far the most serious defeat of its long and generally victorious tour. In the presence of an enormous crowd at Alexandra Park, estimated at over 20.000 persons, they played the Auckland representative team, and the end of the game found Auckland with the large total of 13 points and the Englishmen without a score. The eventful day has already been describ e_ in Saturday's "Star" : —the ex.uiti7-g rush for seats and the variety of the methods by which sp<s<rtators secured a glimpse of the great game. Though the attendance svas a record for Auckland, and every stand was taxed to its utmost, there were no accidents, and the officials of the Auckland Rugby Union are to be congratulated upon the c* client way in which all the arrangein were carried out. Even the weather, which was Very threatening in thp early morning, cleared up by the time the game started, and it was played under favourable conditions, the ground being in splendid condition for a fast open game. Against the Australian teams the British footballers horl displayed hrilliant form. Lio-nt-ning passing a.nd finely copceived attacks, which were tarried out with wonderful swiftness Tabled them to pile up big scores, but against the dashing Auckland forwards they seemed to have no chance. The. team was undoubtedly stale, and the British display was disappointing. Only at intervals did the spectators see anything notable among the i visiting players. Their best work was clone in the first fifteen minutes. Auckland started the game by attacking hotly. Time after time the home forwards dribbled swiftly down upon the defending backs, and the vast crowd became silent with suppressed excitement, ready to break out with a roar of applause when the expected score happened. But it never came otf. Such .wonderful saving at the very feet of the advancing forwards, and such certainty in finding the touch-line with the kick has never been equalled in Auckland, and the onlookers impartially applauded this fine but is 'Mcd exhibition of the British backs—the only glimpse of their real form seen through* out the -match.

Mr P. Mackie, of the Wellington Referees' Association, had charge of the game, and carried out the duties in a highly satisfactory manner. THE GAME. Morgan captained the visitors, and M. Wood the local men. Britain won the toss, and'elected to take the western goal, having the advantage of the strong wind which was blowing straight down the field. NICHOLSON KICKED OFF for Auckland at 2.50 7 and after a penalty to Britain, play was in Auckland's 25. Overeagerness on the part of the British forwards gave Auckland an opportunity, and with a strong rush, in which Nicholson and Gallaher were prominent, they took play up the field, and a passing run by Kiernan to Wood, to McGregor, to Murray to McKeuzie threatened danger, the latter failing to take cleanly, and Gabe saved. Auckland still kept up the pressure, but Bevan, by a smart piece of work, took play to the centre. Bush got the ball from the line, and made a tricky run, which was well stopped by McGregor, and the first real scrum was formed, Auckland getting the advantage and taking the ball to Gabe. whose kick was marked by Renwick and put into touch near the half-way. Bush was now responsible for a clever feinting run, but a long pass to McEvedy was intercepted by Kiernan, who made a dash down the field and then passed to Tyler, to Renwick, who found the line at Br; tain's 25. Nicholson and Gallaher broke iway from the throw-in, but, kicking too hard, McEvedy, with a useful kick, sent the play to the centre. Auckland screwed the ensuing scrum, Seeling being prominent, but Britain retaliated, McGregor stopping and kicking to Morgan, the lat ; ter's return being well taken by McKenzie, who punted into touch at Britain* ' 25. Bevan broke away from the scrum formed, and an exchange of kicks be tween McGregor and Llewellyn took play back to the centie. Auckland" got the bail from the line, and a run by Gallaher to Wood to McGregor saw the latter stopped by Gabe.

AUCKLAND STILL ATTACKED STRONGLY, Seeling, Nicholson and Gallaher shining in open play, but O'Brien relieved with a long kick, which went into touch at the hali-way. Tyler, Nicholson and Gallaher broke away from the line with the ball, Bush saving, and put in a clever feinting run, ( and then passed to Morgan, who, after making a short dash, centred it, McKenzie failing to return, and AUCKLAND'S LlNi. WAS THREATENED, but the forwards came to the rescue, and removed the danger, taking the play to the 25. (Rogers was here hurt, and retired 13 minutes after the start)-. Offside play by Swannell gave Auckland a free kic„, and the ball went into touch at the centre. For a breach by Auckland, Britain were awarded a free kick, and Harding had a shot at goal, tbe ball going wide, and AUCKLAND FORCED. After an exchange of kicks, play settled down at Auckland's 25. Good line work by the Auckland forwards, headed by Nicholson, took play to the centre. Britain retaliated with a forward rush, and Vile, picking up smartly, the ball flew quickly to Bush, to McEvedy, to Llewellyn, the latter failing to "take cleanly, and a chance was Tost. Auckland were awarded a free kick, which took play to near the centre. Britain got the ball in the ensuing scrum, but iGallahe- intercepted Vile's pass, and, ! aided by Nicholson, took play to Britain's 25. Auckland secured from the : scrum formed, and it came out cleanly to ; Kiernan, to Wood, wbose pass to Mc ' Gregor was intercepted by McEvedy and kicked to Harrison, the latter returning into touch at Britain's 25. McEvedy ■'was again responsible for some good work, and after a sb ort run kicked hard to Harrison, who found the line at the centre. From a free kick to Auckland Bush marked, and kicked high, tbe forwards rushing down, but Murray took it j

well and punted into touch at his own 25. Vile got the bill front the line, xnd away it went to Bush, to Gabe, to Llewellyn, who looked dangerous, but was well taekied by Murray, and McKenzie got in and relieved. For a breach by Gallaher, Britain were awarded a free kick, Bush potting at goal and making a great effort, the ball striking the post, and was ! missed by several of the backs, and a score to Britain seemed imminent, but Wood whipped in and saved cleveTly, the ball eventually going out on Auckland's side of half-way. Good work by Gallaher and Cunningham further increased Auck'"d's advantage, and worked play down near Britain's '25. Gallaher broke away from the throw-in, but kicked too hard, and O'Brien, with a long kick, sent it down to Harrison, who returned into touch at half-way. Edwards was responsible for some good loose play from the line, but offside work nullified his efforts, and the ball was returned again past the centre. After some loose line play, Britain were awarded a free kick in a fairly good position, and Harding had a shot at goal, making a good attempt, the ball going just outside the post, and AUCKLAND FORCED. Rogers heTe returned to the field. A rush of Auckland forwards followed the kickout, Tyler, Nicholson, Seeling, and McGregor all being prominent, and took play up the field, Llewelyn saving cleverly .at his own 25. Auckland still kept up the pressure, and Kiernan got the br' 1 out to Wood, who cut in and made a splendid opening, but hung on too long, and a good CHANCE TO AUCKLAND WAS LOST. McE/edy relieving and kicking down t Murray, who returned to touch at halfway. Nicholson got away from the lineout, and made a strong dashing run along the line, O'Brien stopping him at Britain's 25, but temporarily disabled himself in so doing. Auckland's forwards were now running over Britain, and Joyce showed out in some good open i play, Harding stopping him and taking play down to Harrison, who proved a solid stone wall, and returned into touch at Britain's 25. Vile got the ball from the throw-in out to Gabe, who kicked down the field, Harrison returning to Britain's side of half-way. Tyler and Nicholson made a dash from the throwin, but Bush, with a lucky speculator, saved, the ball going to Harrison, who punted into touch at half-way. Vile marked from the throw-in and kicked to Murray, who failed to find the line, and McEvedy, taking cleanly, potted at goal, but missed, and AUCKLAND FORCED. From some loose play following the kick out Gabe marked, and Harding had another try at goal, which went wide, and AUCKLAND AGAIN FORCED. Auckland's forwards rushed the ball down from the kick out to Llewellyn, who saved, but was prevented from getting his kick in, and the ball went into touch at centre. Off-side play by Cunningham gave a free to Britain, and Bush had a shot at goal, but missed, and AUCKLAND FORCED. Loose play followed the kick out, the ball eventually going out at Auckland's 25, and the bell rang for half-time. Britain Nil. Auckland Nil. Jlardini started the ball rolling in the second spell, and some loose kicking ended in a free kick to Auckland, Seeling kicking too hard, and BRITAIN FORCED.. A scrum was formed, following the kick-' out, Britain securing the ball, and McjEvedy -was prominent, but off-side play gave Auckland a free kick; Gabe failing to return, and Hayward and Gallagher were on him like a flash, the ball going out to Renwick, who kicked a trifle strong, and

BRITAIN FORCED. From a scrum following the kick-out Auckland got the ball out to Kiernan, and it flew to Wood to McGregor. The latter kicked to McKenzie, who dashed for the iine, then passed back to McGregor, who got over, but was CALLED BACK FOR A BREACH. Auckland still kept up the pressure, and out came the ball to Kiernan to McGregor to Wood, the latter failing to pass, and Bush secured the leather and ran up the field, and then passed to Swannell, and A CERTAIN SCORE SEEMED IMMINENT, but Harrison was equal to the occasion, and saved at the centre. A passing run by Bush and McEvedy was well stopped by McGregor, ami Gallaher, picking up, kicked down to O'Brien, McKenzie getting to O'Brien and preventing his return, putting him into touch near Britain's line. Auckland got the ball from the scrum: Kiernan to Wood to McGregor, the latter's pass being taken by Bush, who kicked to Murray, who with a quick kick potted, the ball going a foot outside the post, and

BRITAIN FORCED. Cajlaher picked up i some loose play, and passed to Kiernan. Offside play by Bush giving Auckland a free kick in a good position, but Wood failed, and BRITAIN FORCED. Auckland had now the upper hand, and the ball coming from the scrum like lightning, it went from Kiernan to Wood to Murray to McKenzie. The latter darted over the line and SCORED FOR AUCKLAND amidst a scene of the wildest enthusiasm. Cunningham failed to convert. Auckland 3 Britain q Play was still confined to Britain's 25, O'Brien stopping an Auckland al±ack with a timely mark, his kick being marked hy McKenzie, and Cunningham had another shot at goal, making a good attempt, and BRITAIN FORCED. (Rogers again left the field, and did not return 1 .) The kick out was well returned by Kiernan, who found the line inside 1 Britain's 25. From the scrum Vile got the ball out to Bush, who missed, and Murray, picking up, sent it out to Seeling, who got over, but was was called back for a throw forward. An exchange of kicks between Kiernan and Gabe relieved Britain momentarily, play going to near centre. Auckland carried the ensuing scrum, and Tyler and Mackrell came right through, and took the ball back to British territory. Auckland got the ball out smartly to Kiernan to Wood to McGregor; the latter was well tackled by G..Uf, and for holding 00 long Britain were awarded a free kick, which was marked by Kiernan, who punted high Llewellyn saving. Another free kick "to Britain assisted to remove the danger, and play went to the centre. Nicholson snd Hayward and then Mackrell and Tyler were conspicuous in fast open work, and took the play once more to Britain's 25. Vile was now prominent in some good defensive work, but his pass to Bush was intercepted by McGreger, who ran down the field and then passed to Harrison, who was stopped by Morgan right on his own line. Auckland forwards, with Nicholson and Mackrell in tbe. van, threatened-

danger, but Llewellyn intercepted - pass from Kiernan to Wood, and • SAVED A CERTAIN SCORE. Auckland, however, were not to be de- . Jed, and Kiernan, picking up from some loose play, it travelled quickly to Wood j to Renwick, back to Wood to .Cunningham. The latter ran over and SCORED AGAIN FOR AUCKLAND, amidst another outburst of cheering, which was renewed when Murray succeeded in converting the try. Auckland .—~ — - -~~- _ s Britain Play settled down at the centre after the kick-off, and Britain getting the ball a passing run by McEvedy 4 and Morgan was stopped by Renwick. who beat Morgan for pace, catching him from behind. Cunningham shone in seme open play, but off-side work gave Britain a freekick, which Bush kicked into touch at the centre. Auckland's forwards came away from the line, and from some loose open play ftenwick dashed in and picking up quickly passed to Gallagher, who badly beat Morgan and O'Brien, and SCORED UNDER THE POSTS. ■Murray again converted: Auckland — »- 13 Britain Nil .. Britain were now hopelessly beaten, •and their play was distinctly disappointing, Auckland keeping them penned in their 25, the only thing that prevented them from having a larger score registered against them being the over-eager-ness of Auckland. Gallagher and Hayward made a dash for the line, a freekick giving much-needed relief to Britain, but it was only temporary, as Auckland returned to the attack, Vile putting in some real hard work, getting down to the rushes in great style. From a scrum formed the ball came to Wood, who kicked high, but a trifle hard, and BRITAIN FORCED. The kick-out was well returned by McGregor, and some loose kicking ended in BRITAIN BEING AGAIN FORCED. Auckland got the ball from the scrum. Out came the ball again, Kiernan to Murray, the latter being stopped by Morgan. Out came the bal again. Kiernan to Murray, who cut in splendidly, but a bad pass to McKenzzie threw away a certain score. Another passing run, Gallaher to Wood, to Murray, to Renwick, the latter got over, but was called back, the touch-line umpire having his flag up. From the throw-in Kiernan got possession, and it went to Wood, to McGregor, to Murray, who failed to take, and

ANOTHER CHANCE WAS I£»ST. From loose play Hayward passed to Gallagher, to Wood, to McGregor, Gabe saving. Mackrel] was prominent in a forward rush off-side giving Britain a free kick, and Dobson and Harding made a last dying effort, bijt McGregor .=«»,ved at the centre. A passing run Kiernan to Wood, to McGregor, to Renwick ended in the last-named kicking over Britain's line, and the bell rang, leaving Auckland WINNERS BY 13 TO NIL. NOTES OK THE GAME. After months of weary waiting and expectation the great game is over, and our lads have worthily upheld the football honour of their province. Right from the jump they kept at their formidable opponents, and gradually'wore them down. ,till ,a.t the finish tbeyshad them as sick and weary a teami _s it would be possible-to see. Probably- the Britishers were not in the condition they might'have been, and that a majority -f the men were stare; still, after the 1 "splay put up by the local team, it is •ioubtful if. the visitors at their rery would have defeated them. With the wind at their backs, the Britishers strained every nerve and used every point they had in their possession to register a score, but the tackling and fast following up of the local men frustrated all their attempts. Bush, of whom we heard so much, put in some =upe.rb work on attack, but the attention paid him by Gallaher and Nicholon took a lot of the sting out of his play, and he got few chances. Against the wind the visitor? made a sorry exhibition, the ball not being out of their 25 jn more than a couple occasions. Of course, it is to be remembered that Rogers' services were practically lost early in the game, and that O'Brien was partially disabled; but it is doubtful if these accidents had not occurred if the defeat would have been any less decisive, as, after Auckland got the upper hand they threw away score afteT by overeagerness. Taking the first spell as a criterion, the teams would have been evenly matched had the Britishers had the wind at their backs the whole game. Of the players, individually, O'Brien, at full-back for Britain, played fairly well; his handling of the ball was good, but his tackling was not as solid as it ought to have been. The threequarters were disappointing; McEvedy •vnd Gabe put in a lot of defensive work, McEvedy's tackling especially being good; but Llewellyn and Morgan only showed flashes of brilliancy, and beyond i few fast runs did nothing of note. Of course, with their forwards beaten so badly, they got very few opportunities, >ut their defence, on the whole, was >vea.k. Of the halves, Bush did some clever work, and there is no doubt behind a strong forward team he is a most superb player, but on defence he' is very ordinary. His speculators, although overlooked in a player of his reputation, will sooner or later be his downfall. Vile played a solid,, hard —in fact, very hard—game, and had it not been for his solid defence Britain would have been in a bad plight. The way he got down to the Auckland forward rushes was splendid. The forwards gave a poor display, and it was made perfectly clear on Saturday that their style of scrum forming will never be a success gainst the colonial style, and they night easily take a lesson from New ealand in that respect. On very rare

■ •casions did they succeed in hooking ie ball, and the pointing tactics of the 'Ives in standing off and throwing the 11 hard against their forwards' feet s quickly put a stop to, and their portunities of getti-d the ball out -sened in consequence. Not one of .he pack played with any dash; Hording and Dobson were probably the best. On the local side, Harrison, at fullback, was magnificent, and his exhibition was equal to anything ever seen at Epiom. It was the game of his life. The three-quarters, McKenzie, Mu T " and Renwick, it is hard to separat I the trio played right up to the t their form, and it is doubtful if th<. il ever 'lo better. Murray's place-kicking was excellent.' Of the five-eighths, McGregor was the best, and got through an enormous amount of work; his defence was very solid. M. Wood was as dashing as °r, and handled his team well, but his 't of hanging to the ball too long is xplainable in a player of his reputam. It can only be put down to his endeavouring to do too much. Kiernan at centre-half reminded one. of-Bra-nod's display against the Englishmen 16 years

ago on the same ground. He has rarely been seen to better; ad vantage. To Gallaher, on the wing, Auckland owes a lot of her success, and he was here, there and everywhere. If there is "a better winger in New Zealand than Gallaher we would like to see him. The •man who would endeavour to place one man out of the seven scrummers as giving a better exhibition than another would be a brave man, and although, perhaps, Nicholson got through more work in the open than the others, the whole pack seemed to rise to the occasion, and gave a grand display. Aucklanders have every reason to be proud of them. . AFTER THE HATCH. A quarter of an hour before the end of the match hundreds of elated spectators left the field to catch the first trams into Auckland. When the final bell rang, the huge crowd which remained on the ground gave a cheer which reached the intensity of a roar, and instantly there was a rush for the exits. The field is well arranged wor dealing with large masses of people, and fifteen minutes was sufficient to effect a marvellous transformation. When that time had elapsed, the stands were quite bare, and all around the ground were heaps of broken stools and boxes, newspapers, and bottles. A very large proportion of the crowd walked back to town, and the trams carried about 4000. passeugers. The . police directed .most of the vehicular traffic frdm the ground via Mount Eden-road, enabling the thousands of pedestrians on Manukau-road to proceed with greater safety and expedition. INTERVIEWS. COMPLAINTS BY THE BRITISH PLAYERS.

Mr J. Bedell-Sivright, captain of the British team, was a spectator for once, and when the game -was over a "Star" reporter'"'endeavoured -to obtain from him bis opinion of the struggle. But the famous footballer was reticent. "I am afraid I have nothing to say—l prefer to say nothing at all about it," ie replied when questioned. The courteous head of the visiting team evidently prefered to say nothing if he could not say something palatable, for his men were complaining of rough play and offside tactics on the part of-the Auckland forwards. Later in the evening Mr " Bedell-Siv-right informed a "Star" representative that he did not consider it a rough game. It was. hard, but that was all. He attributed the defeat to his team's staleness caused by playing three hard games following fast on each other. As. to the British- team's prospects upon' their return to Australia, he thought. the trip and a rest would ' set them UP and. enable them _to . regain their form. THE REFEREE'S OPINION. The referee, Mr P. Mackie, expressed some interesting views to a "Star" representative. Mr Mackie refereed in the match Britain v. Taranaki, and was also present at the match in Wellington. He is therefore in a good position to criticise Saturday's game. Mr Mackie said he was greatly surprised at the form shown by the -Auek-. land team after what he had heard oftheir match against Wellington. The. display of the forwards was beyond what. he had expected, -and the backs, with.' the exception* : of-T_cGrejror, whom he considers a back number, played Weß both on attack and -defence. On the other hand the Home players were--.uot-nearly in.as-good: form as in the,Xcw Zealand <match. The travelling and entertaining of the team in the colony had greatly affected their foriu. Their exhibition here was nothing like, what they had given in all the - Southern matches. Had the Britishers shown the same form as he saw it in the South, and the Aucklanders played the same game as they did on Saturday, he had no doubt but that it would have been a very even contest.

Speaking of scrum work, he said he could not see any advantage at all of three men in the front row, because as the Auckland scrum was formed, the two front: rankers so arranged it that t' jammed the third man out; in fact, tluo latter could not be called a "hooker", as he could not possibly assist in securing the ball. The British method of forming the scrum quickly, that is, no allotted position for any'man, was an improvement on the New Zealand style of a set position for each man. as it makes the game faster and consequently more interesting to watch. New Zealand could adopt f>his method very well without altering the present formation of the pack. Mr Mackie also liked the Britishers' method of fan-like, rushes, because it lends to better footwork, but it was not nearly so effective as the wedge-shape rush as played in New Zealand, and which t Aucklande'rs played so successfully Saturday. The Auckland backs he. considered good, although their handling of the ball at times was faulty. McKenzie and Harrison were the best of the backs. Of the new men Murray was most successful, while Renwick was safe, but' not so brilliant as he thought he might have been. Mackrell, who played in the pack with Tyler, was also sound; Mr Mackie thought that the local backs made a grave mistake in kicking tdo much into touch instead of centreing the ball in the second spell, when they had a gale of wind behind them. Having seen the Tarahaki team play, Mr Mackie was able to give the pressman some idea as to the chances of the Auckland team next Saturday. He considered Taranaki played just as ,?ood a game against the Britishers as we did. Their forwards were faster and played a better game than ours, while their backs were clever. "It should be a very hard same, and after seeing the two teams play I am inclined to the belief that Taranaki will win, though by a very small margin," he concluded. AUCKLAND MEN'S VIEWS. The chairman of the Auckland Rugby Union, Mr M. J. Sheahan, said the Auckland forwards played a wonderful game. "They certainly played a very hard and vigorous game, but it could not be described as rough," he said. The Auckland forwards were too powerful for the Britishers, he thought. The English defence was great, and but for it a bigger score would have been registered

AUCrILAND CAPTAIN'S VIEWS). The Auckland captain (Morris Wood), seen directly after the match, was satisfied with his team's display. "Our forwards." he said, "were absolutely a long way ahead of theirs. Yes. they may have been a little stale, but for all that our men were absolutely better than they. They appeared to lack Ihe stamina, the sticking power" of the Auckland men. Their backs seemed to mc superb, but we did not have a chance to see them at their best attack. They should, show their hest combination at

this end of the tour. system ?'T s d S« : *»t can be. It was a_ ev*o™* S°°d as ft methods adv__c. d^S tl T?4 spicuous features of their ' w^ 16 M* were the place-kicking andS w°* eT «. handled the ball;. The Anln *Wlfc» forward p2=y was of our side.', Mr this is his last game - that earth win. induceff to day.. HehasdefimSy orefeo0 re fe o playing of the game. *^£^;to. THE VISITORS ENIER TA j^ The Britishers were owt__~; dinner in the Koyal * Zealand Rugby Union. X f g*** yore, the president of the Union presided, and there present members of the local m£f the Auckland team. At an * chairman 46as t O ?<TV Visiters," wishing them a nleas,^* v age Home. Mr. Bedeu-Sirrfe*jW lish captam, responded. He _tf_°CT not mind admitting better team won,, remarks My* men took their beating well. '2?> right then proposed 'the Auckland Team" and the New£;V_! Union Both toasts J-.1.8K musical honours. "^ The party then drove to the »4i__ station, where the Britishers 'ina^T* the local union anSS braith (representing the,_^^^ Umon) entrained for Rotorua' ''taS?*'the Auckland team there crowd on the platform As the tram moved out df tne st_«™.' ; hearty cheers, for Bvitishtr™! I given by the crowd, . and" ; cheers were given f party arrived at yesterday I mornmg. A match between fte_rttfef? I ers and a Maori team took place at M Rotorua jfchis morning,.andthe paWre," * turns to Auckland this, evening Th. 1 team leaves for Sydney atjolrcioek i_ the s.s. M&Tarda, the departure ' vessel has been delayed so- as i* oivj tibem an opportunity of SeeW th« Hot Lakes district. . The- visitors*w_3 taken to RatoTua_.t the-expens* of thdl New Zealand Union. •:■;.■";■;- ™ A JOURNALISTIC PEAT^; The rapidity with, which #_^fe.is the match were published by the on Saturday was a jotoTOh'siJc'feat which has never been aiuck. land. As each phase of the gime\«. witnessed by the spectators, "StAp" reporters telephoned- a. "descr&tmahjm the field of play to the office,va_i so quickly was this done thaifc' land scored the fact was instanianeouslr published outside the ?star* "fjflfce hi Shortland-street before the playe'ritook the When Murrav'convartej the Auckland tries, thisi was»6o'k»b'mj in Shortltnd-street actually, before, th* cheering subsided. -Every published in Auckland by the.Star" » clear fifteen minutes before it .was announced by any other medium.vand an edition containing severalcolumnsabout the great game containing > descripticii of play right up to the ed in time to be circulated'./Mnong'tha spectators as they arrived in Aucklud after the match. Suburban rendente, through the promptness *f the "Sfer," received their newspapers at usual time, containing the complete report ~of the game, and we have\been ; ;he.rtilj congratulated upon yfiaV'caff justly be claimed ',%6 be tie achievement. * foel xiftht /fe lish io-day is fuller thah'tiitr r |iublfehed on Saturday, and with keen .interest by.foUowerstch'^th*^to.er

> Remarkable records werev—Bde hy the telegraph operators itt transimlting the balf-trine and final scores of" the match, via the Pacific half-time score reached Sydney onds after it was despatened, 4 «ndSfhea the final score was -sent' the,tnne-oecu« pied in transmission was ten ___to_s. THE TRAFFIC;! / i Tbe actual figures in .connection wta tne attendance at being made out this afternoon.. Jft hai been estimated, however, that'the atl tendance was upwards of 2O;006 jeofld the receipts would be ab6nt;_lsoo; ; w« of this £500 was taken ;at ttopstrads. The electric trams carried ;out-about 16,000 people, and returned aboutj 4000. Various forms :of yehiclee,«£• ried large numbers to, th * match. A recordm.raaway,ti#!^ s established, 2500 excursionists in the trains on Friday inn \m~W> Only 600 people availed themselves oi the special trains between-Auckland an« Remuera on Saturday. " ;' ;- THE NEWS IN THE SOOTH,.-. : (By Te.J_raph.-Own. .Corwejondent) '"' WEli#GTQ^''tt^:^"'■ The news Saturday was very, well StfggfplE lington. When, the : .scpre. through the crowds who'"**»'**gg the newspapers offices. cou|d %s& g lieve that s,o many points had on, seeing that. no. ««| made in the first spell. was confirmed- much expressed, and there'was mand for newspaper extras £«« accounts of the game, B»'£fi_S known at the Athletic ?fM§f Wellington-Canterbury C d within a few game being completed and Wtore ; . crowd had left the J|g.